O-o-h Child, Before the Jackson 5, They Were "The First Family of Soul"

I started writing this post on Saturday afternoon, but things got so hectic I wan't able to finish. But I still wanted to blog about this group, so here we go.

I was watching Boyz N the Hood with my son for about the 1000th time the other night.  The scene when Furious is in the car with his son Trey, always tickles me because Furious (Lawrence Fishburn) is singing along with a song that's playing on the radio.  The song is "O-o-h Child" by the Five Stairsteps.  It tickles me because Furious clearly loves that song and he thinks he's looking really cool while singing it.  I love that song too.  Whenever I hear it, I'm awash in memories of simpler times, when I was young enough to be free of any real responsibilities, yet old enough to have replaced my toys with a transitor radio and 45 rpm records.