Friday, April 4, 2025
Time: 4:45 PM
Song: Black Boys/White Boys
Artist: Original Broadway Cast of Hair
Mode of Consumption: Listening to Playlist Pandemonium “Favorite 1960s albums” playlist
Link to song: https://open.spotify.com/track/2apflfqdCaoch5keP0XcA4?si=e551531bc8354b2a
The final minutes of the work week ticked away as I listened to the weekly group-generated playlist. Jodi had nominated songs from the soundtrack of Hair.
When these songs, which are two songs, but they are linked as one within the narrative of the Hair, as you can’t play one without playing the other, I knew one thing. This is going to be in my head the rest of the weekend.
They are just earworm songs with lyrics that get into the head and don’t leave. And, if you know the lyrics, they are likely to raise an eyebrow being murmured by a straight white male such as myself. Oh, well, you might as well try stop the sun from rising than resist singing along with these tunes.
“Hair” is one of the vinyl records to blame for us now having over five hundred records in the collection and even more than that in the basement that I am working on selling.
In the early years of our marriage (2008-2010), we had a handful of vinyl records, and mostly, it was Jodi that curated that collection and would add to it occasionally. This record was one that we played quite often. We even saw stage productions of the show, both in DeKalb and at Timber Lake in Lake Carroll, Illinois.
It’s a production dripping with the passion of a very specific time on this earth. It rings with hope and despair. It’s ripe with humor and cynicism. It’s an experience I recommend for anyone interested in theatre and in 1960s counter culture.
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