Woodstock 40 years on: Michael Lang on the world's most famous music festival
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- Опубліковано 3 лип 2011
- In 1969, Michael Lang organised what became the most famous music festival in the world. Four decades on, he looks back in time and history.
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Guys I just watched woodstock '99 documentary, and Michael Lang seemed very responsible for what happened by taking shortcuts etc... what do you think? He didn't seem to care much during the interview, laughing and awkward dialogue when discussing what went wrong, i just got a bad feeling from it.
Same here…. Very weird . Think very little of him . He’s no damn hero
@@rjfarms1206 yeah it was bizarre!!
@@rjfarms1206 He was a capitalistic scumbag. opposite of woodstock.
What a piece of greedy garbage he was. Especially when a life was lost and raping was reported, etc. Money drives evil.
Yes agreed! The bastard couldn’t give a stuff! 😡😡 Yes no hero for sure...he ripped off thousands of people & lied to the world! He’s scumshit! Such a pity so many comments on here before we all knew the truth about him😒😞
Greatest event ever.The young ppl from that era were so smart & young @ same time.
I'm proud to say, many of my color photographs from Woodstock as published in The Woodstock Story Book have been sprinkled throughout this interview. Nice job Mike.
Best Regards,
Barry Z Levine, Stills Photographer for the Academy Award winning film Woodstock by Warner Brothers
Cool, right place at the right time !!!
Love your work Barry, love woodstock and that era.
Hi Barry, any way people can purchase prints of your photographs today?
Holy moly he looks exactly the same
M Rodgers Lord will never get old my friend
M Rodgers Takes care of his body and didn't get fat, color's his hair and didn't cut it all off. Simple.
Well unfortunately he's dead now. R.I.P.
I went to woodstock, and was changed forever I play music now and can't imagine doing anything else. to me Michel Lang is a hero, right up there with jonas salk, and many others. he opened the door to the soul of many. I for one, am so grateful. I only wish, I could give him, and those who believed in him, something, a gift as a thank you.
The 60’s was a amazing time. JFK, Neil Armstrong on the moon, NY wold fair and Woodstock. Wish I live back then. RIP Mr.Yesgur.
Thank you Michael Lang for sharing your memories and vision of the 60's and of Woodstock. As we mourn the recent passing of Joe Cocker, I'm sure that many others like myself are thinking about this past era. As a nine year old in 1969, I can remember sitting on the curb at the corner of my street in a small town in northern Pennsylvania, watching all of the car loads of young adults on their way to Woodstock. Memories of that time in our Country's history live on, as well as the wonderful music. May we and our children know peace and love for everyone in the World.
+jeshkam Well, it'd have been a little more beautiful that weekend if it hadn't rained all over everyone and everything. Especially since not a whole lot of us had a tent, or even a tarp. Good mud sliding, though.
This guy is my hero. Would love to meet him someday.
Although I never had the opportunity to attend, we all lived the Woodstock festival from a distance. it was and still is a great memory of "another time, another era" gone by. Thank you Michael Lang from all of us...and may you rest in peace. ✌, 💓& 🌻!
He doesn't look a day older, still has his calm manner and pleasantness about him.
Michael Lang looking & sounding very much like Michael Lang.
I want to thank Micael lang and everyone involved for deffinitly changing my life, ive been obsessed with the documentary and the music from my 12th, watched it on a daily basis and it showed me the way to psychedelic festivals and such, it shaped me to the person i am today, a more positive and love filled person :)
HOLY SHIT! Mike's hairdo is still d same after 40 yrs. He's a REAL oldschooler. \m/
ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, sheeeit, ha ha ha ha. I think Michael can afford to stay looking young, but an early hippy myself, I do not think of myself as 69 and people tell me I look ten twenty years younger, and that's because the 60s liberated me from matrimony and mortgages and I have been a free man, still looking over the next horizon-flower children never die, we just groove away.
+Toby Blake That's I luv d '70s & d Flower Power era. Aside from bell-buttoms & Classic ROCK, everybody are growing their hair long.
& no 1 was forcing u to have a haircut. :)) \m/
yep keeps him young looking
A truly great appraisal by Michael Lang of this historic festival - watch out for the Woodstock 50 celebrations !
Lang always seems to be well spoken,understated,and so laid back when talking about Woodstock. I guess he has had a career from rehashing it for many different events and occasions.
+Ed Denoy Fun Fact of the day: I know a guy named Lang who has a company called "Risque Soiree", which does swinger events in, get this, Utah. And Idaho. But I suppose I kinda doubt they're related. Or, uh,.... Hey, I do remember something about free love back then, and swinging kinda seems related to that.
just look at that smile , that's 1 thing i could never in millions of years forget about mike ,
Such a great story teller rip
Michael Lang is a beautiful man. Bless him. I was born in 89 and sad I can never experience Woodstock.
Met him at The Wiz in Manhattan in 1982 on 86th Street between Lex and 3rd Ave. Coolest dude
i am orbiting the earth.. it is a magical place.. filled with joy.. & wonder
Journey on Space Warrior! Rocket Roll🚀 !!!👽
Thank you Mike and all involved. What an amazing time in history..
I was 12 in 1969 and was aware of some of the issues But time taught us all or at least me how White Hot everything was in 68 & 69. The division in our country over race, equality the war, fashion, length of ones hair, Politics the music OMG Hendrix, Stones, Who, Joplin, Doors, Dylan etc. One of my favorite TV shows was The Wonder Years I felt I was watching my childhood.. Thank God for Wood Stock, Did we learn anything or are we repeating?
Hi, did Michael Lang just give this interview to the Guardian? I'm just wondering if it is re-posted from another source. Thanks.
Rest In Peace Michael Lang! You are gone but you will never ever be Forgotten. Your Spirit will live on Forever.
Dam this guy never ages whats his secret?
Custard enemas. You can feel the burn.
his gift, for giving us hope, music, and a way to communicate, long life to him !!!
I know he never does
He doesn’t give a shit about anything.
Pussy juice cures balding.
Truth from the main man, organizer. Listen well youngster.
Who knows where the time goes? R.I.P.... and thank you for this legendary concert...
coming up on 50 years...
Great post and Mr. Lang took me back to 1969 , in the perfect way he explains the happenstance of Woodstock. Also besides Kent State , the Charles Manson murders ended an age of innocents and trust that the music, tie-dye, peace and long hair was much about. I turned back and went home to mom and dad that weekend , was one of the many that tried to get to Woodstock !
I was too young and I didn't have a ride 😢
Don't take the "brown acid." Levon Helm said in an interview, the it was good, lots of visuals, tracers. I can't even imagine how there must have been so much electricity in the air.
Carlos Santana was doing "Special-K" during his performance and said later he was actually embarrassed to what the camera caught of him during his ''trip'' !!!
Real glad they didn't try to enforce a "tickets only" thing. I'd never have gotten in.
The summer of 69!
🎼Those were the best days of their lives, back in the Summa of 69🎼
Michael Lang ! Tommy. He hasn’t aged in 40 years !
Único héroe de la paz
Neither the throughway nor the Canadian border was shut, but it makes for a great story.
Im starting to have no hope with 2022
RIP KIng
You started history
1944-2022
Met him several years ago in a photo shop. Humble guy
Michael Lang has serious longevity genes. He will be around for woodstock 2044.
yippeeyokai5750- You Spoke too soon. He’s dead.
Respect!
Was on leave about 80 miles from Bethel in August '69. Went to the festival, left shortly after, came bacl from Vietnam at the beginning of May '70 in time for the Kent State massacre. It almost felt like that damned war had followed me back.
+0 Subscribers thousands did, why would that surprise you.
+0 Subscribers not true because my brother in law was on leave & went. He brought several other Marines on leave and they all were drafted & against the war. Many against the war that were drafted went into the military because they couldn't get out of it. Woodstock was also an event that had the best musicians of that time. There was no prerequisite to be against the war if you wanted to go.
Was it not just Crosby Still and Nash, Neil Young hadnt joined them until well after Woodstock, Deja Vu Album 1970, with Dallas Taylor and Greg Reeves.
Neil Young did play with Crosby, Stills and Nash at Woodstock. He was drafted in just beforehand. He seems to have spent the rest of his life regretting it as he refused to allow his performance to be used in the film. He thought they played very badly.
GladToBeGrey: Ive never heard this before that Young played with CS&Nash and he, Young, is wrong in my mumble opinion, that they played very badly as considering their circumstances, playing for the first time publicly, and in front of so many, I thought they sounded great.
Neil Young has gone off his head in the last couple of years after leaving his lovely wife, looks like hes smoking ganga again thanks to his new flame...
Nash has also left his wife of 30 years and run off with a girl old enough to be is daughter, WTF is wrong with these guys???>
I am right with you on ageing rocks stars dumping their wives..pathetic. I could bore you to tears with more background on CSNY at Woodstock. The best parts of their show were when Neil wasn't involved and I think he knew that and it was most likely because he thought they were under rehearsed. For example, there is a version of "Sea of Madness" on the second Woodstock album that was almost certainly not recorded at Woodstock but from a gig they did 6 weeks later.
I agree that things Like Judy Blue Eyes from Woodstock are sublime and, as you say, given the physical circumstances they were in the quality overall was very good indeed.
Glad TBG: Im British and never made it too America until 1982 when I arrived in NYC with $27 a three week tourist Visa and didnt know a single person, pus it was the middle of January and its was snowing but it was one of the happiest days of my life. Im now a Naturalized US Citizen after living in SF CA for years as I married a lovely lady from LA, now divorced and live in SE Asia.
We in London in 1969 watched this film on large screens, mostly stoned or trippin as we all were in those days gone by by I couldnt get myself out of London in the late 60s until i finally manged it in 1970 and never lived there again, now its the pits... Nash was known to us as he was a singer in the Hollies and he was also the Best Man at one of my school friends older Brother, he was the guy that made Donovan famous as well as the Walker Brothers.
Were you at Woodstock?.
RIP
RIP Michael Lang!
Carlos Santana was Catherine Eddowes of Jack The Ripper fame.
The B-roll video is annoying. I'm here to hear and watch Lang.
700,000 personally
Rest in peace beautiful soul 🙏
Your legacy's secure.
REST IN PEACE MICHAEL.
700,000 million
we atleast gotta have a bit of everything maybe some bands from 99 and 94 and 64
Mike hasn't changed a bit wow!!
Being a hippie keeps you young.
R.I.P. Michael Lang
He really looks like a nice guy.
Mike, what is going on with the festival?
RIP ☮ ❤
1:14 The Who
RIP Michael Lang
There will be many attempts in the generations to come to recreate the original Woodstock Festival. They may look the same or even improve in population, no of performing artists, physical setting. logistics-lol etc. W69 was far from perfect. But.... they will never match the powerful "spirit & soul" that Michael Lang and his generation envisioned, brought into this event and shared as their final closing statement. It was special, It was unique, It was Human and endures in history today because of that. Those who were there or grew up during those times lived that idea and spirit and know that's true !
MATTHATTER after JFK, it was over ANYWAY!!!! Rocks first PEZ. young u know. visionary. ALL THAT.
how about the fiftyith in saugerties again just do it man just do it
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No ha cambiado nada hasta ese año...
How about some brown water Mikey?!!! 😒😡
Guy was a greedy dude
GOOGLE HAS NO IDEA HOW CLOSE I AM TO DEFINING THE ACTUAL TRUTH IF HE WILL ACTUALLY LIVE UP TO
HIS WORD.
IT TOOK ME ALL MY LIFE
TO PROVE IF HE"S TRUE ; OR, NOT. MY LIFE IS AT STAKE BECAUSE I PROVED THIS ONLY TO MY SELF. I
WILL KNOW WHEN HE"S RAN OUT OF TIME ; AND, THAT"S WHEN I FINALLY STABLIZE THEN WILL
SEE HIS DOGDAY ON ME.
ARE YOU TRUE GOD ; OR, NOT?? YOU SAID ALL THAT ASK RECEIVE .
LIVE ACCORDINGLY.
DO SHIT ON MY LIFE AS YOU HAVE FOR SO MANY DECADES. PROVE YOURSELF AS I HAVE PROVED MY FAITH.
You think he still smokes weed ?
"Get people to look at the earth in a kinder way"?? Take a look at the last minutes of the movie. The kids left Yasgur's farm a garbage dump.
he was paid a fortune (then) for letting them use his farm. I'm sure he expected that.
@@SUNMAYDEN518 you missed the point.
Responsibility. Get some.
Did he actually believe that he could recreate the vibe of the original when he decided to have Woodstock 2 and the disaster that was Woodstock '99 ? Or was he motivated by greed ?
did the who actally not want to be there?
brb224 No they just wanted to be paid in advance in case and they were they just had done a festival.in Mass. Tanglewood n drove into NY state 4 it
They got on stage 530.ish..towards the end the sun rose doing stuff from Tommy..
Too bad the hope he was talking about at the end was a load of bullshit!!
Michael Lang...you're awesome. But yeah, this was filmed in what? 2009? So Obama had just taken office? Yeah, I don't understand why we still act like politicians are our friends. Isn't it time to get over that? From Bush Sr., to Clinton, to Bush the 2nd, to Obama. Yeah I don't think so. And I don't know about this current guy either.
Damn hippies ruined this country.
RIP
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