Woodstock 2019, the return at 50

[progeezer]

The only two decent bands to play at the original Woodstock were CSN, The Who and Ten Years After.

Is this some form of new math?

[Top Cat]

This is a waste of time because you CANNOT capture what happened at Woodstock again. It was pure magic, a convergence of cosmic and human forces that can't be duplicated.
I doubt those of us who lived during that time period will ever witness anything like that again in our lifetime. And I'm not just referring to the event Woodstock but the changes that were occurring both socially and culturally were truly remarkable.

And the magic bubble burst at the Rolling Stones Altamont concert and the beginning of the end when innocence and trust died.
Who in the hell in their right mind would hire the Hell's Angels to run security for the event...

[Zappathustra]

Is this some form of new math?

I would say it's clearly some form of new troll

[Scrotum Scissor]

I would say it's clearly some form of new troll

Sha-na-na were the only eight great ones at that original intestinal-festival.

[chalkpie]

Everything (singles/albums) from 1965-1970.

Ok thanks. I was curious what your fav was/is. I'm with Scrote with Who's Next being my fav but there is definitely a character that is so unique with the 60s version of this band.

[progeezer]

The Who have always been one of my 3 favorite bands, along w/Steely Dan & Love (those 3 have not changed since about 1973). I have different choices for my favorite Who album & imo the overall best album they ever made musically.

My favorite: tie between Sell Out & Who's Next on any given day
Best musically: Quadrophenia

[Steve F.]

Ok thanks. I was curious what your fav was/is. I'm with Scrote with Who's Next being my fav but there is definitely a character that is so unique with the 60s version of this band.

If you make me pick ONE fave, it’s Sell Out.

[chalkpie]

If you make me pick ONE fave, it’s Sell Out.

I definitely need to check it out again. I recall it being more English, quirky, whimsical, etc than anything else they did...almost Canterburian in nature at times. Am I close? Always loved I can see for Miles....

[Steve F.]

English and quirky? Yes.
Whimsical? Debatable, but some of it (Thinking of Tattoo and Maryanne) certainly.
Canteburian? Not within a million miles, imo.

[chalkpie]

English and quirky? Yes.
Whimsical? Debatable, but some of it (Thinking of Tattoo and Maryanne) certainly.
Canteburian? Not within a million miles, imo.

2 out of 3...not bad

I'll give a re-spinach.

[Firth]

This is a waste of time because you CANNOT capture what happened at Woodstock again. It was pure magic, a convergence of cosmic and human forces that can't be duplicated.
I doubt those of us who lived during that time period will ever witness anything like that again in our lifetime. And I'm not just referring to the event Woodstock but the changes that were occurring both socially and culturally were truly remarkable.

And the magic bubble burst at the Rolling Stones Altamont concert and the beginning of the end when innocence and trust died.
Who in the hell in their right mind would hire the Hell's Angels to run security for the event...

The Who agrees that only The Who in Hell would do it again😉

[pinkpanther]

I have a friend who volunteers at the Bethel Woods Museum, which is on the site of the original Woodstock. They are planning their own festival there, unrelated to Michael Lang’s. There is an amphitheater there, no guests announced yet, but hoping it will be a more nostalgic version to what Lang is planning.

[GuitarGeek]

2 out of 3...not bad
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Gottverdammter! No paraphrasing Jim Steinman lyrics!!!!

OK, so maybe it's not that funny, but it's the best I could do on short notice!

[Trane]

Wow! I don't why I'm surprised but I am, that so many of you still listen to so much of this stuff.

As for live, I saw Canned Heat at Sweden Rock Festival in 2014. Not my cup of tea at all.

Canned has always been known for it's excellent stage presence ... Whether it's your dope or not is something different.

As for listening to Woodstock generation, it seems obvious that if you still listen to Yes and Genesis or Crimson, you're going to listen to most of what played at those times.

The only two decent bands to play at the original Woodstock were CSN, The Who and Ten Years After.

which one of the three listed is not a band??

I hope I am very wrong but I have a bad feeling about this event. There will most likely be political groups using it as a platform, or indoctrination camp, or proving ground, where violence will have many opportunities to occur. For some reason, I get the feeling this is going to be more of an Altamont than a Woodstock. (meaning: tragedy) I truly hope that I am wrong.

You know, Woodstock was extremely political.

I do hope you're wrong about your feeling, though.

I have a friend who volunteers at the Bethel Woods Museum, which is on the site of the original Woodstock. They are planning their own festival there, unrelated to Michael Lang’s. There is an amphitheater there, no guests announced yet, but hoping it will be a more nostalgic version to what Lang is planning.

Hence the confusion about the two sites I mentioned in the OP, then??

[Zappathustra]

English and quirky? Yes.
Whimsical? Debatable, but some of it (Thinking of Tattoo and Maryanne) certainly.
Canteburian? Not within a million miles, imo.

All correct.

There is something though in the post-modern flow of disparate songs, mixed with the commercials, that is not that far away - at least in intentions - of what Soft Machine did in those first 2 records. It's pop and it's artsy. Still in the musical content no close at all.

[Scrotum Scissor]

^ True, but still the Moon style of playing and the bohemian/anarchic madcap/mod-mentality and antic was an influence on early Softs - although probably not in a direct musical manner.

[Zappathustra]

Wow! I don't why I'm surprised but I am, that so many of you still listen to so much of this stuff.

I am also shocked that people who like rock music listen to mediocrities like - to name just 2 - Jimmy Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, Santana, CCR, CNS, the Who, the Dead, Incredible String Band etc etc I thought this was a serious forum.

[Kavus Torabi]

If you make me pick ONE fave, it’s Sell Out.

Me too.
The Who, apart from the famous tunes, were a band I didn’t really connect with until my early thirties. Sell Out was when the coin properly dropped. I think its a magnificent album.

Funnily enough, while always quite liking them, (Roth era) Van Halen and Judas Priest didn’t fully ‘get’ me until I was a so-called grown up too.
Long after I’d had my Messiaen/ Zorn/ Vander/ Sun Ra etc epiphanies!

[Trane]

I am also shocked that people who like rock music listen to mediocrities like - to name just 2 - Jimmy Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, Santana, CCR, CNS, the Who, the Dead, Incredible String Band etc etc
I thought this was a serious forum.

Yup, PE members who do that should be beaten to a pulp, pissed upon and the expelled with tar & feather.

[Zappathustra]

The Who, apart from the famous tunes, were a band I didn’t really connect with until my early thirties.

I have a theory that the people who got late into the Who were seriously corrupted by Led Zeppelin mania during an early age. I know that has been my case. The Led Zep were the real heavy thing, whereas the Who just worthy precursors.

Of course I've seen the light now...

[Zappathustra]

Yup, PE members who do that should be beaten to a pulp, pissed upon and the expelled with tar & feather.

Yeah, some radical solutions at last!

[Kavus Torabi]

I have a theory that the people who got late into the Who were seriously corrupted by Led Zeppelin mania during an early age. I know that has been my case. The Led Zep were the real heavy thing, whereas the Who just worthy precursors.

Of course I've seen the light now...

Well, I still like Led Zep but I think that theory holds up.

[Scrotum Scissor]

^ Being 12 and a huge fan of 70s hard rock (Purple, Heep, Free, Sabbath) only to have to advance to LZ, who were eventually sometimes heavier than either. But then again to discover The Who through the Woodstock triple soundtrack (for real!); here was a band who were never considered part of that "wave", but whose Live at Leeds was wilder, rawer and more violent than anything I'd heard by Deep Sab, while Tommy and Next were at least as eclectic as LZ or Free.

At 14-15 I remember finding the "See Me, Feel Me" section (on the Woodstock triple) some of the most menacing rock I'd ever encountered, constantly getting more invading and threatening as that chorus was repeated. Orgasmic!

I had a similar reaction on discovering King Crimson's '73/74-albums later on; they were never a "heavy rock" group, yet they were heavier than anything I'd come across. That nearly blew me. Two years down the line and I discovered Henry Cow; rarely considered "prog rock", they were still more progressive than any which were.

I liked all that.

[Steve F.]

Me too.
The Who, apart from the famous tunes, were a band I didn’t really connect with until my early thirties. Sell Out was when the coin properly dropped. I think its a magnificent album.

Funnily enough, while always quite liking them, (Roth era) Van Halen and Judas Priest didn’t fully ‘get’ me until I was a so-called grown up too.
Long after I’d had my Messiaen/ Zorn/ Vander/ Sun Ra etc epiphanies!

^ Being 12 and a huge fan of 70s hard rock (Purple, Heep, Free, Sabbath) only to have to advance to LZ, who were eventually sometimes heavier than either. But then again to discover The Who through the Woodstock triple soundtrack (for real!); here was a band who were never considered part of that "wave", but whose Live at Leeds was wilder, rawer and more violent than anything I'd heard by Deep Sab, while Tommy and Next were at least as eclectic as LZ or Free.

At 14-15 I remember finding the "See Me, Feel Me" section (on the Woodstock triple) some of the most menacing rock I'd ever encountered, constantly getting more invading and threatening as that chorus was repeated. Orgasmic!

I had a similar reaction on discovering King Crimson's '73/74-albums later on; they were never a "heavy rock" group, yet they were heavier than anything I'd come across. That nearly blew me. Two years down the line and I discovered Henry Cow; rarely considered "prog rock", they were still more progressive than any which were.

I liked all that.

Yo, fellers!

Let's get together, drink some beer and play a bunch of rock bands that we aren't 'famous' for being into!

it's a DATE!

[Zappathustra]

At 14-15 I remember finding the "See Me, Feel Me" section (on the Woodstock triple) some of the most menacing rock I'd ever encountered, constantly getting more invading and threatening as that chorus was repeated. Orgasmic!

That is a clear example of an uncontainable force, an anthemic melody of the highest order rendered with complete abandon by the band in the most savage, ritualistic of ways. It definitely mirrors what was taking place below and around at this specific slice of timespace. Which one can only imagine or suspect, if one wasn't present.

I love Led Zep and always will, but while they kept the same "blow the roof" level of energy, they were already announcing the times to come. Times of entairtenment and selfishness rather than spirituality and collectivity. That's a rough sketch of course, but it does tell some of the story.