I get to listen to an original a friend just wrote
http://tuangs.multiply.com/music/item/44 and it reminded me of the hippy time.
Then yesterday after working out, one of the parents, he must be close to 60, came out and talked to me. We shared the same feelings about broken bones while working out. :) I told him I have to be real careful now w/ my hands, I already broke both my wrists, and I really can't afford since I want to play the piano. He asked what type of music I play, and we talked a little...
Then he took over the conversation. His eyes gleamed and his face beamed with such happiness... he said he used to play in a rock band. A bass player. He dropped out of college to be a serious rocker. :) He and his friends competed in Washington D.C.'s Battle Of The Bands, out of 120 bands, and his band won first place!! After that they toured up and down the East Coast... He said the song they played to win was Aquarius by 5th Dimension. It was a difficult piece to play from beginning to end.
I have forgotten how much I LOVE Aquarius. The song is so energetic and brings out the hippy, free, live and let live feel. I did go see the play "Hair" w/ my sister (and the actors and actresses were all naked in the one scene! lol!) but the best performers for Aquarius, I think, is still the original, 5th Dimension.
I think this man must have a great time playing bass on this one. Check it out, take a listen...1/2 way through... :)
2/12/08
(Words by James Rado and Gerome Ragni: Music by Galt MacDermot)
When the moon is in the Seventh House
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars
This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius
Age of Aquarius
Aquarius!
Aquarius!
Harmony and understanding
Sympathy and trust abounding
No more falsehoods or derisions
Golden living dreams of visions
Mystic crystal revelation
And the mind's true liberation
Aquarius!
Aquarius!
When the moon is in the Seventh House
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars
This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius
Age of Aquarius
Aquarius!
Aquarius!
Aquarius!
Aquarius!
[Instrumental and tempo shift]
Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in, the sunshine in
Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in, the sunshine in
Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in, the sunshine in
[Continue to end with concurrent scat]
Oh, let it shine, c'mon
Now everybody just sing along
Let the sun shine in
Open up your heart and let it shine on in
When you are lonely, let it shine on
Got to open up your heart and let it shine on in
And when you feel like you've been mistreated
And your friends turn away
Just open your heart, and shine it on in
