Vote as if the song in your head depended on it!

Wouldn't that be the Soong in your head?

"Brothers and Sisters, Sisters and Brothers/Ain't we lucky now..." I just think this song had the hippest beat. And if there's anything this show needs, it's hipness.

I feel so clueless. (And old, I guess.) I don't get a single one of these references.

Hee! Good one, nelamm!

Me too, immaf, but I liked "Glad..." best because I could somehow hear the showtuneyness of it and see Dain'ta singing it.

You guys don't know the "Free to Be You and Me" album from the 70s?

It was, like, the greatest kids album ever!

I grew up on it (it was quite popular in the 80s as well). One of my favorite lines:

"Look at that! YOU'RE the boy and I'M the girl!"

That, and:
"A cocktail waitress!"

Talk about nostalgia. I need to go find that album and listen to it. Anyway, I picked "Sisters and Brothers," because, well... ew.

I was in Junior and Senior High for the 70's. And my tastes have always run to classical music, jazz, and Broadway, so... I do recognize the title "Free to Be, You and Me", though. But I don't think I ever heard the album.

Don't feel bad, immaf. I'm clueless (and old), too.

I know of it, but I don't know the songs, either. And I'm quite firmly in the right demographic!

Y'know, we watched a bit of the original special in one of my history courses last semester, and... well... it's just a tad bit dated. But the inclusion of an extremely young Michael Jackson makes it fun.

It's too bad you guys aren't familiar with it. I don't know about the special with Michael Jackson, but I'd think that since the album came out in 1974, it would be a bit dated.

I only ever had it on record but now I have it on CD and with Alan Alda, Marlo Thomas, Diana Ross, Carol Channing and Mel Brooks on it, it's just so awesome. I love being able to relive my childhood this way. I never knew how famous all the voices were until I went back to listen to it as an adult.

I remember we had the book when I was a young lad, but I don't remember the album. Maybe it's just my allergic reaction to most 70s music.

I have now had various songs from that album stuck in my head on and off for the past 2 days.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

My brother's junior high (which became mine a year later) did a musical production of Free to Be when he was in grade 8.

The highlight of the show was Mr. Schlei (Boys' Gym teacher) and Big D (star footballer) singing "It's All Right To Cry". Priceless.

I have it on CD and DVD, and I'm about to pass it on to my nieces when I visit them for Thanksgiving. After reading the reference in the recap, I spent the next two days listening to it on my iPod while walking to work. "Sisters and Brothers" definitely has the best "marching down the street" feeling of just about anything.

Now that could be an iPod commerical!

I went with "Chromosomes First", since Dain'ta seemed to judge everybody by the color of their genetic structure, not by the content of their character.

I've heard of the TV special (though I haven't seen it), but I didn't know they had an album, and I was 8 in 1974. I don't know if certain regions were more likely to know it, or certain social classes, or what. I have noticed, though, that there are things we all have that we think everyone else will know--until we find out they don't.

Is it just an American thing? I'm feeling a bit clueless at the moment. I picked Glad to Have a Gene Like You, even though I'm not getting the reference.

I had no idea you could still get it! (or more "again" than "still" I guess...assuming it's been rereleased on CD?) I was 9 in 1974 and my aunt & uncle, who owned the album for their kids, sent a copy to me on cassette. Never has a tape been more overplayed...I think it eventually fell apart.

Check it out.

In 5th grade (1981) they showed us Free to be You & Me as part of health class (before they sent the boys off to another room so we could discuss girly things). I will never forget those babies trying to figure out who was the boy and who was the girl.