He kanahā makahiki a me ʻelua mahina aʻu i hele ai i Woodstock. ʻAʻole hiki ke hōʻole ʻia ka mana o ia wahi i kēia mau makahiki ma hope! ʻO Woodstock, ke kahua o ka ʻaha mele haʻalulu honua i ka makahiki 1969, he kanahākūmākolu mile mai ka wahi i koho mua ʻia no ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music." ʻO ka wahi hope loa i koho ʻia no ka ʻahamele ma muli o ke ʻano o ka wā ma mua o ka hoʻolālā akahele ʻana o nā mea hoʻonohonoho ʻehā nāna i hoʻokō i ka ʻahaʻaina. Ua ʻai ʻino ʻo Max Yasgur i ka mauʻu i ka wā ua nui-kauwela o ka makahiki 1969, a pono ʻo ia e hoʻihoʻi i kēlā poho no ka hana ʻana o kāna mahi waiu ma Betela, New York ma ka ʻaoʻao hema loa o ka ʻāina ʻo Catskill Mountain o ka ʻāina ʻo New York. ʻO ka pōmaikaʻi o ka loaʻa ʻana iā Yasgur i hahai i kekahi mau hōʻino ʻana i ka hōʻole ʻana o nā kaiāulu kūloko o ka Catskills i ka hoʻokipa ʻana i ka ʻaha mele. Ua ʻike ʻia ka ʻokoʻa o nā hanauna i kēlā mau lā, ma muli o ka hiki ʻana mai o ka makahiki o ka makahiki 60: nā pēpē boomers.
He aha ka mahiʻai a Yasgur, i kūʻai ʻia i ka makahiki 1971 i ka wā i haʻalele ai ʻo Max Yasgur mai ka ʻoihana waiu, he mea kupaianaha! Ua hoʻohana au i kekahi hapa o ke kauwela o ka makahiki 1971 ma kahi kokoke i Swan Lake, akā ʻaʻole hiki ke wehewehe ʻia ka nani o ke kīʻaha maoli i hana ʻia e ka ʻāina hili i kahi i hana ai ka ʻahamele. ʻO ke ʻano o ka ʻāina i kūkulu ʻia i ka "bowl" ponoʻī e hoʻomanaʻo ana i nā hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni waho kahiko o Helene e kū nei ma ka Peloponnesian Peninsula. Akā ʻo ka mea i ʻike nui ʻia ke kahua ʻahamele, ʻo ia nā puʻu a puni a mamao o nā Catskills hema. I ka lā anuanu o ka hāʻule mua ʻana i koʻu hōʻea ʻana, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ke kahua e nā puʻu ʻalani i hoʻolilo i kēia wahi i mea hoʻokalakupua i nā hanauna o nā New Yorkers luhi a me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e ʻimi nei i ka hōʻoluʻolu pōkole i ke ʻano a me kahi pakele mai ke ola kūlanakauhale. Inā loaʻa kahi ʻāpana nirvana, a laila ʻo ia kekahi o lākou.
I ka makahiki 1969, ua hana au ma kahi hoomoana o ke kauwela no na keiki pono kūikawā ma Waterford, Connecticut, kokoke i 200 mile mai kahi i malamaia ai ka ahamele. ʻOiai makemake wau e hele i ka ʻaha mele, e like me ka lehulehu o ka poʻe ʻōpio mai ia au, ʻo nā kauoha o ka loaʻa kālā ma hope iho o ka puka ʻana mai ke kulanui ʻo ia ka mea hoʻoholo e hoʻokaʻawale iaʻu mai ka hanana mōʻaukala. He ʻuʻuku wale nō nā keʻena kīwī i loko o ka hale hoʻomoana i nā kaikamahine a me nā wahine ʻōpio ʻo ia ko lākou mau kākāʻōlelo, aʻo nā kākāʻōlelo kāne i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me nā keikikāne ʻōpio i loko o nā keʻena me ka ʻole o nā ʻenehana. E aʻo wale wau e pili ana i ka ʻahamele mai nā kiʻi ma nā kiʻi ʻelua Newsweek a manawa nā nūpepa. ʻO nā kiʻi paʻi kiʻi mai ka ʻaha mele, ʻo ia ka lehulehu o nā keiki e ʻili ana i ka ʻili i loko o ka loko Filippini Pond e pili ana i ke kahua o ka ʻaha mele i hoʻonoho ʻia ma kona wahi kūpono loa ma ke kumu o nā puʻu i hoʻokumu i ke ʻano leo kūlohelohe no nā ʻekolu. nā lā mele i hoʻolālā ʻia (he ʻehā mau lā e helu ana i ke kakahiaka Pōʻakahi ʻAukake 18) e nā mea hoʻonohonoho o ka ʻahaʻaina.
Hoʻi i nā ʻokoʻa hanauna a me ka ʻahamele. I ka manawa i hoʻokumu ʻia ai ʻo Woodstock, ua hoʻonāukiuki nā ʻumi tausani o nā mea kūʻē i ke Kaua Vietnam. ʻO wau kekahi o lākou, i lilo i mea kūʻē kūʻē i ka makahiki kula 1967-68 i ka wā i hoʻokumu ai kahi hui o nā haumāna i nā haumāna kula ʻo Providence no ka Maluhia ma Providence, Rhode Island. No ka mea he conservative ka pā kula, ua loaʻa i ka hui maluhia o ke kulanui kona mau pilikia intergenerational a me nā ʻokoʻa e pili ana i ka hoʻokele o ke kula. He kūlana koʻikoʻi ka ROTC ma ka pā kula. Aia wau i loko o ka ROTC brigade i koʻu makahiki hou a ʻelua ma PC. He nui kaʻu mau hoaaloha e hele i ka hoʻolālā ʻana ma Vietnam ma hope o ka puka ʻana.
ʻOiai ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o nā hanauna a me nā manaʻo o ke ʻano o ke aloha ʻāina, ua nui ka hopena o ka antiwar movement i nā manaʻo o ke kaua ma ka hopena o 1960s. Ua hana ʻo Televise i ke koena. He nui ka poʻe ma ka US i weliweli i ka ʻike ʻana i ka hōʻike TV me ka nui o ka pō o nā koa US e hoʻopau ana i nā hale o nā kamaʻāina Vietnamese a me ka palapala ʻana i nā keiki i puhi ʻia i ke ahi me ka napalm. Eia naʻe, e like me ka ʻōlelo wiwo ʻole a ke senator a me ka moho pelekikena o 1972 ʻo George McGovern, ʻaʻole e ʻae ka nui o ka US i ke kūʻē ākea a me ka leo nui i ke kaua ʻoiai e noho mau ana nā pūʻali koa US i kahi pōʻino, ʻaʻohe mea i nele i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo i kā Lyndon Johnson lāua ʻo Richard Nixon e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ai. kaua kaulana ʻole.
ʻEwalu mahina wale nō ma hope o Woodstock, ua hana ʻia ka pepehi kanaka ʻo Kent State a me Jackson State. Ma Kent State, i ka lā 4 o Mei, 1970, pepehi ʻo Ohio National Guardsmen i ʻehā mau haumāna a hōʻeha i ʻeiwa, a ua lolo kekahi o lākou. Ma Jackson State ma Mississippi, i ka la 15 o Mei, elua i make a he umikumamalua i eha. Ua pepehi ʻia kēia mau haumāna a ʻeha loa no ka hewa o ke kūʻē ʻana i ke Kaua Vietnam. Ma Ohio, ua hana ke Kiaaina James A. Rhodes, me ke kākoʻo haʻahaʻa o Richard Nixon, i ka lewa i hoʻoikaika ʻia ai ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ākea a me ka huhū i ka poʻe kūʻē.
I kēia lā, mamao loa mai kēlā mau hanana, kū ʻo The Museum At Bethel Woods (wehe ʻia i ka makahiki 2008) a me kahi wahi ʻaha mele ākea kokoke. ʻOiai he nui ka poʻe i kūʻē i ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka kahua ʻo Woodstock, ua maikaʻi loa ka hōʻikeʻike ma ka hale hōʻikeʻike, e hōʻike ana i ka mōʻaukala e alakaʻi ana i ka ʻaha mele i ka makahiki 1969, ka ʻahamele ponoʻī, a me kona hopena i ke kaiāulu i nā makahiki i hala. Ua ʻike au i hoʻokahi hewa liʻiliʻi wale nō i ka palapala ʻana o ka hale hōʻikeʻike i ka mōʻaukala o ka makahiki 60 e pili ana i ka nui o nā mea kūʻē i kūʻē i ke kaua ʻo Vietnam a pilikia i ka hale paʻahao a i ʻole ke pio ʻana (ua haʻahaʻa loa ka manaʻo o ka hale hōʻikeʻike). ʻO nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni a me nā waihona leo o ka hale hōʻikeʻike, i hōʻike ʻia i loko o ka hōʻikeʻike nui aʻe, he riveting. Ma loko a ma waho paha o ka hale hōʻikeʻike, ʻaʻole hiki ke hōʻole ʻia ka hopena kupaianaha o ka hiki ʻana ma Woodstock: ʻo ka lehulehu o 500,000-ʻo kona ʻaʻahu waihoʻoluʻu, ke keʻena mele, ka ua nui a me nā ʻino uila i hoʻololi i ka ʻāina mahiʻai i loko o ka lepo lepo, a me nā mea kupaianaha. nani maoli o ia wahi.
He mea poina loa paha nā ʻōlelo a Max Yasgur i kāna kamaʻilio ʻana i ka lehulehu o 500,000 mai ke kahua ʻaha mele i ʻAukake 1969:
He kanaka mahiʻai wau, ʻaʻole maopopo iaʻu pehea e kamaʻilio ai i nā kānaka he iwakālua i ka manawa hoʻokahi, ʻae i ka lehulehu e like me kēia. Akā, ke manaʻo nei au ua hōʻoia ʻoe i kekahi mea i ka honua - ʻaʻole wale i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Betela, a i ʻole Sullivan County, New York State: ua hōʻoia ʻoe i kekahi mea i ka honua. ʻO kēia ka hui nui loa o ka poʻe i ʻākoakoa ma kahi hoʻokahi. ʻAʻole mākou i manaʻo e loaʻa ana kēia pūʻulu nui, a no laila ua loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi mau pilikia e pili ana i ka wai, ka meaʻai, a pēlā aku. Ua hana nui kāu mau mea hana e ʻike ua mālama ʻia ʻoe… e hauʻoli lākou i ka mahalo. Akā ma luna o kēlā, ʻo ka mea nui āu i hōʻike ai i ka honua he hapalua miliona mau keiki - a kapa wau iā ʻoe he mau keiki no ka mea he mau keiki kaʻu i ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ʻoe - hiki i ka hapalua miliona mau ʻōpio ke hui pū a loaʻa ʻekolu. nā lā leʻaleʻa a me nā mele a ʻaʻohe mea ʻē aʻe akā leʻaleʻa a me ke mele, a naʻu ke Akua e hoʻomaikaʻi iā ʻoe no ia!1
Ma mua o ka puka ʻana i ka hale hōʻikeʻike i loko o ka hale kūʻai hale hōʻikeʻike nondescript, ʻo ia ka ʻāpana o nā mea hōʻikeʻike e kākau ana i ka mana mau o ka hanana, i kapa ʻia ʻo "The Impact Of Woodstock & The Sixties." Ua ʻike au i nā ʻōlelo a ka mea hele ʻaha mele ʻo Woodstock ʻo Joe Coakley e noʻonoʻo pono ʻia, i kahakaha ʻia ma nā leka nui ma luna iki o ka ʻili o ka maka ma ka paia… ʻAʻole hiki i ka mea mele mele ʻo Joni Mitchell i ka ʻaha mele, akā ua kākau ʻo ia i nā ʻōlelo wānana i ke mele "Woodstock:" "A pono mākou e kiʻi iā mākou iho…Hoʻi i ka māla." ʻAʻole wau e manaʻo e hana hou ia, ʻoiai makemake wau!
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