Comments on: The Top Ten Reasons Why Woodstock Sucked http://www.swanfungus.com/2009/08/the-top-ten-reasons-why-woodstock-sucked.html Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:08:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: salvatore http://www.swanfungus.com/2009/08/the-top-ten-reasons-why-woodstock-sucked.html/comment-page-1#comment-85625 salvatore Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:33:35 +0000 http://www.swanfungus.com/?p=3900#comment-85625 Vanessa truly is the most beautiful woman ever. Vanessa truly is the most beautiful woman ever.

]]> By: Crystal http://www.swanfungus.com/2009/08/the-top-ten-reasons-why-woodstock-sucked.html/comment-page-1#comment-48875 Crystal Thu, 07 Apr 2011 04:05:48 +0000 http://www.swanfungus.com/?p=3900#comment-48875 hmmm, after reading all the negative, i would have still loved to be there, Just being able to experience that whole event woulda been awesome. No matter how filthy, or the amount of time waiting to get there, lack of food and water, everyone knew what they were going into, STILL sounds like an experience of a lifetime. :) hmmm, after reading all the negative, i would have still loved to be there, Just being able to experience that whole event woulda been awesome. No matter how filthy, or the amount of time waiting to get there, lack of food and water, everyone knew what they were going into, STILL sounds like an experience of a lifetime. :)

]]> By: Sebastian http://www.swanfungus.com/2009/08/the-top-ten-reasons-why-woodstock-sucked.html/comment-page-1#comment-13340 Sebastian Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:10:13 +0000 http://www.swanfungus.com/?p=3900#comment-13340 Thanks, Evan. Enjoyed reading the article as you exposed the bizarre attraction to Woodstock and the hypocrisy of the supposedly peace/love generation. You might want to check out: The Strange but Mostly True Story of Laurel Canyon and the Birth of the Hippie Generation http://www.davesweb.cnchost.com/ Thanks, Evan. Enjoyed reading the article as you exposed the bizarre attraction to Woodstock and the hypocrisy of the supposedly peace/love generation.

You might want to check out:
The Strange but Mostly True Story of Laurel Canyon and the Birth of the Hippie Generation

http://www.davesweb.cnchost.com/

]]> By: Tim Prokesch http://www.swanfungus.com/2009/08/the-top-ten-reasons-why-woodstock-sucked.html/comment-page-1#comment-12067 Tim Prokesch Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:46:29 +0000 http://www.swanfungus.com/?p=3900#comment-12067 You are very stupid. Woodstock was a turning point in american history. 500,000 people were there and it was mostly kept under control. People were being peaceful, they were there for peace and music. They weren't there to become famous, or be in a movie. The music was great. Many of the best musicians of all time were there, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, Crosby Stills, and Nash, Santana, and Country Joe and the Fish. If you think that is bad music then what do you think is good music. You can't say Woodstock sucked because that straight up is immature. That's like saying the movie that wins the best picture is a terrible movie. Your mom is stupid as well. Why would she go if she didn't like what it was going to be. Obviously she knew there was going to be "bad" music and drugs. I would pay hundreds of dollars to go to woodstock and same with many people, then its conservative bastards like you who make fun of it and say it was a horrible event. You also probaly thought the Vietnam war was good. Guess what the government did research into Vietnam and said it was an unwinable war. But it didn't matter it just made us look Patriotic to go into a hell hole and have thousands o soldiers die just to look patriotic. The patriots had a reason to fight a war, to get freedom. Did we need freedom, no. The republicans just want blood. So why the hell do you post bullshit stuff on the internet when it is completely wrong. You are very stupid. Woodstock was a turning point in american history. 500,000 people were there and it was mostly kept under control. People were being peaceful, they were there for peace and music. They weren’t there to become famous, or be in a movie. The music was great. Many of the best musicians of all time were there, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, Crosby Stills, and Nash, Santana, and Country Joe and the Fish. If you think that is bad music then what do you think is good music. You can’t say Woodstock sucked because that straight up is immature. That’s like saying the movie that wins the best picture is a terrible movie. Your mom is stupid as well. Why would she go if she didn’t like what it was going to be. Obviously she knew there was going to be “bad” music and drugs. I would pay hundreds of dollars to go to woodstock and same with many people, then its conservative bastards like you who make fun of it and say it was a horrible event. You also probaly thought the Vietnam war was good. Guess what the government did research into Vietnam and said it was an unwinable war. But it didn’t matter it just made us look Patriotic to go into a hell hole and have thousands o soldiers die just to look patriotic. The patriots had a reason to fight a war, to get freedom. Did we need freedom, no. The republicans just want blood. So why the hell do you post bullshit stuff on the internet when it is completely wrong.

]]> By: Desiree http://www.swanfungus.com/2009/08/the-top-ten-reasons-why-woodstock-sucked.html/comment-page-1#comment-9002 Desiree Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:01:14 +0000 http://www.swanfungus.com/?p=3900#comment-9002 You really should visit the museum at Bethel Woods, the site of the festival, and get to know some of the people involved. I know many who were there, and more who tried to get there and could not, including my best friend's husband who had a ticket but shipped off to Viet Nam the first day of the festival. I think you should take a visit to the Viet Nam memorial in D.C. and look at the names on the wall, then try to tell us what you think that war's effect on the generation of the sixties was. Talk to some Nam vets, and see how that changes your perspective. Rich from Chicago is right when he says you know not what you speak of, in that you show no understanding of the shift that was occuring in American society, the changing roles of the young people at that time, "The Man", and the importance of the music. If you think the music sucked, you have not seen the footage of Santana or truly listened to Crosby, Stills and Nash in their first public performance. Folk was not dead - in fact it is still alive and well. Dylan went electric, and that was a monumental moment in history, but has little meaning in relation to the Woodstock Festival. Were the promoters trying to make money? I certainly hope so. This is America, after all, and capitalism is what it is all about. Was it all about the drugs? No. It was about a defining moment in the life of a nation. You really should visit the museum at Bethel Woods, the site of the festival, and get to know some of the people involved. I know many who were there, and more who tried to get there and could not, including my best friend’s husband who had a ticket but shipped off to Viet Nam the first day of the festival. I think you should take a visit to the Viet Nam memorial in D.C. and look at the names on the wall, then try to tell us what you think that war’s effect on the generation of the sixties was. Talk to some Nam vets, and see how that changes your perspective. Rich from Chicago is right when he says you know not what you speak of, in that you show no understanding of the shift that was occuring in American society, the changing roles of the young people at that time, “The Man”, and the importance of the music. If you think the music sucked, you have not seen the footage of Santana or truly listened to Crosby, Stills and Nash in their first public performance. Folk was not dead – in fact it is still alive and well. Dylan went electric, and that was a monumental moment in history, but has little meaning in relation to the Woodstock Festival. Were the promoters trying to make money? I certainly hope so. This is America, after all, and capitalism is what it is all about. Was it all about the drugs? No. It was about a defining moment in the life of a nation.

]]> By: Rich from Chicago http://www.swanfungus.com/2009/08/the-top-ten-reasons-why-woodstock-sucked.html/comment-page-1#comment-4071 Rich from Chicago Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:00:03 +0000 http://www.swanfungus.com/?p=3900#comment-4071 I can only imagine how old the majority of these posters are. Especially the author..."Evan". (An 80's name.) The spin most of you place on Woodstock clearly comes from a current perspective, that's obvious. We cannot explain the 60's to someone who wasn't alive at the time, and you cannot grasp its significance or experience. As poster Joe states: "Woodstock is only interesting to me for the same reason I find my grandfather’s homemovies interesting; it’s a bit like time travel." And that's the best understanding you people can hope to have. Speculate all you like. When people of my generation (I'm 58) read comments about Woodstock from kids of later generations, it puts a smile on our faces. You know not what you speak of. I can only imagine how old the majority of these posters are. Especially the author…”Evan”. (An 80′s name.)

The spin most of you place on Woodstock clearly comes from a current perspective, that’s obvious. We cannot explain the 60′s to someone who wasn’t alive at the time, and you cannot grasp its significance or experience. As poster Joe states: “Woodstock is only interesting to me for the same reason I find my grandfather’s homemovies interesting; it’s a bit like time travel.” And that’s the best understanding you people can hope to have.

Speculate all you like. When people of my generation (I’m 58) read comments about Woodstock from kids of later generations, it puts a smile on our faces. You know not what you speak of.

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