and I've just found myself wondering what other tunes or pop do this three songs (or more?) recorded on one single, because I myself cannot recall any? _Let The Sunshine In_ explains my everlasting itch to boogy, oof! 🍸
in addition to no longer getting to listen to this smash hit(?), riding the Expo-Express summertime was what my childhood had also craved when growing up at GB instead: th-cam.com/video/Oj1pk4UVcOg/w-d-xo.html
When my father died, this song was playing over the PA in the hospice. "LET THE SUNSHINE....LET THE SUNSHINE IN!" I'll always think of that as my dad rising to the afterlife. It gives me peace.
That is so nice and a wonderful thing to say about your dad rising to the afterlife amen I'm glad to give you some time piece from your friend John love is a wonderful thing
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS SONG! I was born in 1962 and THIS SONG is timely for 2024. "Let the Sunshine In!" I actually had an epiphany of this song for the past 4 years. It all makes sense now! Bring it Lord!
This song came on my car radio driving home from the hospital the day my first son was born February 1st, 1969 I was so happy and crying from happiness of becoming a father on that day!!
That's so cool. My brother was born the following year 1970 also in Feb 1st. Then I showed up in 1971, two days before my brother's first Bday. Then fast fwd a bit to 1994 when My Son arrived on Feb 1st. :-) and a Bonus this bit of info, my son's Father, is a twin, he and his brother were born on Feb 1st 1968. One year, before your son. :-) So I'm just going to say it AGAIN.. IF None of them Feb 1st Birthday Boys remember my Birthday is First in line then I don't want to hear em cryin' lol
it's so clear yet so deep so just let the sunshine in like literally open your curtains when there is sun and let it in and be happy you existed in that moment.
One year ago today my mom died at age 80. When I think of her and my childhood (I was born in 68) this song stands out. I am a Presbyterian pastor, but by God, I was going to have this played at her funeral. My music director (an amazing jazz pianist) created an amazing piano arrangement of this as the postlude, and all my old church people were rocking out to this, remembering those days of the late 60s. And now I’m listening again, crying yet smiling, as I remember my wonderful, new agey mom! And she made it into the Age of Aquarius.
I don't know, Pastor, I humbly suggest that the vision of this song, which I also extolled in those days, is truly far from a Biblical view and put to the lie by the Vietnam War, Cold war, violence in the streets of America, and truly confused reality of the present time. I can only blink for a second at that song, knowing that something far greater than the imaginings of the songwriter, await us in God's Kingdom. Discernment is our greatest weapon on our perilous earthly journey. homeward.
@@jorgemorales907 dice que es un pastor, el cual hizo que en el funeral de su madre un amigo le hiciera un arreglo de esta canción para su madre. Que tiene la canción guardada y le da muchos recuerdos
I had a spiritual experience at a traffic light almost 19 yrs ago, I was dealing with a 3 decades long addiction to drugs n alcohol. I feel I was touched at the stoplight by God, I left sobbing and drove to my methadone program, told James the Director of Southlight to start me on a detox..he did and a year later I walked away and have never looked back...Praise Jesus Christ!!🙏🙏🙏❤️
Joe Osborn - he played base on more hits than you can count. Look him up. He often played with Hal Blaine, on drums. You can hear how great they were together on this recording.
I thought i knew my music....... Untill i Saw a video about the wrecking crew.... Oh my God that really open my eyes they playd on almost every album of my Idols/groups it is insane. Everyone should know about this crew and what they have done for music !
Whoever is reading this I’m sending you peace and all my loving energy I hope you’re all doing well such beautiful reflections, I hope the age of Aquarius brings u deep understanding and peace💞 ✌🏻☮️
I was 16 and a total rocker. But this song just blew me away. All of it. The harmonies, the orchestration, the lyrics, and the change was just killer. Still gets me today. Whenever it comes on in the car, I crank it. I've deen people bobbing their heads at stop lights. I'm in Detroit so the music is always going here.
I couldn't agree with you more!! Plus, although I had several albums of them, this one was my favourite. I love all the tracks on that album, including a couple of hidden gems on there!
I was so spoiled growing up in the musical era of the 60s and 70s. The 5th Dimension was one of many amazing groups who created the soundtrack of my life. Thank you!
Starting in the spring of 69 this song Hit number one on the charts. I turned 10 years old in August of 69. When I hear the song it takes me back to that time and my memories of then. Could I go back, even if it's only just for one day please and spend a day with my friends and family.🌅🙏
I was on a Cruise with the 5th Dimension. I was about 17 or 18. They just adored me and my brother! We performed in the talent show and the Cruise Olympics and they just cheered us on in everything we did. They were such sweet, humble people and performed and awesome show! I'm watching "HAIR" now!🤩
For those wondering, the musicians are lead vocalist Billy Davis Jr.; backing vocalists Florence LaRue, Lamonte McLemore, Marilyn McCoo, and Ron Townson; guitarists Dennis Budimir, Mike Deasy, and Tommy Tedesco; bassist Joe Osborn; drummer-percussionist Hal Blaine; mallet player-conga player-percussionist Larry Bunker; keyboardists Jimmy Rowles, Larry Knechtel, and Pete Jolly; and string and brass players The Bill Holman Strings & Brass.
@@milkchocolate_bruh2531 Joe Osborn's bass-playing in 'Let The Sunshine In' is unbelievable! Listening to that track is the ONLY time in my life where I actually play 'Air Bass' rather than 'Air Guitar'. Joe's bass even outshines that fantastic singing!
@@D-FensDogG What's funny is that in the story of the song, Bones Howe (the producer) said he liked Joe because he played it safe. Joe did NOT play it safe on this one. www.soundonsound.com/people/classic-tracks-fifth-dimension-aquariuslet-sunshine
@@ischmidt Ian, thanks for the link! That was great!! And I wasn't actually aware that Joe was previously known for playing it close to the vest, without much fanciness. But, boy-oh-boy, he sure let loose and went into "Beast Mode" for 'Let The Sunshine In'!!
The year was 1972 and the 5th Dimension played at my Jr High School. I know that sounds crazy but it’s true. Jackson Jr HS in Oklahoma City. I instantly fell in love with Marylin and when they played this song when it started Let the sun shine in I got goosebumps! They were very underrated. Awesome group of singers
Today is officially the last day of the Kali Yuga, age of darkness and materialism and tomorrow begins the Sat Yuga, the Age of Enlightenment.....this song represents this amazing heart felt song of this new Age!!! ❤🎉❤🎉😂
A new age is upon us. Look around, everything is changing. All of the old institutions are succumbing to entropy (some more quickly than others) and it's going to be chaotic while new ones are established. We are currently in what future historians will call a "populist uprising" We The People are pissed off, and are beginning to realize we have the weight of numbers on our side. The United States is the most heavily armed nation in the world, with literally more firearms than people (400 million firearms for about 335 million Americans) and we want answers. Because the government and those people on the news said so is no longer a reason to do (or not do) anything.
0 - 2000 A. D was the age of Pisces. (Jesus the fish). 2000 - 4000 A. D. Is the age of Aquarius. Ase' King James Luke 22 and 10: And he said unto them, behold when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you bearing a PITCHER of WATER (Aquarius) ; follow him into the HOUSE ( the House of Aquarius) where he entereth in. The Age of Pisce (Jesus the fish) is over. 2000 A. D. Began the Age of AQUARIUS. LET THE SUNSHINE IN!!!! ☀️
Come on, you can share that sentiment without horribly misusing words from other spiritual traditions. It makes you sound like you're talking nonsense when you could be wording it in a much more apt way. The end of Kali Yuga (over 420,000 years in the future from now) is not a superficially pleasant thing for most of the people living in it (not until their next human lives, anyway), it's an apocalypse which occurs when the world is completely broken, with a few humans surviving into the paradisical Satya Yuga. The thousands of years measured by these astrological Ages are a tiny blip in the cycle of Yugas. In Hindu cosmology, a prosperous age of a few thousand years would be an opportunity to make the world as beautiful a place as possible in the time it has left. The world isn't going to magically change into a paradise in your lifetime, but all the hard work from countless people fighting for good might be able to create one for a while. If you're one of those people making the world a better place, you might be reborn in the paadisical age you want to see. That's the best interpretation I can provide with my knowledge of Hinduism, although I'm not necessarily prophesying it as perfectly accurate. Find the right words for what you want to say, don't erroneously misuse others.
I can’t stop listening 🔃😍 Fifth Dimension was WAY ahead of their time ⭐️ We’re entering the Age of Aquarius soon! This means progress (which we’re already seeing), truths being revealed, mysterious veils lifted! Fellow lightworkers, keep up the amazing work! Keep playing this song and let the sunshine in!! 🌞✌️🌻
You are so right. this is on my playlist every January 21 to February 19...I am an Aquarian. This year it will be rocking even more. We are in the marvellous Age of Aquarius. Time to get back our humanity.
The songs from the 70's are timeless, underrated, and unforgettable...they were the bridge to the great tunes of the 80's and 90's. I really don't know what we have today???
SOME songs are timeless.....a FEW. I agree that the best popular music of the 70s seems t be forgotten......the soul music......HArold Melvin and Teh Blue Notes, the Spinners, Gladys Night's work, Barry White, Earth Wind and fire, Sly and The Family Stone, Curtis Mayfield, gil Scott Heron...most of these acts were so BIG back then, but somehow history isn't giving them their due..........and many more...they were great. Orchestrations, with wonderful baselines, harmonies, melodies, rational lyrics...the 80s had SOME Good songs....and the 90s got worse...since then it's all downhill, except for independent people doing their own recordings. There was a nice folk revival in the 90s, but pop and country? Downhill....I don't keep up with jazz. Rock music...mostly designed for drunk teenagers and Satanists....not for the rational person.
@@joemarshall4226 Survivorship bias. Most music from these "classic" eras was just as forgettable and disposable as most of the music from the present. We just... forgot about all of that stuff over the course of the decades.
@@BjornTheDim I agree that only the best stuff lasts, and tends to make the old times look better than they were. But there is something else going on. Today’s music, for the most part, really stinks. It’s not a wide open market, as in the past. It’s produced by fewer people, there’s not the money that once was, and it’s controlled propaganda. But, as I said, there is some great stuff happening in independent music that doesn’t make it to the radio
johnnystir 4 months ago When my father died, this song was playing over the PA in the hospice. "LET THE SUNSHINE....LET THE SUNSHINE IN!" I'll always think of that as my dad rising to the afterlife. It gives me peace.
So beautiful song. My parents had the long play vinyl disc at home and used to play it. My mother passed away in June 26, 2020, in this son remembers her. Greeting from El Salvador.
@@lisaspikes4291 No. The emphasis shifted from music to vocalists, then primarily to screechy female vocalists, and the music got simpler and simpler. Go to a pop concert and you won't even see musicians, they're backstage if they aren't just recordings, onstage is some Smile Girl with a voice that makes bats collide and dancers twirling in unison. It's disgusting. The music doesn't change in key, it is harmonic babytalk (most pop has four chords: I, IV, V, and VI), it does not change in tempo or dynamics. I can't stand it.
@digpan. I lost interest in new rock before 1980 and only bought a few Berlin School artists, Eno, and Vangelis from 1977 to 1993. I’ve heard no recent rock I liked enough to hear a second time.. Aquarius felt anthemic. I was 14 and I believed.
I saw them in person in my home town of Seattle in 1969! “Let the sunshine in.“ My boyfriend and I were so excited after hearing the song go on and on and on we jumped straight into a fountain outside the Colosseum.
I'd imagine that was a great show and fantastic time to be in Seattle. I didn't get there until the early 1990s and it was just on the cusp of gentrification and money coming in (+/-) for a bigger stadium and better opera house.
I listen to this song before I go to sleep hoping that it will help me have a dream that is as amazing as this song. A colorful dream. A happy dream. A dream that is so full of joy that I want to relive it over and over again. This song is like 2 songs in 1. Peace and blessings to you all. I pray that you have an amazing dream too. 🙏🏾
@mikehunt1528 No, I haven't, but I'll look them up. I will say, one current band I think is great and have good messages is "Disturbed" Thanks for your comment 👍
I’ve been listening to this song since I was a little girl. I’m 57 now. I think of the moon landing in 1969. Even though I was born in 1966. This song rocks!
My first concert was the 5th Dimension at the Garden State Art Center in Holmdel, NJ in May, 1969. I will never forget the crowd singing along and going wild when they played this song.
I am Aquarius! My birthday is January 28. I will be FIFTY this year!! I cannot even believe it but I thank the universe I am still here!!😍Happy Birthday fellow Aquarians!!♒♒♒♒
This song helped me to release anxiety and fear. Whatever happens to humanity going forward; let’s remember that we’re not victims. We all signed up to be here at this time. Trust and let go of the old ways. It’s all for love! ☮️
Love the story behind why they recorded the song: The producer of "Hair" was delighted by a last-minute 5D performance he caught, offered them tickets to the play, the group were so moved by it that when they heard the main song, they asked to record it to get it on the radio. Liking the idea of free publicity for the show, he said yes, and the rest is music history.
THX for a bit of background. 👍 5D got two nice songs to do the perfect Bridge on.....and the stage show hope for radio and Billboard listings to fill the seats... .................how cumbersom it was before Internet and TicToc influencers. 😋
I can't stop playing this Song for it is the truth of where we as Humanity are going together as one. Let's see each and every one of you shine your light bright in the world. For the new age of harmony and wisdom approaches with each choice we make in its favour xx
Been feeling positive energy in my gut about 2021 and I'm SO excited that it is the Age of Aquarius! I hope we can come together as a people and bring more love, compassion and connection to one another. I want to see us help each other through these tough times. Peace, love and happy vibes everyone! 💜💜💜🦄
I remember learning listening this on one of my dad's old 45s when i was in like the fifth grade, and it suddenly made me feel this powerful sadness or nostalgia, the first time i ever had a really strong emotional impact from any piece of music. I still get a hint of that every time i hear it. It was so strong it was almost painful, hard to describe it.
I was only 10 when this came out -- I wasn't allowed to be a hippie! -- but this was the best song of my entire fifth grade year in school. I still love it! 🌈💖🎶
@@nancyharman4795 We must be about the same age. Maybe even had the same mom and dad! JK. At that time, we lived for Motown, especially the Jackson Five. Hair and Jesus Christ, Superstar had records in the record department at White Front Department Store. I saw Steppenwolf make a TV commercial in one of those White Fronts. John Kay was tripping his brains out and couldn't stop laughing.
I remembered living on a farm me and my brother would listen to a radio on an old grain truck when I first heard this after all these years still love this song.
Every Saturday, every Sunday with my father, my mother and my sister we played this song. A memories with my father teaching me the lyrics and singing this masterpiece ❤
I was born in 1960, these songs bring back memories good and bad, however a time in our lives, looking back was turmoil and happy when we had little but lived a fruitful life. It was simpler and less complicated yet it had problems, but we all survived!! God bless our generation and those 👆, our children and the!! Bless all of you and your families!! Lol Ms T Ellis USA
I wanted wanted to add that this song then Let the Sun Shine In played and the magic happened, I coulded see out my car windows I started to sobbing and I felt I was being spirituality Born again. Never had an experience like that before or after...but I know from the time this happened I've been on a sober journey walking and connected spiritually with my God...don't give up pray to who u choose to call ur higher power, blessings 🙏
I was just 5 or 6 when this song came out in 1969. I loved it, and I love hearing it again. Same with the song on the opposite side of the 45 rpm record.
Man the switch from aquarius to let the sunshine in gives me chills everytime. This song is a masterpiece!
I agree with you. A great son 🎵
The key and tempo change is glorious!
Me too
and I've just found myself wondering what other tunes or pop do this three songs (or more?) recorded on one single, because I myself cannot recall any? _Let The Sunshine In_ explains my everlasting itch to boogy, oof! 🍸
in addition to no longer getting to listen to this smash hit(?), riding the Expo-Express summertime was what my childhood had also craved when growing up at GB instead: th-cam.com/video/Oj1pk4UVcOg/w-d-xo.html
When my father died, this song was playing over the PA in the hospice. "LET THE SUNSHINE....LET THE SUNSHINE IN!" I'll always think of that as my dad rising to the afterlife. It gives me peace.
So sorry to hear of your dad's passing. As a Christian myself, I think of it as let the Son (of God) shine in
That is a beautiful sign, Johnny. Hugs to you.💜
that was a beautiful story,yes as your Father went to Heaven above. -smile- DM
praying for you bro, hang in there a loss is hard.
That is so nice and a wonderful thing to say about your dad rising to the afterlife amen I'm glad to give you some time piece from your friend John love is a wonderful thing
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS SONG! I was born in 1962 and THIS SONG is timely for 2024. "Let the Sunshine In!" I actually had an epiphany of this song for the past 4 years. It all makes sense now! Bring it Lord!
This song blended rock, pop, Broadway, soul and gospel. Everything that is great about American music all rolled into one great song!!!
don't forget funk and disco
@@joshl.8950 and mystic crystal revelations
@@WilkinsonX ah yes MCR, of course of course
@@joshl.8950 That’d be a cool band name actually
Mreedance Clearwater Revival already took it sorry
This song came on my car radio driving home from the hospital the day my first son was born February 1st, 1969 I was so happy and crying from happiness of becoming a father on that day!!
Wow and he is an Aquarius!
That's so cool. My brother was born the following year 1970 also in Feb 1st. Then I showed up in 1971, two days before my brother's first Bday. Then fast fwd a bit to 1994 when My Son arrived on Feb 1st. :-) and a Bonus this bit of info, my son's Father, is a twin, he and his brother were born on Feb 1st 1968. One year, before your son. :-) So I'm just going to say it AGAIN.. IF None of them Feb 1st Birthday Boys remember my Birthday is First in line then I don't want to hear em cryin' lol
I have the same birthday as your son!!
@@christik3802😂 to be fair, you showed up early!!
♒♒♒♒ that's my birthday February first 90
My grandmother liked this song. Aquarius was her birth sign and I bought the vinyl 45 rpm for her. She lived to be 96.❤
♥️♥️♥️
Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. are still married and still performing today, 51 years on. God bless 'em and thanks for the fantastic music.
Marilyn McCoo is stellar!!
That is awesome!
Yay! That’s great to know. Give them their respect while they’re around to appreciate it.
Awesome!!🤗🌌☘️🕊️🌹🌹💖💖
I was lucky enough to be signed to their producer. What a Life he gave me. Wow. Full of Sunshine and Heavenly Love.
it's so clear yet so deep so just let the sunshine in like literally open your curtains when there is sun and let it in and be happy you existed in that moment.
Who's here for the dawning of the age of Aquarius November 19th 2024?
I love this song. It's what the world needs now. Still listening in 2024.❤❤
When I graduated from high school in 1970 this was our class song. We couldn't pick a better song.
This is the fulfillment of Revelation. We are in the great awakening.
nema, srehtorb & sretsis !
Absolfuckinlootly 💯
The bass on the let the sunshine in section is sublime.
Facts
The late great Joe Osborn.
Agree✌🏽
Carole Kay wreckng crew
@@garyrunnalls7714 Joe Osborn, not Carol Kaye.
Arguably one of the greatest songs ever recorded.
Oh yes indeed I love it so so much. Simply fantastic!
Forgot to say this song has the power to bring me to tears because it is so beautiful.
@@donnaatienza8001 it sure does. It’s beautiful
Not arguably!
Objectively Definite!!!
IM( humble) O
It is a transcendent Masterpiece,a full on cosmic embrace of the infinite love of the universe!
One year ago today my mom died at age 80. When I think of her and my childhood (I was born in 68) this song stands out. I am a Presbyterian pastor, but by God, I was going to have this played at her funeral. My music director (an amazing jazz pianist) created an amazing piano arrangement of this as the postlude, and all my old church people were rocking out to this, remembering those days of the late 60s. And now I’m listening again, crying yet smiling, as I remember my wonderful, new agey mom! And she made it into the Age of Aquarius.
I don't know, Pastor, I humbly suggest that the vision of this song, which I also extolled in those days, is truly far from a Biblical view and put to the lie by the Vietnam War, Cold war, violence in the streets of America, and truly confused
reality of the present time. I can only blink for a second at that song,
knowing that something far greater than the imaginings of the songwriter,
await us in God's Kingdom. Discernment is our greatest weapon on our perilous earthly journey. homeward.
No hablo inglés pero yo nací un 23 de abril de 1969.
@@jorgemorales907 dice que es un pastor, el cual hizo que en el funeral de su madre un amigo le hiciera un arreglo de esta canción para su madre. Que tiene la canción guardada y le da muchos recuerdos
@@SMGSpiritRT gracias por traducir mi historia para esta persona. 🙂
Now I wish I was dead😡
I had a spiritual experience at a traffic light almost 19 yrs ago, I was dealing with a 3 decades long addiction to drugs n alcohol. I feel I was touched at the stoplight by God, I left sobbing and drove to my methadone program, told James the Director of Southlight to start me on a detox..he did and a year later I walked away and have never looked back...Praise Jesus Christ!!🙏🙏🙏❤️
I'm so proud of you ❤
Praise the Lord always and forever
That is so awesome!! Praise you Jesus! He loves us sooo much!!
Man! That constant bass through “Let the sunshine in”…..it drives this classic…can you dig it!
absolutely !!!
Yes! I was going to comment "love that bass", but you beat me to it, so I'll just agree with you.
I Remember Mrs Marilyn Mackcoo Sang Her Love Ballet Too Mr Bill Davis Jr. ... Titled : Would You Marry Me Bill ... These Are Blessed People....
Joe Osborn - he played base on more hits than you can count. Look him up. He often played with Hal Blaine, on drums. You can hear how great they were together on this recording.
The interplay between the piano and bass always gets me jumping!
Joe Osborn KILLING it on the bass, and Hal Blaine's drums are fantastic. Legends from The Wrecking Crew!
I thought i knew my music....... Untill i Saw a video about the wrecking crew.... Oh my God that really open my eyes they playd on almost every album of my Idols/groups it is insane. Everyone should know about this crew and what they have done for music !
Awesome bass & drums !!
Definitely one of the greatest bass lines, especially when Sunshine kicks in. Osborn was great.
Hal blaine is one of my favorites and now his name is once again on my favorite drummers list
Like I just didnt expect this to be him
He did it all with dead flat wound strings on his beat up jazz bass. Incredible tone.
Whoever is reading this I’m sending you peace and all my loving energy I hope you’re all doing well such beautiful reflections, I hope the age of Aquarius brings u deep understanding and peace💞 ✌🏻☮️
You as well!
Thank you! May peace and love pave your path🌹❤️🌹
THANKS 💕
LOVE AND LIGHT
This was such a beautiful comment. Sending love, peace and positivity back x
This is true. A generation that believed in our place in this complex universe. Only through, LOVE can this be achieved. 🙏
Probably the best song that came out of 1969. So much guts to this song. Don't tell me your heart rate doesn't go up when you hear this song.
Yes
Yes, you're right. This song makes me dream, since I first heard it, in my childhood.
I was 16 and a total rocker. But this song just blew me away. All of it. The harmonies, the orchestration, the lyrics, and the change was just killer. Still gets me today. Whenever it comes on in the car, I crank it. I've deen people bobbing their heads at stop lights. I'm in Detroit so the music is always going here.
Mike Corey b
I couldn't agree with you more!! Plus, although I had several albums of them, this one was my favourite. I love all the tracks on that album, including a couple of hidden gems on there!
This song is so for our time now, it is what the world need to listen to , thank you❤🎉💞🌻
This was the first album I ever owned at age 7. My mother bought it for me because I am Aquarius! We lived in a one room cabin in Anchorage, Alaska.
The planet’s are actually aligned exactly this way!!!!!!Yeah!
Billy Davis Jr took Let The Sunshine In to Church! One of My Favorite Songs
I was so spoiled growing up in the musical era of the 60s and 70s. The 5th Dimension was one of many amazing groups who created the soundtrack of my life. Thank you!
The bass player is killing the groove during the second half of the song. 🔥
Joe Osborn is the bass player on this song. Part of the wrecking crew.
@@ericunderwood1186 Joe Osborn killed it!!! Paul McCartney once said of this record that this was the bass performance he's been chasing all his life.
Joe Osborne, session bassist, part of the Wrecking Crew
so Spicy
Too many people sleep on that part. It's killer!
Starting in the spring of 69 this song Hit number one on the charts. I turned 10 years old in August of 69. When I hear the song it takes me back to that time and my memories of then. Could I go back, even if it's only just for one day please and spend a day with my friends and family.🌅🙏
Born in 1967 but this was the first song I ever heard and every time I hear this song I think back to when I was 2
I was on a Cruise with the 5th Dimension. I was about 17 or 18. They just adored me and my brother! We performed in the talent show and the Cruise Olympics and they just cheered us on in everything we did. They were such sweet, humble people and performed and awesome show! I'm watching "HAIR" now!🤩
They need more artists like this. Look under every bridge, rock or music school. Our musical story is not yet done.
Easily one of the greatest best switches ever.
For those wondering, the musicians are lead vocalist Billy Davis Jr.; backing vocalists Florence LaRue, Lamonte McLemore, Marilyn McCoo, and Ron Townson; guitarists Dennis Budimir, Mike Deasy, and Tommy Tedesco; bassist Joe Osborn; drummer-percussionist Hal Blaine; mallet player-conga player-percussionist Larry Bunker; keyboardists Jimmy Rowles, Larry Knechtel, and Pete Jolly; and string and brass players The Bill Holman Strings & Brass.
The wrecking crew...look them up
Joe Osborn is playing that bass like a God in let the sunshine in section
@@milkchocolate_bruh2531 Joe Osborn's bass-playing in 'Let The Sunshine In' is unbelievable! Listening to that track is the ONLY time in my life where I actually play 'Air Bass' rather than 'Air Guitar'. Joe's bass even outshines that fantastic singing!
@@D-FensDogG What's funny is that in the story of the song, Bones Howe (the producer) said he liked Joe because he played it safe. Joe did NOT play it safe on this one. www.soundonsound.com/people/classic-tracks-fifth-dimension-aquariuslet-sunshine
@@ischmidt Ian, thanks for the link! That was great!! And I wasn't actually aware that Joe was previously known for playing it close to the vest, without much fanciness. But, boy-oh-boy, he sure let loose and went into "Beast Mode" for 'Let The Sunshine In'!!
This song is almost as old as me (68) and it still gives us hope! God bless Bless yall from Texas!!!😀
I was born the year when the original Broadway version of this song was released (1967).
God bless you!
I'm 68 now. Remember them soo well.
Greatest song of the 20th century! Tell me I'm wrong!
You are wrong
One of the few songs I can't listen to just once when I revisit it. The change from Aquarius to Let the Sunshine In is something to admire forever.
I always loved this song. Befor I dont know what mean. But I love mutch more.
A carryover from the era of memorable music by truly talented artists!
The year was 1972 and the 5th Dimension played at my Jr High School. I know that sounds crazy but it’s true. Jackson Jr HS in Oklahoma City. I instantly fell in love with Marylin and when they played this song when it started Let the sun shine in I got goosebumps!
They were very underrated. Awesome group of singers
I'll be blasting this today/ during the 2024 Eclipse 🌘
Me too 😊😊😊❤❤🙏🙏🎶🎵
2023 I'm still letting the sunshine in. Unconditional Love❤
Let the sun shine in.
I’m in my 60’s and this song brings back memories
same for me!!!! keep playing this, share it with the younger generations!!
You know it! 😉
Today is officially the last day of the Kali Yuga, age of darkness and materialism and tomorrow begins the Sat Yuga, the Age of Enlightenment.....this song represents this amazing heart felt song of this new Age!!! ❤🎉❤🎉😂
A new age is upon us. Look around, everything is changing. All of the old institutions are succumbing to entropy (some more quickly than others) and it's going to be chaotic while new ones are established. We are currently in what future historians will call a "populist uprising" We The People are pissed off, and are beginning to realize we have the weight of numbers on our side. The United States is the most heavily armed nation in the world, with literally more firearms than people (400 million firearms for about 335 million Americans) and we want answers. Because the government and those people on the news said so is no longer a reason to do (or not do) anything.
0 - 2000 A. D was the age of Pisces. (Jesus the fish). 2000 - 4000 A. D. Is the age of Aquarius. Ase'
King James
Luke 22 and 10:
And he said unto them, behold when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you bearing a PITCHER of WATER (Aquarius) ; follow him into the HOUSE ( the House of Aquarius) where he entereth in.
The Age of Pisce (Jesus the fish) is over. 2000 A. D. Began the Age of AQUARIUS.
LET THE SUNSHINE IN!!!! ☀️
Oh I really hope your right.
Come on, you can share that sentiment without horribly misusing words from other spiritual traditions. It makes you sound like you're talking nonsense when you could be wording it in a much more apt way. The end of Kali Yuga (over 420,000 years in the future from now) is not a superficially pleasant thing for most of the people living in it (not until their next human lives, anyway), it's an apocalypse which occurs when the world is completely broken, with a few humans surviving into the paradisical Satya Yuga. The thousands of years measured by these astrological Ages are a tiny blip in the cycle of Yugas.
In Hindu cosmology, a prosperous age of a few thousand years would be an opportunity to make the world as beautiful a place as possible in the time it has left. The world isn't going to magically change into a paradise in your lifetime, but all the hard work from countless people fighting for good might be able to create one for a while. If you're one of those people making the world a better place, you might be reborn in the paadisical age you want to see. That's the best interpretation I can provide with my knowledge of Hinduism, although I'm not necessarily prophesying it as perfectly accurate. Find the right words for what you want to say, don't erroneously misuse others.
@@thecamelchannel1467 OP is correct. no words were misused. Either you can see the transition happening, or you can't.
I can’t stop listening 🔃😍 Fifth Dimension was WAY ahead of their time ⭐️ We’re entering the Age of Aquarius soon! This means progress (which we’re already seeing), truths being revealed, mysterious veils lifted! Fellow lightworkers, keep up the amazing work! Keep playing this song and let the sunshine in!! 🌞✌️🌻
It's such an exciting time isnt it? :) sending good energy in your direction!
I’m watching this on 12/21/20, tonight Jupiter and Saturn will be in alignment! New world coming!
Today
@@christinekilcomons5805 me too
You are so right. this is on my playlist every January 21 to February 19...I am an Aquarian. This year it will be rocking even more. We are in the marvellous Age of Aquarius. Time to get back our humanity.
This song is a masterpiece of hope and renewal!
A nice song.
But words without deeds ring hollow.
The songs from the 70's are timeless, underrated, and unforgettable...they were the bridge to the great tunes of the 80's and 90's. I really don't know what we have today???
But this song was from 1969, not the 70s!
None of that would’ve happened without the massive transformation in music during the late 60s
SOME songs are timeless.....a FEW. I agree that the best popular music of the 70s seems t be forgotten......the soul music......HArold Melvin and Teh Blue Notes, the Spinners, Gladys Night's work, Barry White, Earth Wind and fire, Sly and The Family Stone, Curtis Mayfield, gil Scott Heron...most of these acts were so BIG back then, but somehow history isn't giving them their due..........and many more...they were great. Orchestrations, with wonderful baselines, harmonies, melodies, rational lyrics...the 80s had SOME Good songs....and the 90s got worse...since then it's all downhill, except for independent people doing their own recordings. There was a nice folk revival in the 90s, but pop and country? Downhill....I don't keep up with jazz. Rock music...mostly designed for drunk teenagers and Satanists....not for the rational person.
@@joemarshall4226 Survivorship bias. Most music from these "classic" eras was just as forgettable and disposable as most of the music from the present. We just... forgot about all of that stuff over the course of the decades.
@@BjornTheDim I agree that only the best stuff lasts, and tends to make the old times look better than they were. But there is something else going on. Today’s music, for the most part, really stinks. It’s not a wide open market, as in the past. It’s produced by fewer people, there’s not the money that once was, and it’s controlled propaganda. But, as I said, there is some great stuff happening in independent music that doesn’t make it to the radio
ill never get over the second half of this song. such great energy and positivity.
johnnystir
4 months ago
When my father died, this song was playing over the PA in the hospice. "LET THE SUNSHINE....LET THE SUNSHINE IN!" I'll always think of that as my dad rising to the afterlife. It gives me peace.
I can not tell you how much this song still hits in 2024 😊❤
T.O.T.A.L.L.Y ✌️
It's even more relevant and timely now than when it was recorded.
@@dougoverhoff7568 Totally Hip Hip HIPPY DAZE!!!
It sure does.
Factsss Susie 😃👊🏾
Magic. Born in 1961 and this song never gets old. Great bass line on Let The Sunshine In.
I was 5 I. Brooklyn nyc
So beautiful song. My parents had the long play vinyl disc at home and used to play it. My mother passed away in June 26, 2020, in this son remembers her. Greeting from El Salvador.
The 5th Dimension - Aquarius.It’s a mysterious masterpiece that doesn't fade.
And taking its sweet time to usher in fully
That’s one hell of a baseline on Let The Sunshine In.
We listen to this everyday. Many blessing yall. The Age of Aquarius is here. Let the Sunshine in. God Bless. Breath is Sacred. One people.
33 likes. Good enough for me 😇
Most underrated bass line ever.
Ive always enthused about it so much👌
actually, it was tacky and nowhere NEAR worthy of being mentioned as a " great " bassline.
@@tonymorris1473 thats just your opinion😊
This music is timeless; iconic; it defines a certain kind of good person.
This is what, I imagine, Heaven sounds like. A musical masterpiece💗💗💗
This song is very spiritual. We just entered Aquarius a few years ago. Literally,but the old paradigm will and is trying to hold on for hard😅
It has to be one of the most perfect harmony of voices on the planet. To me they are truly cosmic!
The drumroll at 2:28 before let the sunshine gets me uncontrollably amped. Such a piece of art this song is and well beyond its years
I was a child when I first heard that song.. just brought tears to my eyes
🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼🌎🙏🏼
Imagine hearing music as good as this on the RADIO
Not a chance today. We have to rely on online or SIRIUS.
I thought it was because I was getting older, but it’s not. There is very little new music that is worth listening to.😫
@@lisaspikes4291 No. The emphasis shifted from music to vocalists, then primarily to screechy female vocalists, and the music got simpler and simpler. Go to a pop concert and you won't even see musicians, they're backstage if they aren't just recordings, onstage is some Smile Girl with a voice that makes bats collide and dancers twirling in unison. It's disgusting.
The music doesn't change in key, it is harmonic babytalk (most pop has four chords: I, IV, V, and VI), it does not change in tempo or dynamics.
I can't stand it.
@digpan. I lost interest in new rock before 1980 and only bought a few Berlin School artists, Eno, and Vangelis from 1977 to 1993.
I’ve heard no recent rock I liked enough to hear a second time..
Aquarius felt anthemic. I was 14 and I believed.
Imagine hearing songs with English lyrics on the radio now days
I still like the classic music!
I remember when it was contemporary! 😅
I'm getting a little older but I'm still breathing!
I saw them in person in my home town of Seattle in 1969! “Let the sunshine in.“ My boyfriend and I were so excited after hearing the song go on and on and on we jumped straight into a fountain outside the Colosseum.
I'd imagine that was a great show and fantastic time to be in Seattle. I didn't get there until the early 1990s and it was just on the cusp of gentrification and money coming in (+/-) for a bigger stadium and better opera house.
By Seattle center. I’d assume. The fountain
I listen to this song before I go to sleep hoping that it will help me have a dream that is as amazing as this song. A colorful dream. A happy dream. A dream that is so full of joy that I want to relive it over and over again. This song is like 2 songs in 1. Peace and blessings to you all. I pray that you have an amazing dream too. 🙏🏾
Haven’t heard this in years, it randomly came into my head as I woke up so I search and find this treasure
This song comes from an era when music actually had meaning......and the groups had talent
They knew it was flat.. you know what I mean
Exactly!!!
You've obviously never heard of One Direction...
@mikehunt1528
No, I haven't, but I'll look them up.
I will say, one current band I think is great and have good messages is "Disturbed"
Thanks for your comment 👍
The whole internet is just Consciousness Trolling itself. Learned this in the "Old Age" @@Tiger-sg2zj
Amen for the release of addiction and depression off my life. GOD DOES Love ❤️ 🎉
That is some vibe from 2 of the most soulful singers there ever was..period! Both gone way to early. RIP you lovely angels.
Takes me back to when I was a 17 year old Teenager, I never ever thought Id be actually living through this.✨.♒️ 🧜🏻♀️✨♒️🧜🏻♀️✨
i think i love you.
r u on facebook?
Currently 3:25 in the morning, just took a bong rip,2:20 into song just made it explode 🤯 👍
7:06 central time… shrooms… blessed be!
3:11 berryrita. Still feeling the 60's. Less than 10 years old. Now 63. Not sure that I am 😂🎉😅
I’ve been listening to this song since I was a little girl. I’m 57 now. I think of the moon landing in 1969. Even though I was born in 1966. This song rocks!
And fifty-plus years on, we're still singin' along with the Fifth Dimension, just like Billy asked us to. What a great, great song.
No offense, but you're not old enough!! Only kidding, glad you enjoy our music from our generation!!
@@terriellis5145 I'll be 60 in November; I grew up on this great music!
We made it y’al welcome to the age of Aquarius ♒️ peace and light
Yes we did. Much love and light ✨💜💫
LOVE AND LIGHT
Is this supposed to be a good thing? What, with 2020,2021 and all.
Amen!!
Same here♒!
My first concert was the 5th Dimension at the Garden State Art Center in Holmdel, NJ in May, 1969. I will never forget the crowd singing along and going wild when they played this song.
I am Aquarius! My birthday is January 28. I will be FIFTY this year!! I cannot even believe it but I thank the universe I am still here!!😍Happy Birthday fellow Aquarians!!♒♒♒♒
I’m January 30th~! ☺️♒️
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Thanks Jennifer. I am Jan 25th, 1950. I heard this song at the dawn of the New Age.😂❤❤❤😊
012394 here. Peace to you as well! This is awesome.
Same: 01/28/1967.
This song helped me to release anxiety and fear. Whatever happens to humanity going forward; let’s remember that we’re not victims. We all signed up to be here at this time. Trust and let go of the old ways. It’s all for love! ☮️
I could use some help with this one.
Same for me!
That’s right LOVE, YOU GOT IT!!
Amen to that
I didn't sign up to be here. It was out of my control that I was born.
Been listening to this classic 55 yrs . Love this song as a child still do
Love the story behind why they recorded the song: The producer of "Hair" was delighted by a last-minute 5D performance he caught, offered them tickets to the play, the group were so moved by it that when they heard the main song, they asked to record it to get it on the radio. Liking the idea of free publicity for the show, he said yes, and the rest is music history.
are you talking about Michael Butler? he is wonderful in so many ways,
THX for a bit of background. 👍
5D got two nice songs to do the perfect Bridge on.....and the stage show hope for radio and Billboard listings to fill the seats...
.................how cumbersom it was before Internet and TicToc influencers. 😋
This is one of the only songs that can give me literal goosebumps. It's an undescribable feeling.
I can't stop playing this Song for it is the truth of where we as Humanity are going together as one. Let's see each and every one of you shine your light bright in the world. For the new age of harmony and wisdom approaches with each choice we make in its favour xx
I am a 67 yr. Old Aquarius, song always held a special place with me, day 1
Been feeling positive energy in my gut about 2021 and I'm SO excited that it is the Age of Aquarius! I hope we can come together as a people and bring more love, compassion and connection to one another. I want to see us help each other through these tough times. Peace, love and happy vibes everyone! 💜💜💜🦄
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Me too since 2021 thank you
Yes girl what a beautiful time to be alive. I'm going to do a remake of this song on my music channel
Same thing happened at the version of Sesame street segment about aquarium
I hope you actually look into the age of the Aquarius. Shit is gonna suck!
Whenever I hear this song, I get chills and inevitably tears roll down my face. Just perfection ❤️. Thank you 5th Dimension
God help me, I am getting old. I was a teen when this came out. It is as great now as it was then. Kudos for bringing back memories.
I was going into second grade when this song was relleased
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How can you not sing along?! An amazing composition!
i think i love u. do u have a facebook account?
I remember learning listening this on one of my dad's old 45s when i was in like the fifth grade, and it suddenly made me feel this powerful sadness or nostalgia, the first time i ever had a really strong emotional impact from any piece of music. I still get a hint of that every time i hear it. It was so strong it was almost painful, hard to describe it.
That bass player is kickin' behind on that ending!! He and the drummer are so in the pocket they come up with loose change!!!
Old hippies never get tired of this song.
@@vladimirputindreadlockrast812 & us slightly younger hippies are in it to win it toooooooo 👊🏾 "Let the 🌞 in" 🤗
Neither do us young hippies. I could only imagine how this song must have sounded to people in the '60's.
I was only 10 when this came out -- I wasn't allowed to be a hippie! -- but this was the best song of my entire fifth grade year in school. I still love it! 🌈💖🎶
@@JR-zv6qmAnd we listened to it over our pocket transistor radios!!!
@@nancyharman4795 We must be about the same age. Maybe even had the same mom and dad! JK. At that time, we lived for Motown, especially the Jackson Five. Hair and Jesus Christ, Superstar had records in the record department at White Front Department Store. I saw Steppenwolf make a TV commercial in one of those White Fronts. John Kay was tripping his brains out and couldn't stop laughing.
I still adore this song today.
Takes me right back to the peace and love of the 60’s. No other time can compare. ❤️🌺❤️
I am a 63 year old Hippie! :-)
We did it. We are here. Welcome
🙌🏼🙌🏻
And everything is fine and dandy :)
😅
I remembered living on a farm me and my brother would listen to a radio on an old grain truck when I first heard this after all these years still love this song.
Every Saturday, every Sunday with my father, my mother and my sister we played this song. A memories with my father teaching me the lyrics and singing this masterpiece ❤
What a song period.just takes me back
I was born in 1960, these songs bring back memories good and bad, however a time in our lives, looking back was turmoil and happy when we had little but lived a fruitful life. It was simpler and less complicated yet it had problems, but we all survived!! God bless our generation and those 👆, our children and the!! Bless all of you and your families!! Lol Ms T Ellis USA
Love This Summer Music For 2024 & 2025
@@matthewbauerle3109 & for the 2024 eclipse it was perfect 🌝🌚🌍🌎🌏🪐🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕🌖🌗🌘just perfect 🙋🏾"Let the 🌞 in" 🤗
I wanted wanted to add that this song then Let the Sun Shine In played and the magic happened, I coulded see out my car windows I started to sobbing and I felt I was being spirituality Born again. Never had an experience like that before or after...but I know from the time this happened I've been on a sober journey walking and connected spiritually with my God...don't give up pray to who u choose to call ur higher power, blessings 🙏
I feel everything you're saying. I'm teary eyed too. GOD PROVIDES 🙏❤️😊
This song SAVED my life. Hope all of you let the sunshine in❤❤❤❤
And here we are in "the age of Aquarius" Love this song!
Entering in 2 days, bro
I was just 5 or 6 when this song came out in 1969. I loved it, and I love hearing it again. Same with the song on the opposite side of the 45 rpm record.
One of the most inspirational, feel good songs. Pure celebration.
Changing the words to “when Jupiter aligns with Saturn”!
If only it worked that way...
Haha, unfortunately doesn’t rhyme with stars?
@@daphnerandall4084
Yes it's hard to find words that rhyme with "Saturn."
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