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September 05, 2002
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Okay, I realize that my little entry for today will really only ring a bell with fellow Gen-Xers, but I hope all y'all will play along just for the hell of it.
I've been playing the soundtrack to The Muppet Movie a bit lately, and a couple of lines in particular from one song, "The Rainbow Connection," keep nagging at me.
In the first line of the song, Kermit asks, "Why are there so many songs about rainbows and what's on the other side?"
I can only come up with one song about rainbows and what's on the other side: "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," from The Wizard of Oz. That's it. Are there any others?
Kermit also asks, "Who said that every wish would be heard and answered, when wished on a falling star?" Again, I come up with one obvious answer: Jiminey Cricket. ("When You Wish Upon a Star")
Go ahead. Think about it. How many other songs about rainbows are there?
Sleep deprivedly yours,
--Allan
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Well, off hand, I can remember The Reading Rainbow show where the main theme talked about a rainbow and Geordi LaForge was the host. :)
Posted by: Samantha Ling on September 6, 2002 9:10 AMButterfly in the sky
I can go twice as high
Take a look
It's in a book
A reading rainbow.
A friend of mine commented off-line, and I just had to share this excerpt:
"[...]Which led me to go to allmusicguide.com and answer your question. There have been at least 588 different recordings of songs with "Rainbow" in their name, with 149 different unique names. Surprisingly, "Rainbow Connection" is the third most recorded song in their database, behind "Rainbow Country" and "Rainbow at Midnight." However, I have heard Kenny Loggins's version of "Rainbow Connection" at least 37 times in the last five and a half weeks.
"Fascinating, huh?"
He then followed up with:
"To be fair, I don't know how many of them discuss what's on the other side."
Hmmm. :-)
Anyone of you ever heard "Rainbow Country"?
--Allan
Posted by: Allan on September 10, 2002 7:40 AM|
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