[Dixielandjazz] Hear 'Over the Rainbow' And What Makes It So Great

[Gary Kiser]

That should have been : Just a plain good listen.  Enjoy.  -Gary


*'Over The Rainbow,' From Kansas To Oz*
Hear 'Over the Rainbow' And What Makes It So Great

[10 min 9 sec] 
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94281015&ps=bb1

NPR.org, October 15, 2008 - When the National Endowment for the Arts and 
the Recording Industry Association of America made a list of the 
greatest songs of the 20th century, the tune "Over the Rainbow" came in 
at the very top. It was written in 1939 for the movie The Wizard of Oz, 
with words by Yip Harburg and music by Harold Arlen.

The idea was to write a song that would make Judy Garland's character 
Dorothy come alive; a song that would let us feel what she was feeling 
and dream what she was dreaming.

As commentator Rob Kapilow says, the composer and lyricist "succeeded 
beyond anyone's wildest dreams." Kapilow, with Performance Today host 
Fred Child, explains what makes "Over the Rainbow" so great. He says 
that a lot of the song's success lies in its emotional landscape, 
derived from just two deceptively simple notes that travel from Kansas 
to Oz.


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