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     Teeps |
Watched Woodstock Then & Now yesterday, then today this came up on the rotation of my MP3 player, so I though I'd share... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhPVZbINR0w&feature =related | ||
| Woody1911a1 |
good tune teeps . cheers from an old hippie  | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
Hippies are lame. | ||
| Zac4mac |
Pfffffft. I watched that one , called the ol' lady in ... Then we watched the first version. I am what I am, an old Texas hippie. Things could be worse. | ||
| Cityxslicker |
The hippies are now the ones driving the establishment. That has worked out well... | ||
| Bigblock |
Hippies driving the establishment? You guys are either really funny and twisted, or not near as smart as you think you are... I'd say rednecks are lame, but I was always proud to say I had a redneck under the ponytail, so I think what is lamest would be intolerence and bigotry. Now THAT is real effin' lame! The establishment is a beast run amok, it is so easy to point fingers and blame "hippies" or "rednecks" or liberals or conservatives, whatever. We are all just people, in the end, and here we are (mostly) Buell owners and enthusiasts. Tolerence... | ||
| Court |
Cool | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
Hippies driving the establishment? You guys are either really funny and twisted, or not near as smart as you think you are... I'd say rednecks are lame, but I was always proud to say I had a redneck under the ponytail, so I think what is lamest would be intolerence and bigotry. Now THAT is real effin' lame! The establishment is a beast run amok, it is so easy to point fingers and blame "hippies" or "rednecks" or liberals or conservatives, whatever. We are all just people, in the end, and here we are (mostly) Buell owners and enthusiasts. Tolerence... Lighten up Francis. | ||
| Ebear |
Ibid , Court.....  | ||
| Fast1075 |
Goin' down to Nazner's farm, gonna join in a rock-n-roll band....gonna get back to the land and set my soul free... I emember that...vaguely... | ||
| Cityxslicker |
You dont think the "hey lets make everybody feel alright combauya 55-69 year olds are NOT driving this bus?" Lets roll down the congression/senate attendance. Who went to the university and protested the man? Who got their degree, went into 'public service' and is now fingers in the pudding, died in the wool entrenched govt pork and pork dealers? I would really love to see a 'Discovery Channel' Woodstock special with the current administration on their ramblings about Woodstock, where they were and what they felt the impact of it was. I think it would be more than telling of where this bus is going. PS My Parents were hippies, I cant stand their disconnect with what is the world around them; the logic was baseless and way too much dope in their history. I disowned them when I joined the Military at 16, havent talked to them since, NO REGRETS> (Message edited by cityxslicker on August 21, 2009) | ||
| Court |
I REALLY enjoyed the Woodstock 40th Anniversary . . . they replayed the event in order, complete sets, and I sat on a motorcycle for 14 hours one day and 10 the next absorbing it. | ||
| Fast1075 |
I had the opportunity to go to Woodstock...Two adult cousins went, and I was invited along...unfortunately being 15 at the time, my parents had a dim view of letting me go... | ||
| Reindog |
I was about the only spud stuck in Manhattan that weekend while Woodstock reigned and rained. It rained like crazy so I was actually glad to have missed the mud but at the time I was bummed. | ||
| Bigblock |
City, ya got some issues...  | ||
| Rubberdown |
Dang City, I hope you reconcile with your family at some point. | ||
| Alchemy |
My observation is that Woodstock was about when the movement jumped the shark. Woodstock was the birth pains of the 70's and the "ME" generation. The problem was drugs mostly and lack of knowledge or leadership. The human psyche needs time to "set" once it begins to settle down. The drugs from the 60s generation poured down into the early teens of the late '60s and '70s. I worked as a crisis counselor at a 24 hour hotline on the night shift (1970) and I was stunned by the amount of drugs being done by very young teenagers completely unable to figure out their own place in the world let alone doing it on drugs. I have no particular interest in Woodstock or "Rock-Fests" in the first place. (One could view them as a tool to extract more money out of the remains of a social movement) But I am eternally grateful I was there to experience the 60s as they transformed the culture of the 50s. You can't easily understand the 60s unless you really study the 50s. By the late 60s "it" was pretty much over IMO. It is a wonder I ever survived it. | ||
| Reindog |
It would be cool if Ten Years After penned a rock song "Forty Years After". Anyone know what the significance of the name Ten Years After? | ||
| Zane |
Woodstock? Hippy? Hell, I voted for Nixon in '72 and would have in '68 if I had been old enough to vote. When I was supposed to be coming of age, I was already dealing with crushing poverty and by 15 was working full time. While you guys were smoking pot, I was paying my parent’s mortgage. Both my parents had “issues” so I had to take up the slack when they couldn’t handle life. Needless to say, the 60’s is not a time I want to revisit. | ||
| Cityxslicker |
there is nothing to reconsile. I dont want them in my life, they aint. When I left, I moved across the country, changed my name and cut contact. When I go to Russia this Winter, I might just change my name again, and do more than just stay through the snow. | ||
| Jstfrfun |
Wow, real issues, but I understand to a degree. Nobody can screw you up like family. | ||
| Zane |
Nawww, I've pretty much dealt with those personal issues. I have two wonderful sons. Life is good! Lots of damage done to our country in the 60's. I have no nostalgia for that time. | ||
| Teeps |
Zane Posted on Friday, August 21, 2009 Woodstock? Hippy? Hell, I voted for Nixon in '72 and would have in '68 if I had been old enough to vote. I would have too, but was born 20 days too late. As for Woodstock, that Aug '69 weekend I was pumping gas and trying to get a motocross career off the line. Unfortunately a year and a half later I was drafted; that put an end to the dream... Things changed after that. | ||
| Teddagreek |
Wood stock II, Generation X style....   | ||
| Zac4mac |
All I can say is wow. City, I truly feel sorry for you. I love MY parents and thank God they are still around for me to tell that to. BTW, they are VFW, as are my little brother and myself. We are also Pacifists to the core, but don't back any of us into a corner. We are NOT Zen Buddhist. Amazing that our love of our Buells draws ALL of us here together. Z | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
The whole "I was part of the movement" BS is lame. Really? What exactly did you accomplish? Selfish, self aggrandizing, vapid. I have more respect for Generation Y. At least they have a high score to show for it. | ||
| Cityxslicker |
One day I will write a book. I always wanted my own ISBN. | ||
| Badlionsfan |
CityX, if your parents went to Woodstock, it would explain your desire to do inappropriate things in the MUD. It's genetics. | ||
| Bigblock |
Ft, you're so positive. Projecting again? We're all Buellers here, go rain on someone else's parade. By the way, I'm too young for woodstock, and I ain't no hippie, but I love the music (and many, many other kinds of music, too) Go start you're own hating thread, what the heck is wrong with you? Jeez! | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
What's it matter to you? Were YOU there? Were YOU "part of the movement"? I refuse to paint Woodstock for what it wasn't. PS, I like the music too. I just don't like the myth that Woodstock has become. |
