Sesame Street film - Louisiana Zydeco music

[jws54]

that there's mighty good

[Chloeoeo126]

The band was called Feu Follet. Its named after an area between Lafayette and Broussard, Louisiana. My dad Henry Adams Jr is the guitar player and singer. My brother Henry Adams III is the triangle player. He was 16 yrs old at the time. This is Cajun music not Zydeco. My dad was waiting for his dentures that had to be ordered to come in when it was filmed.

[shjakes]

Still Sweet!! :)

[godhelpusall1]

Does anyone know what band this is/was? They're AWESOME, whoever they are. I've contemplated calling CTW and asking some intern to go look through their archives to find out.

[flyby7a]

Traces from it's French past still remain

[waikikigrandma]

As soon as I heard this, I wanted to get up and dance. I love this music. This is the life, getting together with family and friends, making music, dancing and sharing a table. The simple life is the best and this kind of joy you can hold in your heart forever. Thank you for sharing.

[keithlickey]

Me too...send it to friends...i want to learn this on my harmonica!

[naggedd]

zydeco is an event to louisiana. everyone gets together and listen and dance to zydeco. we drink, fight, dance, talk and ride our horses

[stevenscottoddballz]

What are the words he is singing?

[reneistheman]

Madi Gras just came earlier!!!

[dontswin]

That dude on guitar should of went to the dentist more often..don't they have dentists in Louisiana?

[Eric2221]

OMG i wanna go home...ewNew Orleans yall

[jackwolf131]

I believe this is the french quarter of New Orleans. If I'm wrong, please correct me

[jackwolf131]

is that Louisiana?

[americanidol434]

my childhood

[divrgonzo]

What is the songs' name?

[americanidol434]

i remember this.

[KelseyMarieClark]

I have been looking all over for this! That is my grandfather at 1:22 before I was born. This is the first time I have watched it. Thank you!!

[shjakes]

@KelseyMarieClark

Say Hi to your grampa for me! :)

[richintalent]

I THINK the guy on guitar MIGHT be the late Justin Wilson- looks like him anyway.

[AlFrisby]

It ain't...... I gaaarrronnnteeee

[hsuehhs]

I wished they can update this Flim

[davendil]

This is crazy! I have been looking for this video clip since it aired in 1989! My kids and I saw it once and couldn't get the tune out of our heads. Fell in love with the South and cajun music immediately (even being a so-cal native). Have visited Louisiana and will return many more times I hope.

[KhmerD0g]

grawfish is try. i don't like it

[hades0013]

I don't understand??

[shjakes]

I know the feeling! I felt I hit the lotto the day I found this on Youtube!

[americanidol434]

omg! i loved this song!

[kalliopekrash]

I love youtube. I remember this from Sesame Street when I was so young. Great tune.

[wishingstar22]

Yay! I've been looking for this for ages!

[soyperiodista]

I really want to dance in the grass now... :) i love this song.

[deadhorseman]

this reminds me of my maw maw (RIP)

[devdog80]

What is the name of this song.....anybody know?

[Finnjun]

Bayou Pon Pon is the song's name. There are other versions of it on YouTube, but I think this is the best. This was my first view and hearing of Cajun music(many years ago) and the rest is history...got the accordion, lived in Louisiana, etc.

[thomaslh83]

This song is called "Bayou Pon Pon" - the song is in French, so I don't know where you can find lyrics to it. The Basin Brothers Band have a version of this song up on Youtube if you're interested.

[gtrumpnc]

If you love the music, set your sights on a trip to Lafayette, Louisiana in October for the Festival Acadiens et Creoles. I happened on to it last October and got my fill of great music and great food. I sat in on the Cajun jam and, in spite of having a very un-Cajun mandolin, was welcomed warmly by the group.

[14789632587410]

yeah Louisiana is a nice place to live, except there are too many niggers. Now they got even one of them in the shitty white house

[Kerrykatz4]

Thank you for posting this!!!  What memories of my kids and me dancing in the kitchen.

[chowder707]

Some of The U.S states sure know how to live!!! Colorado hardly has nothing. We don't even have giant pandas in our zoo here in Denver.

[Coullion43]

Lu Bon Dieu Bene les Acadiens !

[Finnjun]

Amen! Que le Bon Dieu bene les Acadiens! Vivent les Acadiens, leur langue, leur manger et leur musiqe!

[gazzi22]

Tell me what you say cause I have 4gotten my granpas words, but I rember the words like Ti garcon, and tifi, andcomofatu, well that must be french ebonics to yall?et back at me.

[xj14y]

There is another Sesame Street clip featuring DL Menard. It was filmed in my hometown of Abbeville, LA. If I remember correctly, he's singing Jambalaya or The Back Door. He's in a gazebo in the town square. Please, if you can track that down, it would be fabulous.

Thank you for posting this. It's great.

[forebona]

you know thats better then anything now and its totally true this is good in all aspects of good

[gajda1984]

this isn't Zydeco it's cajun. I always was mesmorized by this as a kid!

[jinglesmar]

LOVE this clip!!! I have loved it for as long as i can remember!! Thank you so much!

[LanakilaIesu]

I have trouble remembering most of my childhood but I have a feeling there were multiple times when I was young when seeing this film was the best thing that happened to me all day. These musicians are absolutely incredible.

[ticc06]

MUD BUGS!!!! YUMMY!!!!

[sommerssmith]

I think I grew fond of this group as the same time I first listened to Alligator Stomp. The singer and group sound like Lesa Cormier and the Sundown Boys.

[uraniumdeath]

WHen I was a kid, I always remembered the singer as a creepy man with three teeth and a bad combover.

Some memories never fade.

I also still have no idea what the hell he is singing, but it's catchy.

[BuddyBoy600]

The song is called "Bayou Pon Pon." It is sung in Cajun French

[corpusfishing]

does anyone know what this guy is saying?

[Finnjun]

He is singing about Bayou Pon Pon, a mythical place where all is fun. Some people sing it clearer and the verses are different depending on the version of the song. Sounds like this fellow is using quite a few English words compared to others I have heard. If I could see the lyrics written, I might get better idea of the meaning.

[woahannablue]

OMG. YES. Not only have you uploaded this (which I've searched for for ages), but you posted Barn In the USA, too. Yay!!

My aunt and I used to call this "our song", lol. I was crazy for it.

[spice9707]

I love it! I could listen to this music all day!

[keanini]

i LOVE THIS SONG- hahaha- go sesame street! i swear i haven't heard it in over 10 years- *sigh* memories of kidhood

[shjakes]

I know what a bayou is but what the heck are "PON PON" ?? :)

[Choungui]

I looked up the lyrics - still confusing. Somewhere you can have a good time apparently...

[shjakes]

I fell in love with this song the first time I heard it a long time ago. I'm glad to see that it is finally posted cause I sure did look for it!! Good stuff is always good!

[HeyButtahfly]

The guy who sang this song really scared me as a little kid... not really sure why now that I think about it.

[ShaiMyst]

probably the teeth

[Finnjun]

The other one...Allons a Lafayette is now online! Thankyou! And I found the third one I mentioned in my other post..it is under the title Classic Sesame Street Floating On the River! Good job to you people. The Sesame Street Cajun Trilogy is complete! Kiitos! Merci!

[Nightmastercool97]

I am so glad to have found this video on Youtube because i remember seeing this video when i was little kid. Sesame street does not have any guts now to show a video this classic or this good.

[texmantoo]

This is why we are so glad Louisiana is next door.

[HeAvEnLyStAyFLy]

hahahahaha, this video always reminds me of my grandma (R.I.P.) because she used to watch Sesame Street with me all the time when I was a baby and she absolutely HATED this video with a passion LOL.

[pomea]

This is Cajun music, not Zydeco music. The accordion player is Mark Myers, aka Mark deBasile. The younger fiddler with the beard is Len Harrington. The older fiddler is Merlin Fontenot. I don't know the singer or triangle player. Might be L.J. Foret on guitar. They're a hot little group! This is just a jam band. Thanks for posting!

[crocodiletroy]

i don't know what kind of band they were

[speedbird6431]

The song is called "Bayou Pon Pon"... I speak French but I can't understand a word of the lyrics. Search Basin Brothers - Bayou Pon Pon

[hayamburuk]

I've been looking for this for YEARS!!!! Excellent! Thankyou so much! For years and years I couldn't get this music out of my head...

[Finnjun]

Great to find this after many years even though I have it on videotape. Yes, there is a shorter one-verse event with Allons a Lafayette. I have this on tape too. Also I remember seeing a "third" one featuring a Cajun waltz with a man taking a boy and girl on a swamp tour. Can anyone find this? I don't think I have it recorded, but I'll check. Nice to see there is a little fan club who still enjoys those "Sesame Street Cajuns!"

[crocodiletroy]

i was a sesame street cajun fan ever since i first heard this Music

[arosebud1]

what is the name of this group?

[crocodiletroy]

I don't know the name of this GROUP and no other user knows at ALL

[studenttheatre88]

I think, the guitar player does just not a alot of teeth. I've seen one or two when he sings out loud! OOOH!

[eggcheese]

i don't the guy playing guitar has any teeth!

[mmkjcknjk]

It is really nice to see/hear this again. We used to listen to it all the time when my children (now in high school and college) were little. Too many crayfish in this video, though!

[dickclarkfan1]

I know this is a French song, I would just like to know what the English translation is.

[Nightmastercool97]

correct me if i am wrong but isn't cajun more traditional like this peice and zydeco more modern with use of instruments like the vottiror, keyboard, piano, electric guitar along with the traditional instruments like the acordian, guitar, drums, bass, triangle and fiddle?

[Babe5677]

I love this. My Grandad used to take the mick out if the lead singer of this group it was ace.

[wattamack4]

I remember this.

[MedusaMagic]

Someone claimed there is another very similar clip to this one with the same band playing 'Allons La Lafayette' but haven't come across it-- do you have that??

[crocodiletroy]

i crocodiletroy don't but some other user on youtube can

[HeAvEnLyStAyFLy]

yeah there is now that I watch this one, look up "Sesame Street Zydeco" on here on you'll find a video listed after this one of a guy singing, that's the other Zydeco song your'e thinking of, only he's singing along with a muppets cd and the original song had another Zydeco band {or this one} singing.

[crocodiletroy]

i seen both of those, they are pretty good

[MedusaMagic]

How totally weird that you just posted this-- I started looking for it last night and I put in Sesame Street; Cajun, Country, Bluegrass, Fiddle, barbecue, picnic, porch, and I don't know what else... then today I logged on and tried 'Sesame Street music' and here it is!!

The song is the 'Bayou Pon Pon Special'. I know the one fiddler who is standing is Merlin Fontenot-- can't seem to find any info on the rest.

[Figure2006]

thats one thing that people love it food, and music. and the good old south as well.

[raakone]

C'est bon! (This is good!) And seeing those crawfish make me hungry!

~Ra'akone