Woodstock 2009 sponsored by Viagra, Whole Foods and Bad Taste?

photo credit: BL1961

Woodstock’s co-founder, Michael Lang, is looking for corporate sponsors to back his vision of Woodstock 2009.

Corporate sponsors for Woodstock’s 40th Anniversary?! Doesn’t this alone prove that the era of this giant, anti-corporate music festival is long gone?

“Whole Foods, VitaminWater and Viagra present Verizon Wireless’s Woodstock 2009″ wouldn’t really sound very rockin’, now would it?

If he can find enough corporate cashflow, Lang’s “updated” version of Woodstock would include performances by the Who, Carlos Santana, Joe Cocker and Crosby, Stills & Nash (no Young?).

And, as if trotting out the zombified remains of decrepit ex-hippies wasn’t lame enough, Lang would also like to include Ben Harper, Steve Earle, Dave Matthews and Red Hot Chili Peppers. (No lip-synching Kanye, yet.)

No thanks.

Still no word on whether Lang plans to unearth Jimi Hendrix’s corpse and prop it up on the side of the stage or in the corner of the Guitar Hero gaming tent.

Seriously, wasn’t Woodstock ‘94 bad enough with its indelible images of Green Day, Nine Inch Nails, Pepsi and mud?