Albums turning 50 this year: (A video on any of those would be great!) Abbey Road ,Trout Mask Replica, Blind Faith, In The Court Of The Crimson King, Led Zeppelin I, Led Zeppelin II , Tommy, Let It Bleed, The Band, Green River, Bayou Country, Willy And The Poor Boys, The Stooges, Nashville Skyline, Santana, The Velvet Underground, Hot Rats, In A Silent Way, Dusty In Memphis, Monster Movie etc etc...
@sebastianelytron84505 жыл бұрын
For the umpteenth he does *NOT* do requests!
@boskodelic89075 жыл бұрын
@@sebastianelytron8450 not a request, more a suggestion. All these albums are great and if he sees this comment(that I am sure of since it is the top one by far), he will surely consider it. My personal faves are King Crimson and Beefheart out of these, that I would have seen as a request. It was a great year for rock music, maybe the best one, it should have it's own video
@vinnyreed7235 жыл бұрын
Damn that’s a lot of great music And Trout Mask Replica
@Xx_BoogieBomber_xX5 жыл бұрын
hell yeah CAN
@SnowTheJamMan5 жыл бұрын
Yes
@amyyy7625 жыл бұрын
I am convinced this channel isn't real and is just an algorithm that pumps out videos based on whatever music I've been recently listening to
@xYAuronYx5 жыл бұрын
Right??? Like, I just got into CSNY like a week ago
@shanevalentine32205 жыл бұрын
Let's be honest, a ton, and I mean a TON of Joni's songs can be analyzed to this extent. Pure poetry. So blessed to have had such great poets and musicians to have graced us with their art.
@neugey5 жыл бұрын
The hippies wanted everlasting peace and love but really they were looking for Skillshare.
@dougbennett85925 жыл бұрын
You win the internet today!
@duanein3d5 жыл бұрын
OH MY GOD 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@jhgust5 жыл бұрын
I'm a hippie and I have never heard of skillshare.
@DonovanPresents4 жыл бұрын
🙆🤦😂
@fm000784 жыл бұрын
In essence that's what a commune does, share (barters) their skills for wares.
@magdabaker59835 жыл бұрын
Joni is a true genius. I recently read Reckless Daughter, which is a biography of her life and career. I’ve been listening to her music for my entire life, and I would never have been a songwriter if it weren’t for her. Love this video! Thank you for creating this!
@tommywiseau42245 жыл бұрын
Joni Mitchell: In Her Own Words by Malka Macrom is a must read for any Joni fan.
@elliotpecora7375 жыл бұрын
I get chills every time I even think about the possibility of being at Woodstock. It must have been so special.
@waynejohanson10834 жыл бұрын
Accept in you had to go the bathroom.
@ericcrawford34532 жыл бұрын
Woodstock would have been the concert to go too.✌
@TheAyeAye15 жыл бұрын
The most telling part of the Woodstock movie was Hippies leaving ignoring the plea from the loud speakers to clean up after themselves. That moment was the late sixties/early seventies summed up.
@nathangreer82195 жыл бұрын
The concert footage of Santana performing "Soul Sacrifice" at Woodstock might be the best concert footage of all time. Be sure and find the version that has the full drum solo.
@Jayfive2765 жыл бұрын
I see that and raise you Ten Years After playing "I'm Going Home" at Woodstock.
@pjbth5 жыл бұрын
Amazingly I believe it was Santana’s first concert they had only played little club gigs until Woodstock. Also I’m partial to Canned Heats performance but Alvin Lee is also up there.
@ceejay17945 жыл бұрын
Yes, yes and yes. There, I’ve covered the questions about Santana, TYA and Canned Heat. ✌️
@dougbennett85925 жыл бұрын
Let's not forget Sly and the Family Stone's performance of "I Wanna Take You Higher".
@edwardmeade17655 жыл бұрын
Agreed.
@pedenmk5 жыл бұрын
The 60s & 70s was the best decades of music ever. It seemed every week a group had a new album coming out and I couldn't wait to hear it. I miss the 70s. It was a good time to grow up.
@youngbloodfantasy915 жыл бұрын
By the time I got to the comments section It was half a million strong
@erestube5 жыл бұрын
some moving on from the song to a condemnation
@jamiewesson8985 жыл бұрын
a big yellow taxi took away your old nan
@OspreyFlyer5 жыл бұрын
😂
@shelbelee5 жыл бұрын
Ladies of the canyon is a masterpiece album. Love Joni. Circle game , morning Morgantown ... basically every song is perfect
@the_original_Bilb_Ono5 жыл бұрын
i love when polyphonic uploads a new video. and what great timing! got my 12 string and my strat out with my first beer, just sat down and seen the notification. beautiful.
@MedlifeCrisis5 жыл бұрын
I never knew Joni Mitchell dated Graham Nash! In the UK we try to keep the spirit of Woodstock alive at Glastonbury (CND, flower power, pacifism, environmentalism etc), which started just a few years afterwards (and Michael Eavis, the organiser, said he'd been directly influenced by Woodstock). I guess it did, for many years, before the inevitable commercialisation and explosion of other festivals in the last 15-20 years. There is still a heavy new age and hippy feel to it though.
@Caperhere3 жыл бұрын
If u follow them on Instagram, it’s mentioned by them both.
@valerietaylorcrow792 жыл бұрын
They lived together at her home in LA home in Laurel Canyon.
@cqtaylor5 жыл бұрын
I wanna Polyphonic segment about why 1970s funk bands always focused on outer space and ancient aliens: Earth, Wind & Fire; Parliament; The Commodores; Booties Collins! They were all about aliens and stuff.
@buppie20005 жыл бұрын
Booties?
@cqtaylor5 жыл бұрын
@@buppie2000 Dude. Don't judge...
@buppie20005 жыл бұрын
@@cqtaylor It's BOOTSY, baby. Booties, lol
@cqtaylor5 жыл бұрын
@@buppie2000 LOL, I'm sorry! I type fast! Ha!
@brandonpage70874 жыл бұрын
Yes, that would make an interesting video! I've always wondered that myself.
@kgipe5 жыл бұрын
Amazing timing - ashamed to say that only in the past week or two I've finally started digging into Joni's music. What a beautiful ocean this is.
@TheDreamingJune5 жыл бұрын
Better late than never. Her music is amazing. She explored a lot of different themes and sounds throughout her career so you're in for a treat.
@chrisdelisle39545 жыл бұрын
I'll reiterate what I said in another reply: you can either just start at her beginning and work your way forward. Or, start with "Blue," "For The Roses" and "Ladies Of The Canyon" and work your way outwards. An incredible songwriter.
@cidDraGonFly5 жыл бұрын
Joni Mitchell's song captured the feel of the time. We are golden, caught in the devils bargain. At that moment in time. Everybody helping each other to stay peaceful and happy. What a concept, what a thought, what a gesture, beautiful, man. David Crosby nailed it with his song "Long time gone" It was a "long time" comin', it's gonna will be a "long time" gone before anything close to that will happen again. There are many documentaries about Woodstock, educate and enlighten yourself at what did happen, it's history! Joni's LP "Court and Spark" Is one of my "alone on a desert island" must haves. IMHO Her best by far.
@Brucaleeffo5 жыл бұрын
I've been listening to Joni these past few weeks. A nice coincidence you drop a video about one of her songs!
@flightnesssnowbirb83185 жыл бұрын
Original Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace and Music Woodstock '99: Break Stuff Woodstock 50:
@erestube5 жыл бұрын
Woodstock 50: It's All About the Economy
@garfieldh.88205 жыл бұрын
Cancelled
@garfieldh.88205 жыл бұрын
@james c There was, until there isn't. www.cbc.ca/music/woodstock-50-is-officially-cancelled-here-s-everything-that-went-wrong-1.5190762
@MrJadePinwheel5 жыл бұрын
What about 1994
@paisleyprincess79965 жыл бұрын
Arthritis and old age
@SnowTheJamMan5 жыл бұрын
Glad you're doing more videos on Joni, she was truly an amazing artist
@TheSharkaDark5 жыл бұрын
I can’t imagine the amount of people and the feelings driving to their movement. It is such a huge number, and the amount of power and feeling in songs like this give me emotions I do not feel very often. Love this video.
@keenanmeyer55115 жыл бұрын
I've just discovered her this week... it is definitely destiny that this came out around the same time. We are star dust.
@ceejay17945 жыл бұрын
Keenan Meyer Joni is simply amazing. Enjoy exploring her work.
@chrisdelisle39545 жыл бұрын
Just start at her beginning and work your way forward. Or, start with "Blue," "For The Roses" and "Ladies Of The Canyon" and work your way outwards. She's incredible.
@SexyAlien25 жыл бұрын
@@chrisdelisle3954 Good advice. I started with Blue and then got back to her first album to work my way through her discography. I wish it could go on forever, she's incredible.
@mootbooxle5 жыл бұрын
I kid you not, "Rainy Night House" was just randomly stuck in my head for the past half hour...then I open up KZbin and this is what I see. Ladies of the Canyon is a beautiful record. Wonderful video!
@SexyAlien25 жыл бұрын
Such a beautiful song and record. I really love "The Priest" and "Willy" as well, but truly, every song on this album is a gem.
@TheDreamingJune5 жыл бұрын
Joni's my favorite songwriter of all time , so I really appreciate you making a video about her. I hope one day you could make one about Kate Bush.
@harperwelch51472 жыл бұрын
You are quite remarkable Mr. Polyphonic. I love what you do, what you make me think about and appreciate more than in the past. Thank you for your work and the soul you put into it.
@thevfxmancolorizationvfxex40515 жыл бұрын
Now that you've talked about Woodstock, you have to talk about Altamont and how it killed Flower Power
@Zeldarw1045 жыл бұрын
Yeah, also the death of 21 y/o Meredith Hunter, and how the Hell's Angels got away with cold-blooded murder! The Hell's Angels is the reason why we can't have nice things?! 😑
@thevfxmancolorizationvfxex40515 жыл бұрын
@@Zeldarw104 And those poor hippies stoned out stumbling into danger unaware of what's going on due to their brains being shut out from reality due to LSD
@Zeldarw1045 жыл бұрын
@@thevfxmancolorizationvfxex4051 The Hell's Angels as security, being paid in beer, that was the first mistake. I've seen the footage it was a deadly, disaster, waiting to happen, poor, hippie kids, just having fun then the devil rears it's ugly head, I'm sure it was a major buzz-kill. I would imagine someone getting killed, and beat up right in front of you, sobers you pretty quickly! I'm not going to assume they were all off LSD or whatever, it was about the music after all.😑 So, sad that folks we're beat up and one guy was murderd. Smh.
@thevfxmancolorizationvfxex40515 жыл бұрын
@Zelda Williams This concert also pretty much killed the Psychedelic Rock genre. After that, most hippie musicians went Soft-Rock (Janis Joplin, Ealges, Grateful Dead, Lynrd Skynrd, Jefferson Airplane, Fleetwood Mac, and Neil Young just to name a few) while others changed direction (Jimi Hendrix was considering abandoning his rock roots and start experimenting with funk music and The Doors were becoming a Progressive Rock band). The Psychedelic Rock genre pretty much had a temporary revival in the early 70s with bands like Funkadelic and Hawkwind though
@erichbojarzin3695 жыл бұрын
I was just going to say that.
@ferociousgumby5 жыл бұрын
The best moment came on Sunday morning when almost everyone had packed up and left. It was a kind of sly nod to the "this concludes our broadcasting day" when TV channels played the national anthem. Only no one had heard it this way before.
@BlueDragonArt5 жыл бұрын
I see what you did there with Yates. Well played! Well spoken an thoughtful interpretation! Thank you for sharing!
@TheGhostOfFredZeppelin5 жыл бұрын
Love this song, CSNY did my favorite version though!
@deebbie22225 жыл бұрын
A great writer wrote about a great event. Joni Mitchell has to be the most talented artist since Woodstock. Her career and discography is beautiful and massive. I was 13 when Woodstock happened. I wasn't the there but i definitely remember the aftershock. It was huge.
@galacticscholarconsciousness5 жыл бұрын
YOU sir are a MASTER in bringing LIFE to the music that once was. I love this video and I love you for creating it. Thank you.
@lupcokotevski29075 жыл бұрын
Yes, the song uses Woodstock as a metaphor for a spiritual quest, and follows Laura Nyro's Stoned Soul Picnic (1968), who was an influence on Joni and she references some of Nyro's lyric's, gold, dust.
@davidkieltyka95 жыл бұрын
What I love best about Joni’s version of the song is the tension between the lyrics & the music. The lyrics implore us to admit our interconnectedness and return to a state of innocence. But the music knows this can’t happen and so is somber & elegiac. Brilliant songwriting!
@EvanFrenchMusic932 жыл бұрын
I was recently sick at home with covid when I first heard this song and I absolutely bawled my eyes out when hearing this song. To me it felt so beautiful to hear, on the line "we were half a million strong" I felt like I was there. It was especially brought on considering I have a piece of the stage from the Woodstock festival. ☮️
@zachx2815 жыл бұрын
Awesome video! You should cover The Band!
@wgb010015 жыл бұрын
Zachary Eckstein THIS! With a proper emphasis on Richard Manuel.
@eldergeektromeo98682 жыл бұрын
Joni has been...and is a wonderful, cosmic stardust gift to us all. I am so grateful to bear witness....and Thank You, Joni!
@rosequartz995 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for making and sharing this. One of my favorites so far, and at a perfect time, too. 💜
@michaellombardi16205 жыл бұрын
50 years today! Amazing
@knut5 жыл бұрын
Now talk about Woodstock 99's spiritual anthem: Limp Bizkit - Break Stuff.
@EclecticoIconoclasta5 жыл бұрын
Yeah dude. That will be an awesome troll funny video. Someone should do it and frame it as the song that summarized a generation hahahahah
@daveoh135 жыл бұрын
how about woodstock '94s spiritual anthem: primus - my name is mud...
@FilmSwitch5 жыл бұрын
Once upon a time in hollywood, Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark, this video-I'm loving all the 60s content
@jeywithane1305 жыл бұрын
i was always puzzled by the differences in joni's and c,s,n&y's versions, but the way you explain it all makes so much sense. both versions together capture the feeling of woodstock so much better than only one version could.
@bobthebarber7775 жыл бұрын
Polyphonic, thank you so much for your videos.
@deannilvalli65795 жыл бұрын
Another brilliantly done video. Great story, narration, and graphics and visualisieren, well edited as well.
@mikehahaha29625 жыл бұрын
I love to see a 500000 subscriber channel talk about crosby, still, nash and young :)
@tecpaocelotl5 жыл бұрын
I usually play this song (or its cover) at least once a day. Matthews southern comfort blends the two songs you mention as a party and spirituality.
@gerhardlegeland45234 жыл бұрын
When he talked so much about Woodstock 1969 like he did, when he talked about CSN&Y playing very early on Monday morning (August 19) but he forgot talking about the highlight of this festival on this very Monday around 9 o´clock then from my point of view he missed an important point. Talking about Woodstock without mentioning Jimi Hendrix?! Hard to accept. Isn´t there something between Joni´s bombers turning into butterflies and Jimi´s guitar imitating machine guns in Star Spangeld Banner? Sorry but I had to add this here. I saw Jimi one year later at the Isle of Wight Festival. Three weeks later he was dead.
@savannahesparza57083 жыл бұрын
Joni is really smart and has a very interesting life/career. Her life style is very influential to others and impact many lives. Enjoyed the video!
@briancherry80885 жыл бұрын
I would love to hear what Joni wrote about woodstock '99. "We are hungry, we are angry we are swimming in our urine and we've got to buy ourselves 4 dollar wa-ter."
@vincentlussier82643 жыл бұрын
Right on man! The '99 event does not even deserve to be called Woodstock at all. Maybe Cesspool instead because it was filthy, uncomfortable on a airplane runway where no campsites or tents could be set up. A real disgraceful place that didn't compare to Bethel in' 69!
@walterearl64565 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing this I'm a friend of the Great Lake Richie Havens 4 over 30 years
@chabongos5 жыл бұрын
do a video on Jeff Buckley he’s a genius
@iguessimryan5 жыл бұрын
I've been addicted to Joni for a year or so, she's a legend.
@zippy-zappa-zeppo-zorba-etc5 жыл бұрын
I thought Young wasn't there. Edit: Nevermind. I just googled it and found Young was there, but he's edited out of the footage. They even edited his name out of the intro, because he was so pissed at the camera guys! Now _that_ would be an interesting Polyphonic video.
@ceejay17945 жыл бұрын
He did not want to be involved in any film that would come out. That wasn’t Neil at the time. He simply wasn’t interested (it does sound like something Stills wanted)
@jimmywallace64525 жыл бұрын
I literally was JUST listening to this song and then u post about! Crazy!
@robertmcgregor53744 жыл бұрын
i really like your series that focuses on particular artists and also on particular songs. could i suggest an episode on the amazing Joan Armatrading and in particular the songs "Body to Dust" and "Show Some Emotion".
@felichia8085 жыл бұрын
I wonder how many more people would have been at Woodstock if they could have found a way to get there. Amazing event for everyone who was involved, including the farm owner, Yasgur.
@SamuelKristopher5 жыл бұрын
6:00 holy cheekbones Robin!
@sbingham19795 жыл бұрын
This is a very well-thought out and delivered analysis of the song, and the time during which it was written -- interesting to hear Joni Mitchell's take on it years later, where she talks in an interview about how the idealism of the hippie movement couldn't sustain itself; but I still feel that Woodstock marks a moment where cooperation & tolerance held sway for a brief moment in time --
@PeanutSpring35 жыл бұрын
Going to see Ringo tomorrow at Bethel as my first concert!
@ceejay17945 жыл бұрын
Peanut Spring 3, really your first? I saw him with a similar All Star Lineup a few years ago. He is kind, funny and has very cool friends. It should be a blast. Enjoy the concert
@PeanutSpring35 жыл бұрын
@@ceejay1794 Thank you! I'm sure I will. I've waited so long to see a concert, because I always wanted my first one to be a Green Day concert, as they are the ones who got me into music. But when you have the chance to see a Beatle, and you don't know how long they have left, they always will be a great alternative. But yeah, cant wait for the good times to roll :D!
@ceejay17945 жыл бұрын
Peanut Spring 3 and on top of it. He’s at Bethel. Great area for music. Drink it all in. Witnesssing history through a revered drummer of the 60’s.
@erestube5 жыл бұрын
Not a bad start. You're probably there now!
@PeanutSpring35 жыл бұрын
@@erestube Yo it was so great! The opening bands were awesome, and while I was on the lawn, I was close enough to see him well. It was just great!
@youareivan5 жыл бұрын
i heard this song before i knew mitchell had written it, but as soon as i did know it was so obvious. the realization was almost a physical sensation and remains one of the strangest musical experiences i've ever had. to this day i don't understand why i didn't hear it before knowing it because i can't unhear it now.
@snidelywhiplash83995 жыл бұрын
Joni is a modern day Saint and Woodstock is a prayer for the Earth
@rocketpost15 жыл бұрын
Nice video featuring a great song and possibly the greatest female singer of the twentieth century. Having said that, I also love the old jazz singers such as Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan, so that's a big compliment to Joni.
@JohnDoe-jq4re3 жыл бұрын
This song above all others is stuck in my head
@gpeddino5 жыл бұрын
"And I dreamed I saw the bombers riding shotgun in the sky And they were turning into butterflies above our nation" Wonderful image. Joni is amazing.
@dylan.dankel5 жыл бұрын
I’ve always loved this song and i’m glad it’s getting the attention is deserves 👍
@CandygirlThe1205 жыл бұрын
Every time I hear this song I can’t help but cry (Joni version only, CSNY cover makes me groove too hard)
@Eightsixseven232245 жыл бұрын
"There was madness in any direction, at any hour. If not across the Bay, then up the Golden Gate or down 101 to Los Altos or La Honda. . . . You could strike sparks anywhere. There was a fantastic universal sense that whatever we were doing was right, that we were winning. . . . And that, I think, was the handle-that sense of inevitable victory over the forces of Old and Evil. Not in any mean or military sense; we didn’t need that. Our energy would simply prevail. There was no point in fighting-on our side or theirs. We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave. . . . So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark-that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back"-Hunter S Thompson.
@Blinki182845 жыл бұрын
I love that scene in the movie.
@Eightsixseven232245 жыл бұрын
@@Blinki18284 It's a shame Hunter Didn't write more about the vietnam war. Apperantly he was stationed at Saigon towards the end but seemed to get writer's block on it, Or knowing Hunter he could have just lost interest. Appearently Hunter was quite distracted by prostitutes throughout the trips so that probaly factored in lol.
@terryfriend165 жыл бұрын
Excellent. ... just a perfect take. Thank you.
@paisleyprincess79965 жыл бұрын
Joni Mitchell. Is life. So was Max Yasgur.
@josevictordiogo41745 жыл бұрын
Perhaps a video on the other side of that coin... Gimme Shelter. Great stuff here!
@TortoiseMaximus5 жыл бұрын
I think he might’ve covered that one on his Music of Vietnam series
@josevictordiogo41745 жыл бұрын
@@TortoiseMaximus Oh, didn't know. I'll check it out.
@ThatSchmoGuy5 жыл бұрын
Can you do a video about Nick Drake?
@wilson41805 жыл бұрын
My grandmother went to Woodstock and happened to bring a camera. She stole her mother’s car and with a friend drove from Boston to New York. Got a peace sign tattoo on her foot and pictures with musicians and strangers. If I could go back in time, it would solely to go to Woodstock.
@ferociousgumby5 жыл бұрын
So how did she watch the bands in her hotel room? They didn't exactly have the technology to broadcast it on TV. I didn't even know about it until the movie came out.
@wgb010015 жыл бұрын
Damn, your videos are amazing.
@kamikariad3 жыл бұрын
When I hear the CSNY version I dance and sing along. When I hear Joni's original, I weep.
@jesussancen1235 жыл бұрын
Have you listened to the cover by Mathews' Southern Comfort? I don't know much about music but after listening to the 2 you mentioned here and this one I find it's a nice middle ground between those 2.
@EWKification5 жыл бұрын
Both songs are great, but I'm more drawn to Mitchell's, and the point that she didn't go to Woodstock is absolutely critical here. Her version is an ideal, a dream, and a passionate yearning that reality with it's gravity and necessity for urinals and plumbing and all the practical humdrum cannot match. LSD and marijuana were a huge component here as well for bringing people's consciousness outside of the confines of consensual, workaday reality. In the end Joni Mitchell's song is not a yearning for something that never evolved, but rather is the realization and manifestation of a subjective vision of another reality. The song is its own reality. The external world can hardly be expected to match it, as garbage and waste are never going to be attractive or seamless parts of a beautiful whole. The yearling is also for a spiritual transformation, for life to have more beauty and meaning -- you can't change the physical world, but you can change the person who sees in, and in so doing the physical world changes -- which, ultimately, is possible. Her song is concrete evidence.
@TheDreamingJune5 жыл бұрын
I agree. Much as I like the CSNY version, I could never connect with it like I do with Joni's version.
@BuonMercatoTest5 жыл бұрын
“... she was watching from her hotel room in New York.” Really now! Was she streaming it on broadband or was she watching it live on NBC?
@abby4mayor5 жыл бұрын
you just made my day aaaahhhh
@hmulligan34315 жыл бұрын
I got your W.B Yeats reference, "Slouching towards Bethel to be Reborn", nice
@qwertyTRiG5 жыл бұрын
That was a brilliant touch, wasn't it?
@eliasravn59515 жыл бұрын
Another great Joni song, as well
@markleon4115 жыл бұрын
Don't underestimate the influence that festival had on the course of culture.
@dave998875 жыл бұрын
A song writing titan. A goddess.
@marcscordato43855 жыл бұрын
Something about Joni Mitchell you could take away the music and the lyrics are pure poetry. Both sides now is the most compelling balled I’ve ever heard one of the greatest lyricists of all time .
@JoeSiris4 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure which came first, but there's a bit in Mitchell's song that sounds exactly like the piano from Bad Company.
@Kowalski77915 жыл бұрын
Personally I think Matthews Southern Comfort was the definitive take on the song
@squatch5455 жыл бұрын
I agree.
@tomhaskett51615 жыл бұрын
Listen to the version performed by dear Eva Cassidy - wonderful!
@garysmith98235 жыл бұрын
The only good thing about being old enough to remember the late sixties is to know better than to have nostalgia about them.
@countblue5 жыл бұрын
It doesnt matter anymore what Woodstock was in Reality, all that matters is what it is to you today personally. No matter if you been there or not.
@dwc19645 жыл бұрын
I turned 5 years old in 1969, my mom would have loved to have been at Woodstock but was kind of busy, while my dad joined the Navy after they divorced when I was 3 (becoming single put him in the top draft category & he didn't want to get drafted into the infantry). But living in the San Francisco Bay Area, a lot of the big things that were going on at the time were on the local news, on the edge of my growing awareness. And just as my awareness was growing, the movement was dying off; by the year I turned 10, Gil Scott-Heron was lamenting the turn of the seasons with "Winter In America." So as I entered my teen years, I experienced a growing sense of nostalgia for a time that I was alive for but barely aware of and completely unable to participate in. A time when people got together to end legal apartheid in the USA and oppose a senseless war in Vietnam, and a time when people were questioning the assumptions that underlie a society that practices apartheid and war and exploring other possibilities. And by the time I was old enough to vote, the Age of Reagan had been well established, and all those other possibilities were dead and buried. Oddly enough, at the same time as we seem to have reached the logical conclusion to all of that, there are also signs of things turning around, or at least of attempts to turn things around that might actually get somewhere (with some adjustments in strategy, tactics and organization). At least I hope so.
@MichaelMcBride585 жыл бұрын
One of your best.
@rallemauz5 жыл бұрын
The visuals and animations in this video are awesome. I was wondering how long it takes for you to produce something like this?
@kidmohair81515 жыл бұрын
it's still too early (and US centric) to say if the event has had an impact beyond the people who attended or wanted to and couldn't or who were alive and open to the idea... it will have to recede farther into the past for that to become apparent but those in the future will have an advantage over the historiographers of the past...words, music, images, all of them moving together
@JohnDoe-jq4re5 жыл бұрын
I just started loving this song
@rumi55475 жыл бұрын
There's a mistake here - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young did not perform at Woodstock. It was Crosby, Stills and Nash (with no backup band) who performed.
@amaj73135 жыл бұрын
Neil was there. He just refused to be filmed.
@MMsVinyl5 жыл бұрын
Great video I love this channel
@d3a19905 жыл бұрын
Joni is a genius. Irrefutably. My hero.
@rumidude5 жыл бұрын
Just a slight correction, Neil Young was not a member of CSN at that time. Crosby Stills and Nash were the only members then.
@SexyAlien25 жыл бұрын
You mean at Woodstock? Because Neil Young was part of the band when they recorded "Déjà vu".
@rumidude5 жыл бұрын
Maybe I am incorrect and Neil Young was with them at Woodstock. They played Sea Of Madness, which is a Neil Young song.
@bfish89ryuhayabusa5 жыл бұрын
@@rumidude It was CSNY at Woodstock.
@michaelharleman39755 жыл бұрын
I would love a video on Echoes by Pink Floyd
@bradfilms82785 жыл бұрын
I'd like a video on Pink Floyd period. ( Although Echoes is definitely in my top 5 Pink Floyd songs. )
@JammyGit4 жыл бұрын
I've got to admit, I like the Matthews Southern Comfort version of the song the most out of all 3 versions I've heard - those being Joni Mitchell, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, and of course Matthews Southern Comfort ✌👍
@Nolkan3 жыл бұрын
Man, I was hoping for Richie Havens’ version to be mentioned.
@expvidjefflarson5435 жыл бұрын
This is a great video! As a budding video creator I can appreciate all the work that went into its creation. Nerd Alert.
@Anna-jl7gy5 жыл бұрын
Honestly if I was an artist it would be a huge honour to be analysed by polyphonic