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Medley-The Declaration of Independence: The Fifth Dimension

"The words in the Declaration served as lyrics to a song by the Fifth Dimension, which had a number of popular hits in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Appearing on the “Portrait” album as part of a medley with the songs “A Change Is Gonna Come” and “People Got to Be Free,” the group sang it on “The Ed Sullivan Show” on Dec. 7, 1969, back then, just the 28th anniversary of Pearl Harbor.

Believe it or not, the lyrics of “The Declaration” were controversial at the time, considered an anti-government, anti-President Nixon protest. At the time, statements like “a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing, invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism;” hit home for war protesters."

From The Journal Gazette, 600 W. Main St., Fort Wayne In

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5 Comments on “Medley-The Declaration of Independence: The Fifth Dimension”

  2. Bob's avatar Bob Says:

    July 4, 2010 at 12:19 pm

    WOW! Thanks for this great 4th of July present. I had not heard this one before.

  3. Rick OzTown's avatar Rick OzTown Says:

    July 5, 2010 at 9:41 pm

    I hadn’t heard it either, Kat. Thanks.

    But I couldn’t help feeling like the styling had a lot to do with some of the music from
    Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical
    which was popular about that same time. Think about Hair while you listen to it. I will bet you can hear that, too.


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