KidVid: "The Elephant Song" - Eric Herman

I've mentioned before how much I like "The Elephant Song" by Eric Herman. Very simple, a catchy melody, and an idea almost infinitely adaptable to whatever you want to sing about. ("Trucks, I love trucks, I love the way they zoom high through the clouds..." "The Diamondbacks, I love the Diamondbacks, I love the way they have a really high team batting average...")

Anyway, it's been around for awhile, but the song's video (animated by Eric's wife Roseann) hit the big time this week -- YouTube's front page.

It's the best hand-animated video since A-ha's "Take On Me," though its chunky computer animation is more "Money For Nothing," I suppose.

Comments

[deb in sf]

Wow. Nice for Eric! You can't beat that.

And we relive the olden days of "take on me" every once in a while... "Son, when we were kids there weren't even videos. And then there was this one..." Thanks for bringing THAT up again! :)

[Eric Herman]

Yeah, "Take on Me", no doubt... takes me back to those classic MTV years.

By the way, I wanted to credit my daughter, Becca, who made some of the drawings for the video when she was three. Can you guess which ones? The rest of it was done purposely in her style so it would be consistent.

Thanks for the plug, Stefan.

Very best,Eric