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Which version of "Rainbow Connection" Do you like?

SillyRed

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I like the Dixie Chicks' version because of the harmony, And the banjo part reminiscent of Kermit's version (The Banjo is heard in the Dixie Chicks' version.).
 

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The original Kermit edition


Though the one that that guy sang at the end of the American version of the office was hillarious
 

D'Snowth

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Why the original version of course. No contest.
 

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The original's great, no question, but 2 versions rival it. The Sad Kermit version, and the little 30 second blurp that Ed Helms did on the Office where he sang in a high voice and said Ainbow-ra Onnection-ca. That was priceless.

Daniel
 

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The original, of course, but my favorite cover is Sarah McLachlan's, by far. What a wonderful voice she has.

Less Than Jake's is really not very good.
 

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The original is the best.. as for nonMuppet versions, I like Willie Nelson's :sing:
 

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Original. Duh. But I do love Sarah McLachlan's, a lot. (Does anyone have that, by the way?) And I must agree with you, Speed Tracer, I despise Less Than Jake's version... *shudder*
 

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The original version. It's the only one I've heard!
 

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Peter Griffin didn't technically sing it, but I can recall he had some sort of Puppet, and he was going to perform it... I forget which episode it was.
 

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I don't know if you mean "including Kermit's" or "other than Kermit's" version of the song.

I just don't think anybody did it better than in The Muppet Movie, and the words in the reprise at the end were just as significant as the whole original song.
 
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