BillboardBoy
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Post by BillboardBoy on Aug 23, 2004 16:59:05 GMT -5
This was from "The Muppet Movie" and peaked somewhere in the 20s. I only recall hearing it once on the radio, but I always liked it.
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Post by wftn on Aug 23, 2004 17:46:24 GMT -5
This was from "The Muppet Movie" and peaked somewhere in the 20s. I only recall hearing it once on the radio, but I always liked it. One of my favorite songs probably because I loved the Muppets so much. I had an old scratchy 45 of this until recently when I happened to find a cd copy of the soundtrack to the Muppet Movie. Ahhhh, crystal clear Kermit! |
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Post by Me. I Am Justin... on Aug 23, 2004 17:59:57 GMT -5
Karen Carpenter does a really good version of this. You can find it on the Carpenter's Gold CD.
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Post by mst3k on Aug 23, 2004 18:17:13 GMT -5
I like Ernie's "Rubber Duckie" better.  |
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Post by Whi$tlin' Pete on Aug 23, 2004 22:52:01 GMT -5
I heard this song as a long distance dedication on AT40 sometime in the 80's. I loved the song ever since. Just listened to it the other day in fact.
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Post by Hervard on Aug 24, 2004 9:55:34 GMT -5
Several years in a row, we sang this song in choir class. In middle school, with the different voices, the alto part (consisting mainly of guys) sounded totally bland, until mixed in with the other voices.
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Post by Pet Shop Boy on Aug 24, 2004 10:33:53 GMT -5
This got released???? :o
I love it. Kermie & Piggie love duet.
The only major muppet hit here was the short-lived character of Kermit's nephew, who hit #7 here in the 70's with "halfway down the stairs' or something....
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Post by reception on Aug 24, 2004 15:13:23 GMT -5
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Post by wftn on Aug 25, 2004 17:31:46 GMT -5
Thanks for the link Reception, but after listening to this cut, this is not the hit version that came out in 1979. Similar, but not the same. Like I said earlier, one of my favorite songs, maybe because I grew up watching the muppets in the 70's.
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Post by johnnywest on Aug 27, 2004 9:07:37 GMT -5
I like Ernie's "Rubber Duckie" better. Shadoe Stevens played a drop of "Rubber Duckie" as a tribute to Jim Henson when he died in 1990. But I can't remember if he played "The Rainbow Connection" or not. |
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Post by stevie nice on Aug 27, 2004 11:29:28 GMT -5
it's not easy being green.
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Post by reception on Aug 27, 2004 14:07:15 GMT -5
stevie nice wrote
it's not easy being green.[/quote]
LOL!
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Post by reception on Sept 1, 2004 18:05:26 GMT -5
I heard a cover of this song sung in the Hawaiian language recently on KHUI.
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Post by BillboardBoy on Apr 2, 2006 16:46:25 GMT -5
I'll take Kermit the Frog over Crazy Frog any day :)
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Post by johnnywest on Nov 22, 2006 0:20:36 GMT -5
I'll have to check YouTube for the video.
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Post by cartman2002 on Nov 22, 2006 14:44:03 GMT -5
Kermit took this tune to #25 on the Hot 100 in 1979 and should have won an Oscar for best original song for this tune instead it went to a forgotten tune from "Norma Rae"
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Post by dth1971 on Aug 13, 2007 19:46:32 GMT -5
"Rainbow Connection" made #25 on Billboard, #40 on Cashbox, but failed to make the R&R chart.
"Rubber Duckie" made the Top 20 on Billboard in 1970 (The first year of Casey Kasem's original American Top 40).
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Post by Soulsista on May 29, 2012 20:05:48 GMT -5
Cute song.
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2012 1:49:42 GMT -5
A true classic. It probably qualifies as a modern standard at this point, as people like Willie Nelson and Sarah McLachlan have released covers of it.
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Post by HolidayGuy on May 30, 2012 8:53:08 GMT -5
An anthem- for both Muppets and Non-Muppets. :) Not quite as magical as "Over the Rainbow," but good.
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Post by johnnywest on Sept 17, 2014 20:38:21 GMT -5
I hear this played every once in awhile when 1979 is represented on "American Top 40 - the 70s."
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2022 20:36:53 GMT -5
When I first recorded this song I never would have imagined the amount of impact that it was going to have on so many. Thank you all!
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Post by Private Dancer on Mar 7, 2022 10:19:12 GMT -5
Speaking of Kermit the Frog, what happened to him and why is the thread locked?
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Post by SabrinaFan on Mar 7, 2022 10:45:18 GMT -5
Speaking of Kermit the Frog, what happened to him and why is the thread locked? He was a dupe of Clode. |
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Post by Private Dancer on Mar 7, 2022 13:13:29 GMT -5
Speaking of Kermit the Frog, what happened to him and why is the thread locked? He was a dupe of Clode. Wait...so let me get this straight...he came back as Kermit the Frog...how do yall know and for what reason did he do it? |
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Post by SabrinaFan on Mar 7, 2022 15:05:20 GMT -5
Wait...so let me get this straight...he came back as Kermit the Frog...how do yall know and for what reason did he do it? He explained why he did it in this thread right before his account was deleted. |
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