And now for something completely different

A compelling, and compulsive, unusual rendition of the old Peanuts theme…

http://youtube.com/watch?v=N4UMqXMWdQM

You may gather a certain wrongness about the tune without knowing quite why. There’s kind of a key flaw, there… it really requires two players to do properly on guitar.

Here’s a somewhat more startling version done, nonetheless, with two players:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=mk71m4klUXg

The definitive version, probably, is here. It’s on piano, so it only takes one person. This rendition is still a lot less lively than I have in mind but, it’s played with absolute authority. Look at the precision of those crippled hands.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtaJKbtGKek

I don’t know, I guess I’m looking for a New Orleans jazz version. The standard theme is charming and comfortable and, really, entirely too rigid. It needs some verve and style.