Vince Guaraldi Trio - Linus And Lucy

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  • Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
  • On December 9, 1965, A Charlie Brown Christmas aired on TV screens across America and instantly captured the hearts and ears of a generation. Bolstering the animated special, based on Charles M. Schulz’s immensely popular PEANUTS comic strip, was an engaging score from Bay Area jazz artist Vince Guaraldi, who brought characters like Charlie Brown, Lucy, and Snoopy to life through his evocative cues.
    Working primarily with bassist Fred Marshall and drummer Jerry Granelli, Guaraldi paired inspired interpretations of traditional holiday fare (“O Tannenbaum,” “Hark, the Herald Angels Sing,” and “What Child Is This”) with original compositions, including the instantly recognizable “Linus and Lucy” theme, “Skating,” and “Christmas Time Is Here.” The latter song, available as both an instrumental and vocal track, featured young choral singers from St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in San Rafael, CA.
    More than five decades later, the Emmy® and Peabody®-winning animated classic has spawned more than two dozen subsequent PEANUTS specials. Guaraldi’s soundtrack, meanwhile, has since become one of the best-selling jazz albums in history, second only to Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue, and regularly ranks among America’s top-selling holiday albums every December.
    Music video by Vince Guaraldi Trio performing Linus And Lucy. (C) 2012 Concord Music Group, Inc.

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  • @saddend9096
    @saddend9096 Год назад +228

    I finally learned how to play this on piano after months of practice.

    • @tomwynn921
      @tomwynn921 2 месяца назад +5

      it's that darn LH / RH independence. Good grief!

    • @BlastinRope
      @BlastinRope 2 месяца назад +5

      LOL it took me 15 minutes

    • @merleginsburg388
      @merleginsburg388 Месяц назад +5

      CONGRATULATIONS BIG TIME!!! happy holidays from vancouver, canada!

    • @GroozmoicMusic
      @GroozmoicMusic Месяц назад +2

      ​@@BlastinRope But how many years did it take you to get to the point that you can learn it that fast?

    • @ammaleslie509
      @ammaleslie509 Месяц назад +1

      Impressive!

  • @RichardBashore
    @RichardBashore Год назад +105

    It ain't Christmas until this song is played

    • @topfeedcoco
      @topfeedcoco Месяц назад +4

      yup

    • @Yossiloveu
      @Yossiloveu Месяц назад +1

      This, the Carol of the Bells, the Christmss Song by Adam Sandler, and of course, Cheech & Chong's xmas song😂

    • @moniquemcpherson6927
      @moniquemcpherson6927 26 дней назад +1

      @@RichardBashore My mom has a plush Snoopy dressed as Santa who dances to this tune. It's a cute way to celebrate the season.

    • @wyattandthegames
      @wyattandthegames 20 дней назад +1

      i wholeheartedly agree.

  • @furioussherman7265
    @furioussherman7265 3 года назад +2877

    I love how this basically became the theme song for the entire franchise.

    • @furioussherman7265
      @furioussherman7265 2 года назад +55

      @Zippy Thekid What're you talking about? I remember seeing stuff that effectively made this seem like the Peanuts theme song before social media was around.

    • @michaelboyce9373
      @michaelboyce9373 2 года назад +100

      @@furioussherman7265 It won the Emmy for Best Song in 1965.

    • @JasonNation72
      @JasonNation72 2 года назад +36

      And a Christmas song

    • @bentonmarcum8924
      @bentonmarcum8924 Год назад +21

      ​​@@furioussherman7265 I saw the peanuts specials when they first aired in the 60s I've always associated Peanuts with this music, even though he wrote a dozen jazz numbers for the series. Since he deleted his post I'm guessing the guy you're talking to claimed social media made this popular.

    • @nobodybutsunder
      @nobodybutsunder Год назад +9

      @@furioussherman7265 I mean back then this wasn’t the theme song before this special came out

  • @carykh
    @carykh 4 года назад +2967

    this song just makes me feel... so warm and comfy. Like I'm sitting by a fireplace in December

    • @StickmanLLC1
      @StickmanLLC1 4 года назад +47

      This was my exposure to jazz. Long live Vince Guaraldi.

    • @CubeShip
      @CubeShip 4 года назад +15

      yo cary hi

    • @Jessica_Tubens
      @Jessica_Tubens 4 года назад +12

      Caryy

    • @bluelichen9696
      @bluelichen9696 4 года назад +12

      Ah, don't tell me Computery has to compose this now? Or... re-compose...

    • @TS_64
      @TS_64 3 года назад +7

      I do agree Cary, it dose make me feel like that too.

  • @frehleyscomet8812
    @frehleyscomet8812 8 лет назад +4027

    The first thing my daughter always tells her friends when they come over, "if you ask, my mom will play the Charlie Brown song on the keyboard for you" 😂🙄

    • @davidbrick1260
      @davidbrick1260 8 лет назад +128

      How cute!! I wish we could live in a simpler time were interaction between kids were completely physical and not this mess the year 2016 served us.

    • @frehleyscomet8812
      @frehleyscomet8812 8 лет назад +81

      David Brick I can only hope that I can protect and raise my children in a way, they will have morals beyond the modern insanity were currently in.

    • @zmznzbzvzmznzb
      @zmznzbzvzmznzb 7 лет назад +29

      C M my Granddaughter hasn't heard this yet. Yet I know she'll love it. Her big thing right now is Stevie Wonder.

    • @jeremiahram434
      @jeremiahram434 7 лет назад +9

      C M, have you made a video of you playing it?

    • @user-pr3jm9jx1f
      @user-pr3jm9jx1f 7 лет назад +9

      C M you sound like a great mother!

  • @nickramsey9362
    @nickramsey9362 2 года назад +27

    This song is a happy place...

  • @souledout3791
    @souledout3791 2 года назад +194

    I am 70 years old and undoubtedly this is my HAPPY song.

  • @robertbrown3064
    @robertbrown3064 9 лет назад +3042

    Amazing how music can unlock parts of ourselves that we thought we'd buried or outgrown. Suddenly I'm 7 years old again, sitting in my living room and watching A Charlie Brown Christmas with my parents, my little brother, and a big mug of hot chocolate.

    • @KonradRibeiro
      @KonradRibeiro 9 лет назад +26

      +Robert Brown Gah...the feels!!!

    • @HibernusMortis1
      @HibernusMortis1 9 лет назад +90

      +Robert Brown cant forget wearing the PJs and slippers....all clean and refreshed having just had our baths...the old man with the newspaper in front of him.....lights on the Christmas tree blinking.......
      Yes it is amazing how certain music can transport us way back in time! :)

    • @robertbrown3064
      @robertbrown3064 9 лет назад +20

      ***** Happiness and sunshine to you, my friend! :)

    • @mema6369
      @mema6369 9 лет назад +22

      +Robert Brown We all feel like we're kids, when Charlie's yearly Christmas special is aired on our local ABC station.

    • @craigthompson5652
      @craigthompson5652 9 лет назад +13

      +Robert Brown i was seven last year im 8
      now

  • @curtpegram5305
    @curtpegram5305 Год назад +408

    I was 5 years old in 1965 when my dad called me into the living room to watch A Charlie Brown Christmas. I heard Skating and Linus and Lucy and I was hooked on Guaraldi. Began piano lessons at 7 years and had my first professional gig at a Christmas party in 1977. Still love this timeless music by a genius of a composer. Thank you, Vince. Thank you, Charles Schultz and the Peanuts gang.

    • @mikecarr1378
      @mikecarr1378 Год назад +8

      Cool !

    • @dampedlamplol
      @dampedlamplol 11 месяцев назад +8

      Happy im assuming 62 Birthday

    • @afather.
      @afather. 2 месяца назад +4

      @@dampedlamplolhe would be 64 this year 😊

  • @EricBlackmonGuitar
    @EricBlackmonGuitar 5 лет назад +2245

    Every student that I teach wants to learn this song, so I had no choice but to become good at playing and teaching it. Glad that I did. Amazing tune!

    • @toyoscio
      @toyoscio 5 лет назад +15

      Pink Panther theme

    • @goldrushytx
      @goldrushytx 4 года назад +8

      toyoscio I’ve learned both and Linus and Lucy is more fun

    • @TheInkPitOx
      @TheInkPitOx 4 года назад +3

      @@toyoscio No. That's different.

    • @toyoscio
      @toyoscio 4 года назад +4

      @@goldrushytx Cool, Linus and Lucy is, but PP can hold its own.

    • @toyoscio
      @toyoscio 4 года назад +7

      @@TheInkPitOx It is, but both are Iconic LOL

  • @GoodVsEvil1314
    @GoodVsEvil1314 10 лет назад +2048

    This is one of those songs that just never gets old.

    • @wonhyungkimkim3763
      @wonhyungkimkim3763 10 лет назад +23

      I know what you mean!

    • @stephenholloway6893
      @stephenholloway6893 9 лет назад +18

      A classic song like that will never get old for me.

    • @manuelorozco7760
      @manuelorozco7760 9 лет назад +6

      It doesn't get too old for me. Maybe it'll stay the same after the Peanuts Movie opens on Friday

    • @mema6369
      @mema6369 9 лет назад +9

      +GoodVsEvil1314 AMEN! A Classic that will never be old. The most listened too and most requested song in Christmas music radio history.

    • @reverendbradjackson8083
      @reverendbradjackson8083 9 лет назад +6

      Absolutely! All Vince's music can take you to another place...

  • @tombody1031
    @tombody1031 3 года назад +1887

    My wife and I had this tune played as the exit music at our wedding. You should have seen their faces when they realized what was happening. Been married seventeen years to my best friend

    • @kiara3299
      @kiara3299 3 года назад +107

      do you mind if I steal this idea for my future wedding? lol this is genius and so cute! congrats to you and your wife 🥳

    • @tombody1031
      @tombody1031 3 года назад +80

      @@kiara3299 I'm glad you liked the idea. God bless you and Merry Christmas

    • @darkzak47
      @darkzak47 3 года назад +35

      My wife and I were going to do "Movin' on up' from The Jeffersons but the DJ said 'he couldn't find it'.

    • @michaelapostolides8912
      @michaelapostolides8912 3 года назад +8

      wow amazing!

    • @Alisha1686
      @Alisha1686 2 года назад +29

      Congratulations 🎊 👏 💐. That's what it's about. Growing old with the person who knows you best. I wish you two many more happy years.

  • @Diana-tp3jp
    @Diana-tp3jp 3 месяца назад +103

    Thank you Charles Schulz and Vince Guaraldi, you still make me smile!

  • @dabrazillionaire
    @dabrazillionaire 8 лет назад +2812

    It is not officially Christmas until you hear this one!

  • @AltoonaYourPiano
    @AltoonaYourPiano 2 года назад +1100

    You hear that sound? That's the sound of childhood nostalgia.

    • @MrBronx61
      @MrBronx61 2 года назад +20

      You knew it was Christmas season when this played

    • @Ron_Plays635
      @Ron_Plays635 2 года назад +10

      good old days when i watched charlie brown

    • @mechanicgaming1031
      @mechanicgaming1031 Год назад +4

      N O S T A L G I A

    • @dizbang3073
      @dizbang3073 Год назад +2

      plus whiskey

    • @senororlando2
      @senororlando2 Год назад

      secondhand nostalgia at this point

  • @suzilindblad5207
    @suzilindblad5207 8 месяцев назад +136

    I told my son when i pass away some day that i would like to have this played at my funeral. He asked why, and i said because this song makes everyone happy❤

    • @rocknhippiecat
      @rocknhippiecat 2 месяца назад +12

      I'm 72 and I think that's a great idea. This song is about so much more than Christmas...and looking for the big pumpkin. It recalls times with my kids. We played it all year long! 🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛💙

  • @EricBlackmonGuitar
    @EricBlackmonGuitar 7 лет назад +2637

    This is one of the most amazing piano songs ever written. We will always love you Vince!

    • @peachworks_en
      @peachworks_en 6 лет назад +18

      Iconic, as well.

    • @patritablackston2064
      @patritablackston2064 6 лет назад +8

      We sure will Eric.!!!

    • @jeffersonmarshall3342
      @jeffersonmarshall3342 6 лет назад +5

      So true Eric.

    • @anilgoel1475
      @anilgoel1475 6 лет назад +43

      Vince wasn’t so great.
      I mean, well, he never got his picture on bubble gum cards.
      No he didn’t.
      How can you call someone great if they never got their picture on bubble gum cards?

    • @zuriel3167
      @zuriel3167 6 лет назад +2

      Linus and Lucy Recorded at spotify Studios NYC is better imo

  • @lindaeasley5606
    @lindaeasley5606 4 года назад +522

    One of the most easily recognizable compositions of the modern era of music

  • @AirDisasterVideos
    @AirDisasterVideos 12 лет назад +338

    "Linus and Lucy" was playing on The Weather Channel the moment my wife and I first met in the waiting room of our dentist. I don't play any instruments, but I learned how to play this song on a piano. Immediately after my wife and I kissed as a married couple for the first time,,I sat down and played this song. Everyone, my wife especially, loved it.
    Thank you, Vince Guaraldi. You played a part in what is now going on a 16 year marriage, and you will always be a part of it.

    • @ankhatheegyptiancat13
      @ankhatheegyptiancat13 5 лет назад +8

      update-22 year marriage

    • @roninreturns
      @roninreturns 5 лет назад +6

      Now That sir is an exceptional story, especially if you managed to play this piece, it is incredibly nuanced and even after studying piano when I was younger, it would have been outside of my range. I hope you and your wife are having a blessed and merry Christmas!

    • @stephengriffin9992
      @stephengriffin9992 5 лет назад

      Heartwarming story. Thanks so much for sharing. I love all things Vince Guaraldi especially “Cast Your Fate To The Wind” Ever notice how none of his music gets old. That’s because it’s timeless.

    • @aliyamoon80
      @aliyamoon80 3 года назад +1

      Awww! I hope you and your bride are still happily married. Great story!

    • @huskyfaninmass1042
      @huskyfaninmass1042 Год назад +2

      Did you ask her out in the waiting room?

  • @57629589
    @57629589 2 года назад +233

    I worked at college/public radio station many decades ago. I played this at the end of every shift I worked. Made the station manager crazy but when I left after graduation he had the whole staff sign the album cover and gave it to me. Best graduation present ever!!

  • @AlanJaep
    @AlanJaep 3 месяца назад +31

    A beloved classic.. I'll just sit back, close my eyes and let the memories happen...

  • @wolfzillaproductions4563
    @wolfzillaproductions4563 3 года назад +512

    Almost 60 years ago, this masterpiece of a song was created and was just considered a mere piano piece for a cartoon special. Today in 2021, this song is just as iconic as it was back when the Charlie Brown specials were first being made. Most people you ask would probably know this theme, and it’s probably the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Charlie Brown. This is one great theme indeed

    • @douglasgay4497
      @douglasgay4497 2 года назад +8

      Amen. Vince was a genius.!

    • @cooldebt
      @cooldebt Год назад +1

      It's great that there is more recognition of cartoon music (including eg. Charles Cornell analysis of various cartoon themes/music) because there is some really good stuff out there which almost goes unnoticed. Similarly, I never relaised until I heard jazz cover by The Consouls that vgm is actually so good. The best thing is that this great music is being absorbed by children/youth and hopefully will encourage a higher level of musicianship in pop music which has been in a bit of a slump for a couple of decades now.

    • @djdon60
      @djdon60 Год назад +3

      it resonates, still, in 2023.

  • @Paminlp
    @Paminlp 9 лет назад +413

    This always puts a smile on my face. It takes me back to my childhood. I'm 59 and still watch A Charlie Brown Christmas every year.

    • @DelcoRanz93
      @DelcoRanz93 9 лет назад +5

      +Paminlp It's my Mom's Happy song. I grew up on A Charlie Brown Christmas.:)

    • @eVANDOpriyanto
      @eVANDOpriyanto 9 лет назад +2

      +Dom Oranzi glad we're gonna hear this again in Peanuts Movie

    • @RedBaronFilms1918
      @RedBaronFilms1918 9 лет назад

      +Andreas Evando Priyanto A Peanuts Movie you say? Are there any trailers out? Or even an article somewhere?

    • @RedBaronFilms1918
      @RedBaronFilms1918 9 лет назад +2

      +Andreas Evando Priyanto Forget what I just said, I looked it up moments later, and found a trailer. Oh boy! I can't wait!

    • @manuelorozco7760
      @manuelorozco7760 9 лет назад

      +Andreas Evando Priyanto I'm glad so too I wonder how Christoph Beck and David Benoit did the new arrangement.

  • @dmill1989
    @dmill1989 Год назад +17

    Just had a cheeseburger at a classic restaurant in Marin County. My friend randomly airdrops me a picture of a man with glasses. I go “who’s that?“. He goes: “he’s a famous pianist and did work on Peanuts”. I go - Vince Guaraldi? Turns out - Yes! He then points over to the receptionist - who I’ve known for years - and says that’s her father. IMMEDIATELY got me out of my seat. He died when she was 16 years old. Blew me away! Gave her a hug. Tears, you bet. Amazing.

  • @RobertoRiveraJr
    @RobertoRiveraJr 8 лет назад +607

    Christmas is never Christmas without this song..........ever!!

    • @jamesmoyner7499
      @jamesmoyner7499 6 лет назад +8

      or seeing the Hersey Kisses "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" commercial"!

    • @darlene328
      @darlene328 5 лет назад

      Agreed

    • @corkyjoyo
      @corkyjoyo 5 лет назад +3

      this is a christmas song? i think this is just a peanuts song

    • @avasakari1000
      @avasakari1000 5 лет назад +1

      James Moyner Can’t forget the M&M’s commercial 😂

    • @brianwolf399
      @brianwolf399 5 лет назад +2

      Or watching the Charlie Brown Christmas special with all of your loved ones

  • @bob8776
    @bob8776 6 месяцев назад +22

    Our 15 month old absolutely loves this song. He has a Snoopy doll that plays it and he dances along

  • @jdm1505
    @jdm1505 Год назад +22

    I was ten years old when this show first aired in 1965. Vince Guaraldi's music, especially "Linus and Lucy", sparked my life-long love of jazz.

  • @danielcarlson7931
    @danielcarlson7931 3 года назад +258

    NEVER thought a piano could hit as HARD as a six-string electric guitar!!!!! A REAL rocker!!!!!

  • @theknightshiftvideo
    @theknightshiftvideo Месяц назад +6

    I watched the special today, Christmas Eve 2024, for the first time in awhile. No matter how many times I've seen it, it always seems new and fresh.

  • @serganteddy5
    @serganteddy5 2 года назад +141

    Christmas or not Christmas, this song still works anytime of the day or any day of the year.

  • @LegionIvory
    @LegionIvory 8 лет назад +82

    And it has since become one of the most iconic and identifiable pieces of music in history.

  • @tommiegirl2441
    @tommiegirl2441 8 лет назад +238

    The year I was cast as Snoopy in "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown," my friend found this record - it was on vinyl - and she would play it whenever I went over to her house. She said Snoopy had to have entrance music. We would dance around the room like fools and end up laughing and out of breath while her older sister shook her head at our childishness and her mom yelled, "Don't skip the record!" LOL... shout out to CJ and those good times!

    • @unguja64
      @unguja64 8 лет назад +19

      Great story! We should always remember to be 'childish'!

    • @yavrielsechelle7431
      @yavrielsechelle7431 7 лет назад +4

      Sounds like a cool friend to have had.

    • @corinnejones6933
      @corinnejones6933 6 лет назад

      A

    • @roninreturns
      @roninreturns 5 лет назад +2

      @Tommiegirl, You are hereby an official member of the Joe Cool Dance Club, and we bestow upon you this holiday your sunglasses, please rise on top of your house for Woodstock to fly in to deliver your honorary medal!

    • @YouTubeUpdatesKeepGettingWorse
      @YouTubeUpdatesKeepGettingWorse 4 года назад +1

      bRuH

  • @joseph-dg1hg
    @joseph-dg1hg Месяц назад +14

    A charlie brown Christmas is a holiday classic 😊 4 ever

  • @avzarathustra6164
    @avzarathustra6164 4 года назад +226

    This is one of the most iconic piano pieces of the 20th century. It's amazing. It feels profound now, and it makes me cry. Linus, Charlie, Lucy, Snoopy. I will always love it.

  • @rogersadowsky5179
    @rogersadowsky5179 2 года назад +70

    So many grew up to this “Classic”
    As soon as you hear the first few notes you know instantly it’s Linus & Lucy!
    Brings a smile every time! 😊

  • @grokeffer6226
    @grokeffer6226 Год назад +16

    I think the best part of the Christmas season might be listening to Vince Guaraldi.

  • @BTBHSOHBOY
    @BTBHSOHBOY 10 лет назад +869

    One thing I love about this masterpiece: it's raw. Listen for the little flub at 0:50. Instead of cutting and re-recording, Guaraldi just played through. We don't get to hear that very often these days.

    • @OnlyEdandTheAlmost
      @OnlyEdandTheAlmost 10 лет назад +85

      _"Instead of cutting and re-recording, Guaraldi just played through."_
      Of course he did. But the decision to leave that "little flub" in the final published recording was solely that of the producer, who decided that this live take -- flaws and all -- was good enough. It would have been simple enough to splice in a few bars from another take to cover the mistake, had the budget permitted it. Evidently this take of that particular section of the composition was the best they had, and they went with it, warts and all. That's not to say that the other sections of the final recording were not from other takes. Who knows? A skilled engineer can make several takes seem like one.

    • @BTBHSOHBOY
      @BTBHSOHBOY 10 лет назад +100

      *****
      You misunderstand. I'm not complaining. I like the flub, as I feel it lends humanity to the piece. Or were you addressing "Only Ed and the Almost"? Also, I am very experienced with picking up errors in recordings. I'm a classical composition major, so I listen to everything with a somewhat over-analytical ear. The truth is, in this day and age, there is so much looping and editing of tracks that those little mistakes that "humanize" music get lost. It's still there in classical recordings, but mainstream music has lost its humanity in a lot of ways.

    • @BTBHSOHBOY
      @BTBHSOHBOY 10 лет назад +5

      *****
      Couldn't agree more. Where are you planning to study?

    • @OnlyEdandTheAlmost
      @OnlyEdandTheAlmost 10 лет назад +24

      *****
      For the record, and as a longtime Vince Guaraldi fan, I noticed the "flub" in this particular recording of _Linus and Lucy_ the very first time I heard it. And you know what? It didn't bother me a bit. As a pianist with maybe 1/100th the talent of Vince Guaraldi, I know that mistakes happen. And as a recording and mixing engineer I know firsthand that, in a production environment, choices must be made. I wouldn't call this particular published version of _Linus and Lucy_ a "masterpiece" _because_ it has uncorrected mistakes. It's just a great composition, regardless of any particular recorded (and edited) performance.

    • @GloriaDcolumnist
      @GloriaDcolumnist 10 лет назад +28

      The flub almost sounds like an unintentional slip note.

  • @paulstromberg9832
    @paulstromberg9832 Месяц назад +27

    never gets old!!! What a great memory

    • @patrickshorey6730
      @patrickshorey6730 Месяц назад +1

      Those of us who are of a vintage know a good tune.

  • @allysontam1016
    @allysontam1016 Год назад +17

    This song reminds me of how Christmas should be celebrated

  • @moshomaniac1
    @moshomaniac1 4 года назад +82

    Bless you, Charles Schultz. You may be gone, but we will always remember the legacy you left for us.

  • @TerryMcCullough-oq8ir
    @TerryMcCullough-oq8ir 2 месяца назад +11

    Love this song, it's very arguably my favorite purely instrumental piece. I could be having the worst day, but if I hear this, my mood is lightened immediately, and whatever went wrong doesn't quite seem so bad anymore.

  • @ammaleslie509
    @ammaleslie509 Месяц назад +4

    Xmas Eve traditions have finally begun once this song is played!
    Thanks for a lifetime of xmas joy!

  • @sumsardoto
    @sumsardoto 8 лет назад +1011

    This reminds me of back when life used to be simple :)

  • @MixTwentyOne
    @MixTwentyOne 11 лет назад +78

    I don't even care if it's Christmas. I still listen to this!

    • @erb082580
      @erb082580 10 лет назад +1

      I feel the same way.

    • @isti0phoridaegd381
      @isti0phoridaegd381 5 лет назад +1

      Yes

    • @isti0phoridaegd381
      @isti0phoridaegd381 5 лет назад +2

      This song plays even in normal day peanuts movies/episodes

    • @tamacat2001
      @tamacat2001 5 лет назад +1

      Technically, I dont consider it Christmas since it's used in other specials that arent Christmas. It wasn't even originally a Christmas song, as it was meant to be used in a documentary in 1964(1 year before A Charlie Brown Christmas) that never came out due to no funding.

  • @johntracy72
    @johntracy72 3 года назад +2

    Charlie Brown Christmas is the best Christmas cartoon special.

  • @speedo5376
    @speedo5376 8 лет назад +97

    The Peanuts Movie 2015 was one of the most magical movies just because of this song in the intro.

    • @vinpie
      @vinpie 8 лет назад +6

      And that song was 'Skating'

    • @speedo5376
      @speedo5376 8 лет назад +3

      Well, you can't blame me. I got to the theater about 5 minutes into the movie.

    • @vinpie
      @vinpie 8 лет назад +2

      +DatBlooper99 same ;-;

    • @knightwing5169
      @knightwing5169 8 лет назад +9

      I don't see how you could make a Peanuts Movie WITHOUT using this song at this point.

    • @speedo5376
      @speedo5376 8 лет назад +4

      Especially the original.

  • @lloydspencer8635
    @lloydspencer8635 5 лет назад +20

    58 Years old and I watch every year !!

  • @sandrasgotvoice
    @sandrasgotvoice 2 года назад +104

    Who's here for it this year? The greatest jazz with a holiday twist. Thank you for the yearly blessing, Vince.🎄

  • @Udertheo
    @Udertheo 8 лет назад +81

    My sister's and I used to dance so hard to this song in the living room, we made the record skip. Now I'm sharing it with my son on RUclips. Wild!

  • @BeYounique...Maryanne
    @BeYounique...Maryanne 7 месяцев назад +11

    I hosted a recital yesterday and the highlight, for me, was seeing a student performing this and nailing it!

  • @DevDabs420Official
    @DevDabs420Official Год назад +12

    This is a song that makes you feel warm even on the coldest nights

  • @JjGentry-c3g
    @JjGentry-c3g 7 месяцев назад +9

    This album is in my top 5 of my all time favorite. This is a stunning piece of art in my opinion. Loved since 1st grade.

    • @francesjarvis884
      @francesjarvis884 4 месяца назад

      It was literally my first exposure to jazz! Loved it and still do to this day.

  • @valleygrl1
    @valleygrl1 5 лет назад +35

    This has to be one of the all time best jazz masterpieces!!!

  • @james-vx7nv
    @james-vx7nv 2 года назад +53

    One of the best instrumentals of all time.

  • @markoxamitny9014
    @markoxamitny9014 6 лет назад +18

    I find it's impossible NOT to be in a good mood after listening to this classic

  • @robertmaldonado4820
    @robertmaldonado4820 8 месяцев назад +10

    When I was a boy, my parents wanted me to learn to play the piano-after learning the basics & chop sticks, my tutor taught me to play this beautiful melody - BEEN playing it ever since - BEAUTIFUL!

  • @maestro0428
    @maestro0428 4 года назад +1

    This song makes me so happy.

  • @greenwich1754
    @greenwich1754 6 лет назад +62

    Remember what it was to be young, when we were all young and nobody we loved was yet dead. Remember the excitement the Christmas Season brought? School gatherings around a Christmas tree singing Christmas Carols (yes, Christmas, not holiday or solstice songs). Remember going skating on a local pond? It may have only happened once as child, but it is seared in my memory, and music such as this brings it all back. Todays youth are missing so much, in my mind.

    • @deonejones748
      @deonejones748 3 года назад +1

      Don’t worry most of us are doing fine (responding to the last sentence).

    • @youtubeviolatedme7123
      @youtubeviolatedme7123 2 года назад +1

      I'll never be able to fully and properly understand the experiences of past generations, but if people of all age groups can and will treasure this piece for centuries to come, then at least the ability to enjoy some semblance of the jubilation you've felt in your youth must have passed down, and for that reason, the past can never be truly, completely forgotten so long as this piece exists.

    • @greenwich1754
      @greenwich1754 2 года назад +1

      @@youtubeviolatedme7123 I think every generation experiences the same view: Our days were the best. Stuff that we grew up with become cast in amber/frozen in time. We always choose to remember the sweet memories. Every generation thinks that the next has lost something we experienced. For me, it is innocence. The world is becoming increasingly coarse and hateful, and too damn quick and impersonal with technology. For example, todays youth can't imagine a world without an internet, cell phones, and social media. When I grew up, we had dial phones, wrote letters, and grabbed T.V. from an antenna on our roof (Only 3 or 4 good reception stations, but hey, it was free!). Technology has only made our lives more hectic, and the age of "instant information" also leads to premature and unwise reaction/decisions. Slowness of time had its blessings.

  • @Hunnie_B
    @Hunnie_B 8 лет назад +38

    LOVE this Vince Guaraldi Trio piece.......I have a tear in my eye.

  • @RC-Flight
    @RC-Flight 3 года назад +12

    This is the theme Song to my childhood! OH what great memories I have, from listening too all of these Peanut classics.
    Today Jerry Granelli, the original drummer passed away at the age of 80. RIP Jerry!

  • @gabrielmillines5160
    @gabrielmillines5160 9 лет назад +73

    Vince Guaraldi truly served Charlie Brown & the gang with come classic, timeless music. I wish he were still around. Interesting thing, is that this music easily doubles as kid-friendly and as easy listening for adults.

    • @jovetj
      @jovetj 8 лет назад +5

      He was a genius. He is really missed.

    • @isti0phoridaegd381
      @isti0phoridaegd381 5 лет назад +1

      His music is family friendly too

    • @caseoddity
      @caseoddity 5 лет назад +1

      I listen to it any time I need a quick uplift!

  • @ethanreactss
    @ethanreactss 2 года назад +22

    Am I the only one who’ll play this song, close my eyes and smile as all the nostalgia thoughts and Christmas memories flush in my head till the songs over?

  • @YosemiteFour
    @YosemiteFour Месяц назад +5

    Listening to it now in San Francisco, ten days before Christmas 2024, sixty years later.

  • @amberfarr3562
    @amberfarr3562 2 месяца назад +12

    This is my childhood it reminds me of family and friends in the past....Happy Holidays 😊

  • @laykeeuh
    @laykeeuh 9 лет назад +13

    Good grief
    oh, my childhood. It's nice seeing you again.

  • @nina1522
    @nina1522 2 года назад +44

    As I listen to this song I have such bittersweet emotions. On one hand, my heart hurts knowing Christmas,and life itself,, will never be as simple, joyful and magical as it was when I was a child. On the other hand I am so grateful for the happy memories that I have.

    • @BuckShot456789
      @BuckShot456789 2 года назад +2

      Christmas will always be as magical as you make it. Growing old is inevitable, but growing up is optional!

  • @jamesmatthew3681
    @jamesmatthew3681 4 года назад +20

    One of my personal favorite Christmas songs! And I don't just listen to it on said holiday, I listened to it on any day after or before the 25th of December.
    RIP Charles and Vince.
    Thank you for entertaining us for more than 50 years.

  • @MsPrincesspaulina
    @MsPrincesspaulina 8 лет назад +99

    So many memories surrounding this music going back to Dec 1965 when I first heard it. I was 5 years old.

    • @Americanspy-hn2kw
      @Americanspy-hn2kw 7 лет назад +3

      So you're 52 or 53?

    • @-441-
      @-441- 7 лет назад +4

      57 or 58 mate. Hey......that rhymed!

    • @whytfbuddy4118
      @whytfbuddy4118 5 лет назад

      MsPrincesspaulina You would have been 3 when JFK was killed

  • @keithwilson6060
    @keithwilson6060 Месяц назад +2

    I just turned 3 in 1965 and barely remember this debut, but watched it every year since. It was a part of the Christmas season in my childhood.

  • @gracieneel777
    @gracieneel777 2 месяца назад +6

    💕🌷I haved loved Charlie Brown Peanuts since I was a young girl. Charles Schultz will always be someone I admire.

    • @carmenmerrill8192
      @carmenmerrill8192 Месяц назад

      Brilliant masterpiece. Enjoying at Christmas Eve. & through out holidays. ❤

  • @cindygray2994
    @cindygray2994 8 лет назад +1865

    140 thumbs-down? What kind of childhood did these folks have?

    • @JovanaSanchez000
      @JovanaSanchez000 8 лет назад +79

      Cindy Gray Ones without Charlie Brown in it! D:

    • @danja7691
      @danja7691 7 лет назад +65

      It's Lucy's fault! 😁

    • @Roescoe
      @Roescoe 7 лет назад +13

      heh I'd thumbs it down if I actually did such a thing ever. The tune is sooo overplayed and not really very interesting. I have an irrational hate of the beginning, I guess cause it's all people ever play.

    • @larrybeckham6652
      @larrybeckham6652 6 лет назад +36

      They must want the Death Metal versions while they torture kittens. EVIL!

    • @westtxtapper
      @westtxtapper 6 лет назад +51

      Maybe they just don't like jazz, poor guys.

  • @MattCompanyStudios
    @MattCompanyStudios 20 дней назад +1

    One of the most joyful tunes of all time in my opinion.

  • @troyjan1014
    @troyjan1014 8 лет назад +84

    The one, The only, The Original. Still a timeless classic

  • @connordean9346
    @connordean9346 2 года назад +18

    I've loved this piece since I was a little fella. Everytime I hear it I can't help but picture all the peanuts dancing on stage while Linus drops this sick beat

  • @jessicamorton6081
    @jessicamorton6081 3 года назад +2

    Every year
    My family and I watched Charlie Brown Christmas
    Such a classic, every generation should watch this

  • @purplegurl79
    @purplegurl79 6 лет назад +37

    Taught myself how to play this song on the piano since I was 8 years old, 40 years old now and still playing this song!!!Always been a huge Peanuts fan!!💗💗💗

    • @jonlouis4263
      @jonlouis4263 2 года назад +1

      I'm 66 and just learning it, your comment gives me hope!

    • @solomonjenkins9505
      @solomonjenkins9505 2 года назад +2

      you learned this at 8 years old? 0_0 I'm not sure I've ever met an 8 year old that could play something this complex

    • @purplegurl79
      @purplegurl79 2 месяца назад

      @@solomonjenkins9505My life has been all about music ❤❤

  • @strawberrylemonadekristina
    @strawberrylemonadekristina 2 года назад +24

    One of my precious childhood memories was watching Peanuts cartoons and listening to the wonderful music of Vince Guaraldi. As a kid I really didn't know what Jazz was, I just liked the songs that were on the cartoons. Now as an adult I of course have Vince Guaraldi in my music library. When I was younger I was a Rock N' Roll snob and wouldn't even consider listening to Jazz. I had forgotten that Jazz was in my brain since a little kid thanks to Peanuts. Now that I'm older and wiser I can appreciate all music. If it touches your soul who cares about labels? Linus and Lucy was the gateway drug that opened my ears and blew my mind wide open to how cool Jazz is. As a fab 50 year old I still watch the Peanuts holiday specials and let Vince Guaraldi's precious music take me to a happy place.
    RIP Vince! Nobody rocked a moustache like you! 😊

  • @lisasearles1430
    @lisasearles1430 2 месяца назад +4

    This song is a favorite. I hop up and dance around my house like a fool every time ❤

  • @joshfrank310
    @joshfrank310 9 лет назад +74

    the nostalgia is real when listening to this song

  • @Wilcox3
    @Wilcox3 10 лет назад +52

    You can't tell me that when you hear this song you don't feel like a kid again watching Charlie Brown's Christmas in your pajamas. Every Christmas I make it a point to watch Charlie Brown's Christmas, Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, Santa Claus is coming to town, A Christmas Story, Frosty the Snowman, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and a Christmas carol Disney version or The Jim Carrey version.

    • @raywalton2294
      @raywalton2294 8 лет назад +3

      I so agree. Gonna show my age here...Charlie Brown's Christmas and How the Grinch Stole Christmas would be on early December, and that marked the beginning of the Christmas Season.

    • @BrianCarnevaleB26
      @BrianCarnevaleB26 7 лет назад +4

      A time before cable, a time of wonderment as a child. A life before handheld gadgets! These memories are what help us hold it together today, we draw upon those moments to become our better selves

    • @evamarie8635
      @evamarie8635 7 лет назад

      Ace Wilcox i feel the same! My little cousin just watches MLG RUclips videos instead of old time cartoons, this generation. :(

  • @Radioweezer
    @Radioweezer 10 месяцев назад +2

    I had this flashback of me watching this and hearing this when I was 5, went to hear this song in the middle of April

  • @PlAyInSomeBluez
    @PlAyInSomeBluez 11 лет назад +24

    As Christmas approaches, I felt the need to express my humble opinion regarding this music. Nostalgia pervades the music of Vince Guaraldi coupled with the work of Charles Schultz. For me, Guaraldi’s music brings me back to my youth, to a cold Christmas day, surrounded by the warmth of both the cozy fire and my ever-loving family. To a time of pure bliss, where innocence and ignorance kept my mind at ease, where worries ceased to exist. As a young adult, I carry that longing for the past, who wouldn’t? However, that being said, I know I must carry on, for I will one day be providing the same security and comfort my parents gave me to my own children, and that in itself, is pure joy. So as I sit here… listening to the music of Vince Guaraldi and pondering life, I believe the words of Nick Carrway from the brilliant novel The Great Gatsby best sums up what I’m trying to say:
    So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
    Happy Holidays to all! May the Music of Vince Guaraldi continue to bring happiness into the hearts of all!

    • @MM-ro9jn
      @MM-ro9jn 5 лет назад

      good words- thanks

    • @roninreturns
      @roninreturns 5 лет назад

      And you sir, @Max Malmgren, are a gentleman, scholar, and solid in your roots and heritage. Stay true to that path, and vision, we have much to learn no matter our age, or station in life or achievements, each day is a journey. (Minor edit: Nick *Carraway is the spelling of the narrator's name in The Great Gatsby.)

  • @DylanMartin-o6s
    @DylanMartin-o6s 2 месяца назад +6

    Marry Christmas, Charlie Brown.

  • @jorgemedina-gb9fj
    @jorgemedina-gb9fj Месяц назад +3

    I remembered in choir class by listening this song in Christmas times!

  • @Steril707
    @Steril707 2 года назад +22

    It's sentimental, even sad at moments, yet full of joy in the next. Like life.
    What a master piece.

  • @nickbatt399
    @nickbatt399 9 лет назад +224

    its almost comical how good this song is

  • @aaronlee5073
    @aaronlee5073 Месяц назад +4

    I’ve heard this about 50 times on the radio

  • @marcelwright5065
    @marcelwright5065 2 года назад +6

    This is one of the greatest songs ever written, I learned how to play this song on bass guitar and the melody. This is my sister and my favorite song it takes you back when life was simple. I can always play this song and it brightens up my day love you Vince!!!!!

  • @pynw
    @pynw Год назад +3

    My daughter loves this song. It’s a Christmas tradition🎄
    A multi generation album

  • @zadieellie
    @zadieellie 10 месяцев назад +2

    we played this in my band class and it was so much fun! one of my favorite christmas songs for sure

  • @baby66596
    @baby66596 10 лет назад +11

    I wasn't born when the first Peanuts comic strip or tv special came out. I was born in 99' but I'm with my mom and we're watching It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown! I still watch and laugh at the Peanuts specials. I just love them so much.

    • @musiclover98ify
      @musiclover98ify 10 лет назад

      the special is being reaired October 30th

    • @EricEbac22
      @EricEbac22 7 лет назад

      Hopefully, you weren't one of those kids who, at Halloween, only got rocks in their Trick-or-Treating bags.

  • @dalebergman5548
    @dalebergman5548 2 года назад +17

    I am 72. Where have I been all these years? Just heard my granddaughter play this tune on the piano. I did not know /recognize the tune. Doing some research. Found out it's called "Linus and Lucy". Theme song. (A Charlie Brown Christmas. 12/9/65 TV.) Absolutely LOVE it !!!. Jazzy tune. 57 yrs. old !!! Thank You Vince Guaraldi (Bay Area Jazz Artist) for the tune !!!! K Bergman

  • @ambds1975
    @ambds1975 Год назад +2

    This is my morning alarm for work. ♪♫

  • @umachan9286
    @umachan9286 4 года назад +7

    This song is an absolute classic. I don't care how old I'll be, it'll always bring a smile to my face.

  • @owenlaprath4135
    @owenlaprath4135 3 года назад +4

    Unlike any of us, I hope this will live forever!

  • @simonpaul2476
    @simonpaul2476 2 года назад +1

    The first time that,I heard this tune,it turned me onto Jazz.

  • @melodyvoss
    @melodyvoss Год назад +5

    My son's Philharmonic Orchestra performed this last week. He plays viola.

  • @randy5655
    @randy5655 2 года назад +24

    60 years later and still loving it!

    • @MrBronx61
      @MrBronx61 2 года назад +2

      I saw this when it was first broadcast and haven't missed it since!

    • @randy5655
      @randy5655 2 года назад +4

      @@MrBronx61 I salute you!

    • @alexglass2927
      @alexglass2927 2 года назад +2

      This song will always be great for generations!!!

    • @skunkygrogan6956
      @skunkygrogan6956 Год назад

      Happy Holidays 2023🎅🎅☃️☃️👍😁🎄!!!

  • @sabinajones4737
    @sabinajones4737 2 месяца назад +3

    I worked at ups for many years. I walked into the building one day in the early morning, and this song was playing. It captures the mood, the work pace, and the busyness of the season, but is also calming.

  • @cutestpuppiesever
    @cutestpuppiesever 9 лет назад +255

    As a piano player learning how to play this piece, it is amazing to hear how flawlessly Guaraldi was able to play it. This piece has so many different rhythms that are quite difficult to grasp and I know that I am trying my best to do so (slightly succeeding). I would have to say that the most difficult part (in my opinion) would have to be the part that starts at around 1:50. It is so difficult because it is different than the rest of the piece yet it matches so well. I hope that I will be able to play this in a way that I feel Vince would be proud of! What an amazing composer and pianist!

    • @cutestpuppiesever
      @cutestpuppiesever 9 лет назад +1

      Sorry not 1:50 but 1:05 or so

    • @vincentrose8725
      @vincentrose8725 9 лет назад

      +cutestpuppiesever That is the most hard part, however putting together at 1:07 is probably harder than it all.

    • @toyoscio
      @toyoscio 9 лет назад

      +cutestpuppiesever Good luck Have you tried playing "Little Birdie"?

    • @cutestpuppiesever
      @cutestpuppiesever 9 лет назад

      +Vincent Rose agreed. It's hard to make the two sections flow into eachothers

    • @cutestpuppiesever
      @cutestpuppiesever 9 лет назад

      +toyoscio no but I'll look it up. And thank you