This is a gently edited repost from August 15, 2009. I don't know about you guys, but I feel the need for a break from all the mind numbing craziness that seems to be robbing us of our own sanity and sucking our life blood out of our veins.
This video really gives you a feel for the massive size of the Woodstock crowd and the human drama playing out around the main events. There were young adults, small children and even some nuns. There were colorful buses, funny cigarettes and such. There was free form dancing and even a little nudity
But there was much, much more. This was the summer of peace and love and Woodstock was the mecca. Despite a crowd of nearly 500,000 people, a serious food shortage, mud and rain, there were no "incidents," as the fuzz like to say.
In this video, Joe Crocker is singing "With a Little Help From My Friends," an appropriate song while watching all those friends loving one another and singing and dancing together - or just grooving.
Joe Cocker is one of my faves!!!! Thank you!!! I needed this!!!!
ReplyDeleteI actually remember Walter Cronkite reporting on Woodstock on his news broadcast. At 46 years-old now I find myself wishing more and more I could travel back in time to revisit that time.
ReplyDeleteActually, this is my preferred version of that song.
ReplyDeleteA remarkable event at a time when American society was deeply divided and stressed. Alas, the spirit of peace, love and unity that permeated Woodstock and San Francisco's "Summer of Love" proved as delicate and fleeting as apple blossoms and dandelion puffballs.
ReplyDeleteIt was definitely fleeting but it still lifts my spirits to watch it.
ReplyDeleteI named my kids after the owners of the woodstock farm. really.
ReplyDeleteIt was fun back then. Another hopeful time, which yes, included all the strife in society.
ReplyDeleteI have a had time forgetting that generation is responsible for the last 30 years of selfish, irresponsible federal financial fiasco. Not so strange considering that generation was always out for its own good time. Never considering the future, only their wants at the moment. That's how I see the public wholeheartedly voting for "No New Taxes" yet not insisting on cutting spending.
Sorry, Still having trouble siging in. Did not accept my new Word Press ID. The above comment was me, Tom - Stay A While..
ReplyDeleteOh my, Tom - I was just trying to decide whether or not to delete Anonymous. LOL. Keep trying. Maybe somebody on WP can help.
ReplyDeleteI saw Joe on TAVIS SMILEY about a year ago....he seems happy and healthy these days, married (and believe it or not) is a rancher in Colorado! Many of his neighbors had no idea of his fame or background, just that English guy down the road.
ReplyDelete@Hugh: I thought I'd read somewhere that he had a ranch in Colorado. Just an English guy down the road, huh.
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