"Rainbow Connection" (1979) (co-written with Kenneth Ascher) - The Muppet Movie opening http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSFLZ-MzIhM - The Muppet Show performance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRvhRhWWE44 by Debbie Harry & Kermit the Frog - Video performance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deebKNI-dTE by Willie Nelson. <br class="br">Context: Why are there so many songs about rainbows<br>And what's on the other side?<br>Rainbows are visions, but only illusions,<br>And rainbows have nothing to hide.<br>So we've been told and some choose to believe it<br>I know they're wrong, wait and see.<br>Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection,<br>The lovers, the dreamers and me.
Jim Henson (1936–1990) American puppeteer
Elizabeth Hyde Stevens, "Millennials just don’t get it! How the Muppets created Generation X" http://www.salon.com/2014/04/06/millennials_just_dont_get_it_how_the_muppets_created_generation_x/, Salon (April 6, 2014) <br class="br">About
“Everyone we've lost, we'll find. Or they'll find us.”
Jennifer Egan A Visit from the Goon Squad
Source: A Visit from the Goon Squad
Merle Haggard (1937–2016) American country music song writer, singer and musician
"Rainbow Stew", on Rainbow Stew Live at Anaheim Stadium (July 1981) · Performance on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEDT7QGDzsE <br class="br">Variant: One of these days when the air clears up <br> And the sun come shining through <br> We'll all be drinking free bubble up <br> And eating some rainbow stew.
“Through the unknown, we'll find the new.”
Charles Baudelaire book Les Fleurs du mal
Source: Les Fleurs du Mal
