Another 260/365: your personal marionette

Baby baby I'm your sweet pet
Just your personal marionette
Wind me up and let me go
Don't you know I'm a one-man show

Raise your finger and I'll perform
I'll cracker jack till the crack of dawn
If you wanna see me do my thing
Pull my string...

– "Puppet Man" by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield (as performed by Fifth Dimension)

.

One of my favorite acts from my childhood in the *ahem* 1970s is The Fifth Dimension. While most people [of a certain age] probably know their biggest hits like "Up Up and Away," "One Less Bell to Answer," "Wedding Bell Blues," or "Let the Sun Shine In" (from Hair), two of my all time favorites are a little lesser known. First, "The Declaration," sung as part of a medley, took its lyrics directly from the USA's Declaration of Independence. To this day, i can recite this entire section of the Declaration (while singing in my head), thanks to them.

The second is more of a funky, good-time, shake-ya-ass song. I'm sure my parents figured i didn't know what i was singing about as i grooved along to "Puppet Man" at ## years old, and i'm sure they were probably right. But i'm still dancing to it today.

And hey, i would have made one bad-ass, queer hippie flower child marionette back in the day. If i hadn't been so young....

^
^
^

This was shot for the We're Here! group visiting the Pop Music from the Decades group on Saturday.
[I'm late uploading this one, but since i shot it....]

Taken on: November 16, 2013

Tags:

365 Days

70s

afro

gay

headband

marionette

fifth dimension

pop

50mm

Strobist

SB-800

Speedlight

We're Here!

Hereios « less

Sets appears in: • Hereios! • Another 365 Days more » • 50mm « less

Groups appears in: • Ropes & strings • Project 365 more » • 365 Days • Pop Music from the Decades • Conceptual Self Portraits • We're Here! « less

Camera: Nikon D90, f/8.0, 1/125 sec, 50mm (=75mm), ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D90
Lens:	50.0 mm f/1.4
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.008 sec (1/125)
Focal Length:	50mm (35mm equivalent: 75mm)
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	On, Return detected
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Spot
White Balance:	Manual
Light Source:	Flash
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Macintosh)
Show full info

Stats: 12,799 views / 8 comments

close tools panel

Badge creator

Use Flickriver Badge Creator to create a badge linking to your photos, your group or any other Flickriver view.

You can place your badge on your Flickr profile, Blog or Website.

Add to your iGoogle or Netvibes page

Flickriver widget for iGoogle or Netvibes can display almost any Flickriver view - most interesting today, by user, by group, by tag etc. Once added to your personalized homepage, just edit widget settings to select your desired view.

Clickr on one of the buttons below to install:

Embed on your Web site

To embed this view, Copy and Paste the following HTML code:

Black background (preview):

White background (preview):

Firefox and Chrome addons

Adds a 'Flickriver' button to your browser. While viewing any Flickr photos page, click on this button to open the same view on Flickriver.

Install in Firefox
Install in Chrome

Search plugin

Add 'Search on Flickriver' to your browser's search box. Works with Firefox and Internet Explorer. Install search plugin

"View on Flickriver" Greasemonkey script

A Greasemonkey script that adds Flickriver links to various Flickr photo pages - user photos, favorites, pools etc, allowing to quickly open the corresponding Flickriver view.

Also, allows quickly viewing any Flickr photo on black background in large size.

Install "View on Flickriver" script

Bookmarklet

While viewing any Flickr photos page, click on the bookmarklet to open the same view on Flickriver.

To install: drag and drop the following link to your Bookmarks toolbar.
IE users - add the link to your Favorites under the Links folder