This is really chilling. Brought back so many memories. I was at Woodstock. After the rain a helicopter flew over us. Many thought we were going to be gunned down. Instead they tossed thousands of dandelions down on the crowd. People screamed. Some fell to their knees and called out their names. And as if on a magical cue everyone began to sing Let The Shine. It was a baptismal moment. Watching this just now brought it all back.
@RSimoes107 ай бұрын
thanks for sharing this Woodstock story.
@fiatkallesdotter5 ай бұрын
Wow, just wow! What an amazing and epic moment that must have been ❤ Im jealous of course but also very happy for you 😉 I've always wished I was born a generation earlier 🙌 (but well, I got to experience the 'grunge-era' instead and Im quite happy with that🤘)
@marthafischler8408Ай бұрын
as we used to say back then, Oh Wow! Heavy...❤
@Deejaay83urj38Ай бұрын
How incredible
@moiralauten692426 күн бұрын
thats wonderful -I was there too, but I missed that beautiful magical event
@briteness2 жыл бұрын
This is an amazing clip. Hair seems like it was on the cutting edge at the time. The juxtaposition of Ed Sullivan with the amazing original Broadway cast underlines that. But also consider the timing. Hair opened on Broadway in April, 1968, well over a year before Woodstock. But it opened Off-Broadway in October, 1967, right after the so-called Summer of Love. And Ragni and Rado started writing it all the way back in 1964. I feel like they really caught the emerging zeitgeist and actually helped to make it a widespread reality. Often when theater or movies or TV deal with current events and fashions, they are just a little behind the front lines, but Hair was right there pushing things forward.
@shaggynwhitt6672 Жыл бұрын
67 was the Summer of love, can't figure why so many people now think it was 68 or 69.plus still best version of the play as all are real hippies and some real flower children ✌️
@sokar_rostau Жыл бұрын
The interesting thing about the timeline is that during the 1967 off-Broadway season a new song was added. Initials explicitly linked the CIA with LSD in a smash-hit Broadway play, years before the CIA's connections with LSD were made public.
@Sara-ny5od Жыл бұрын
@@shaggynwhitt6672 I totally agree with you, that this is the best version of HAIR and because the cast were real hippies which makes it all more authentic and original - Peace S
@shaggynwhitt6672 Жыл бұрын
@@Sara-ny5od ☮️✌️
@Acujeremy Жыл бұрын
It's very interesting watching this clip from 1968 because it seems un-ironic and quite serious, something I didn't catch from the modern day performances which is much more light hearted and fun. Now I get it, it is a serious protest for the times.
@waypylant12 ай бұрын
I was in Viet Nam in 1968 so this Anti-War musical means a lot to me. I just saw a production of the play at The Bay Street Players in Eustis, Fla. this past weekend. Great memories and "Let the Sunshine In" brought me to tears as it always has.
@branevans3705 Жыл бұрын
This brought me to tears. Reminds me of an age where there was a promise and a dream of an inclusive society. I was a little 13 year old hippie lol
@gpapadatosmd6 ай бұрын
So true
@branevans3705 Жыл бұрын
That woman singing at the start-OMG what an amazing voice 😮
@leilahschou62573 ай бұрын
Who was that?
@jeffcubeta14 күн бұрын
@@leilahschou6257 Melba Moore, I think.
@susanborkenhagen586 ай бұрын
RIP Kim Milford. He's the actor playing Claud and was only 17. He died from a heart condition at 37. He was also in the Original Rocky Horror and had a band.
@UncleDuTheWatchman Жыл бұрын
Listen..."Let The Sunshine In" is the most life-filled song in Broadway history.
@J.B242 ай бұрын
It has to be a surreal experience to be in a musical about the very period you're living in.
@chiedu90069 Жыл бұрын
The final image of Ed Sullivan smiling with beads and flowers gives me life! As usual, he knew that a major cultural shift had happened even if the audience didn't.
@edricawebb15787 ай бұрын
True, the old guy had a keen eye for the next big thing... had Elvis on very early.
@frankiebowie61744 ай бұрын
@@edricawebb1578 And a scruffy little flash-in-the-pan boy band from Liverpool!
@pamelaprestegard13773 ай бұрын
You SAID it‼️✌🏼☮️🌺🌻
@iHeartsNostalgiaPit2 ай бұрын
@@edricawebb1578 even though he didn't initially want to but he did
@HanikSheli2 жыл бұрын
Words cannot describe how good this is. Goodbumps allover. Unlike the movie this was real time, defining this unique era is it happened. Voices from heaven, contagious enthusiasm and immortal songs. Thanks for uploading this!! 🙏🙏🙏
@ADAMSIXTIES Жыл бұрын
True. The movie was probematic on many levels, but Treat Wiiliams (1951-2023) still did a good job.
@rebeccaperkins2605 Жыл бұрын
Why was the movie problematic? Genuinely want to to know. I wasn't alive for the play or the movie's release.
@cheriecolberry622811 ай бұрын
amazing solo opening voice
@ohnezuckerzusatz11 ай бұрын
well said ❤
@animerlon Жыл бұрын
OMG, i just flashed back over 50 years. Back in the day, this turned me into a card carrying hippie. 😆 I had the album & knew every word to every song.
@tqnohe9 ай бұрын
I knew Mildred when we were in high school together. Mostly in passing. Near the end of that school year, she and my sister had tickets to Hair at the theater in Baltimore. My sister’s boyfriend was supposed to go with them as their driver. But they broke up. 😢 So that asked me to drive. During intermission, my sister went to the ladies room. It was then that Mildred and I , how shall I say this?, hit it off. We married two years later. We have been married for 50 years. Hair is special to us.
@scottroby4180 Жыл бұрын
Ed's face at the end ... his smile ... he was really enjoying the performance and his face told all.
@tarawolf1356 Жыл бұрын
the lyrics "facing a dying nation" hit my heart....
@CharloCrossley3 ай бұрын
Been thinking about this portion of that powerful anthem…Flesh Failures 🌼🌼🌻🌻
@black_sheep_nation Жыл бұрын
I knew Jerry Ragni as a teenager. A tortured, brilliant - no - genius, Magoo who changed my life. If he was my age today, HAIR wouldn't have come into being. The space for this kind of creativity doesn't exist anymore. Hell, it barely existed in his time. Making your own statement, your own mark, will always be made in the streets of society. Not here, in the virtual world.
@skipwaldent8465 Жыл бұрын
The Original ! Wow ! This clip is priceless history !
@sbarr10 Жыл бұрын
Wow, what a kick. Even straight-faced Ed Sullivan was laughing when they draped the love beads on him and gave him flowers.
@Chicagoan4442 жыл бұрын
The best part of this just may be seeing Ed Sullivan with a necklace and flowers. He actually looked like he enjoyed it.
@cherrymelow4 ай бұрын
wow! this was over two decades before i was even born but somehow it still brings me a feeling of chilling nostalgia i can't even explain, it's so weird. i just love it so much
@pamelaprestegard13773 ай бұрын
Talk about memories....I auditioned for "HAIR" in San Francisco....a bit late in progress‼️Tommy Smothers was on the short panel of judges. Told me that I had a great voice but I was "too legitimate" theatre. They were looking for street people. I sang "Don't Rain on my Parade" 🙄from Funny Girl...and dressed straight as an arrow!! WTH was I thinking?!🤷🏻♀️Went back a few says later wearing a great DISGUISE. He walked right past me in the hallway and I quickly pulled up the newspaper I was reading. I donned an Afro wig, a Daishiki and decorated bell bottom jeans‼️🤣😂Still a no❤️🩹...as main cast had long been chosen, but saw the play 13 times with different cast members (rarely had to pay.) Dated a cast member!!🎭
@queenbeedat87263 ай бұрын
What a beautiful memory. Thank you for sharing it. ❤
@lindsay86702 жыл бұрын
I cannot tell you just how grateful I am for you! I have been searching for this video, FOREVER. My Mother was part of this very cast shown in this video. She has this very same video, but it is on a VHS tape. We no longer have a VHS player, so we have been unable to view it at home. In addition, we have been super scared to possibly transfer the VHS to DVD, in fear of destroying the actual VHS tape itself. Thank you again for uploading this "Ed Sullivan Show" video!
@AutismThespian19932 жыл бұрын
I know !! Also ,so cool that your mom was in the cast!!! The show changed my life (I saw the revival in 2011). It feels like I am watching a bit of history that is still fresh!!
@barbaraliebgott1446 Жыл бұрын
What is your mom’s name? I was (and still am) a huge fan of HAIR.
@crumdoggy Жыл бұрын
Perhaps the Ed Sullivan KZfaq channel can upload a better copy? They have some excellent quality color video from the same era.
@@crumdoggy Now they did! Take a look over there ;)
@G-B312 ай бұрын
That is the fabulous Melba Moore singing harmony with Lynn Kellogg on The Flesh Failures.
@CharloCrossley3 ай бұрын
This show changed my life forever! This message rings true right this very moment !! 🌺🌸🌟🌺🌟💟🎵☮️
@EagleRockers Жыл бұрын
Hair was a very big part of my teenage life. I will never forget it, ever! Thank you for this clip!
@karenlipman75456 ай бұрын
Wow I grew up to this with my mum dancing round the living room to this. What a gem.😊
@08davey2 жыл бұрын
In 2009 the cast of the revival of Hair recreated this performance on Letterman. Letterman just put it up on his KZfaq channel. 40 yrs later on the same Ed Sullivan theater stage.
@AutismThespian1993 Жыл бұрын
So cool!! I watched it the day after it aired on the hair website!!!!!
@BTURNER19612 жыл бұрын
You can feel it when the cast goes into the crowd. This rather conservative audience, more used to Ethel Merman and Alfred Drake than Jimi Hendrix, is shell shocked, amused, and wondering if Ed has gone off the deep end for booking this Broadway musical 'interlude'
@michaelbrooke6326 Жыл бұрын
Ed Sullivan show had The Rolling Stones, Elvis, Beatles, lots of groups that were popular at the time, your reading way too much in the audience reactions
@julioalbertoherrera1339 Жыл бұрын
@@michaelbrooke6326 The Doors 🚪🦎🎸🎹🥁
@ADAMSIXTIES Жыл бұрын
Actually Ed Sullivan had all the groundbreaking acts in addition to the "granny acts" as John L. would call them
@captebbtide Жыл бұрын
Whatever happened to this "Age of Aquarius"? We need to let the sunshine in now, more than ever before. When will we ever learn?
@eargasm1072 Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, it seems never...love is the answer. Not religion, $$$ or power!
@captebbtide Жыл бұрын
@@eargasm1072 Right. Well said!
@AutismThespian19932 жыл бұрын
I was looking for this clip for so long!!! History in the making. Hair will always be my fav musical!!
@keithbushey8149 Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite musicals. And this video is 50+ years old and is still relevant.
@curlyjc Жыл бұрын
That's the problem isn't it?
@jaydock19 ай бұрын
Unfortunately i think it will always be relevant
@batya72 жыл бұрын
Ed Sullivan with love beads, flowers and a huge grin!! Groovy!
@viavivace3 ай бұрын
This is goosebump-inducing amazing. Hard to believe these talented people whose voices and creativity documented and influenced are in their 70s and 80s. We need to be reminded of the themes of this groundbreaking musical. We need a Hair for today.
@cyndymartinez5899 ай бұрын
I was a hopeful hippie back & still am but the Age of Aquarius never did come. Our hope of a peaceful world never materialized. Sad our country has gotten so dangerous instead.✌🏼
@malenamartinez66083 ай бұрын
Utopía. La utopía del siglo XX
@stephencarter72663 ай бұрын
Why do you think that happened?
@lauramilagros54722 күн бұрын
8/16/24 I was too. Those were awesome days. If felon Chump Trump is re-elected ... THERE IS NO HOPE FOR ANYTHING RESEMBLING THE AGE OF AQUARIUS.
@hughdismuke47037 ай бұрын
The original production for stage and the film are the best versions of this performance.
@shelleysr59522 ай бұрын
Absolutely phenomenal …even after all these years. I Can’t believe it’s the first time I’ve seen this.
@grandrapids5710 ай бұрын
that cast was enjoying that 100%
@annwigmoreinstitute49853 ай бұрын
we need to bring the sixties generation back today more than anything
@doalaboo70903 ай бұрын
Theres fewer of us every day. Im still living in the 60s. Remembering my dad pound my bedroom door hollerin turn that damm thang down ! Then hed throw the circuit breaker for my room. I miss that guy. We laughed bout that in later years
@lauramilagros54722 күн бұрын
8/16/24 I'm still here with the same ideals, hopes &dreams for peace & true & genuine EQUALITY for all. "Imagine" ✌🏼☮️☯️
@samikhalil5027 Жыл бұрын
I'm from europ and i have seen HAIR in1968 in Hollywood,it was SOMETHING! It still gives me goosepimples today. What a time this was. Thank You very much,LOVE and PEACE for all of YOU!
@christinaluna20557 күн бұрын
What a time to be alive
@lauramilagros54722 күн бұрын
8/16/24 YES IT WAS!!! ✌🏼
@roxanna69872 жыл бұрын
We need more of the original cast !! Thank you for this !!
@scottfowler76802 ай бұрын
Fantastic.
@RSimoes107 ай бұрын
This is brilliant, fantastic performance. And Ed Sullivan's face in the end is priceless.
@ppl2luv Жыл бұрын
those harmonies!!!
@WillLovesChrisАй бұрын
Hair premiered on Broadway when i was 1 month old. My parents, not hippies, were part of the "Greatest Generation." They had the original cast recording on frequently in their vinyl rotation. I know the music frontward and backward. An American classic and treasure!
@rnbrineg2 жыл бұрын
Holy crap, imagine being an average button down square and seeing THIS for the first time!!! 👀
@ukulele-covergirlАй бұрын
I miss the years of Broadway. ~ 🌺
@cosmickilroy5 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for sharing this beautiful piece of history
@Mns-jn5qo2 ай бұрын
Chilling!Gives me goosebumps. Wonderful music.
@tony10518 Жыл бұрын
the first version is perfect ..... beautiful
@branevans37052 жыл бұрын
That woman’s voice gives me goose bumps. Just beautiful. BTW: now I know how the show “Cats” got their idea for that number they did where all the “cats” climbed down from scaffolding slowly.
@robertmahaney9147 Жыл бұрын
@@ENIGIZERb I very much agree .
@laurabentzinger200 Жыл бұрын
Pretty cool got the squares to groove excellent!
@geraldmayerhofer5379 Жыл бұрын
great voice, the black woman!
@groovygirl23 Жыл бұрын
What a glorious clip. Thank you
@streips Жыл бұрын
My grandmother just adored Ed Sullivan and Lawrence Welk and all those shows.
@larondeb782 Жыл бұрын
I remember going to see this in Gr. 11, our English teacher thought it was a good experience for us. It was! I will always remember the great time we had! 🥰
@mako51x435 ай бұрын
(Let The Sunshine In) Has to be one of the most moving songs ever made. 5th Dimension got that off. Only thing the Broadway hit did was change the Bassline.
@sharonelliott23664 ай бұрын
Do you understand that the song came from the musical? 5th Dimension did their thing later. Both experiences are spot on.
@mako51x433 ай бұрын
@sharonelliott2366 Yes, I do know that. I guess I made it sound as if 5th Dimension did it. I was talking about the different Basslines.
@RigoLeons11 ай бұрын
This what life looks like when it’s working.
@ellenericksen Жыл бұрын
Great play. Saw a revival two years ago. Brought back so many memories and it was just as good. Where are all these people from 1968 now?
@MRVISTA-wz7vj2 жыл бұрын
there's like 5 hits from this musical! underrated bc of it's iconic cultural status as ground breaking😮makes a great listen😊original Broadway soundtrack is wild😮🎉😂
@jzcovers Жыл бұрын
I saw this in 1968 as a kid. Unfortunately was too young to understand it but I loved the music. My mom got me the album not knowing the lyrics, and my older sister told me sing Sodomy in front of mom who said she would take the album away if sang it again. I had no idea what any of the lyrics meant except they were “bad words”.
@grandrapids5710 ай бұрын
ah... siblings, what a great story.
@mitchellbaxter63142 ай бұрын
My parents had the album and I started listening to it when I was around eight. I didn’t know what the words meant, but I knew how to look them up in the dictionary. LOL
@jzcoversАй бұрын
@@mitchellbaxter6314 - I was 8 as well! I didn’t think to do that lol.😂
@FortyNineHudson2 жыл бұрын
Ed smiling at the end like he just got dosed by Owsley. 😎
@borntoclimb71165 ай бұрын
Very nice old Video. I love the song too.
@roxanna69872 жыл бұрын
R.I.P James Rado
@CharloCrossley3 ай бұрын
🌸🌼🌞🌼🌸🌻🌼🌸❤️💟💜🎈💟🎈☮️🌺
@user-cq8iw3tg8o10 күн бұрын
Aqui no Brasil, Aquarius & Let the sun shine fizeram muito sucesso comThe fifty dimension e Johnny Mathis. Eu era moleque na época e gostava de ouvir pela melodia e pelo ritmo; só muito depois, com o filme, é que descobri do que se tratava...
@guttersnype002 жыл бұрын
BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!
@catherineerwin8269 Жыл бұрын
Simply beautiful, moving & filled with so many talented folks!
@eBrigid8 ай бұрын
Wow. I wasn't prepared for the emotional impact of their voices. Very intense. Ahhh, the healing power of music. Ed Sullivan nearly grimaced when the number opened, I'm sure he was grimacing through the abstract beginning, nervous about those long hairs in front of a national audience, making it hilarious at the end when the hippies come bearing beaded necklaces for old Ed! The squares and the hippies, a true generation gap moment.
@richardfamous646611 ай бұрын
Hair is the first musical I saw - in 1969. I love musical theater and have seen many shows but it remains my favorite. It has the best opening and closing songs, my favorite line - “oh my god your skin is soft, I love your face” - and my favorite musical moment - when the second female voice joins in on “facing a dying nation.” It’s interesting to see videos of the Flesh Failures from eastern from Eastern Europe. I’m amused when I hear “supreme wisions.” Check out the performance of the Flesh Failures on Bulgarian Idol, featuring one of the best singers in the world.
@force2632 ай бұрын
‘Hair’ the 1978 film of the play was a big movie on early cable tv…I always enjoyed the film, and I’ve been seeing clips and reading up on the original B’way cast and the general history of the play… From 2024, looking back, I find ‘Hair’ incredibly moving & touching. These 2 songs especially, and Treat Wiiiams’ death last year put a new spin on the cross-cutting at the end of the film version, as he takes Jon Savage’s place in Vietnam, and they gather round the grave… yeah, good stuff. Love seeing the passion of this original cast.
@adrienneregnier78944 күн бұрын
The movie has only a bit of the energy, anger, joy... of the play. I saw the Broadway cast in Chicago. I wish someone would bring it back.
@moiralauten692426 күн бұрын
Thank you so much for this !!
@lesleyadams42792 жыл бұрын
This is the best of versions.Thanks for this.
@MARIAMARTINS-dw5mx9 ай бұрын
Essa foi a melhor época da humanidade, se acreditava num mundo de paz, de harmonia, onde não haveria fronteiras, nem guerras, doce ilusão
@TheCSTERN Жыл бұрын
Saw it at the Biltmore 5 times, loved it.
@walterpaton8698Ай бұрын
The original cast. Amazt
@Sunshine-zm1fxАй бұрын
Wow, what a voice!
@SusanDoran Жыл бұрын
This is great -- thanks for uploading. It's from the March 30, 1969 Ed Sullivan Show tho.
@kathlynking69699 ай бұрын
Wow, ahead of their time 🕑...tears ❤🎶💃🏽✨️✌🏽🧘🏾♀️💖🌬🌎. I forgot how powerful and tripy that was😮. Wasn't it the longest running Musical on Broadway, dang. People did so much work😢...why aren't we 🌬further along on this crazy dense planet 🌎. #Humans #Evolve already damnit!!!
@robertmelichercik549710 ай бұрын
That beat that beat is sunshine for my ears
@boblonergan7583 Жыл бұрын
Saw “Hair” in Columbus, Ohio, it was great.
@cynthiarowley719 Жыл бұрын
Great live TV !! Thank you for sharing this moment again.
@GregCurtin45 Жыл бұрын
That was amazing, thank you for sharing it with all of us. I have to wonder how many white Americans suddenly decided to cast their vote in fear for Richard Nixon after watching this? lol
@virgilsolozzo35102 жыл бұрын
jesus christ ...how beautiful the girls are !!?!?!?!
@vanu49 Жыл бұрын
A Master Peace!!
@KarelMatousekАй бұрын
Když tomu věří i účinkující. Hezké to je.
@samiraelyousfi8489 Жыл бұрын
Magnifique ❤❤❤
@Madam-ri8gs8 ай бұрын
Ed Sullivan show was great.. watched it as a teen
@ADAMSIXTIES Жыл бұрын
Treat Williams (1951-2023) 💜who starred in the very problematic film, here's the original with 1968 Broadway cast. 😎
@Madam-ri8gs8 ай бұрын
Sang some of those songs in highschool.
@pinkydogbear2 жыл бұрын
Never saw this . Thanks
@ludovica8221 Жыл бұрын
The wonderful Bert Sommer in green tshirt at the back left
@matsudaseiko Жыл бұрын
MOVING THIS IS ❤
@CarmenCastro-ce2qk6 ай бұрын
Believe it or not, I still have the original LP in my storage room but no LP player😢
@brt527311 ай бұрын
What a moment!
@jaymorgenthal94792 жыл бұрын
Original cast member Lamont Washington who played Hud was killed in a fire in his Greenwich Village apartment Aug 27,1968. not sure of the date of this broadcast.
@AutismThespian1993 Жыл бұрын
This was a year after he passed away.
@Theo-mf3bd2 жыл бұрын
Omg 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
@salaama92 ай бұрын
The version of the flesh failures/let the sunshine in and also missing a key stanza.
@Psychosoulcial2 жыл бұрын
Is that Melba Moore at the end? OMG I loved this show. Wish I was born during this time.
@robertmahaney9147 Жыл бұрын
Yes it is .
@scatteredfrog2 жыл бұрын
The date's wrong in the title; no way it's 1968. 1969 more likely. Hardly anybody from the original cast is in this.
@edwardbrashear35752 жыл бұрын
there are 10 original cast members in this videos from what I can count and see, vid is from late March 1969.
@KalliopePL2 жыл бұрын
It’s Aquarius /Let the sunshine in.
@mitchellbaxter63142 ай бұрын
No. Aquarius is the opening song in the musical, The Flesh Failures/Let The Sun Shine In is at the end. The 5th Dimension combined Aquarius and Let The Sun Shine In later.