Revisiting Woodstock brings two friends closer

Colleen Plimpton and Sandy Johnson have been friends for almost 18 years, but it wasn't until recently they realized they had more in common than they previously knew.

[curious]

all the hippies outgrew that nonsense i hope and settled down to the real world.

[abc]

curious wrote:

all the hippies outgrew that nonsense i hope and settled down to the real world.

we'd all be better off if we outgrew the "real world" and settled that to that type of life

[Danburian]

Long live Woodstock. May the legend never die. People today should be so lucky to be able to attend such a function. Peaceful, full of music, everyone getting along. Here's to 1969. Those were the good ole days.

[johnnyriz]

who cares

[Buddy]

curious wrote:

all the hippies outgrew that nonsense i hope and settled down to the real world.

NOT all of them. Most of them overdosed and died. My buddy Jimmy's brain is gone and he still gathers shopping carts at Acme once in a while for some money.

--In 1969, Plimpton was 20 and had a summer job at a Howard Johnson's restaurant. She went in on Friday, quit her job and hitchhiked to the festival with her boyfriend, Bobby.--

This is exactly what hippies (self proclaimed Flower Children) did, they didn't like to work, slept on each other's floors or in their vans, and laid around stoned all the time on weed, LSD or heroin listening to just blaring music with no words !!

[Common sense needed here]

Buddy wrote:

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NOT all of them. Most of them overdosed and died. My buddy Jimmy's brain is gone and he still gathers shopping carts at Acme once in a while for some money.
--In 1969, Plimpton was 20 and had a summer job at a Howard Johnson's restaurant. She went in on Friday, quit her job and hitchhiked to the festival with her boyfriend, Bobby.--
This is exactly what hippies (self proclaimed Flower Children) did, they didn't like to work, slept on each other's floors or in their vans, and laid around stoned all the time on weed, LSD or heroin listening to just blaring music with no words !!

Jealous? It was a rock 'n roll hall of fame celebration before the rock 'n roll hall of fame was a thought in anyone's mind. It was a rebellion against the "establishment" and their button down ways, prejudicial politics and puritanical attitudes. It was a signature moment for a generation that wanted an end to war based on acquisitions. It was an idealist event, an expression of disgust with the powerful immoral, unethical ruling class and the policies of the times.
Too bad that so many idealists sold out to the establishment. That's one reason that the world is as funked up as it is today. LONG LIVE WOODSTOCK AND IT'S IDEALS!!

[Wiley Post]

A great little internet radio station is celebrating the fortieth anniversary with non-stop music.

Woodstock69 is on the air. Relive your spent youth while soaking in the sound.

New York State Thruway's closed man!

http://player.play.it/player/player.html...

[Crusader Rabbit]

FuddyDuddy wrote:

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NOT all of them. Most of them overdosed and died. My buddy Jimmy's brain is gone and he still gathers shopping carts at Acme once in a while for some money...

Still stewing in your own bile? What a bitter person you are. It ain't just Jimmy's brain, it's your heart too.

[curious]

hippies were/are out of step with reality. living in a dream world. their reality was drugs, laziness, stupidity and music conquers all. what a joke on them......
what medical school encouraged those values? what resume were they listed on? what police force encourages them? what military unit encourages them? just losers looking for the easy way out..........

[simplyamazed]

...the average age of the Woodstock Generation: about 20.....the current average age of Congress and the Senate: about 60....you do the math kiddies.....kind of explains WTF is going on in Washington, now doesn't it?(still doesn't explain why the music was better then than now...)

[Bystander]

Anyone still have their original ticket? I got mine!

[Sharpshooter]

simplyamazed wrote:

...the average age of the Woodstock Generation: about 20.....the current average age of Congress and the Senate: about 60....you do the math kiddies.....kind of explains **** is going on in Washington, now doesn't it?(still doesn't explain why the music was better then than now...)

Actually what it explains is that these people who are now in Congress did not attend.

[simplyamazed]

Sharpshooter wrote:

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Actually what it explains is that these people who are now in Congress did not attend.

...please explain, I'm not following you here...

[Sharpshooter]

simplyamazed wrote:

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...please explain, I'm not following you here...

My assumption is no greater than yours

[Cheech]

Lots of hippies died. Some grew up and went establishment, man. I'm still a smoker, a joker and a midnight toker and I love brownies made with the weed, man!

[simplyamazed]

...groovy...

[micah jesse]

9/11 was a inside job

[USA]

Danburian wrote:

Long live Woodstock. May the legend never die. People today should be so lucky to be able to attend such a function. Peaceful, full of music, everyone getting along. Here's to 1969. Those were the good ole days.

A bunch of drugged out hippies !

[Lorie]

Woodstock had it's time and is a nice memory. There were also other things that went out no one wants to admit. All the stupid people laws have made it harder and harder to enjoy a concert. You treat people like animals, they act like it, it'a no brainer, look at our schools and jail systems, sadly almost one in the same with corraling them like cattle. The true hippie died out in the seventies. True hippies didn't want Government mandate, they didn't believe in abortion and most believed in living as self sufficient persons henceforth communes. Today it's a bunch of extreme, 1/2 informed people parading in a false facade. Where is the love now?

[Far out]

curious wrote:

all the hippies outgrew that nonsense i hope and settled down to the real world.

You mean the "real world" that includes huge SUV's, Huge homes, huge debts, huge Greed, an unjustified war, etc etc