This post is not intended to hurt anyones feelings...it is just some thoughts I had while watching a Woodstock special with my kids last night. Please do not take offense!!!!
Ahhh, it was forty years ago this weekend that the peace and love generation abandoned their cars and took their ten dollar tickets to get into one of the greatest shows every produced. Mired by the obstacles they persisted. Some walked ten to fifteen miles in bare feet just to get into the show. I was six years old but I remember watching it closely on the nightly new. At six I was already a violonist and loved music of all kinds. Thanks to my older cousins I was huge Beatles fan, but the Doors, The Who and the GREAT Van Morrison were not exempt from my musical taste. My daddy cursed "those goddamn dirty hippies, I so wanted to be there!!! "They should all be in the service fighting for our country,"he thought. I, however, thought it was the greast show ever, and I don't think it will ever be replicated. But here is what made me giggle. What if all the same people descended on Woodstock once again. All of us baby boomers are getting up there in age. I personally have had a stroke. Would we be able to walk 15 miles barefoot?? Or would our joint replacements and bad feet get in the way?? What about walkers and wheelchairs? Could we push them in the muck and rain?? I don't know about you all but I would bring a tent an and air mattress and an ample supply of bug spray. Then there is the issue of the drugs. I don't think we would be passing around LSD or mushrooms. I am guessing it would probably be Nito, and Viagra. How about the bands?? Many of the greats have passed. What is left of the Grateful Dead could sing A Headful of Grey instead of A Touch of Grey. We could all hold up our cell phones and MP3 players for light instead of lighters. God forbid we have a pig roast...PETA would shut us down!!! So we would all have to carry in our own water, soy, soy milk
and non-alcoholic beverages. WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO OUR FREE LOVING GENERATION? I guess in word responsibility to our selves and the families we have created. You no longer see a kid named Moonbeam, or Sunflower. Most of the bands we love look old and
cachectic. Woodstock was the end of an era, but also the start of something great!! We are now the ones who make vital contributions to society in all fields. I must add, there will never be another Woodstock again. If there is we either won't be able to afford it, or we won't know who the hell the bands are!!!
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If it's any consolation, I'd planned to name my first-born child "Feedback." Guess we'll have to settle for playing old Pink Floyd cassette tapes at top volume in the car on the way to work. :)
ReplyDeleteI was actually invited to go by my brother whose van had an extra square foot of room on the floor. But being 15, I had my first paying summer job as a swimmers aide and decided to do the responsible thing! So much for responsibility!
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