Good morning, starshine! You know someone with a hippie soul like mine would note that on this date in 1967, the musical Hair premiered off-Broadway and was the dawning of the age of endless ear-worms.
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Good morning, starshine! You know someone with a hippie soul like mine would note that on this date in 1967, the musical Hair premiered off-Broadway and was the dawning of the age of endless ear-worms.
earworms
6 AM.
Day after migraine.
I throw some clothes on,
In the dark.
Don’t you just want to “Let The Sun Shine In?” 🙂
(Actually, yesterday ’twas a beautiful day that I spent in bed with a head-splitting headache the dog tried to
scare)bark away. So now that I feel better this morning (in the dark) maybe I can let the sun shine in again.)Re: earworms
I truly feel for you with your migraines and am glad you’re feeling better today.
It’s fascinating how popular culture can filter down to you. For the longest time, I associated the song “Age of Aquarius” with Benny Hill, who used it in a lot of sketches. There are a lot of songs that I later discovered were from various musicals that I first heard in TV commercials. A co-worker kept singing “Oh, what a beautiful morning” the other day. I finally asked her if she liked Oklahoma. She said, “Oh, is that where that’s from?”
That happened to me somtimes–I’d like songs, and my mother would tell me they were from a movie from decades before.
What’s the approximate age of your coworker?
I think she was born in 1976. She’s either 33 or 34.
Like me! Sort of. 😉
I heard, and therefor believe it to be true, that they cast the musical due to astrological signs … So Beckster, I must turn to you … did they?
So, I asked Google, Did they cast the musical Hair based on astrological signs? And Google sent me to Wikipedia, who says:
Songs like “Good Morning, Starshine” and “Aquarius” reflect the ’60s cultural interest in astrological and cosmic concepts.[70] “Aquarius” was the result of Rado’s research into his own astrological sign.[71] The company’s astrologer, Maria Crummere, was consulted about casting:[72] Sheila was usually played by a Libra or Capricorn and Berger by a Leo,[71] although Ragni, the original Berger, was a Virgo.[73] Crummere was also consulted when deciding when the show would open on Broadway and in other cities.[74] The 1971 Broadway Playbill reported that she chose April 29, 1968 for the Broadway premiere. “The 29th was auspicious … because the moon was high, indicating that people would attend in masses. The position of the ‘history makers’ (Pluto, Uranus, Jupiter) in the 10th house made the show unique, powerful and a money-maker. And the fact that Neptune was on the ascendancy foretold that Hair would develop a reputation involving sex.”[75]
In Mexico, where Crummere did not pick the opening date, the show was closed down by the government after one night.[74] She was not pleased with the date of the Boston opening (where the producers were sued over the show’s content)[76][77] saying, “Jupiter will be in opposition to naughty Saturn, and the show opens the very day of the sun’s eclipse. Terrible.” But there was no astrologically safe time in the near future.[78]
I think that makes the musical even more interesting… and thank you for googling it for me.
You’re welcome.
I wasn’t around for the original production, but I really enjoyed the revival a couple of years ago.
Ha! I like your user pic. Let’s see, if I’m thirty-five, I guess I wasn’t around, either!