Rhapsody in Blue 1

[admiralairman]

I was sitting in my 7th grade music class at 12:26 pm on the afternoon of 9/11/01 listening to this when I heard the news. Still gets to me even today.

[TheBiglew22]

Continuity issue! I didn't know that happened in cartoons but the clock on the first guy's bedside table is laying down in the initial shot but laying down in the following shot. Still a great movie though!

[ExoditeDragon]

After a while, this whole sequence - the animation style, the music - grows on one quite a bit. I think this was one of the best segments to come out of Fantasia 2000.

[bmcaleri]

Never knew why everything was blue in this video and then last year we played it in band, I discovered it was called rhapsody in BLUE and BAM musical epiphany!

[AndreAntozz]

Don't waste your time.....

Restart button is here and it's free ==> 0:00

[daiviko]

Watching someone brush their teeth has never seemed so epic..

[strtthshw]

I'm not a fan of this animation style

[bunclip]

If there is such a thing as American classical music, this has to be among the best.

[nilekinnick24]

Come fly the friendly skies

[ThatWellDressedGuy]

Did you know the glissando at the opening of Rhapsody in Blue, was originally the clarinetist messing about during a rehearsal?

[whneo97]

Reminds me of Tom & Jerry

[macakoki]

wow...amazing..just amazing...Gershwin

[levakz]

WTF?!

[iloveshiloh1]

Oh my god... I saw this when I was just a toddler, then they used the beginning of the song for the Glee New York episode and I swore I had heard it somewhere before. 10 years later I still recognized it, weird.

[strtthshw]

@iloveshiloh1 you are young o.o

[tangally]

all the characters have names. the purple drummer is called Duke, the jobless guy is called jobless joe, the girl is called rachel and the guy with the red mo is called flying john

yay trivia!!

[Octopusanator]

the first and last time i saw and head this was ten years ago. This song has been in my head since then but the name lost. which has bothered my till now~

[IMWIGB24]

brings sooo good memories

[lvp20]

guys I seriously love this song

[technogandhi]

That was the most random ending

[matthewakian2]

Brilliant.

[lordhoot1]

This is the only piece from the newer film that I like, because the animation actually has some relevance to the music.

[mikeyshum]

the theme starting at 3:36 is my favorite part!

[woodstock767]

This is my Favorite!!!! Fire Bird is a close second though ;)

[koyoteblue1998]

I didn't like fantasia 2000 as much as the original...but that's really impossible to beat. so I guess disney tried their best on this.

[6HagareNo6Yumi6]

@koyoteblue1998 The first Fantasia let the music speak much more, or how to explain it... and it was more visually appealing. However, Firebird was the only truly great piece Fantasia 2000 had to offer, at least visually :)

[LaXVieBoheme]

@6HagareNo6Yumi6 I disagree. Fantasia certainly had a great many wonderful pieces in it (Nutcracker Suite, Ave Maria) but that's no reason to pretend like Fantasia 2000 didn't have some wonderful pieces also. This one actually moved me to tears the first time I saw it (in my twenties) and the Toy Soldier sequence was pretty visually appealing (I loved the artistic style-- the geometric quality of the jack-in-the-box and the soldier and the play of light and color).

[starXelfXyeshua]

anyone else think of American Airlines when listening to this? lol

[Simonxp911]

this is art!

[henry10201020]

blacks are fucking awesome in music!!!! envious of 'em...

[eyehavemind]

how does someone not like this?

[eyehavemind]

How does someone not like this?

[xxmyposeurgirlxx]

i feel like going to nyc and walking around with this playing

[Rhoderluxel]

Last year, Ray Coussins visited our school for the big musical performance we put on. He wanted to be part of it, which was awesome. We played this, and he tore it up on piano.

He used no sheet music, and played it all by ear/memory. It was amazing. Instantly fell in love with the piece.

[monny287]

Does the beginning of this remind anyone else of an Etch-a-Sketch?

[bigfrickinscrill]

such a cool fanfare

[ilikeboardgames]

4:16-4:44 is my favorite part!

[Melodylette17]

the first time i saw/heard this song I fell in love with this piece and thought every child should hear at least once in their life time.

[ShabatyDoob]

20 rich old ladies in fur coats watched this

[529wes]

Wish the old 1939-40 Disney animation team had done Rhapsody in Blue....just sayin.

[Prancer1231]

this is only 10 years old? it looks old

[SonicPHX]

.....i only like the people who bust out the city.

[Swax6302]

yesterday i was tinkering on the piano and i was like "i love the way this sounds" then i noticed it sounded like the chorus for this piece. (sorry if i got my terminology wrong)

[miserendix]

beautiful :)

[CirnosMathClass]

i rememer this :D awesome. too bad disney changed from this

[BeatOfAngel2901]

beautiful, meaning

[doomgiver234]

why is the star of david on the window at 4:49 ?

this isnt to be mean, im jst curious.

[Gauky1976]

@doomgiver234 I'm guessing because that this clip was set in 1930s New York (which was where the song was written) and the shop is owned by a Jewish person

[SuperCommentDude2]

I remember watching this in preschool and among the other things that I watched like god knows what I remember two movies and a couple of shows. The first is this one I don't really know why but I remember it vagely. Another is some movies with a dragon and in the end some witch takes a teardrop from some girl and completes a potion and there was also a dragon if I remember vagely. early memeories are the ones that lay a foundation for the rest of your life no matter how insignfigant.

[SquidViscous]

@SuperCommentDude2 The movie with the tears and the dragon sounds a bit like The Neverending Story II

[BleachFan9891]

Fantaisa 1&2 are coming coming to Blu-Ray very, very soon.

[micahsmum1]

I am SO looking forward to this as my Christamas present from my brother this year!!!!! Yay

[barbaro267]

lol at 3:08 and 3:15!

[betome27]

I miss this from Disney:(

[aperisimo]

@betome27

yeah, this is now focusing in asses and dicks. like that cyrus hore and the cojones brothers

[betome27]

@aperisimo haha yupp hate that whore

[aperisimo]

@betome27

arriba arriba! andele andele!

[airdude2006]

This is one my favourite song/score in fantasia 2000 i could listen to this all day! Also the animation is superb!

[airdude2006]

This is one my favourite song/score in fantasia 2000 i could listen to this all day!

[bettyjoon3]

this is a very important social piece. It should be taught.

[tricky317]

i give kudos to Disney but the altered the a bit more that i would have liked

Still they did a good job. now Disney is filled with idiots.They were so much better before T_T

[RavenandKidFlash]

The guy on the piano is actually George Gershwin. :)

[carlosthomasfernande]

which orchestra is this? and whos conducting?

[RocketMeowth]

This was the only good piece in Fantasia 2000. Not only was the musical selection good, but the animation in it is top notch. It's very stylistic to the song; taking nothing away from it while also adding to it with its smooth curves and overall simplicity. On top of that, you have four stories all being told within this one segment, each giving enough information and each just as entertaining as the others. This is also the only piece to really pull off emotion. It's brilliant.

=^^= Nya

[tricky317]

@RocketMeowth But they remixed the song to fit the story line D:

[RocketMeowth]

@tricky317 Weather they did or didn't, this is still the only piece that was pulled off brilliantly in 2000. None of the others can even compare to this.

=^^= Nya

[JonasAndBruce]

Music Geek--> it bothers me at 430ish when the slamming thingie is just a little bit off time lol

[kcjeraslaitiniym]

@JonasAndBruce =] no it isn't. listen to it again... it's in perfect synchronization with the bass

[penguincheesecake]

thumbs up for fantasia 3!!!

[BCBITCHpippa]

epic etcha-sketch.

[C3P0meetsData]

@ 5:55...If piano is not her calling, I don't know what is...

[PhoenixWronglover]

I remember this song. Man I miss it soooo much. :(

[polarbear003]

this is my childhood in a nutshell. remember every single scene :)

[tnpan]

I call it a fantastic blend of classical music and jazz.

[TheMochiDude]

i wish therre would be like... another fantasia or sumthin...

[SuperHoboPirateNinja]

Oh come on, guys, it's not "old." It's from Fantasia 2000. Which was only...ten...years ago...a decade? What? I feel old. :C

[kupuraka]

how did he get the doughnut outta his neck at 1:38?

[RGamer2009]

@kupuraka Better question. How did it get ON his neck?

[MrTySweet]

@kupuraka Anything is possible in the wonderful world of disney. Lol

[xDroflmao1337]

@kupuraka its called he broke the donut.... donuts aren't made of steel.... My question is how'd it get ON his neck in the first place?

[kupuraka]

20 ppl dunno gd stuff when they see it

[bhelliom3]

I can't believe I waited ten years to watch these clips again. They made up my childhood. Incredible..

[creepsrus]

just realized that the tooth paste was also used as shaving cream xD

[TheElectrathebest]

WoooWW

It's wonderful *-* Gershwin is the most important composer of music Jazz...<3 IT'S GREAT :)

I Love him ;)

[hatohime]

0:10 its an etch a sketch!

[mickXfan]

the classics will always hold a special place in my heart, but i'm totally game for the good new stuff too~

[da69erboi]

This is the most unique segment of fantasia cuz this is reality- the dynamics of urban areas/city life. This is not fantasy and theres no fictional things here. Nevertheless, the music is great, so lively.

[pleasetouchmyhrrram]

eeeerm where's the rest of it?

[DefyingGravity671]

I love thelittle girl at 5:10

[jackram2h2]

I watched this one week ago in my music history class i loved it so much i searched for this for hours and i finally found it :)

[shadow42894]

that is so hard to time the animation with the music. that animation had to time 28 frames per second to match the music exactly. genius

[analfrost]

5:54 AMAZING!!! !

[darkcylander]

I love the depressed guy

[linze3425]

i love this song. so elegant and yet so timeless

[mjolnir1981]

aaah classical music orchestra with jazz touches, it's just magnificent

[LedHead0501]

@mjolnir1981 Or is it Jazz Music, with classical orchestra touches?? :) The debate goes on. :)

[RooForce]

@LedHead0501 -I don't know either, but it's a work of genius. And whoever thought of using Al Hirschfeld's cartoon style for the animation knew what he or she was doing too.

[OriVaisbort]

Beautiful

[cefanine]

this is one of my favorite.

[iwastespace]

i love all the different characters in this, how they all have their own lives and problems, and how they all end up happy. I also love how absolutely everything that's going on matches the music PERFECTLY. Amazing :)

[JCasR3]

@iwastespace It's like the original Crash movie

[Jyzu]

this song on the piano is incredibly fun. if u know how to play the piano and uve got experience, u should try it out :D

[PinkBallerina4]

How on earth did he get that doughnut around his neck?!

[maxj96]

Volume is low because someone set the default low. Just turn the volume up on the screen.

[Flash617]

i can totally play the clarinet solo so much better b(^_^)d

[Xvic1212X]

normaly, i love (hard) rock, but this song... GREAT! love to turn op my volume and sing like : PANANANANANNANANANAAAANAANANAA­NAANA with the melody . Love it

[meow0kitty0k]

nice

[meow0kitty0k]

nice

[PlayingWithWordsXD]

I <3 disney pixar. BUT

The old classic and emotional classics are evn better. yeah sure the cartoon isnt as 'high tech' or digitally HD or watever. BUT they are so beautiful and so good.

The emotion one company and power they can use with music no sound and just clever animation is insppiring. :/ If i have kids i don't want to have to show them the pixar but show them these 'cartoon' things that will soon be forgotton by the world. :(

[amorgan17]

I dunno.. I strongly believe that the classics of 2D, and the innovation of 3D can co-exisit and children of future generations will be able to appreciate them both :) I love the timeless disney classics, but change is good too (pixar)

[Muzzly1234]

@PlayingWithWordsXD Impossible. They cannot be forgotten as long as there are people like us who show the old and GOOD disney pieces before it became this new age crap. (Not including pixar, ghibli, or any other animation studio)

[nekoneko109]

@PlayingWithWordsXD -3- You know I never could stand the feeble arguments. Art is in EVERY animation whether its traditional or computer. Actually computer animation is USED in traditional to surpass boundaries that would be very difficult to do by hand...and you had no idea of it. So don't diss an art form...diss the creative minds that doesn't produce engaging storylines, which ISN'T Pixar. They can spend a year...perfecting a storyline, because it's muy importante. =3= the end

[PlayingWithWordsXD]

@nekoneko109 I never said there wasn't art in pixar or any animation. I'm just saying in my opinion I find the classic cartoons far more engaging. I love pixar aswell, i'm actually talking, if you had read my comment more carefully, about how disney or any other company doesn't do cartoons anymore I wasn't DISSING any art form, I was dissing at the fact one wonderful art form wasn't there anymore. Cartoons are magical things, i'm sure thats why you were watching it too.

[oddkitty]

@PlayingWithWordsXD They're still making 2D animation, it's just not as prevalent as 3D animation. The Frog and the Princess, while not being the best example, was their most recent 2D animated film. I agree with you - I much prefer 2D over 3D any day. I often find that the more money they put into effects, the less thought they put into actual the story. That's why I prefer dreamworks 3D animation over pixar - there's actually more narrative depth in their 3D films than pixar.

[rbutlien1]

@PlayingWithWordsXD I understand what you're getting at, but Toy Story by Pixar was the first movie completely animated by computers. Personally, I think they were innovative and exploring a new way to express their art and story. Art is art whether a woodcut, painting, mosaic, or whatever! Love anything for what it is worth so long as it is still beautiful

[DemolisherZamorak]

How can people hear these mosquito-like sound?  The volume were so low!

[GOPhypocrite]

best fantasia set of all

[ComatoseRat]

Disney... what happened to you? :C

I miss all of this stuff. Baaaaaw!

This used to be one of my absolute favorites. I'd replay the video again and again.

Ahhh...memories~ <3

[StillC1020]

@ComatoseRat Just pull up Fantasia on youtube and there's some of the best Disney even tho it's 1940!

[huyhoquocho]

I got a chance to see this performed by the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra last night in Central Park and as I laid on the grass looking into the blue sky listening to the orchestra play, I remembered of the first time watching this video when I was 10 or 11 (10 years ago) and the happiness I received from the memory of the music reminded me a reason why I am a music educator today.

[thefreakofnaturesm]

weird cartoon

[WhiteScorpian]

This is one of my fav's from the movie!!!!! I especially like with the flamingoes also.

[classicvinylbiz]

I think you might enjoy this: Julius Katchen and Mantovani and His Orchestra, from London Records, 1955:

watch?v=WKoFc2eOch8

[TheHumpparaakki]

One of the best evah!

[cherbear1001]

one of the best!!!

[williammoseleyfan101]

GOOD TIMES!!! I loved this one out of all the animations! So well made and wonderful music!!!!!!

[magicrocketgg]

Each key has a different emotion attached to it. All minor keys aren't as bright and sweet as major keys, but some are dark, some sad, some angry, some bittersweet. Changing the key is changing the feel and emotion behind the piece.

[LucidDreams420]

@magicrocketgg Thanks for the lesson in music fundamentals padre... smdh

[magicrocketgg]

@LucidDreams420

You don't have to be so nasty. Some people don't know a lot about music, and since people were arguing about wether or not changing the key makes a difference, I thought I would explain what they would mean.

[LucidDreams420]

@magicrocketgg Yeah, you're right, sorry about that... I didn't bother to look at the previous comments... my apologies

[magicrocketgg]

@LucidDreams420

no problem, don't worry about it.

[MrJohnfrenchy]

yep..not sure why

[jaay88]

Isn't this vid from Disney's Fantasia 2000?

[turquoiseskull]

@jaay88 Yes it is! =D

[SirSebastianWang]

@jaay88

READ THE DESCRIPTION! Lazy!

[SuperKittycat5]

i LLOLOOLLOOOOVVVVEEEEEEEE this song of them all!

[CtlBrandon]

be sure to turn down your volume when you watch another video..lol

[danutcase66]

You lot seem far more educated on this sort of music than I could ever be. I need good jazz-woody allen-esque songs and music for a film I'm making. Any suggestions? Also good acoustic guitar songs without words would be great too.

Cheers

[AngelLich]

Is it just me, or is it in the wrong key?

[Miker11235]

@AngelLich I think the song sounds like this to create a little tension. you here something a little off and it kinda sets ya up on edge a little, gets you ready to listen. Just a guess though.

[rachelmacc]

@AngelLich does it matter, its a good song who cares what key its in

[AngelLich]

@rachelmacc Of course it matters! If the key is different from what the composer intended, it's not being true to the soul of the piece! Also, this is not a song. Songs are sung, meaning they have to have words.

[rachelmacc]

@AngelLich Oh ok sorry, its a good piano concerto, better?

[SirSebastianWang]

@rachelmacc

How can you even ask if the key of a piece is important?! Of course it is!

[rachelmacc]

@SirSebastianWang How exactly?? its still exactly the same tune, you can still hum along and know how it goes no matter what keys that its in.

[SirSebastianWang]

@rachelmacc

Well, I suppose a similar kew would still sound almost the same, but some keys sound like they completely change the music around. (Not that that's the case here.)

[silvercresent11]

I love this.

[TheRebasMom]

yes, I checked my volume settings to see if they'd wiggled while I wasn't watching. But it ends in the middle of a note and a phrase? (Poor little girl!)

[MrElionor]

lol this is rhapsody blue ive seen this at least a 100 time n music class

[eri329]

volume is to low

[TheWxboyxW]

WTF...WHERE IS METAL

[HeyItzSara]

I loved watching this when I was little :) favorited x

[joni909]

This is my favorite piece.

[tonywalsh69]

yes indeed the volume is very, very low.

[heyyoubitme]

favorite part of the entire movie, by far.

[mikedjmix]

love the art !!

[copilot10]

Those of you who "disliked" this obviously have no taste in music.

[captain5002002]

lol the original is so much faster tho

[BMWGGANTMSFU]

I saw this film at the Imax theatre in "The Science Place" at Fair Park when I was probably in third grade! AWESOME!

[lisaconway4]

I love it!

[t1me0n]

wow its great! :D

[azimuth457]

he shaves fast..

[kico127]

Gotta love the half-step up transposition XD

[123superjam]

The trains are no way near as bad as the London Underground, it is even further underground it was the first underground so it is the oldest and in summer in stinks the most and is the most cramped by far.

[petrolhead1845598]

this IS new york

[mah81164]

no way....i remember watching this in elementary school o.o

so many great memories :))

[schreiberbj]

At 3:30, is that the French Horn with the melody or some other brass instrument?

[chilax447]

@schreiberbj

At that part, it's actually the trombone. But French horns were used in the ensemble. it was one of the first pieces to have strings and french horns, making a literal "jazz orchestra".

[Shenlung67]

4:25 does anyone else enjoy the guys smile when he get an epiphany?

[Shenlung67]

lol I like about how he always tips his hat and smiles at his boss.

[LilMissSunshine956]

I remember watching this when I was really little. This was my favorite song from Fantasia 2000. Watching this now brings back LOTS of memories... :)

[punkinandbatso]

This is doctored. The Fantasia 2000 version (as well as the original version) is lowered than this.

[EmuAddict]

@mhunterjumper Not really, this song is really a bit odd.

[carlosluongo]

@mhunterjumper dont get me wrong I like the music of the last piece its the images that kind of freak me out

[jjcguitar]

Oh I remember this from when i was a kid - I liked this animation and tune in particular. This kind of jazz is just immense! xx

[medmondsr]

volume incredibly low for anyone else?