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Best 1980s song EVER in HISTORY!
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At long last! The entirety of the "Nifty Digits" album is good, and I believe all the instruments are played by Harvey. Nice that both this and the "toys, robots, satellites" music also from Sesame Street have been IDed.
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AT. LAAAAAAAAAASSST!
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I remember hearing this song for the first time on Sesame Street when I was three years old. I never thought I'd find out the composer or name of the song. Now I'm 25, and my day has been made.
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@NeilCicierega If you have an Amazon account you can purchase an mp3 of it there -- just do a search for "Richard Harvey's Nifty Digits".
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@SecretTimeWarp NA definitely did use the original "Ruckzuck" in 1988 and for a few years afterward. They played the gentle flute intro during the "Coming up..." announcement and then the main song during the opening credits. They also played it during the ending credits, fading it out around the point where the song starts to speed up.
Alas, it seems to have been deleted from YouTube. I know it was on here at one time.
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@jhillst Did NA ever actually use "Ruckzuck", or just a soundalike? I can't find opening credits that have anything more than something vaguely resembling that.
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@NeilCicierega Wow! Neil Cicierega digs the crayons too! :-)
25 years after I first heard this tune - and apparently 30 years after it was originally composed - this is quite a treat. I wonder if anyone has ever emailed Richard Harvey to reveal to him the community of folks who practically obsessed over these works and their lingering mystery.
Asterra2 2 years ago 16
Thank you so much! is there any way I can get an mp3 of this?
NeilCicierega 2 years ago 15