BTW, I saw them in concert in 1976. They put on a great show.
-----
Showing posts with label The 5th Dimension. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The 5th Dimension. Show all posts
Sunday, April 7, 2024
Sunday Drive: Age of Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In
Your Head Trucker remembers listening to this upbeat medley on the radio in the spring of 1969 - 55 years ago. My God, where does the time go?
Labels:
1960's,
pop music,
Sunday Drive,
The 5th Dimension
Sunday, February 12, 2023
Sunday Drive: Up, Up, and Away
Balloons are trending this season, so this song by the fabulous 5th Dimension seems appropriate just now. I remember hearing this on the radio in the summer of '67, and it's been a favorite ever since. I took my mom to see them in concert about ten years later; they put on a fun show.
-----
Labels:
balloons,
pop music,
Sunday Drive,
The 5th Dimension
Sunday, August 25, 2019
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?
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?
Labels:
1960s,
astr,
pop music,
Sunday Drive,
The 5th Dimension
Sunday, August 31, 2014
Sunday Drive: More from 1969
A few more hits from 1969 that I was fond of then, for one reason or another, some of which bring back poignant memories now.
The 5th Dimension had a big hit that year with this groovy medley of the opening and closing numbers - I only just now learned that from Wikipedia - from the smash Broadway musical Hair:
If you were alive in '69, you must remember how irresistible the theme from Hawaii Five-O was, the Ventures' last hit single, I believe - this, of course, was before instrumental tunes were outlawed on the radio.
This lovely song, by Jay and the Americans, reminds me of a girl I dated for a few weeks that year - puppy love, and of course impossible for all the obvious reasons, but a sweet little romance while it lasted - an awakening to the possibilities of life:
The Grass Roots, an underrated band in my view, were riding high that year, with the studly Rob Grill as lead singer - he's the mustached one in this cover photo:
And it was a banner year for CCR and their swamp-rock sound, which reconnected rock with its country roots. These guys weren't Southern boys, but they should have been - they sure sounded like they were:
The 5th Dimension had a big hit that year with this groovy medley of the opening and closing numbers - I only just now learned that from Wikipedia - from the smash Broadway musical Hair:
If you were alive in '69, you must remember how irresistible the theme from Hawaii Five-O was, the Ventures' last hit single, I believe - this, of course, was before instrumental tunes were outlawed on the radio.
This lovely song, by Jay and the Americans, reminds me of a girl I dated for a few weeks that year - puppy love, and of course impossible for all the obvious reasons, but a sweet little romance while it lasted - an awakening to the possibilities of life:
The Grass Roots, an underrated band in my view, were riding high that year, with the studly Rob Grill as lead singer - he's the mustached one in this cover photo:
And it was a banner year for CCR and their swamp-rock sound, which reconnected rock with its country roots. These guys weren't Southern boys, but they should have been - they sure sounded like they were:
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
