All Shook Up and Fever

     In the epilogue of "All Shook Up" I found the information regarding Woodstock to be very interesting. It was held in August of 1969 and took place on Max Yasgur's dairy fam in Bethel, New York. I was somewhat surprised that this iconic festival took place on a farm. More than three hundred thousand people all desceded to this farm! I've been to many concerts and seen live streams of concerts and the venues are nothing like a farm. I can only imagine the events that took place in a setting like that. However, when fans want to see their favorite performers they will go anywhere to see them and with headliners such as Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, and Jimi Hendrix how could you not go? I can only imagine the atmosphere and crowding of the audeince.
      This generation was described as "the generation attuned to rock, pot, and sex" (All Shook Up 188). I think the early rock generation really set the tone for future rockers when it came to rock, pot, and sex. As the rock genre lives on, many of the artists get too involved in the drugs and the sex and they forget about the music and their careers end as a result of their addictions.
     In Chapter 6 of "Fever" I thought it was interesting that they compare Bruce Springsteen to Elvis by saying Springsteen is Elvis' "closest rock relative" (Fever 145) in the sense that they are icons who came from nowhere and have become American rock legends. Bruce Springsteen has had so much success and continues to be successful. I believe he played the half time show of the superbowl a couple of years ago and that is a national audience and a selective honorable event.  Not many artists are as iconic and prevalent as these two. To be considered an icon and in close comparison to Elvis is truly the real deal
     In chapter 7 of "Fever" I found it interesting that the lovey dovey songs were a constant "flux" (Fever 187) and that the partners who often sang the songs to eachother faced many obsticles and challenges as a couple. The one that stands out to me is Tina Turner and her abusive relationship. I can't imagine the things she went through and staying in an abusive relationship as she did for so long. The book also mentions that she was the first to publicly and explicitly speak out about the abuse which I find admirable on so many levels. She finally got out and she wasn't going to protect him. She stood up for herself by singing about it and turning her tragedy into a crusade for other women.
     There were many interesting facts and selections from the reading, but these are the ones that stood out to me.