The 12 Days of Internet music: Day 10

"Enhanced Rainbow"  photo by Barb Ver Sluis

“Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high,
There's a land that I heard of
Once in a lullaby.
Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue,
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true.”
~ “Over the Rainbow” music by Harold Arlen
lyrics by E.Y. Harburg ~

In 1939, when the unemployment rate hovered at 17.2 per cent, there was one song that gave much hope to many - “Over the Rainbow,” from the MGM motion picture THE WIZARD OF OZ.

Sung by 16-year old Judy Garland, “Over the Rainbow” went on to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song, and Garland was honored with a Juvenile Academy Award for her work in OZ as well as BABES IN ARMS.

The song became permanently associated with Garland throughout her entire career and over the years, "Rainbow" has been covered by many vocalists, but in my humble opinion, the finest and most meaningful rendition since Garland, was recorded by the late Eva Cassidy, whose gentle voice, thoughtful phrasing and delivery give hope for better days to come, and provides a poignant and lasting signature of a young talent lost all too soon..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rd8VktT8xY

Take this job and….

While legions of folks have entered the ranks of the unemployed, there is another whole segment of the population that secretly wishes they could join those same ranks… believe it or not!

Yes, the grass can sometimes be greener on the other side of the unemployment line.

Well, for those folks in the latter group, there is a website dedicated just for you, PleaseFireMe.com.

Yep, that’s right, there’s now a place where you can go to voice and vent your frustrations of working in a dead end job, for an unappreciative boss and during a rotten economy. What more could you ask for?

The downtrodden are encouraged to visit the site and anonymously place their rant online (no real names though.)

Comments range from mild complaints such as, “My boss sends me emails, then immediately walks over to ask if I got them,” to a lot more rage, “My fantasies of punching my manager in the face, breaking his arms, throwing him out the window, and running him over with a car twice, are getting more and more vivid every day.”

This website is actually a much better place to tattle your tales than placing them on your Facebook page; having your boss discover it and making your dream come true.

Take it away “Dolly!”