"The Rainbow Connection"
"The Rainbow Connection"
sweetiedarlinmia
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/8/04
#0"The Rainbow Connection"
Posted: 3/29/05 at 12:10amMy God, I love this song. Everytime I hear it, I'm crying by the end of it. Call me a sap, but I love it, no matter who sings it.
Feodor Sverdlov
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/21/04
#1re: 'The Rainbow Connection'
Posted: 3/29/05 at 12:24amI like it, too. My favorite version is by Karen Carpenter.
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Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#2re: 'The Rainbow Connection'
Posted: 3/29/05 at 12:30amMy favorite is from Vonda Shepard. LOVE it!
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#3re: 'The Rainbow Connection'
Posted: 3/29/05 at 12:30amSurely Kermit's version must be your favorite!!!!
beacon1
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/31/04
#4re: 'The Rainbow Connection'
Posted: 3/29/05 at 12:33amKermit's version is wonderful.
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#5re: 'The Rainbow Connection'
Posted: 3/29/05 at 12:33am
I absolutely adore Kermit's version.
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Kristin
Understudy Joined: 12/17/04
#6re: 'The Rainbow Connection'
Posted: 3/29/05 at 12:35amNo matter how great the vocalist no one can beat Kermit on this song.
Though it may not be anyone's birthday,
And though it's far from the first of the year,
I know that this very minute has history in it, we're here!
beacon1
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/31/04
#7re: 'The Rainbow Connection'
Posted: 3/29/05 at 1:00am
Hi Emcee...
Where's etheb?
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wickedrentq
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/6/04
#8re: 'The Rainbow Connection'
Posted: 3/29/05 at 1:00am
Hehe, before I saw more of the replies I was about to scream out that no version is better than Kermit's! Ha.
I actually did a report on Jim Henson in 7th grade. I particularly remember a section of the book about muppet songs and he said in an interview he was completely shocked that he ever had a hit in the country-he thought he had one of the worst vocals ever. Then again, he said he was more shocked with "C is for Cookie(loove that song")-he said Frank Oz's voice was worse than his. Hehe, I love muppets!
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#9re: 'The Rainbow Connection'
Posted: 3/29/05 at 1:01am
She's sleeping, beacon. You just missed her!
Frank Oz does Grover's voice, and therefore is amazing. 
Feodor Sverdlov
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/21/04
#10re: 'The Rainbow Connection'
Posted: 3/29/05 at 1:27amWell, I like Kermit's version; but prefer Karen Carpenter's version.
scooter3843
#11re: 'The Rainbow Connection'
Posted: 3/29/05 at 2:22am
awwww kermie.
did anyone see justin timberlake do this w/ him on snl?
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gettinhep
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/9/04
#12re: 'The Rainbow Connection'
Posted: 3/29/05 at 2:48am
Was that the episode where Timberlake dressed up as an omelette?
I have to say that I prefer the frog. Kermit really nailed the emotional content of that song. Let's hear it for Kermie!
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#13re: 'The Rainbow Connection'
Posted: 3/29/05 at 2:59am
*shudders*
What creepy memories I have associated with this song. It involves a musical theater group with an insane director, this song, toys coming alive, and Christmas.
http://www.freeiPods.com/?r=13865158 please =D
wickedrentq
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/6/04
#14re: 'The Rainbow Connection'
Posted: 3/29/05 at 3:07amSorry Emcee, Grover, Cookie Monster, etc. were all good, but without a doubt Frank Oz is the best because he's MISS PIGGY!! She's been my favorite muppet from my first exposure to them, through "Muppets Take Manhattan," "Muppet Babies," and "The Kermit and Piggy Story" which was a video made that highlighted their moments on the Muppet Show. Seriously, he could sing higher than I can. He just took her from like nothing in the first season of the Muppet show to the diva and almost everyone's favorite. In fact, she sang one of my first Broadway songs on the video and I still love her version best, "I Enjoy Being a Girl." Hehe, love muppets again!
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Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#15re: 'The Rainbow Connection'
Posted: 3/29/05 at 6:10amWhatever did happen to Paul Williams ? He was hot for awhile & than went poof
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Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#16re: 'The Rainbow Connection'
Posted: 3/29/05 at 7:14amI REALLY miss Jim Henson. All the newer Muppet movies have sucked - and Muppet Wizard of Oz looks like the worst!
sweetiedarlinmia
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/8/04
#17re: 'The Rainbow Connection'
Posted: 3/29/05 at 9:52amI must agree Jon. The quality of the Muppet productions has gone down since Henson's death. Muppet Babies, Fraggle Rock, and The Muppet Show were the best.
#18re: 'The Rainbow Connection'
Posted: 3/29/05 at 10:07ami loved when justin sang it on SNL with kermit. so funny. and yes, that was the one where justin was dressed up like an omlette....
NCGuy
Broadway Star Joined: 4/8/04
#19re: 'The Rainbow Connection'
Posted: 3/29/05 at 10:26amThere’s a great version of “Rainbow Connection” by the Dixie Chicks on a children’s benefit album that came out last year (“Mary Had a Little Amp”).
#20re: 'The Rainbow Connection'
Posted: 3/29/05 at 10:26amI love Kermit's version and also Jim Brickman's.
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lesserworm
Understudy Joined: 11/23/04
#21re: 'The Rainbow Connection'
Posted: 3/29/05 at 11:12amKermit was the best. Jim Henson had an amazing voice...well many amazing voices, and was really a talented puppet master. Kermit's voice doesn't sound right anymore, and he dosen't have as many facial expressions.
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#22re: 'The Rainbow Connection'
Posted: 3/29/05 at 11:43amI, myself, prefer the song "It isn't Easy Being Green"...that one just chokes me up every time I hear it.
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#23re: 'The Rainbow Connection'
Posted: 3/29/05 at 11:53am
Hands down, my fvorite version is Kermit's. Such a great song...
And I will always miss Jim Henson. I was crushed when he died and I was just a kid.
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#24re: 'The Rainbow Connection'
Posted: 3/29/05 at 12:06pm
back in 8th grade, i was an MC for the talent show and there were 2 6th grade girls who sang it... they were sooooooooooo good... it sounded so innocent! we all loved it!
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