If You Had The Chance To Go Back To 1969 At The Age Of 19 Would You?

Above directed to onlygoodvibes. But, it doesn't really matter. Good post Shale. So many different ways people came together from so many places.

 

THIS, I'v always felt like the music from that time is just unmatched in every aspect. The way it touches your soul. Agh.


I want to say thank you to shale and scorpio and anyone else contributing this this thread. It really made my day today to see some more positive outlooks to things.

 

It was a development of a lot of things that had gone before. Maybe it's because 60's music sounds to me like the soundtrack to my childhood I have my particular feelings about it. Maybe some of it worked in the 60's, but now......not so well. Things have changed so much.

But I'm not saying it didn't have merit - just that I personally am bored with the 60's.

 

Some of the production quality is not the best but I find a decent amount of 60's music holds up well amongst modern stuff.

 

I'm not saying it wasn't a decade that produced some great music. Just that I am bored with most of it. Two very different things.

 

I remember writing to the NY Times editors page in 1997 asking for people to write to me with their experiences of Woodstock and generally that era/time.I did'nt expect hardly anyone to reply to my letter but.......after a week,the postman started delivering wads of envelopes in rubber bands!lol I used to spend afternoons reading all these letters and the majority of senders were very positive re their experiences of the late 60's and Woodstock/other festivals.
Scorpio Kenny:Loved your post on this thread,it brought back memories of the letters I had been reading.

 

true. pop music has never been particularly good though, and now that we have the internet it's much easier to actually find alternatives to pop music.

 

Yah it probably becomes hum drum over the decades. the op mentioned being 19 though, so insinuated in that is not having several decades of repeatedly listening to the music.

 

I imagine having piercings and such was looked down upon as well? The social aspect must have been much better at the time though, I mean no internet means more face to face time and more outside hands on experiences.

 

I pierced my left earlobe in 1973. (that was the one str8 men pierced) Just did it by myself, sitting at the kitchen table with sewing needle & thread and a potato. Oh, and a glass of wine. It was an expression - I suppose of being a pirate. With long hair men having pierced ears in the U.S. was a new thing and it was just another personal rebellion.

Now, athletes have both ears pierced & more. (Go to a nude beach and you see all sorts of piercings now on men & women that you might not even think about.)

 

Let's see:
The Rain, half of he stage sinking, the fence getting torn down, not enough supplies, traffic getting backed up, the PA picking up the radio signals from the helecopters flying overhead, Bob Weir nearly getting electrocuted on stage, Santana playing while peaking on acid convinced his guitar neck was a giant snake, the brown acid etc.

Yes I*'ve seen the movie and read books written by the participants who pretty much said it was a disaster. On top of that I had a teacher in high school who was Ravi Shankars tour manager who pretty much stated that it was a disaster.

C/S,
Reb J

 

This is from Wikipedia...

Fairly Interesting "spin" some of the media set out to put on Woodstock:

 

restored. looks like the last post was a spam and wasnt deleted proper..

Carry on, love is coming. Love is coming to us all.

 

Shale, Orison found this thread!

 

I think I did it. I'm sorry. My eyes were fried from doing close jewelry work. I really do need some new glasses.

 

So, if time travel were real, who else would wish to go back to 1969 and be 19-years-old and you would have no memories of any future events?
I believe that it was a yes or no question. Easy.

Add your discussion as to why or why not. That's on you.

Thanks folks.

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ONLYgoodVIBES, thanks for the question, my bro. It gets a good discussion going. Similar questions have been asked before but every time that they get asked again, the answers evolve and get even better. Thanks, Man. Yer cool.

Yer Bro, Kenny

 

Thanks for the best posting I've read in years. Really enjoyed it.

 

I want to go hang out with the beatniks and that generation.....writing and painting with them, and going to those crowded coffee houses....discussing things all night long......and truly alive with sharing ideas and creating things. Does that count? lol

Leave me there for about a year, and then I can come back to the now....maybe.....

 

I think that last part is key. Otherwise there's a large chance you would live an awfully clueless life in an awesome decade. Being in the wrong place, hearing about the good stuff too late. That's not why I wanna go!

Same with the 14th century or the french revolution: count me in! But i only wanna go because of what i know now (and i know it wasn't a party everywhere/all the time )