Capital I and Lower Case N (No Logo's)

Two haunting and Magical little songs from Sesame Street.
Steve Zuckerman is so cool!
'Capital I' was the second thing I looked up on YouTube ever! So glad it was available to watch because it was so influential to my life and my interest in music ('The Butterfly-ball' film-clip to the song 'Love is All' was the first thing I looked up).

Steve Zuckerman is a composer for television and movies, a songwriter, and a singer who wrote songs for at least three animated Sesame Street inserts: "I in the Sky," "Lowercase N," and "Imagination Rain."

In an "Ask the A.V. Club" column on the A.V. Club Web site of The Onion, Zuckerman recalled the experience of creating the songs:

" It was just me doing the harmony and the melody—I think it was using a 4-track and bouncing tracks back and forth. That's pretty much how I did all of them. I remember recording them around 1970 at Valentine Recording Studios (in the San Fernando Valley) for Fred Calvert Productions. I was just starting out (I had just turned 20) in my musical career as the studio's music director, and along with various other submitters, we proposed segments to CTW based on their rather detailed and voluminous source and research materials. In each of these segments, the songs were created first. The first segment (which I also performed and wrote) is still my personal favorite—"Imagination Rain," which ran for about 15 or 20 years. "

BTW there is a great Guitar and vocal Tab/Music chart for Capital I at www.ultimate-guitar.com if you're interested.

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• classic
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• music
• classical

[DontCallMeChrissy]

Happyworldas1,

Thanks for posting the info on the composer of these 2 songs (Capital I and Lowercase N). Those are 2 of my all-time fave Sesame street songs. They are truly wonderfully composed songs! And, yes I actually WAS looking to see if the tabs for either one were on ultimate guitar.

Thanks again!

[happyworldas1]

@DontCallMeChrissy - you need to use guitar-pro to view and LISTEN (which really helps) to the tab and sheet music, but it's a fun and useful little program to have if you don't already have it.

Enjoy

[videocircus]

It is sad how the networks refuse to make quality children's progamming anymore. Kid's shows today are unfortunately focussed on sex, violence, and new age BS that is warping the minds of children. When I grew up I had Sesame Street, Captain Kangaroo, The Friendly Giant, The Polka Dot Door, Rompa Room, and Size Small. These were quality shows that educated me as a kid in a pure, clean, format that just does not exist anymore.

[idontgiveaflyingtoss]

This goes out to the ONES WHO ACTUALLY WERE CHILDREN IN THE 70'S..................

WE ARE.

[bretsteele2]

Km

[EyeLean5280]

I love "Capital I", it makes me so happy!

[Randeeds76]

Wow the Drugs were so Much better Back then...lol

[Rob62475]

@videocircus hehehe..don't forget Mr. Rogers, The Magic Garden, The Electric Company, 321 Contact, and if you're from Northeast PA..Hatchie Malatchie with Miss Judy. :) Then there was Square ONE television and Today's Special.

[JackPlatt]

Love this! Is this from the same Steve Zukerman who became a famous TV director? He did Empty Nest and some other series too?

[goodshep1]

maybe a bit of pearl jam from these two great old clips, im,m 46 and this takes me way back, sad but very happy!! thanks so much for trip down memory lane.

[JacFlash]

@jannyrcobs I can definitely hear some intervals and phrasing in "Lower Case n" that remind me of Nirvana.

[NBAstar1411]

THUMBS UP IF U CAME HERE FROM FLVS Xdddd

[TheBeebe1972]

Knew of the Capital I song, never even heard of the Lowercase N song - by the way, sung by the same group.