Ernie - I'd Like To Visit The Moon (vintage sesame street)

[RainingPeachRings]

My left ear really enjoyed hearing this again.

[cj222100]

I loved this when I was a kid. Ernie was always so silly, which was fantastic, but everyone has their serious moments, and this was one of Ernie's rare ones. Plus, it's a beautiful song when you really think about it. It amazes me when something like this pops into my head, and it just always seems to be on youtube. Thank goodness for that, cause u'd probably never see this stuff again. SStreet is just not the same as when we were kids, and kids today can see this great vintage stuff

[inkyeyeddoll]

This song always used to make me cry when I was small. It still makes me a bit sad now.

[grail68]

So great... but I just noticed that Ernie has basically the same voice as Kermit...

[amtwinkles]

@grail68 That is because Jim Henson performed both Kermit and Ernie when he was alive :-)

[Sniz420]

been looking for this for the last 5 years finally got it

[taylorsuite]

@nyc14gauge......... i felt like u spoke on behalf of me...... i listend to this 3 times....and all the while ...kept re-readin ur post.....insightful...to say the least....

[hikolcol]

2 people want to live on the moon

[ramdhan94]

singing this to myself just reminds me when i was 5.. haha LOVED IT!!!

[greysanatamylove]

i dont know why but this song used to make me bawl mye yes out when i was little

[Adrastia]

@greysanatamylove

Yeah. this song has always made me sad. I think it's the music and the tone of the singing.

[KishniaTwain97]

@greysanatamylove  kinda still does

[igniteatthefirehouse]

Tears every time...

[luciamco]

Made me cry, too. Of course, singing it to my week old daughter and pulsing with hormones helps.

[nyc14gauge]

I know why adults find this song sad. Its because Ernie is singing about an idyllic place, a place called "home". As kids, we had a place that was safe and sound (hopefully) that we knew we could always go home to. As adults, we have a longing for that place, but in until we make a place of our own where we can feel as safe as when we did as kids, we'll always be on the moon or under the sea, trying to get back home.

[KishniaTwain97]

@nyc14gauge

I like it that u've gotten all philosophical on us, but now u've kinda depressed me! But u make sense. And i agree

[Hadra568]

My friend had this played at her funeral

[McDughf]

One of my Favourite Lullabies :D

[mombynature1]

I sing this to our 5 year old song. I'm sure he knows it by heart by now.

[doodlemonkey123]

1 person wants to live on the moon.

[KishniaTwain97]

I'd like to know who the 1 retard is who disliked this classic Sesame Street vid. It's Sesame Street! Come on! The old Sesame Street is the bomb!!

[Tezza21000]

when i was little i would say wocket ship hi in the aiw!!!!

[RedSoldier07]

God bless Jim Henson.

[KishniaTwain97]

@RedSoldier07

true dat

[kutE126]

This sounds so pathetic but when I was a little kid I used to cry to this song haha. I'm going through a breakup at the moment... I litterally just turned to this song for comfort haha

[dacptn]

@kutE126

[MichaelBrookham]

I think this is the only time Ernie is ever shown wearing a nightcap.

[Marri76]

My favorite

[ppsddancer]

im a 90's kid and its so sad to see what kids watc htoday. and we wonder why there so "distant" and there disrespctful. THIS STUFF! this stuff we watch matters!! i pitty the kids of the 21st centurie. and im sure damn glad i was born in september 1996 so i could watch this stuff. best stuff ever!

[KarateKidX]

@ppsddancer

nostalgia goggles.

[miscapb]

i dont wanna live on the moon

[hymcwtmc]

Got goosebumps listening to this again...haven't heard it for years..sigh*..So miss childhood. :(

[gutterxcat999]

I NEED THISS HELPS ME NOCK OUT -_-ZZZZ

[cookiesonsteve]

I was playing this song in my car today! <3

[bluelynn19952003]

I love this song thanks for posting..

[boroandfriends]

brings back the memories i still sing this song sometimes im 16

[superjjs80]

Thank you for posting this!

[hiedgar]

This brings back so many memories!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Drchainsaw77]

I don't mind visiting New Jersey, but I wouldn't like to live there, either.

[StephanieKNJoseph]

I loved Sesame Street don't like what they did with it now though and i love this song it is absolutely a masterpiece

[79Tonyap]

I love this song.  Im 30 and I still love to watch Ernie. This reminds me of mornings as a little kid watching sesame street. They have changed the show so much its not the same.

[ScrewNormality1]

LOL. Nostalgia'd like a motherfucker.

[PuppyLoveCharlie]

even if im a teen I LOVE THIS SONG! and i still love this show :) memories!

[blackhawk1491]

I remembered this song from when I was like 5, looked it up and learned to play it on guitar and sing... whoever clicked dislike must have been distracted by a moonbeam.

[Joshuaguss]

0:23 If you're on the moon you don't look DOWN at the Earth. You look FORWARD UP at the Earth. Not Down.

[kaynanmg]

@Joshuaguss seriously? it's ERNIE for crying out loud. don't ruin the best song on sesame street (or maybe on earth)!

[ssv92e]

me and my 30 year old brother are IN LOVE with this song!! soo cute and peaceful with a good message. They sure don't make kids shows like this anymore!!

[superepicfuntime]

"Bert, I wish you weren't so angry all the time."

"I wish you wouldn't eat your fucking COOKIES IN THE DAMN BED."

[Bubblesssssify]

this is so cute... we did this in our school play

[tokyopanda13]

This song makes me very happy. ^^

[Lakhshamana]

Not a far stretch that this is the first English song really, really liked. I liked it as a child, and then sort of lost track of it for 10 or so years, and finally rediscovered it via an old mp3 track hidden away in a campus computer. Suffice to say the memories came flooding back, and i never looked away ever since. I hope i can teach this one song to my children.

[GaolisVideoLog]

That's a great lullaby. Thank you freaker142.

[isiahhamilton]

love dis song mann ...go ernie.

[olliemorning]

This is one of those songs that gives you a time-out from the harsh world today. Different Zone

[MashBananaPirate]

I don't know why but this song makes me bawl

[lovebreaxnna]

In 5th grade, we sang this for our musical. :D

[bandi1013]

20 years old....remember this like it was yesterday

[WendyKWarren]

This was my daughter's favorite song when she was little, and i still like it very much. It makes me wish for the good times. No oil spill, and global warming was still a myth. Who agrees?

[johnsonmaje]

this reminds me of loving shawn colvin and working at sesame street store(scoottsdale) and spending my whole pay check on sesame clothes and toys LOL/

[KEATON459]

I like the caustic highlights.

[HIGGINS101]

this was my all time favorite song from sesame street! thanks for posting it.

[KiwiCutie181]

This song makes me cry :) I love Ernie! This is going to be played at my graduation.

[xenu4life]

Man... I remembered this tune from like 20 years ago. I could only recall a couple lines of the lyrics, but I was amazed by how well I rememberd the tune.

[seebukey]

BRing back the old sesame street.....just BRILLIANT! I lov this song and vid :)

[MsMaJa79]

I dedicate this song to my nephew John John who I've been singing this too since he was born and he will be 3 next weekend...I love you so much;)

[MashBananaPirate]

This always makes me cry

[michorge]

I'm almost feel like I'm six again. Almost!!

[musicbox193]

this is a beautiful song

[wresltgal]

where are the good days with this sesame street bring these back

[laurenzohendersonzo]

... Thank you.

[childofreletivity]

good song to relax to

[DwyII]

Easily my favorite song from Sesame Street when I was growing up, and it's still a classic. This will be a lullaby for my children someday!

[joshknape]

This song is nice but odd. So he doesn't want to live on the moon---okay. I don't know anyone who does. I think it's what the kids call being random.

[toofargone4u]

this is a classic! i have been singing this since i was 2! ernie is the best!!!! nothing odd about it thats why its for kids!

[indianajonesfan87]

I am going to try and learn this song on guitar so that I can sing it to my little sister!

[Phys1905]

Cute. =) Sesame Street reminds me of my son. We always watched this together and his nursery was decorated in Sesame Street.

[CountryKatie926]

@Phys1905 aww, what a sweet memory! I hope to have kids someday to I think ill sing them this song. I remember this song from when I was a little girl.

[HyperChops]

I sing this song to my 3 month old! I even typed out all the words from this video

[jashby1974]

freaker142, you are now my favorite person on YouTube. The Muppets. Classic.

[freaker142]

@jashby1974 Thank you very much! That means a lot to me! I will be posting so new videos very soon! Be sure to check in!

[jogga123]

@freaker142 You don't forget things like this,life as an adult becomes cluttered and filled with worries and other BS. But you'll always have sweet memories of your childhood,like this song.

[ZACK613]

We sing the tune to the 23rd Psalm at the begining of our Shabbat morning meal. It truly adds to that uplifting & spiritual meal.

Mizmur L'David, Hashem Roe lo echsar. Benos desha yerbetzene, al mei menuchos ynalane. Nafshe yshovav, yanchane vmagele tzedek lman shemo. Gam ke alech bga tzalmaves, lo era ra ke ata emade, shevttcha umeshantacha hama ynachmoone. Taahroch lfani shulchan neged tzorrow, dshanta basemen roshe, cose rvaya. ach tov vachesed yerdfone kol yemei chaya...

[ZACK613]

vshavte bvas Hashem lorech yamin

[holmegab]

second prettiest Muppets song, after rainbow connection

[DwyII]

Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection...

[megaaantron]

this song stil calms me down and puts me in a happy mood :D...and I'm 22

[eightbitgnosis]

And here I thought Kermit sang this

[grimTales1]

It was Ernie, not Kermit, though Kermit and Ernie were (at the time) performed by the same actor, Jim Henson.

I love this song, beautiful. What a classic.

[CR100692]

@grimTales1

Since Jim Henson's sudden death in 1990, Kermit and Ernie have been performed by Steve Whitmire. No one can sound exactly like Jim, but Withmire's voice is too high pitched. I love Jim's deep voice of Kermit, and his slightly less deep voice of Ernie.

[210RATLD]

i love this i grew up on sesame street....never gets old :)

[brimhall7]

i still sing this song to myself....Im 27

[jennmike0923]

@brimhall7 I hear ya! I'm 30 and for some crazy reason I woke up this morning with it stuck in my head. I haven't heard this in years!

[Bloodtiesgirl3]

@brimhall7 Me too!!! I sing this song to myself all the time and I'm 27 also!!!!+

[cynicinaminute]

@brimhall7 I play it in my folk band, i'm 19.

[brimhall7]

@cynicinaminute Very cool.



[ameaglejazzdude]

I'm 25... and adult life hasn't killed the hope yet that I could still go back in time and meet a dinosaur just like when I was 3 :-(

[XXJohn0DoeXX]

@ameaglejazzdude Life is most literally what we decide to make of it. Those who wish to live longer tend to, those who keep to their dreams are the ones who change the world. If it truly hasn't killed your hopes; I'd suggest looking into Temporal Mechanics.

[cattstarr1]

@brimhall7 HEHEHHEEHE IM 31 AND I STILL LOVE THIS SOO MUTCH :)

[putka101]

@brimhall7

I know what you mean, it's my warm up song whenever I play the guitar hahah.

[KishniaTwain97]

@brimhall7

shout out 2 you, brimhall17!! I do to! I'm only 13, but i <3 vintage Sesame Street! Ernie is da bomb!!

[bamashay]

I'm 29+4 and this is one of my favorite songs from my childhood. It's as wonderful as doughnuts and fried chicken!

[TwstdSistr72]

The Children's Theatre in Minneapolis has a new show, Bert & Ernie, Goodnight!, and this song is so amazingly done! If your in the area, you should see it - very, very nostalgic!

[gamemasterredlink]

i love this song it youest to be the only thing to get me to go to sleep!!!!!

[juggle28]

probably my second fav sesame street song..(see "we all sing in the same voice")...i hear this and i miss being a child so much!

[get2nomi92]

this song is beautiful.

its really weird, it used to make my cousin break down in tears, like bawling, everytime..and shes 22 -_-.

[nowonderitsneverland]

I love it!!

[jjiuiyty]

remember this song since i was 5 now im 16 brings bak the gud dayz lol luv it

[FINalFANTAsyKIDDO]

haha me too. childhood was the best. Im glad that i grew up with this...

[jjiuiyty]

remember ed this soog since i was 5 now 16 ! brings back the good ol' dayz! lol :) luv it

[TShirtJunkiee]

Such a great song. Does anyone know when it first aired?

[athull08]

1978

[MilitaryGirl13]

I love this song. It makes me feel happy :)

[geniusthadon]

this track is an artistic masterpiece.

built like a lullaby and maintains the soothing quality while digging into more serious themes of remembering loved ones & one's origins no matter how far your life has taken you. Powerfully accessible to people of any age, gender or culture.

Timeless.

[Bureyeanne]

@geniusthadon

It is a cleaver way to say to someone that you love them. It is in the creative mind of a child but as emotionally sophisticated as an adult might have.

[MattSm130]

@geniusthadon Wow, you think too far into things... =D

[KishniaTwain97]

@geniusthadon

I wonder if whoever wrote this song was expecting people to get philosophical about it. Anyway, i totally agree with you!

[bbseagirl606]

i love this song, it's so good to hear simple, beautiful music in these dark times

[TiggerGrl217]

16 years later and I still love this song <3

[yiyalaportecheer12]

i might cry. I miss watching these from when i was a little kid. The new ones these days are just so gay. That's just my opinion.

[Bureyeanne]

Elmo can be cute but drive you crazy after a short while.BTW they all bath with Ernie and his duck. It is far worst than just a little gay.

[athull08]

It's not just your opinion, it's practically everyone's. Childrens TV in general is just total garbage today. It's very sad.

[violetcrumbled]

Aww, so many memories. Very nostalgic! xx

[overwork79]

Great song i miss my childhood

[amieosia]

the flute or piccolo part makes it sounds so sad.

[richdiva007]

I can't believe this song has been stuck in my head for over 20 years. You guys are right, it does sound kind of sad & haunting. But still one of my most favorite Sesame Street songs ever.

[Emmjaye4life]

Thank you Jim, I can't wait to see you again.

[bluenickman]

Ernie with feet looks odd.

[999555G]

it so true, this song sticks with you, heard it when i was about 4.

[ecaustin1982]

Why is this song so sad!?

[cleburne61]

Ditto, it is beautiful, but for some reason it is powerfully haunting. I've remembered this song for 20 years since I first heard it.

[Rstegs]

no joke. same. I wonder if they purposely made "being alone" a scary thing so kids would be sad/scared to imagine life without their parents?

[desertwoman]

I've never thought about it that way. I always saw it as being thankfull and aware of those who do love you.

[reformedman]

'why is this song so sad?'

The answer is because it's written in minor chords. When you learn about music you will understand that the minor and major chords can make a person feel something that has nothing to do with the words.

The words are not sad, the combination of chords make you THINK that it is sad, but it isn't.

Chords:

C - Am - Dm - G

Chorus:

F - G - C - Em - Am - Dm - G

Hope that helps.

:)

[nathanmielke]

You're an idiot. I actually do a cover of this tune with my band. C-G-Am-F-G-C (repeat)  F-C-F-C-F-C-G-Am-F-G-C [bridge] F-C-G-C (repeat) F-C-G-Am-F-G-C

[CharlesHSpurgeon]

You're a moron. The chords he posted obviously have nothing to do with the song as it clearly doesn't have enough chords per measure.

His entire point was demonstrating the idea that major chords sound happier than the minor chords that sound sad.

What he posted appears to be an example of one of the most basic structures of chord progression that contains both major and minor relationships in the key of C.

Should have been kind of obvious for a superstar like you.

Pride=Fail

[nathanmielke]

Oh it was obvious, and I felt like correcting it. Just like I feel like correcting you.

And major and minor chords aren't what drive the emotion of this song.  It's the tempo, and the fact that Ernie doesn't want to live on the moon. Increase the tempo and the song changes.

And yes, I am a superstar that has much more talent and understanding of musical themes than you.

[SkyleMart]

Being sad over this song has nothing to due with a chord progression. Unchained Melody uses the same series of chords. Hearing it outside of the movie scene in GHOST isn't as effective as the scene and song combined. When YOU learn that the human soul is quite unexplainable you will realize that the music, words and imagery involved are very persuading to our emotions. Look at the screen: glimpses of a childhood with beautiful music in a time when things were much much better.

[LaraMadleen]

this song makes me cry so bad

[LittleSong88]

AWW this one is so kawaii! :D

[theESMCclub2]

i havent heard this song in a loooooong time. this brings back good memories

[ellocorey]

memories...this is a classic

[serbiangirl29]

this was always one of my fave sesame street songs. :D

[UnwrittenSong]

Same here. =] I actually felt I had to look it up because it was stuck in my head and I found myself singing it.

[GarfieldVsSnoopy]

Swimming In your PJs LOL.

[ernielover1]

gotta make this as ring tone !!!

[Noiseworker]

This song is so sweet!

[GhostBusters10210]

this rulzzzz!!