we want to get
on we want to get
on we want to
get We
[Music]
want it got that alana when are the
percussion instruments being delivered
cameron's unloading them right now i saw
some interesting instruments outside
yeah the famous percussionist Sheila E
is appearing on our show today and
that's her equipment well this is a
performance that I don't want to miss oh
me either then be sure to be here by
2:00
just one more clip over here
and you're done i love it and I love
this outfit a whole new look for me
thanks Troy you're very welcome Tiffany
good morning ladies good morning Sarah
tiffany we're ready for you i'm coming
how are you Megan good thanks for asking
pal
cute Megan very cute as bud let's roll
that opening animation in five four 3
two one and take it
[Music]
and Q good morning and welcome to the
Kids Songs TV show the one and only show
made by kids for kids and starring kids
hi I'm Tiffany Burton and I'm Sergio
Centenno i'm really happy to be here
today we've got a very exciting guest
for you Sheila E and a lot of really
great music videos too aren't you
forgetting something what about us we're
going to be playing the drums today
billy and Ruby Big are going to surprise
you and amaze you with a knowledge of
percussion instruments our first video
of the day takes us to the Caribbean
where the kids songs kids are doing a
dance called the conga these conga drums
were originally created in Africa they
have a distinct
sound and the conga dance has a very
distinctive beat like this
so come on and conga
night in
Atlanta the man began to play a new
rhythm was
born and people began to
sway move your feet and step in time
jump right in
[Music]
for everybody
everybody everybody out your hands on my
hands and follow my
[Music]
sing
everybody
everybody shines through the animals a
sweet and blood through the air
i'm feeling the pull of the conga and I
can't let go of my conga swing and sway
to the conga
beat there's no telling who you'll be i
[Music]
love
everybody
everybody Everybody put your hands on my
hips and my hands when I
see
everybody everybody come on everybody
[Music]
we're off to a great start let's keep
this pace going you're not waiting on me
or me they're ready on set so what are
we waiting for me I guess so let's go in
three two and two our next song is a
traditional Mexican folk song you'll
notice that it has a very different
rhythm than the conga it's like this la
[Music]
and it's called the Mexican hat dance
[Music]
wow he's playing the violin pretty fast
i
know there is a famous dance from all
Mexico it started in a village so long
[Music]
ago and dances
[Music]
wow that looks fantastic i love how
their skirts swing when they're dancing
me too
[Music]
maria take the stage what beautiful
clothes they wear you punch the guitar
on and show them until the end the
dances pass by all so gracefully they
never miss a step they do it so easily
there is a famous dance from all Mexico
[Music]
so this is the bass drum right right see
it has this foot
pedal when you hit it it makes a thuting
noise cool and this is the snare right
again it makes a cracking kind of noise
try it
it sounds so different it has these
tight wires around the bass it gives it
its sound
cool and we're ready
now and two our next song takes us to a
candy factory a wonderful place that I
personally would very much like to go to
then come with me
who can take a sunrise who can take a
sunrise sprinkle it with dew sprinkle it
with cover chocolate and a miracle or
two the candy man the candy man the
candy man can the candy man can the
candy man he mixes it with makes the
world taste
good who can take a rainbow
wrap it in a side wrap it in a soak it
in the sun make it tasty in the pie the
candy man the candy man oh the candy man
the candy
[Music]
man can
he makes the world taste
good the candy man makes everything he
makes satisfying and
delicious talk about your childhood
wishes you could even eat the dishes
who can make tomorrow we can take
tomorrow dip it in a dream dip it in a
dream separate the sorrow and collect up
all the cream the candy man the candy
man oh the candy man can the candy man
can The candy man can
he makes the world taste
good the candy man can mix it with makes
the world taste good
the candy
man candy
[Music]
this is called the high hat you hit
these with your sticks then use the foot
pedal to stop it let me try that a few
more times okay
I've added Ruby to the next intro and
she knows what to do okay Asa let's use
that new effect you made the one with
all the cowboy hats and boots to get us
into this next video i can do that cue
them now we're headed down to the Lone
Star State where line dancing is key now
to do the line dance you need a steady
rhythm like this
you've got the beat so grab your hat and
boots and let's do the yellow roads of
Texas the yellow rose of Texas is
sweeping across the land you turn on
every bus and play by
every join us is where you want to be
out here on the dance floor with friends
and family let's Romeo
yeeha slide along and turn around can't
you feel the beat the magic's in the
music the rhythms in your feet when we
dance together we're having so much fun
so let's just keep on moving until the
music
[Music]
stop the yellow of Texas is sweeping
across the land can turn on every bus
and play by every man so come along and
join us it's where you want to be out
here on the dance floor with friends and
[Music]
family it only takes the two of us to
leave the rest along come and join the
party started by design the light goes
on forever don't have to wait your turn
the yellow rose of Texas is the dance
you got to learn this is Texas i hope
they have a big
[Music]
barbecue the yellow rose of Texas is
sweeping across the
land and
play so come along and join us it's
where you want to be out here on the
dance floor with friends and family out
here on the dance floor with friends and
family out here on the dance floor with
friends and family
i look good with a cowboy hat you sure
do just a little natural powder so you
won't shine under the lights mhm i
really want to look cool when I
interview Sheila E do you have something
special for me to wear i've got just a
thing tada
great i'm a little nervous you'll be
fabulous darling watching Matilda is
cute and ready to go litter rip is that
something like a Q yep i'm fine today
you guys got to keep up with me oh
brother and action
so far today we've heard rhythms from
North South and Central America so it's
time to head down to another continent
the one that's all the way around the
world Australia the Kids Songs kids went
there and met some Australian kids and a
very jolly swagman what is a swagman
it's Australian for a traveling salesman
wo
it's all going on in Wing Matilda
once a swagman sat beside the b*mb under
the shade of the cool tree and he sang
as he sat and waited by the bib
come al sing Matilda with me wall sing
Matilda sing Matilda you'll come along
sing Matilda with me and he sang as he
sat and waited by the pill you'll come
along sing Matilda with
me down came a jump to drink beside the
bill h jump and he seized him with glee
and he sang as he tucked that jump in
his
sucker come
[Music]
along sing with me and he sang as he sat
and waited by the pill
come along sing love with me
[Music]
once a jolly traveler sat beside the
clear lake under the shade of a tall
tall tree and he sang as he sat and
waited by the clear lake you'll come
along with me
sing Matilda you'll come singild with me
and he sang as he sat and waited by the
b*mb so come along
sing with
me and don't forget Billy's in this one
with
you and Q rock and roll is a style of
music that is driven by the drum beat
rock and roll drummers have big drum
kits with lots of different drums to
create the sound they want really
getting straight i'm ready to rock when
I'm drumming I can be pounding the bass
drum and then I can hit the high hat the
tomtoms and end it with the floor tom
cool
[Music]
huh check out the drummers in this next
rock and roll track
loose heat
[Music]
heat heat heat
[Music]
jack everybody got the
[Music]
loose you're playing so cool obeying
every rule take a doubt in your heart
you're burning yearning for some
somebody to tell you that I may pass you
[Music]
by i tried to tell you it will if you
don't even
try you can fly if you only lose
[Music]
sunday shy
sh everybody
[Music]
you got to turn me around and put your
feet on the ground and take a hold of
your soul
[Music]
i'm
turning the
music off
[Music]
[Music]
everybody
[Music]
[Music]
lose everybody lose
[Music]
now the big moment of the show the
Sheila E interview i'm up for it boss
asa roll the question time graphic in
three two
one and cue the host today on question
time we are delighted to have Sheila E
the worldrenowned percussionist and our
own fabulous Mimi Paley thank you Sergio
and Tiffany and thank you Sheila for
joining us thank you very much it's a
pleasure to be here you began playing
instruments at a very early age right
right i was uh 3 years old when I first
started uh touching the the percussion
instruments and then I started playing
at the age of 5 years old with my dad is
your dad a musician yes he is he's a
percussion player what did you learn
first i learned uh an instrument called
a conga would you like me to demonstrate
please okay i started off playing like
this just playing and then I learned
other uh patterns
you got a good rhythm thank you very
much can you demonstrate those for me
sure we can come over here this is
called a shake and this is from Africa
and you play it like
[Music]
this and you hit the bottom to get that
sound like that yeah this is called a
kabasa you can play this many different
ways you can play it like
this or like
this like
this or like this
[Music]
okay let's try this moracas play like
this try that
okay oh very good and this is from
Brazil you can play it like
this or you can play it like this
[Applause]
that's called a go- go bell these are
baby shakers these are
eggs oh you got a rhythm
there very good let's uh move over here
to the tomatoes
[Music]
whoa you're really good thank you very
much do you have any friends that like
to play yeah come on you guys ready one
two three go
[Music]
and that's percussion
thank you so much for coming on the Kids
Songs TV show you're welcome
stay tuned for more fascinating guests
on the next question time she's such a
charming woman and such a talented
musician i'd love to meet her you think
if we could make something
please have a little quiet sorry we're
up to the intro with Billy and Ruby sing
along i've got you covered dude thanks
pal and cue the host now it's time for
us to get up move around and sing a
little with our furry friends Billy and
Ruby Bigle and their famous fun-filled
sing along
billy and I were intrigued with all the
Latin rhythms we heard earlier so we
picked the classic L bomba for our sing
along today now what you need are some
moracas or anything else that's fun to
shake now let's practice the singalong
part
laa let's try it
together i'm as ready as I'll ever be
let's roll
it sing in Spanish or
[Music]
[Music]
Baby
I I
[Music]
for
[Music]
myow
[Music]
got everybody
ba
again keep
going one more time
[Music]
i
[Music]
[Music]
la I
[Music]
I said
party you're
[Music]
my daddy so
[Music]
[Music]
daddy it's so romantic
all I want to know is which way to the
salt table
that was so much fun we'll see you next
time on Billy and Ruby sing along i just
had a brain wave a lightning bolt a
great idea and we should close today's
show with come join the band it's
perfect you're right let's do it hey
song change make up an intro and go with
it in five four three two today's show
and our wonderful guest Sheila E have me
so excited about music that I want to
start playing something right now i can
play the symbols already
kids songs kids everywhere grab anything
that makes a noise and play along with
us on Come join the
band and the guitar swing i want to hear
your
[Music]
ser grab your heart let me really hear
you so come on and join the band we'll
be the best all over the land oh yes
don't you want to join the
Take
a and a joy too here's a big just for
you we'll hit the note so high we'll hit
the note so low we'll play the song that
every kid will
know so come on and join the band we'll
be the best all over the land oh yes
don't you want to join
[Music]
the enjoy the be
[Music]
Oh yes don't you want to join the band
oh yeah don't you want to join the band
[Music]
we're out of time let's wrap it up cue
the host well kids that's all we have
time for on this episode of the Kids
Songs TV show the one and only show made
by kids for kids starring kids and big
see you see you
[Music]
bye tap in our feet soon everybody's
going to move to the beat give us kids
songs we got the sound we're going to be
coming to your city and town we want our
kids
songs we want our kids songs
we want our
kids we want
[Music]
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Home video series was launched with four Kidsongs "Music Video Stories" being announced at New York's Toy Fair in February 1986. "A Day at Old MacDonald's Farm" was one of those first four and has sold over 4 million copies and won the Vira Award.
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