Where were you 40 years ago today?
Personally, I was a Sophomore at Roman Catholic High School in Philadelphia getting ready to become a Junior!
So, even with all the independence I had gained with my vast worldly experience, I still wasn’t really able to make it to the Greatest Musical and Love Fest Happening in History (my parents wouldn’t let me borrow the car!).
I know others missed the Main Event as well, so here is a clip from YouTube showing the raw footage much as it happened in 1969 with Joe Cocker singing What Would You Do If I Sang Out of Tune.
Is this what you remember? What were you doing August 15-18, 1969?
Interesting blog, but it’s missing an important part of the equation: Generation Jones (born 1954-1965, between the Boomers and Generation X). Arguably, the biggest legacy of Woodstock is its huge impact on the real children of the sixties…GenJones. This USA TODAY op-ed speaks to the relevance today of the sixties counterculture impact on GenJones: http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20090127/column27_st.art.htm
Google Generation Jones, and you’ll see it’s gotten a ton of media attention, and many top commentators from many top publications and networks (Washington Post, Time magazine, NBC, Newsweek, ABC, etc.) now specifically use this term. In fact, the Associated Press’ annual Trend Report chose the Rise of Generation Jones as the #1 trend of 2009.
Here’s a page with a good overview of recent media interest in GenJones:
http://generationjones.com/2009latest.html
Hey HD,
Sorry, your comment wound up in moderation, most likely because of your “handle” and the links in the reply.
For some reason, the spam filter likes real names.
Anyway, I have never heard of GenJones until now. Thanks for bringing me up to date on current generational attitudes. Where did the term “Jones” come from? Is it from a particular person(ality) or some other derivation?
Either way, I’m still a Boomer (1953) even by your definition. My little brother on the other hand, is a Joneser (1960) and my little sister too (1955) now it seems my older brother (1947) and I are the only boomers in the family.
And here I thought all us “kids” were in the same generation. I guess I’m out of the loop on this one.