Many many years ago early one morning (or in my case very late that night) at the Berkshire Mountain Music Festival (Berkfest) weary and bleary eyed I was walking from somewhere when I heard this tune being played. I walked down to the main stage and saw Michael Franti and Spearhead performing for the other 50-odd souls that happened to be conscious and within earshot. The chorus of o/' all the freaky people make the beauty of the world o/' jibed perfectly with the collective mood and as completely wrecked as we all were the music gave us the energy to dance like fools twirling each other about with reckless abandon. Even though the crowd never grew they put on a show as if we were a packed arena... I'd like to think the vigor with which we celebrated their music made up for the lack of bodies. It was one of the best festival experiences I've ever had... I had never heard of MF & Spearhead but was an instant lifelong fan.
A truly wonderful song... Be proud and let your freak flag fly !!!
Many many years ago early one morning (or in my case very late that night) at the Berkshire Mountain Music Festival (Berkfest) weary and bleary eyed I was walking from somewhere when I heard this tune being played. I walked down to the main stage and saw Michael Franti and Spearhead performing for the other 50-odd souls that happened to be conscious and within earshot. The chorus of o/' all the freaky people make the beauty of the world o/' jibed perfectly with the collective mood and as completely wrecked as we all were the music gave us the energy to dance like fools twirling each other about with reckless abandon. Even though the crowd never grew they put on a show as if we were a packed arena... I'd like to think the vigor with which we celebrated their music made up for the lack of bodies. It was one of the best festival experiences I've ever had... I had never heard of MF & Spearhead but was an instant lifelong fan.
A truly wonderful song... Be proud and let your freak flag fly !!!