On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 7:26 PM 'bermuda999' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote:
> > Time/Life was on the bandwagon early and published their famous special Woodstock edition of LIFE on September 6, 1969, less than a month after the festival. That printing was a prime mover in introducing parents AND kids to the festival and the lifestyle and helped mythologize the event way before the film (March 1970) and the music album (May 1970) were released. To emphasize my point about Woodstock 50, let's make this differentiation: Woodstock the concert, Woodstock the symbol, and Woodstock as a brand. There are promoters who latched on to Woodstock as a symbol and have repeatedly tried to turn it into a brand. I remember going to a shopping mall theater in August of 1979 to watch a special (actually not so special) showing of the Woodstock film. Then there were the two concert events which may have featured good music and enthusiastic crowds but did not become symbols or build a Woodstock brand. Now promoters wanted to do a Woodstock 50 event but it turns out the brand has no value for younger audiences whether or not the event would conjure up memories of the original concert. As for legacy bands doing a concert, it would depend on how many original members there are and what shape they're in. If Creedence is going to be there without Fogarty, they might do a good set but it serves more as a reminder of how things have changed rather than how awesome they were. I heard in a recent podcast about a legacy band going on tour and someone said he thought the only original member was the roadie. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
