09-29-2016, 10:29 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-29-2016, 10:40 AM by Eric the Green.)
1939 was a famous landmark year in film, and in music too. Critics agree with me that this song is the greatest film song of all time, and it's my favorite traditional pop song. Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg wrote it especially for Judy Garland.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_the_Rainbow
In 1939 the people went to the New York World's Fair or the one in San Francisco's Treasure Island to gape at the streamlined and peaceful world of 1960. But we had to go through a storm first, and slay the wicked witches of the East and the West. Now we face the 4T storms of terrorist wars in the Middle East and potential xenophobic and economic storms at home; plus the literal storms caused by our fossil fuel use. We got through it, and we'll get through it again.
And we today have a song too; it's the one in my signature line, so similar in theme, and sung by someone about the same age as Judy was. It's the best song between The Who's Quadrophenia and today, but despite Justin Bieber's popularity, it doesn't yet have the nearly the same recognition as Judy's song, which won an Oscar; a situation which can only be described as a failure of contemporary taste. But some people recognize it, and more may eventually do so.
Somewhere Over the Rainbow, there's a better day, and I can see it. Can you?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_the_Rainbow
In 1939 the people went to the New York World's Fair or the one in San Francisco's Treasure Island to gape at the streamlined and peaceful world of 1960. But we had to go through a storm first, and slay the wicked witches of the East and the West. Now we face the 4T storms of terrorist wars in the Middle East and potential xenophobic and economic storms at home; plus the literal storms caused by our fossil fuel use. We got through it, and we'll get through it again.
And we today have a song too; it's the one in my signature line, so similar in theme, and sung by someone about the same age as Judy was. It's the best song between The Who's Quadrophenia and today, but despite Justin Bieber's popularity, it doesn't yet have the nearly the same recognition as Judy's song, which won an Oscar; a situation which can only be described as a failure of contemporary taste. But some people recognize it, and more may eventually do so.
Somewhere Over the Rainbow, there's a better day, and I can see it. Can you?