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

Monty Python Monty Python (also collectively known as the Pythons) were a British comedy troupe who created the sketch comedy television show '' Monty Python's Flying Circus'', which first aired on the BBC in 1969. Forty-five episodes were made over four ...

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Eric Idle Eric Idle (born 29 March 1943) is an English actor, comedian, musician and writer. Idle was a member of the British surreal comedy group Monty Python and the parody rock band The Rutles, and is the writer of the music and lyrics for the Broadwa ...

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.

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Spam Song "Spam" is a Monty Python sketch, first televised in 1970 and written by Terry Jones and Michael Palin. In the sketch, two customers are lowered by wires into a greasy spoon café and try to order a breakfast from a menu that includes Spam in a ...

- 0:48 #The Meaning of Life - 3:07 #Money Song - 2:01 # Every Sperm is Sacred - 5:20 # Accountancy Shanty - 1:52 #Meaning of Life Poem - 2:07 #

I Like Chinese "I Like Chinese" is a comedic song written and performed by Eric Idle and arranged by John Du Prez. It appears on ''Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album'' from 1980, and was issued as a 7" single in the UK on 3 October 1980. It was later ...

- 5:50 # The Bruces' Philosophers Song - 2:23 #Men, Men, Men - 1:24 #Shopping - 1:07 # Sit on My Face - 1:19 #

Penis Song (Not the Noel Coward Song) ''Monty Python Sings'' is a compilation album of songs by English comedy troupe Monty Python. Released in 1989 to celebrate their 20th anniversary, it contains popular songs from their previous albums and films. The album was dedicated to the me ...

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All Things Dull and Ugly "All Things Bright and Beautiful" is an Anglican hymn, also sung in many other Christian denominations. The words are by Cecil Frances Alexander and were first published in her ''Hymns for Little Children'' of 1848. The hymn is commonly sung t ...

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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 '' One Foot in the Grave'') #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 ...

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Medical Love Song "Medical Love Song" is a Monty Python comedy song composed by Eric Idle and John Du Prez, with lyrics co-written by Graham Chapman. It appeared on ''Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album'' from 1980, and is also included on the CD ''Mo ...

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Always Look on the Bright Side of Life "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" is a comedy song written by Monty Python member Eric Idle that was first featured in the Python film '' Life of Brian'' and has gone on to become a common singalong at public events such as football matc ...

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Lumberjack Song "The Lumberjack Song" is a comedy song by the comedy troupe Monty Python. The song was written and composed by Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Fred Tomlinson. It first appeared in the ninth episode of '' Monty Python's Flying Circus'', "The ...

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