" It is not the water in the fields that brings true development, rather, it is water in the eyes, or compassion for fellow beings, that brings about real development. "
—Anna Hazare
Woodstock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSzak2dJOAw
The irony is that Joni Mitchell never made it to Woodstock!
Her agent insisted she rather stay with other commitments!
Joni Mitchell was watching Woodstock unfold on TV in her hotel room.
She realised the Symbolic Moment - the Great Western Revolution was expressing itself.
And she could not contain herself, the Muse within her spilled out spontaneously.
Her lyrics are sheer genius, poetry, set in the context of the Vietnam War.
Yes, the Hippies did drugs besides waving the Peace Sign.
Yes, there were many aspects that were unhealthy if not negative.
Yes, 500 000 swooped upon Yasgur's Farm and turned it into a disaster area.
But it was peaceful.
And they did smash down myriads of oppressive taboos and helped to set the foundations for our Brave New Green World.
Perhaps they did as much as any other, if not more, to advance the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
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 life's for learning
We are stardust
We are golden
And we've got to get ourselves
Back to the garden
By the time I 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
Turning into butterflies
Above our nation
We are stardust
We are golden
And we've got to get ourselves
back to the garden
Her agent insisted she rather stay with other commitments!
Joni Mitchell was watching Woodstock unfold on TV in her hotel room.
She realised the Symbolic Moment - the Great Western Revolution was expressing itself.
And she could not contain herself, the Muse within her spilled out spontaneously.
Her lyrics are sheer genius, poetry, set in the context of the Vietnam War.
Yes, the Hippies did drugs besides waving the Peace Sign.
Yes, there were many aspects that were unhealthy if not negative.
Yes, 500 000 swooped upon Yasgur's Farm and turned it into a disaster area.
But it was peaceful.
And they did smash down myriads of oppressive taboos and helped to set the foundations for our Brave New Green World.
Perhaps they did as much as any other, if not more, to advance the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
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 life's for learning
We are stardust
We are golden
And we've got to get ourselves
Back to the garden
By the time I 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
Turning into butterflies
Above our nation
We are stardust
We are golden
And we've got to get ourselves
back to the garden
