Word: woodstock
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...learned the wrong lesson at Woodstock. I learned I love my meaningless little life and all my materialistic things -- my car with air conditioning, my bed, running water...
...naked capitalism of Woodstock '94 ran counter to the professed ideals of many of the musicians who played there. The roster included such "alternative" groups as Red Hot Chili Peppers, Porno for Pyros and Candlebox, which are supposed to be anti-commercialism. Some top alternative acts, such as Pearl Jam, rejected invitations to appear at Saugerties, as did rocker Neil Young, another of those who played the first Woodstock. The morals vs. money debate raged among fans. "I refuse to participate in something I believe is nothing more than making money off people's lust for the past," said graduate...
...promoters of Woodstock '94, and some of the musicians, say the commercialism can actually help support idealism. "((Woodstock)) is really corporate," admits bassist Mike Dirnt of the Berkeley punk band Green Day. "But that's one of the reasons we're playing. It's helping us make up a lot of the money we've lost touring, being out there keeping our ticket prices low." The best-paid acts received $250,000, and all will receive a share of ancillary royalties. Promoter Scher of Polygram Records says he turned down sponsorship offers from such companies as Marlboro, Coors, Budweiser...
Despite these arguments, cynics, pundits and alternative-music ideologues were predicting Woodstock '94 would be a corporatized simulacrum of the original festival. A '60s myth would be used to sucker the 16- to 30-year-old demographic. Woodstock '94 was seen as the ultimate musical sellout, the sort of thing that made Kurt Cobain leave this world riding on a shotgun blast. MTV, which televised some of the festival and launched a home-shopping show during it, ran an ad for its coverage with the slogan, "All you have to do to change the world is change the channel...
...music was good, and most people didn't seem to let the involvement of Haagen-Dazs ruin it for them. In the movie world, the sequel tends to earn about 60% of what the original does. Less than a cultural milestone but more than a concert, Woodstock '94 was the typical sequel -- calculated, but about 60% as good as the real thing...