Monty Python Sings

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Though this seminal British comedy team is better known for authority-tweaking absurdist wordplay and surrealist visual hijinks, music has always been an essential element in the troupe's twisted universe. Monty Python Sings collects 25 musical Python nuggets from the team's album catalogue, including such beloved ditties as "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life," "Lumberjack Song," "I'm So Worried," "Spam Song," "Bruces' Philosophers' Song," "I Like Chinese," and "Knights of the Round Table." With so much Python music gathered in one place, it's impressive to note just how many of the sextet's musical excursions have become cult classics. --Scott Schinder

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Quotable for ages
Ahhh...The sweet sound of insanity.
What have you got to lose?
Indulging the terpsicorean muse
Monty Python Does it Again!!!!

Sings
Monty Python
Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life
Sit On My Face
Lumberjack Song
Penis Song (Not The Noel Coward Song)
Oliver Cromwell
Money Song
Accoutancy Shanty
Finland
Medical Love Song
I'm So Worried
Every Sperm Is Sacred
Never Be Rude To An Arab
I Like Chinese
Eric The Half A Bee
Brian Song
Bruces' Philosophers Song
Meaning Of Life
Knights Of The Round Table (Camelot Song)
All Things Dull And Ugly
Decomposing Composers
Henry Kissinger
I've Got Two Legs
Christmas In Heaven
Galaxy Song
Spam Song

Amazon.com

Though this seminal British comedy team is better known for authority-tweaking absurdist wordplay and surrealist visual hijinks, music has always been an essential element in the troupe's twisted universe. Monty Python Sings collects 25 musical Python nuggets from the team's album catalogue, including such beloved ditties as "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life," "Lumberjack Song," "I'm So Worried," "Spam Song," "Bruces' Philosophers' Song," "I Like Chinese," and "Knights of the Round Table." With so much Python music gathered in one place, it's impressive to note just how many of the sextet's musical excursions have become cult classics. --Scott Schinder

Customer Reviews:

Quotable for ages.......2005-03-23

This CD contains the majority, albeit not all, of Monty Ptyhon's best known songs. Some of them come from the three great Python films - the Holy Grail, the Life of Brian and the Meaning of Life. Others are drawn predominantly from the Flying Circus comdey series. All of them display the absurdist comedy that the Monty Python troup were famous for with the talents of John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones and Graham Chapman all utilized in various ways. If you are a fan of Monty Python I would highly recommend purchasing this CD so you can appreciate their musical repetoire over and over again.

Ahhh...The sweet sound of insanity........2005-02-01

I was already a huge fan of the show when I purchased this back in college. This only cemented my obsession with Monty Python. I remember I got alot of strange looks and comments when I would play this in my dorm room! A cd that is alot of fun and guaranteed to put a smile on your face. These guys are nuts and I love them!!

What have you got to lose?.......2004-10-28

This is a collection of 25 of Monty Python's best known musical moments. This is funny stuff, but where is "They Won't Play This Song on the Radio"? Other than that little omission, I have no complaints about this CD. Recommended to Python fans.

Indulging the terpsicorean muse.......2004-05-06

This a record with something for everyone. Obviously first and foremost it's a convenient collection of Monty Python's best-known songs, many of which have become comedy classics. If you don't have any other Python in your collection, then this is a good place to start, with all the familiar songs from the films mingling with lesser-known items from the studio LPs.

But even if you're a fanatic who's already got all the "proper" Python albums, it's still worth getting this compilation as it's the only place you'll find the full-length "Medical Love Song" (previously featured on "Contractual Obligation Album", but only in a shortened form), a studio recording of Terry Gilliam singing "I've Got Two Legs" or the marvellous exclusive track "Oliver Cromwell" (sung hilariously badly by Cleese). Best of all, the version of "The Lumberjack Song" included here is actually the George Harrison-produced single version, which is (a) brilliant, and (b) pretty much impossible to find anywhere else.

In brief, then: an essential purchase for all Python lovers.

Monty Python Does it Again!!!!.......2003-11-16

This is by far the BEST damn Monty Python CD ever.

Eric Idle's "ALways Look on the Bright Side of Life" song is one of the song's I listen to when I'm feeling down.*****

Michael Palin's performance "The Lumberjack Song" was very well put togeather.*****

Eric Idle Sings Monty Python
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Sure Eric's just one man, but he's a [very] talented one

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Eric Idle
Manufacturer: Restless Records
ProductGroup: Music
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Tracks:

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Accountancy Shanty
The Meaning Of Life Poem
I Like Chinese
The Bruces' Philosophers Song
Men Men Men
Shopping
Sit On My Face
Penis Song
All Things Dull And Ugly
Eric The Half A Bee
One Foot In The Grave
I Must Be In Love
Rock Notes
The Galaxy Song
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Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life
(Encore) Lumberjack Song
Liberty Bell

Customer Reviews:

Sure Eric's just one man, but he's a [very] talented one.......2003-03-20

You shouldn't look at this as a failure because Eric is only 1/6 of Monty Python, in fact it should be veiwed as a success because of that. I've always loved Eric more than the other Pythons, so I didn't mind the lack of the others here. Sure, a few songs felt lonely, but most were awesome. Eric is a very talented and wonderful man, who's heart is in the right place. I love this CD, and if you've ever enjoyed any Python song, you will too. Lets face it- who else did he need for the songs? He certainly carried The Lumberjack Song well without Michael. He didn't need John's awful out of tune voice (Sorry, but John is a HORRID singer) for the Eric the Half a Bee song. He was great. Buy this CD if you love Monty Python or Eric Idle. Don't buy this if you're a die-hard Palin fan because you will be dissappointed. He does not show up and make a guest appearence, but to all the right thinking fans, it shouldn't matter. Of course this isn't as good as the stuff the guys did together, but with Graham gone we'll never see anything that good again, so just sit back and enjoy yourself.

It's Alive!!.......2001-01-26

as a dedicated Eric Idle Estrogen Brigade I felt I had to get this CD!! my love of Eric accompinies a love of Monty Python so naturally I loved this CD. it is part singing and part stand up comedy, a great mix when you throw a Python/Rutle in. hooray!! all the best songs with Eric who has proved he's not dead yet. all the humour, satire and down right silliness of the old days.

What's the Point?.......2000-08-07

Imagine, if you will, that five of the six Pythons, save Eric Idle, have passed on. Ceased to be. Gone to meet their maker. Now, imagine, Eric trying to keep the group going -- by himself. Also imagine, if you will, the only Rutle not to perform on the Rutles LP carrying on without any of the actual playing Rutles. That in a nutshell is the feeling one gets listening to this CD.

But the other Pythons (save Graham Chapman) are still alive and producing. Check out their recent BBC special if you can and also check out Neil Innes' recent solo compilation, "Recollections 1" (available through neilinnes.org).

As for this album, this is not an album for listening to. It's an album for laying down and avoiding.

He did the best he could.......2000-07-16

I love Monty Python. I saw Eric's show live in Boston, and I must admit he did a great job with it. However, Monty Python loses something when it's remade... I have seen all their "original" work and nothing they've done with their material since has lived up to their movies or the flying circus. Eric did well, but he's only one man- he could never on his own live up to what all six have done together.

Eric Idle has done it again!.......2000-06-25

Allright, I have just recentely got into Monty Python and I am totally hooked! He is my favorite and when I heard this CD was out and ran to buy it. I mean this was the first (most likely not the last! ) Monty Python CD that I have bought. I love how it is done live and you kind of get the feeling that you are actually there! This CD has the words in it so you can sing along, but it doesn't have the words to all of them...... It has some classic favs like the Money Song, Every Sperm is Scared, I like Chinese, and the infamouse Lumberjack Song. The Lumberjack Song was a spontaneous encore which they had rehearsed for three days. He was like "I never wanted to be a musician.....I wanted to be a Lumberjack!" and then everyone started cheering and it made me smile! So if you are a Monty Python fan, this is the CD for you! So go buy it you little buggers!