Reply #13: Actually, Woodstock may have been the biggest of its time, but far from the first. [View All]

The organizers of that very festival did Miami Pop a year before, and Monterey Pop in '67 was really the blueprint for this sort of thing. I certainly appreciate Woodstock as a cultural watershed of course. And like I said in my first comment on this thread, I agree that Woodstock has a diverse lineup.

Also, I did not "chose to miss" the opening band comment. Indeed, my very first sentence talked about Woodstock being different from standard rock concerts -- agreeing, in essence, with the OP's comment that Woodstock is different than concerts with an opening band.

I don't understand how you took my comment to be at all argumentative or confrontational. That wasn't how it was intended. I think maybe you might be looking to be offended?

On edit: Upon re-reading my original comment, I think you might have read it to say that I don't find Woodstock to be unique in any case. That's not how that was intended. What I meant was "The diversity of the lineup is not the factor that makes Woodstock -- certainly a unique event -- the unique event that it was." That make more sense?