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
first time I listen to them..thanks QH:)
ReplyDeleteYou might like the Broadway version as well:
ReplyDeletehttp://vballslife.multiply.com/journal/item/176/Broadway_Pitch
I love the 5th Dimension's rendition: first saw it on Armed Forces TV in Saigon; fell in love with the bass player and the bass right then and there.
(The 5th Dimension is actually a medley of 2 songs: Aquarius and Let The Sunshine In.)
The Broadway version = Hair? There's one on Youtube (look for the one w/ the soldiers) you should check that out. The male voices...such anguish...
ReplyDeleteI didn't know it was a medley, always thought it's one piece. lol
Yes, it's from the musical "Hair."
ReplyDeleteWhat you see on Youtube is the movie remake of the Broadway show. Had a chance to see the orig Broadway crew while in Kansas City, on a grand stage. Imagine that finale scene (White House crowd) but live, on a stage, people dancing, clapping, jumping. The audience was invited to join in, dancing, clapping, jumping, etc. It was magnificent!
"When the moon is in the Seventh House
ReplyDeleteAnd Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets"
That prophesy day is coming, the date is Dec 21, 2012 the end date of the Myan Calendar. You'll be suprise with the info people talk about that date, lol!!!
I hope it's true!! :) :)
ReplyDeleteOh... I somewhat believe in it, there is a great change going on in the world if you care to look :)
ReplyDeleteI do pray for peace. I will sing and dance even more!
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me...I remember being out in CA and saw this man wearing a "Nostradamus' Prophecy: The World Will End in 30 Days". Every morning going to work I would see him walking around with the sign in front his chest, counting down the days. People in the office started talking about him and the prophecy. I remember the day before "the end of the world" whether or not I would wake up and go to work. And I did. lol
Yeah, I don't anticipate in this prophecy at all. They say that prophecy is out dated, many of Nostradamus prophecy didn't happen at all. They say the course of history has changed (for the better) because humanity wants it. All the suffering will end in the world and start with a new peaceful one (we just have to wait and see won't we?)
ReplyDeletesome cultic groups believe in "end of the world prophecy" on certain days. When that day comes and nothing happens, some may "self-fulfill the prophecy by killing themselves".
ReplyDeletein the words of John Lennon:
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...
some cultic groups believe in "end of the world prophecy" on certain days. When that day comes and nothing happens, some may "self-fulfill the prophecy by killing themselves".
ReplyDeletein the words of John Lennon:
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...
Isn't that crazy? John Lennon is the prophet, to me. I can't wait to that day come :)
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