The sincerity of this man, and how he was moved by all of this,is unmistakable, far above any details.woodstock showed the world something important and max yasgur knew it and felt it.
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I was 8 years old at my grandparent's summer house in Bethel when Woodstock was going on, 4 miles from Yasgur's Farm where we used to go for the great chocolate milk. Grandpa(PRINCIPAL OF MIDWOOD HIGH, BROOKLYN) took my brother & I for a ride to see the "Hippies". on Rte 17B. It was amazing to see the people , the buses, etc .I've been back to the site & 25 years later had a great time sitting in the field ,doobie in hand, remembering what I had seen wishing I had been 10 years older . PEACE
I Think that Max Yasgur put this whole Iconic event into focus and he was right, Michael lang,Artie Cornfeld,Joe Rosenman,and John Roberts had a Hell of a job to do just ptting that whole event together and you know what? they can probably look at each other today and say "Man This Thing Was Bigger than Us."
I don't really get your comment. It's clear that You don't know what you are talking about. 3 guys wanted to put together a music festival. After being rejected from 1 town, they came across Max Yasgur's farm. Upon an agreement, Max allowed this festival to happen in 40 acres of his field. For 3 days and nights nobody cared about Vietnam, we only wanted peace and harmony. Some of the best music came from those 3 muddy days. We all shared and came together. Wish you were there! Max LIVES!!
@bozinthebeach Most of the people at this concert came from middle to upper class families. Spoiled little shits that did not have to worry about getting drafted. Most of them went to college or were going off to college and ironically became their own worst nightmare, (upper middle class snobs) while Viet Nam Vets are commiting suicide and drinking themselves to death. Lets get real about all this peace love and understanding shit..
@ortleyman first off, saying that most of the people at this concert were from middle to upper class families is complete bullshit. i would love to know what factual statistics your basing that off of. there was 400,00 people there. your telling me they were all spoiled snobs? second, people like you are the reason why there is no peace love and understanding "shit" anymore. cuz ignorant fucks like you are so fucking close minded and fucking stupid. ww
YES THAT WAS THE LAST GATERING OF ALL TYPES OF PEOPLE AND ALL RACES WITH ONLY ONE COMON GOA,BE HAPPY AND FREE,AND THEY RESPECT EACH OTHER EVEN WHEN NAKED. after woodstock,the little freedom,liberty and happiness u all have was destroyed and taken a way by the politicians,the library rats(judges) and u slavists goverments.they know the potency of this reunion,they see the danger of have whites,blacks,asians indians, browns and red necks together., they decide to use the maxim DIVIDE AND CONQUER
Pffft... people trying to talk shit about this event is silly, attendance of 400 to 450.000 people seems to be the closest estimate, swallow it hippie-haters.
As the old saying goes... If you remember Woodsock you weren't there! I was... so they say and I don't remember a DAMN THING! Hell, I had to wait for the movie to come out just so I could find out what the hell happened!!! LMFAO!!! PEACE!
i've read the money he got from promoters (if he had any) wasn't enough to pay debts after neighbourhood sued him because crop lose. Then he had to sell his farm and that probably helped him to get a fatal heart attack some years later. That wasn't a big business for him. But he's in the history since then. R.I.P. Max.
As for the Beatles, they were starting to come apart by this point and had long since quit making live appearances at any rate. Supposedly Lennon offered to appear with his Plastic Ono Band and was turned down by the promoters. Heh, heh.
hehe...the Beatles members were arguing on everything at the times :) Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Beatles, Bob Dylan, The Doors,Rolling Stones (who then organized the famigerate Altmont eve) were't there.
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What beauty? It was a bunch of zonked out hippies taking acid and rolling around in the mud. What made it so special was the enormous musical talent showed up there
Most of the people never heard a lot of the music. The music was not what defined Woodstock. There were plenty of opportunities to see any of those acts. Woodstock was the largest gathering of people in the history of America. All working together helping each other with love. 500,000 people living in PEACE. Maybe the rest of the world should be zonked out on acid if that's what it takes to live in peace. Woodstock...Three days of Peace and Music...too bad it couldn't have been Three Millenium.
@cutis1000 You're absolutely right. But with the sound systems of the day and the enormous crowd many people couldn't begin to hear the music. It became MUCH more than a rock concert is what I was trying to convey. It was THE event that defined a generation.
Great music. I can't imaging this kind of thing happening now. The music would pale in comparison and the idiotic kids today wouldn't be able to handle each other or the atmosphere and plenty of fighting would ensue.
The hippies are the biggest sell out generation of all time. They did make change, but they didn't maintain it, nor did they expand on it. This was the last generation that could actually do that. And now they are all money grubbing corporate executives. Such a shame to throw away all those noble ideas for money.
BlackWax....what are you doing other then complaining that others haven't done enough for you? What are you expanding on? What are you changing? All they were in charge of doing was building the ground floor. What are you building?
Oh man, all that free love. I'll bet it smelled like sweaty balls everywhere you went. A few of the old ball room dancers that come out to my club were at woodstock and now they are lame asses that don't even listen to the music as they just gaige the music by what step it is. Hipocrates! They all grew up to be Bush supporters. J/k...not really.
can you believe that so few people actually wtnessed Jimi Hendrix performing at Woodstock....the crowd was nearly gone but for those few fans at the end.
Oh, bless you Max.....and RIP.....fellow viewers, be sure to read Michael Lang's new book on the festival....Max deserves a lot of credit for being, as S&G put it, a "bridge over troubled waters"....
The sincerity of this man, and how he was moved by all of this,is unmistakable, far above any details.woodstock showed the world something important and max yasgur knew it and felt it.
julianforestphoenix 4 months ago
Yasgur was a gentleman and a scholar. RIP my friend.
franzia1499 4 months ago
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AbsoluteZeroMusic 9 months ago
this guy really paid the price. years after he took crap for this.
laneatlileden 11 months ago
@laneatlileden
he got alot of cash from royalties from the album and the movie.
Rush1013 8 months ago
woww Eugene levy looks so much like himmm in the movie!!! even his voice
myrlamarley 1 year ago
I heard he overdosed on drugs is that true? Seriously. Someone told me that today.
ortleyman 1 year ago
I was 8 years old at my grandparent's summer house in Bethel when Woodstock was going on, 4 miles from Yasgur's Farm where we used to go for the great chocolate milk. Grandpa(PRINCIPAL OF MIDWOOD HIGH, BROOKLYN) took my brother & I for a ride to see the "Hippies". on Rte 17B. It was amazing to see the people , the buses, etc .I've been back to the site & 25 years later had a great time sitting in the field ,doobie in hand, remembering what I had seen wishing I had been 10 years older . PEACE
cocoalump 1 year ago 2
Max Yasgur: born 15 December 1919, New York City, New York, USA; died 9 February 1973, Florida, USA (heart attack) R.I.P. - Thank you Mr. Yasgur!
STRAWBERRYSTUDIO2 1 year ago
I Think that Max Yasgur put this whole Iconic event into focus and he was right, Michael lang,Artie Cornfeld,Joe Rosenman,and John Roberts had a Hell of a job to do just ptting that whole event together and you know what? they can probably look at each other today and say "Man This Thing Was Bigger than Us."
Airsoftcleaner 1 year ago
I think max died in 1973
MountainAire1103 1 year ago
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i dont like max yasgur, cause some say that its his fault that this phenomenom can repeat it self, chicken manure he is insane
skylineXpert 2 years ago
I don't really get your comment. It's clear that You don't know what you are talking about. 3 guys wanted to put together a music festival. After being rejected from 1 town, they came across Max Yasgur's farm. Upon an agreement, Max allowed this festival to happen in 40 acres of his field. For 3 days and nights nobody cared about Vietnam, we only wanted peace and harmony. Some of the best music came from those 3 muddy days. We all shared and came together. Wish you were there! Max LIVES!!
bozinthebeach 1 year ago 4
@bozinthebeach Most of the people at this concert came from middle to upper class families. Spoiled little shits that did not have to worry about getting drafted. Most of them went to college or were going off to college and ironically became their own worst nightmare, (upper middle class snobs) while Viet Nam Vets are commiting suicide and drinking themselves to death. Lets get real about all this peace love and understanding shit..
ortleyman 1 year ago
@ortleyman first off, saying that most of the people at this concert were from middle to upper class families is complete bullshit. i would love to know what factual statistics your basing that off of. there was 400,00 people there. your telling me they were all spoiled snobs? second, people like you are the reason why there is no peace love and understanding "shit" anymore. cuz ignorant fucks like you are so fucking close minded and fucking stupid. ww
sutter204 1 year ago
Eugene Levy nailed this role.
Sotnas 2 years ago 5
@Sotnas
Totally agree. I thought he was a random actor pick until I saw the real Max Yasgur
kennyg03 2 years ago 3
Agreed.
stefansobering 2 years ago 3
I thought it was him at first
Leftwinga91 1 year ago
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GypsySlide 2 years ago
so many people mustve opened their third eye at that shit!
briandaley 2 years ago 9
el oh el
Treadsoftly14 2 years ago
He sure cashed in on this.....
spareaxe 2 years ago
hehehe im a farmer everybody claps lol
i wished id lived to be there
kjkj74 2 years ago
YES THAT WAS THE LAST GATERING OF ALL TYPES OF PEOPLE AND ALL RACES WITH ONLY ONE COMON GOA,BE HAPPY AND FREE,AND THEY RESPECT EACH OTHER EVEN WHEN NAKED. after woodstock,the little freedom,liberty and happiness u all have was destroyed and taken a way by the politicians,the library rats(judges) and u slavists goverments.they know the potency of this reunion,they see the danger of have whites,blacks,asians indians, browns and red necks together., they decide to use the maxim DIVIDE AND CONQUER
asmetuyasiempre 2 years ago
please , alguem traduz o que ele fala ai!
netuno007 2 years ago
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It was the 70's is what happened..That decade sucked...
LBjim 2 years ago
try 2000s
rockshred5150 2 years ago
yes, the 2000's sucked more...
LBjim 2 years ago
try the 3000s
RastafariPoet 2 years ago
@ LBjim You're a fuckin' loser!
GypsySlide 2 years ago 4
Go fuck your mother...
LBjim 2 years ago
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2009ForJesus 2 years ago
Pffft... people trying to talk shit about this event is silly, attendance of 400 to 450.000 people seems to be the closest estimate, swallow it hippie-haters.
runirokk 2 years ago 5
As the old saying goes... If you remember Woodsock you weren't there! I was... so they say and I don't remember a DAMN THING! Hell, I had to wait for the movie to come out just so I could find out what the hell happened!!! LMFAO!!! PEACE!
Halftrac 2 years ago 3
lmao
RastafariPoet 2 years ago
yeah....peace, love and harmony! Bullshit, Max did it for the money he got from the promoters. More money than a years worth of pulling cow tits!!
fosterscheeseluver13 2 years ago
i've read the money he got from promoters (if he had any) wasn't enough to pay debts after neighbourhood sued him because crop lose. Then he had to sell his farm and that probably helped him to get a fatal heart attack some years later. That wasn't a big business for him. But he's in the history since then. R.I.P. Max.
yepheth 2 years ago
He died in 1973. He was an awesome guy to let that great 3 day event take place on his land.
bj616 2 years ago 4
If only mr. Yasgur knew how important him lending out his farm was to the world of love, peace and music -even though it got completely destroyed.
silvike 2 years ago 2
That was about the greatest thing I've ever heard. Farmers are heros.
springsteel333 2 years ago 4
hahahah
suntmagar 2 years ago
EPIIIIC!
VegimightSamich 2 years ago
strange clip i thought yasgur was followed by sly family stone.
cshargeit 2 years ago
zeppelin and the beatles were gonna play, but they did think it was important enough:(
LedZep2324 2 years ago
PFFHAHAHAHAHHAAA HA how stupid were they?
bananalord12 2 years ago
they projected that woodstock would attract 500 people tops, not 500,000
LedZep2324 2 years ago
well not exactly 500, more probably something closer to 50.000.
yepheth 2 years ago
try a quarter of a million people. that's more like it.
BBQkrewe 2 years ago
that was reply to former LedZep2324 statement about organization expectation about audience.
yepheth 2 years ago
sorry i meant to say didn't
LedZep2324 2 years ago
Zeppelin, perhaps.
As for the Beatles, they were starting to come apart by this point and had long since quit making live appearances at any rate. Supposedly Lennon offered to appear with his Plastic Ono Band and was turned down by the promoters. Heh, heh.
mdumas43073 2 years ago
hehe...the Beatles members were arguing on everything at the times :) Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Beatles, Bob Dylan, The Doors,Rolling Stones (who then organized the famigerate Altmont eve) were't there.
yepheth 2 years ago
40 years ago, damn
necko115 2 years ago
Woodstock was quite possibly the most beautiful moment in American history. Those of us who were around to witness it were blessed.
glennhmartin 2 years ago 2
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What beauty? It was a bunch of zonked out hippies taking acid and rolling around in the mud. What made it so special was the enormous musical talent showed up there
breeeegs 2 years ago
Most of the people never heard a lot of the music. The music was not what defined Woodstock. There were plenty of opportunities to see any of those acts. Woodstock was the largest gathering of people in the history of America. All working together helping each other with love. 500,000 people living in PEACE. Maybe the rest of the world should be zonked out on acid if that's what it takes to live in peace. Woodstock...Three days of Peace and Music...too bad it couldn't have been Three Millenium.
glennhmartin 2 years ago 8
@glennhmartin Music may not have defined woodstock? Well, it sure has hell was the reason half a million people came together at Yasgur's property!
cutis1000 1 month ago
@cutis1000 You're absolutely right. But with the sound systems of the day and the enormous crowd many people couldn't begin to hear the music. It became MUCH more than a rock concert is what I was trying to convey. It was THE event that defined a generation.
glennhmartin 1 month ago
Why didnt they have some good bands like sabbath play?
IHateMudSkins 2 years ago
cause black sabbath are fags
gh2roker 2 years ago
uh ok
IHateMudSkins 2 years ago
they weren't hippies
buffhockey47 2 years ago
Sabbath was still playing clubs then. They didn't release their first album until Feb. 13, 1970. Woodstock was in August of 1969.
edspohn1012 2 years ago
Damn that would have been amazing to witness. Looks like an amazing atmosphere. The vibes were all good and everyone was diggin it.
00KSE00 2 years ago 2
not the mainstream music festivals, but they do exist.
hemppimp 2 years ago
Great music. I can't imaging this kind of thing happening now. The music would pale in comparison and the idiotic kids today wouldn't be able to handle each other or the atmosphere and plenty of fighting would ensue.
upyerrzzz 2 years ago
nothing wrong with fighting at a concert
uhohpp 2 years ago
no he meant a REAL MUSIC concert...
muttville1 2 years ago
sounds like our Woodstock, Woodstock 99, YEAH!!
hulkmeister23 2 years ago
it happened ten years ago and alot of fighting did occur
rhinoceros9 2 years ago
The hippies are the biggest sell out generation of all time. They did make change, but they didn't maintain it, nor did they expand on it. This was the last generation that could actually do that. And now they are all money grubbing corporate executives. Such a shame to throw away all those noble ideas for money.
blackwax10 2 years ago
wow get a brain dude, nobody who was a hippie would ever sell out and throw away their thoughts for money. at least not in the bay...
jw22345 2 years ago
BlackWax....what are you doing other then complaining that others haven't done enough for you? What are you expanding on? What are you changing? All they were in charge of doing was building the ground floor. What are you building?
Lennon4life1968 2 years ago
Cry baby.
BravesFan4Life18 2 years ago
Max Yasgur you were one groovy, righteous dude. God bless your sweet soul and thank you for letting Woodstock happen on your land. RIP
faeryquene 2 years ago 18
@faeryquene AMEN! I bet it was awesome!
DawnFremy 11 months ago
Oh man, all that free love. I'll bet it smelled like sweaty balls everywhere you went. A few of the old ball room dancers that come out to my club were at woodstock and now they are lame asses that don't even listen to the music as they just gaige the music by what step it is. Hipocrates! They all grew up to be Bush supporters. J/k...not really.
willkwikbubba 2 years ago
Willwikbubba...I am certain that you are one of the few who when watching this is thinking of the smell of balls..lol
Lennon4life1968 2 years ago
I swear I saw tittes in the crowd at one second...
zanny4me 2 years ago
Well there were an awful lot of folks in the all together at Woodstock so you're probably right lol.
faeryquene 2 years ago
yeah,,the few fans were around 100,000 people,,,woodstock was around 500,000 so it was ok,,
oppression80 2 years ago
can you believe that so few people actually wtnessed Jimi Hendrix performing at Woodstock....the crowd was nearly gone but for those few fans at the end.
thehoundz1 2 years ago
right he was the closer basically.. the fools.. never knew wtf was gonna happen
Funkatronical 2 years ago
Oh, bless you Max.....and RIP.....fellow viewers, be sure to read Michael Lang's new book on the festival....Max deserves a lot of credit for being, as S&G put it, a "bridge over troubled waters"....
eowyn1964 2 years ago 6