''Eric Idle Sings Monty Python'' is a live recording by original

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member

Eric Idle Eric Idle (born 29 March 1943) is an English actor, comedian, songwriter, musician, screenwriter and playwright. He was a member of the British comedy group Monty Python and the parody rock band the Rutles. Idle studied English at Pembroke Co ...

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 then-thirty years of Monty Python, with amusing Idle banter between songs. Idle is accompanied by some background singers, and the audience.

Reception

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reviewer Mark Morgenstein stated "If you like Monty Python, you'll love it; if you don't, you'll hate it. ... Idle's droll voice isn't bad for a comedian, and with his chorus of background singers, it fits the silly tone of the songs well."

Track listing

# Spam Song - 0:48 #The Meaning of Life - 3:07 #Money Song - 2:01 #

Every Sperm is Sacred "Every Sperm Is Sacred" is a musical sketch from the film ''Monty Python's The Meaning of Life''. A satire of Catholic teachings on reproduction that forbid masturbation and contraception, the song was released on the album '' Monty Python Sing ...

- 5:20 # Accountancy Shanty - 1:52 #Meaning of Life Poem - 2:07 # I Like Chinese - 5:50 # The Bruces' Philosophers Song - 2:23 #Men, Men, Men - 1:24 #Shopping - 1:07 #

Sit on My Face "Sit on My Face" is a short song written by Eric Idle and performed by the members of the comedy troupe Monty Python, which originally appeared on the album ''Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album'' and later appeared on the compilation '' M ...

- 1:19 # Penis Song (Not the Noel Coward Song) - 0:45 # All Things Dull and Ugly - 2:02 #

Eric the Half-a-Bee "Eric the Half-a-Bee" is a song by the British comedy troupe Monty Python that was composed by Eric Idle with lyrics co-written with John Cleese. It first appeared as the A-side of the group's second 7" single, released in a mono mix on 17 Novem ...

- 3:05 #One Foot in the Grave - 3:34 (theme to ''

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'') #I Must Be in Love - 3:12 (as Dirk McQuickly) #Rock Notes - 2:24 #

Galaxy Song "Galaxy Song" is a Monty Python song written by Eric Idle and John Du Prez. The song first appeared in the 1983 film ''Monty Python's The Meaning of Life'' and was later released on the album ''Monty Python Sings''. The song was released as a ...

- 3:13 # Medical Love Song - 3:30 # Always Look on the Bright Side of Life - 4:17 # Lumberjack Song - 2:37 #Liberty Bell - 0:31

References

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