The headline song from the oft-censored and banned Hippie revolution's theme song "Hair". Watch beyond the first 30 seconds lead-up.
"Hair challenged many of the norms held by Western society in 1968. It caused controversy when it was first staged, and much publicity was provoked by the Act I finale which included male and female nudity, the first time a Broadway show had seen totally naked actors and actresses. The show was also charged with the desecration of the American flag and the use of obscene language. These issues became the basis for legal actions both when the show opened in other cities and when the show left New York on tour. Two cases eventually went to the U.S. Supreme Court. The first case occurred during the Boston production when the show was shut down by the Massachusetts Supreme Court in April 1970. The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the ruling a month later. The other case, which began in April 1972, resulted in a 1975 Supreme Court ruling establishing that the City of Chattanooga's refusal to allow the play to be shown at the city-owned Memorial Auditorium was an unlawful prior restraint. Hair also effectively marked the end of stage censorship in the United Kingdom" -
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