Gerome Ragni, James Rado - Hair - The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical (1968 Original Broadway Cast)
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Free Music Notes for Hair - The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical (1968 Original Broadway Cast)
Free Music Review: Still as timely as ever....
Hit: 5 Stars
I've seen this play a total of six times over 35 years. And, though the message of free love has certainly taken its toll, the louder message strong and clear is that it's about love and not war. Who can say that isn't still true today? And bellbottoms are back! The music is thoughtful, celebratory, in-your-face (today's politically correct would never dare to sing some of the songs here! but - hey! there's a point to be made and it's made loud and clear!), poignant, and heart-wrenching. When I first heard the CD I thought I was listening to a different production - the only audio I had ever heard outside of the live plays was my old scratchy LP played a gazillion times. I had no idea there were so many sound layers! Listen to this CD. Hear it with your heart, and with your humor, and with your spirit. As I write this review, I look up to see the flyer on my wall from the last production of Hair that I attended. I think of the '60s, I think of 9/11/01, I think of Iraq - the flyer has hearts, peace signs and daisies and says: "Come to the Be-In! 3:00pm, City Hall, NY, NY - Make love, not war!"That's the beauty of Hair.
Free Music Review: Chickahominy!
Hit: 5 Stars
I say that Hair is the best. And. That. I love it. It's really changing my life.Free Music Review: One Of The Best Musicals Ever!
Hit: 5 Stars
I first heard of the musical Hair when I tried out for a part in my catholic, all girl highschool's production of it. In order to perform it at my school, several things needed to be done. First, quite a few songs were left out because of time and/or the content of the song. Second, there was no nudity and all text referring to nudity and/or narcotics was edited out. And thirdly, we only had 3 guys in the musical. Even with this kind of limited exposure to the musical, I fell in love with the varying humour and intensity of the songs. My sister purchased this CD for me in 1996, shortly after our performance had come to an end. I still listen to it at least once a week. There are just so many songs - and ALL of them are wonderful! Some are happy and uplifting while others are filled with such emotion it brings tears to my eyes. And the lyrics are some of the most impressive I've heard. But a few highlights are: Going Down, Frank Mills, Manchester England, What A Piece Of Work Is Man, Good Morning Starshine, and Three Five Zero Zero. But there are two songs from this album that have a special place in my heart - Be-In (for its happy-go-lucky chorus that always makes me want to dance ("Take trips, get high, laugh joke and goodbye") and The Flesh Failures, for its intense sense of regret and sadness ("facing a dying nation").
In summation, this is one CD you definitley won't regret buying!
Free Music Review: Rejoice
Hit: 4 Stars
Listening to "Hair" is so exhilarating and upbeat. Even tho it might have been a reaction to a lot of negativism that was going on at the end of the '60s, it reverted to the earlier optimism, still with counterculture themes. "Aquarius," "Let the Sunshine In" and the gorgeous "Good Morning Starshine." Just listen to it and feel good.Free Music Review: Beautiful music, appalling sound quality
Hit: 3 Stars
I love this musical, and decided that the best way to enjoy it on CD was to get the original cast recording. Unfortunately, there was either something wrong with this CD, or the original master recordings were of really bad quality. I got a lot of heavy distortion and buzz from my speakers when playing this CD, something that does not happen with anything else I've played before or since. I also don't remember that much distortion on the old vinyl copy I listened to when I was a child.Even if you're not an audiophile, the level of distortion on this CD will be hard to take. Perhaps the anniversary edition (ASIN B00000JYU8) has been cleaned up? I'd recommend buying that one over this one, in any case.