This is a time capsule gem. You have to put the scene in perspective. The audience remembers the original Sweet Sixteen from 1960 (only 9 years prior) when they were little kids. The audience clearly loves it, and the dichotomy of culture shifting Rock of the late 60’s vs the “innocent” Rock from the early 60’s just makes the scene all that more wonderful. Now it’s 2023, and music today is almost identical to the music from 9 years ago. That was not the case then. Not even close. A gem.
A lot of great performances in Woodstock but Sha Na Na was my favourite the audience never expected something like this it was theatrical but rock n roll the hippies were shocked the rock n' roll revival started
1:16, that guy in the red bandana look familiar? Thats because it’s Jimi Hendrix! Sha Na Na actually opened for the Finale performance by the guitarist. The reason Sha Na Na was invited to Woodstock in the first place was because years prior during their time at Columbia University they performed at Fillmore East club, where Jimi was a regular and took a liking to the group, ultimately insisting they perform at the now iconic festival.
Robert A Leonard. A founding member of Sha-Na-Na sings lead in this vid. He went on to be a linguistics professor and was featured on 'Forensic Files'. Robert Leonard is best known for his work in forensic linguistics, the application of linguistic theory to the analysis of language evidence.
Nice, Larry! I’m a Linguistics major at Stony Brook University. I’m currently a junior (U3 standing). It’s nice to know that a musician from Woodstock decided to pursue his career in Linguistics.
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Fuckin Hillarious!!! Great! Sha Na Na was a Great band a lot of talented singers and musicians over the years. This performance was meant to be funny and it was! I get it...seeing it cracks me up!! Some of the hippies' faces were funny as hell ...they were like WTF???
What makes it so special is how out of place these guys seem at first with all these psychedelics, blues rockers and folkies - they're shamelessly old-fashioned, and these hippies are still just loving it.
Rob Leonard! At 1:13 Jimi Hendrix digging him, about to play his immortal Star Spangled Banner set. Sha na Na had been the house band at Steve Paul's Scene where Jimi discovered them, played with them, and had them invited to Woodstock to open for him.
@@LisaKoffler Yes but some snapped out of their WTF moment and started digging it . In an interview on the 50th anniversary one of the original members said “ We eventually won them over !” Kudos to Jimi Hendrix who got them there and wouldn’t go on until Sha NaNa got their chance !
Their style is so 50s and still feels like a huge generational gap between them and Hendrix and The Who, despite Shanana’s style is just from the previous decade.
This kind of music was still the popular top 40 stuff into the early 60s. Everyone in the audience would be familiar with this genre of music and would have grown up with it. I’m sure none of them were expecting to hear it at this festival though 😂
Spiders From mars, maybe not, but did you ever watch the Brady Bunch Variety Hour? The pilot episode had a '50s skit that took place at a roller rink, and it was funny!
Jimi the genius saw something in Sha na na that most didn’t understand at that time. That was one of their first gigs. When they added bowser, they exploded on the 70s scene. I really do miss jimi!
@@LisaKoffler You don't start out in front of 400,000 people. You start out by practicing in private until you have your act down perfectly. Then you bring it to the public.
This is a time capsule gem. You have to put the scene in perspective. The audience remembers the original Sweet Sixteen from 1960 (only 9 years prior) when they were little kids. The audience clearly loves it, and the dichotomy of culture shifting Rock of the late 60’s vs the “innocent” Rock from the early 60’s just makes the scene all that more wonderful. Now it’s 2023, and music today is almost identical to the music from 9 years ago. That was not the case then. Not even close. A gem.
La música de hoy no se parece en nada a la de hace meses, la música de hoy no tiene nada
Well said. I'm glad to see others appreciate what's really happening in this performance as much as I do.
Very astute way to contextualize this performance. And fully agree -- absolute gem.
Jimi insisted that they play before he went on. Spirit of music. And perfect in a funny and glorious way. God bless Sha Na Na. Rock and Roll!
Some of the crowd look like extras from Dawn Of The Dead. Good to see Jimi looking on with a huge smile.
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It’s funny seeing hippies of 1969 essentially reliving their childhood of the 50s
As it turned out, Sha Na Na were much more the future than any of the other acts.
A lot of great performances in Woodstock but Sha Na Na was my favourite the audience never expected something like this it was theatrical but rock n roll the hippies were shocked the rock n' roll revival started
Sha-Na-Na must have been a big influence on Andy Kaufman. They would go on to appear together a few times in the 70s
1:16, that guy in the red bandana look familiar? Thats because it’s Jimi Hendrix! Sha Na Na actually opened for the Finale performance by the guitarist. The reason Sha Na Na was invited to Woodstock in the first place was because years prior during their time at Columbia University they performed at Fillmore East club, where Jimi was a regular and took a liking to the group, ultimately insisting they perform at the now iconic festival.
Robert A Leonard. A founding member of Sha-Na-Na sings lead in this vid. He went on to be a linguistics professor and was featured on 'Forensic Files'. Robert Leonard is best known for his work in forensic linguistics, the application of linguistic theory to the analysis of language evidence.
still a little bit outta tune and pitchy...But that was the must punk rock thing to happen, way ahead of its time, in 69.
Since Sha Na Na was starting out, they didn't do too badly!
Nice, Larry! I’m a Linguistics major at Stony Brook University. I’m currently a junior (U3 standing). It’s nice to know that a musician from Woodstock decided to pursue his career in Linguistics.
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This is Dave Garrett
A legendary performance by the great Sha Na Na!
I think this is the one that won the audience over and Sha Na Na went on to a distinguished career .
Some of these songs came out when these kids were born.
@1:18 Jimi gets it. @1:25 This guy doesn’t.
isnt the guy @1:25 the neighbor from Office Space?
Fab song, and good to see Jimi liking it.
He got ‘em there and insisted that they be given their shot before he went on
Fuckin Hillarious!!! Great! Sha Na Na was a Great band a lot of talented singers and musicians over the years. This performance was meant to be funny and it was! I get it...seeing it cracks me up!! Some of the hippies' faces were funny as hell ...they were like WTF???
Yep its rock and roll baby 😘
@1:18…you see this guitar legend whose influence brought Sha Na Na to the Woodstock Festival…I think we all know who that is…
dr. martin luther?
Che Guevara!!
That dude in Star Trek next generation ? it wasn't even invented yet way ahead of his time.
What makes it so special is how out of place these guys seem at first with all these psychedelics, blues rockers and folkies - they're shamelessly old-fashioned, and these hippies are still just loving it.
The only reason why they performed at Woodstock was because Jimi Hendrix wanted them there.
It's not like the 1950s were a century ago the way these hippies are cringing at them lol
Rob Leonard! At 1:13 Jimi Hendrix digging him, about to play his immortal Star Spangled Banner set. Sha na Na had been the house band at Steve Paul's Scene where Jimi discovered them, played with them, and had them invited to Woodstock to open for him.
@@iancurtiswishlist4996 I noticed that too. I knew a lot of people had left, but this shows just how empty it looks.
@@monkface it was monday morning, the 4th day of a 3 day concert. there was about 10% of the crowd left.
They were the most
1:12 the time traveler with the laptop seems quite taken
Sha Na Na freaking out all the squares.
I always hated "squares" myself, so it worked out perfectly!
Liberial hippies lol
Grandpa Simpson loved it
Jimi looks so happy/excited or high
The guy with the long, balding hair looked like he wasn’t sure if the acid was still working or if this was real.
Shoutout to whoever took 1.85:1 footage and restretched it to fit 1.78:1
1:25, 1:35 priceless 😊
That dude's look is funny AF
I'm going to set the record straight, the lead singer is Dave Garrett.
Jimmy , lots of crowd pics, he got these guys here !
The hippie at 1:25 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🇺🇲
yeah, he's bummed on the brown acid
Many people looked like that back then!
@@LisaKoffler Yes but some snapped out of their WTF moment and started digging it . In an interview on the 50th anniversary one of the original members said “ We eventually won them over !” Kudos to Jimi Hendrix who got them there and wouldn’t go on until Sha NaNa got their chance !
Dag Nabbit, I was only 2 years old at the time, so I was too young to understand that.
Their style is so 50s and still feels like a huge generational gap between them and Hendrix and The Who, despite Shanana’s style is just from the previous decade.
Thanks for the post. Love it to death.
The funniest irony Is the 1950s weren't that long ago back in 69😅😅
This kind of music was still the popular top 40 stuff into the early 60s.
Everyone in the audience would be familiar with this genre of music and would have grown up with it.
I’m sure none of them were expecting to hear it at this festival though 😂
Lmao everybody is on acid
So cool!
Os cômicos da época, olha a cara da plateia sem entender muita coisa, até o Jimmy Hendrix gostou...kkk
Super!😀
Jimmy fue quien pidió que los incluyera en el festival 👌👌👌👌
Love the look on the liberal hippie face what's this?
Rock and roll baby!
I didn't know Steven Wright was there. 1:25
I thought the Brady bunch performed this lol tis why I looked it up
The Brady Bunch sang other songs.
Spiders From mars, maybe not, but did you ever watch the Brady Bunch Variety Hour? The pilot episode had a '50s skit that took place at a roller rink, and it was funny!
Spiders From mars, they didn't. It was just one season.
Where’s bowser?
My gosh!!! I HAD NEVER HEARD ANYONE "SINGING" SO OUT OF TUNE!!!
It is in tune
that's probably because he couldn't listen to himself singing
Which singer is that?
I wish I could sing as good as him…I’ll take it
Al Bowlly, thank you for letting me know!
loved the look on the goofy liberial faces this the birth of rock and roll baby!
Do you know -anything- about rock and roll?
f-ing can't stand liberials
@@sineadfigiel5946 yes liberials dont like music like this lol
It's mostly "old-fashioned" people who don't like rock and roll!
Even 2 years later I'll reach back and say, what a stupid comment on so many levels
I was there. Lots of water under the bridge since then.
Where’s Bowser yo?
❤💕💞💓💗💖💝❣‼
Am I watching the beta version of the Village People?
NO! Sha Na Na is a cover band!
Grover Kemble is good, but Johnny Contardo is better!
This is David Garrett
Out of tune at beginning...
hippies were so square....not like the beats
He’s singing way out of tune. Woodstock was notorious for artists not being able to hear themselves
He is in tune
U hm, not a good fit for Woodstock
You are right. They should have booked Steppenwolf instead.
Jimi the genius saw something in Sha na na that most didn’t understand at that time. That was one of their first gigs. When they added bowser, they exploded on the 70s scene. I really do miss jimi!
Rubbish. Rock and Roll, Doo Wop etc.. is where all this started. So a good fit.
U hm, false. Exactly the shot in the arm everyone there needed, to be honest.
@@Bazonthebass Totally. Someone gets it. That music is still great, and will remain so.
So amateurish. Any group of guys could do this as bad as they did.
You just didn't get it, did ya?
They were just starting out!
@@LisaKoffler You don't start out in front of 400,000 people. You start out by practicing in private until you have your act down perfectly. Then you bring it to the public.
Thom67, you're right about that! I acted in plays at school and summer camp, and rehearsals weren't always easy!
@@thom6746🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣