The NZ reviewer wrote: "It gives new meaning to a song such as "Woodstock", making it less the hippie reverie and more a remembrance of paradise lost."
I pulled out my vinyl of LOTC (I don't have it on CD) the other week and listened to the original Woodstock for the first time in quite a while. I was struck by the fact that that initial recording is not a "hippie reverie" in the least. In fact, it seems to my ears to have much of the sense of ominous foreboding that is further orchestrated in the Travelogue version. And that spooky choir of jonivoices at the end is really kind of chilling. PS: A Grammy comment: Example of how repeated performance can transform a song -- Bruce's The Rising last night was stunning I thought. I was much more impressed (and moved) by the song than any other time I've heard it, either on the album or the various live versions he did when he was publicizing the album's release. Gotta be all those concerst he's done in the meantime. Another Grammy note: Is Sheryl Crow starting to look like Celine Dion or what? Bruce
