Woodstock Reflection
After watching the movie I can see that Woodstock was an important cultural revolution for our country. It embodied a new idea of music and a new way of life. The legacy of Woodstock to this day holds an important part in shaping the politics for the future. I think it has a greater impact on our ideas today than it did when it happened. I think those who attended Woodstock embodied the new American youth. In the article, “Blame it on the Sixties”, Landon Y. Jones is quoted saying, “America’s largest generation was growing up in an age-segregated universe, cut off from outside society and … bound together by their own prolonged adolescence” (43). I think this generation was pushed to their limits and they fought back but in their own way. No generation has ever been as passionate about the social and political ideals that were wrong in this country. No generation has ever stood up or stepped out of “normal” society the way that those at Woodstock did. I do believe the music of the time helped to unite American youth and inspire them to make new change. The music spoke to the generation and helped to create change. I think the music inspired radical though and sexual revolution. Again I think we look back more on it today and look at it as hope for change now. We see what they did and we want to push for change as well. Grant Flatgard