Thursday, June 15, 2017

A Singing Frog




Okay, one of my favorite songs is sung by a banjo-playing puppet frog and I am not ashamed!  It's been done by other better singers like Kenny Loggins, Sarah McLachlan, Willie Nelson and Weezer, but my favorite by far is by Kermit the Frog as gently voiced by Jim Henson. A banjo playing frog singing on a lily pad in the middle of a swamp just appeals to me for some reason.

Here it is:

 


If you'd like to explore some other versions, here you are.  First up - Kenny Loggins:



Here's Sarah McLachlan's version:




And Willie Nelson's (next to Kermit, I like Willie's):



Here's Judy Collins' version:



Here's a version by (believe it or not) The Carpenters:




Here's Paul Williams. He wrote the original song. He gets all chatty before he sings it, but it's worth hearing if only to listen to the guy that wrote it.


And finally this sweet little version by Weezer and Hayley Williams



It's just a sweet little love song about yearning for peace and love and connectedness.  Seems a lot of people like that idea.

Tom KIng

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