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How did Woodstock Effect Culture?
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Woodstock's Effect on Culture
who performed?
Jimmy Hendrix
Some of the best musical acts of the era played at Woodstock, including Jimi Hendrix, The Who, The Band, Janis Joplin, Johnny Winter, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jefferson Airplane, Ten Years After, Joan Baez, Santana, Joe Cocker, and Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young.Nov 25, 2013
Woodstock's impact on culture
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Woodstocks Meaning
What was happening during this time period?
America seemed to be dividing. The war in Vietnam went on and on. More American boys were still being sent to Southeast Asia by newly elected President Nixon. The increasingly unpopular war intensified a campus protest movement. Burning draft cards and peace marches became daily fare on the evening news.
it introduced the concept of unity to people who loved music and peace. The country was heavily divided in 1969 with the issues over the war in Vietnam being very prominent in society.
In the summer of 1969 hundreds of thousands of young adults converged on a farm in upstate New York for the now legendary Woodstock Music and Arts fair.
Some say it symbolized the freedom and idealism of the 1960s. Critics argue that Woodstock represented much of what was wrong with the '60s: a glorification of drugs, a loosening of sexual morality and a disrespect for authority.
Woodstock's effect on drug use
There was Massive drug use going on during Woodstock and i think that may be ingrained in the heads of the people of that time. After Woodstock there was more drug use because it was brought into the mainstream. it made drugs seems less dangerous.
Woodstock's Positive impact on Music
Woodstock helped make gains in the careers of many musicians. Carlos Santana, now considered to be one of the greatest modern guitar players, had his career take off after his performance. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, who were having trouble in their relationship as a band during the time they performed at Woodstock, regrouped and became very successful in the decades to come and remain successful today.
Woodstock's Negative impact on Music
Media Coverage
Woodstock had both positive and negative effects on the rock groups of the time. Both Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, two of the most famous Counterculture musicians, both died of drug complications within a year of Woodstock, perhaps because they knew that their fame had peaked at Woodstock.
What did Woodstock Represent?
The fact that it happened in New York City, that the media were close to it, magnified it out of all proportion. And once it had been so magnified, it became a symbol for all kinds of people.
it took place during the war, so all those days of peace and love amid chaos and disorganization really was a way of acting out a kind of lifestyle protest against the wars, assassinations and the whole violent side of the '60s that tends to get stressed more in media stereotypes.