Top 5 Greatest Moments of Woodstock! 

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I am 62 year's old now and was breastfed on this music , joe cocker , CSNY, Bob Dylan , Janus Joplin and so many more great artist , Woodstock is a monumental moment in togetherness and love ❤❤❤❤❤

Woodstock was just wet And muddy it was absolutely fantastic ❤❤iam 80.years love everything about it ❤🎉😢

Richie Havens - FREEDOM! What a performance.

Let us also remember Melanie Safka who performed in the rain at Woodstock. Her song "Lay It Down" is a tribute to Woodstock.

The greatest performance there was Alvin Lee and Ten Years after performing "Going Home". That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Although I am a massive Hendrix fan and fully agree that his rendition of the Star Spangled Banner is a masterpiece and deserves its place at number one, I do think that Santana's performance of Soul Sacrifice should be in there somewhere. Pretty much unknown at the time and reputedly on acid when they unexpectedly took the stage, they played their asses off with the very young Michael Shrieve giving a fantastic performance on drums.

What great memories that is. There has been and never will be another show like that. Peace, love and happiness to all!!!

Memories of a time in my life I miss we were kind and loving ❤️

Many more moment's . In Fact , Woodstock is one giant fluid moment set to the Best Music and all of us carrying on Hope , Love , and good vibrations ....on in the future to this Day

Ten Years After's Going Home and Santana's Soul Sacrifice were better than The Airplane and Country Joe, but I have nothing against either one. The Airplane is one of my favs.

Everybody wasted & having a GREAT TIME... WOODSTOCK earned it's place in HISTORY!!! ✌️✌️✌️

Joe Cocker was legend! Loved his music!

I'm 73 now, had jyst turned 18 on Aug.13th, graduated from High School in June, so off 4 of us went on the 13rh, a groovy Birthday Present !! There were so many cars on the highway, we were lucky to get there Thursday and found a spot in a field to park. And walked the rest of the way. So many great moments, and the band's were great, to wake up with the Who one morning and to wake up to my Favorite..Jimi with the white fringe glistening so glad we stayed until late Monday...course it was a traffic jam leaving, but no hurry. The weather...we didn't mind..we had brought some food and water and other cool things.!! People getting aling, and didn't matter what you looked like or what you were doing, it was their own Bag Man and some joined in, some didn't. My favorite was Jimi..!! The who.was awesome, Janis so soulful with that voice, Jefferson Airplane was great, Grace had a voice that even tho the band was tired, she still sang out, I liked Ravi Shankar,too...rhe Citar was a different instrument. So unusual at a Rock festival...CCR to start out..and even tho some delays cause of the

I love watching footage of Canned Heat. That's my pick for #1

Ten Years After with the great Alvin Lee,unforgettable.

my votes include Ten years After (Going Home), Santana (Soul Sacrifice) and CSNY (Suite Judy Blue Eyes)

I was a toddler when my parents took me to Woodstock. I have little memory because i was so young but those i do have i will always cherish. I still follow the music.

Alvin Lee's" I'm Going Home".

Crosby, Stills and Nash "Suite Judy blue eyes" was a highlight. PS I was there.

The Who were my favorite at Woodstock '69.

I live about 20 minutes away from the site. Been there many times over the years, and my daughter would go there with her friends every August that they tried to put on a concert. Never as big as the original one and the cops would shut it down. Funny thing is, every August that she went, it rained. It's really a cool place.

BEST MUSIC EVER

I was 10 years old at the time but as long as you include Hendrix and Cocker on there, you're all set. Wait a minute you didn't have Santana on there please. And what a performance on the acid man.

1. Ten Years After 2. Joe Cocker. 3. Santana. 4. The Who 5. Sly & the Family Stone.

I was there having walked in from 4-5 mile bc you couldn’t get any closer with a car it smelled ,muddy, and the best time of my life I was 19 I’m 73 now

WoodStock a Musical Spark that Ignited a WorldWide Fire-Storm of Love

We all played the Albums all the time and went to see the movie many times stretching out Woodstock's importance and memory

The who? In my opinion the best performance there was the who performing “See me/feel me” when the sun was rising. Out of this word performance

The Who by far had the most memorable moments, energy and songs. The Who were the giants of Woodstock. Everybody else were 1 hit wonders. The Mighty Who was already established as a giant on the stage.

Still have my tickets because it became a free concert

It was all just epic to me, all of it!! Still is!

Ten years after should be in your top 5

Ten years after , Santana , the who + csny

My top 3 list was 1. Hendrix, 2. Joe Cocker , 3. Crosby Stills Nash

Cel Mai Fenomenal Eveniment Muzical Din Lume UNIC Până Acum Si Au Trecut Peste 50 De Ani Si Așa Va Rămâne Woodstock UNIC ❤

Hendrix: check Cocker: check Santana: OOPS missed a great one

Great Memories of my Youth and growing up!!👏👏👍👍🥂🎊🎉

Sly best show I Ever saw

Janis Joplin deserves a big shout out! She needed better musicians. Great soulful singer❣️ The sixties we’re a great time to grow with rock n roll!! Thank you for the fabulous video. I needed to feel those good times.

the album hit the country like a bomb ... we were never the same after that

300 thousand? More towards 500 thousand visitors.

I was there at age 17. Does this English accent narrator even mention Santana? Paid least, played the best and most moment. Also, Richie Havens made an impassioned and unforgettable contribution with Freedom. I had seen Country Joe and the Fish the year before at the unforgettable Newport Pop Festival in the broiling Costa Mesa summer of 1968.

I can't believe they left out Alvin Lee and 10 years after - Blue Swade shoes & I'm going home - the best of the best

Being a bongo player Santana and those drummers have it for me.🌴😎🌴

Interesting list of significant performances. I would have included Santana's "Soul Sacrifice". Apparently Santana's performance at Woodstock gave their reputation a big boost. I became a fan of the band, and saw them live 2 years later.

Sly was fantastic !

The Who were the best act with the best visual performance.

Woodstock had some incredible moments and performances! Which is your favourite??

Leaving out Ten Years After and Santana?? You're not talking about the festival I saw

Evento epocale grande musica grandi gruppi rock per me due performance sopra tutti Hendrix e Santana

Grace Slik ist eine großartige Sängerin

VERY Well done, I always wished I was there,a major point in rock history!

I read that even though Lennon and McCartney wrote With a little help from my friends. Joe owned it! No one ever did it as good or better!

fan de cette periode

Au moment du festival de Woodstock à l'été 69 ,j'avais 18 ans . Je dois admettre que c'est le plus grand et le meilleur des événements musicaux de la seconde moitié du 20e siècle. Avec des groupes, des chanteurs et chanteuses ,une ambiance bonne enfant et une sacrée organisation pour environ 500 000 personnes sur 3jours .Grandes prestations à mon avis, de Ten years after, Joe Cocker, Jimi Hendricks, des Who , de Santana, Sly and the Family Stone + quelques autres. Par contre, les prestations de Shanana, Country Joe et Crosby Still and Nash notamment, me semblent quelconque. C'est mon avis. Enfin, ce fut grandiose. 😂❤

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Santana, Soul Sacrifice

"Soul Sacrifice" for me.

Definitely should include “Soul Sacrifice” from Santana.

Wasn't there but I think it was closer to 500 thousand in attendance.

Woodstock wasn’t the send off of the 60s, not at all. The Stones did that at Altamont Speedway in CA, that was pathetic & sad.

Though the fish cheer was iconic, no argument there, but I would drop that in favor of Santana's set. And the Who's set belongs there as well. And as great as Joe Cocker was, if either Joe or Jimi has to get bumped, I guess Joe has to go. Airplane-Santana-Sly-Who-Hendrix.

Logistically this event was a total disaster. Food ran out. Rain soaked everything and coated what wasn't soaked with mud, As they said, scheduling was total chaos due to the traffic situation summed up best by Arlo Guthrie crowing "The New York State Throughway is closed, man". The only way in was by helicopter. Richie Havens opened the show because it was time to start and none of the scheduled opening act had arrived. Richie played for over three hours, running out of songs that had been prepared for his set with his band most of whom weren't on scene yet. He actually tried to leave the stage a couple of times only to be told that nobody else was there yet. His finale, the song "Freedom" was a totally impromptu performance being made up on the spot. Alvin Lee referenced the transportation situation when he introduced his classic by calling it "I'm Going Home" then adding wryly "By helicopter". After the rain finally settled down, National Guard helicopters flew over dropping dry clothes and supplies to help deal with the mess. At the end of the festival, Michael Lang and his partners were thinking that they had lost their collective asses financially. Vendors, staff, and musicians all had to be paid. As the festival began, it quickly became obvious that they were being completely overwhelmed and basically quit selling and taking tickets since the fencing had disappeared very early on. This meant that the only source of income was from the pre-sale tickets. Lang even said so in the documentary when he was asked how they had done financially. He literally laughed out loud saying "Are you kidding? We're taking a bath" He quickly followed that with a gesture toward the crowd saying "But look at this. You can't buy this". DOn't feel to bad for them for that though. Once they slept for a couple of days afterward, they sat down and started looking at what they had to work with and how to market it. None of the people backing this festival is hungry today, I'll guarantee that. With all that being said though, the spirit of Wavy Gravy and the Hog Farm in urging people to help each other ("If you're too tired to chew, pass it on") and the people in the medical tent and the "Freak Out" tent taught us that just doing what needs to be done and helping each other out will get us through a lot of crap.

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After Woodstock regarding Hendrix rendition of the SSB music critic Al Aronowitz of the NY post wrote- " It was the most electrifying moment of Woodstock and it was probably the single greatest moment of the sixties"

Top 5 performances in no particular order, Sly, Santana, Joe Cocker, Ten years After and (arguably) Richie Havens (because he opened, played every song he knew and made up a song on the spot)

I agree with your selections, but WTF, only one small clip of MUSIC? For those who weren't there or haven't heard any of these bands before, just a voice explaining why the choices were made isn't going to cut it.

"Don't eat the brown acid."

The Who. Nothing more needs to be said.

Haha that’s me right after he says “give me a u”

They were all superb acts to be fair.. But if I had to narrow it down to a top 5.. It would be 1..Hendrix.. 2. Jefferson 3. Joe Cocker 4.. The who.. 5.Ten years after

you kids dont know shite there was 450,000 there at least . not 300,000.

Imagine watching this and seeing your now-conservative grandparents in the crowd! 😂😂😂 😂

Just music please, not some guy talking......😢

I agree that Hendrix should be #1

THE single greatest performance at this show IMO was Joe Cocker's Lets Go Get Stoned!

Woodstock was more than 400,000 people.

Janis Joplin and her Holding Company. Santana...got to be in there. Since you have a bit of an English accent I don't think you know the new Patriot culture.

Melanie and Janis Joplin. Worth the entire muddy muck of it all.need to Mention Richi Havens. He was the only performer there on 8.13. Played a long time.

I'll simply say.... If we don't return to this love, peace, and harmony... We're Fucked!!!

It's too bad we didn't get to hear these performances

❤i love wopdstok ok😅

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE “WHO” ? Kick out Country Joe and install “THE WHO” ! ! The had a MUCH Better Set than Country Joe ! !

If Ten Years after is not on this list, then this list is bogus.

I was in Vietnam - my second tour. We got word of this while it was still going on. Bigwigs in Saigon did not want to acknowledge it, but a couple jocks on then American radio station played songs from Woodstock. They DIDNOT play Joe Cockers’ FUCK song however.

Country Joe and the fish! 👍

WHO!

What about Alvin?????????????????

Hard to believe people wanted to kill Jimmy Hendrix for daring to play his version of star spindle banner.

Uno de los grandes momentos de ese festival también fue la inclusión de Santana band, con el gran Carlos Santana

Height of the vietnam war era Country joe antiwar song!

Aha my grandsons name is hendrix

And the Who, and Janis Joplin ?

No music, 8 and a half minutes wasted.

Yeah, no better way to enjoy music than listening to someone telling you what was played and what it sounded like, without even so much as a snippet of actual music. This list is ridiculous.

Tim Hardin was also great. 8:33

This list sucks ass. Santana’s performance was the pinnacle of the festival, hands down.

The who

Most say over 500 thousand people