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There's a similar, and also very adorable, video of Herbie Hancock (of "Rockit" fame) on Sesame Street 15 years later: http://www.openculture.com/2012/10/watch_
by avolcano 11y ago
There's a similar, and also very adorable, video of Herbie Hancock (of "Rockit" fame) on Sesame Street 15 years later: http://www.openculture.com/2012/10/watch_herbie_hancock_rock_out_on_an_early_synthesizer_on_sesame_street_1983.html http://www.openculture.com/2012/10/watch_herbie_hancock_rock...
- themodelplumber 11y agoThanks, that is the one I thought of when I saw the headline. Great video. Though now that I watch these with my kids, my favorite episode is the one where he goes to a restaurant and they make him a cheese sandwich. It's just so darn normal.
- meepmorp 11y ago> Herbie Hancock (of "Rockit" fame) I'm just being a grumpy old jazz fan, but it bothers me that he's not known for anything but Rockit. Even if it's just to note that he was sampled in "Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia),"). I know, it's not a culturally salient genre anymore, and I should shut up. Sorry.
- leephillips 11y agoWell, I'm an admirer of Herbie Hancock and I don't know what "Rockit" refers to. I hope that makes you feel better.
- teddyh 11y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHhD4PD75zY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHhD4PD75zY
- drjeats 11y agoI'm all about Watermelon Man. Kids are still learning jazz and other music history in schools that have good music programs.
- teddyh 11y agoSpeaking of “Rockit”, does anyone have the lyrics? All sources seem to categorize it as strictly instrumental, but you can hear a distorted voice, and the music video clearly shows him speaking into a microphone.