A TRIP TO WOODSTOCK

That was my first time in the US! No, not only in the US, in New York City! @.@ and I was so excited, could have never believed I would have visited it in my life! But I did it! Oh yesssssss! It was like being in a movie, I felt I already knew the city, although I did not, actually.

Since I was in New York City, I told myself I had to realize another dream: visit Woodstock, the place where all has begun! The place of the greatest rock and roll concert  EVER! So I caught the bus with a friend (both of us forgot our driving license at home) and when we arrived, the smiley small town of Woodstock was welcoming us, under a cloudy sky. Green mountains all around.

I could smell something of the hippy atmosphere of the 60s, or maybe it was just my imagination… or the small shop where the owner had just lit a marijuana scented incense… or the pink haired shop assistant…

I did know that the concert took actually place miles and miles far away from the town centre, in Bethel, still…I was so excited ingénue that I tried to reach this Woodstock Museum I had found in my map, and got lost… and I’m still thanking the good man who gave us a ride back to NYC ><!

Anyhow, I could imagine Bob Dylan spending his holiday here in the past, the advert this couple of guys (John P. Roberts and Joel Rosenman) published to look for some ideas and give birth to a great project.

"YOUNG MEN WITH UNILIMITEDCAPITAL LOOKING FOR INTERESTING, LEGITIMATE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND BUSINESS PROPOSITIONS”

And they didn’t even want to hold a concert at first! But here we are, still celebrating this event.

The end of the American dream of peace&love, the apotheosis of music day and night, the protest against the Vietnam war carried on my Country Joe McDonald, the show of a still unknown Carlos Santana, TheWho, Joan Baez, JanisJoplin and the guitar king Jimi Hendrix. @.@

        

I wish I was there even if the sound was so bad that you couldn’t hear almost nothing, I guess.

Can just imagine this all through Woodstock by Michael Wadleigh, first music film to win an Academy Awards back in 1971. Really fantastic, as it shows the (dis)organisation behind the stage, the rain and the mud, the free spirit of the young people sitting on the grass, and main protagonist: Music.

Yes, the one with the capital M.

Peace & Love