dtaylo1066
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It was the draft that turned off the kids, they didn't want to fight a political war.. I don't blame em.....as the great Muhammad Ali said " ain't no Viet Cong ever called me a "ni****" i certainly understand the thought...Cavett was generally thought of as a more hip intellectual type, as opposed to Merv Griffin and Mike Douglas. Carson was king, IMO, but his show came on so late on the East coast that you couldn't watch it. Almost midnight. Brian Wilson's tribute to Johnny was at least as funny and weird as Carson could sometimes be.
I don't remember Woodstock being that big a deal at the time--at least where I was. I guess if you were in the NY area it was different. When the 3 record set came out everyone bought a copy. And then the movie. I didn't care for acts like Melanie, but I was pretty wowed by the Ten Years After performance, a band which I owned their records. Alvin Lee made me want to play an ES-335, which I could never afford.
It was a pretty weird time. A lot of anti-war, anti-government stuff going on. Not like today, where that sort of 'anti-establishment' rebellion doesn't seem to click with the kids too much. I could have it wrong, though. Just my impression.
It was the draft that turned off the kids
Yepper, you lived it, and it kinda sucked..
My Draft Lottery Number for 1971 was 301
My Draft number was 172, from the 1970 Draft Lottery. Woodstock was definitely a thing. It was an "interesting" time and had been for a fair number of years.
I was pretty safe. I had a student deferment as I started college at 18 in 1969 and stayed until I graduated in 1973.Testing my memory now....think my draft number was low-mid 200s in 73 before it was abolished....had me envisioning Canada at the time.
Looking up some history seems I was out of consideration in early 73, might have gotten the draft number late 72....just an activity I'd hope we can evolve from sooner than later but seems we still have too much stupid testosterone types around.I was pretty safe. I had a student deferment as I started college at 18 in 1969 and stayed until I graduated in 1973.
I was only 13 at the time but had an 18 year old brother and was spending the summer about 1 hour drive south of Woodstock.
Surely you jest. It must be more like 20 times.The event reached counterculture mythic proportions, for sure. Everyone likes to embellish their life story, but at the time and for the next few years I can't tell you how many people I ran into that claimed to have 'hitchhiked to Woodstock'. My guess is that five times as many people said they were there as actually attended.