Posted on Dec 23, 2022
Kids weren't always 'Free to Be... You and Me' — here's a look at its legacy, at 50
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Fifty years ago this year, the album Free to Be... You and Me was released. It was a personal project that would go on to become a gold record, a television special, a book, a foundation, and the anthem of a generation. The opening song, with its jangly banjo and skipping rhythm, lays out a vision of a kids utopia:
There's a land that I see
where the children are free.
And I say it ain't far
to this land from where we are.
Fifty years ago this year, the album Free to Be... You and Me was released. It was a personal project that would go on to become a gold record, a television special, a book, a foundation, and the anthem of a generation. The opening song, with its jangly banjo and skipping rhythm, lays out a vision of a kids utopia:
There's a land that I see
where the children are free.
And I say it ain't far
to this land from where we are.
Kids weren't always 'Free to Be... You and Me' — here's a look at its legacy, at 50
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Interesting. I never heard of it — and I’m in my late 50s — but I recognize the names!
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
MSgt Dee Ann P. I'm starting to Understand I'm Older than Dirt! Soon to be 65 and Oldest Granddaughter Soon to be 19!
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel - it’s funny you say “older than dirt.” My daughter asked me one time how old God is and I said, “He’s older than dirt.” She asked me, “How do you know?” I said, “He created dirt.”
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