The 1972 TV special/book/record "Free To Be... You And Me" was referenced in "I Was A Teenage Feminist" so to start off this blog I thought I'd post a few songs and clips from it.
According to the back of the record, the initiative to start the whole thing came from when Marlo Thomas (a.k.a. "That Girl") went to read her niece a bedtime story, but could only find stories that "charmingly dictated who and what [children] must be, colorfully directing new minds away from their own uniqueness."
Certainly an interesting project. Catchy songs too.
Atalanta (featuring Alan Alda and Marlo Thomas)
Parents Are People (featuring Harry Belafonte and Marlo Thomas)
(you can actually find most of the TV special on youtube)
and some songs from the soundtrack:
The New Seekers - Free To Be... You And Me
Diana Ross - When We Grow Up
Dick Cavett - My Dog Is A Plumber
Harry Belafonte & Marlo Thomas - Parents Are People
(the links will expire after about a week)
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