WOODSTOCK '69 - Music & Art Fair 胡士托音樂節
1969年八月, 距離 New York 紐約 Woodstock 胡士托四公里, Sullivan County 蘇利雲郡的鄉郊小鎮 Bethel, 在一個 2.4平方公里, 約三百個足球場面積的農莊 Yasgur's Farm 舉辦三天的音樂節, 由三十二支樂隊或歌手, 帶给五十萬樂迷在現埸的歡樂, 原是要收入埸費的音樂會, 由於入場人數太多而不能受控, 唯有取消購票入埸。三天戶外的集會, 衛生設備不足, 食物供應短決, 加上連場大雨惡劣的天氣, 一班嬉皮士的青年在性愛, 毒品與酒精充斥之下, 其間有兩人因服用藥物而死亡, 有兩個嬰兒出生, 幸好沒有嚴重事件, 甚至一單失竊或暴力的案件也沒有發生至曲終落幕。
"MAKE LOVE, NO WAR !"
"Woodstock" - Joni Mitchell
I came upon a child of God
He was walking along the road
And I asked him where are you going
And this he told me
I'm going on down to Yasgur's farm
I'm going to join in a rock 'n' roll band
I'm going to camp out on the land
I'm going to try an' get my soul free
We are stardust
We are golden
And we've got to get ourselves
Back to the garden
Then can I walk beside you
I have come here to lose the smog
And I feel to be a cog in something turning
Well maybe it is just the time of year
Or maybe it's the time of man
I don't know who I am
But you know life is for learning
We are stardust
We are golden
And we've got to get ourselves
Back to the garden
By the time we got to Woodstock
We were half a million strong
And everywhere there was song and celebration
And I dreamed I saw the bombers
Riding shotgun in the sky
And they were turning into butterflies
Above our nation
We are stardust
Billion year old carbon
We are golden
Caught in the devil's bargain
And we've got to get ourselves
back to the garden
I came upon a child of God
He was walking along the road
And I asked him where are you going
And this he told me
I'm going on down to Yasgur's farm
I'm going to join in a rock 'n' roll band
I'm going to camp out on the land
I'm going to try an' get my soul free
We are stardust
We are golden
And we've got to get ourselves
Back to the garden
Then can I walk beside you
I have come here to lose the smog
And I feel to be a cog in something turning
Well maybe it is just the time of year
Or maybe it's the time of man
I don't know who I am
But you know life is for learning
We are stardust
We are golden
And we've got to get ourselves
Back to the garden
By the time we got to Woodstock
We were half a million strong
And everywhere there was song and celebration
And I dreamed I saw the bombers
Riding shotgun in the sky
And they were turning into butterflies
Above our nation
We are stardust
Billion year old carbon
We are golden
Caught in the devil's bargain
And we've got to get ourselves
back to the garden
Joni Mitchell 她撰寫的一曲, 給予男友 Graham Nash 的樂隊組合 "Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young" 完成唱片錄音之後 ...
WOODSTOCK - Crosby, Still, Nash & Young
該歌曲更成為 "WOODSTOCK 1969" 這齣記錄片的主題歌曲。這個哄動一時的演唱會, 被公認成為樂壇的重要里程碑, 音樂雜誌 "Rolling Stone" 稱之為改變 Rock and Roll 歴史的重要時刻!