Woodstock

Our take on Joni Mitchell's peace anthem of a generation.

Pamela Hanson: Vocals
Kevin Kraft: Piano, Vocals
Alveolar fricative distortion: Canon

Here are the words we sing:

I came upon a child of God
He was walking along the road
And I asked him,
"Where are you going?"
This he told me:
He said, "I'm going on down to Yasgur's farm.
Gonna join in a rock 'n' roll band
Gonna camp out on the land
And set my soul free."

CHORUS:
We are stardust
We are golden
We are caught in the Devil's bargain
(We are billion-year-old carbon)
And we've got to get ourselves
Back to the garden

Can I walk beside you?
I have come here to lose the smog
And I feel myself a cog
In something turning
Maybe it's the time of year
Or maybe it's the time of man
I don't know who I am
But life is for learning

(CHORUS)

By the time we got to Woodstock
We were half a million strong
And everywhere there was song and celebration
And I dreamed I saw the bomber-death planes
Riding shotgun in the sky
Turning into butterflies
Above our nation

(CHORUS)

Even though Joni Mitchell did not perform at Woodstock, her song is the most enduring description of the event and its significance to 1960's American pop culture and the Anti-War Movement.

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[MrKeys57]

it´s really fantastic what can find here on YT! you are just amazing! both of you!

thank´s for posting these videos and shearing your music with others!

[gnukev]

@MrKeys57 Thanks a lot for your really nice comments!

[simpelmans]

You hippies are Too happy!

[gnukev]

@simpelmans We're hippies?

[bgcomer]

Excellent! Great arrangements. Thank you both. Made my day even better.

[gnukev]

@bgcomer Thanks for listening!

[satan165]

you guys have killed it once again, bravo! you truly are golden stardust!

[gusbear1471]

You two are great together... both are very talented

[midmichman]

sweet looks like fun

[misspopanoche]

Really cool arrangement of a very cool song. Loved the harmonies and the big grins at the end. Definitely gonna check out some more of your videos now.

[gnukev]

Thank you very much for your thoughtful comments. But I would argue that I am a little "stuck" in the 70's. Though I like music from many different eras and genres, I love me some Stevie, Joni and Steely Dan!

[leahnewyork]

I feel like your arrangements, intelligence, musical chops & grounded/soaring music-making are making a positive contribution to my life. Partly that's because, in my youtube experience, you are the only musicians of your (my?) age who give no indication of being stuck in some other time -- such as, for example, the past. What a relief! All I do sense from the fact that you've been making music for so many years is intensified joy and funnier funnies. _That's_ expertise. Thank you!