Five favorite songs?

[That Announcer]

What are your five favorite Muppet songs- from any production, film or otherwise, original or cover, with any characters? Here are my picks:

1) "Simon Smith And His Amazing Dancing Bear" (Muppet Show)
2) "Rainbow Connection" (Do I need to say where it came from?)
3) "It Feels Like Christmas" (MCC)
4) "Bless Us All" (A great run from Paul Williams)
5) "Together Again" (Manhattan)

Your friendly neighborhood critic

 

[unclematt]

In no particular order.

1. Happiness Hotel
2. Rainbow Connection
3. Moving Right Along
4. Together Again
5. Can You Picture That?

 

[dpurves]

This is the order I'd give them right now, although with the exception of #1, the rest of the order may flip-flop based on the mood I'm in.

1. Rainbow connection (TMM)
2. Can you picture that? (TMM)
3. Movin' right along (TMM)
4. I'm going to go back there someday (TMM)
5. Saying goodbye (TMTM)

 

[theprawncracker]

In order

1. Rainbow Connection
2. Movin' Right Along
3. Saying Goodbye
4. Together Again
5. TMS Theme

If it was 10...

6. Can You Picture That?
7. Hapiness Hotel
8. Mahna Mahna
9. GMC Opening Song
10. I Hope That Somethin' Better Comes Along

 

[rexcrk]

1. "Rainbow Connection"
2. "Happiness Hotel"
3. "Can You Picture That?"
4. "It's Not Easy Bein' Green"
5. "Movin' Right Along"

Heck, ALL the Muppet songs are great!

 

[TogetherAgain]

Heck, ALL the Muppet songs are great!

here, here! I can't choose just five! heck, I can't even pick fifteen! or fifty! or..... oh dear, I"m getting carried away againnnnnnnnnnnnnn!

 

[ryhoyarbie]

In no particular order....

1. Can You Picture That
2. The Magic Store
3. Easy Goin Day
4. Moving Right Along
5. Happiness Hotel

ryan

 

[DanDanStrawberry]

I can't pick 5, it's just not possible. So I'm going to make a wee little list...

1. Rainbow Connection- Kermit TMM
2. Movin' Right Along- Kermit and Fozzie (love this song beaucoup!) TMM
3. Hey! A movie!- Beaucoup de muppets GMC
4. Saying Goodbye- Everyone MTM
5. Gonna Always Love You- The babies MTM
6. Need a little Christmas- Everyone MFC
7. Act Naturally- Floyd and Janice Muppets Go To The Movies
8. Scrooge (the opening number)- various MCC
9. Bless us all MCC
10. Love is gone MCC
11. Gotta be something better- Jim, Gonzo and Rizzo MTI
12. Love Led Us Here- Kermit and Piggy MTI
13. Celebration- The aliens MFS
14. Everyone matters- Gonzo and Kermit VMMC
15. When I'm With You (I sense it's gonna be fab)- Kermit, Fozzie, Pepe, Dorothy and Gonzo MWoO
16. Mahna Mahna

Oops, 11 too many!

 

[ReneeLouvier]

1: The Rainbow Connection (TMM - Kermit)
2: Movin' Right Along (TMM - Kermit & Fozzie)
3: Mahna Mahna (TMS - Mahna Mahna & The Snowths)
4: Can You Picture That? (TMM - Electric Mayhem)
5: Celebration! (MFS - The Aliens)

You can tell what my favorite movie is. It always makes me cry when I hear the last few lines...


Life's like a movie,
write your own ending.

Keep believing,
keep pretending.

That's just what we've set out to do!

The lovers...the dreamers...and YOU!!

 

[Skeeter Muppet]

1) Just One Person, both cover versions (Bernadette Peters ep and Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson)
2) 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover ("Hey, are you sure it isn't '50 Ways to Love Your Leaver'?" "Positive." "Oh. Sorry, Paul!")
3) Babyface (it's Muppet chickens clucking it! It's genius!)
4) Minuet in G Major, from the Rudolph Nureyev ep ("They oughta send it back to the minors!")
5) Java (Two words: dancing Slinkies!)
6) I'm a Gnu (because I love the English accent Richard gives his Whatnot character)

-Kim