50 | pecially their helicopters, which served to transport performers when the situation with tra c on the roads became impossible to resolve. Itwas actually theviewfrom theair over this seaof liberatedyoungsters that evoked a feeling of participating in somethingextraordinaryamong themore re ned artists. Their then managers were more concerned about rumours that the whole venture was on the verge of bankruptcy, so the cheques of Rosenman and Roberts became very questionable. Whenitcomestoearnings, thehighest-paidperformerwas Jimi Hendrix, with$18,000, althoughthebestvalue for money was probably enjoyed by Joan Baez, who cashed in with $10,000 for performing alone on stage with an acoustic guitar (and Gabriel in her stomach). Somewhere near the bottom of the nancial list was the groupSantana (Carloswas still just aguitarist andequal bandmember), withtotal earningsof$750,but thisperformance brought themworld fame and anenduring (andmulti-milliondollar earning) career thatcontinues tothisday. Incontrast tothem, someof thetopplatinum-sellingbands, such as Blood, Sweat andTears, or the aforementioned Creedence, didn’t give permission for footage of their performances to appear in the accompanying lm, which caused irreparable damage to their careers. At Woodstock, vocal folk group Crosby, Stills andNashpresented the audience with the nal part of their magic puzzle - NeilYoung. Janis Joplinwas enthroned forever as theQueenof rock. Itwas in themiddle of a strong performance of The Who that PeteTownshend, withoutmincinghis words, chasedpolitical activist AbbieHo - man fromthe stage.TheWoodstocknation alsoovercame thebiggest con ict inAmericansociety: interracial intolerance,because the festival was opened by Richie Havens, one of the most impressive performances was that of the multiracial funk geniuses of Sly and the Family Stone, while the key was placed in the lock by Jimi Hendrix in front of a handful (30,000) of the most persistent onMonday morning. The poetic inspiration most deeply hit Joni Mitchell, whose manager hadn’t allowed her to participate, fearing that the crowds would cause her tomiss an importantTV appearance. Amongother things, it was quite appropriatefortheeternalanthemof theevent held 70 kilometres away fromthe town after which it was named, and which is best remembered by those who weren’t there, tobewrittenbyoneof them.The‘60swere soon over, and not just because of the numerical order of years. The Beatles broke up, the hippie commune of Charles Manson turned into a band of serial killers, and the Western Woodstock of the group The RollingStones, staged inAltamont, California, ended up a hellish catastrophe of violence and bad drugs. An Oscar-winning documentaryandalbumrecordedatWoodstock saved its organisers from bankruptcy, and the event itself was embedded forever and always in the collective memory of our civilisation. Unfortunately, it seems that what were then the most important aspects – the ideals of peace, love and the conquestofpersonal freedoms–havebeen consigned forever to oblivion. tivistu Ebija Hofmana. Nacija Vudstoka prevazišla je i najveći sukob američkog društva, međurasnu netrpeljivost, jer je festival otvorio Riči Hejvens, jedan od najzapaženijih nastupa imali sumultirasni fank genijalci iz sastava Sly and Family Stone, a ključ u bravu stavio je Džimi Hendriks pred šačicom (30.000) najupornijih u ponedeljak ujutru. Pesničko nadahnuće najdublje je pogodiloDžoni Mičel, kojoj menadžer nije dozvolio da učestvuje iz straha da će zbog gužve propustiti važnuTV emisiju. Uostalom, sasvim je bilo prikladno da večnu himnu događaja održanog 70 kilometara daleko od grada po kojem je nazvan i kojeg se najbolje sećaju oni koji nisu ni bili prisutni napiše neko od njih. Šezdesete su ubrzo bile gotove, ne samo po rednoj brojci naredne godine. Bitlsi su se rastali, hipi komuna Čarlsa Mensona pretvorila se u bandu serijskih ubica, a „zapadni Vudstok“ grupe The Rolling Stones u Altamontu u Kaliforniji završio se kao paklena katastofa nasilja i loših droga. Oskarom ovenčani dokumentarac i album snimljeni na Vudstoku spasli su njegove organizatore bankrota, a sam događaj zauvek usadili u kolektivno pamćenje naše civilizacije. Nažalost, čini se da su zaboravu zauvek prepušteni tada najvažniji ideali mira, ljubavi i osvajanja ličnih sloboda. The Woodstock nation also overcame the biggest con ict in American society: interracial intolerance Nacija Vudstoka prevazišla je i najveći sukob američkog društva – međurasnu netrpeljivost Pogled iz vazduha na more oslobođene mladosti dočarao je osvešćenijim umetničkim glavama da učestvuju u nečem izuzetnom The view from the air over this sea of liberated youngsters evoked feelings of participating in something extraordinary
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