Comment of the Week: “Nostalgia is a Permanent Human Condition.”

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From Tom Degan, in response to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Issues Original Woodstock Festival Press Release (read the full comment here.)

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Nostalgia is a permanent human condition. Each generation is nostalgic for the last. It absolutely boggles the mind to think that the year 2049 will find those of us who survive looking back on these hideous times with tender longing. Given our silly human quirks, that will probably be the case. Still, it’s hard not to reflect on the hope that was prevalent in the summer of Woodstock. We want to believe that there is a magical future where, as John Lennon once imagined, there are no countries; nothing to kill or die for. Maybe we will one day arrive at that wondrous place.

Maybe….

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