Casey Posted August 17, 2012 Posted August 17, 2012 Fogerty insisted that CCR's performance was NOT to appear in the Woodstock movie (I don't know why he insisted that, but he did!). Hopefully VH1 will play that a few times this weekend. I can watch that movie over and over, and never tire of it. Sounds naive, but there's just something about that time and weekend that has a purity to it, or maybe genuineness is a better word. My favorite part is when they interview the older gentleman in town and he totally "gets" what the weekend and people attending are all about. http://youtu.be/8jpJOH4sbaw
Harry P. Posted August 17, 2012 Posted August 17, 2012 Did you know that Jefferson Airplane recorded "Wooden Ships" too? I think even before CS&N had the hit version.
Casey Posted August 17, 2012 Posted August 17, 2012 Yes, a few weeks ago I was reading the story of how Crosby, Stills and Kantner wrote the song together on a boat in the Keys. Never got into the JA version, though.
peekay Posted August 17, 2012 Posted August 17, 2012 Wasn't Woodstock CS&N's first live performance? And BTW Tom S, Jimi wasn't exactly pro-war either. His version of Star Spangled Banner sure sounded like protest to me.
Badluck 13 Posted August 17, 2012 Posted August 17, 2012 (edited) Wasn't Woodstock CS&N's first live performance? And BTW Tom S, Jimi wasn't exactly pro-war either. His version of Star Spangled Banner sure sounded like protest to me. It really didn't seem as a protest to Jimi,~but~judge for yourself.................... Edited August 17, 2012 by Badluck 13
peekay Posted August 17, 2012 Posted August 17, 2012 Yeah, and Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds had nothing to do with LSD.
CadillacPat Posted August 17, 2012 Posted August 17, 2012 (edited) Yeah, and Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds had nothing to do with LSD. It would be frivolous to debate a dead mans thoughts, especially since you did not know him. Hendrix's rendition of the Star Spangled Banner was a piece of musical beauty and artistic genius. As many times as I have heard it since then I never once envisioned it as a song of protest. CadillacPat Edited August 17, 2012 by CadillacPat
Mike Kucaba Posted August 17, 2012 Posted August 17, 2012 I agree. Probably the only thing "protesting" were the strings on the guitar.
crazyjim Posted August 17, 2012 Posted August 17, 2012 August 1969 - I don't remember the day exactly, but I know I was about 10 miles west of DaNang, South Vietnam. I LOVE Hendrix's version of our national anthem. And, yo, Tom Seltzer - WELCOME HOME, BROTHER!
peekay Posted August 17, 2012 Posted August 17, 2012 (edited) It would be frivolous to debate a dead mans thoughts, especially since you did not know him. No, I didn't know Hendrix. But since I've been invited to judge for myself I would suggest that Hendrix was being flippant in the above interview and that his peace sign is the real message. His pacifist leanings are perhaps more clearly expressed later in "Machine Gun" (Band of Gypsies). And I would bet my Telecaster, my Les Paul AND my Mesa Boogie that I'm not the only one who heard protest (as well as beauty and genius) in Star Spangled Banner! But of course, instrumental music has always been open to interpretation. Edited August 17, 2012 by peekay
CadillacPat Posted August 17, 2012 Posted August 17, 2012 No, I didn't know Hendrix. But since I've been invited to judge for myself I would suggest that Hendrix was being flippant in the above interview and that his peace sign is the real message. His pacifist leanings are perhaps more clearly expressed later in "Machine Gun" (Band of Gypsies). And I would bet my Telecaster, my Les Paul AND my Mesa Boogie that I'm not the only one who heard protest (as well as beauty and genius) in Star Spangled Banner! But of course, instrumental music has always been open to interpretation. In today's Politically Correct Climate it might be best to use the word "flippant" very carefully when characterizing Hendrix. It's very close to the word "uppity". CadillacPat
Harry P. Posted August 18, 2012 Posted August 18, 2012 Wasn't Woodstock CS&N's first live performance? No, their first live performance was in Chicago at the Auditorium Theater on August 17, 1969. The next day they appeared at Woodstock.
eizzle Posted August 18, 2012 Posted August 18, 2012 Wow, i feel young reading this post... Born in 78 myself the posters that remarked about their time in Vietnam, I offer a heartfelt thank you for your service and sacrifice.
peekay Posted August 18, 2012 Posted August 18, 2012 In today's Politically Correct Climate it might be best to use the word "flippant" very carefully when characterizing Hendrix. It's very close to the word "uppity". CadillacPat Fortunately Political Correctness hasn't reached the stage where "flippant" can be confused with "uppity". The former means disrespectful, the latter conceited.
Foxer Posted August 18, 2012 Posted August 18, 2012 (edited) 1969, but still hour and half away. Was only 3 months out of the Army and hair still growing. Seems my fatigue shirts still worked (they had no button cuffs.) Edited August 18, 2012 by Foxer
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