I often become a nuisance in conversation because in general I don't really watch movies or TV shows or have a life and mostly I have not seen the movies people cite as being the BEST MOVIES EVERARGH and when people quote from said movies I just don't understand and no one wins. I think before a few weeks ago, when I last went to the movies, I had not been to see a film at the ol' cinemaplex since Pirates of the Caribbean II came out. Also, while I'm admitting shameful deeds regarding the movie experience, I have never consumed a choc-top. I know, I hate me too.
Anyway, so I was in the car with my mum and we were talking about music and I was telling her about that really good part in 'Let The Sunshine In' (see below post!) and she told me what a large part of her life the movie 'HAIR' was, so I was like WELL HEY MAMA I'M GONNA WATCH IT and I did and I just adored it. It is so beautiful, and so honest, and so hilarious, and so, so sad - I literally did go from laughing to crying within the space of two hours. So worth just sitting and just watchin' a movie, and of course now I understand why it's such a classic. Also it provides a wonderful context to the song 'Let The Sunshine In' which made me cry the first time I heard it anyway, not even knowing the storyline - the lyrics of which, by the way, are actually really beautiful (in the Fifth Dimension's version anyway):
"Oh, let it shine, c'mon
Now everybody just sing along
Let the sun shine in
Open up your heart and let it shine on in
When you are lonely, let it shine on
Got to open up your heart and let it shine on in
And when you feel like you've been mistreated
And your friends turn away
Just open your heart, and shine it on in..."
Some tunes for your listening pleasure!
"Well, I wouldn't kick Mick Jagger out of my bed, but uh, I'm not a homosexual, no."
YOU SHOULD WATCH HAIR NOW OK???????
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