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Originally Posted by Mark McM
Nice jab!
As we all know, Joni Mitchell famously turned down an invitation to play at Woodstock (to appear on the Dick Cavett TV show), and wrote the iconic song "Woodstock" while watching television coverage of the festival from her New York City hotel room. I guess she regretted not going.
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The boys-Crosby, Nash, et. al.-discouraged her from going, telling her it was "no place for a girl" and encouraged her to do Dick Cavett. Then, after helicoptering in and out themselves they crashed the show, totally stealing all the attention with tales of what a happening it was. You can see the deflated look on Joni's face. youtube-able. Years later she remarked about having missed the defining event of her generation.
Worth noting also the contrast in the two versions of the song-hers is reflective, sparse, a bit melancholic or even elegaic. CSNY version is all raucous celebration.