hahahaha!
― Amon (eman), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 10:51 (eighteen years ago) link
haha, I kept thinking "what a square" while he was singing. And did he really forget that one lyric, or was he fishing for audience participation?
― Dominique (dleone), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 11:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― queen gimme sommathatbrownacidnow!, Wednesday, 1 June 2005 13:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― diedre mousedropping and a quarter (Dave225), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 13:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― mike h. (mike h.), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 13:51 (eighteen years ago) link
The film makers and distributor were sued by the man who was interviewed while cleaning the Port-O-San portable latrines, on the grounds of mental anguish, embarrassment, public ridicule, and invasion of privacy. An appellate court opinion in this lawsuit may be read at Taggart v. Wadleigh-Maurice, Ltd., 489 F.2d 434 (3d Cir. 1973).
― a banana (alanbanana), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 17:06 (eighteen years ago) link
btw, here's some background info on the whole event:
http://www.woodstock69.com/wsrprnt1.htm
― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Thursday, 2 June 2005 17:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― anthony easton (anthony), Thursday, 2 June 2005 21:23 (eighteen years ago) link
I also think that Arlo Guthrie song is great, but it's just upsetting that they couldn't show the actual performance of it for whatever reason. (And on the soundtrack, that version wasn't even recorded at Woodstock.)
The worst performance in the whole movie is definitely Country Joe & The Fish performing whatever the hell they're trying to do.. It's labelled as "Rock And Soul Music" on the soundtrack.
― billstevejim (billstevejim), Friday, 3 June 2005 02:57 (eighteen years ago) link
I've got the entire weekend's PPV broadcast on VHS if you'd like...
― Community Cornerstone (deangulberry), Friday, 3 June 2005 03:06 (eighteen years ago) link
people actually harrassed this guy for being in that film? ;-(
― Amon (eman), Friday, 3 June 2005 04:37 (eighteen years ago) link
Not that they're a classic band or anything - far from it - but their gold-lame schtick is almost a relief, placed in the middle of all this peace 'n' love.
― Rev. Hoodoo (Rev. Hoodoo), Friday, 3 June 2005 06:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Friday, 3 June 2005 06:17 (eighteen years ago) link
the woodstock dvd screws up the split screens (when only one section is on it makes it fill the screen)
So, on the off chance that someone has bought the latest version. Does it still do this?
― Ned Trifle II, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 13:33 (fourteen years ago) link
when Sha Na Na come on its like punks somehow happened years too early; it's a total disconnect from everything else there. love them. it's a great movie, despite the baez.
― Jamie_ATP, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 13:50 (fourteen years ago) link
I watched the American Experience Woodstock episode last night (which I didn't realize was American Experience-connected until it started). Worth seeing, even if you've seen the film more than once. The musical clips are comparatively minimal; it's about the four guys who engineered the show, the logistics, etc. The two highlights for me were both courtesy old people: when, after the food ran out, the local citizens of Bethel started gathering and hauling food over to the site (that's in the film, I think, but only briefly), and when Max Yasgur--whose farm has just been pretty much destroyed--addresses the crowd warmly and supportively.
― clemenza, Saturday, 11 January 2020 04:16 (four years ago) link