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- peterjmag, on 03/21/2009, -0/+24*Sponsors
- superfusion, on 03/22/2009, -3/+23I'm sure the question, "Let's start with rounding up some sponsors" is exactly what first led to Woodstock in 1969.
- inactive, on 03/22/2009, -0/+10I'm sure the hundreds of cops that are going to be hanging around will also help the whole vibe of the thing.
- Dota, on 03/22/2009, -1/+10aka: another plot to round up all the potheads and tazer them.
- chanop, on 03/22/2009, -0/+8Why wouldn't they do it at the original site in Bethal Woods? They have it completely set as a Concert Venue now.
- Woodstove, on 03/22/2009, -2/+9Oh, this is great! I'm sure I will get to see all my favorite Emo bands this time around!
/sarcasm..oh god. - catalysis, on 03/22/2009, -1/+7If you guys want to go to a real festival in the spirit of Woodstock this summer, here it is.
http://www.rothburyfestival.com/
Everyone is invited :) - coastiefish, on 03/22/2009, -3/+9Im all for concerts with a plethora of bands, but why the Dave Matthews Band? Cant DMB stay confined to their own venues? Them and their following?
- tits0Rgtfo, on 03/22/2009, -2/+7What? I lived in the town of Rome while Woodstock '99 was in full effect. There WAS rape, there WAS rioting. (Read the article it talks about both)
<a class="user" href="http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9907/29/woodstock ... rel="nofollow">http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9907/29/woodstock ...</a>
^ here is CNN stating there was an investigation and that was only typing in "rapes at woodstock 99" second link.
Where were you when the fires and looting ON AN AIR FORCE BASE were going on? You need videos? Check Youtube.
Sorry but the "douchebags" spiking prices were in danger? No, it was my friends who they recruited from the local area to WORK for them.
No store for 50 miles? Sorry Rome is built in a triangle, you can get to Price Chopper (a grocery) in 3 minutes. I know, my family still lives there.
Oh and that peace and love thing? I remember being in the pit of some of the shows, point to peace and love there. Drugs + groups of tight people = violence. Especially if there is theft... and there was theft also in tent city.
Also I had friends working security there, the amount of drugs was staggering. Not just easy drugs like pot either. Ice coolers full of cocaine/heroin/crack.
Where were you? Sure as ***** wasn't Woodstock '99. - Javy42, on 03/22/2009, -1/+5And how else would plan on paying for this event? If you want to pay for it out of pocket I'm all ears...
- inactive, on 03/22/2009, -1/+5Impossible. How could it possibly smell with hundreds of thousands of people cramped together?
- dannykeene, on 03/22/2009, -0/+4There are good bands in 2009?
- keyforce, on 03/22/2009, -0/+4My dad was at the 69 Woodstock as an attendee. He said during hendrix all he could hear was the taste of blueberries and smelled the color orange.
It sounded awesome. - NextGenXbox, on 03/22/2009, -1/+5*Wooooooosh*
- Dragular, on 03/22/2009, -0/+4Come on. Admit it. DMB is like hacky sack, we all liked it for at least a week. In most cases, both at the same time.
- JacksonYaya, on 03/22/2009, -0/+4What corp. is going to sponsor the brown acid?
- jhails, on 03/22/2009, -2/+5I'd go but I think American Idol is on that week.
- stack3r, on 03/22/2009, -0/+3let the drunken raping and riots begin!!
- honus, on 03/22/2009, -0/+3Home Boy up there is right. Woodstock 99 ended in flames. Lang is an idiot that didn't realize that vendors charging 3-5 dollars for necessities like water while on hot tarmac with no shade would cause duress when people finally started to sober up. He blamed the whole thing on everyone else (facilities, vendors, etc) and then left behind a huge mess.
I happened to leave as the Red Hot Chili Peppers were in mid-set, and that's when the fires started. We could see them getting higher as we walked away.
You can gouge people while they're high, but when they start to come down and have no money, or found they burned through it all and they can't even get a glass of water without paying through the nose, you're in trouble. - chumpwagonrider, on 03/22/2009, -0/+3They had a wealthy beneficiary with money to burn, essentially, for the first one.
- inactive, on 03/22/2009, -0/+3That wouldn't be green, everyone would have to drive, gosh forbid! Of course if Exxon and Honda threw them a few million bucks they'd take it.
Seriously though, I live in NYC and I love it, but Woodstock is not an NYC event. There's really only one venue that might work, Randall's Island, and even that might not be big enough. And it's a huge pain to get there. - bwdd, on 03/22/2009, -0/+3Okay, wow, nice point.
However, you still haven't evaluated why it's a good thing. - keyforce, on 03/22/2009, -0/+2Someone protect this gentleman from life.
Seriously, yes the 99 woodstock went in the face of everything it should have been about. This was due to both the marketting and the attendees. It's really ***** how that went down.
That said, there is room for improvement. Damning all future ideas because they were similar to a failed attempt previously is not the way to move ahead. - hamishcduncan, on 03/22/2009, -4/+6My dad was at the '69 woodstock as a photographer. Said it ***** stunk and he could barely hear Hendrix.
- chanop, on 03/22/2009, -0/+2"There wasn't a store for 50 miles" is an exaggeration. It was in the Saugerties area right where I live which isn't exactly "rural". I'll agree with the high prices and it would be fairly difficult to get out of the venue to get food with traffic and what not.
- KrazyMon2, on 03/22/2009, -0/+2If they are going to try to bring back more of the kind of music that we would have heard in 69 I will be there without a doubt. Seeing those kinds of bands for free would be sweet. Hopefully food and drinks won't be over-priced so people will have less of a reason to be *****.
- Javy42, on 03/22/2009, -1/+3This should be pretty awesome if they've learned from their mistakes from 94 and 99... And seeing how it may be a free event it looks like its a definite possibility.
- orthodoxDrew, on 03/22/2009, -0/+2bonnaroo baby
- stack3r, on 03/22/2009, -0/+2plus it was all about the "vibe" and *****..
Only raves seem to have kept that bit.... woodstock just attracts idiot headbangers bent on getting laid at all costs, including setting things on fire. - chumpwagonrider, on 03/22/2009, -0/+2why would i want to stand in a crowd of hundreds of thousands of people to hardly be able to see the bands, have trouble hearing them, be gouged on food and drink and the on top of it be at risk of being caught in a riot?
Sounds AWESOME! - eavesdrop, on 03/22/2009, -0/+2Yeah the problem is that it would feature established bands. I can just feel all the music label executives clamoring to get their bands in on the show. The original Woodstock put artists on the map. This one should do the same.
Even still, I think it would be a major disappointment, it would be too commercialized and the original woodstock was organized chaos, flower powered. - inactive, on 03/22/2009, -2/+4Good luck trying to find sponsors for this *****. Companies don't generally like to associate their brands with the words "rape," "riot," and "looting." Every story about the next Woodstock will inevitably contain references to the failures at the last festival and speculation that it will happen again.
- Javy42, on 03/22/2009, -1/+2the fires were not riots... they were people burning garbage left behind... everything was blown way out of proportion... people forget there were 250,000 people who paid for tickets, nobody knows how many after the wall came down... with that many people there's obviously going to be some idiots causing trouble, but not on the massive scale that the media reported... searching youtube for looting or fires at woodstock brings up no results except clips of Limp Bizkit 'Break Stuff', and like honus said, you might be able to gouge people while they're high, but when they run out of money from $5 bottles of water, $10 burgers and $20 pizzas, and aren't able to find food, yeah there's going to be looting
Oh and the rapes, police reported there were 4 alleged rapes, out of over 250,000 drugged up people baking in the sun for 3 days.. - coastiefish, on 03/22/2009, -1/+2I know they have a huge following everywhere and yes, they are playing Bethel Woods, and this is how they should play, by themselves, with their own opening act if they choose, but keep them out of larger concert events is my point.
- username7410, on 03/22/2009, -2/+3Wasn't the last Woodstock all about rape and rioting? Will the next just be full on Armageddon?
- chanop, on 03/22/2009, -1/+2DMB has a huge following in NY. They're actually playing at the original Woodstock site in Bethel Woods coming up. NY'ers love them.
- Danial, on 03/22/2009, -0/+1I hope they bring Australia's Tame Impala to this!
http://www.myspace.com/tameimpala - golddigga, on 03/22/2009, -0/+1hope rhcp plays again. john get back in the band!!!!
- poorbusker, on 03/22/2009, -2/+3I hope this happens. Keep me posted internets!
- rob89, on 03/22/2009, -0/+1newport jazz and newport folk fests are still looking for sponsors. it's going to be a tough year for festivals!
- whoreable, on 03/22/2009, -0/+1Well you can cross all soap and shampoo companies off the list of potential sponsors.
- chonuts, on 03/23/2009, -0/+1Well, because Bethel Woods, as it exists today, only holds about 16,000 people. It's a beautiful venue, but not nearly big enough. The original Woodstock was on farmland in Bethel, NY, and Woodstock '99 was held at an abandoned Air Force base in Rome, NY. Giant plots of land in the middle of nowhere.
From a business perspective, 16,000 tickets can't possibly cover all of the costs that would go into such a huge event (unless you charge thousands of dollars per ticket) -- we're talking about a multi-day event featuring dozens of major-label artists, plus all of the amenities you need to provide, such as food, water, and bathrooms. This is why all your major music festivals with big-name artists, like Coachella (100,000+ attendees, Indio, CA), happen in a field somewhere, any place where they can drop 100,000 people, herd them all into a fenced area, and charge every single one. - itsbob, on 03/22/2009, -0/+1Given the festivals recent history and the economy, we wont see this in '09.
- demonfafa, on 03/23/2009, -0/+1Why do we need something like this when we have SXSW and Coachella already filling the void of concert festivals? Also, I might add those festivals don't breed riots.
- Quiksilver21af, on 04/21/2009, -0/+0I think its a great idea. Its a way for one another to unite again. We know our country needs it more than ever. Its away to forget about all the problems in the world and just have a few days of fun. Woodstock in essence was more about the feeling/message than the actual music. Peace & Love
- tits0Rgtfo, on 03/22/2009, -1/+1http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9907/29/woodstock ...
Correct link, sorry - tits0Rgtfo, on 03/22/2009, -1/+1To Javy42:
Those are reported rapes. Lord knows everyone reports everything. Your profile says you are 24, and Woodstock was in 99' correct? Ten years ago? You were 14. Is my math bad? I was 17, had special parking, and I was there until around 4 a.m those days(friends working, why not stay).
I was there watching HUGE fires bigger than any bonfire I've ever seen. Blown out of proportion? I think not. Look for pictures of people stealing from the ATMs... guess they do that at normal parties where you are from.
Riot- Definition from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/riot
1archaic a: profligate behavior : debauchery b: unrestrained revelry c: noise, uproar, or disturbance made by revelers2 a: public violence, tumult, or disorder b: a violent public disorder ; specifically : a tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by three or more persons assembled together and acting with a common intent3: a random or disorderly profusion <the woods were a riot of color>4: one that is wildly amusing <the new comedy is a riot>
Sounds like a riot was there to me. - MCA2142, on 03/22/2009, -4/+3More rape and fire?
no thanks -
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