Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Please go listen to 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' soundtrack

If it's the Christmas season, then it must be time to listen to the soundtrack for A Charlie Brown Christmas.

This is probably my favorite Christmas album. Propelled by the Vince Guaraldi Trio, the music put a memorable stamp on the cartoon and nicely fit the love and melancholy the storyline produced.

Among other things, one of the major statements the cartoon made (remember when cartoons actually had something to say?) was that commercialism was ruining Christmas. Keep in mind, the cartoon was made in 1965 so it really was ahead of its time when it comes to this subject.

As a boy, I quickly learned to love the Peanuts comic strip, as well as many of the films and television specials that came from this franchise.

Obviously, this is a CD you must own.

1 comment:

Mister Jimmy said...

Charlie Brown Christmas is great. That scene where - is it Linus? - says to Charlie Brown, who's agonizing over the play and can't figure out the meaning, "I know the meaning of Christmas Charlie Brown.", and then proceeds to recite Luke 2;8-. It's a great moment, and then the scene where they go to return the tree and the boy says they can have it. I hope they show that 'cartoon' a bunch over the next week or so.