I couldn’t go to Woodstock, because I was training for a tour in Vietnam. I was 20 years old and had no idea what I was getting into. On the chartered flight to DaNang, we sang this song over and over. The lyrics were so true. The military industrial complex is who wanted this war. It had nothing to do with preserving freedom in the U.S.. ~ David Holst

And for just a second, half a million people stood for a man and his guitar united in the spirit of peace. ~ Fox the Passion

Joe was a counterculture giant, he wrote a lot of really good songs. Sadly, not too many people today know about him, his songs rarely, if ever, get played, even on Classic Rock radio stations. The counterculture and everything it meant is largely forgotten, reduced to clichés and caricatures. Woodstock was a seminal event but after the documentary was released, what was countercultural became mainstream and the reasons for its development were lost, it had become fashion. ~ If 6 Was 929

My brother, cousin and lots of friends were over in Viet Nam when this song came out. My Brother was shot down in a chopper June 3rd 1969. All on board died. My cousin came back a luntic, running the streets thinking he was still in Viet Nam.He eventually got a lobodomy to “cure ” him. My son’s father and a friend of mine died from the long term effects of Agent Orange. I don’t know anyone from my generation who didn’t have their life affected by that useless war with over 200,000 US casualties and over 2 million Vietnamese killed. When I hear that song I still want to cry. ~ Jody Vogler, 8652

Comments above from the YouTube post of this song. ~ Editor