My mom recently shared a very "motherly" story with me, about how she was pregnant with me, listening to this song; thinking, and I suppose spiritually knowing that this song was to be my anthem... I was always going to be social. It seems this song serves as a kind of story to many people. My mom and I still get emotional when we listen to it. It is a special one.
I remember back in 1989 going to Kindergarten our TV Station KQED had the simulcast of shows on 88.7 FM and I heard this song and broke down in tears as I wanted to play with kids but they teased me. I remember this so well. But now the song has so much meaning and it shows the more friends we have the better.
only joe raposo could portray the truly mixed sentiment of a child's wonder and sadness like this. this was the type of music that told you as a child 'it's normal to be sad sometimes too'
I loved this song so much. I remember having this on a little yellow record with the other song I loved from that time. "Sing a song" This is definately a pensive song and considering I lived out in the boonies as a kid without another kid for miles, I guess I could relate. Thank you for sharing, Great memories!!
GREAT! Thanks. I was serching for that song, suddenly remembering. Do you know the version of Sesame street (from the mid 70ies) with childrens voices?
I and 42 and have a 5 year old son. I sometimes sing this song and "Everybody Sleeps" before bedtime. Just hard to forget the melody and the good feeling it gives you. It reminds me how great my childhood was. And now I am trying to share it with my son.
aw....yeah. I wonder if Raposo was sort of doing something satirical here; like clearly the animals look a bit bored and out of place in this zoo. The song itself is a bit melancholy and sad--seems as if the marriage of film and music is a good one. I loved this as a kid; see it differently now as an adult.
wow memories for me; (sob) my brother who's now deceased, loved this song, at this time he was about 6, my mom who's now gone sung it to us,,,,,sobbbbbbbbbbb, but thanks for sharing it. truly innocent days. Lot's of memories.
This song is one I always identified with because I grew up in a very rural area, several miles from other children. I did not have any siblings until I was nearly six (I don't think my parents would have had any more children if I hadn't begged for them). As a very lonely child, this song holds a special place for me.
@theDragonfly7 me neither, my brother and I are a generation apart, i'm almost like a father to him and he does not listen to me very well. But our relationship would be better if we were closer together in age.
Oh word. See we the '90s kids WERE the last generation of classic Sesame Street. Kids these days really are missing out - crap cartoons replacing the Flinstones & the Jetsons, Pink Panter and Yogi Bear, the Smurfs and the Snorks, Johnny Quest and Speedracer, TinTin OMG so many - can you believe that no one my age in the US knows about Tin Tin? I mean, FREAKING CLASSIC - ...It's really quite sad, actually.
I'd say anyone born after about 1994 would be too young to have really known the "old" Sesame Street, because by the time their TV memories kick in it was already 1998 and the beginning of the overhaul.
im so glad i grew up in the mid 80's so I could enjoy all of these originals before they were replaced. I was almost the last generation of classic sesame street! Im so glad I have these memories.
A delightful, cute song. Joe Raposo was a brilliant songwriter, kind of like a simplified Burt Bacharach. Influenced me as a songwriter, too. And of couse it brings back the innocence and feel-goodness of childhood.
Pokinsmot wrote, "I felt/feel the poor lil guys pain."
Same here! I seldom had anyone to play with growing up! I was a loner (if anyone still uses that word). LOL. Most of the other guys were into sports, which I took absolutely no interest in. I would have preferred to have somebody come and play board games with me instead, or go for a simple nature walk. Any other guys feel the same?
Cute! I think I remember this, but even if I didn't, hearing it brings tears to my eyes! Most importantly, you know it's Joe Raposo after hearing the very first few chords!
Hearing this makes me smile then brings tears to my eyes because I was only 4 or 5 when I first heard this and was watching Sesame Street. My has this program changed. I loved it better then when the originals were there. Mr Hooper, Susan, Bob. All I have now are those old childhood memeories and this video. Thank You so much! I can tell you how happy my life was back then. I am now 43 as of November 1st, and can't believe that it's been this long.
It seems to say that the orangatans needed someone to come play with them. They were lonesome for a friend. Maybe it meant to be sad-telling the little boys and girls that there are other boys and girls who want a friend.
Starquant -My heart goes out to you.God Bless. I hope your life has turned for the better.I remember this version (from 1969)when it aired. As all has mentioned here, I have gotten a little teary-eyed seeing this after not seeing this (and other "original SS" ) posted here since I was a kid. For me it invokes memories of-as well as the pure innocence of childhood that gets me "verklempt."I've been "sharing" these clips with my kids-10 and 13 yrs-they tell me ernie and bert are now claymation..
I love this! This brings back so many memories. Is that Joe Raposo singing? It sounds like him. If it is not him who is it? Also exactly what year was this originally?
I love your description of this video. Even though this footage doesn't strike the same psychological chords in me as it does in you, I know exactly the kind of thing you're talking about.
Wow, its amazing to see other people sharing the same feelings you do. This song always made me melancholy as a child. Not having my own friends to play with must of had something to do with it. Joe Raposo was a great song writer.
Does anyone know where i can find the version of this song from the boxed set of 45? The vocal was by a little girl and it was so sweet and haunting, i've never been able to find it after we moved when i was little, and lost the records.
I don't know about online/downloading if that's what you mean, but it's on the 1st Sesame LP too, and they made a lot of those so you could check ebay etc. Agree completely about that version, for a child I thought she was unusually good (very high register and in key). For me it's the only performance of a Joe song that was as good as his version. Too bad she didn't get credited on the LP.
its interesting how you mentioned the cement enclosures. When i was a child, all I ever thought about this video was "look at those silly monkeys" and now im kind of wierded out by the whole thing.... interesting
These extremely bored 'rangs (intelligent creatures) live, apparently, in a cement enclosure, with the occasional urine filled ditch or dead tree as their only diversion. "Somebody come and play," indeed. Only humans treat other animals like that. Cute song. Repulsive video.
its a good thing the animals have a hero like you though. i mean, without your awesome posts about sesame street videos on the youtube, who knows how awful things would be for them. god bless you, sir.
Anyone who has met me for even a few minutes will attest to the fact that I am an animal lover.
And because of that, I will accept the eventual retribution bestowed upon us when our simian lords and masters tear down the Statue of Liberty and rule us with an iron fist.
Well... at least until Charlton Heston, the gun-nuts and mutant-humans blow it all to hell.
Just to let you know, that was filmed back around 1970, and there has been a serious enlightenment in tending animals, and they've since greened up the enclosures for the great apes.
I want the old Sesame Street back!! It's sad, most of the great people who made Sesame Street amazing are dead. I miss Jim Henson and Joe Raposo's music, nobody can replace them. Now days Elmos' taking over the show-Cookie Monster is on veggie diet..what is the world coming to!?
Youre so right.. no one can replace these songs which have stuck with me since 1969, all these years and all that happiness and creativity cant be topped. I hate seeing how theyve changed SS so much. I love Joe Raposos music and the way it made us all envision life and think about who we were. SS butchered a few of the old songs too especially having someone sing "I Believe in Little Things" and use dancing computer ribbons to make faces instead of the original footage that soothed our minds.
Sesame Street was, and is still a part of my life i will never forget.
for me, anything from Sesame Street up until Rocko's Modern Life ending was brilliant. from then on, i can't remember a kids show i ever truely liked.
now all kids shows are computer graphics and such.. bring back the fluffy puppets and real people !!
Disagree somewhat. Kids' shows on PBS in the 1970s used to be pretty much the only children's TV that had any merit at all. From the mid-80s through the early '00s, there was something of a golden age on network and cable---the creator-driven revolution, as some call it. The sophistication of the writing and visuals just shot up in those years. But during this last decade, things have gotten stale and bland again, (though in different ways than before). And sadly, this time that includes PBS.
This has been a long time for me. I have waited so long to hear this again. I was a young child when this first came out. It brings tears to my eyes. I am so happy. I can't believe this is here. Thank You so much! Hippie Niecey
well all I gotta say is it's not all about nostalgia or growing older, no way. Children's television was the best it has ever been in the 70's, easy to say that about "back then" at the very least. Some great minds and hearts involved, and they planted some good seeds, but not everyone wanted that.
Well, I would would amend that. I think children's PUBLIC television was very good in the 70s. But everywhere else back then, most of it was horrible.
From then to now, there's been a strange inversion. PBS's kids shows used to have a slight edge while network stuff was blander than bland. Today, PBS is pretty safe and generic, whereas everyone else just keeps pushing the envelope further and further (for better AND worse.)
Everytime i mention this song i am looked at weird but then again everyone i have asked before if they remember it were in there 20s. Glad there are many that remember it.
It's such a tender & good song. Like I said, it was there when you were new to the world and becomes unforgettable as you grow older. It becomes sweeter when you recall it. When that happens, people have different reactions to it and you can tell from that what kind of childhood they had.
This is such a beautiful song. I remember it when I was just 5. The lyrics are still in my mind and they just popped out from that subconscious niche when I heard the first few melodic, tender but playful bars. Thanks for posting this. It's one of the first good things in my life :)
I am glad to know that I'm not the only one (43) who remembers being a vulnerable child, with feelings, and it was okay. This was my song when I went out to play, and no one was outside.
just like many others on here i cry as well watching this, more so when they lyric, somebody come and be my friend and watch the sun until it rains again. It make me cry because i realize that I'm 36 years old i dont have a true friend including family
Love this song. When I was about 7 or 8, I typed all the lyrics on a typewriter and sang this song in my room and I always found it brought tears to my eyes.
I used to love this. :)
CelesteK 3 months ago
My mom recently shared a very "motherly" story with me, about how she was pregnant with me, listening to this song; thinking, and I suppose spiritually knowing that this song was to be my anthem... I was always going to be social. It seems this song serves as a kind of story to many people. My mom and I still get emotional when we listen to it. It is a special one.
julpjones 4 months ago 3
Yes, I'm a HUGE fan of Joe Raposo's Sesame Street songs!
kagomeshuko 4 months ago 2
great song ---It was on the sesame street LP years ago! ]sung by the kids]!
redgrapeskins 5 months ago 2
joe raposo was a genius.
shoofirbin 5 months ago 2
I'm 52 years old, and when I wake up at 10 am, this is still what jingles thru my mind.
Somebody come and play, please?
MsPandaRosa 6 months ago 5
I remember back in 1989 going to Kindergarten our TV Station KQED had the simulcast of shows on 88.7 FM and I heard this song and broke down in tears as I wanted to play with kids but they teased me. I remember this so well. But now the song has so much meaning and it shows the more friends we have the better.
travelplus1 7 months ago 3
"Somebody come, and be my friend,
and watch the sun until it rains again"
That is so beautiful.
GeorgiaKev 8 months ago 2
I agree. It brings happy tears to my eyes. I will never forget these days.
HippieNiecey 9 months ago
It's really sad that Sesame Street is so dumbed down now. There's nothing this thoughtful on any children's shows now. Really depressing.
goodwifeweaver 9 months ago 2
This song takes me back to my childhood oh to be young again
jj5697 10 months ago
to bad times have to change i'd give anything humanly possible to have that time frame back again
luvgirlsfeet 11 months ago 3
i remember last seeing this on a zenith screen
torontonian1978 11 months ago 2
only joe raposo could portray the truly mixed sentiment of a child's wonder and sadness like this. this was the type of music that told you as a child 'it's normal to be sad sometimes too'
torontonian1978 11 months ago 20
i wish i were a kid again
torontonian1978 11 months ago 3
You shouldn't really watch the sun, boys and girls. You might go blind.
TD9001 1 year ago
y so little views =...(
tonio31810 1 year ago
That's Blanche from Little House on the Prairie.
gottaloveaz 1 year ago
One of my most fav songs on sesame everrrr
sha8808 1 year ago 2
I thnk that they showed this clip as what the monkeys could be thinking in his cage. Someone come and play....please.
Wellch 1 year ago 2
Was this written for Sesame Street? or was it written for something else
musicbox193 1 year ago
Someone PLEASE go play with him... T_T My nephew is starting to whine because of the lonely lil' uh.... monkey.
monicameansfun247 1 year ago
Ni Nion nion Somebody Come bOdy And play !!!
Gangstaskater76650 1 year ago
Check out a newer version of this song by Darlene Graham and the Shades of Green band by searching Darlene Graham.
MrChristopherGraham 1 year ago
@maulleigh. Me too. Memories and music
Zacman123 1 year ago
@Zacman123 me as well. its really hard to explain unless you were there.
torontonian1978 11 months ago
This makes me tear up.
maulleigh 1 year ago 5
I loved this song so much. I remember having this on a little yellow record with the other song I loved from that time. "Sing a song" This is definately a pensive song and considering I lived out in the boonies as a kid without another kid for miles, I guess I could relate. Thank you for sharing, Great memories!!
totallycrunchy 1 year ago 4
Even though it was sad, It was one of my favorites. I did not have too many playmates growing up.
Wellch 1 year ago
a very happy song! it's so beautiful!
aika1ashley1 1 year ago
. . . LOL @ the "clumsy" orangutan. Love this song.
SexyProfess 1 year ago
GREAT! Thanks. I was serching for that song, suddenly remembering. Do you know the version of Sesame street (from the mid 70ies) with childrens voices?
Mauricio220388 1 year ago
How sweet, gentle, and beautiful life can be sometimes...
ericelectric 1 year ago 2
lol @ :53
saltycurtdawg5 1 year ago
i love this song! best ever!
i love this song! best ever!
i love this song! best ever!
i love this song! best ever!
i love this song! best ever!
aika1ashley1 1 year ago
i love this song! best ever! :D
aika1ashley1 1 year ago 2
wat een leuk lied! heel erg vrolijk. :D
aika1ashley1 1 year ago 2
.... :(
icesyncer 1 year ago
I and 42 and have a 5 year old son. I sometimes sing this song and "Everybody Sleeps" before bedtime. Just hard to forget the melody and the good feeling it gives you. It reminds me how great my childhood was. And now I am trying to share it with my son.
rbansil 1 year ago
I have tears in my eyes right now. I want someone to play with, too.
menslady125 1 year ago 5
D: I remember the first time I saw this I turned to my mother and said "Why doesn't anyone love the monkey, Mama?"
This song always made me sad. I always said I'd be that monkey's friend :)
lilmissintrospective 2 years ago 6
Wow, this song takes me back. Happy 40th birthday, Sesame Street!
tapdance86 2 years ago
20 years ago
cazm94 2 years ago
Man this song makes me cry! It reminds me of my childhood when I didn't have any friends :'(
MissGenius3847 2 years ago 4
I love this sooooooo much!
TheRavishingRaven 2 years ago
Oh my, I remember seeing this when I was really little, and all I ever noticed was what that baby orang was doing at the beginning!
Too gross for kids' TV!
bigbadmeerkat 2 years ago
The mood this song is a huge driver for the entire psychology of Gen X.
runderwood5 2 years ago 5
some body come and play ...lol ....brings back memories ....sweeeet
allhailmaximus 2 years ago
This IS my youth. The show will never be this great again.
jumpinjax2 2 years ago 78
@jumpinjax2 I agree totally.
Elkahatchee9 1 year ago
@jumpinjax2
I agree. Makes me cry because this was my first friend as a kid. I would sit for hours watching Seasame Street.
HippieNiecey 1 year ago
@jumpinjax2 true that. where did the time go? this feels like yesterday
torontonian1978 11 months ago
@jumpinjax2
I agree!!! The original Sesame Street episodes were the best!!! Now today, it's all computerized!!!
The shows today are ok, but they will never hold a candle to the original!!!
classicslover1000 6 months ago 5
wore this track out on my sesame street LP
episkipos 2 years ago
so did I!!! i bought it from a thrift store when i was about five(1992) and i still have it to this day!!!
DJAnonimus087 2 years ago
So sad to hear, especially since Miachel has passed. This song exemplifies his life
Jazzyteach65 2 years ago
!!!! I KNOW!!!!
Nellersz 2 years ago
Really? When did he pass away?
HippieNiecey 2 years ago
February 5, 1989
torontobear73 2 years ago
He died in 1990, around the same time Jim Henson did
ajlposh 2 years ago
He died in 1989
ajlposh 2 years ago
aw....yeah. I wonder if Raposo was sort of doing something satirical here; like clearly the animals look a bit bored and out of place in this zoo. The song itself is a bit melancholy and sad--seems as if the marriage of film and music is a good one. I loved this as a kid; see it differently now as an adult.
friendsfamilyaccount 2 years ago 4
Somebody please come and play with me I'm so lonely.Please help me.
444kingtuts 2 years ago
I love this song and the video clip. Takes me right back to elementary school.
druby38 2 years ago 2
wow memories for me; (sob) my brother who's now deceased, loved this song, at this time he was about 6, my mom who's now gone sung it to us,,,,,sobbbbbbbbbbb, but thanks for sharing it. truly innocent days. Lot's of memories.
cammicty 2 years ago 5
I still sing this song to my neighbor's dogs when they look at me longingly!
notfragile33 2 years ago
how much of the song do you sing?
carusoson 2 years ago
I hate this time.I wish I could go back to those innocent and comforting times.
444kingtuts 2 years ago 5
me too, my eyes are tearin up lookin at this *memories*
Katarine08 2 years ago 2
i just cried hearing this for the first time in well over 20 years!!!
Jazzyteach65 2 years ago 6
we all cry cuz this is our lost or forgotten child
man i miss them days sooo much you have no idea
don77sicily 2 years ago
why do you hate these times?
carusoson 2 years ago
amen
Jazzyteach65 2 years ago
I think I still have the record with this on it.I loved this song as a child.
konokitsune 2 years ago
i luv it
stephenbowman18 2 years ago
I love this, but for some reason it brings a tear to my eye. God bless the animals.
whitewitchoz 2 years ago 3
thank you! thank you for posting this! haven't seen this in probably 30 years. never thought i would ever again. thank you!
titusL 2 years ago 2
I was born in '94 so i watched the 90's version of sesame street i prefer that theme tune it was more exciting & colourful.
xtellitlikeitisbabyx 2 years ago 2
Where can I find the mp3 of the original version of this song? I can only find covers.
Trimac20 2 years ago
Damn...I remember this song...I didn't even know I knew it until a few seconds in. Great song, such memories.
Trimac20 2 years ago
I smell therapy.
vangyjo 2 years ago
Simple, fun, and perfect for kids. Sesame Street is genius.
Jasonpkring 2 years ago 2
Aw! I'm almost weeping with nostalgia. Thanks for posting this. :) 5*
della888 2 years ago 3
This song is one I always identified with because I grew up in a very rural area, several miles from other children. I did not have any siblings until I was nearly six (I don't think my parents would have had any more children if I hadn't begged for them). As a very lonely child, this song holds a special place for me.
theDragonfly7 2 years ago 41
Me too.
WeMustBeStopped 2 years ago
@theDragonfly7 me neither, my brother and I are a generation apart, i'm almost like a father to him and he does not listen to me very well. But our relationship would be better if we were closer together in age.
vidEvWill 11 months ago
@theDragonfly7 me too, I was an outcast as a child :(
Muppephile 10 months ago
Sesame Street was so beautiful! So is this song.
TurkishVanChickens 3 years ago 3
i remeber the old sesame street that was great not this new it sucks with all of this journey to ernie shit
tyke141 3 years ago
I haven't seen this or heard this in years, but as soon as the video started playing all the words & music came right back to me!
GrayEyes123 3 years ago
What memories!!!! Does anyone know what year this came out on S.S.?
todd7791 3 years ago 3
Episode 43, March 1970
Trimac20 2 years ago
I love these old sesame street clips that are 30 almost 40 years old.
Lordofjunggle 3 years ago 4
I love this song.
Ever since I was a little one.
Juwalee 3 years ago
Sounds like Rod, Jane and Freddy.
shermanvermin76 3 years ago
Wow the memories.
jtothedubya 3 years ago 2
Kids today miss out on so much. Thank god you can still find this stuff on youtube. It really does transport you back.
amyd1972 3 years ago 6
Oh word. See we the '90s kids WERE the last generation of classic Sesame Street. Kids these days really are missing out - crap cartoons replacing the Flinstones & the Jetsons, Pink Panter and Yogi Bear, the Smurfs and the Snorks, Johnny Quest and Speedracer, TinTin OMG so many - can you believe that no one my age in the US knows about Tin Tin? I mean, FREAKING CLASSIC - ...It's really quite sad, actually.
chibichichio 3 years ago 5
I'd say anyone born after about 1994 would be too young to have really known the "old" Sesame Street, because by the time their TV memories kick in it was already 1998 and the beginning of the overhaul.
Marbles471 2 years ago 4
The dividing line in my mind was the onset of elmo, though I do not know when that was.
MachinaMasterpiece 1 year ago
im so glad i grew up in the mid 80's so I could enjoy all of these originals before they were replaced. I was almost the last generation of classic sesame street! Im so glad I have these memories.
ilovemayo123 3 years ago
my all time fav song of sesame street. It's so soothing and reminds me of the innocense I once had.
sodeserving 3 years ago
A delightful, cute song. Joe Raposo was a brilliant songwriter, kind of like a simplified Burt Bacharach. Influenced me as a songwriter, too. And of couse it brings back the innocence and feel-goodness of childhood.
captaineasychord1 3 years ago
wow!
boy does this bring back memories
nowayhi80 3 years ago
Pokinsmot wrote, "I felt/feel the poor lil guys pain."
Same here! I seldom had anyone to play with growing up! I was a loner (if anyone still uses that word). LOL. Most of the other guys were into sports, which I took absolutely no interest in. I would have preferred to have somebody come and play board games with me instead, or go for a simple nature walk. Any other guys feel the same?
Jibjub80 3 years ago
I did. I was never much into sports either.
I preferred Board Games and Walks too.
Wellch 3 years ago
I had this on a Sesame Street record when I was a kid. It was really cute.
Sassydear 3 years ago
Cute! I think I remember this, but even if I didn't, hearing it brings tears to my eyes! Most importantly, you know it's Joe Raposo after hearing the very first few chords!
d72jjpilc 3 years ago
i was looking for this, this reminds me so much of my very first best friend. It was great bing a kid in the very early 80s!
nneenuhh 3 years ago
This song makes me cry out loud. I wish we could all just play today.
bipponobungus 3 years ago
Hearing this makes me smile then brings tears to my eyes because I was only 4 or 5 when I first heard this and was watching Sesame Street. My has this program changed. I loved it better then when the originals were there. Mr Hooper, Susan, Bob. All I have now are those old childhood memeories and this video. Thank You so much! I can tell you how happy my life was back then. I am now 43 as of November 1st, and can't believe that it's been this long.
HippieNiecey 3 years ago 4
You have put into words everything that I would have wanted to write.
Thanks! (I'm also 43, coincidence ??)
karysoul 3 years ago
i felt/feel the poor lil guys pain
pokinsmot 3 years ago
It seems to say that the orangatans needed someone to come play with them. They were lonesome for a friend. Maybe it meant to be sad-telling the little boys and girls that there are other boys and girls who want a friend.
Wellch 3 years ago
Makes me feel sooooo good !!!!!!!!!
mattyp3400 3 years ago
makes me feel so warm inside
Chickostix89 3 years ago
did this song ever air with a video of really small kids at a park? or was that another song?
ashie20 3 years ago
TYVM ,again it really like so many said here, made me remember a happy time in my life , because I was so lonely after we lost both my parents
CherJovi 3 years ago 2
I LOVED this song, I was a lonely child and this song was a comfort
Fraisertreadwell 3 years ago 4
Thanks so much for posting this classic video!!! I still catch myself humming this great little tune.
vze57t9j 3 years ago 2
Thankyou from the bottom of my heart for showing this. This is about the only decent memory I have from a really rotten childhood.
starquant 3 years ago 2
Starquant -My heart goes out to you.God Bless. I hope your life has turned for the better.I remember this version (from 1969)when it aired. As all has mentioned here, I have gotten a little teary-eyed seeing this after not seeing this (and other "original SS" ) posted here since I was a kid. For me it invokes memories of-as well as the pure innocence of childhood that gets me "verklempt."I've been "sharing" these clips with my kids-10 and 13 yrs-they tell me ernie and bert are now claymation..
jdenicol 3 years ago 2
The Hip-Hop artist Khan-X uses a sample of this song on his new album "The AmeriKhan Dream". This song is too cool.
lilbigkidz 3 years ago
i love this i used to feel like this all the time because nobody ever played with me!
i used to be friends with all my toys!
pottercloud674 3 years ago 4
I love this! This brings back so many memories. Is that Joe Raposo singing? It sounds like him. If it is not him who is it? Also exactly what year was this originally?
zacandtaylorrule 3 years ago 4
Glad you like it. I updated description with link to wiki you may find helpful.
love2register 3 years ago
I love your description of this video. Even though this footage doesn't strike the same psychological chords in me as it does in you, I know exactly the kind of thing you're talking about.
Marbles471 2 years ago
Wow, its amazing to see other people sharing the same feelings you do. This song always made me melancholy as a child. Not having my own friends to play with must of had something to do with it. Joe Raposo was a great song writer.
Lucadance 3 years ago 4
I have this "45" ...I lovvved this song and used to sing it al the time.
CoolWhiteChick 3 years ago 3
I remember this song! One of my favorites
Jen534 3 years ago 2
Does anyone know where i can find the version of this song from the boxed set of 45? The vocal was by a little girl and it was so sweet and haunting, i've never been able to find it after we moved when i was little, and lost the records.
fmyates 3 years ago 3
I don't know about online/downloading if that's what you mean, but it's on the 1st Sesame LP too, and they made a lot of those so you could check ebay etc. Agree completely about that version, for a child I thought she was unusually good (very high register and in key). For me it's the only performance of a Joe song that was as good as his version. Too bad she didn't get credited on the LP.
love2register 3 years ago
I have a copy of it. I can email you the MP3...please send me your email address.
VintageFuzz 3 years ago
I've got it...email me yr email address and i'll send you the MP3
CosmicDean 3 years ago
one of my first memories is this song. i feel sad.
crowwithacookie 3 years ago 2
Sesame Street was the best part of life. Haha.
Jibjub80 3 years ago 2
I loved this as a child in the mid 80s. I still do.
Mobee211 3 years ago 2
its interesting how you mentioned the cement enclosures. When i was a child, all I ever thought about this video was "look at those silly monkeys" and now im kind of wierded out by the whole thing.... interesting
ilovemayo123 3 years ago
poor monkey i feel like that at home
kikayeuse1234 3 years ago
is joe raposo still alive?
plyg 3 years ago
Sadly, he isn't. I believe he passed away in 1987.
AJthemoviebuff 3 years ago
'89
tigercubgurlie 3 years ago
I'm glad that zoos aren't like that anymore..
spongebobmusicals 3 years ago
it makes u cry...
mecaguru 3 years ago 2
These extremely bored 'rangs (intelligent creatures) live, apparently, in a cement enclosure, with the occasional urine filled ditch or dead tree as their only diversion. "Somebody come and play," indeed. Only humans treat other animals like that. Cute song. Repulsive video.
bhobsolid 4 years ago
bhobsolid one day we'll see our comeuppance I promise, deeds always come back to haunt
ringworm7 4 years ago
its a good thing the animals have a hero like you though. i mean, without your awesome posts about sesame street videos on the youtube, who knows how awful things would be for them. god bless you, sir.
doghousecharlie 3 years ago
I feel badly for them.
Truly I do.
Anyone who has met me for even a few minutes will attest to the fact that I am an animal lover.
And because of that, I will accept the eventual retribution bestowed upon us when our simian lords and masters tear down the Statue of Liberty and rule us with an iron fist.
Well... at least until Charlton Heston, the gun-nuts and mutant-humans blow it all to hell.
notvnobeermakeshomer 3 years ago
Just to let you know, that was filmed back around 1970, and there has been a serious enlightenment in tending animals, and they've since greened up the enclosures for the great apes.
Hope this helps.
PandaMishima 1 year ago 3
This is a gem. I totally remember this from my childhood. Remember Saturday mornings in the 70's watching cartoons? Different times.
aceab24 4 years ago
I want the old Sesame Street back!! It's sad, most of the great people who made Sesame Street amazing are dead. I miss Jim Henson and Joe Raposo's music, nobody can replace them. Now days Elmos' taking over the show-Cookie Monster is on veggie diet..what is the world coming to!?
juhmomo 4 years ago
Youre so right.. no one can replace these songs which have stuck with me since 1969, all these years and all that happiness and creativity cant be topped. I hate seeing how theyve changed SS so much. I love Joe Raposos music and the way it made us all envision life and think about who we were. SS butchered a few of the old songs too especially having someone sing "I Believe in Little Things" and use dancing computer ribbons to make faces instead of the original footage that soothed our minds.
regency98us 3 years ago
thank you so much for uploading this video <3
i was about 4 or 5 when i first saw this :)
Sesame Street was, and is still a part of my life i will never forget.
for me, anything from Sesame Street up until Rocko's Modern Life ending was brilliant. from then on, i can't remember a kids show i ever truely liked.
now all kids shows are computer graphics and such.. bring back the fluffy puppets and real people !!
EclecticStranger 4 years ago
I feel da same.
dragonsofly 4 years ago
Disagree somewhat. Kids' shows on PBS in the 1970s used to be pretty much the only children's TV that had any merit at all. From the mid-80s through the early '00s, there was something of a golden age on network and cable---the creator-driven revolution, as some call it. The sophistication of the writing and visuals just shot up in those years. But during this last decade, things have gotten stale and bland again, (though in different ways than before). And sadly, this time that includes PBS.
Marbles471 2 years ago 2
This has been a long time for me. I have waited so long to hear this again. I was a young child when this first came out. It brings tears to my eyes. I am so happy. I can't believe this is here. Thank You so much! Hippie Niecey
HippieNiecey 4 years ago
Man, it seemed like everything was awesome back then. What the hell happened?
christophersmall 4 years ago 2
Bills, getting laid, having to pay for stuff... That's what happened, amigo!! Back then, this was all we had to worry about. Good times!! :-)
drak3y 4 years ago
well all I gotta say is it's not all about nostalgia or growing older, no way. Children's television was the best it has ever been in the 70's, easy to say that about "back then" at the very least. Some great minds and hearts involved, and they planted some good seeds, but not everyone wanted that.
love2register 4 years ago
Well, I would would amend that. I think children's PUBLIC television was very good in the 70s. But everywhere else back then, most of it was horrible.
From then to now, there's been a strange inversion. PBS's kids shows used to have a slight edge while network stuff was blander than bland. Today, PBS is pretty safe and generic, whereas everyone else just keeps pushing the envelope further and further (for better AND worse.)
Marbles471 2 years ago
Brings back memories everytime I hear it
Cheessa 4 years ago
Everytime i mention this song i am looked at weird but then again everyone i have asked before if they remember it were in there 20s. Glad there are many that remember it.
spanishlioness75 4 years ago
It's such a tender & good song. Like I said, it was there when you were new to the world and becomes unforgettable as you grow older. It becomes sweeter when you recall it. When that happens, people have different reactions to it and you can tell from that what kind of childhood they had.
cscentrlvideos 4 years ago
This is such a beautiful song. I remember it when I was just 5. The lyrics are still in my mind and they just popped out from that subconscious niche when I heard the first few melodic, tender but playful bars. Thanks for posting this. It's one of the first good things in my life :)
cscentrlvideos 4 years ago
RIP Joe Raposo
FeBNucJad 4 years ago 3
I am glad to know that I'm not the only one (43) who remembers being a vulnerable child, with feelings, and it was okay. This was my song when I went out to play, and no one was outside.
noluv2mro 4 years ago 3
im 32 and i remember this song gheeez such memories
UNDERTAKER730 4 years ago
I remember this...Such a lovely memory..Love it. :D
AAMLfan 4 years ago 5
I love this song! I missed it i havent heard it in so long!
tiffpink 4 years ago 4
What a great soothing voice Joe has!
happy7117 4 years ago 3
Oh my god, talk about missing your childhood lol. Good tune!
global49 4 years ago 3
just like many others on here i cry as well watching this, more so when they lyric, somebody come and be my friend and watch the sun until it rains again. It make me cry because i realize that I'm 36 years old i dont have a true friend including family
luvgirlsfeet 4 years ago 3
Love this song. When I was about 7 or 8, I typed all the lyrics on a typewriter and sang this song in my room and I always found it brought tears to my eyes.
I sand it to my friends, we all sang along.
Great, fabulous tune...
Cheessa 4 years ago 3
wait, wasn't there a big bird version? that's the one i remeber =)
tubegirl93 4 years ago
I love this song
jrenae75 4 years ago 4
This is absolutely wonderful..oh my.
It made me cry..I heard it from in here playing on the tv outside and i just searched for it.
bayofpigsman 4 years ago 3
Aww, poor depressed orangutan.
KraZvEgGyBuRgEr 4 years ago