(How Woodstock Happened, n.d.) News began to travel fast of this incredibly large festival. Just four days prior to this authentic show down there was an estimated 50,000 people waiting close to the stage. Because of the massive group that showed before the event took place the four organizers; Roberts, Rosenman, Kornfeld and Lang were unwillingly forced to make the concert free. Once the word got out about the free concert, cops turned
Woodstock was revolutionary because it was the largest rock concert in history, the biggest gathering without any violence, and a huge bend in the law enforcement because the police were allowing things that were illegal. They were promoting peace, not war, and showed us that we can all live in peace if we really tried. In a festival of about 500,000 people, there were many instances of drug use and disputes between law enforcement and people attending the festival, but in all actuality, there hasn’t been another example of true peace since that day. It was the largest recorded concert in history, and it was all for an incredible cause; to protest the Vietnam War. This four day concert ,created by Michael Lang and Artie Kornfeld ,was a silent, peaceful way for people all over the world to promote world peace, not violence.
This controversy continued throughout the 60’s. The latter part of that decade brought “The Woodstock Music and Arts Fair” referred to as “An Aquarian Exposition, Three Days of Peace and Music” (qtd. in “World,” par 1). Held on a dairy farm in the Catskills in Aug. 1969 it faced many adversities, yet managed to remain calm and non-violent. Twenty-five of the world’s top performed on the bill; 400,000 young people attended the massively ill prepared, and grossly under supplied festival.
The oldest of these four men was only 27 years old (Rosenberg 1). Although Taking Woodstock did not demonstrate much of the concert it illustrates how much work it took to put on the concert, while staying true to the real festival. The movie Shows a lot about Woodstock, the music festival, and is backed up by historical facts. There are many comparisons in this movie to the real music festival in 1969. The beginning of the movie shows how Elliot Tiber brings the creators of Woodstock to their town, to check if they can have the concert there.
He and his impresario tour through Europe with “thrilling performances” (Garrison, 1981) and gather crowds of people who want to look at the person who can fast forty days (Mairowitz, Crumb, 2007, p.144-145). Usually, impresario pays several people to keep watch over starving artist. But the artist himself feels insulted when watchers or guards doubt his honesty and ability to starve. He wants his fast to last longer than forty days, but public interest wanes after thus very term. After forty days his impresario organizes a great ceremony and the artist is literally withdrawn from his cage and spoon-fed some meager light dinner.
Halloween Writing Prompt [eslprof.com/handouts/Comp/HalloweenStoryPrompt.doc] A Night on Brickmore Hill John Petty was a college student at Brickmore College, in upstate New York. The college had mostly rich students, but John was admitted on a scholarship, and his parents had very little money. He desperately needed a new computer, but he didn’t have any money, so he looked at the Help Wanted ads in the local Brickmore Gazette. One ad was intriguing: I need a house sitter for one night. I have a large empty house on top of Brickmore Hill, which I have been trying, unsuccessfully, to sell since 1995.
This essay will consist on how these musicians took control of America and the impact it gave to us. Their energy came across the screen and caused young girls to scream and their fathers to protest. The Beatles came to New York City on February 7,1964,less than three months after the assassination of J.F.K. In his book “The Beatles Come To America” Martin Goldsmith states that and the band brought with them a sound that hadn’t been heard before and helped rouse the country out of mourning. John Lennon wrote over 70 of the songs by himself, including A Hard Days Night, Let It Be, All You need is love, Come Together, and I Am the Walrus.
True believers still call Woodstock the high point of an era devoted to a goal of peace and love. Cynics say it was a ridiculous end to an era of naiveté. Then there are those who say it was just a seriously great party. It took 6 months to prepare for the big event. Tickets bought three days in advance were $18, the price at the gate was $24.
The death of Big Brother and the start of a new government were announced. The city exploded with happiness and lived happily ever after. Even Winston had his happily ever after; one day while enjoying the sun on his face in the park, he met with Julia for the first time since they had gotten arrested. As soon as their eyes met, their feelings came alive once again, and after a few weeks they got married and had a happy life in freedom. Finally the struggle had finished.
There have been many significant cultural events in popular music since 1945, but none quite as cultural and philanthropic as the Live Aid concerts founded by Midge Ure and Bob Geldof. There is no doubt that this has raised awareness of the situation of poverty in Ethiopia and globally, whilst also raising a significant amount of money for charities concerning the situation and giving musicians an unprecedented reach to fans. Live Aid was held on 13 July 1985 in two areas simultaneously – ‘Wembley Stadium’ in England and ‘John F. Kennedy Stadium’ in the United States of America. Thus making it a dual-venue concert. Combined, these stadiums held 172,000 people, however, due to the satellite link-ups and television broadcasts it reached an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion.