July 1, 2013

WOODSTOCK '69 胡士托音樂節 - 5/1


WOODSTOCK '69 - Music & Art Fair 胡士托音樂節
1969年八月舉辦的音樂節, 演出於一個鄉郊小鎮 Bethel 的農莊 Yasgur's Farm, 它位於 Sullivan County, 距離 New York 紐約的 Woodstock 胡士托4公里. 一個 2.4平方公里, 約300個足球場的面積, 由32支樂隊或個人歌手, 三天的演唱會, 帶给50萬樂迷現埸的歡愉, 原來要收入埸費的音樂會, 因入場人數太多而不能受控, 唯有取消購票入埸. 在戶外的集會而衛生設備不足, 食物供應短決, 在連場大雨惡劣的天氣, 加上一班嬉皮士的青年, 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 !"
Joni Mitchell 不能參加此盛會, 因為經理人早已安排她演出於電視 "The Dick Cavett Show", 她整天躲在觀看電視現埸轉播 "Woodstock" 演唱會, 卻同時有感而撰寫了 "Woodstock" 這一曲, 月後才將此歌曲演出於 "1969 Big Sur Folk Festival".


"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


Joni Mitchell 寫的一曲, 給予男友 Graham Nash 的樂隊組合 "Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young" 完唱片錄音之後 ...


WOODSTOCK - Crosby, Still, Nash & Young      
歌曲成為 "WOODSTOCK 1969" 記錄片的主題歌曲. 這個哄動一時的演唱會, 被公認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!