tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27776070.post115003393105722118..comments2023-09-04T11:52:11.878-04:00Comments on The ConCLAYve: Revisiting Woodstock Music: or Playing In The Mud (Or Clay)The ConCLAYve-Nanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373684206492175397noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27776070.post-1150309139300202862006-06-14T14:18:00.000-04:002006-06-14T14:18:00.000-04:00I loved, loved, loved this blog. Thanks for the mu...I loved, loved, loved this blog. Thanks for the musical memories! I am definitely going to buy the Woodstock DVD, because altho' I have seen bits and pieces, I have never seen the whole concert. I would have loved to have been there, but I was at home with two little ones....missed the real thing by about half a decade.<BR/><BR/>But there was a lot of other music I did NOT miss "live"....no complaints here. It's nice to know amidst the ClayNation that I am not the only one who finds today's radio playlists largely full of drek. Right on, Claymates.beacher creaturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11364403797123578167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27776070.post-1150195896033882192006-06-13T06:51:00.000-04:002006-06-13T06:51:00.000-04:00Another very good movie is The Last Waltz. Another...Another very good movie is The Last Waltz. Another Clay fan brought it to my attentioin. My husband and I loved it. I ended up buying a copy for one of my sons too.<BR/><BR/>We saw Yes a couple of years ago in concert. It was a good concert.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27776070.post-1150178892749377852006-06-13T02:08:00.000-04:002006-06-13T02:08:00.000-04:00I was "on my way" to Woodstock, but didn't get as ...I was "on my way" to Woodstock, but didn't get as far as you did. I had a summer theatre job, and my boss found out some of us were planning to go. We'd been to NY for the weekend just the week before. Well, my boss said she'd call my parents if we went, so that was the end of that for me. No way they would've let me go if they'd known.<BR/><BR/>I've seen that movie so many times. It's been a long time since the last time--I need to see it again.<BR/><BR/>I heard Santana talking in an interview about that performance--in this case the urban legend is correct.<BR/><BR/>Great blog!Idle-wanderinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10595896769291399965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27776070.post-1150161724748771752006-06-12T21:22:00.000-04:002006-06-12T21:22:00.000-04:00Wow beauzz I didn't know--that's fantastic! My mot...Wow <B>beauzz</B> I didn't know--that's fantastic! My mother, who was a very special wonderful lady, was so excited when Tommy was playing on Broadway and she and my father got tickets. She was so excited she kept saying "We're going to see Who's Tommy" Gah, I miss her. She was so coo. One year I asked her what she wanted for her birthday and she said the album from the Broadway show Hair!The ConCLAYve-Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08373684206492175397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27776070.post-1150152796757590322006-06-12T18:53:00.000-04:002006-06-12T18:53:00.000-04:00Listening to you I get the music.Gazing at you I g...<I>Listening to you I get the music.<BR/>Gazing at you I get the heat.<BR/>Following you I climb the mountain.<BR/>I get excitement at your feet!</I><BR/><BR/>Oh wow! it has always been my secret desire for Clay to sing some of the Who's music. I was a big "Who" freak and one of the personal high points of my career was the opportunity to design The Who's <I>Tommy</I>. I love , love , LOVE the music. He's already got the bangs, all Clay needs is the white spandex suit. Talk about concept show! Watching that clip was a real treat!beauzzartzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12109296003889296368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27776070.post-1150140496382969272006-06-12T15:28:00.000-04:002006-06-12T15:28:00.000-04:00I was pretty young in 1969, so Woodstock was my fi...I was pretty young in 1969, so Woodstock was my first introduction to many of these bands. What an introduction! What a variety of sounds. I don't envy you having to choose just a few. Some of my favorites were Janis Joplin, Joan Baez, The Band, --oh heck, the whole 4 disc collection is priceless! When you are weaned on this type of music its no wonder radio these days seems so boring with their endless replaying of the same mindless, nihilistic pap. Thanks for the memories! <BR/><BR/>Oh, do you give knitting lessons? If you have to knit to be a CLay Aiken fan, I am willing to learn.Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07947366067787570396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27776070.post-1150133392357085192006-06-12T13:29:00.000-04:002006-06-12T13:29:00.000-04:00Wow, great blog. I loved watching all the Woodstoc...Wow, great blog. I loved watching all the Woodstock video. I was a little young when it took place, but I do remember it on the news reports that my father watched. What an event...great passion and great music.Allegrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10083058594022468510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27776070.post-1150115607627991792006-06-12T08:33:00.000-04:002006-06-12T08:33:00.000-04:00You know, webweaver - every time I tried to figure...You know, <B>webweaver</B> - every time I tried to figure out what clip I wanted to put on this blog - I realized that I really wanted to put almost every performance up (well - maybe not Sha Na Na *g*). Just like I need to do another blog - Part II of the British Invasion, I'm going to have to do Part II Woodstock and find Santana and Country Joe clips as well. Oh, and Arlo Guthrie - good grief that man was stoned and so funny. I wish I could say I was close enough to Woodstock to have actually <I>seen</I> these performers up-close, but I was one of those people Arlo was talking about stuck on the NY Thruway. We kept walking and got to particiipate in the "event" - but I have to watch the film to actually see the musicians! But it was an amazing time.The ConCLAYve-Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08373684206492175397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27776070.post-1150109829683708772006-06-12T06:57:00.000-04:002006-06-12T06:57:00.000-04:00Oh my God! Woodstock! Oh yeah - one of my favourit...Oh my God! Woodstock! Oh yeah - one of my favourite movies ever, favourite (multiple) albums ever, with some of the greatest performances EVER....<BR/><BR/>I'm also rather partial to that incredible performance by Ten Years After. The speed of that guitar! But I think for me it's topped by Santana's UNBELIEVABLE rendition of "Soul Sacrifice". Holy sh*t!!! <BR/><BR/>Urban myth has it that the band had dropped acid a while before they were due to play, planning to be mellowing out by the time they went on stage - only their gig was brought forward and instead they were peaking... whatever the reason, that was one hell of a mind-meld moment that the world was privileged to watch.<BR/><BR/>My other ultimate favourite has to be Joe Cocker doing "With a Little Help from my Friends" Woah. That man can SANG! Love it. Love his crazy dancing too.<BR/><BR/>And then of course there's Janis... and Country Joe & the Fish, Arlo Guthrie, Jefferson Airplane.... and and and... the list goes on.<BR/><BR/>I am so incredibly envious of you for having actually been at Woodstock. Wow. I was only 7 so there was NO chance of being there. Plus of course I didn't even live in the US. Ah well. Thank goodness for DVDs, CDs, videos and vinyl eh?<BR/><BR/>Thanks for a great trip down memory lane. I must get out my Woodstock DVD again...webweaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03892154660260300770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27776070.post-1150081546008915032006-06-11T23:05:00.000-04:002006-06-11T23:05:00.000-04:00This was fantastic -- I had never seen some of the...This was fantastic -- I had never seen some of these videos (to my shame). Woodstock was one of my dad's favorite movies and he was always urging me to sit down and watch it -- needless to say, I never got around to it. I think I will now. Great stuff, and thanks for the reminder!Pink Armchairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09238443548709671946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27776070.post-1150073557328237482006-06-11T20:52:00.000-04:002006-06-11T20:52:00.000-04:00What a great way to learn about Woodstock. I thoro...What a great way to learn about Woodstock. I thoroughly enjoyed your video essay. Thanks so much. I always knew you were cool.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27776070.post-1150073494719427432006-06-11T20:51:00.000-04:002006-06-11T20:51:00.000-04:00That's interesting Ivy. Clay brought us back to m...That's interesting <B>Ivy</B>. Clay brought us back to music as well. I mean we always played Cds in the car because of the drek on the radio . . . but because of Clay, my husband started playing guitar again. I started exploring some of the new alternative or indie groups and we revisited a bunch of stuff we hadn't heard in a really long time - like Pink Floyd. Thanks for reminding me of Yes. Time to listen to Starship Trooper. Isn't music wonderful?The ConCLAYve-Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08373684206492175397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27776070.post-1150073069124400542006-06-11T20:44:00.000-04:002006-06-11T20:44:00.000-04:00You bring back some great memories. Jimi Hendrix d...You bring back some great memories. Jimi Hendrix died a few days before a concert we were supposed to attend and we stil have the unused tickets. My husband is a fan of hard rock. I've only recently come to appreciate all those great concerts he took me to years ago. And it took Clay bringing me back to music to make me appreciate the quality of that music. Because I wanted to hear Clay on the radio, I started to listen to the radio again and was shocked at the dreck. Then on a long trip my husband played songs by older acts and you can tell the difference. We listened to the Rolling Stones, Velvet Underground, Dylan, Janis Joplin, Yes, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Frank Zappa, U2 and Clay. It was so much fun. Today he listens to an alternative rock station. I generally play CDs, mostly Clay.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com