Rolling Stones: Altamont
SAN FRANCISCO — Well, friends, we have finally experienced the 100% bummer, the new standard for bad trips. The Rolling Stones Free Concert — the last party of 1969 — a re-affirmation of the spirit of Woodstock and a meeting of the Tribes. Garbage.
SAN FRANCISCO — Well, friends, we have finally experienced the 100% bummer, the new standard for bad trips. The Rolling Stones Free Concert — the last party of 1969 — a re-affirmation of the spirit of Woodstock and a meeting of the Tribes.
Garbage.
If there was any point at all to the Stones concert, it was this: all the good vibrations in the world ain’t gonna cut it if nothing else is together. By the time the Stones came on it was too late for even Mick Jagger to cool things down.
If there is anyone to blame, it’s neither the Stones nor the people who worked through the night to get the concert on. Sorry — I know it’s nice to have a villain. But in this case, it all comes down to planning.