Wednesday, July 07, 2021

Truest statement of the week II

Any of the numerous 5th Dimension anthologies still available are filled with treasures, some buried. The McCoo showcase “(Last Night) I Didn’t Get to Sleep at All” is one the most beautifully melancholic pop songs ever. Their version of Nyro’s “Stoned Soul Picnic” isn’t as earthy as Nyro’s own, but it glides on air, and their jubilant covers of her “Wedding Bell Blues,” “Save the Country,” and “Sweet Blindness” make you wish they’d also cut an album entirely of Nyro songs. Listen as McCoo and Davis (who would marry in 1969) exalt in each other in “Together Let’s Find Love,” one of their later and sometimes forgotten hits.

 

-- David Browne, "‘Let the Sunshine In’: Remembering the 5th Dimension’s Quiet Revolution" (ROLLING STONE).