Sesame Street - Capital I (Widescreen)

[pekoe]

==Thats a Spidly lookin Latter. man trippy!

[TheEvilOctorock]

This scared the shit out of me when I was a kid

[pekoe]

@TheEvilOctorock Me to I really thought I was the only one., I think its the tone of the singers voice fuckin serious man!! dayum these people was bonging it up in there!

[Sirheathburkhalter]

Its a Masonic Reference depiction work ethic and working for "Light" with the I (eye) as the Sun or source of light (being in the center of the sky) and when the day is done they go into the I and close the door. I would expound on this but only privately. Sirheathburkhalter@yahoo.com

[slaughtz]

I find this easy to masturbate to.

[einsteinfan100]

i love this video. it's a great metaphor for how we are slaves to the ego, "capital I'.

[ambershoshana]

illuminati.

[Kermitgroupie]

Classic, I love that song so much.

[Todeskaefer]

If the I is in the sky, wouldn't they plummet to their deaths when they go out to clean it? They don't appear to be using any cables or other safety equipment

[theivory1]

@Todeskaefer They are in a vacumn

[Todeskaefer]

@theivory1 That explanation would work if there was no mention of a desert in the lyrics. Typically deserts aren't found in the void of space

[Todeskaefer]

@theivory1 The reference to a "busy afternoon" also throws the vacuum theory in doubt. Our whole concept of time is based on the sun and its position in the sky and what position the earth is in, in its orbit around the sun. If they are nowhere near any planet, then they would have no concept of time. They would have no means of telling the "morning" from the "afternoon", since there are no sunrises or sunsets in their reality

[zappa1025]

Thanks for reminding me of a time when life was simple and the music everywhere was epic.

This song first aired before my time, but a little more than a decade later and I was jamming to this and other great tunes Sesame Street used to feature.

[wesmatron]

First time I heard this I fell in love with it. I thought I'd lost it, but trust YouTube to deliver.

[eskimospy77]

Ok. They're done cleaning and they go back into the 'I' and close the door. Then what? Do they watch tv?

[DevSodDribble]

@eskimospy77 They watch I Spy and Eyewitness News. :D

[theivory1]

@eskimospy77 I think they play scrabble! Only every peice is the letter I. They have yet to complete a game.

[zebthunder1]

this is my new favorite song



[actgif68]

this is some trippy shit

[cass1146]

@actgif68 sorry...but..lmao..comment was 2 funny..lol....rofl..

[Rtfune]

I woke up in the middle of the night with this stupid song in my head- I am 42 and haven't heard this since I was in freakin' KINDERGARTEN!!! GEEZZZ!! The mind is a strange place!!!

[The35speedster]

I used to watch this when I was 20 years old, with my baby. Now I'm 60 and thrilled to be able to see it again!

[gopconservative78]

this song is a bunch of stoned I's

[traptin58]

WHERE DID THE LADDER GO!?!

[KairuHakubi]

lol what is the point of turning it into widescreen..

[CamDazzle]

Every once in a while this song still pops back in my head....almost 40 years later.

[funkmike]

There's no "I" in team

[gtz1975]

In case you all were wondering the letter I was used in this song 32 times ( 11 that were capital)...

[belial666y]

thank you soooo much for posting this song, i have not heard it since i were very young, this is my favorite song from sesame street.

[geirra1971]

This is how we should live- as children we were shown aspects of the far- out! As adults we are enmeshed in the misery of mortgages...meaningless careers...the illusion of freedom-

a freedom that we only have in what we buy! Man I wanna be up in the sky cleaning the I!

[theivory1]

@happyworldas1 WTF does it matter tard. The song is the issue, not the Chinaman.

[porpoisefathom]

its amazing that such a seeimingly insignificant :57 secs can make such a huge differerence in someones life--thanks! this is genius.

[porpoisefathom]

i remember this song and used to sing it on guitar...amazingly written song...

[Putar1]

That's what its like being a movie star; polishing the "I" all day long and then living in it.

[browndogmol]

Thanks for posting this! Probably my favorite. Watched a lot of Sesame Street with my kids in the 80s and had not heard it anywhere but in my mind since then. What fun!

[electriceaselart]

Wow. Thanks for posting this. I too get teary when I hear this. Lost childhood days...

[israellamar]

Ween needs to cover this

[JeffK1980]

I love this song. This songs sounds a little bit like The Beatles song "P.S. I Love You".

[microbusss]

here I am 37yo & my dad STILL sings this to me! LMAO

[TheLoadedDog]

A Sesame Street classic

[funkmike]

So what exactly do these little fuckers do all night after they go inside the "I"and close the door?

[PandaMishima]

@funkmike

Well, there are a few clean ideas...

If nothing else they like to play music and sing.

[theivory1]

@funkmike They play with their one "I'd" monsters of course.

[Zion798]

Oh, this was always my jam. Captial I, Capital I, Capitaaaalllll I.

[TQhorse]

Man, my life was a little simpler when I used to watch this.

[67nairb]

I remember this SS skit too. Only one thing that puzzles me. If the I is supposed to be high in the sky what's holding it up? And how are those little men able to clean their I without fallling down from the sky?

[blairzel]

rubbing it here...scrubbing it there? Polishing the "I" so high in the air? So busy on an afternoon indeed....lol.

[tohuvohu10]

I is represented by the Hebrew letter resh, "I. The path of the resh corresponds to the planet Saturn. ... This day is for Jewish kabbalists related to doing teshuvah, or repentance. lolol its saturnist worshipp , also known as luciferian and masonic

[JMew414]

I love sharing these videos with my daughters because there is nothing that can even come CLOSE nowadays. Thank you !!

[pazzensutra]

I'm 45 and I still dig this. I loved it as a kid in the 70's. Great music.

[pazzensutra]

@OtherBrother09 You said it!!

[RantovRizzia]

Man, this is beautiful

[videocircus]

One of the classic Seseme Street things that you never forget. Boy being a kid was great. Too bad I can't be that way anymore cause I would almost trade it all in to just be a kid watching seseme street again in the early 80's

[Iwasateeninthe80s]

brings back memories

[missmiko1]

This song used to make me feel so sad as a kid but it's without a doubt my favorite Sesame Street song. Thanks for the video!

[diametricYouth]

The song reminds me of the 60's but the surrealism of the lyrics remind me of the Meat Puppets. Awesome

[djtrixen]

they reran this in the 80's, because I remember it and I'm only 29.

[LittleFox1976]

This song always scared the snot out of me. What a sad existance for the poor capital I gnomes.

[gtz1975]

I want to live in a capital I in the middle of the desert in the center of the sky.

[aubreymccool]

(You Do)

:)

[pointblizzy]

wow..these songs remind me of this trippy cartoon I saw around that time called "FANTASTIC PLANET"

[justinwgage]

Makes me wish for those days and puts tears in my eyes...thankful I grew up with this

[jaredk51]

Yeah, this song has such a hook to it.

I love this song.

and it certainly does bring me back more than most other sesame street videos.

[etzy71]

Good comments! It seems like yesterday that I would come home from school & turn on PBS. Man, where'd that time go? If anyone didn't do it yet, just start browsing through the sesame street & electric company clips on here...Everything comes back instantly! It's amazing!

[theivory1]

@etzy71 The Electric Company! Oh s&*t I forgot about that one.

[whitecrow222]

i'm 39 and get sad at this...i miss being little sometimes..i always used to wonder how they had such a tall ladder in there and how did they sleep and such...

wish he'd done more than just the two letters....i show my 2 year old these vidoes all the time instead of what on the telly nowadays....

[Sir5rMedia]

Seems everyone is as sentimental as I am.

Funny how the world's changed since then eh? Even funnier is how our kids will reminisce to present days as we did those days. Maybe not even funny, but scary.

[SammyHunn]

My english teacher has had this song stuck in my head for days xD

i dunno why, i love it(:

[nick281972]

makes me wana cry im 37 and this take me right back to a time when i felt safe warm , secure and full of wonder at the at the smallest things in life

[kevseb66]

I know what you mean. Seeing thing this again makes me long for more innocent days. Makes me a little teary eyed.

[AXL4LIFE229]

Im 37 also and feel the same way. their is just something about this song..

[Iwasateeninthe80s]

@nick281972

I'm 42 and I still love this. I remember it from when I was really small too. Funny how silly little things like this can capture your imagination: little dudes who live inside a giant letter i in the sky. The point, though, is that the images and music are positive and charming, not trite and for sale. Back in the 70's there was a real movement among educators to actually teach kids something other than how to be consumers and workers. The sesame street gang got this.

[dolfans5400]

@nick281972 nick..couldn't have said it better myself...

[theivory1]

@nick281972 I am also 37 and this song and the Charlie Brown Christmas tunes break me down everytime. Its amazing after so many years and events that a song can just yank you right back to your childhood.

[argonaut322]

Makes me think of Ween.

[gtz1975]

In case you all were wondering the letter I was used in this song 32 times ( 11 that were capital)...

[theivory1]

I cant believe it. I looked and looked for this about a year ago. I had to settle for Telephone Rock. I swear it takes you right back to being a little kid. Amazing Thank you.

[BedStuyBro]

Man. Never thought I'd see this again. I remember this as a kid in Jamaica back in the early 70's. Thought about it in the shower, then of course, youtube came to mind.

Thanks, y'all.

Good Memories.

[geor67]

Very nice music here! Reminds me of singer-songwriters of the early 70's--very very pleasant! Love the tune and I do remember seeing this years ago on SS. Thank you for posting this!

[wyecee]

Capital I, Capital I. Capital I...... Capitaaaalllll ..... I! How much is one week in the capital I?

[levi2283]

I remember this from when I was a kid. It's so vivid in my memory because it was the first thing I seen and heard after waking up from a nightmare that felt so real.

[merishane]

wow 71-72 sooooooo! long ago i was between 1 and 2 LOL

[whitecrow222]

did he do any more of these? or just the two? i was singing this one as i was walking my daughter around in her stroller....got strange looks, but i don't care.....better than some songs i hear sung...

[zacandtaylorrule]

Thank you for this one John. I have always wondered what group sang this.

[brightbite]

This always reminded me of living in a yellow submarine. :) Correct me if I'm wrong, but that was on Sesame Street, too. It's good to live in an "I" sometimes. When the world becomes too "We."

[d72jjpilc]

Great memory and nice guitar tune that brings tears to my 'i's. (Hopefully, not too bad of a pun!) This and 'Lowercase N' have the same singers! Thanks for posting!

[Jbrangwynne53]

I think you mean just singer. Steve Zuckerman sang this song and Lowercase N, as well as writing both of them. BTW, Steve triple-tracked lead vocals for this one.

And before I forget, you're very welcome.

[melmau1]

@Jbrangwynne53 you welsh by any chance?

[Jbrangwynne53]

You're more than welcome =]