Somewhere over the rainbow

we could all be there, or close to there, if we only break free of our mental chains.

A good life could be had for all. I still hope. (make fun of this post, and you will never ever see the value of the rainbow. You have been warned)

Over The Rainbow
(Arlen-Harburg)

Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high
There's a land that I heard of
Once in a lullaby

Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true

Some day I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where troubles melt like lemondrops
Away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me

Somewhere over the rainbow
Bluebirds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then, oh why can't I?
Some day I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where troubles melt like lemondrops
Away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me

Somewhere over the rainbow
Bluebirds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then, oh why can't I?

If happy little bluebirds fly
Beyond the rainbow
Why, oh why can't I?

:pals:
K & R...

I do believe in rainbows. I do! I do!


:kick:

If only we could click our heels together and go there...

wait, what?

For Andy. This was his favorite song.

I have a lot of respect for Andy and all that he did. I remember reading many of his posts and following him down many trails that he pointed out that were devious and wrong. Thank you for the reminder.

Damn and wow.

peace

IIRC it was in a thread that I mentioned that tidbit that he told me.
There was also another song from WOZ that he really liked but I don't remember it.

If I Only Had ...


... a Brain

I could while away the hours
Conferrin' with the flowers
Consultin' with the rain
And my head, I'd be scratchin'
While my thoughts were busy hatchin'
If I only had a brain.

I'd unravel ev'ry riddle
For any individ'le
In trouble or in pain

With the thoughts you'd be thinkin'
You could be another Lincoln,
If you only had a brain.

Oh, I could tell you why
The ocean's near the shore,
I could think of things I never thunk before
And then I'd sit and think some more.

I would not be just a nuffin'
My head all full of stuffin'
My heart all full of pain.
I would dance and be merry
Life would be a ding-a-derry
If I only had a brain-

When a man's an empty kettle
He should be on his mettle
And yet I'm torn apart
Just because I'm presumin'
That I could be kind-a human
If I only had a heart.

I'd be tender, I'd be gentle
And awful sentimental
Regarding love and art
I'd be friends with the sparrows
And the boy who shoots the arrows,
If I only had a heart.

and we aren't poisoning the bees, or killing the birds, or starving the polar bears, or harming the whales, or destroying the forests and polluting our air and water...

oops sorry to be such a downer...

I really love that song. Thanks for posting it.

in my, or probably many others, mind(s).

Sounds good to me

I had a dream last night...........


JOSS STONE LYRICS

"I Had A Dream"

I had a dream last night
What a lovely dream it was
I dreamed we all were alright
Happy in a land of oz
Why did everybody laugh when I told them my dream?
I guess they all were so far from that kind of that scene
Feeling real mean

I heard a song last night
What a lovely song it was
I thought I'd hum it all night
Unforgettable because..

All of the players were playing together
And all of the heavies were as light as a feather
See, your love remember is a feeling of sorrow
But as I recall, the rest will just follow

I had a dream last night
What a lovely dream it was
I dreamed we all were alright
Happy in a land of oz
What a lovely dream it was
What a lovely dream it was

What a lovely dream it was

:hi:

Hekate

It's played during the ending credits to "Meet Joe Black" and in a couple of other movies. Bruddah Iz died a couple of years ago - Hawaii's and the world's loss.

If you can listen to him sing this and not get tears and goosebumps ... you ain't human.


http://www.amazon.com/Facing-Future-Israel-Kamakawiwoole/dp/B00000JFG3/ref=pd_bxgy_m_img_b/002-2202975-8147218

:hi:

He was a big, big man with a big, big heart. Gone too soon, but what a legacy.

Hekate

The gentle giant's voice is Chicken Soup for this guy's sunshine heart. A 'legacy' indeed.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x3514

It start's off with Israel "Iz" Kamakawiwo'ole, one of my favorites, and a rendition by Eva Cassidy, both who died young. Was that electric rock version by Jimmy Hendrix, who is also dead? Judy Garland, I know, died. Whoa, who were the other artists?

Somewhere Over the Rainbow is a dream lullaby, and seems hauntingly appropriate to honor our fallen brothers and sisters. I'm shedding a few tears, too, because I don't think it's exactly the dream they hoped or expected to chase.

very worth viewing. The transcript is a bit hard to follow, since it is a sort of casual conversation with the son, but the video (probably the mp3 also) makes the conversation (with exhibits from a museum retrospective) easier to parse. Much about the messages being carried in a lot of pop music, despite the repressive times.

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/25/1544231

good info and good stuff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XjEFqLEvw8

or this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtjDTgQl3Pk&mode=related&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogh_zmOkXcI

Watch this little turd totally ruin this song! LOL

(this song is really about Crystal Meth and how its destroying the GLBT clubs... but its a good one...)

Scissor Sisters Return to Oz

Once there was a man
who had a little too much
time on his hands.
He never stopped to think he was getting older.
And when his night came to an end,
he tried to grasp for his last friend
and pretend that he could wish himself health on a 4-leaf clover.

He said: Is this the return to Oz?
The grass is dead, the gold is brown
and the sky has claws.
There's a wind-up man walking round and round.
What once was emerald city is now a crystal town.

3 'o' clock in the morning,
You get a phone call from the Queen
With a hundred heads
she says that they're all dead.
She tried the last one on it couldn't speak fell off
and now she just wanders the halls
thinkin' nothing, thinkin' nothing at all...

She said: Is this the return to Oz?
The grass is dead, the gold is brown
and the sky has claws.
There's a wind-up man walking round and round
What once was emerald city is now a crystal town.

The wheelie's are cutting pavement
and the Skeksis at the rave meant to hide,
deep inside their sunken faces and their wild rolling eyes,
But their callous words reveal that they can no longer feel
Love or sex appeal
The patchwork girl has come to cinch the deal

To return to Oz, we fled the world with smiles and clenching jaws
Please help me friend from coming down
I've lost my place and now it can't be found

Is this the return to Oz?
The grass is dead, the gold is brown
and the sky has claws.
There's a wind-up man walking round and round
What once was emerald city is now a crystal town.