Designed and Animated by Cathryn Aison who commissioned Philip glass to write and record the music.
@jeremyas99995 жыл бұрын
Thank you for creating this! I watched Sesame Street in the early 1980s and this is one of those segments that always stuck with me. Now I get to show it to my kids!
@lovemeg51865 жыл бұрын
You are amazing Cathryn.I also enjoy Philip Glass.
@tpirman19824 жыл бұрын
Awesome design and animation.
@DonnieDarko14 жыл бұрын
❤❤❤❤❤
@btoskich3 жыл бұрын
It's a masterpiece and forever captivating. Thank you Cathryn and Philip!
@agentgumby4418 Жыл бұрын
1:58 is when the sorcerer goes ape on the pipe organ and his acolytes begin chanting ecstatically as they recklessly summon shapes from the netherworld.
@RoseWaltz5 жыл бұрын
this was terrifyingly fascinating as a little kid i still play with geometry to this day
@DonnieDarko14 жыл бұрын
❤
@LynxDaemon193 жыл бұрын
this was terrifyingly fascinating just now as an adult
@lokiarn153 жыл бұрын
I cant believe I finally found this after over 40 years. The memory didnt lie
@beximus Жыл бұрын
RIGHT!? i JUST found out what this really was because a friend of mine remembered! I told her that i remembered some animated segment in sesame street just vaguely remembering circles and i tried to imitate the only thing i remembered about its haunting vocals. im surprised that since i only saw it once at the age of 4 i actually got the 2 notes i remembered right, 37 years later
@Orange69215 ай бұрын
@@beximus Same here, I was 4 when I saw this in 79-80. Its was hauntingly awesome and burned into my 4 year old brain.
@joeguevara11452 жыл бұрын
This mesmerised me as a kid years ago. It still does. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
@robertorick63832 жыл бұрын
A few years before I heard of "Koyannisquatssi" and Philip Glass. His music just mesmerizes and hypnotizes. I never found this segment creepy, just beautiful.
@DavidListen_Buddhism3 ай бұрын
This memory is so deep. I was amazed as a child and still am now. Visually and musically awesome
@ChristiRich7 жыл бұрын
This was my first introduction to Glass' works, and I still love them.
@DonnieDarko14 жыл бұрын
❤
@IanJones9422 жыл бұрын
I was today years old when I learned this was Glass' work.
@AckerPodds Жыл бұрын
This music gets stuck in my head all the time, and when I whistle it, I sound insane
@aaronr90234 жыл бұрын
I am so @$#! happy I found this. I was sucked into this one as a child. I remember being glued to the screen when this came on.
@DonnieDarko14 жыл бұрын
Same!
@dragondancer18143 жыл бұрын
Me three, and I got my own kids hooked on classic Sesame Street clips too!
@alexandergonzie12004 жыл бұрын
Jesus, these segments always scared the hell out of me as a child, especially the music! I'm almost 40 and they still send chills down my spine!
@robertanderson28982 жыл бұрын
LOL, many skits had that effect on me. It's like, what the hell were they trying to do to us kids.....!?
@colleenhughes66432 жыл бұрын
SAME. When they aired the same episode all week, I'd start to memorize when one of these came up and run out of the room till it was over.
@krystalharwood6359 Жыл бұрын
i like the updated with the tambourine
@themysteriousunknownrevealed Жыл бұрын
It totally reminds me of a Alejandro Jodorowsky film.
@LuficariusRatspeed7 жыл бұрын
I guess this is what Vulcan Opera would sound like.
@GSmashGaming3 ай бұрын
Live long and prosper
@DanknDerpyGamer3 жыл бұрын
For some reason I had so much trouble finding this upload again! Glad it's not gone!
@LuckyPunkProd5 жыл бұрын
The missing track from Koyaanisqatsi.
@WindowshadeCure Жыл бұрын
What are you're seeing here is the exact thing thing that Cookie Monster saw after he ate some suspicious cookies that Lefty the Salesmen sold him ("me wonder why he call them hash cookies")
@GolfhausYT Жыл бұрын
If this went on for six hours... I'd watch all of it.
@georgestaunton69946 жыл бұрын
Kids were SO much more sophisticated back then!
@dragondancer18143 жыл бұрын
So was the programming designed for their education!
@Jennifer-jx8xg5 жыл бұрын
Music reminds me of one of the dungeons in Legend of Zelda OOT. Love Classic Sesame Street animations.
@sleepysmiles76135 жыл бұрын
OOT!!!! One of the best Zelda EVER!!! Great reference! =)
@barb71244 жыл бұрын
FOREST TEMPLE!!!
@chazzwozzio3 жыл бұрын
@@barb7124 another haunting theme. Those violins haunt my dreams
@unionpinesorchestra5 жыл бұрын
I have been wondering about for this for years! I remembered the music, but didn't know what it was. Thanks for posting!
@DonnieDarko14 жыл бұрын
❤❤❤❤
@gamersam39202 жыл бұрын
Imagine if the universe and the planets were made in a way like this.
@richardlafleur83899 ай бұрын
That's kind of the point.
@heatherschulz-behrend7917 Жыл бұрын
Yes love this one it's memories of growing up with friends I called it the ahh sounds like they're saying city for the c note
@earthrisetime46093 жыл бұрын
I am just seeing this for the first time, though I have to believe that the energy of it’s existence has influenced my path. I also now wonder if I may have seen this but was too young to now recall the experience.
@lvgolfer352 жыл бұрын
Psychedelia and opera combined with moving geometric figures all brought to life! The electric keyboard, organ along with the minor vocals sounded like an absolute advanced measure of mindfulness strictly focused on keeping you hooked for eternity.
@TheFurriestOne6 жыл бұрын
The vertical hold is slightly loose (and might give me a headache over time with the bouncing), but I thank you for having both segments in decent quality!
@eEdselEdsel7 ай бұрын
I remember the first time I saw this at the age of five or six years old and thinking that, as a viewer, I wasn't being condescended to because I was a little kid.
@MichaelPuterbaugh4 жыл бұрын
I learned a lot about circles from this (they are round)
@Strandysmommy Жыл бұрын
I was transfixed by this as a child. I was…dare I say obsessed. Probably the first hint I was (and continue to be) autistic!
@mana_beast_beats11142 ай бұрын
I've been trying to remember this forever.... that and the "Milk" song with the piano.
@slapshot683 ай бұрын
This should be added to the Jim Henson exhibit in NYC
@pch82364 жыл бұрын
My 4-year old asks me to play this for the 8th time already...
@dragondancer18143 жыл бұрын
When I discovered the wealth of classic Sesame Street clips on KZbin, my kids and I proceeded to kill nine hours one day watching them! Their verdict? Modern Sesame Street SUCKS compared to this!
@joshgellis32926 жыл бұрын
Don't watch past 11 p.m. . It just takes on a whole new, disturbing meaning. lol.
@danielesobers38556 жыл бұрын
Ooo I'm scared
@danielesobers38556 жыл бұрын
What is this ":new disturbing meaning"?
@AlexiaBobadilla5 жыл бұрын
Hey im watching this at 06:50AM
@andrewtodaro28743 жыл бұрын
I’m watching this past 1 am and I’m not scared!
@dorourke1055 жыл бұрын
They turned into rainbow pacmans at the end
@andrewtodaro28743 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of the mathematical illustrations in Euclid’s Elements! 🙂
@Thewritingelf7 жыл бұрын
This is awesome !
@tedwoe Жыл бұрын
Wow! I don't remember these at all but I absolutely love them!!!
@arturohernandezlinares93993 жыл бұрын
This is not creepy like tv tropes say, is relaxing and had rythm the word circle
@DollyNipples Жыл бұрын
Imagine Edward Elric somehow warping himself to the 1980s in our world and seeing this animation. Wonder how he'd react.
@JTHMSqueeMrEffDBoy9 ай бұрын
Feels like it came straight out of the Norman McLaren school of animation
@godfreypoon5148 Жыл бұрын
Tripping balls? no, tripping circles.
@eevee2esponfan10 ай бұрын
This is oddly relaxing
@maritzadejesus67262 ай бұрын
I like it and I love it it’s like I’m flying in the rainbows that why
@Solar_Planet_YT Жыл бұрын
All 4 of them are all parts of the animation.
@arkbien930310 ай бұрын
Can anybody tell me what exactly the first and last segments were supposed to be teaching?
@heatherschulz-behrend26385 жыл бұрын
This is the aaah that is what it sounds like.
@lornamagboo98753 жыл бұрын
we need it as mercedez benz
@AcidicGothess2 жыл бұрын
Helvetica standaaard. That's what this music makes me think of.
@austinsimmons43934 жыл бұрын
Somebody please help me learn geometry, please. Lol 😆
@robertanderson28982 жыл бұрын
I think i failed Geometry :O and i saw this clip many times as a kid :)
@rathesungod4 Жыл бұрын
They just did😆
@robertanderson28982 жыл бұрын
Pac-Man (or Men) at the end!!!!
@adamneuman1232 Жыл бұрын
What's the song name ?
@MattKoplowitz Жыл бұрын
I was always confused when I saw this
@heathers27064 жыл бұрын
A church organ and it's nice
@cainster3 жыл бұрын
OH GOD I CAN SEE FOREVER
@speedgriffon2504 Жыл бұрын
No you can't.
@cainster Жыл бұрын
@@speedgriffon2504 That breeze is the joke going over your head.
@speedgriffon2504 Жыл бұрын
@@cainster Neither could Cthulu.
@cainster Жыл бұрын
@@speedgriffon2504 Um, english, do you speak it?
@speedgriffon2504 Жыл бұрын
@@cainster Kind of.
@Arkonu4 жыл бұрын
It was always you, circles....
@Leo-sv4ct2 жыл бұрын
its sesame streetaroph from final fantasy 7
@rykiafredrick13203 жыл бұрын
I think I went on an anemoic acid trip
@davidmoore40194 жыл бұрын
I wonder what language that is!!
@MuzikJunky11 ай бұрын
It’s the solfège syllables. All of Glass’s earlier works, before he started using actual lyrics, use them in sung parts. Peace.
@joannawood73526 жыл бұрын
oh my god this is what that fuckin Elevator Source thing was from????
@speedgriffon2504 Жыл бұрын
Language.
@raakone5 ай бұрын
What is the Elevator Source thing?
@corynielsen5164 жыл бұрын
Don't watch this if you're color blind.
@laurenfernandez11633 жыл бұрын
SESAME STREET 2001
@benjamintu32142 жыл бұрын
1:57
@benjamintu32142 жыл бұрын
0:42
@liewkhwuntang Жыл бұрын
💗💓💙🤎❣💋
@chironrocket6340 Жыл бұрын
This music is fascinating, but for little kids it's fucking terrifyiing. All the enjoyment I might have had as an adult and professional musician in my 40's is completely eclipsed by the PTSD some of these short clips on Sesame Street and Electric Company left little kids like me with. What a scary time for little kids the 70's were.