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November 11, 2009
Retrohump: On my way to where the air is sweet
One of my favorite LCD Soundsystem lyrics is the snarled bit about borrowed nostalgia for the unremembered 80s from the classic "Losing My Edge". James Murphy's ability to communicate his sage observations through simple language is one of the lesser discussed talents.
Those lyrics swirled in my mind while putting together the following selection of hastily curated Sesame Street clips. Hasty due to the fact there was no way I was going to be thorough about this task. After all, we're talking about 40 years of content in which I missed the first 10 due to the simple fact of not yet being born. Add in the last, oh say about 20 years after outgrowing the Muppets demographic there's been a window of 5 to 10 years of actual engagement with the show. Similar statistics should be common for most people in their twenties or thirties who are penning stories this week marking the 40 year run of Sesame Street. Outside of those satisfying fetishes for childhood programming, I figure most people return to the show once their broods pull them back in. Until then how about running through a selection of Sesame Street clips, decade by decade? Let's.
My two favorites out of the selected are "Manamanah" and the "African Alphabet Song" for subtle generational satire and soothing multimedia composition, respectively.
Sesame Street - African Alphabet Song - 1990
Sesame Street - Manamanah - 1976
More after the jump...
Sesame Street: Feist - "1,2,3,4" - 2008
Sesame Street: Monster in the Mirror - 1980
Sesame Street: Madrigal Alphabet - 1978
Sesame Street - It's Not Easy Being Green - 1969
Posted by Merry Swankster at November 11, 2009 05:35 PM
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