The Rainbow Connection opens The Muppet Movie, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this week
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” Williams said. “This is Kermit’s ‘I am’ song. This song will show that Kermit has an inner life, a spiritual life.” With their very first verse, Williams and Ascher initially feared they had written themselves into a corner by debunking the concept of rainbows as magical:They're only illusionsAfter some more thought, though, those lines led toward what Williams considers to be the heart of the song:Someday we’ll find it, the rainbow connectionThe next verse, the songwriter said, is his favorite of all, and expresses his philosophy that what we believe in we help to create:Somebody thought of that“The...
Though the song came together relatively quickly, its title did not. “We kept saying, ‘We’re looking for a connection between rainbows and people,’” Williams said with a laugh. “My wife at the time pointed out, ‘You just said ‘rainbow connection’ five times. Why don’t you call it ‘The Rainbow Connection?’”
Recording the song afforded another magical moment. At first, Jim Henson was singing as Kermit in the recording booth—but something was missing. Then somebody present—Williams can’t remember who—asked Henson if perhaps Kermit should try a take. So Henson brought out the Kermit puppet—and “Kermit sang it brilliantly,” Williams said.
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