Sunday Drive: 5th Dimension, Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In
Few other songs conjure up the euphoric mood of the hippie-dippy year 1969 as much as this hit by the 5th Dimension that was at the top of the charts for six weeks in the spring of that year.
Ah, but where now is all that dreamy anticipation of a new Golden Age? Who now believes that love is all you need? And where have all the flowers gone?
With the 50th anniversary of Woodstock all over the news and PBS, I'm sure many of us have been reminiscing and listening to the music of 1969. I ask myself the same questions...have all the love children of the Age of Aquarius gone republican? And where, oh where are the new generation of counter-culture kids? Come on children now, smile on your brother (and sister and gender non-conforming sibling) and love one another right now!
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It was a glorious sound.
I loved that song. Thanks for posting it!
With the 50th anniversary of Woodstock all over the news and PBS, I'm sure many of us have been reminiscing and listening to the music of 1969. I ask myself the same questions...have all the love children of the Age of Aquarius gone republican? And where, oh where are the new generation of counter-culture kids? Come on children now, smile on your brother (and sister and gender non-conforming sibling) and love one another right now!
P.S. My computer completely froze when trying to post the above comment...must have been a Fifth Dimension glitch.
Appreciate ya, fellas.
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Comments are welcome, but please note: this is not a public forum but my personal blog, which nobody is forced to read. You don't like what I write, go find a blog you do like; there are millions of others to choose from. Or write your own.
Polite disagreement is one thing, but rudeness will be deleted without hesitation.