Midnight Media Cafe - Over the Rainbow

[serai1]

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Over the Rainbow - Judy Garland
From the film The Wizard of Oz

Like everyone else in my generation, I've been familiar with the film The Wizard of Oz as long as I can remember, because way back before cable and video and DVD, it was one of the yearly traditions in households across America to sit down together as a family and watch it on the

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[oxer12]

The piece from NPR first aired sometime in 2001 or 2002. I remember because I was sitting at my soul-sucking data entry temp job, listening to "Performance Today" and this piece came on. Suddenly, I was transported out of my hellish data entry existence, shot right into Oz, and it was mesmerizing.

Like you, it had never occurred to me to wonder HOW the song did what it did so well, and I was fascinated.

Thanks so much for posting this - it brought me back to the first time I heard it, and I really enjoyed listening to it again. :)

[serai1]

You're welcome! The link was posted in the NPR review of the new Ultimate Collector's Edition release of Wizard, which just got released. Which looks like something I'm gonna have to buy. :)

[aussiepeach]

I enjoyed that interview, and your thoughts on the song - so simple and so powerful. It makes me think of another classic yearning song, Memory from Cats. The same little `circles' in the melody, like a wandering cat, the reaching for something better, and the final climactic, heartwrenching `touch me!', ending on a note of hope. No wonder it wallops you emotionally.

[slipperieslope]

Thank you for this. It is one of my favorite songs of all time... this helps me know why.

[ladysunrope]

What an excellent post -thoroughly enjoyed reading this, thank you!