Eric Idle Sings Monty Python
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Eric Idle
Eric Idle is an English comedian, actor, author, singer, writer, and comedic composer. He was as a member of the British comedy group Monty Python, a member of the The Rutles on Saturday Night Live and author of the play, Spamalot....
performed at the J. Paul Getty Center in Los Angeles in 1999. The concert runs for under an hour and is packed with songs, poems, and arcana from the 30-plus years of Monty Python, with amusing Idle banter between songs. Idle is accompanied by some background singers, and the audience.
Track listing
- Spam SongSpam (Monty Python)"Spam" is a popular Monty Python sketch, first televised in 1970. In the sketch, two customers are in a greasy spoon café trying to order a breakfast from a menu that includes the processed meat product in almost every dish. The term spam is derived from this sketch...
- 0:48 - The Meaning of Life - 3:07
- Money Song - 2:01
- Every Sperm is SacredEvery Sperm Is Sacred"Every Sperm Is Sacred" is a musical sketch from the movie Monty Python's The Meaning of Life. The song was released on the album Monty Python Sings and was nominated for a BAFTA Music Award for Best Original Song in a Film in 1983...
- 5:20 - Accountancy Shanty - 1:52
- Meaning of Life Poem - 2:07
- I Like ChineseI Like Chinese"I Like Chinese" is a song written and performed by Eric Idle of Monty Python. It was originally on Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album from 1980 and later included on the CD Monty Python Sings....
- 5:50 - The Bruces' Philosophers Song - 2:23
- Men, Men, Men - 1:24
- Shopping - 1:07
- Sit on My FaceSit on My Face"Sit on My Face" is a short song by the members of the comedy troupe Monty Python which originally appeared on the album Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album. It was later included in the album Monty Python Sings, and was sung in the Python concert filmed and released as Monty Python Live...
- 1:19 - Penis Song (Not the Noel Coward Song)Penis Song (Not the Noel Coward Song)"The Penis Song" is a song originally from the film Monty Python's The Meaning of Life and released on the album Monty Python Sings.In the film, it is sung by Eric Idle at a piano, in the persona of a Noël Coward-style lounge singer....
- 0:45 - All Things Dull and Ugly - 2:02
- Eric the Half-a-BeeEric the Half-a-Bee"Eric the Half-a-Bee" is a song by the British comedy troupe Monty Python. It first appeared on the LP Monty Python's Previous Record but is also on Monty Python Sings and The Final Rip Off 2-CD set...
- 3:05 - One Foot in the Grave - 3:34 (theme to One Foot in the GraveOne Foot in the GraveOne Foot in the Grave is a BBC television sitcom series written by David Renwick. The show ran for six series, including seven Christmas specials, two Comic Relief specials, over an eleven year period, from early 1990 to late 2000...
) - I Must Be in Love - 3:12
- Rock Notes - 2:24
- Galaxy SongGalaxy Song"The Galaxy Song" is a song written by Eric Idle which originally appeared in the 1983 film Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, later being released onto the album Monty Python Sings. The song appears toward the end of a sketch named Live Organ Transplants where the 'surgeon', upon failing to...
- 3:13 - Medical Love Song - 3:30
- Always Look on the Bright Side of LifeAlways Look on the Bright Side of Life"Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" is a popular song written by Eric Idle that was originally featured in the 1979 film Monty Python's Life of Brian and has gone on to become a common singalong at public events such as football matches as well as funerals.-History:Whilst trying to come up...
- 4:17 - Lumberjack SongThe Lumberjack Song"The Lumberjack Song" is a song by the Monty Python comedy troupe. The song was written by Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Fred Tomlinson.It first appeared on the ninth episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus, "The Ant: An Introduction" on BBC1 on 14 December 1969...
- 2:37 - Liberty Bell - 0:31