Philip Glass - Sesame Street - Geometry of Circles

[filmistus]

Who's Peter and who's Jacob?

[geor67]

All I can say is: cool video. I remember this. It has been years since I've seen this. Thank you for posting this.

[lolwut771]

I can see into forever.

[MrCKiwi]

*Elevator doors open up* ...wut?

[Sibra3libra]

i have loved Glass for many years, but this is the first time i come across this!

its amazing!!!

[spongle23]

Elevator: Source lol

[EMMWOOT]

tripping balls

[nayphee]

That's not pacman. That's Trivial Pursuit wedges!

[Fibonaccie]

The legend of how pac-man and his evil twins were born.

[menace3society]

"Philip Glass composed this music for Sesame Street in 1979. It is not sampled from his other works." But it doesn't matter because they all sound alike anyway.

[metaeditor]

2:00 dry run for part of the KOYAANISQATSI OST XD

[kurumako]

They forgot to put an upside down star in one of the circles. :P

[adamidris101]

Pac man mouths! Smiled I did.

[forgivensign]

this is better than drugs

[CrankCoastNZ]

of course it was made in the 70's.

Its ment to be watched whilst high

[caliguess]

I don't understand this but I couldnt stop watching the video...

[trbrooks35]

I guarantee you that the creators of Trivial Pursuit got their idea of the pie wedges from the end of Geometry of Circles.

[kascnef]

i remember this.....

[Titans4life92]

I felt like I was watching the formation of a cult ritual that would eventually spawn a life-life pacman...

[HheadHhammer]

holy shit these guys must have been doing alot of drugs

[Paradox1618]

@HheadHhammer try Sacred Geometry

that's some pretty good stuff dude

[GeorgeNYer]

Wow I remember watching this when I was 5, now im 27. When i watch it now i cant help but wonder, what was the point of this and what was it suppose to teach us back when we were kids!!! Also is it odd that I'm oddly hooked on this music that I keep playing the video over and over mainly the last part???

[wawei67]

haha, someone was exploring alchemy, sacred geometry and occult science on Sesame St in the 70's--maybe The Count with his obsession with mathematics and otherwise occult connections haha.

[beckyboston]

i remember watching this with my mom when i was a very little girl

[cactusclouds]

on sesame steet

[cactusclouds]

i always knew sami was sesing with kids heads?

[HelplessInOttawa]

Thank you Sesame Street. So much.

[SoggyPeanutPatrol]

Does anyone know who did the animation for these pieces?

[xFishNinjax]

WHAT WAS THE POINT OF THAT?

[TCoops]

This is oddly profound for a children's show...

[Drunkenmo]

@TCoops Profound? I find it to be absolutely delightful for a children's show, and not particularly profound. I think that's a little too pretentious.

[PabzGLRP]

2:33 - Pacman slumber party!

[sponsellerfd]

26 people are squares :P

[medea1990]

WOW! Thumps up if you think this is terrific!

[kirbsnz]

I didn't see this in sesame steet, I at sesame street age would have missed the educational intent of this video, one of those like DUH!!!!

[felixjacomino]

Now I'm wondering if THIS is what planted the seed for my love of Glass' works! I was 7 years old back then!

[Alternatevil]

I was wondering if this helped me understand trigonometry more.

...Did it?

[McfugglyNuggly]

I am a full grown adult and yet I find mysel staring at this video and song mouth opened and now I strangely want a career in circles... is that weird? =|

[opalgoblin]

The ironic part is that Koyaanisqatsi sounds LESS terrifying.

[011romel]

i am high as fuck and that just looked amazing

[MahMahAfro3000]

This is for all the 6 year olds trippin on acid

[dooovde]

If this is kid's television I wish I was still a kid

[Tkraemer81]

This is magical to me. I'm 30 years old and I remember this clip vividly.

[sarahsue11]

this is one of the very first things i remember seeing on sesame street when i was about 3. :D i loved it so much i could barely sit still when it came on, because i felt like it moved something inside of me and i just had to get up and dance it out. although honestly, i don't know that the dance i did matched the music very well, haha. i wish they still played stuff like this instead of insulting children's intelligence with crap like elmo's world.

[madamewoselle]

Oh man. I loved this, even though it kind of scared me a little. I had no idea this was a Philip Glass composition! It's been embedded in my head for 25 years.

[rayandreina]

I remember it premiering on Episode #1437, right after Barkley wanted Big Bird to pet him (p-et) -- May 13, 1980.

[Mu51kM4n]

I remember watching this as a kid. though i had no idea the music was written by philip glass or even who philip glass was at the time. Nor did i have any appreciation for music and so did not remember this music at the time. It's very interesting to watch these things later in life. it's like opening a time capsule from your past.

[killfroggy26]

Witchcraft!

[kpharloff]

Metatron? Fun to watch.

[dragondancer1814]

Yet another one of my Sesame Street "faves" brought back for us to enjoy! Thanks for the trip in the Wayback machine-I love this!

[ThinkingChristian29]

if you love this piece, you might like my latest composition. Search "Ballade of the stars" and click first video. I hope it moves you in some way

[stereomaxout]

Phillip Glass did The Candyman soundtrack.

I kept expecting to see said horror icon pop out with a math book at some point.

[Jaramo1]

ZOMBOCOM

[bpkvids]

Philip Glass makes geometry scary and awesome at the same time.

[totalrandomcrap]

This is the kind of music you hear in your head when you are with your friends and you stare up in the sky for 3 hours and your friend says "Hey puff puff pass, so take your second puff and pass!"

[LimeyLassen]

Television producers often assume children are stupid. Not so.. what children are is impressionable. Feed them beautiful things, and they will turn around and create beautiful things of their own. Artists and thinkers can come right out of the slums providing a seed is planted first.

[OffWhiteCow]

I was fortunate enough to have grown up with this

[someonetookmynick]

somebody please upload a higher quality version of this video! for history's sake, this is a masterpiece.

[jimamia77]

#5 song? 

[nmybox]

Sesame Street does a sacred Geometry intro for the kiddies I love it..

[SonofKhaosKoala]

This was hard to masturbate to...

[sarahsue11]

this is one of the very first things i remember seeing on sesame street when i was about 3. :D i loved it so much i could barely sit still when it came on, because i felt like it moved something inside of me and i just had to get up and dance it out. although honestly, i don't know that the dance i did matched the music very well, haha. i wish they still played stuff like this instead of insulting children's intelligence with crap like elmo's world.

[libelle156]

@PhillipPark90 I was tripping circles.

[ahmd84]

.... and this was the inspiration of half of Enya's songs..... LOL..

[ohiohay]

My algebra teacher showed us these videos in 9th grade. I feel like she chose I ice media to brainwash me with.

[capnquack]

@orkid682 Ever since Elmo came out, they've given up on innovation.

[kakashi76767]

Phillip Glass is amazing. All of his stuff is so very different from even his other works.

[rockisdead25]

this was always one of my favorite segments on sesame street

[nickshel]

what the hell man this video is making me trip balls

[MIKECNW]

Good! The full version.

[YUMMYngbird]

Reminds me of the intro from Mystic Quest for some reason

[laerwen]

I remember being fascinated with this as a five year old. They don't make 'em like this anymore!

[schoenapan]

beautiful

[chudslayerr]

was the music composed specifically for sesame street or is this piece on one of his records?

[TemeculaValleyLapse]

Sounds vaguely familiar to Philip Glass' piece "The Grid" used in the 1982 film "Koyaanisqatsi". Absolutely beautiful.

[ChristiRich]

This was how I was first introduced to Philip Glass. I was maybe six-years old and fell in love with this piece, which influences my music compositions to this day.

[danoftheyear]

@ChristiRich I saw this as a child and loved it ... and really, really pleased that I have encountered it again. I am so smitten that it was Philip Glass I saw as a child!

[danoftheyear]

@danoftheyear ... because I am a huge Philip Glass follower today ... I can't wait for the Einstein revival!

[PabzGLRP]

So this is where Pacman comes from, eh.

[JonasGrumbyBand]

This reminds me of when I was 6 and my grandma let me stay up late to watch a nice holiday move called 'Halloween'.

[ukeuwatch]

I think some kids would be fascinated by this. Some would be bored. Depends on the kid's personality as much as upbringing. So why not put it out there? Better than not doing so.

[BeemanBeatz]

i just had an acid flashback

[generix83]

Man is that weird



[ninninninnin4]

yep its better than most of the kid tv stuff, BUT

it's mmm "intellectual" and "conceptual" music which seems to be just boring for a child

its the same as to show malevich's "black square" to a kid just because it's better than teletubies (tho it's really better)

[digitalis7]

Philip Glass does Sesame Street!

[NintenFan0900]

I'd rather have my kids watching this than 90% of the BULLSHIT that's on kid's television.

The shit on kids shows now practically trains them to be a whiny, needy bitch.

[ninninninnin4]

i love philip glass, but did the children watching this love him also? it seems to me that NO

the picture doesnt fit the music

[marty051892]

I wish my brain was stimulated this way as a child.

[manganj]

children's television has really gone downhill since this...

[Jennafu832]

So THIS is why I'm good at Calculus. Well done, Sesame Street. Well done. :)

[baroh2413]

@PissedPlayinPimp It sounds a little like the Candyman Theme

[AClarke2007]

You`ll never look at a spanner the same way again!

[Braindouchedotnet]

It doesn't really sound all that different backwards. soundclouddotcom/braindouche/p­hilip-glass-geometry-of

[neosarafist]

Philip Glass + Sesame Street, best way to teach kids their ABCs and 1-2-3-4-1-2-3's

[totalrandomcrap]

Never ever play this song backwards! It will shatter your brain!

[skeaneable]

This looking like an acid trip dream from the minds of The Beatles in their Yellow Submarine.

[TrainmasterCurt]

I wonder if at the end, that's where the guy from Namcot got the inspiration for Pac-Man @ 2:31, lol

[TrainmasterCurt]

This was one of the weird psychedelic synthesizer/choir songs from Sesame Street!

[ChollieD]

What an awesome geometry lesson. I enjoyed the visual and sonic fantasy, as I'm sure did the young target audience.

Thank goodness somebody is smart enough to hire Glass to compose for Sesame Street.

[SouthOCmixdown]

19 peoples mom threw out their Spirographs by accident.

[teddytramp]

Is that last bit how pacman was invented?

[SnugglySara]

@teddytramp That's what I was thinking!

[jpcwon28]

Holy mindf*ck childhood flashback!!

[remudus1]

No wonder I've studied and work in arts and film.....

[MrNickWright]

2:00 OH MY GOD! I totally remember seeing that as a kid.... jeez. Like 20 years ago.

[renelibrary]

I miss you Sadi.

[Trinitus231]

Ok i hummed this hold song verbatim and didnt even notice until someone told me...such an impact this has had on me since.......

[ricarleite]

So this is "Einstein on the Beach" for 6 year olds?

[Blacklemon67a]

@ricarleite little Einsteins on the beach

[Percussiongurl]

wait this was him..i did not know this was him, it now makes sense

[xmaster720]

scary, but awesome

[Donut117]

this is the kind of shit i grew up watching. suddenly everything wrong with me makes sense.

god damn you PBS.

[castlezania]

This music sounds like something you'd hear as your spirit is passing through to the afterlife!

[zangazoo2007]

The final movement is probably my favorite. The speed at which at which the notes are played is awesome!!!

[LivyLovesTCR]

This taught me more than AP English. No really, I think about circles in a whole new way now. Showing kids the properties of circles without using words... And he doesn't sacrifice his style at all! Glass: how does he do it?

[AgapeWaves]

@LivyLovesTCR I didn't know you studied circles in AP english.

[hyrulemusic]

God, I remember watching these back in the Eighties! They were such a trip!

[todd7791]

This was the coolest back in the day and still amazes me today. Does anyone know what Philip Glass song this is and is it on any of his CD's?

[Strawberrypocky911]

we had to review this video for our music exam at my school...

everybody, including me wrote... "is this a cult video? Makes sense... we do go to an all girls Catholic school..."

[plankton22]

#LOL at related videos

Philip Glass - Prophecies

Philip Glass - Pruit Igoe

Philip Glass - Mad Rush

Philip Glass - Metamorphosis

Philip Glass - Sesame Street

[drumskater337]

this would go good with LSD

[SnugglySara]

@drumskater337 Has SESAME STREET ever been brought to you by the letters L, S, & D?

[drumskater337]

@SnugglySara lol

[TheNostalgiaJunkie]

I heard Stereolab's 'Parsec' over my DVR's chillout station and this popped into my mind. This use to hypnotize the shit out of me. It's been a whiiiiiiiile.

Synesthesia!

[SaturnasG]

Even circles can look EPIC with glass music.

[escdelesp]

WoW!  I remember seeing this and being intrigued as a kid-so technically I've been a P.Glass fan since I was 7!!!

[matju2]

the ending is a subliminal advertisement that says « buy Pac Man ! ».

[LeoMidori]

Man, I haven't seen this in forever. Glad I stumbled onto it. :3

[sonicspeed90]

damn trippy

[ilusoful]

Glass is highly underrated

[apasaci]

holy shuit they were teaching sacred geometry to children back then...

[AyumuVanguard]

If they still played this today for little kids, I have a feeling that the world would be a lot better off.

[moxie96]

adored this one!!!

[Zarggg]

I remember seeing this when I was very young. If I had any clue back then that I would develop an interest in minimalist music today, my mind would have been completely blown.

[Zarggg]

I remember seeing this when I was very young. If I had any clue back then that I would develop an interest in minimalist music today, my mind would have been completely blown.

[mooolinator]

15 squares watches this vidya.

[postmortem5]

i just finished of getting my self up the floor i just had an epilepsi attack.....

[vaginadeluxe]

OOOOH MYYYYY GOOOOOOOODDDDDD

I LOVE LEARNING SHAPES

[StevenShields29]

I always thought they were screaming ino! and isi!

[newfreshreview]

@StevenShields29 I believe those are solfegge syllables, e.g. do, re, mi, fa, so, la, and ti. Philip Glass is, if I'm not mistaken, not a fan of wordless choirs, so he simply has them sing the "name" of the pitch. So I think they're singing, so so so so, as in the 5th scale degree.

[juansalazarj]

demais!

[grachteendje]

i am still staring

[testtubekitten]

Dude.

[Christinacolasanto]

I remember watching this as a little girl sitting in front of the giant tv thinking......."NOW I KNOW WHY PEOPLE DO DRUGS"!

[tiratuquetetoca]

este hombre es un viaje de la mente

[JOHN11HOT]

I music sounds like something from a video game

[portsy101]

Apparently Philip Glass has done EVERYTHING

[milkbluemilk]

sesame street back then had an amazing array of unusual segments, with quirky and diverse music and animation. i think you'd be laughed out the room if you suggested playing philip glass to kids these days.

[CarnisVale]

Man, children's programming is just terrible now.

[robfergusonjr]

@CarnisVale All entertainment stinks these days, no talent age we live in.

[r0inconnu]

pretty good.

[mafurock33]

I remember being a little kid seeing/hearing this that being so impressed and thinking. "I had now Idea that geometry and the colour wheel were the same thing! Wow! such magically avant-garde*, and perfect! The powerful forces of nature."

[LAPSEDCATHOLIC1]

Red and Green are complimentary colors.

Coincidentally, my nickname is Red - and my crush loves the color Green. :)

[LsnakeM]

amazing video

[iheartthemaxx]

I think I may be wrong, but maybe for all these, it sounds like the chorus are all actually chanting all the syllables for the word: Dodecahedron- pronounced DOH DEH KEE HED DRUN, in random order. (Doh-deh-doh deh, chi, chi-chi, hey-dron hey dron hey dron, doh doh doh doh doh...) A dodecahedron is a mathematical word meaning a 12 sided shape.

[kantheamali]

I am a cool and easygoing woman **naneedj.info**

[TehCthulhu]

Philip Glass + Sacred Geometry = perhaps the most boner-inducing video i have ever encountered

[bpwonderkid]

@TehCthulhu I was thinking pretty much the same thing.

[TelesterionFilm]

Philip Glass' Sesame Street -- the show for suicidal kids

[rchlboyd]

so simple but it just brimming ... no ... totally overflowing with creative energy. Gorgeous

[HillDueceua]

in case anyone is curious, this sort of stimulation has been done away with by Sesame street. Glass's genius syncopation and musical landscapes have been replaced by Katy Perry's... whatever the hell it is she does....

[unique74muzik]

this is my s--t!!!!! CLASSIC!!!! THANK YOU!!!

[roontburger2006]

Creepy!

[sandrabello]

wow what a trip!! is that why I became designer.. thanks sesame street!

[xicolong]

Claaaaaassssiiiiccc!!!!!!!!!!

[SnugglySara]

@sandrabello As a child I was captivated by such beautiful demographics. I would sit transfixed. The accompanying music was very soothing.

[joisey82]

yeah this REALLY freaked me out when I was a kid. Now, I can just sit back and get high to it.

[petezilla]

So 80's

[raggedyanarchist]

Oh man... this fascinated me as a kid. One of my favourite shorts. I wonder if they could show this sort of thing on Elmo's World era Sesame Street, or if parents would protest that they felt it was trying to indoctrinate their children into a cult or something. :P

[muffinhips]

Sesame street taught me alot (for years I said zee instead of zed - not correct if you're from England) and I had forgotten I saw this. It must have been buried in my head somewhere because in the last 5 years I have developed a love for Glass and this must have been where it started!

[chameauhaka]

I'm 32 and I "think" that I watched Sesame street as a kid but I'm not even sure.........As a french I know kids could see it on TV on a french channel, but now it seems impossible to find DVD from it... : (

[LandonGulleyComposer]

I have always loved this it is so much fun!

[andimhisfriendjesus]

How Trivial Pursuits was invented.

[kurtz433]

Reminds me of the score for "Candyman," also by Glass. Now geometry is horrifying and slightly satanic looking in its patterns.

[NightSprite237]

Thank you so much for posting this! I remember watching the second of these segments on Sesame Street as a young child in the early '80s, and being profoundly affected by it. I remembered the Sesame Street bit with the "odd music and colored circles" for years afterward, but thought that I would never have the chance to see it again. I had to keep convincing myself that I had actually seen it, and that I hadn't made it up. Hooray for the internet!

BTW, this segment is still very haunting.

[rboesen]

@NightSprite237 I could not have said it better, thats exactly how I felt, I have been trying to describe this to my younger friends(and myself) for years! I am glad to have found this finally, I was beginning to think I was crazy!

[kim2547b]

I love the colors

[OffWhiteCow]

These segments used to take me to another world: the world of mind. It is a world where only thoughts exist. Where politics are transcended and language is not needed. It is a world free of pain; free of commerce, society, and distractions. It took so long to bake it and I'll never have the recipe AGAIN!!!! Sorry, I'm no poet lol

[SoulSavior]

Pacmen @ 2:30! XD