Posted: 5/25/21 at 8:16am
As a child of the 80s, I grew up in the heyday of the original Muppet movies - The Muppet Movie, The Great Muppet Caper, The Muppets Take Manhattan. I was listening to a few of the songs recently and just got lost in the brilliance of so many of them...
"Rainbow Connection".
"Movin' Right Along"
"Hey, A Movie!" (Great opening!)
"Happiness Hotel" (Absolutely hilarious)
"The First Time It Happens" (Incredibly underrated)
"Couldn't We Ride" (The bicycle scene - movie magic)
"Saying Goodbye" (will literally make you LOL one line and tear up the next)
"Together Again"
"Somebody's Getting Married/He'll Make Me Happy"
The Muppets - and their songwriters - gave us such a musical treasure chest that collectively do everything a great musical score should do -- make you laugh, make you smile, make you cry, make you think. And of course, 'Manhattan' had the Broadway theme built right into it. If you ever need a little pick-me-up, revisit these brilliant songs!
