Woodstock 50 Officially Off

[goatprairie]

Best thing that happened at Woodstock, was Pete Townshend whacking Abbie Hoffman with his guitar.

It's a pity he didn't crack his skull wide open. I wasn't exactly broken up when the news about Hoffman's suicide broke. He thought the young people who loved rock music and dope would be natural revolutionaries.
 It turned out that  99% of them just liked the music and the drugs. Even now I'm sure many of them just like the music and don't do drugs.

[goatprairie]

Heh. The music that I listened to as a teen was god-awful. That was when all the angry hip-hop started to go mainstream, the things like Jay-Z and all. I hated it. Plus, the angry punks like Green Day... and Nickelback. Ugh. So much bad Canadian music. (Though Barenaked Ladies, I like their sound.)

'Course, I lived in the sticks. There was one "hot AC" station in the nearest big city 40-50 miles away that came in pretty clear but it repeated songs every few hours and got old quick. The other choices we had were oldies, country, classic rock, public radio, or "contemporary Christian." The ten million iterations of singing "I love you Jesus, you're so great" was just about as bad—so I avoided that like the plague. My parents were big into classic rock so I got exposed to quite a bit of that. But I personally went on to develop appreciation for the classic country, oldies (60s/70s especially, though I eventually warmed to 50s... still not a big fan of a lot of 80s stuff they call "classic") and jazz, just from the choices I had. I still tend to prefer older music, but I try to keep things diverse.

For many years I listened almost exclusively to Irish-Celtic folk music from bands like The Bothy Band, DeDanaan, Altan, and a lot more. There were some Scottish folk bands in there as well like The Tannahill Weavers and some others.
 Or what is called old timey music like Doc Watson, Norman Blake, Tony Rice, and a number of others who were flat-picking guitar masters. I wanted to be able to play my guitar as well as they did or still do. Let's just say I never got there, although I can pick fairly fast when my hands are feeling good.
I also at one point listened to quite a bit of classical music. I still get excited listening to Beethoven's Ninth or Bach's Brandenberg Concertos. I like a lot of Bach.
There's a lot of great music out there other than rock and roll.

[Applewood]

It's a pity he didn't crack his skull wide open. I wasn't exactly broken up when the news about Hoffman's suicide broke. He thought the young people who loved rock music and dope would be natural revolutionaries.
 It turned out that  99% of them just liked the music and the drugs. Even now I'm sure many of them just like the music and don't do drugs.

I think even today, people attend festivals for the music and nothing else.  For example, for many years, a friend and I used to go to Farm Aid.  Now my friend is a liberal, so she believes in the cause and all the other liberal baloney attached to it.  I don't.  In fact, much of the time, the supposed purpose of Farm Aid -- helping family farmers -- took a back seat to other whacked out liberal theories, like using vegetable oil in your vehicle to save the environment.  I'd tune out the standard lefty BS and just listen to the music.  And some years there was some really good music. 

[roamer_1]

[...] took a back seat to other whacked out liberal theories, like using vegetable oil in your vehicle to save the environment.

Hey, I'd do that... But y'all don't have any idea what would happen to me if everywhere I went it smelled like french fries... Gasoline is better for my health. 

[Applewood]

Hey, I'd do that... But y'all don't have any idea what would happen to me if everywhere I went it smelled like french fries... Gasoline is better for my health. 

 

[sneakypete]

  Tony Bennett stills sounds remarkably good at age ninety.
 

@goatprairie

Tony Bennett is pretty much an exception to any rule you can think off. I am beginning to suspect he is Keef Richards daddy.

[truth_seeker]

Hollywood Bowl, Oct. 6th

Van Morrison and special guest Melody Gardot.

A rare chance, since both of them perform mostly in Europe.

[sneakypete]

Hollywood Bowl, Oct. 6th

Van Morrison and special guest Melody Gardot.

A rare chance, since both of them perform mostly in Europe.

@truth_seeker

DAYUM! I don't really go to concerts anymore,but that's one I would go to if it were anywhere near.

For those of you who don't know or have forgotten the magic he can produce,give a listen to these two songs.


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[truth_seeker]

@truth_seeker

DAYUM! I don't really go to concerts anymore,but that's one I would go to if it were anywhere near.
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Van the Man, An hour, 2008 with Georgie Fame @sneakypete


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[truth_seeker]

Van Morrison live at Eden Project -2017 (exented version)


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[truth_seeker]

Melody Gardot - Au Chateau d'Herouville (2018)



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[EasyAce]

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[Smokin Joe]

Hey, I'd do that... But y'all don't have any idea what would happen to me if everywhere I went it smelled like french fries... Gasoline is better for my health. 

I know what I'd rather smell like in Grizzly country....French Fries ain't it.

[roamer_1]

 

I know what I'd rather smell like in Grizzly country....French Fries ain't it.

LOL! Yeah, that's right.

[berdie]

I am truly happy that so many on this thread had a positive experience with "Van the Man".

It makes me feel better that my experience was so crummy. He could have been having an off night. We all do.

[sneakypete]

I am truly happy that so many on this thread had a positive experience with "Van the Man".

It makes me feel better that my experience was so crummy. He could have been having an off night. We all do.

@berdie

I wish I could remember the name,but several years ago there was a special show on PBS about rock musicians and music that was filmed in Ireland. Van Morrison and I THINK the chick who sang "To Sir With Love"  (LuLu?) were the organizers. The concept was to invite famous rock/blues singers to this big,pretty open,wooden building,and let them sing one of more of their original songs with only non-electric instruments played by themselves or their bands. ONE TAKE ONLY. If it sucks,sucks goes down in history as their no-frills,no-fine tuning live performance.

I THINK the building may have been a church at one point in time,to give you some idea about the open space for sound to travel in.

I was almost as surprised at some of the people who showed up for it as I was the ones that turned the offer down.

And to be fair,both Van Morrison and LuLu did one of their numbers live so people at home could judge them.

I think what pushed this was Van Morrison was ticked at all the musicians (probably punk rockers) he was seeing on the road who couldn't really sing on play without a truck load of electronic "help".

I tuned in after it started,but I am here to tell you the people that showed up,showed up to play!

I have often wished I knew the title of that show so I could watch it again from the beginning. Besides the music,it recorded the various musicians playing songs with each other during breaks,talking,and just generally having a good time. I think someone was even cooking for them.They had all known each other for years,and were obviously having a blast.

[berdie]

Much like you @sneakypete .  I watched and remember the show.  But I can't remember the name either.