We are approaching (April) the 40th anniversary of "Hair" opening on Broadway, after playing at the Public Theatre since the preceding October.Almost immediately, "Hair" was everywhere. The cast (sorry, the "tribe": this was a "Tribal Rock Musical") showed up at NYC peace-and-hippie gatherings and on TV variety shows, and the play became the last Broadway show to trigger a wave of hit singles: ...
Thankfully Wikipedia has set me straight as to the provenance of this song I previously thought was originally done by Naked Eyes in the 80s. Check out Sandie Shaw doing the original Burt Bacharach/Hal David standard:And then of course there is Naked Eye's synthpop versionBut not to be confused with Luscious Jackson's Naked Eye:According to the Thick Specs blog, Luscious Jackson drummer kate S...