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How Vince Guaraldi’s Timeless Jazz Song Became a Cherished American Standard Because of Charlie Brown
American Songwriter ^ | 12/19 | Paul Zollo

Posted on 12/19/2020 8:59:01 PM PST by nickcarraway

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Vince Guaraldi Trio - Linus And Lucy
1 posted on 12/19/2020 8:59:01 PM PST by nickcarraway
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2 posted on 12/19/2020 9:08:04 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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It is just very well done, but once you have heard it, is that not enough? Yes, at least for me.


3 posted on 12/19/2020 9:17:33 PM PST by Fungi (X)
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Incredible talent.


4 posted on 12/19/2020 9:18:14 PM PST by irishjuggler
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5 posted on 12/19/2020 9:21:00 PM PST by Ciaphas Cain (#notmypedophile)
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Some early-thirties overachieving program director at a MegaConglomerate radio station decided that a theme song for a childrens' cartoon would fit "because it's, you know, like, from a Christmas show, riiiiight?".

Just like these same stations that won't play religious music, but think Leonard Cohen's hallelujah is fitting "because, well, uh, it's got a religious word in it, and we need Something to add to the playlist!"

6 posted on 12/19/2020 9:28:39 PM PST by Captainpaintball
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It’s now a cherished and certainly sentimental part of the American cultural lexicon

If you subscribe to AppleTV.

-PJ

7 posted on 12/19/2020 9:31:01 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (Freedom of the press is the People's right to publish, not CNN's right to the 1st question.)
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he was driving over the Golden Gate Bridge listening to the jazz show on KSFO.

Coincidentally, KSFO became the Bay Area's premier conservative talk-radio station in the 1990s.

-PJ

8 posted on 12/19/2020 9:34:14 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (Freedom of the press is the People's right to publish, not CNN's right to the 1st question.)
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Peanuts, worth nothing than peanuts.


9 posted on 12/19/2020 9:40:48 PM PST by Fungi (X)
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I have customized Christmas cards made with one of my photos every year. This year I used a nativity scene with Linus’ words about the true meaning of Christmas. FEAR NOT!


10 posted on 12/19/2020 9:55:05 PM PST by FamiliarFace
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Love the Brazillian Work Song! Guaraldi was prolific.


11 posted on 12/19/2020 10:30:18 PM PST by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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Schulz fought to ensure that the Christian message delivered by that corporate-sponsored animated feature came through unvarnished and in an undiluted form. He is responsible for that bible passage, conveyed so sweetly by the sympathetic character of Linus, being inserted into the script scripturally complete and with all the clarity, emotion, and dramatic impact any man of the cloth would wish for in his Christhmas religious service. Without question, the result was an early and brilliant peak in U.S. television history.


12 posted on 12/19/2020 10:35:11 PM PST by one guy in new jersey
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I’m so sick of Cohen’s HALLELUJAH I did a search for “I hate Cohen’s HALLELUJAH”. Turned up this piece in NME that gave me a fitting term for the malady: being “warble-raped”! Lol!

https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/hallelujah-has-been-ruined-leonard-cohen-might-as-well-have-shot-our-favourite-pet-46331


13 posted on 12/19/2020 11:01:27 PM PST by avenir
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If I could take one album with me to a desert island it would be the Charlie Brown Christmas Album. No, Once is not enough.


14 posted on 12/19/2020 11:10:12 PM PST by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping List )
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My grand kids can’t get enough of Charlie Brown Christmas or any of his specials. The characters have personalities, unlike the crap on kids cartoons today. They can relate some of their friends with the Schultz’s characters.

In fact I know a waitress that totally reminds of Peppermint Patty. “Hey, Chuck!”


15 posted on 12/19/2020 11:39:08 PM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you care! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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I'm so sick of Cohen's HALLELUJAH I did a search for “I hate Cohen's HALLELUJAH”. Turned up this piece in NME that gave me a fitting term for the malady: being “warble-raped”! Lol!

I also hate Cohen's "Hallelujah." Gove me Vincent Youmans' version, which I love!
Hallelujah!Nat Shilkret & the Victor Orchestra (1927)

16 posted on 12/19/2020 11:47:46 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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I like that. More so since I won’t have to hear everyone and their dog do a cover version of it!


17 posted on 12/20/2020 12:48:42 AM PST by avenir
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Some early-thirties overachieving program director at a MegaConglomerate radio station decided that a theme song for a childrens' cartoon would fit "because it's, you know, like, from a Christmas show, riiiiight?".

What is the purpose of your comment? Are you criticizing Vince Guaraldi and/or his music and/or its use in "Peanuts" cartoons, or what?

If you have relevant objections to raise, please state them clearly.

Regards,

18 posted on 12/20/2020 12:53:54 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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We play that CD every year and practically every day during the Christmas season. Merry Christmas all.

JoMa


19 posted on 12/20/2020 2:20:25 AM PST by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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Cast your Fate has always had a mystical, soaring feel to it from when I first heard it around age 9, I guess the unusual time signatures. Shelby Flint did a vocal version in the mid 60s, I hadn’t realized there were lyrics. The words match the tune perfectly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV95anEcoyM


20 posted on 12/20/2020 3:08:47 AM PST by F450-V10
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