Woodstock Question

[piece-itpete]

My 02, it is getting better. When I was a kid towns were still segregated, and while still partially true here they are far more integrated, on a scale impossible here in the 60s and 70s.

Cultural groups of all kinds tend to flock together.

Pete

[HarmanKardon]

Your posts guys were very helpful, thanks. Now I understand. Thanks Pete for at least one positive remark in connection with the current black & white situation.

[MikeG22]

Wasn't there a Dave Chappelle skit with John Mayer about how white people love acoustic guitar and black people love drums?

[piece-itpete]

Black and white can jam and smoke together.

Pete

[MrPots]

Originally Posted by JJIII

I guess you would have to have grown up here in the U.S.A. to understand just how separated the races were and are still. In some ways things are better but we have leaders, both black and white, that gain monetarily from stirring up as much hatred as they can.

Indeed, just two years prior interracial marriage was still illegal in 17 states.

[MrPots]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Black and white can jam and smoke together.

Pete

One of the headliners at Woodstock was Jimmy Hendrix. He still smokes......

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by HarmanKardon

JJIII Is that so? Oh my - what a pity. I confess that I am obviously too far away to register the current sad significance of American Apartheid.

Ike Bana just try to understand that it is the point of view of a European.

The United States is far more multi-cultural than Germany, HK. Of the many cultures here, many like to retain their cultural heritage when it comes to music, food, dress, etc. Accordingly, many blacks simply don't like rock & roll and many whites don't like rap/hip-hop.

Consider your own home country, HK. There are over 4 million Turks there, representing over 5% of the population. Go to a concert that appeals to German youth and you won't see Turks in that percentage. I went to bunches of rock & roll concerts in Germany and don't think I saw a single Turk.

[bobabode]

As Finnbow put it, it was simply different tastes in music Chris. There was no "Peace, Love and racism". In fact, the idea is ludicrous.

[noonereal]

Music has cultural roots. Experiences and perspectives are shared and advanced through music. The music of Woodstock was a calling to middle class kids.

Most middle class kids were not black in the 60's.

[Charles]

Personally HK, I wouldn't put a great amount of "stock" into Woodstock. Get it???

It was an aberration, not the norm. Peace, love, rock and roll, drugs, and freeloading...a once in a lifetime myth packaged and sold to the "what if" generation. A lot of talented musicians no doubt, but the myth transcends the music. Less than a sum of it's parts in my estimation.

I'll guarantee you, had it lasted for a couple of weeks instead of a couple of days, those peace loving hippies would have been eating one another.

If you want to appreciate American culture, or any culture, Altamont would be a better example.

Kind of reminds me of a quote ATTRIBUTED to de Gaulle, "Kennedy is the nations mask, Johnson is the nations face."

The Woodstock snapshot was of a different culture, which no longer exists, it didn't really exist then. I have a collection of filters for my Pentax, when used correctly they can enhance reality. Or make it even worse than it is.

In essence, a snapshot taken at 1/1000 second.

Chas