Trainwreck: Woodstock '99

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11:04a, 8/18/22

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Anyone seen this docuseries on Netflix? I just finished it.

Jaw dropping. That festival sounds like it was literal hell. Could not believe hearing the promoters continue to rationalize the chaos to this day.

I also found it an interesting case study on human behavior. When you place hundreds of thousands of people in a cesspool of filth, with scorching hot temperatures, overpriced food and water, and aggressive music playing, you're bound to have some problems. In the days before social media and cell phones, too. None of this could fly today with everything being on record all the time.

Apparently the series left out a lot too, which is crazy to think about.

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11:09a, 8/18/22

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Not that you would know this as it is titled different and fell back almost 2 pages, but here is the thread discussing this that you might like.

https://texags.com/forums/13/topics/3305596

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In reply to hoosierAG • 11:20a, 8/18/22

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Guess I missed that one. Probably because "Woodstock" isnt in the thread title.

Wonder if there are any posters here who happened to attend back in 1999. I love firsthand accounts.

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In reply to barbacoa taco • 1:44p, 8/18/22

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larry culpepper said:
When you place hundreds of thousands of people

And not just ordinary people, but the kind of people who saw that band lineup and decided they wanted to go.

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In reply to Teacher_Ag • 6:55p, 8/18/22

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Teacher_Ag said:
larry culpepper said:
When you place hundreds of thousands of people

And not just ordinary people, but the kind of people who saw that band lineup and decided they wanted to go.

I looked up the full lineup on wiki and there were a ton of great to good artists (depending on your tastes of course) I'd want to see:

Rage Against the Machine
James Brown
Jamiroquai
G Love and Special Sauce
DMX
Live
Bush
moe.
The Roots
George Clinton and P-Funk
moby
Dave Matthews Band
Metallica
Wyclef
Counting Crows
Bruce Hornsby
Ice Cube
Mickey Hart/Planet Drum
Los Lobos
The Chemical Brothers
Strangefolk
Willie Nelson
Everlast
String Cheese Incident
Rusted Root
Elvis Costello
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Brian Setzer Orchestra

*I'd also never want to be caught dead at the festival but that's a very strong and eclectic lineup.

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In reply to barbacoa taco • 7:20p, 8/18/22

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larry culpepper said:
That festival sounds like it was literal hell.

Well they did have to watch Limp Bizkit perform so...

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8:33p, 8/18/22

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Buckcherry did a good job keeping the crowd tame (NSFW language).

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In reply to Gigem314 • 8:48p, 8/18/22

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Gigem314 said:
larry culpepper said:
That festival sounds like it was literal hell.
Well they did have to watch Limp Bizkit perform so...

Creed was also there. What more can you ask for

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In reply to barbacoa taco • 10:18p, 8/18/22

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larry culpepper said:
Gigem314 said:
larry culpepper said:
That festival sounds like it was literal hell.
Well they did have to watch Limp Bizkit perform so...
Creed was also there. What more can you ask for

I say let's do it again and feed Walker Hayes, Florida Georgia Line, Luke Bryan, etc….and their fans….to W99 crowd

Staff - take out the trash.

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12:54a, 5/12/24

Three episode documentary is well done. Wild to look back at all this and imagine it happening in the smartphone era.

All this was pre social media. Almost nobody had phones back then. Everything the outside world knew about this event would've been filtered through the pay-per-view video crews or credentialed journalist. Now you'd have everyone there with their phones out taking video or live streaming.