On the morning of August 15th 1969 what was supposed to be an impressive but contained concert at a private residence outside of Woodstock, New York, turned into a sprawling free concert that defined a generation of music. We have been reminded of this event a lot over the past few weeks as we celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the '69 Woodstock festival. I am not so sure that this spontaneous event could have happened in today's world. Sure, we have a social networking infrastructure that they could not have dreamed of back then. But can that really compete against the corporate sponsorships that tightly monitor admission, security and promotion of current festivals?
I am all for free concerts, in fact there is going to be a big one in my home town of Baltimore. That said, I have a sneaking suspicion that Virgin Music Festival won't have the same "free love" aura as Woodstock '69. I'm just sayin'.
What do you guys think?
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