Woodstock is coming up on its 50th anniversary, and while it doesn’t feel like it’s been that long since half a million people grooved in upstate New York, a golden anniversary is a great reason to look back at some nostalgic photos. From August 15 - 18, 1969 half a million people showed up to dance and groove in the mud while artists like Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and The Who jammed for hours on end.
Woodstock is not only one of the most famous music festivals of all time, it was also one of the defining moments of the 1960s counter-culture movement.
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The music festival still carries a wealth of cultural relevance. Fans have a middle-aged farmer to thank for it.
Here are some rare and funny pics of Jimi Hendrix while performing with his band The Jimi Hendrix Experience at the Open Air Love & Peace Festival in Fehmarn, Germany on September 6, 1970. Hendrix and MK II line up of the Experience (with Billy Cox on Bass and Mitch Mitchell on Drums) were originally scheduled to play on 5 September, but heavy rain and gale-force winds interference delayed their appearance to the next day. Hendrix could have gone home on the 5th but he decided to play a day later at noon, and duly got booed for his troubles by the festival crowd at the start of his show. Jimi told a reporter at the festival site on the first day: "I’ll play tomorrow. Tomorrow at noon. I don’t have to, but I want to. The fans are out there in the dirt, I have to play for them. They came because of me. [Otherwise] I would have a bad conscience...”
Woodstock was supposed to be '3 days of peace and music' - but as these stories from right after the concert describe, it didn't exactly end up that way.
Годовщине культового рок-фестиваля «Вудсток» посвящается. Событие, изменившее мир. Конец эры хиппи и начало сексуальной революции.
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Você, certamente, já ouviu falar sobre o festival Woodstock! Mas é sempre legal conhecer – ou relembrar –, algumas curiosidades e ver fotos incríveis! Para entrar no clima, liga essa playlist especial que fizemos do evento: 1. O Festival Woodstock aconteceu entre os dias 15 e 18 de agosto de 1969 2. O local escolhido foi Bethel, em Nova York, nos Estados Unidos... 3. Onde moravam apenas 2.300 habitantes 4. A organização do evento esperava 60 mil pessoas... 5. Mas o público foi de nada menos do que 400 mil pessoas! 6. O slogan do festival era “An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music”, em tradução livre: “Uma Exposição Aquariana: três dias de paz e música” 7. Uma das grandes músicas do momento era “Age of Aquarius”, do musical “Hair” 8. No dia 15, estes foram os shows que rolaram: Richie Havens, Swami Satchidananda, Sweetwater, Bert Sommer, Tim Hardin, Ravi Shankar, Melanie, Arlo Guthrie e Joan Baez 9. No dia 16: Quill, Country Joe McDonald, Santana, John Sebastian, Keef Hartley Band, The Incredible String Band, Canned Heat, Mountain, Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Janis Joplin e The Kozmic Blues Band, Sly e the Family Stone, The Who e Jefferson Airplane 10. E este foi o line-up do último dia: Joe Cocker e The Grease Band, Country Joe e the Fish, Ten Years After, The Band, Johnny Winter, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Sha Na Na, Jimi Hendrix / Gypsy Sun & Rainbows 11. Alguns artistas recusaram o convite para participar – por compromissos profissionais ou por acharem que o festival seria um fracasso. Entre eles: Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin e The Doors 12. Mais de 100 pessoas foram presas 13. Três pessoas morreram. Os motivos foram: overdose de heroína, ruptura de apêndice e atropelamento por um trator 14. Duas mulheres deram à luz 15. 600 pessoas estavam envolvidas na segurança do evento 16. O preço da entrada para os três dias era de 18 dólares 17. Uma porção de pães ou um litro de leite custava 10 cents 18. Foram consumidos 500 mil salsichas e hambúrgueres no primeiro dia 19. Havia 600 banheiros no local 20. Jimi Hendrix morreu 13 meses após o seu show no festival... 21. E Janis Joplin 14 Qual desses shows você gostaria de ter assistido? Comente no Fórum do Mega Curioso
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