Sha.Na.Na - At The Hop Woodstock 1969

[wulikins]

Sha nana had a tv show that I absolutely loved very much fun and entertaining plus good music

[PoopingAllAround]

BUT WHERE'S BOWSER?

[barrybear2011]

Wasn't Henry Gross a member of the group at that time?

[G8GT364CI]

There was a time when oldies (50's) were relegated to maybe one hour a week on the radio and just weren't cool at all, I believe these guys started the whole nostalgia craze at least for the 50's.

[tonymontana1974]

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[wallofvideo]

their gold lamé outfits aren't nearly as tight-fitting as they were on the tv show.

[Kaffeization]

I'm just watching the documentary this is from, and right after this, there is some kind of yoga.. Anybody know what that might be? Can't really figure it out :D

Thanks

[IDontUsePicks]

@ClydeClifford1971 Queer nazi? This would be like playing 80's covers at a concert nowadays. Trust me, most of the kids at Woodstock were already sick of sock hops at their school dances. I like this performance, but UncleAdolf has a point.

[jcaust]

Are they trolling Woodstock?

[1994AlmostSkater]

@jcaust That's EXACTLY what my friend said while we were watching this documentary

[jcaust]

@1994AlmostSkater Your friend is obviously a man of wealth and taste!

[glotten11]

One of the first dances that I learned in the 6th grade (there wasn't much to learn was there?)

[glotten11]

One of the first dances that I learned in the 6th grade!

[ponyboy314]

Fuck hippies. These guys were cool.

[champino003]

i love their dance dude. musta been great back then wish i could live it

[allabastormaroe]

primus is to the 90's what sha na na is to the hippie gen.

[zazfilm]

if you dont like this, you are a shit head

[stdupl]

blues brothers

[meteosaur24]

@stdupl what bout them?

[Django5198]

a lot of people in the crowd were on acid. Imagine watching this on acid!!!!!

[OnTheLibraryComputer]

@Django5198 Yeah, when 2 worlds collide lol, hippies meet teddy boy music? Just think Jimi may of been hearing this as well.

[OL55CADDY]

@OnTheLibraryComputer

Hey- Jimi played backup for Little Richard-

Don't kid yourself all the sixties greats were grounded in the fifties-

They were just too "cool" to admit it.

[TheMadcapLaughs1992]

Looked like fun

[philipatoz]

Strange to realize that although Sha Na Na was doing a nostalgia act at Woodstock, the "At the Hop" tune they're doing was originally released only 12 years before, in Fall of '57. Hard to believe fashion, tastes and music changed so radically in 12 short years. But then again, The Beatle's were loveable moptops wearing dinky suits, singing "Hard Day's Night" in '64, and a mere three years later they were deep into hippy dippy culture, "Magical Mystery Tour" and "Sgt. Pepper's." Weird!

[70goldtop]

Once again a fine example of NYC jews sticking their money grubbing fingers into everything they possibly can.Fruity asshole untalented retards.

[suzieqtwou]

@70goldtop They are STILL playing today! More than I can say for alot of the acts that we saw at Woodstock!

Adjust that nasty attitude man and stop bogarting that joint!

[70goldtop]

@suzieqtwou Man you went to Woodstock and actually got into these guys you missed the whole point

[RoninAvenger]

Well you got to remember that most the people at woodstock were teenagers or kids during the 50's so they would have enjoyed this and gotten a laugh from it

[arkady714]

As cheesey as this might look to some (myself included), it must not be forgotten that this act still qualifies for Rock n Roll and that this is what Woodstock was about. It was all in good fun and the self-important musical snobs who think otherwise are a bore.

[TheDJGrandPa]

Wow... just... wow... that is the gayest rock and roll performance ever, and they're not even doing that great of a job on this one... they did better afterwards though

[DCussen]

Was this supposed to be entertainment? Looks like some bizarre, second rate act at a small town talent show at the Shriner's barn.

[paulthepill]

@DCussen guess you never turned up for the gig then ?

[msginca]

Sha-na-na is awesome ... period.

[borist4]

Love the Woodstock docu-movie but when the SHA NA NA's come on its awesome! You could think that at the time you where watching the end of an era, but with hindsight you see they where way ahead of there time and they ROCK!

[MegaDraa]

Sha Na Na was great and is still considered a major influence in the music that followed that era. Those that ignore their contribution don't know jack about the foundation of American music. Even though they seem comical to most, they were the only band that I remember that had their own teevee show back in the day. That's true influence and they're still one of my all time favorites.

[G8GT364CI]

@MegaDraa Yes, this clip is history, they started the whole 50's nostalgia craze.

[bushwickgirl347]

The stoned crowd liked them.

[yakacm]

Sha Na Na, are great it's just a bit of fun, and variety. They seem to go down well anyway.

[beatles4730]

i guess it would be good, minus the fact theres dancers!!!!

[joeydeeman48901]

Check the guy out on guitar at 1:05, you can tell he's having a good time.

[dastiffmeisterman]

this is so funny not what you would expect at Woodstock but probably made everyone smile (even more)

[mrjokioo]

500,000 people became confused at once, and 4 seconds later began to dance and clap at the hop.

[George6360]

Woodstock was for all music..I bet if a symphony got up there the crowed would have been just fine with it..

[kyldy]

well kiddies for those of us who were around then (was not able to be there at woodstock) my cousin who was there says people loved them and yes they always had a following.

[Syzygy60]

I like these guys but u gotta figure the drugs the audience is doing,meth was not prevalent

[seymourbbest]

Sha Na Na was good then. Certainly better than the later versions where they kinda just did spoofs of their own act. BuT sha na na just never fit into the woodstock scene for me-they were totally out of place among all the great happening music of the woodstock generation. Audience response reflected this too I think.

[chevysal70]

OK, who's the wise guy that played this video way too fast? O_o

[MrManonthemoon69]

Hahaha people were probably like "that was so 10 years ago."

[Kelly14UK]

I'm amazed no one got stabbed ahead of Altamont when these guys were on.

[cookmoore]

"Hal turn up the mikes!" Is that what is said? :D

[ztubs6]

wow- so many negative comments about how these guys arent cool- totally wrong- maybe they dont hear the band killing in the background. pure entertainment, pure freak show- that is what its all about, not pretending you are cool and have no sense of humor.

[Paboll]

Tha fathers of Village People

[MyGodzilla99]

50's...so lame

[RoninAvenger]

@MyGodzilla99 and the late 60's weren't? the 50's were way the hell cooler than the hippie era

[MyGodzilla99]

@RoninAvenger never said the hippie era was cool i mean the worst band was in the 60's (the beatles) and the best was in the 70's (zeppelin) so i prefer 70's

[RoninAvenger]

@MyGodzilla99 the beatles do suck they ruined rock

[MyGodzilla99]

@RoninAvenger totally man

[mrapman1]

I've seen this clip many times over the years and it never fails to crack me up and put a smile on my face. Long Live Sha Na Na!

[VercettiVice]

by the time these guys took the stage, not even half of the 500,000 were present, and after this performance many people left leaving 180,000 to see Hendrix play and go home.

[ztubs6]

@VercettiVice - dude- you sound really negative and do you really know what you are talking about. here is another clip of them and it shows a massive crowd . plus the band is p[laying fantastically. check out 7:48 to see the crowd youtube.com/watch?v=cTWhDr4din­o

[pabloorpaul]

Is this the Grease movie's soundtrack? and where is John Travolta?!!

[centralparocker]

A lot of the crowd was asleep, hungover, stoned, drunk or just too freaked out to even know who these guys were.....as it was in the morning, just before Hendrix came on....

[PooPoo2U]

@rmrooster01: this is woodstock, bowzer wasn't even a member yet.

[Weasler455]

It's hard to tell if their act is done in seriousness or as parody. At first blush, it

would seem like the latter, but what makes it confusing is that they are so good

and so well rehearsed, one could not put on an act that good simply as a

joke. For that reason, they look dead serious and very deliberate in everything they're doing.

[ztubs6]

@Weasler455 i was watching some of their other videos on here and I was complketely blown away at how precise, thorough and complicated all of their performance was. tons and tons of vocal harmonies all over the place, the band is on fire, the choreograpphy. these guys definitely knew what they were doing if you ask me.

[dharmahooligan56]

Sha Na Na actually replaced what Michael Lang wanted, Roy Rogers to sing "Happy Trails." But Roy Rogers hated hippies, so Sha Na Na replaced Roy Rogers. Blame Michael Lang, not Sha Na Na. Plus Sha Na Na were much cooler anyway.

[longlivetheking58]

I was thinking they did the flips at woodstock 

[niftyg]

The guy at 0:35 looks exactly like the 1980's Nic Cage.

[waylo4526]

too cool , i loved it! i was there...not!..man i wish i was though?!

[cosmicforums]

Great bass player..you can tell he is REAL good at this style of playing. good keyboards...they deserved the aplause.

[MACpro58]

...Ladies and gentleman, Sha Na Na... Harold, turn up the mic's! :)

[stevel738]

Wow, I always wondered how a retro band like this didn't get eaten alive by those Woodstock freaks, but, if this was their performance, I understand now. That was pure proto-punk if I ever heard it. For all I know this performance was the sole inspiration for the Ramones. Wish they'd tore it up like this on that goofball TV syndicated TV show of theirs in the 70's.

[NilezII]

Maybe the crowd thought they were a hallucination!

[sm1tty031]

Reading the anti Jimi comments here and then watching this video makes me laugh...you know whose amps Sha Na Na are playing in front of? Thats right, Jimi's. Sha Na Na preceded Jimi at Woodstock.

[Bumbico99]

@sm1tty031 ur retarded jimi hendrix was the last act of woodstock

[sm1tty031]

@Bumbico99 Thats funny. Preceded means Sha Na Na went on before Hendrix...

I suggest you get off You Tube and pick up a Dictionary. You look like a fool.

[glimmer2158]

Y.M.C.A.

[akamrcrack]

GAY GAY GAY GAY GAY GAY lets go do the hop off a bridge!

[LiveWithinYourSoul]

@akamrcrack WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH GAY PEOPLE??????????

[gianca60]

They put some fun on the stage.

[PooPoo2U]

say what you want about sha-na-na, but i'd rather watch them get down than sit and watch jimi hendrix any day. they never miss a beat!

[EarthMovesAgain]

i'm with you on that.

[PooPoo2U]

though we're probably the only two people alive who'd admit it, haha

[EarthMovesAgain]

hahah, i know! whatever, people can judge us all they want.

[EarthMovesAgain]

yup, those are pretty much the exact words i say when people are bad mouthing my preference to Sha Na Na or any other weird band over Jimi. i get the dirtiest looks. people just don't understand the greatness of such a band!

[gopherscout]

There are a lot more people alive that love Sha Na Na then you two & we do admit it! I discovered Sha Na Na around 1969/1970 when I was 12/13 & I even have 8-Tracks of them! I'm dating myself now! There are a lot of other SNN vids that you should check out! Foofsmom, Faerydancer, NewRomanticGirl, RockNetWebChick & BurchDurch have posted vids from their TV show & concerts! Have fun!

Sha Na Na Rocks!!!

[stevegale1948]

@gopherscout Add me to the list even though the tv show wasn't on tele. here. Did you know Scott Powell aka santini has 10 videos on here with a new band and they rock check it out.

[gopherscout]

@ stevegale1948 Cool! I've seen 1 video with Scott Powell & I'll have to check out the rest! Thanks for letting me know!

BTW did you know that he's Dr. Scott Powell, an orthopedic surgeon?

[bravedavemusic]

look up lets go smoke some pot. its a parody of htis song

[UncleAdolf1]

Think what you want, but these guys got some balls. Performing 50's hits in front of 500,000 people at Woodstock!! I really enjoyed this video.

[Barndancer61]

@UncleAdolf1 - WTF? The concert promoters gave that audience what they wanted. You know nothing re: the times and the people who attended that gathering. This would have been a bit of recent nostalgia for the audience because the song "At The Hop" would have been only 12 years old in 1969, and very, very much fondly remembered by these people who were in their 20's and 30's in '69 and probably watched and danced to "American Bandstand" when this song was a hit in '57.

[UncleAdolf1]

@Barndancer61 Eat a dick motherfucker. Like I give a fuck what you think. You probably take it up the ass

[Barndancer61]

@UncleAdolf1 - Sad puppy! LOL!!

[StanBennet]

@UncleAdolf1 This was suppose to have been an oldies concert and it turned out what it became.

[hirofan]

@UncleAdolf1

Exactly.. that'd be like a young man singing like

Michael Bolton now. He would be forced off

the stage and then bludgeoned.

[prod1gy3000]

@UncleAdolf1

If I'm not mistaken Sha Na Na went on on Monday morning before Hendrix. The crowd had fizzled down to about a quarter of the original half million at that point.

[suzieqtwou]

@prod1gy3000 Wow! You can remember something---must not have been busy with the stuff I was doing lol!

[prod1gy3000]

@suzieqtwou

Or probably because I'm 29 and have the Hendrix @ Woodstock DVD lol

[pvince51]

The crowd loved Sha Na Na! It was Monday morning on the 4th day of a 3 day concert that had been going non-stop since mid-day Saturday (except for some thunder storm interruptions). Sha Na Na was completely unexpected but totally great. They were the last act before Jimi Hendirx's finale

!

[pcvburke]

@UncleAdolf1

This performance is brilliant.

[aachelabelaaron]

@UncleAdolf1 omg as brave as wearing orlando pirates jerseys into a kaiser chiefs bar... @__@

[1jtv]

Yea, many of us(sorry for the typo).

[1jtv]

PublicNMEnumber1,

Yea, may of us thought the same thing you did when we first saw the movie. But actually they added a lot to the overall mystique...

[PublicNMEnumber1]

wait.....these guys played on the same stage as Jimi Hendrix and The Who? What the hell?

[thelebaron91]

Hendrix was a big fan. saw them in a bar one night and asked them to open for him at woodstock

[merseymichael]

They got the woodstock gig after a two week spot at the Scene in NYC.Hendrix and Joplin were both in the audience went backstage to give thier support to Sha Na Na.He described the act as "right on" and helped get them on woodstock.

Keith Moon was one of their biggest followers often their emcee,dressed in gold lame.

[billyconnearly]

Sorry gingervutis - you are fucked - Hope and Change - do you think the Afghanis will change? they fucked the Red Army and they'll fuck the US Army, and... this will be the 3rd time they've fucked the British Army - look up the history books!

[ChiefOren]

That's true. And they will continue to fuck their donkeys too.

[gingervytis]

Thankfully, these guys weren't singing all that peace and love and hope and change crap. People think Woodstock 69 can't happen again, but it is happening... but instead of peace and love- which faded out- we have hope and change- which will also fade out.

[rmbowma]

I didn't get to go to Woodstock 69 but saw the movie when it came out in 1970. Imagine you're sitting there watching all the great rock bands like The Who then all of a sudden these guys come running out on stage in gold lame outfits to a drum roll.

I was sitting there thinking "What the heck is this?" then the band tore into Danny and Juniors classic "Let's Go to the Hop".

I about fell out of my seat and couldn't believe what I was seeing! Completely out of left field! We loved it!

[Miradoblackwarrior2]

lol, my uncle was the bassist.

[Cooman456]

Tell your uncle that he is a musical genius.

[Miradoblackwarrior2]

Yeah, he's awesome.

[rmbowma]

Tell your uncle I play bass too (1964 Fender Precision) and am still in a band. Around the time of Woodstock, I started to get into Bill Haley and the Comets.  Bands I was in then did some of their songs.

[TwiztidGlitterGirl]

Fukin' AWESOME ;) Made me smile & giggle at least!! ;) But yes, I agree..They are more a 50's sound..Prolly not what most people thought would end up at Woodstock..But a classic none the less!! ;)

[ledzeppelinisgood72]

wow these guys really suck shit

[iganzabissassa]

Jimmy Page lost his virginity at a Sha Na Na Concert, and he named his first born Bowser Zoso Page.

[MazzingerZ7]

No doubt! The best dam fuckn' band at Woodstock!!!

[Mattexmo]

Middle class hippies meet working class rockers. "Ooh, those scary people! Make them stop, mommy!"

[hrp843]

wtfff???

this is band does NOTTTTTTTT need to be at woodstock EVER!

who ever booked the bands should be KNOCKED OUT

[bookkeeper57]

Bad news: Sha na na had a FOLLOWING. Not all the "hippie" acts who were invited got there. The crowd liked them, or were too stoned to care.

[Cooman456]

Good point. Notice how the crowd is enthusiastically cheering after they're done. I don't understand the experimental hippie stuff, but I do love Sha Na Na!

[vikings844]

Way cool,Sha na na at woodstock,who would have known.

[nofun74]

was this before or after the presentation from the army recruiter?

[PrometheusLabor]

These guys had a TV show in the 70s I would watch. Bowser was the bomb...and no, not the dragon in Super Mario Brothers.

[ronaldt491]

"At the Hop" "Woodstock" You just don't associate these words together. They don't fit in the same sentence together. Also what do you have to be on to play that fast? Still sounds good, though.

[bigguy4570]

Damn warp speed love it

[twingats16]

Must have stopped by Jerrys Tent LMAO

[robbatkinson666]

Hal, turn up the mike! You stupid hippy!

[johnisallin]

LMAO XD

[Conservative73]

I did some digging and found the info on Sha NA NA that I was looking for. Thanks for your response!

[Conservative73]

Really!?!? Sha na na at Woodstock? Very interesting. Anyone w/ additional info on this please post.

[CtheWH]

Yes, they were there. If I remember correctly, they performed right before Hendrix. I had never heard of them until I saw them there. They got a mixed reception, but mostly positive. Some folks liked their style and their tribute to 50's rock, but those of us who were more interested in current (60's) rock didn't really care for them. Woodstock launched them into national prominence--at least for a few years.

[NilezII]

Had most of the people left by then?

[CtheWH]

Yes, many people had left. Hendrix played to one of the smallest audiences of any act at Woodstock. It was a lot of years ago, and I don't remember it perfectly, but I think Sha Na Na played in the early morning and most people were too tired to pay a whole lot of attention to them. Nevertheless, they showed a lot of energy and showmanship.