The 5th Dimension - Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures) (Audio)

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

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  • @sweetslytherin8121
    @sweetslytherin8121 2 года назад +1450

    Man the switch from aquarius to let the sunshine in gives me chills everytime. This song is a masterpiece!

    • @teso1999
      @teso1999 Год назад +18

      I agree with you. A great son 🎵

    • @jeremyzenkar8996
      @jeremyzenkar8996 Год назад +31

      The key and tempo change is glorious!

    • @sueevans2749
      @sueevans2749 Год назад +8

      Me too

    • @trainrover
      @trainrover Год назад +6

      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! 🍸

    • @trainrover
      @trainrover Год назад +1

      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: ruclips.net/video/Oj1pk4UVcOg/видео.html

  • @ATfadf
    @ATfadf Год назад +752

    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!!

    • @kikibara1
      @kikibara1 Год назад +28

      Wow and he is an Aquarius!

    • @christik3802
      @christik3802 11 месяцев назад +12

      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

    • @warspite2608
      @warspite2608 11 месяцев назад +4

      I have the same birthday as your son!!

    • @zubetp
      @zubetp 10 месяцев назад +3

      @@christik3802😂 to be fair, you showed up early!!

    • @Tee2190
      @Tee2190 9 месяцев назад +3

      ♒♒♒♒ that's my birthday February first 90

  • @sparkshmstd
    @sparkshmstd 17 дней назад +14

    My Mom passed away yesterday. She was a child of the water. This was one of her favorite songs.

    • @crecenciogonzalez9875
      @crecenciogonzalez9875 15 дней назад

      Rest in peace
      This is not our home
      We just passing by
      That one sure ticket
      For all humans
      Merry Christmas to all
      Let the sunshine in
      Til we live too
      👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

    • @Mark-u4n
      @Mark-u4n 8 дней назад

      Sorry to hear about your mother my friend, god bless you

  • @olenzephier2244
    @olenzephier2244 3 года назад +1323

    This song blended rock, pop, Broadway, soul and gospel. Everything that is great about American music all rolled into one great song!!!

    • @joshl.8950
      @joshl.8950 2 года назад +58

      don't forget funk and disco

    • @WilkinsonX
      @WilkinsonX 2 года назад +48

      @@joshl.8950 and mystic crystal revelations

    • @joshl.8950
      @joshl.8950 2 года назад +21

      @@WilkinsonX ah yes MCR, of course of course

    • @WilkinsonX
      @WilkinsonX 2 года назад +11

      @@joshl.8950 That’d be a cool band name actually

    • @joshl.8950
      @joshl.8950 2 года назад +13

      Mreedance Clearwater Revival already took it sorry

  • @johnnystir9796
    @johnnystir9796 2 года назад +3110

    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.

    • @jeffcook3747
      @jeffcook3747 2 года назад +116

      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

    • @bijoubijou6446
      @bijoubijou6446 2 года назад +80

      That is a beautiful sign, Johnny. Hugs to you.💜

    • @deanjosefmartell701
      @deanjosefmartell701 2 года назад +38

      that was a beautiful story,yes as your Father went to Heaven above. -smile- DM

    • @aestrobloome
      @aestrobloome 2 года назад +40

      praying for you bro, hang in there a loss is hard.

    • @yosimitysam2093
      @yosimitysam2093 2 года назад +43

      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

  • @RealDeborahRoss
    @RealDeborahRoss Месяц назад +32

    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!

  • @sandrabatiste4558
    @sandrabatiste4558 3 месяца назад +99

    I love this song. It's what the world needs now. Still listening in 2024.❤❤

  • @Vf46
    @Vf46 2 года назад +361

    Arguably one of the greatest songs ever recorded.

    • @donnaatienza8001
      @donnaatienza8001 Год назад +4

      Oh yes indeed I love it so so much. Simply fantastic!

    • @donnaatienza8001
      @donnaatienza8001 Год назад +5

      Forgot to say this song has the power to bring me to tears because it is so beautiful.

    • @Vf46
      @Vf46 Год назад +3

      @@donnaatienza8001 it sure does. It’s beautiful

    • @johnbock1896
      @johnbock1896 Год назад +6

      Not arguably!
      Objectively Definite!!!
      IM( humble) O

    • @johnbock1896
      @johnbock1896 Год назад +6

      It is a transcendent Masterpiece,a full on cosmic embrace of the infinite love of the universe!

  • @johnhunter2294
    @johnhunter2294 4 года назад +818

    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.

    • @Angela1Elaine
      @Angela1Elaine 2 года назад +17

      Marilyn McCoo is stellar!!

    • @ecurewitz
      @ecurewitz 2 года назад +14

      That is awesome!

    • @alfreddreamerphotocomics4880
      @alfreddreamerphotocomics4880 2 года назад +15

      Yay! That’s great to know. Give them their respect while they’re around to appreciate it.

    • @lorenheard2561
      @lorenheard2561 2 года назад +9

      Awesome!!🤗🌌☘️🕊️🌹🌹💖💖

    • @adelebassett7322
      @adelebassett7322 Год назад +10

      I was lucky enough to be signed to their producer. What a Life he gave me. Wow. Full of Sunshine and Heavenly Love.

  • @yorelativo5394
    @yorelativo5394 9 месяцев назад +53

    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.

  • @johnbelvin5216
    @johnbelvin5216 Месяц назад +11

    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.🌅🙏

  • @IceSkater8491
    @IceSkater8491 10 месяцев назад +193

    My grandmother liked this song. Aquarius was her birth sign and I bought the vinyl 45 rpm for her. She lived to be 96.❤

  • @BlueRidgeVirginia
    @BlueRidgeVirginia 2 дня назад +4

    My high school chorus sang this in 1970. I was one of 2 females singing Tenor, did that in my last 2 years of high school chorus, then on to college chorus. Still sing Tenor.

  • @Andrea-ri3rc
    @Andrea-ri3rc 5 дней назад +3

    We’re in it fully now! Our galactic ancestors are unmistakably here to save us from this mess!! Peace and love to all!!❤️✨💫☮️🕊️

  • @webz3589
    @webz3589 4 года назад +557

    The bass on the let the sunshine in section is sublime.

  • @wherewego1wegoall392
    @wherewego1wegoall392 2 года назад +52

    This is the fulfillment of Revelation. We are in the great awakening.

    • @mixchief
      @mixchief 2 месяца назад

      nema, srehtorb & sretsis !

    • @VenomCloud-v19b
      @VenomCloud-v19b 2 месяца назад +2

      Absolfuckinlootly 💯

  • @davidparsons1476
    @davidparsons1476 Год назад +131

    Man! That constant bass through “Let the sunshine in”…..it drives this classic…can you dig it!

    • @josephmutch6756
      @josephmutch6756 11 месяцев назад +3

      absolutely !!!

    • @gregoryyoung8823
      @gregoryyoung8823 10 месяцев назад +3

      Yes! I was going to comment "love that bass", but you beat me to it, so I'll just agree with you.

    • @sonofyah-qx8fm
      @sonofyah-qx8fm 8 месяцев назад +2

      I Remember Mrs Marilyn Mackcoo Sang Her Love Ballet Too Mr Bill Davis Jr. ... Titled : Would You Marry Me Bill ... These Are Blessed People....

    • @paulascott5701
      @paulascott5701 6 месяцев назад +4

      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.

    • @allbottledup9513
      @allbottledup9513 6 месяцев назад

      The interplay between the piano and bass always gets me jumping!

  • @harrycook7676
    @harrycook7676 5 месяцев назад +61

    When I graduated from high school in 1970 this was our class song. We couldn't pick a better song.

  • @rachelwann6550
    @rachelwann6550 2 года назад +282

    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.

    • @treespirit2000
      @treespirit2000 Год назад +1

      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
      @jorgemorales907 Год назад +4

      No hablo inglés pero yo nací un 23 de abril de 1969.

    • @SMGSpiritRT
      @SMGSpiritRT Год назад +3

      ​@@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

    • @rachelwann6550
      @rachelwann6550 Год назад +3

      @@SMGSpiritRT gracias por traducir mi historia para esta persona. 🙂

    • @larrystewart3492
      @larrystewart3492 Год назад

      Now I wish I was dead😡

  • @badmotherrucker
    @badmotherrucker 4 месяца назад +68

    Most underrated bass line ever.

    • @devotee4813
      @devotee4813 2 месяца назад +2

      Ive always enthused about it so much👌

    • @tonymorris1473
      @tonymorris1473 2 месяца назад

      actually, it was tacky and nowhere NEAR worthy of being mentioned as a " great " bassline.

    • @devotee4813
      @devotee4813 2 месяца назад

      @@tonymorris1473 thats just your opinion😊

  • @vladimirputindreadlockrast812
    @vladimirputindreadlockrast812 7 месяцев назад +158

    Old hippies never get tired of this song.

    • @MsIndigoNY2
      @MsIndigoNY2 4 месяца назад +10

      @@vladimirputindreadlockrast812 & us slightly younger hippies are in it to win it toooooooo 👊🏾 "Let the 🌞 in" 🤗

    • @JR-zv6qm
      @JR-zv6qm 4 месяца назад +5

      Neither do us young hippies. I could only imagine how this song must have sounded to people in the '60's.

    • @nancyharman4795
      @nancyharman4795 4 месяца назад +4

      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
      @nancyharman4795 4 месяца назад

      ​@@JR-zv6qmAnd we listened to it over our pocket transistor radios!!!

    • @vladimirputindreadlockrast812
      @vladimirputindreadlockrast812 4 месяца назад +1

      @@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.

  • @WBendolph
    @WBendolph 4 года назад +621

    The bass player is killing the groove during the second half of the song. 🔥

    • @ericunderwood1186
      @ericunderwood1186 4 года назад +67

      Joe Osborn is the bass player on this song. Part of the wrecking crew.

    • @olenzephier2244
      @olenzephier2244 3 года назад +52

      @@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.

    • @samueltabo3390
      @samueltabo3390 3 года назад +26

      Joe Osborne, session bassist, part of the Wrecking Crew

    • @joshl.8950
      @joshl.8950 2 года назад +4

      so Spicy

    • @doublepromo8240
      @doublepromo8240 2 года назад +13

      Too many people sleep on that part. It's killer!

  • @dawnfennelly8936
    @dawnfennelly8936 Месяц назад +32

    Who's here for the dawning of the age of Aquarius November 19th 2024?

    • @alanheadrick7997
      @alanheadrick7997 27 дней назад +1

      I accidentally ran across this the 24th.

    • @drewwaait6134
      @drewwaait6134 24 дня назад

      28th 😊

    • @eulinanegromonte8822
      @eulinanegromonte8822 8 часов назад

      Eu vim buscar a música porqie a astróloga disse que todos os planetas estarão alinhados em 2025 e trarão grandes e profundas mudanças!!! Aí lembrei da música dos anos 70!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @michaelglickman1300
    @michaelglickman1300 5 лет назад +280

    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.

    • @melissatyree566
      @melissatyree566 4 года назад +9

      The wrecking crew...look them up

    • @milkchocolate_bruh2531
      @milkchocolate_bruh2531 4 года назад +19

      Joe Osborn is playing that bass like a God in let the sunshine in section

    • @D-FensDogG
      @D-FensDogG 4 года назад +10

      @@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!

    • @ischmidt
      @ischmidt 4 года назад +3

      @@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

    • @D-FensDogG
      @D-FensDogG 4 года назад +7

      ​@@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'!!

  • @HenryFrederick
    @HenryFrederick 9 месяцев назад +27

    Greatest song of the 20th century! Tell me I'm wrong!

    • @L1nk2002
      @L1nk2002 8 месяцев назад +2

      You are wrong

  • @justincarter5938
    @justincarter5938 11 месяцев назад +12

    Billy Davis Jr took Let The Sunshine In to Church! One of My Favorite Songs

    • @Biggerbadderbabes
      @Biggerbadderbabes 24 дня назад

      Dude was singing like his SOUL was on the line on this song

  • @janethartley155
    @janethartley155 3 года назад +41

    The planet’s are actually aligned exactly this way!!!!!!Yeah!

  • @mikecorey8370
    @mikecorey8370 7 лет назад +982

    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.

    • @bichololon
      @bichololon 7 лет назад +5

      Yes

    • @robertoilheu1297
      @robertoilheu1297 7 лет назад +17

      Yes, you're right. This song makes me dream, since I first heard it, in my childhood.

    • @mikecorey8370
      @mikecorey8370 7 лет назад +44

      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.

    • @senator2046
      @senator2046 7 лет назад

      Mike Corey b

    • @canpat719
      @canpat719 5 лет назад +5

      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!

  • @altheablackmon4992
    @altheablackmon4992 4 месяца назад +8

    I am a 67 yr. Old Aquarius, song always held a special place with me, day 1

  • @jspartacus
    @jspartacus 2 года назад +241

    Joe Osborn KILLING it on the bass, and Hal Blaine's drums are fantastic. Legends from The Wrecking Crew!

    • @pleun315
      @pleun315 2 года назад +12

      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 !

    • @highschoolmathematicslesso4983
      @highschoolmathematicslesso4983 Год назад +5

      Awesome bass & drums !!

    • @timothylewis2450
      @timothylewis2450 10 месяцев назад +3

      Definitely one of the greatest bass lines, especially when Sunshine kicks in. Osborn was great.

    • @gandalfgrey3319
      @gandalfgrey3319 9 месяцев назад +2

      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

    • @McBurnside6380
      @McBurnside6380 6 месяцев назад +1

      He did it all with dead flat wound strings on his beat up jazz bass. Incredible tone.

  • @Millienfilm81
    @Millienfilm81 10 месяцев назад +10

    They need more artists like this. Look under every bridge, rock or music school. Our musical story is not yet done.

  • @butchbarnes2888
    @butchbarnes2888 Год назад +32

    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

  • @lilly5924
    @lilly5924 4 года назад +768

    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💞 ✌🏻☮️

    • @5x7m
      @5x7m 3 года назад +2

      You as well!

    • @LEEDIEDZJEE
      @LEEDIEDZJEE 3 года назад +5

      Thank you! May peace and love pave your path🌹❤️🌹

    • @ermelindalopez3584
      @ermelindalopez3584 3 года назад +1

      THANKS 💕

    • @maureenblutekraus3561
      @maureenblutekraus3561 3 года назад +1

      LOVE AND LIGHT

    • @kellylcknight1
      @kellylcknight1 3 года назад +4

      This was such a beautiful comment. Sending love, peace and positivity back x

  • @feeberizer
    @feeberizer 2 года назад +75

    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!

  • @allsbrook1
    @allsbrook1 9 месяцев назад +57

    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!!🙏🙏🙏❤️

  • @JaeSamantha
    @JaeSamantha Год назад +39

    Easily one of the greatest best switches ever.

  • @cheopys
    @cheopys 2 года назад +132

    Imagine hearing music as good as this on the RADIO

    • @musiccollector
      @musiccollector Год назад +3

      Not a chance today. We have to rely on online or SIRIUS.

    • @lisaspikes4291
      @lisaspikes4291 Год назад +3

      I thought it was because I was getting older, but it’s not. There is very little new music that is worth listening to.😫

    • @cheopys
      @cheopys Год назад +5

      @@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.

    • @cheopys
      @cheopys Год назад +2

      @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.

    • @justindawson5930
      @justindawson5930 Год назад

      Imagine hearing songs with English lyrics on the radio now days

  • @24KTSRACING
    @24KTSRACING 2 месяца назад +2

    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

  • @RosettaRedfeather
    @RosettaRedfeather Год назад +55

    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.

  • @x101st
    @x101st 2 года назад +71

    This song is almost as old as me (68) and it still gives us hope! God bless Bless yall from Texas!!!😀

    • @3912James
      @3912James 2 года назад +1

      I was born the year when the original Broadway version of this song was released (1967).

    • @Perseverance777
      @Perseverance777 Год назад +1

      God bless you!

    • @peggyharvey6558
      @peggyharvey6558 9 месяцев назад +1

      I'm 68 now. Remember them soo well.

  • @susieschlotzhauer9924
    @susieschlotzhauer9924 8 месяцев назад +204

    I can not tell you how much this song still hits in 2024 😊❤

    • @rezzer7918
      @rezzer7918 8 месяцев назад +4

      T.O.T.A.L.L.Y ✌️

    • @dougoverhoff7568
      @dougoverhoff7568 8 месяцев назад +9

      It's even more relevant and timely now than when it was recorded.

    • @helenclark7876
      @helenclark7876 8 месяцев назад +3

      @@dougoverhoff7568 Totally Hip Hip HIPPY DAZE!!!

    • @philipnorris6542
      @philipnorris6542 7 месяцев назад +3

      It sure does.

    • @MsIndigoNY2
      @MsIndigoNY2 6 месяцев назад +2

      Factsss Susie 😃👊🏾

  • @stephenlogsdon4826
    @stephenlogsdon4826 Год назад +33

    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???

    • @joemarshall4226
      @joemarshall4226 Год назад +2

      But this song was from 1969, not the 70s!

    • @jyamez9069
      @jyamez9069 Год назад

      None of that would’ve happened without the massive transformation in music during the late 60s

    • @joemarshall4226
      @joemarshall4226 Год назад +1

      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.

    • @BjornTheDim
      @BjornTheDim 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@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.

    • @joemarshall4226
      @joemarshall4226 10 месяцев назад

      @@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

  • @stevegriffin2626
    @stevegriffin2626 6 месяцев назад +33

    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

  • @michaelleonard4826
    @michaelleonard4826 Год назад +37

    This is true. A generation that believed in our place in this complex universe. Only through, LOVE can this be achieved. 🙏

  • @sunwahandamillali7488
    @sunwahandamillali7488 4 месяца назад +30

    I’m in my 60’s and this song brings back memories

    • @SuperPassionflower
      @SuperPassionflower 3 месяца назад +1

      same for me!!!! keep playing this, share it with the younger generations!!

    • @ms.robbie7536
      @ms.robbie7536 Месяц назад

      You know it! 😉

  • @branypoo
    @branypoo 4 года назад +570

    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!! 🌞✌️🌻

    • @kelsiyoung9330
      @kelsiyoung9330 4 года назад +27

      It's such an exciting time isnt it? :) sending good energy in your direction!

    • @christinekilcomons5805
      @christinekilcomons5805 4 года назад +23

      I’m watching this on 12/21/20, tonight Jupiter and Saturn will be in alignment! New world coming!

    • @julieyoumans1860
      @julieyoumans1860 4 года назад +4

      Today

    • @katrinamorgan3677
      @katrinamorgan3677 4 года назад +1

      @@christinekilcomons5805 me too

    • @donnamattis7749
      @donnamattis7749 4 года назад +8

      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.

  • @kana7222
    @kana7222 2 года назад +41

    The 5th Dimension - Aquarius.It’s a mysterious masterpiece that doesn't fade.

    • @akoo369
      @akoo369 5 месяцев назад

      And taking its sweet time to usher in fully

  • @chrismurray203
    @chrismurray203 3 месяца назад +7

    Magic. Born in 1961 and this song never gets old. Great bass line on Let The Sunshine In.

  • @grammichal6759
    @grammichal6759 3 года назад +64

    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.

    • @divalivingston1664
      @divalivingston1664 2 года назад +2

      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.

    • @johnegli1308
      @johnegli1308 Год назад

      By Seattle center. I’d assume. The fountain

  • @Mindy0328
    @Mindy0328 2 года назад +68

    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!🤩

  • @jenniferbrookes411
    @jenniferbrookes411 11 месяцев назад +53

    This song is so for our time now, it is what the world need to listen to , thank you❤🎉💞🌻

  • @lakerlover022
    @lakerlover022 Год назад +48

    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.

    • @cairodavid9513
      @cairodavid9513 Год назад

      I always loved this song. Befor I dont know what mean. But I love mutch more.

    • @williamdarling6974
      @williamdarling6974 6 месяцев назад

      A carryover from the era of memorable music by truly talented artists!

  • @alexthedog
    @alexthedog 2 года назад +15

    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.

  • @Soulshine007
    @Soulshine007 11 месяцев назад +62

    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!!! ❤🎉❤🎉😂

    • @thatguy22441
      @thatguy22441 10 месяцев назад +7

      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.

    • @Hauniona
      @Hauniona 10 месяцев назад +2

      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!!!! ☀️

    • @adams8407
      @adams8407 10 месяцев назад +1

      Oh I really hope your right.

    • @thecamelchannel1467
      @thecamelchannel1467 3 месяца назад

      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.

    • @westcoast7429
      @westcoast7429 3 месяца назад

      ​@@thecamelchannel1467 OP is correct. no words were misused. Either you can see the transition happening, or you can't.

  • @JenniferLynn72.
    @JenniferLynn72. 2 года назад +59

    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!!♒♒♒♒

    • @nichellesworld1360
      @nichellesworld1360 2 года назад +3

      I’m January 30th~! ☺️♒️

    • @sabinamatylda
      @sabinamatylda 2 года назад +2

      ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

    • @rsalskov
      @rsalskov Год назад +1

      Thanks Jennifer. I am Jan 25th, 1950. I heard this song at the dawn of the New Age.😂❤❤❤😊

    • @arcadearcaid765
      @arcadearcaid765 Год назад +1

      012394 here. Peace to you as well! This is awesome.

    • @richardlee2642
      @richardlee2642 Год назад +2

      Same: 01/28/1967.

  • @Destiny-fp3fm
    @Destiny-fp3fm Год назад +35

    2023 I'm still letting the sunshine in. Unconditional Love❤

  • @evaevaevaevaevaeva
    @evaevaevaevaevaeva 2 года назад +18

    This is what, I imagine, Heaven sounds like. A musical masterpiece💗💗💗

    • @josephwhitmore6535
      @josephwhitmore6535 4 месяца назад +1

      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😅

  • @diegopauljaponllivipuma3187
    @diegopauljaponllivipuma3187 4 года назад +42

    2:20 La parte de la canción del tordo raro

  • @virgilhouston2973
    @virgilhouston2973 Год назад +32

    That’s one hell of a baseline on Let The Sunshine In.

  • @BlairHicks-z4c
    @BlairHicks-z4c 4 месяца назад +5

    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.

  • @aramiswilliams4048
    @aramiswilliams4048 4 года назад +171

    This song is a masterpiece of hope and renewal!

  • @downtownlens
    @downtownlens 3 года назад +43

    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.

    • @mikehunt1528
      @mikehunt1528 11 месяцев назад

      33 likes. Good enough for me 😇

  • @davetomlin5246
    @davetomlin5246 11 месяцев назад +7

    That is some vibe from 2 of the most soulful singers there ever was..period! Both gone way to early. RIP you lovely angels.

  • @johnhunter2294
    @johnhunter2294 2 года назад +37

    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.

    • @terriellis5145
      @terriellis5145 Год назад +1

      No offense, but you're not old enough!! Only kidding, glad you enjoy our music from our generation!!

    • @johnhunter2294
      @johnhunter2294 Год назад

      @@terriellis5145 I'll be 60 in November; I grew up on this great music!

  • @Dirhe
    @Dirhe 4 года назад +49

    We did it. We are here. Welcome

  • @allsbrook1
    @allsbrook1 9 месяцев назад +1

    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 🙏

    • @margosample2769
      @margosample2769 8 месяцев назад

      I feel everything you're saying. I'm teary eyed too. GOD PROVIDES 🙏❤️😊

  • @brandonjdean
    @brandonjdean 3 года назад +81

    ill never get over the second half of this song. such great energy and positivity.

  • @MrSalvareyes
    @MrSalvareyes 3 года назад +44

    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.

  • @OmenOfficial
    @OmenOfficial 10 месяцев назад +12

    Currently 3:25 in the morning, just took a bong rip,2:20 into song just made it explode 🤯 👍

    • @unleashed1966
      @unleashed1966 7 месяцев назад +1

      7:06 central time… shrooms… blessed be!

    • @leahwagner7949
      @leahwagner7949 Месяц назад

      3:11 berryrita. Still feeling the 60's. Less than 10 years old. Now 63. Not sure that I am 😂🎉😅

  • @lyndelljones5483
    @lyndelljones5483 2 года назад +19

    That bass player is kickin' behind on that ending!! He and the drummer are so in the pocket they come up with loose change!!!

  • @williamvasilakis9619
    @williamvasilakis9619 3 года назад +48

    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.

    • @juliereminiec4937
      @juliereminiec4937 2 года назад

      I was going into second grade when this song was relleased
      🎼

    • @sabinamatylda
      @sabinamatylda 2 года назад

      ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @jds6206
    @jds6206 Год назад +26

    This music is timeless; iconic; it defines a certain kind of good person.

  • @DrJekyll38
    @DrJekyll38 2 года назад +65

    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.

    • @adelebassett7322
      @adelebassett7322 Год назад

      are you talking about Michael Butler? he is wonderful in so many ways,

    • @ÖrjanGrahn-i6h
      @ÖrjanGrahn-i6h Год назад +1

      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. 😋

  • @musiccollector
    @musiccollector Год назад +12

    I remember those days in 1969 when radio killed it! Neither them or us could get enough of this masterpiece. Thank you, Marilyn.

  • @justforever96
    @justforever96 Год назад +9

    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.

  • @1SweetNikki
    @1SweetNikki 8 месяцев назад +28

    I'll be blasting this today/ during the 2024 Eclipse 🌘

    • @margosample2769
      @margosample2769 8 месяцев назад

      Me too 😊😊😊❤❤🙏🙏🎶🎵

  • @roryharmsworth5453
    @roryharmsworth5453 2 года назад +26

    It has to be one of the most perfect harmony of voices on the planet. To me they are truly cosmic!

  • @royray1827
    @royray1827 Год назад +24

    And here we are in "the age of Aquarius" Love this song!

  • @Tiger-sg2zj
    @Tiger-sg2zj 2 года назад +41

    This song comes from an era when music actually had meaning......and the groups had talent

    • @Bendy-oceans-lol
      @Bendy-oceans-lol Год назад +1

      They knew it was flat.. you know what I mean

    • @margaretlawson8801
      @margaretlawson8801 Год назад

      Exactly!!!

    • @mikehunt1528
      @mikehunt1528 11 месяцев назад +1

      You've obviously never heard of One Direction...

    • @Tiger-sg2zj
      @Tiger-sg2zj 11 месяцев назад

      @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 👍

    • @jerrygnoza7131
      @jerrygnoza7131 9 месяцев назад

      The whole internet is just Consciousness Trolling itself. Learned this in the "Old Age" @@Tiger-sg2zj

  • @Greg-io1ip
    @Greg-io1ip 10 месяцев назад +3

    Back when real singers and real musicians made real music. No Auto Tune Beat Box Dip Lop TV show contests. Just love and music.

  • @mccoygeniuss8856
    @mccoygeniuss8856 2 года назад +15

    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. 🙏🏾

  • @toriv81
    @toriv81 Месяц назад +7

    November 19,2024. Today is The Age Of Aquarius ♒️ 🤩

  • @jakesparks4745
    @jakesparks4745 4 месяца назад +4

    Haven’t heard this in years, it randomly came into my head as I woke up so I search and find this treasure

  • @lucindaschaefer48
    @lucindaschaefer48 2 года назад +28

    How can you not sing along?! An amazing composition!

    • @Michael-md1pf
      @Michael-md1pf Год назад

      i think i love u. do u have a facebook account?

  • @RichardDee144
    @RichardDee144 2 года назад +24

    I was a child when I first heard that song.. just brought tears to my eyes
    🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼🌎🙏🏼

  • @MarcosSteiner
    @MarcosSteiner День назад +2

    Yes there was nothing like the 60's it was a happy time. Maybe the last happy time. If I could fo back and visit those times, I would in a heartbeat.. people were mellow. People laughed.

  • @susansage7218
    @susansage7218 Год назад +6

    Takes me right back to the peace and love of the 60’s. No other time can compare. ❤️🌺❤️

    • @johnkuthe1
      @johnkuthe1 Год назад +1

      I am a 63 year old Hippie! :-)

  • @crapdrun7012
    @crapdrun7012 Год назад +11

    This is one of the only songs that can give me literal goosebumps. It's an undescribable feeling.

  • @MHG62
    @MHG62 Месяц назад +2

    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.

  • @georgiecane.7631
    @georgiecane.7631 3 года назад +99

    Takes me back to when I was a 17 year old Teenager, I never ever thought Id be actually living through this.✨.♒️ 🧜🏻‍♀️✨♒️🧜🏻‍♀️✨

  • @davidstenton4365
    @davidstenton4365 6 лет назад +383

    *This* *SONG* *is* all the hopes & aspirations of the so called "Hippie movement"! I know, I was there.....

    • @larryoxentine8310
      @larryoxentine8310 4 года назад +9

      My sympathies

    • @alimantado373
      @alimantado373 4 года назад +3

      Hippies.. the future breadheads :)

    • @donaldcollins965
      @donaldcollins965 4 года назад +9

      Always felt born at wrong the time, was an infant during the hippie movement

    • @oldmanuncle1237
      @oldmanuncle1237 4 года назад +6

      Thank you for that comment. Looks like my generation is in the same boat

    • @boomer1954ful
      @boomer1954ful 4 года назад +8

      Reper1483 Did you spell Haight wrong on purpose?? The Hippie movement was great - but drugs....effed up the whole thing; cus’ the SMART people left it & went on to finding God, work, survival...

  • @fizzgona
    @fizzgona Год назад +3

    2:14 ❤️👏😭☮️🕊️✌️🌸PURE JOY. I feel connected to the Universe.

  • @Luna-sz9uq
    @Luna-sz9uq 2 года назад +147

    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! ☮️

  • @sherrisiegel5787
    @sherrisiegel5787 5 месяцев назад +13

    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!

  • @chakrashelli860
    @chakrashelli860 Месяц назад +1

    Love this song. I was born in 1962 and now I'm dedicating the sharing of these words wisdom right at the time the planet's usher in the real age of aquarius. I celibate today as Pluto enters Aquarius.

  • @evelyn273
    @evelyn273 Год назад +14

    Whenever I hear this song, I get chills and inevitably tears roll down my face. Just perfection ❤️. Thank you 5th Dimension

  • @deihjah6644
    @deihjah6644 2 года назад +14

    Love this song!!....Aquarius!!! February 10th!!......I feel this song was written just for me .....my wish for the world is Knowledge , Understanding , Love and Peace.....♒

  • @ArtRebelsBloc
    @ArtRebelsBloc 3 месяца назад +2

    02:20 the musical hit of a generation still gives me chills to this day

  • @matthewbauerle3109
    @matthewbauerle3109 5 месяцев назад +16

    Love This Summer Music For 2024 & 2025

    • @MsIndigoNY2
      @MsIndigoNY2 4 месяца назад +1

      @@matthewbauerle3109 & for the 2024 eclipse it was perfect 🌝🌚🌍🌎🌏🪐🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕🌖🌗🌘just perfect 🙋🏾"Let the 🌞 in" 🤗

  • @SiriEmerald
    @SiriEmerald 3 года назад +25

    Why don't they make songs like this anymore?!?!? Sheesh Goosebumps listening to this!

    • @jdenino6022
      @jdenino6022 Год назад

      Hip hop took over. 🥵

    • @bvfv4022
      @bvfv4022 Год назад

      @@jdenino6022listen to bktherula 😂😂🤫

    • @bvfv4022
      @bvfv4022 Год назад

      Listen to bktherula 😂😂🤫