{"id":1767,"date":"2011-10-09T21:40:55","date_gmt":"2011-10-10T04:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.streamdoubletrouble.com\/?p=1767"},"modified":"2011-10-09T21:41:11","modified_gmt":"2011-10-10T04:41:11","slug":"the-rainbow-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streamoftheconscious.com\/the-rainbow-connection\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rainbow Connection"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I got a message from my cousin yesterday \u2013 she\u2019d found The Muppets: The Green Album<\/a>. Along with deliciously caffeinated overpriced coffee-like drinks, Starbucks is also selling hipster music albums these days.<\/span><\/p>\n

How could I pass up THE MUPPETS? \u201cAn assortment of today’s top artists put a twist on familiar selections from The Muppet songbook.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Yesterday, after dinner (a full body tortellini with red sauce experience) we headed to the living room for a late night (6:30 p.m.) nightcap of milk. Being as this is the weekend, we decided to have a raucous Saturday night. You know, like the days of my youth \u2013 rocking out in the city dance clubs till the wee hours of the night. (Ok, fine. Rocking out to my CD of choice as I got ready for bed by 10 p.m.)<\/p>\n

So we loaded up the stereo system with The Green Album and hit play. As if flashing back to their pending arrival, our home was filled with the music of the muppets\u2019 theme song. The boys lit up. Music!<\/p>\n

It’s time to get things started
\nOn the most sensational inspirational celebrational Muppetational
\nThis is what we call the Muppet Show!<\/em><\/p>\n

The second song on the album is the quintessential Muppet Song. The Rainbow Connection. Search paused. He looked up and a grin spread across his little face. He began singing along. He stood up and toddled across the room \u2013 arms outstretched toward me. Plopping himself in my lap, he looked back up at me and began singing along.<\/p>\n

SWOON! (Dramatic feint with hand across head.)<\/p>\n

Destroy was leaning up against the couch, swaying back and forth. He held his milk bottle out to the world \u2013 the concert lighter for the toddler set.<\/p>\n

As the track changed, The Fray began to rock the beat. Destroy began bopping. He bounced across the room, clapping his hands \u2013 ultimately reaching out to feel the pounding bass on the speakers. I picked Search up and we danced over to his brother.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a new hotspot in town. And we were it \u2013 rocking out at the hottest dance club around, Chez Muppet.<\/p>\n

Track 3 is a fast-moving beat. And true to the title, we were movin\u2019 right along. Getting\u2019 down and jiggy wit it. (Stop laughing at me.) The muppets were twisting and shouting. Search was rocking faster and faster on his Little Tykes police motorcycle. Destroy was now dancing upon the figurative bar \u2013 in this case a primary colored toddler slide. (I know, you\u2019re shocked. Destroy climbing something?)<\/p>\n

Destroy was stomping on his dance platform, clapping to the beat. Search continued to rock out; he stood on his bike as he rocked.<\/p>\n

We were about to literally rock and roll.<\/p>\n

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  1. OK Go – Muppet Show Theme Song<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Weezer and Hayley Williams – Rainbow Connection<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. The Fray – Mahna Mahna<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Alkaline Trio – Movin’ Right Along<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. My Morning Jacket – Our World<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Amy Lee – Halfway Down the Stairs<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. Sondre Lerche – Mr. Bassman<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. The Airborne Toxic Event – Wishing Song<\/a><\/li>\n
  9. Brandon Saller of Atreyu and Billy Martin – Night Life<\/a><\/li>\n
  10. Andrew Bird – Bein’ Green<\/a><\/li>\n
  11. Matt Nathanson – I Hope That Something Better Comes Along<\/a><\/li>\n
  12. Rachael Yamagata – I’m Going to Go Back There Someday<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Someday we’ll find it, the rainbow connection. The muppets, the dreamers and me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I got a message from my cousin yesterday \u2013 she\u2019d found The Muppets: The Green Album. Along with deliciously caffeinated overpriced coffee-like drinks, Starbucks is also selling hipster music albums these days. How could I pass up THE MUPPETS? \u201cAn … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[23,20,25,10],"tags":[500,173,380],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Sbzi-sv","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1937,"url":"https:\/\/streamoftheconscious.com\/how-the-muppets-were-saved\/","url_meta":{"origin":1767,"position":0},"title":"How the Muppets Were Saved","date":"November 22, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"It\u2019s time to play the music! It\u2019s time to light the lights! It\u2019s time to raise the curtain on\u2026THE BIGGEST COMEBACK TOUR EVER! 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