Word: woodstocks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...songbooks hawked by local vendors. They are subdued crowds-"laid back" in the vernacular of the present -but once inside they unite to buffet Dylan with waves of applause after each song. Roaring pleas for encores and repeated standing ovations are standard features. Lighted matches, signifying the rebirth of Woodstock solidarity, are regularly held aloft...
...deterioration set in: The Kennedys, King, Dak To, Khe Sanh, Watergate. The clenched fist replaced the V sign as idealists turned cynical. Dylan and his followers withdrew into a more personal and private world. After a near-fatal motorcycle accident in 1966, Dylan moved to his home in Woodstock, N.Y., and switched from participant to observer to chronicle the halcyon days of "the movement" in songs like Time Passes Slowly...
Ever since Sha Na Na burst upon the national rock-and-roll scene with its tour de force performance at Woodstock, I've been an infatuated follower of the group's fifties style and sound. In the wasteland of electric rock Sha Na Na provided a welcome retreat from the overblown basses and haranguing lead guitars that were pummelling listeners of contemporary rock music with monotonous uniformity. They captured me in that first performance, launching what has become an enduring and passionate romance...
...1960s the torch was passed from age to youth, but in the 1970s the torch is being handed back again. Youth -the obsession of a few years ago, the hope of some, the fear of others -no longer makes great waves. While the 1969 rock festival at Woodstock was hailed as an epic event of liberated youth, the even bigger 1973 festival at Watkins Glen was considered a casual outing. Between these two festivals youth somehow lost its mystique...
...Strip within minutes of no fewer than 32 record companies, has decided to take advantage of its location by welcoming-and indulging-pop musicians. The result, according to TIME'S David DeVoss, is that the garish, twelve-story hotel has become a psychedelic pantheon for anybody seeking a Woodstock ambience with a bacchanalian bounce. DeVoss's report...