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Features
• Color
• Compilation
• NTSC
In Theaters : 17 June, 1997
Video Release : 17 June, 1997 |
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Monterey Pop Customer Reviews
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IN THE TIME OF OUR TIME
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Earlier this year I reviewed the documentary about the original Woodstock Festival in 1969. In that review I noted that some of the performers' works had held up very well over time and others seemed merely topical for that colorful time, or bombastic. The same sentiment expressed there can be used to evaluate the performances here. Although Monterey pre-dated Woodstock by a couple of years and was on a different coast the seemingly obligatory filler' video of the crowds as they assembled in all their splendor could have been shot in either locale. This moreover was the Summer of Love, the last gasp effort to create an alternative lifestyle that might have a chance to survive. We know it did not but nevertheless have to salute the effort. Oh, to be young was very heaven' to quote Wordsworth but did we really wear those outfits. Yes, we did as a measure of our awkward attempts at independence and individual expression but enough of nostalgia. The real point is that Jimi's work passes the test of time. As does The Jefferson Airplane (I might add that I made that same comment in reference to their Woodstock performance). The Mamas and Papas Otis Redding I put a question mark on. The Who definitely has not aged well. The Indian sitarist Ravi Shankar's performance is, of course, timeless. For those who were young then and for those who have only heard the myths this is definitely worth spending some time watching.The disc three outtakes is a real bonus, as well.
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