"The largest rock concert ever conceived was coming to town... Three days, not hours, of Music... Camping out under the stars... This was going to be a "serious" party!! Upstate New York was ready. The city, county, and state officials knew what to expect and felt confident in their abilities to handle traffic, crowd control, sanitation, medical emergencies, and any unexpected problems. They were prepared."
August 15-18th would definitely make history and days to remember. Woodstock was a music and arts festival held at a diary farm in the rural town of Bethel, New York.
To many, the festival portrayed the culture of the 1960's and the "hippie ear." Thirty-two of the best-known musicians of the day, performing at the show. Although attempts have been made over the years to recreate the festival, the original event has proven to be quite unique and legendary. It was regarded as one of the greatest moments in music history and was listed as Rolling Stone's 50 Moments That Changed History of Rock and Roll.
This day brought together people of all different races, religions, cultures and even different ideas and opinions on life. The guest list went from Anti-War Protest-Vietnam Veterans. Black Militants-Rednecks. Anti-Gays-Gays/Lesbians. Legalize Drugs Advocates-Ban Drugs Advocates. Anti-Government Advocates-Pro-Government Advocates. As you can see people came together for one purpose; to enjoy the music that makes them happy and unite with one another.
Because of this unity and the unity being music I picked this topic. Expanding from my project of Hall & Oates last year, I felt I love music so much, why not doing another NHD project on it? I picked something close to my heart, and nothing I'd never get bored with. Mr. Brasof, just brought this topic to my attention and it was a must for me. A rock concert... so huge, that made history is pretty amazing to me and had to be some concert. I know there'd never be another and I wish I lived during that time to see exactly how it was. The stories, photos and everything amaze me. It's like so many people gathered together of all different backgrounds for one thing, MUSIC!
The NHD theme conflict and compromise comes in the topic of Woodstock in one huge way. All the dramatics and issues going on in the world at that time was just off everyone's mind for those days. "3 days of Peace & Music" says it all. The concert shut the world up for a few moments of peace and happiness. Woodstock showed everyone that it's more to life than all the chaos that’s shown upfront. Sometimes you need to have a little fun and what better way to do that then listen to music and artist everyone enjoys. The compromise is for sure how this event made history but changed the way people saw each other. It brought everyone together for that moment, and that time no matter what was happening in the world around them and that's what I find quite fascinating.
In conclusion, the topic of Woodstock is going to be a memorable project for me. It's definitely something I am interested in and will keep my attention. According to a police report there were two deaths but there were also two births. From something so terrible comes something amazing. I honestly can’t express how I feel to write a paper on this without repeating myself. Hopefully everyone will come to realize something that happened not too long ago did involved music and most certainly changed a genre a lot of people listen to today. Woodstock '69 made history and it continues to live on!
Links:
http://www.celticguitarmusic.com/woodstockmain.htm
http://home.columbus.rr.com/woodstock1969/
http://www.woodstock69.com/
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_n7_v24/ai_16097900
http://www.solarnavigator.net/music/music_images/Woodstock_music_festival_poster.jpg
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