Woodstock 40th 1969-2009
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Topic: Woodstock 40th 1969-2009
Posted By: Biker Pat
Subject: Woodstock 40th 1969-2009
Date Posted: 12-August-2009 at 22:56
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How blessed we were to have such incredible music at that time Pat  
Helm appeared at the 1969 fest with the Band, while Jefferson Starship took the Woodstock stage as Jefferson Airplane. With the exception of Big Brother & the Holding Co. — Janis Joplin performed at the ‘69 concert with the Kozmic Blues Band — the rest of the acts performing on August 15th all had a set at the original Woodstock festival. As http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/04/22/news-ticker-eminem-richie-havens-lil-wayne-and-the-jonas-brothers/ - Rock Daily previously reported , Richie Havens will also play a Woodstock-related event on August 14th, returning to Bethel to perform “Freedom,” the song that opened up the ‘69 festival, at a media-only event. Four decades after it drew hundreds of thousands to upstate New York, Woodstock promises to be everywhere this summer. http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/04/08/first-look-psychedelic-taking-woodstock-movie-poster/ - Taking Woodstock , an Ang Lee-directed comedy about the behind-the-scenes story of the fest, is due to hit movie theaters on August 14th. Plus, Woodstock.com plans to http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/04/16/woodstock-organizers-team-with-sony-music-for-social-network-website/ - relaunch itself as a social networking site and the festival’s original promoters and organizers are scrambling to hammer down plans to http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/03/27/massive-woodstock-may-not-come-in-2009-promoter-says/ - commemorate the original festival by 2010 . ------------- May be going to hell in a bucket but at least I'm enjoying the ride. Biker Pat Grove 1972-1975 |
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Posted By: Biker Pat
Date Posted: 16-August-2009 at 23:09
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Happy Birthday, WOODSTOCK    By the time we got to "Woodstock" we were half a million strong ............ Greatest concert of all time  ------------- May be going to hell in a bucket but at least I'm enjoying the ride. Biker Pat Grove 1972-1975 |
Posted By: joey the lips
Date Posted: 17-August-2009 at 10:37
It has been said,that if you can remember where you were when Woodstock was on ,,you werent there,, man ------------- You can checkout anytime u like but u can never leave |
Posted By: Vinyl Junkie
Date Posted: 17-August-2009 at 20:58
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I cant remember where I was last week...
------------- TPFKAB (The Poster Formerly Known As Brunswick). |
Posted By: Grovegirl
Date Posted: 17-August-2009 at 21:40
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If I remember correctly, I was in Skerries today! Beautiful sunshine and a nice coffee in the new cafe at the monument. GG |
Brunswick wrote:
Posted By: Evangeline
Date Posted: 17-August-2009 at 22:06
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I was only a gleam in my Daddy's eye when Woodstock happened but they showed the concert on TV over the weekend. Hendrix was awesome. Shame he died before his time. Greatest left-handed guitarist ever. Jen  ------------- "Gentlemen! You can't fight in here, this is the War Room!" |
Posted By: Vinyl Junkie
Date Posted: 17-August-2009 at 23:24
Anyone remember watching the Woodstock movie down in the old Fairview Cinema on one of those Friday Night excursions after last drinks from the Neptune? 
------------- TPFKAB (The Poster Formerly Known As Brunswick). |
Posted By: Pogue Mahoney
Date Posted: 18-August-2009 at 04:16
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We should all pitch a tent in Stephens Green and dive naked into the
fountain. I'll bring bread for the ducks and Derek can bring his Joan Baez records. |
Posted By: jeanmc
Date Posted: 23-August-2009 at 22:58
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pogue did you ever live in san diego jean |
Posted By: muller
Date Posted: 28-August-2009 at 18:17
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Good for channel FX for showing the three Woodstock Diaries episodes and the last 24 hours of Janis, Morrison and Keith Moon. Great programmes. Add Jimi, Jon Bonham and Sandy Denny and realise what a surfeit of talent lost to drink/drugs. ------------- Life is for living |
Posted By: Biker Pat
Date Posted: 28-August-2009 at 19:26
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Rock on Muller. If I remember correctly you had the original Woodstock triple album and played it at my 21st which was held in your house in Ennafort in August 1974 At that time I could not afford a party so Muller and a few of our friends held a small party in Muller's house. We used an old tape cassette player run through my Da's old wireless to play my cassettes as well as Muller's record player. Never forgotten my great friend.  ------------- May be going to hell in a bucket but at least I'm enjoying the ride. Biker Pat Grove 1972-1975 |
Posted By: muller
Date Posted: 28-August-2009 at 23:59
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Great night, Pat. Strangely enough, someone nicked that same triple album at my own 21st, which was also a night to remember. ------------- Life is for living |
Posted By: Vinyl Junkie
Date Posted: 29-August-2009 at 07:48
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I have that album (the triple vinyl one - I dont think its yours Muller - I bought it second hand in the old Basement X record shop on Bachelors walk in the early 80s). I havent taken it out of the press for a few years - must dig it out and give it a spin.
------------- TPFKAB (The Poster Formerly Known As Brunswick). |
Posted By: Pogue Mahoney
Date Posted: 29-August-2009 at 15:20
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I have that triple album as well -i swiped it from a box at a 21st birthday
party i went to a while back. |
Posted By: Vinyl Junkie
Date Posted: 29-August-2009 at 17:52
------------- TPFKAB (The Poster Formerly Known As Brunswick). |
Posted By: ShortHairHippie
Date Posted: 29-August-2009 at 18:56
Muller,you have a confession...no great surprise ------------- upon us all,a little rain must fall |
Posted By: BrendanFella
Date Posted: 30-August-2009 at 16:56
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That's funny..I have it too but I don't know where I got it. I came home drunk one night and there it was on the table the next day...... ------------- BrendanFella IRISH DIPLOMACY IS....The ability to tell a man to Go To Hell so that He looks forward to making the trip. |
Posted By: DAYO
Date Posted: 30-August-2009 at 22:19
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Jases I got mine off two girls in the Grove that wore halter tops and danced in the middle of the hall at Mount Prospect, we went back to a 21st party after the Grove as I remember, friends of yours Muller I believe, a blonde and a brunette. ------------- Dayo Grov'in 70 - 76 |
Posted By: Pogue Mahoney
Date Posted: 31-August-2009 at 03:43
The blonde was me -We used to dress up as girls in those days. 
<brendanfella < me
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Posted By: Caroloz
Date Posted: 31-August-2009 at 15:29
| Ferg and I watched the 40th anniversary DVD of woodstock last night. To be honest *ducking as I say this* the music doesn't impress me at all now that I am old! However the "movement" that was demonstrated at the time of "F*** the establishment" was historic and laid the foundations for a new era entirely. |
Posted By: Biker Pat
Date Posted: 31-August-2009 at 16:00
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Carol, I gotta disagree with you re the music. Thought it was fantastic for the time. There's hardly a performance that doesn't do it for me. ------------- May be going to hell in a bucket but at least I'm enjoying the ride. Biker Pat Grove 1972-1975 |
Posted By: BrendanFella
Date Posted: 31-August-2009 at 20:10
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"now that I am old!" ------------- BrendanFella IRISH DIPLOMACY IS....The ability to tell a man to Go To Hell so that He looks forward to making the trip. |
Posted By: monarch
Date Posted: 31-August-2009 at 21:37
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I remember watching this promotional film
as they were then called on TOTP 39 years ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaEEj4J4ydY - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaEEj4J4ydY ------------- There is a crack in everything ...... that's how the light gets in |
Posted By: Biker Pat
Date Posted: 31-August-2009 at 22:11
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Frank, Super, sums it all up man ------------- May be going to hell in a bucket but at least I'm enjoying the ride. Biker Pat Grove 1972-1975 |
Posted By: Caroloz
Date Posted: 01-September-2009 at 03:33
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Pat, at the time I thought it was fabulous too...and was waiting for that "walk down memory lane" when watching the DVD but it didn't happen for me. Yep Brendan, it is cos I am old *LOL*. Mind you, when I saw the Grove documentary I loved the music!! I was never a "wailing guitars" girl so Jimi never did it for me really. I was thinking while watching it (woodstock) that it must have been a HUGE shock for the parents of those kids because they were SO different to anything that had come before. Now our kids get into their various cult's/phases and we tend to look at them and think " ah bless...that'll pass"...but for the parents of "freaks" it must have given them heart attacks. Nobody had been that rebellious before. |
Posted By: Chris Rooney
Date Posted: 01-September-2009 at 11:58
Get your har cut , you bunch of God d**n hippies! ------------- Lovely cushioned header, for Gerrard!!!! Oooooooooooh you beauty! What a hit son, what a hit!!!! |