What do you think was the more important event in rock history?

Question

The Summer of Love
or
Woodstock
And why?

Well I asked between these two if I had mentioned the British Invasion everyone would chose that

Answer 1

A couple of events had a huge impact on rock and roll. First, Les Paul and his experiments with multi track recording was a monumental step forward.

The death of Buddy Holly was also important. He was doing things with songs and in the recording studio that set the tone for many later innovations. I'm afraid to think of what he might have accomplished if he didnt die.

The emergence of Motown, The Temptations, Supremes, Four Topps, Isley Brothers (featuring Jimi Hendrix on guitar) etc. provided a nice bridge to the British Invasion. Which changed EVERYTHING. Zepp, The Who, The Beatles, The Stones, Cream. The list goes on.

The San Francisco Sound, The Dead, The Airplane, Quicksilver, Janis Joplin provided a unique American answer to the British Invasion.

The Summer of Love was the beginning of the end. It was not the creation of festivals and multple bands. That pretty much was always going on. But the experience of it is something I will always cherish.

Woodstock? Three days of music, peace and love.

"There's half a million of us here man!" John B. Sebastian

I'm pretty lucky. I got to live through all of that, and still retain enough brain cells to remember it.

Answer 2

It's a choice between only two things? Geesh. Well if it's an event you're looking for it'd have to be Woodstock. But personally I'd say soul music in the 60's. Show me a rock artist not influenced by the recordings of Sun and Stax records and I'll show you an artist influenced by a band that was.

Answer 3

The 60s. It replaced into the time of revolution! It replaced the full sound of rock n roll music perpetually. The Beatles, as an occasion, have been a extensive section interior the evolution of music. They have been an thought to thousands and altered the sound of rock. Janis Joplin, the queen of rock n roll. Jimi Hendrix, probly the appropriate guitarist of all time. those are basically some examples.

Answer 4

well ... summer of love was in 67 tho was a media hype and wasnt that summer anyways was 1966 look at the interviews by JA and other bands then ...
tho the key even in music was the
making of Petsounds by the Genuis Brain Wilson
its the starting point of bands taken control of there music with-out this masterpiece (he produced \arranged\played wrote the music etc ... (even conducted a string sections )
Also Jimi Hendrix with the electric guitar
you wouldnt have had those 2 events \
have to have roots to rock and roll

tho
if i had to choose would take woodstock ...
dig

Answer 5

**** the beattles,the king baby, elvis aaron pressley.even though his music was taken from the delta blues that had been around for decades,his appearance on ed sullivan brought rock-n-roll to t.v. and everyones house.he showed everyone what music could be and do and everyone else kept the ball rollin.that opened the door for everything that followed.thank you howlin wolf,muddy waters,ledbelly,robert johnson and all the rest of you forgotten musicians.

Answer 6

Woodstock.
Nothing is better than Jimi, The Who, Janis, CCR and Iron Butterfly in one festival. NOTHING. cept maybe if Pink Floyd and The Dorrs were there....

Answer 7

out of just those 2 choices you have to say,"the summer of love" because it not only changed music forever but it changed the world forever.Woodstock was merely a genereational thing protested the draft and had little to do with music itself.It was the beginning of the "me" generation of the selfish acts of the 70`s however.

Answer 8

Woodstock - The start of multi performers mega concerts which have continued for almost 40 years.

Answer 9

Michael Jackson getting brought to court for child molestation. What a freak!!

Answer 10

The Beatles arrival to the US and the "Ed Sullivan Show"