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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2019 15:37:13 GMT -5
I was at the original Woodstock concert at Max Yasgurs Farm. Truth be told it was rather unpleasant for accommodations or for food and bathrooms. The place was muddy and rainy at times. At the time I actually lived in a beach town on the New Jersey Shore, and it was freak heaven truth be told. There were parties somewhere in one of those beach towns 24/7/365. In fact it was a mini Woodstock, so the peace love and brotherhood vibe at Woodstock was all around me at home, So I did beat it outta there after the first night there and went home where I could shower, and cook, and still party.
They can't recreate the massive hippy movement that made it special because that ended some time after Woodstock (1959). The whole human vibe was something special back then but it faded & then disappeared (except for small pockets of that vibe still here and there).
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Post by whitefang on Aug 7, 2019 10:19:46 GMT -5
They can't recreate the massive hippy movement that made it special because that ended some time after Woodstock (1959). The whole human vibe was something special back then but it faded & then disappeared (except for small pockets of that vibe still here and there). Wouldn't hat be '69 ? As I just recently mentioned to a friend about the failed attempt to re-create the thing but with different artists and such........ I asked, "Would you and Laura(his wife) celebrate YOUR 50th anniversary with different people? " And added that his wife probably wouldn't go along with it. Last night, PBS's "American Experience" had a show about the event, from the seeds of the idea three years earlier, the problems faced with finding a location and all the other issues. Pretty interesting. Whitefang
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2019 18:44:24 GMT -5
Not too mention, they filed for bankruptcy.
VH1’s Behind the Music did a documentary on WOODSTOCK, and how the guys who put on the festival, didn’t make a dime, and had to explain to the banks where their money went, they loaned them.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2019 18:59:13 GMT -5
Last night, PBS's "American Experience" had a show about the event, from the seeds of the idea three years earlier, the problems faced with finding a location and all the other issues. Pretty interesting. Whitefang I watched it on PBS last night. It brought back memories long dormant. I never got there until late Saturday night. I slept Saturday night in my cousins VW Bus, we hung out for a bit, & then when it rained we bailed. I drove the VW bus into a ditch 2 of the 4 wheels were in the ditch. A bunch of hippies yelled we will push it up on the low side, and a bunch in back pushed foreword and yelled floor it, which I did and off we went. What a relief it was to get back home a 4 hour drive down the NY Throughway and the Garden State Parkway. The ensuing shower was one of the best ones I ever had.....
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2019 19:02:00 GMT -5
Not too mention, they filed for bankruptcy. VH1’s Behind the Music did a documentary on WOODSTOCK, and how the guys who put on the festival, didn’t make a dime, and had to explain to the banks where their money went, they loaned them. It took a decade for the Woodstock organizers to turn a profit. When the movie came out that bailed them out and turned a nice little profit. But it was only because of the movie proceeds. That was what saved them in the end some 10 years after the event.
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Post by jbone on Aug 8, 2019 5:06:23 GMT -5
Sounds like the 50th event is a dead horse. In the past week lot of the artists have pulled out and no venues has been locked.
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Post by whitefang on Aug 8, 2019 10:04:04 GMT -5
Not too mention, they filed for bankruptcy. VH1’s Behind the Music did a documentary on WOODSTOCK, and how the guys who put on the festival, didn’t make a dime, and had to explain to the banks where their money went, they loaned them. It took a decade for the Woodstock organizers to turn a profit. When the movie came out that bailed them out and turned a nice little profit. But it was only because of the movie proceeds. That was what saved them in the end some 10 years after the event. I mentioned in another forum that my hope is that some theaters have a screening of the documentary next year on IT'S 50th anniversary. Since the theater it played at for weeks here in Detroit(the Madison, with a fine "surround" type sound system) has long ago closed up, the only good venue for it is the recently( well, as recent as 1988) restored and renovated FOX Theater which since it's reopening routinely showed special screenings of "classic" movies, like the 30th anniversary of BEN-HUR, the 50th of THE WIZARD OF OZ, and GONE WITH THE WIND and such. The last special screening of this type was earlier this year's 60th anniversary screening of ANATOMY OF A MURDER, and probably because much of it was shot in Michigan's upper peninsula, where the event it was based on happened. Well, one can only hope.... Whitefang
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Post by jmuscara on Aug 8, 2019 10:42:30 GMT -5
restored and renovated FOX Theater which since it's reopening routinely showed special screenings of "classic" movies Was the Fox open for concerts in the early 90s? I'm trying to remember if that's where I saw a show that had a few bands including Fishbone.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2019 12:11:41 GMT -5
We could probably download the Woodstock movie or stream it from the internet somehow. I saw that movie 2x, that is probably enough for me.....
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Post by whitefang on Aug 9, 2019 9:49:14 GMT -5
restored and renovated FOX Theater which since it's reopening routinely showed special screenings of "classic" movies Was the Fox open for concerts in the early 90s? I'm trying to remember if that's where I saw a show that had a few bands including Fishbone. I'm not sure about Fishbone, but it too, is a multi-purpose venue, having hosted annual presentations of "The Nutcracker" and the Chrstmas show of the Radio City Rockettes. And, at my wife's insistence, we saw "Lord Of The Dance" there too. And just last week it hosted two days of the Democratic debates. And DBM---- If you wish to go through all that "streaming" nonsense, go ahead. I've long had the documentary on VHS and now DVD. But nothing compares to viewing it on the big, wide screen of a quality movie theater with quality sound. In fact, all the movies the Fox showed at "special" screenings were movies I already had on one home video medium or another, but again, seeing( for instance) THE WIZARD OF OZ in a theater sure beats the hell out of the 45-50" LED screen! Whitefang
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2019 20:13:12 GMT -5
I know it seems odd, for someone who was born two years after WOODSTOCK, to start a thread about it? I’m just fascinated by the whole thing, and what happened!
WOODSTOCK should be remembered, and not re-created.
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Post by jbone on Aug 10, 2019 21:07:21 GMT -5
Good point Paul! Under the category of "You can't go home again, it does not exist any more."
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Post by whitefang on Aug 11, 2019 10:25:09 GMT -5
Well actually... They built a pavilion stage at the BETHEL WOODS CENTER FOR THE ARTS on the original site, and there will be some amount of music there on those days. Arlo Guthrie, John Fogarty, Carlos Santana, Edgar Winter(who was there in his brother JOHNNY's band in '69) and Ringo Starr are supposed to be providing entertainment. Will no doubt be nice, but nothing on the scope of the original event is expected( or probably wanted!). Whitefang
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2019 10:41:43 GMT -5
And DBM---- If you wish to go through all that "streaming" nonsense, go ahead. I've long had the documentary on VHS and now DVD. But nothing compares to viewing it on the big, wide screen of a quality movie theater with quality sound. In fact, all the movies the Fox showed at "special" screenings were movies I already had on one home video medium or another, but again, seeing( for instance) THE WIZARD OF OZ in a theater sure beats the hell out of the 45-50" LED screen! Whitefang I usually do not care to go to movie houses, I am really not interested in Hollywood's products truthfully. Most of the stuff coming from Hollywood bores me silly. So going to a movie house to see something I have seen multiple times seems redundant. I would rather stream things in the comfort of my home and watch the stuff on my I-Pad (although I do have a hi def screen on one of my computers) I still prefer the I-Pad and headphones for streaming.
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Post by whitefang on Aug 11, 2019 11:10:59 GMT -5
OY! To view such a thing with it's wide screen effects and triptychs on so small a medium! And don't forget.... The WOODSTOCK documentary is NOT a Hollywood "product". It's Academy Award win was a surprise to EVERYONE! So..... Are you stating you NEVER liked ANY movies, throughout the entire history of film making or your life? Oh, I'll admit there were several short periods in movie making history when a lot of tripe was produced, but there was also a lot of fine entertainment produced. It's like the story of the "twin in shit".----- ergo----- A pair of twins were placed in a huge room with a large pile of horse manure to gauge their reactions... One of the twins backed against the wall in fright and apprehension while the other jumped feet first in the pile, digging through it and squealing with glee. When a researcher asked the reason for his behavior the twin answered, "With all this HORSESHIT there's GOT to be a PONY in there somewhere!" Whitefang
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