When people talk about the "Sexual Revolution", they mean the period between 1955 (the year the birth-control pill hit the market) and 1969 (Woodstock), when the youth cast away the puritan shackles, and started to regard sex as something done mainly for recreation, not procreation. But a no less powerful revolution happened between the years 1989 (when rave culture crossed over into the mainstream) and 2003 (Paris Hilton's sex tape), a revolution that brought more equality between the sexes, and acknowledged the diversity of human sexuality. The biggest victory for this revolution was that it happened without fanfare, but just slowly entered our minds, until most people today can't remember how different their psyche was just twenty years ago. The only record I know of to actually come out and declare the revolution is this record.
Macy Gray, a singer with a wonderful bluesy voice, broke big in 1999 with the rise of neo-soul. She disappeared all too quickly, but left us with this anthemic record. With enough musical and lyrical elements to connect it to the sixties, it revives the spirit of the original revolution, and also encapsulates the new revolution. Put this capsule under your tongue and suck it slowly – it takes time to get into the groove and take effect.
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