Birds Aren’t Muppets.

It's about time for this to go down.

There are a few things I’m incredibly passionate about that I don’t end up giving much attention to here at the Show. Usually, this is because a lot of people are writing way too frequently about them, like Mad Men, the Red Sox, or Star Wars. I mean, do you really want more Star Wars than I’ve already given you? Get lost, nerd! This isn’t a Star Wars-based music blog! It’s an egocentric, me-based music blog. (That said, icebergxc has a pretty shweet album of Star Wars Breakbeats I may finally be able to convince him to post.) But, like every new relationship, I ended up oversharing in the beginning of my blog career, and, as a result, it should come as no surprise to you that I love the Muppets*.

It may surprise you, however, that so does Best Album of 09 competitor Andrew Bird.

At some point in the past few months, the Birdman was across the pond, and played a radio show in France, on which he performed a beautiful rendition on Kermit the Frog’s timeless signature song, “Bein’ Green.” In French, no less. Ladies and gentlemen, the man can do it all. According to my #1 source for Muppet-related news, the Muppet Newsflash, this song will be released (presumably in an English version) alongside Weezer’s highly-anticipated cover of “Rainbow Connection” on an upcoming album titled Muppets Revisited (as corroborated by the Muppet Wiki). Can’t wait, ya’ll. So sit back, enjoy, and reminisce. Remember, we can’t be young forever, but we can listen to Andrew Bird without being ashamed for at least another couple years.

Bein’ Green (Muppets Cover) – Andrew Bird (YSI)

*reading those first few posts is sort of like watching the first season of the Simpsons, because some of the jokes are funny, I guess, but everyone’s voice sounds weird and seriously, why is Bart’s hair so pointy? So my apologies for that.