Hair "Aquarius" AND "Let The Sunshine In" (the original Broadway cast)

[HeartoftheDragonColo]

That's Ronnie Dyson singing the first lines & the repeats. I know it's true, I read it on Wikipedia! (And that's DEFINITELY his amazing tenor!) RIP Ronnie (1950-1990, heart failure).

[lindasiouxsan]

After paying to see Hair one time, we sneaked into the theater another time because we didn't have any money. The ushers were chasing us. We finally landed in the back of the first floor. Both times the musical moved us.

[bye0bye0birdy]

Aquarius.... Aquaaaarrrrriiiiiuuuuussss... Lol

[AnimeFriendzyFreak]

Lol singing this song for a concert :) good song

[gofindyourmusic]

I saw this when it opened at the Aquarious Theater in LA about 1969? The cast was the origonal , and it was really outstanding . You felt transformed by the the messeges , due to the fact the Vietnam war was full blown . Why my kids generation ( in their 20's now ) don't feel as driven to stop this war is beyond me . Occupy Wall Street says too little about the real fear I feel for our youth . Wall street is part of it , but we are mostly to blame for letting this war go on and on . PEACE 2 U

[markhus3200]

They are still looking for that set I do not like because it violates the good.

Todavía están buscando al que puso No me gusta por atentar contra lo bueno.

[markhus3200]

Original version. There is nothing to give.

[Rainyob1]

Hope ALL my Generation Remembers !!! And starts to Live this way AGAIN ! Peace and Love; Lorraine...Navy Veteran for PEACE>

[mynewrisingsun]

still my favourite version

[larryj221]

recess school's out :)

[DannyLamb613]

This musical is very landed on the moon this morning, saying, "That's one small step for Man and one Giant down by the mulberry bush near the river where the children play light it for me I can't feel my fingers interesting.

[alecris33]

Amaizing.

[randolphfreedmartz]

I hope that I am not misunderstood. You see, some of us were very fortunate to have been there just then.

[randolphfreedmartz]

Joel would sing "every sperm is sacred..etc." He was just trying rather dishonourably to win the chess game. It didn't work. I was rather too old for him to be shocked or even for that matter to notice.

[Useless2112]

A black lady made me eat a whole bunch of cheese.

[mudrasings]

Yes indeed I am on this album and proud of the honor to have been in the Broadway original.

[mysticaltraveler1111]

@mudrasings WOW RIGHT ON!

[TheOresome1]

@mudrasings

An Honor and Thank You for paving The Way <3

[DatPatMan]

Is this Ronnie Dyson singing the lead?

[samiyam318]

The first show I ever saw on Broadway -- July 1971 at the Biltmore Theater. I was mesmerized. The second selection here, "The Flesh Failures," (Let the Sunshine In) is such a great song..

[BennyMazzettaXD]

my cousin is hippie and she sing " Let the sunshine in" EVERY... SINGLE... MINUTE!! is an obsession O.o

Anyway, hair is a really good movie, isn'it it?

[whithill]

I tried so hard to get our junior high school drama teacher to let us do Hair. I even promised that we could just skip the nude scene. Or wear bathing suits or something. Instead, we did Our Town. Sure loved hearing this again. What a time that was.

[fayerhea2219]

ah... i finally own this vinyl. i looked so long. thank you goodwill...

[antman0101]

I rediscovered this a few years ago, it is one of the greatest films and soundtracks ever made! I can never get tired of listening to this music or watching the film!

[RockAndFunk]

@dancerfromparis1

i didn't mark your comment as spam, i don't see anything wrong with your comment, don't know why anyone would.

[TheGreatZurEnRaah]

@dancerfromparis1 Amen sister you tell them. As a fellow thespian I often find the same thing happening to me. People often see the actors, dancers and musicians they watch as people who are so far from anything that they could ever become that they forget the people in the cast are regular normal human beings like everybody else.

[dancerfromparis1]

I was in the 1970s production of Hair with Oliver Tobias, in Amsterdam extraordinary liberated times never will it be like that again. Im glad I was a hippie and a child of the 60s I would have hated to miss it.

[Houdini774]

Far out man!

[Jangocat]

1:35 or so "mystic crystal revelation" Lol, WTF you talkin about? Love it, reminds me of my childhood...

[acegamer94]

they need to revive it. and bring it to london. and put jonathan groff in it.

[ThornoftheRose1993]

I wish I could've got to see this never got down to london to see it :-/

[qiqqrosatanbabcika]

Tarné Susman Teodórát magasajnáltató világi testvére által a segge kinyalt eltartott rágalmazásban úttörő Kutasi spiclit anyjával 5 percet se bíró ál-JT-kurvát Erdős Maris köszönni se tudó de fő hogy úttörő élősködőket Kiss Erzsébet nagy ribanc élősködő Jósti testvére kölyök csináló de azt eltartani nem tudó ennyi esze van hogy basszon csak kurvákat s a többit mindegyik idős beteg rászoruló leszaró magaféle semmirekellő bort ivó vizet prédikáló óraszámgyűjtő nagyképű fasszopó

[BERSEK1979]

mi spacco di brutto quando la sento,mi fa scaricare la tensione!!!!

[latitudeCheck]

If this is the 1968 recording of the original Broadway cast of Hair. then the very first voice you are hearing is the phenomenal singer Ronnie Dyson. Ronnie Dyson won the lead role in the Broadway debut of Hair when he was only 18 and sang the opening song Aquarius.

Ronnie Dyson later had 2 Top Ten Billboard hits, the first was "If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) Why Can't I Touch You?" which reached the #8 position on the charts followed by "I Don't Wanna Cry" which reached #9.

[fatkidwhat]

i get to see this again!! i saw it when i was twelve and now seven years later its coming back!!

[BERSEK1979]

when i listen this song,i feel inside of me very good!!!!

[representative167]

Anybody can simply grab this mp3 file at bulkmp3nab..com

[pinkydogbear]

Great song!!

[oogaachaka]

Bought this record with my allowance money, but had to wait for my parents to be out to play it (this was before the average kid had 'headphones'. My parents would have FREAKED, because of all the 'curse words' in the lyrics. A breakthrough album - and I vividly recall read the lyrics on the album sleeve in my room in 1969..........the world was really changing, FAST - and I'm very thankful to have been there right in the middle of it all. Unbelievable times! Mets Won the Series

[mrstevehartman]

@oogaachaka Yeah, yeah. 69, 70, 71 and 72. Those were the years ! Revolution !!

[tomamarini]

2:50

[dahsuerk]

I remember being hip having the Broadway version of "Hair". Lots of songs that shocked my parents in the 60's.

[RockAndFunk]

@dahsuerk

Some of it is still kind of shocking (in a good way), lol.

[DNAunion]

Never heard the Hair version of "Let the Sunshine In", but still really enjoyed it. That's the thing about good music.

[909kong]

Somebody PLEASE bring music programs back to pubilc schools....

[San47di1]

This Play was my 1st introduction to the late Great Ronnie Dyson. His opening vocals, "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 young man's voice was so Powerful, & only got stronger as his career evolved. RIP Dear Ronnie!!

[matmicmj]

peace+love

[tytykatzgrl]

i love this.. i should have been born in the 50s so i could have been a hippy!

[TheChristmaslover95]

a legend!!

[Makmantila]

i am 16 years old and i find this music very interesting

[cheapcape]

Wonderful play and soundtrack!

[itsmeyousee]

So many lessons learned from the struggles of the 60"s and 70's. I fear we have allowed ourselves to be shouted down. Many thought we were taking the easy way out, nothing could be farther from the truth. We saw great injustice and risked having our heads bashed in to expose it. I hope and pray that another generation will have the courage to point out that we are all God's children. It takes courage to stand up to force, ridicule and to point out what is wrong. Just ask Jesus.

[loxab2]

so actual

[Oyoshima]

My friend and I are pervorming in Hair~

[POISONIVxoxo]

great story...reminded me of my much older sister's story of when she and her then boyfriend (who she ended up marrying in 1972 and are still together today ) took our Uncle Lucien and Aunty Gwen, ultra conservative church going people who had just emigrated from Ceylon, to this show in Toronto around the same time, 1970? ...same stuff that inspired you unfortunately shocked the hell out of them lol...my poor sister had no idea what she was taking them to see...

[ic3ok1969]

it was 1969...my friend on a sunday afternoon,said his friend worked at a theatre in LA,,and had 2 tickets for a show called HAIR,,,that afternoon. we went,,the theatre was dark..a spotlight came on..and this Hippie was crawling down the isle..singing...we thought...hhmmm..what the hell is THIS....and then the stage exploded with song...and naked people..and songs that got better and better...the whole audience was staring at this incredible performance..we knew we where seeing history.

[RockAndFunk]

Awesome :)

[ic3ok1969]

thank you...i have been there and back

and i know this type,,,funny thing is...

they dont know very much about themselves. they never knew how to let loose,,, get lost,,,and find themselves. most of us did,,, some never came back,,, but the journey was sooooo worth it. take care... rock and funk.

[cheapcape]

@ic3ok1969 Wow!

[MicroWorldLover]

@ic3ok1969 I'm jealous! I have had to do with a soundtrack, and I can't even find the whole thing on YT anymore....

[pinkydogbear]

@ic3ok1969 I was there also, in Chicago and Milwaukee - what an experience!!

[jra31392]

@ic3ok1969 this was supposed to be the dawning of the age... this generation sucks. well said

[myamazingironball]

@ic3ok1969 wow what an awsome story...i waish i was there.i live in london now.sometimes i see things that bring tears to my eyes.

[LTHSFanpire]

why couldent i be born in this generation. there used to be meaning to wearing a peace sign now people just do it because its whats in style

[cheapcape]

@LTHSFanpire Exactly. Just like when they say "peace" now. The sixties were a lot more meaningful.

[RockAndFunk]

@cheapcape

You got that right.

[alekorm]

I've not listen more 20 years. It's balsam.

[EdsonYamamoto]

aquariuuuuusss lol

brazil <3

[ic3ok1969]

and 2.. MARLIS44

so u feel sorry for war protesters and do nothings?...u worked ur ass,,because u had no imagination or creative juices inside. u sound bitter and kinda fucked up. u are sorry for what? kids hating their parents? again.if u had to kiss ass and be a good kid..fine rightous boy,,but to revolt against authority is healthy and creates new horizons... im sorry u saw the world as a redneck...that's ok...we need ur types to be like mules... stop putting down what u dont understand.

[TheNadinschee]

Woher bekomme ich das Plakat?

[DoJoRa3]

This is great! ...but I'm even more fond of The Fifth Dimensions shortened (but spectacular!) cover version. :o)

[RockAndFunk]

That is also a great (combo) version, and so is the version of "Aquarius" from the movie "Hair".

[chrisclement2006]

@DoJoRa3

I had sheet music in a different key but snagged the 45 at a thrift store and re-learned it in the key that made it famous. Still challenged by that bass line, tho!

[Mixmasterbob]

Love this jank. I played a white Hud and had lots of fun. AMAZING SHOW

[POISONIVxoxo]

I have this album...my much much older sister lol left it behind in the early 70's and I listened to it endlessly when I was a kid...groovy vibe, very uplifting too

[Jigglesw]

The new cast is leiterally like an octave + higher than this cast!

[MidnightMary]

My gawddddddd I had so much FUN with this play!

[MidnightMary]

I played Crissy ... was thrilled to death when I met Sally Eaton!

[juliebabyjulie]

One of the coolest things I've ever done - saw Hair on Broadway.

[rightmuch1]

Saw a great retrospective on Hair last night on Sundance channel. Worth catching if you can find it again. They mentioned Ron Dyson, who had a hit in 1970 "Why Can't I Touch You". Great voice, AIDS got him.

[Catmom624]

Wow! What classics. Takes me back to a whole different generation. My ex and I were lucky enough to see Hair, I will never forget it. It's funny, I can't remember what I did yesterday, but I can remember these songs and words. And I agree, Let the Sunshine In, is truly timeless. I think Hair won't allow that unique generation to die. Thanks for posting!!!!!

[RockAndFunk]

You're welcome :)

[NellieMarie223]

thanks! I want to join the tribe! Thanks for posting!

[RockAndFunk]

No problem :)

[jenard20]

doesn't the woman singin aquarius sound like lauryn hill

[agnesmoorhead]

The singer is a male and his name is Ronnie Dyson.

[philehofish]

Modern Classics . Gracias for the post !!

[svenmichael24]

beautiful.  the full version of "let the sunshine in" is especially moving - no other version has that much emotion in it

thanks for posting these!

[RockAndFunk]

You're welcome :)

[purepleasureseekerrr]

TRUE. One of the greatest songs ever written. I m just pissed how can this hav onnli 1500 views while some monkey 20mli. that is how stupid the world as gone

[Decorum]

awesome songs!!! I have been trying to find them for a while. Thanks for sharing!!

[RockAndFunk]

No problemo :)