i used to ride around in the car of my best friend, his yellow VW bug, and he had no radio cuz it was stolen. so he used to have sheets of notebook paper where he wrote down classic songs and we'd sing them in the car while he drove around town. this was one of them. such great memories.
For you to listen to later not to Woodstock you out, but here's another amazing performance with Joni on guitar this time... czcams.com/video/NXQmt6O9y5s/video.html
I am now turning 70 years young, and I was in Bethel NY (Woodstock) in 1969. I still have my ticket, they never took it, it was free when I got there on Friday afternoon✌🏻
@ Michael J. Pavlinch, could I ask you some questions about your time at the festival. I never attended (I'm 44), but I am a big Woodstock enthusiast. I have been since I was 13. Do you have Facebook?
@@tammybrennan2040 Yes, I did see Hendrix, it was early Monday morning when the crowd had dwindled from 500,000 to maybe 30,000. The Star spangled banner was to this day still amazing✌🏼☮️.
"We are stardust, we are golden, we are billion year old carbon, and we got to get back to the garden" Those lyrics made such a deep impression on me as a 16 year old kid, realizing I was part of the universe. And everything seemed possible.
IMO the words you quote owe something to the "little" novella CANDIDE by the eighteenth century French writer and philosopher Voltaire. It also ends with the theme of getting back to the garden.
Me too! I was about 9 in my sisters apartment in her parlor and those words "we are Stardust" touched my Soul!!! Thank you for sharing your story Ziggy, which totally made me remember my story which is a great memory!
I was only 12 when Woodstock happened, but I saw the film when it came out less than a year later. Changed my life..Some people like to say that the people who attended were just young and naive..Not so. I remember them. The people just ahead of me were a special breed..Were they naive a little? I suppose., but they were much more than that. They really did believe, and, don't let anybody tell you different. They were tough SOB's..They were the children of WWII vets..I'm not talking about in the physically violent sense. I'm talking about in their character. They were a special breed. They had a tremendous impact on me..Wish we could go back there. They were people with purpose.
@@roncarpenter7240 IMO, your first sentence needs a bit of an edit. Read it again. And to be honest, I hadn't read Voltaire at age 16, that would be part of my reading list a few years later. My comment had to do with the feelings of a 16 year old girl who was reading Steinbeck, Dickens, Thomas Hardy and a few other mid-19th century authors.
I was there at merely 15 years of age in 1969, riding in the back of van with 5 orhers, arriving late to the rain-drenching and still plenty of traffic jam. It was a revolutionary experience and you definitely felt the family around you.
The ending of this song is actually a separate song - "Find the Cost Of Freedom". Anti-war, the cost of freedom is all the young men killed in war. Still touches my soul.
@@jiffin1 Yup - it turned up on "Daylight Again" with added vocals by Art Garfunkel. Wonderful song about the tragic cost of the American Civil War (and war in general)
I LOVE CSN&Y!!! They blew it out of the park with Joni Mitchel's song. and that harmonizing at the end.........sends me into orbit!!! I celebrate August 16-18 every yr in my own way cause I couldn't be at Woodstock, I was 7 with strict Italian parents but they couldn't take the Hippie out of my Soul!!! ✌
Stephen Stills when CSNY got on stage at Woodstock: “This is the second time we've ever played in front of people, man... we're scared shitless!” Woodstock was 1969, not 1971.
@@phillipharrison2836 Neil WAS there, he just refused to be on camera, because of rights/permissions/royalties. In some videos, you can see him in the shadows off to the side, intentionally not filmed.
He later clarified that it wasn't the audience that they were afraid of; they were having to perform in front of a lot of their peers, like Jefferson Airplane.
Woodstock happened a few years before I was born, but I have this song and the entire Déjà Vu album permanently stamped across my consciousness. My Dad loved CSNY, probably in his top three along with The Beatles and Simon and Garfunkel. He really loved Neil especially as we are Canadian. My Dad passed away in January of this year at 75 after a courageous battle with ALS. He gave me my love of music, and it remains our connection now that he is gone. So hearing this today was special, thanks Jamel.
It was so different back then, Jamel. I was pregnant with my son at the time. Newly married but looking forward to the future. Times were changing fast. Vietnam war, protests for equality and to stop the war....yeah, so many things going on but we felt empowered. So much hope. Now I am a great-grandmother who still longs for the goodness to show itself in America. It's there. I feel it. I cried when we elected Obama....I was so happy and hopeful. Now this election has brought back that hope and love for all the people who have worked tirelessly to bring it all back. Corny as it sounds....I believe in America. Love to you all❣️
You would have fit so well in with the young people of the 60’s and early 70’s. I’m so happy that you appreciate the music of my generation. Music was such a big part of our life. Keep our music alive, Jamel. Sending you love and peace ❤️❤️☮️☮️
Nancy Ray...I totally agree! Ever since I was a kid in the Bay Area in the 60s, music has been a driving force in my life. Can’t live without the rejuvenating impact it still has for me ❤️
I hear what you are saying. I would have fit in there perfectly but I was not born yet, I came in ‘73. The music of that time is endless, it is so beautiful. Easy to listen to and dance to. I have always been a little bit jealous of the ones who got to be there. ☮️
Nancy:You are absolutely right! Jamal is a flower child tight out of central casting! His outlook on life is exactly what the whole Woodstock thing, and by extension the Counterculture, is all about. It is not surprising that we didn't change the world and conquer hate, but my god we thought we could.
@@markmurphy558 yes, we did think we could change the world and conquer hate and I feel like we did that for a few years. Unfortunately, greed, the love of power, and the desire for wealth are so powerful in this country, I don’t see peace, love , and equality for all people winning in my lifetime. But the eternal hippie soul in me still wants that.
And that's all it was. Four days of love, peace and music. 400,000 people and not one act of violence. What does that say about hippies and the times? Hippies got a bad rap but they were a peace loving people who just wanted to enjoy their music. This would never be anle to happen again in our lifetime. Just liok at the Woodstock held in the 1990's. Riots, violence and people burning down the concession stands. SAD!!! Sad that we cannot join together in a group anymore without some kind of mischief and mayhem. I'm almost ashamed to be alive in these days and times.
The only time I ran away from home was when I tried to catch up with the older neighborhood kids who had left earlier in the week for Woodstock. I was age 7 in 1969, and planned to hitchhike from SC to NY in just two days. Got about a mile from home when my mom found me and convinced me to return home for lunch. She loved telling the story to people because she was proud of my determination.
Jamel, you'll love their "Teach Your Children" "Our House" and Stephen Stills "Love The One You're With". Crosby, Nash do backing vocals for the last one.
Memories!🌹 I was too young to go (13/14?) But my best friend and I were surly little innocent hippies. Still are today...but not so young. It's a state of mind. Thanks for taking me back
In 1971 I was in 7th grade, but, because I had 2 older brothers and a sister, I grew up with this music from Woodstock and this era playing all the time. After all these years, I still remember all the lyrics and songs. Takes me back to a more innocent time, for me anyway, but the times were pretty turbulent with the Vietnam War and all.
@@karaminalee Awe, don't be jealous, my friend! The music from the era was great, but the times, yeah, not so much. I could say a lot more but don't want to get political on here, I'm sure you know what I mean. But, yeah, it sure produced a lot of great music!
@@51Lorie I hear you, love. Even though it was turbulent, I wish I had been able to witness it first hand. I love history and wish I could witness every era. Great great music! 💙💙💙
My brother and his wife visited Bethel and he was the only one there that day who had been to the festival. I guess he became an instant celebrity and everyone wanted to talk to him.
This is the version I know - so it was amazing to hear Joni Mitchell doing her own song in such a unique way in your other reaction. Thanks for reacting to both, Jamel!
My dear friend Artie Kornfeld was the promoter and co-creator of Woodstock; and he would be so pleased at your interest in the festival. It was actually in 1969 and he lost everything to make it happen. It was a true labour of love.
Must listening song at Woodstock . . . Richie Havens “Here Comes the Sun.” I wasn’t at Woodstock as I was in junior high and even if I was of age, my father would NEVER had agreed to let me go!
Richie Havens singing "Freedom" at Woodstock will give you goosebumps, Jamal. Even if you cant do a reaction to it, just for yourself--- it's medicine for the soul~ 💜✌
Steven Stills and Neil Young were first bandmates in Buffalo Springfield, one of the most influential bands of their era. Neil's "Expecting to Fly" is a nearly forgotten masterpiece. So many great songs from that band. Steve's "Rock and Roll Woman" and "Bluebird"...
Ahhh if only we could get back to that garden of peace and love, the world and society could really use it right now. Sending love to you, Jamel, and to the rest of this beautiful CZcams fam we are a part of. ❤
37 years after woodstock ( 2006 ) I went to a concert at the original location in Bethel, NY to see Crosby ,Stills,Nash and Young. Bethel Woods is an awesome place to visit if get to see a concert there. They have an Amphitheater and museum.
The original Woodstock was in 1969.. They took a lot of the original filming of Woodstock, 1969, and made a movie of it called "Woodstock".. I was 20 years-old, just came back from a 1 year overseas tour, and driving into my next assignment at McClellan AFB, North Highlands, CA.. Loved this !!! Thank you, Jamel !!!
Three perfect voices. One of my favorite bands. I have every album they made. I have their first album, it's Crosby Stills& Nash sitting on a couch. It has a sleeve and a song sheet with lyrics. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes, Marrakech Express, Guinnevere, You Don't Have To Cry, Pre- Road Downs. Wooden Ships, Lady Of The Island, Helplessly Hoping, Long Time Gone, 49 Bye-Byes 1969. Then Neil Young Joined.
Something truly magical happened when Crosby, Stills and Nash first sang together. And the addition of Young was another bonus. Have you watched the Laurel Canyon documentary? It is brilliant.
@@careym3901 You can tell by the guitar solo that it was Young not Stills. Stills is more melodic, and less sloppy. Young's sloppy energy is part of his style.
I didn't get to go to Woodstock. But I got to live through those times and this song epitomizes what it was all about. Freedom from "the man." Freedom of expression. Freedom to choose your own path and not the path the establishment thought was right. Those years were amazing and unique, never to be repeated.
LOVE the show! Do yourself a HUGE favour and watch the full, original movie/documentary, “Woodstock 3 Days of peace and music”...Absolutely AMAZING!! If I could go anywhere back in time, I’d go to Woodstock!
Listen to this person Jamal! In 2019 Woodstock was 50 years ago and I watched the full 224 minute version in the cinema. I had goose bumps the entire movie, there might've even been some tears :D
@@mikemclaughlin3306 they had a very long set, over a dozen songs. Neil Young was with them since 1969. I was only thinking about the concert not the song itself.
I was there and it was everything you could hope for! Check out Ritchie Havens who opened with Freedom...I went back to Bethel last year and was the jacket that her wore behind a glass display, brought tears to my eyes. That festival represented everything that my generation was about.
Yes, hold on indeed. I was 16 years old when the Woodstock mivie came out. My favorite bands from it were Alvin Lee's Ten Years After, The Who and Jimi Hendrix. Great movie, great music and great times. This would NEVER be able to happen again in our lifetime. Just look at the Woodstock held in the 1990's. Full of violence and mayhem. SAD!!!
@@roddycoles3213 Saw the movie shortly after it was released in theaters and I must say that I was really excited about some of the other groups perfomances but when it came to Alvin Lee I was totally mesmerized by his lightning quick fingers while he was playing. I was about 17 years old then. I just turned 67 on Nov. 7 so this was 50 years ago and still today I look up on CZcams that performance and I'm just as blown away with it now as I was then. Fantastic!!! RIP MY FLYING FINGERED FRIEND.
Didn't make it to Woodstock, but saw many of the same bands at Atlanta Pop Festivals, 1 and 2. This song and video captures the feel of that time. Peace and Love my sisters and brothers!
I WAS BORN IN 1960 AND I ALWAYS WANDER WHT HAPPENED to the idealism, the simplicity, the peace and the love which was the essence of the woodstock generation.
My high school boyfriend went but my parents wouldn't let me go because I was only 16! This was the best time to be alive no time since has equaled it. We had such good intentions but couldn't follow through. Real life kicked in we had to get jobs and join the mainstream. So fun to relive with you Jamel.
CSN great great!!! Woodstock one of my favs from CSN!! Listen to studio version of this as well!! Peace, Love , Rock n Roll✌🏻!!! Woodstock was one huge party !!
There's one other cover of this song by Mattew's Southern Comfort. It's my personal favorite version of the song. Seems like hardly anyone talks about it.
I didn't make it to Woodstock. I was only 15 and lived on the West Coast. I heard the recording of Crosby, Stills and Nash at Woodstock and they were saying it was only their "second gig and they were scared sh**less." A month or two later, I got to see them live in San Diego. My best friend and I bought a weekend bus pass for 50 cents each and pan-handled for tickets. They were awesome! "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" was the only song we knew then, and they put on quite a show. Later we found out these guys weren't new to the music business, just new to each other as a group. The memory of that first concert with them still makes me smile.
My next door neighbor used to always tell me how that was his white car at the beginning of the Woodstock movie. He was always so proud to have been there. Miss you, Sal
Well I came upon a child of God, he was walking along the road And I asked him tell me where are you going, this he told me: Said, I'm going down to Yasgur's farm, going to join in a rock and roll band. Got to get back to the land, and set my soul free. We are stardust, we are golden, we are billion year old carbon, And we got to get ourselves back to the garden. Well, then can I walk beside you? I have come to lose the smog. And I feel myself to be a cog in something turning. And maybe it's the time of the year, yes and maybe it's the time of man. And I don't know who I am but life is for learning. We are stardust, we are golden, we are billion year old carbon, And we got to get ourselves back to the garden. We are stardust, we are golden, we are billion year old carbon, And we got to get ourselves back to the garden. By the time we got to Woodstock, we were half a million strong, And everywhere was a song and a celebration. And I dreamed I saw the bomber jet planes riding shotgun in the sky, Turning into butterflies above our nation. We are stardust, we are golden, we are caught in the devil's bargain, And we got to get ourselves back to the garden.
I'll say again that I do so love watching your reactions to this wonderful music. I love your philosophy of life and your openness to all this old music and your depth of understanding and desire to discover and learn. Keep it up. And, do Bob Dylan "The Times They are A'changin' "
I lived 60 miles North of Bethel, NY, where Woodstock was, I was 12 at the time and almost was able to go. Had traffic overflow passing by our house all weekend and got soaked by the downpour like they did. And listened to the updates and announcements on the radio stations. I could feel the vibe in the air and knew something extra special was happening.
A couple of my dads buddies went to work on the crew and needed a ride..so i'm one of those lil nekkid babies runnin around..just shy of 4yrs old and the only memory I have is Daltrey in that white spotlight and the biggest picnic I ever been to in my life
Love what you're doing. Wish you'd take a poll and ask "should I stand or sit?" I really enjoyed watching you dance to the music. You seem a little restrained sitting. Just a thought.
Great reaction! I love CSNY! And, yes, I have been to Woodstock. Took a road trip there back in 2006. Drove by the farm where it happened, which is just a few minutes out of town. This was quite a few years before they built the museum, but to me it was amazing to drive by this huge patch of open farmland and think, this is where it all happened. I also saw Crosby Stills Nash & Young play that song in concert! I even have a recording of Stephen Stills jamming on the song Woodstock with Jimi Hendrix. No joke! It's on a Hendrix album that came out a couple of years ago, called "Both Sides of the Sky."
In 1971 I was in 7th grade and only about it on the news with my big brother was in10th grade we have only seen it in a Movie form in 1979 in a theater man it was mind blowing I had lived my dream then, wow! Thanks.
The messages from the music still resonate 50 years later. The messages are what are so important in a lot of the music. The music is what helped deliver those messages. You need to know what was happening across the country and world at the time the music was written. Again, you need to know what was happening across the country and world at the time the music was written to really appreciate it. Jamel, when those of us who lived to originally hear these tunes, we remember what was happening in the US/World that inspired the music. Whether it is about stopping the war, protesting social injustices or just getting high, it brought us together. The differences in the generations was at the forefront, length of your hair, where you came from and sex. Yes sex was a huge difference between generations. Equality of the sexes and "Free Love" was unheard of before the late 60s. The differences between people is what brought us together and created a force that changed how we thought as a country. Music is what helped unite our generation to help stop the war, demand equality for all and to protect the planet from pollution. The music is still as relevant today as it was 50+ years ago.
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Wasn't this a Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young song? You forgot Neil!
YESYESYESYES!!!!! Happy to be here. Let the music play!
i used to ride around in the car of my best friend, his yellow VW bug, and he had no radio cuz it was stolen. so he used to have sheets of notebook paper where he wrote down classic songs and we'd sing them in the car while he drove around town. this was one of them. such great memories.
Man I love you so much you just bring so much joy to people this music is wonderful**😎😎🧡🤗
For you to listen to later not to Woodstock you out, but here's another amazing performance with Joni on guitar this time...
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I am now turning 70 years young, and I was in Bethel NY (Woodstock) in 1969. I still have my ticket, they never took it, it was free when I got there on Friday afternoon✌🏻
@ Michael J. Pavlinch, could I ask you some questions about your time at the festival. I never attended (I'm 44), but I am a big Woodstock enthusiast. I have been since I was 13. Do you have Facebook?
I had a ticket too. But, I had to work late so my friends drove up without me. I was planning to take a bus from Port Authority but...
Did you see Jimi Hendrix I absolutely love him. I wasn’t there. I was born in 61
@@tammybrennan2040
Yes, I did see Hendrix, it was early Monday morning when the crowd had dwindled from 500,000 to maybe 30,000. The Star spangled banner was to this day still amazing✌🏼☮️.
Michael J. Pavlinch Awe that’s epic ❤️
Crosby , stills and Nash “Teach Your Children”. A MUST!!!
It is a beautiful song. Resonates more and more as my children grow up.
For What it's Worth
Children learn what they live 💜🇺🇸❤️☮️
@@blackbird8900 yes. I agree! I get perspective both as someone’s parent and as someone’s child. Profound.
100 percent yes!!!!
"We are stardust, we are golden, we are billion year old carbon, and we got to get back to the garden" Those lyrics made such a deep impression on me as a 16 year old kid, realizing I was part of the universe. And everything seemed possible.
IMO the words you quote owe something to the "little" novella CANDIDE by the eighteenth century French writer and philosopher Voltaire. It also ends with the theme of getting back to the garden.
Me too! I was about 9 in my sisters apartment in her parlor and those words "we are Stardust" touched my Soul!!! Thank you for sharing your story Ziggy, which totally made me remember my story which is a great memory!
I was only 12 when Woodstock happened, but I saw the film when it came out less than a year later. Changed my life..Some people like to say that the people who attended were just young and naive..Not so. I remember them. The people just ahead of me were a special breed..Were they naive a little? I suppose., but they were much more than that. They really did believe, and, don't let anybody tell you different. They were tough SOB's..They were the children of WWII vets..I'm not talking about in the physically violent sense. I'm talking about in their character. They were a special breed. They had a tremendous impact on me..Wish we could go back there. They were people with purpose.
Okay Ziggy Starbust.
@@roncarpenter7240 IMO, your first sentence needs a bit of an edit. Read it again. And to be honest, I hadn't read Voltaire at age 16, that would be part of my reading list a few years later. My comment had to do with the feelings of a 16 year old girl who was reading Steinbeck, Dickens, Thomas Hardy and a few other mid-19th century authors.
I was there at merely 15 years of age in 1969, riding in the back of van with 5 orhers, arriving late to the rain-drenching and still plenty of traffic jam. It was a revolutionary experience and you definitely felt the family around you.
The ending of this song is actually a separate song - "Find the Cost Of Freedom". Anti-war, the cost of freedom is all the young men killed in war. Still touches my soul.
Not on the record ... "Find the Cost of Freedom" is only on "4 Way Street" until a record they put out in the 1980's, when they added verses to it ...
@@jiffin1 Yup - it turned up on "Daylight Again" with added vocals by Art Garfunkel. Wonderful song about the tragic cost of the American Civil War (and war in general)
Brought a tear to my eye.
The cost of war is all the young men killed in war... it's also all the civilians caught in the fighting.
@@jiffin1 Of course I have 4 Way Street, I have all there music!
So many people gathered simply for the love of music...life...peace...love
I LOVE CSN&Y!!! They blew it out of the park with Joni Mitchel's song. and that harmonizing at the end.........sends me into orbit!!! I celebrate August 16-18 every yr in my own way cause I couldn't be at Woodstock, I was 7 with strict Italian parents but they couldn't take the Hippie out of my Soul!!! ✌
Stephen Stills when CSNY got on stage at Woodstock: “This is the second time we've ever played in front of people, man... we're scared shitless!”
Woodstock was 1969, not 1971.
Neil wasn't there - CSN only - Quote was by David Crosby
@@phillipharrison2836 Neil WAS there, he just refused to be on camera, because of rights/permissions/royalties. In some videos, you can see him in the shadows off to the side, intentionally not filmed.
Neil was there, he just didn't want to be on camera
He later clarified that it wasn't the audience that they were afraid of; they were having to perform in front of a lot of their peers, like Jefferson Airplane.
@@phillipharrison2836 You sure you were there? Stills is the one who said it. Neil was there as well.
We are stardust. We are golden.
We are billion-year-old carbon. And we've got to get ourselves back to the garden.
Gorgeous lyric!!💙❤
@@allisonyoung4007 One of my favorites.
We are caught in the devil's bargain
@@3John16 please tell me that is not a biblical reference. Flies over this Athiests head.
Woodstock happened a few years before I was born, but I have this song and the entire Déjà Vu album permanently stamped across my consciousness. My Dad loved CSNY, probably in his top three along with The Beatles and Simon and Garfunkel. He really loved Neil especially as we are Canadian. My Dad passed away in January of this year at 75 after a courageous battle with ALS. He gave me my love of music, and it remains our connection now that he is gone. So hearing this today was special, thanks Jamel.
Awe, so sorry for your loss, but look at your legacy! Amazing!
Beautiful tribute to your Dad❤️
Regarding the other legacy that Dad left you. Find Dr Joel Wallach on CZcams about ALS, Parkinson’s, and Alzheimer’s.
Your dad has the same musical taste as me (68) unusual here in the UK - sorry for your loss.
It was a cool time...everyone young, healthy and enjoying the best music.❤🎸🎶
It was so different back then, Jamel. I was pregnant with my son at the time. Newly married but looking forward to the future. Times were changing fast. Vietnam war, protests for equality and to stop the war....yeah, so many things going on but we felt empowered. So much hope. Now I am a great-grandmother who still longs for the goodness to show itself in America. It's there. I feel it. I cried when we elected Obama....I was so happy and hopeful. Now this election has brought back that hope and love for all the people who have worked tirelessly to bring it all back. Corny as it sounds....I believe in America. Love to you all❣️
Your words describe exactly how I feel and I am a great grandmother.
You would have fit so well in with the young people of the 60’s and early 70’s. I’m so happy that you appreciate the music of my generation. Music was such a big part of our life. Keep our music alive, Jamel. Sending you love and peace ❤️❤️☮️☮️
Nancy Ray...I totally agree! Ever since I was a kid in the Bay Area in the 60s, music has been a driving force in my life. Can’t live without the rejuvenating impact it still has for me ❤️
I hear what you are saying. I would have fit in there perfectly but I was not born yet, I came in ‘73. The music of that time is endless, it is so beautiful. Easy to listen to and dance to. I have always been a little bit jealous of the ones who got to be there. ☮️
I totally second that!!😜🤟
Nancy:You are absolutely right! Jamal is a flower child tight out of central casting! His outlook on life is exactly what the whole Woodstock thing, and by extension the Counterculture, is all about. It is not surprising that we didn't change the world and conquer hate, but my god we thought we could.
@@markmurphy558 yes, we did think we could change the world and conquer hate and I feel like we did that for a few years. Unfortunately, greed, the love of power, and the desire for wealth are so powerful in this country, I don’t see peace, love , and equality for all people winning in my lifetime. But the eternal hippie soul in me still wants that.
"By the time we got to Woodstock, we were half a million strong. And everywhere was a song and a celebration". Great line.
And that's all it was. Four days of love, peace and music. 400,000 people and not one act of violence. What does that say about hippies and the times? Hippies got a bad rap but they were a peace loving people who just wanted to enjoy their music. This would never be anle to happen again in our lifetime. Just liok at the Woodstock held in the 1990's. Riots, violence and people burning down the concession stands. SAD!!! Sad that we cannot join together in a group anymore without some kind of mischief and mayhem. I'm almost ashamed to be alive in these days and times.
They ARE nuns, but they are actually "sisters" who never took full vows. They are as close to full nuns as you can get.
Novice Nuns, the white on their wimple.
The only time I ran away from home was when I tried to catch up with the older neighborhood kids who had left earlier in the week for Woodstock. I was age 7 in 1969, and planned to hitchhike from SC to NY in just two days. Got about a mile from home when my mom found me and convinced me to return home for lunch. She loved telling the story to people because she was proud of my determination.
I was only 10 years old in 1969, but I remember watching and hearing about it on the news.
I was there. I'm 70 now but can remember all of it.
I was only ten as well. My friends brother was there and he told us about it.
I was 15. My perents absolutely said no to this particular huge concert. I was so bummed out.
I was 6 and got left home with the grandparents. Ergh.
Yeah.! I was 12. It was such a great time.
Jamel, you'll love their "Teach Your Children" "Our House" and Stephen Stills "Love The One You're With". Crosby, Nash do backing vocals for the last one.
"Marrakesh Express" is another best of CSN. Add Y for "Ohio".
Manassas' first album is also great. So many great songs on that album.
Also from the Stephen Stills solo album, Old Times Good Times (with Jimi Hendrix on guitar) and Go Back Home (with Eric Clapton guesting).
Plus , Our House is about Graham Nash and Joni.
to be 20 years old at that time...was probably the best gift God could give to a human being.
I’d love to see you do more Neil Young reactions. “Powderfinger,” “Down by the River,” “After the Gold Rush,” etc. etc.
Here straight from the Joni Mitchell reaction. So glad you're doing them back-to-back!
Son, even though it was before your time I see the Woodstock spirit in your soul. Blessed be.
Memories!🌹 I was too young to go (13/14?) But my best friend and I were surly little innocent hippies. Still are today...but not so young. It's a state of mind. Thanks for taking me back
Crosby Stills and Nash WERE the music of the 60's and 70's. Their songs captured the spirit, the sights and sounds of that era.
In 1971 I was in 7th grade, but, because I had 2 older brothers and a sister, I grew up with this music from Woodstock and this era playing all the time. After all these years, I still remember all the lyrics and songs. Takes me back to a more innocent time, for me anyway, but the times were pretty turbulent with the Vietnam War and all.
Hi love! I’m very jealous you lived through this time. What an amazing time in our history! 💙
@@karaminalee Awe, don't be jealous, my friend! The music from the era was great, but the times, yeah, not so much. I could say a lot more but don't want to get political on here, I'm sure you know what I mean. But, yeah, it sure produced a lot of great music!
@@51Lorie I hear you, love. Even though it was turbulent, I wish I had been able to witness it first hand. I love history and wish I could witness every era. Great great music! 💙💙💙
@Ramona Rael first of all, wow!! You were a freshman at 13?!! What a sad and beautiful time in our history.
The site today is home to the Museum at Bethel Woods - a great museum, and an outdoor concert venue. Yasgur's farm is still just down the road.
I was there last summer at the concert venue - Blondie and Elvis Costello.
Last month I did a yoga class there on top of the field
Mark how awesome
My brother and his wife visited Bethel and he was the only one there that day who had been to the festival. I guess he became an instant celebrity and everyone wanted to talk to him.
I believe the footage is from the 1970 documentary "Woodstock". I recommend watching it.
Everyone can enjoy great music!!!!
Woodstock brought all kinds of people together.
Check out “Ohio” by CSNY about the shooting at Kent State University, my alma mater.
Still brings a tear to my eye. czcams.com/video/YX95QSKBODo/video.html
by Neil Young: czcams.com/video/YdVMGKOFIwY/video.html
I was at UCSC at the time. Will NEVER forget. Became radicalized for life!
Joe Walsh also went there.
@@TheDivayenta Kent State. The picture. The song. Changed alot of us.
This is the version I know - so it was amazing to hear Joni Mitchell doing her own song in such a unique way in your other reaction. Thanks for reacting to both, Jamel!
My dear friend Artie Kornfeld was the promoter and co-creator of Woodstock; and he would be so pleased at your interest in the festival. It was actually in 1969 and he lost everything to make it happen. It was a true labour of love.
Must listening song at Woodstock . . . Richie Havens “Here Comes the Sun.” I wasn’t at Woodstock as I was in junior high and even if I was of age, my father would NEVER had agreed to let me go!
Richie Havens singing "Freedom" at Woodstock will give you goosebumps, Jamal. Even if you cant do a reaction to it, just for yourself--- it's medicine for the soul~ 💜✌
This is actually Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Neil's playing lead on this.
No mistaking that! Though Steven can rip it up too, his style is different.
Steven Stills and Neil Young were first bandmates in Buffalo Springfield, one of the most influential bands of their era. Neil's "Expecting to Fly" is a nearly forgotten masterpiece. So many great songs from that band. Steve's "Rock and Roll Woman" and "Bluebird"...
You forgot Young
Yes sir, you are CORRECT!
@@Bassman2353 Hi Thomas! I so agree with you, but just have to mention that it's STEPHEN not Steven. No offense meant, man. Just FYI. Peace!
It's hard to describe the importance of this event. But it is etched on our souls, whether we were there or not!
Ahhh if only we could get back to that garden of peace and love, the world and society could really use it right now.
Sending love to you, Jamel, and to the rest of this beautiful CZcams fam we are a part of. ❤
37 years after woodstock ( 2006 ) I went to a concert at the original location in Bethel, NY to see Crosby ,Stills,Nash and Young. Bethel Woods is an awesome place to visit if get to see a concert there. They have an Amphitheater and museum.
I saw Joni open for C, S, N & Y's first concert on their way to Woodstock. She had a prior commitment and couldn't go.
The original Woodstock was in 1969.. They took a lot of the original filming of Woodstock, 1969, and made a movie of it called "Woodstock".. I was 20 years-old, just came back from a 1 year overseas tour, and driving into my next assignment at McClellan AFB, North Highlands, CA.. Loved this !!! Thank you, Jamel !!!
WHERE TWO OR MORE ARE PRESENT, I WILL BE WITH THEM....EVEN AT A AWESOME ROCK N ROLL CONCERT...ROCK ON AND BE EXCELLENT TO EACH-OTHER.!
Three perfect voices. One of my favorite bands. I have every album they made. I have their first album, it's Crosby Stills& Nash sitting on a couch. It has a sleeve and a song sheet with lyrics. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes, Marrakech Express, Guinnevere, You Don't Have To Cry, Pre- Road Downs. Wooden Ships, Lady Of The Island, Helplessly Hoping, Long Time Gone, 49 Bye-Byes 1969. Then Neil Young Joined.
4, Neil Young played on this track
Something truly magical happened when Crosby, Stills and Nash first sang together. And the addition of Young was another bonus. Have you watched the Laurel Canyon documentary? It is brilliant.
@@careym3901 You can tell by the guitar solo that it was Young not Stills. Stills is more melodic, and less sloppy. Young's sloppy energy is part of his style.
I am in CZcams heaven so glad you went right to this one after the Joni Very different but very impactful love you
These guys are fantastic , saw them live in 1978 and they are still my favorites !
The Matthew’s Southern Comfort version is the one I grew up hearing probably because that was the big one here in the UK. Love that version too!
For Woodstock, you gotta start at the beginning... Richie Havens' "Freedom". Be sure to read the story about the song too! Powerful!
YES! Richie Havens is clutch!!
Yeah you really do
Please, yes! Spellbinding
Yes, Richie Havens and then take it from there. I was only 13 back then, but i wished so hard to be there.
yes Indeed, Richie Made up the song On The Spot, Cousin Figel
Living in and through those times was amazing, some of the greatest music ever made came out of the 60's!
This band does some of my favorite classic rock vocal harmonies by far
I didn't get to go to Woodstock. But I got to live through those times and this song epitomizes what it was all about. Freedom from "the man." Freedom of expression. Freedom to choose your own path and not the path the establishment thought was right. Those years were amazing and unique, never to be repeated.
LOVE the show! Do yourself a HUGE favour and watch the full, original movie/documentary, “Woodstock 3 Days of peace and music”...Absolutely AMAZING!! If I could go anywhere back in time, I’d go to Woodstock!
Listen to this person Jamal! In 2019 Woodstock was 50 years ago and I watched the full 224 minute version in the cinema. I had goose bumps the entire movie, there might've even been some tears :D
I believe this was their first live performance. I just ment Woodstock the concert not the song.
2nd time
"Tell them who we are"
This wasn't performed there....this was when Neil young joined them.
@@mikemclaughlin3306 they had a very long set, over a dozen songs. Neil Young was with them since 1969. I was only thinking about the concert not the song itself.
@@christopherdrzik6784 and I'm still right, it wasn't performed at Woodstock, it was recorded afterward for the movie, with Neil young.
I was there and it was everything you could hope for! Check out Ritchie Havens who opened with Freedom...I went back to Bethel last year and was the jacket that her wore behind a glass display, brought tears to my eyes. That festival represented everything that my generation was about.
That's me leaning against the wall with my arm up over my face. Walked for miles and was dead tired. Nostalgic tears.
Check out Alvin Lee at Woodstock doing "I'm Going Home".
Buckle your seatbelt first.
Yes, hold on indeed. I was 16 years old when the Woodstock mivie came out. My favorite bands from it were Alvin Lee's Ten Years After, The Who and Jimi Hendrix. Great movie, great music and great times. This would NEVER be able to happen again in our lifetime. Just look at the Woodstock held in the 1990's. Full of violence and mayhem. SAD!!!
Yes, TYA. Alvin Lee is incredible.
Alvin Lee signs off with "Get me a doctor!" Unforgettable
@@roddycoles3213 Saw the movie shortly after it was released in theaters and I must say that I was really excited about some of the other groups perfomances but when it came to Alvin Lee I was totally mesmerized by his lightning quick fingers while he was playing. I was about 17 years old then. I just turned 67 on Nov. 7 so this was 50 years ago and still today I look up on CZcams that performance and I'm just as blown away with it now as I was then. Fantastic!!! RIP MY FLYING FINGERED FRIEND.
czcams.com/video/2YB7qyn5MVs/video.html
Now do " Matthew Southern Comfort's" version!
Throwbackness! I was in Vietnam. Go Jamel!
I was 17 years old and no idea what I was heading to. And we still have to get ourselves back to the garden.
Wish I would have been there! I was ten years old then!
Same here but i was only 10 yrs old
I was also 10 at the time.
Yes, those are actual nuns, nuns like music too! But I don’t think they knew what they were in for. :-)
Maybe they were there to help and just give some moral support.
Some of the nuns I knew back then were pretty hip.
@@Nhoj31neirbo47 I've posted an interview below with the younger nun, who flashed the peace sign.
I was in Catholic school in 71. The nuns were from Quebec. Music appreciation included a lot of Rock.
As they said at Woodstock: "It's OK to kiss the nuns, just don't get into the habit."
I grew up 3 miles from here. Crazy time. But so peaceful. Never to be seen again!
Didn't make it to Woodstock, but saw many of the same bands at Atlanta Pop Festivals, 1 and 2.
This song and video captures the feel of that time. Peace and Love my sisters and brothers!
Now do the Matthew's Southern Comfort version of the song, to complete the "Woodstock" trifecta.
I do prefer the Mathews southern comfort version
Awesomeness. You should listen to Ravi Shankar’s performance at Woodstock. It will blow your mind.
I WAS BORN IN 1960 AND I ALWAYS WANDER WHT HAPPENED to the idealism, the simplicity, the peace and the love which was the essence of the woodstock generation.
We need more of that ! ✌️❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤍🤎💔❣️💕💞💓💗💖💘💝💟♥️🤘😷🤘
There's yet another version of this song, which is my favorite. Please do 'Woodstock' by Matthews Southern Comfort.
My high school boyfriend went but my parents wouldn't let me go because I was only 16! This was the best time to be alive no time since has equaled it. We had such good intentions but couldn't follow through. Real life kicked in we had to get jobs and join the mainstream. So fun to relive with you Jamel.
CSN great great!!! Woodstock one of my favs from CSN!! Listen to studio version of this as well!! Peace, Love , Rock n Roll✌🏻!!! Woodstock was one huge party !!
Thrilled to hear this with you!
This has one of my favourite opening riffs
Peace and Love Brother Jamal. Giving Thanks to all you do for US.
Hendrix played on my first birthday! So happy that you played this on this wonderful weekend! We are stardust and we are golden!
There's one other cover of this song by Mattew's Southern Comfort. It's my personal favorite version of the song. Seems like hardly anyone talks about it.
I love that version.
Real nuns working with the red cross passing out salt tablets ! Csny the best !
Crosby stills and nash woodstock 25th rock and roll Hall of fame concert. Best version live
No Neil?
I didn't make it to Woodstock. I was only 15 and lived on the West Coast. I heard the recording of Crosby, Stills and Nash at Woodstock and they were saying it was only their "second gig and they were scared sh**less." A month or two later, I got to see them live in San Diego. My best friend and I bought a weekend bus pass for 50 cents each and pan-handled for tickets. They were awesome! "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" was the only song we knew then, and they put on quite a show. Later we found out these guys weren't new to the music business, just new to each other as a group. The memory of that first concert with them still makes me smile.
My next door neighbor used to always tell me how that was his white car at the beginning of the Woodstock movie. He was always so proud to have been there. Miss you, Sal
Final verse is called "Find a cost of freedom" Recommend to check Pink Floyd's David Gilmour and Crosby+Nash version of the Cost of freedom...
I didn't know Gilmour did that song; I had it on a 45. :) I'll have to look it up
@@pamosborn1956 It's on CZcams. They joined him onstage......I'm guessing during one of his solo tours.
@@195511SM I just found it. Thank you :)
Another version is from Mathews Southern Comforts.
I got goosebumps when this started. Happens everytime.
Woodstock 1969. I was 16. I was there...........................
Jamel , you need to check out the 3rd best known and completely different version by Matthews Southern Comfort which was a UK number 1 back in 1970 !.
Not the official released version, maybe an outtake. Lots of things happening about the same time: Manson, Moon Landing, and Woodstock...1969.
Don't forget the 69 Mets World Series champs and the 69 Jets won the Super Bowl.
Definitely an alternate lead vocal. And maybe a little sped up?
@@Axeman517 it might be off their boxset from the nineties (?)
Vietnam War
you still had a democracy then
I was born 3 days after Woodstock...I don't remember it all that well. :)
3 Days of peace, love, and music. Back when people cared about one another.
My cool older cousin went to Woodstock !
Well I came upon a child of God, he was walking along the road
And I asked him tell me where are you going, this he told me:
Said, I'm going down to Yasgur's farm, going to join in a rock and roll band.
Got to get back to the land, and set my soul free.
We are stardust, we are golden, we are billion year old carbon,
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden.
Well, then can I walk beside you? I have come to lose the smog.
And I feel myself to be a cog in something turning.
And maybe it's the time of the year, yes and maybe it's the time of man.
And I don't know who I am but life is for learning.
We are stardust, we are golden, we are billion year old carbon,
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden.
We are stardust, we are golden, we are billion year old carbon,
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden.
By the time we got to Woodstock, we were half a million strong,
And everywhere was a song and a celebration.
And I dreamed I saw the bomber jet planes riding shotgun in the sky,
Turning into butterflies above our nation.
We are stardust, we are golden, we are caught in the devil's bargain,
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden.
Yes, we understood the lyrics, thank you.
Iconic....love this version too. Love CSNY and this footage.....wow.
OMG - your face and reaction to the three nuns at Woodstock is priceless.
We need a new Rock N Roll Woodstock and more hippies.
I'll say again that I do so love watching your reactions to this wonderful music. I love your philosophy of life and your openness to all this old music and your depth of understanding and desire to discover and learn. Keep it up. And, do Bob Dylan "The Times They are A'changin' "
I lived 60 miles North of Bethel, NY, where Woodstock was, I was 12 at the time and almost was able to go. Had traffic overflow passing by our house all weekend and got soaked by the downpour like they did. And listened to the updates and announcements on the radio stations. I could feel the vibe in the air and knew something extra special was happening.
A couple of my dads buddies went to work on the crew and needed a ride..so i'm one of those lil nekkid babies runnin around..just shy of 4yrs old and the only memory I have is Daltrey in that white spotlight and the biggest picnic I ever been to in my life
1969 was the summer of my 5th birthday, I don't remember anything about it; I have a feeling my mom felt like Joni, not being able to be there herself
Love what you're doing. Wish you'd take a poll and ask "should I stand or sit?" I really enjoyed watching you dance to the music. You seem a little restrained sitting. Just a thought.
“Somebody wanna explain this?” - your reactions, Jamel, are priceless! 😀❤️
Great reaction! I love CSNY! And, yes, I have been to Woodstock. Took a road trip there back in 2006. Drove by the farm where it happened, which is just a few minutes out of town. This was quite a few years before they built the museum, but to me it was amazing to drive by this huge patch of open farmland and think, this is where it all happened. I also saw Crosby Stills Nash & Young play that song in concert! I even have a recording of Stephen Stills jamming on the song Woodstock with Jimi Hendrix. No joke! It's on a Hendrix album that came out a couple of years ago, called "Both Sides of the Sky."
Remember Nash was her BF at the time
Two cats in the yard....
I think you'd like CSN's Suite: Judy Blue Eyes, a song about Stephen Stills break up with Judy Collins. Harmonies and acoustics are beautiful.
In 1971 I was in 7th grade and only about it on the news with my big brother was in10th grade we have only seen it in a Movie form in 1979 in a theater man it was mind blowing I had lived my dream then, wow! Thanks.
The messages from the music still resonate 50 years later. The messages are what are so important in a lot of the music. The music is what helped deliver those messages.
You need to know what was happening across the country and world at the time the music was written. Again, you need to know what was happening across the country and world at the time the music was written to really appreciate it.
Jamel, when those of us who lived to originally hear these tunes, we remember what was happening in the US/World that inspired the music. Whether it is about stopping the war, protesting social injustices or just getting high, it brought us together. The differences in the generations was at the forefront, length of your hair, where you came from and sex. Yes sex was a huge difference between generations. Equality of the sexes and "Free Love" was unheard of before the late 60s. The differences between people is what brought us together and created a force that changed how we thought as a country.
Music is what helped unite our generation to help stop the war, demand equality for all and to protect the planet from pollution. The music is still as relevant today as it was 50+ years ago.