The Rascals, "People Got To Be Free"

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Uh oh, in offices and schools, feting the 1960s is a common theme. The Rascals' "People Got To Be Free" is now 55 years-old.

When I attended UC Santa Cruz in the early 90s, the university, having opened in the mid-to-late 1960s, was celebrating its 25th birthday. Thus, "People Got To Be Free" we heard quite often. February or not, "People Got To Be Free" made us feel one with the campus, even though it opened before we were born.

Interestingly, when Donald Fagen put together the New York Rock & Soul Revue, the entire cast performed "People Got To Be Free."

In American Popular Music class, we were told that The Rascals insisted that, if they were to perform in concerts, there had to be ethnic minorities in the other acts.

But since then, as I've lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, we just don't hear "People Got To Be Free." In fact, I hear it more often in Honolulu. In many ways, the subject matter of "People Got To Be Free" is more pertinent now, than in 1968.

-Lummy The Loch Monster

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Topic - The Rascals, "People Got To Be Free" - Luminator 19:25:01 07/31/23 (0)

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