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Entertaining informative video capturing the essence of peace unity music love drugs and rock n roll event of a lifeTime generational change for young people embarking on unified mission of hope'
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This is a complete rip off of Woodstock, the movie, which is what I thought I was purchasing. I saw it when it first came out in the theatres, in 1970. It was great! This is film is an insult to the original film and totally misses the mark. I wonder what those who have given it many stars would actually think if they saw the real Woodstock? Disappointing, to say the least.
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At the time of this film's release, Peace and Music was still a clarion call of a generation, and the music, the film's verite, its judicious editing, made it one of the best portrayals of the Sixties and its music. But from the distance of nearly forty years, the documentary's story seems naive, fey, even dangerous in its adolescent demonstrations of personal freedom. Hardly a signpost to relish of Americ'as future. Still, its unblinking portrayal is the reality of that time, and its music scenes demonstrate a true love for the meld of black R'n'B, blues, gospel, country and folk music that was rock music at its finest.
It is hard to put the importance of this event into a musical historical context. It is unsurpassed. Some of the greatest musicians in modern history who had unsurpassed influence on the development of music and modern culture. This movie does a pretty excellent job of portraying that event and the context in which it happened. For many of the musicians, their greatest recorded work was brought out by playing in front of half a million spectators. Perhaps the greatest flaw in the movie is the terrible, awful, really pitiful subtitles (in English) of song lyrics in particular. Turn the subtitles OFF. Its really distracting and a terrible shame to detract from the incredible music. Historically, the most significant acts are probably Santana who melded Latin music to Rock and Roll, Sly and the Family Stone, who did much the same with R&B and Rock and Roll, and of course Jimi Hendrix, who took the electric guitar and rock music to places never heard or seen from before or since. The Who were outstanding. Ten Years After played their best ever, as did Joe Cocker. By the way, for those of you who only know Joe from "You are so beautiful" or the sacarin duets, "A little help from 'me' friends" will show why he was famous in the first place. The problem with old Joe is that he really "spazed" out when he sang. It was the source of much merriment, as with John Belushi singing a duet with him on SNL finishing up writhing on the floor after flinging himself in a twisted mess. For those who have never seen him, it can detract from his singing, which on this song is amazing. So if you have young teens or others who are prone to laughing at new and unusual, maybe have them listen first without watching. Richie Havens opened the concert with his unique guitar playing open tuning with rapid-fire strumming. Some of the music is not to my taste, like Joan Baez, but others will like her. I highly recommend Woodstock for anyone who wants to better understand where the music they listen to came from and perhaps is going. It is also great for people who are interested in the greatest concert of all time. TomRead full review
I bought this skeptical and felt it was very good after viewing the dvd. I have always been a fan of 60's music but this dvd took the music a bit further. It showed a bit of how it started from the ground up. It also gave a pretty candid view of the concert goers without being to extreme. The music was pretty awesome as well. If you are a fan of 60's music, ever wanted to see what the real Woodstock was like or just maybe a stoner check it out. It is worth your time to sit down and watch it. Just don't take a bank loan to do it. Pay attention for the 40th anniversary edition this coming summer as well. The only downside it seems is the pricing on this one. My price was about what it would have been new. I see so many paying outrageous prices for this on here. Just hold out people end of July 2009 there is going to be a 40th anniversary edition. I would have held out but i wanted to see it and mine wasn't crazy priced.Read full review
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