by David Hyde Pierce, Eric Idle, Hank Azaria, John Du Prez, Tim Curry List Price:$18.00 Our Price:$13.00 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Product Details
Media: Audio CD
Release Date: Tuesday, May 03, 2005
Label: Decca
Average Customer Review: 4.5 Based on 54 reviews.
Sales Rank: 25
Tracks
1.
He Is Not Dead Yet - Play Off
2.
His Name Is Lancelot
3.
Historian's Introduction to Act I
4.
Historian's Introduction to Act II
5.
I'm All Alone
6.
Knights of the Round Table/The Song That Goes Like This (Reprise)
7.
Laker Girls Cheer
8.
Monks Chant / He Is Not Dead Yet
9.
Overture
10.
Run Away!
11.
The Intermission
12.
The Song That Goes Like This
13.
Tuning
14.
Twice In Every Show
15.
Where Are You?
16.
You Won't Succeed On Broadway
17.
Finland/Fisch Schlapping Dance
18.
Find Your Grail
19.
Diva's Lament (What Ever Happened To My Part?)
20.
Come With Me
21.
Brave Sir Robin
22.
Always Look On The Bright Side of Life - Company Bow
23.
Always Look On The Bright Side of Life
24.
All For One
25.
Act II Finale
Editorial Review
As gleefully silly yet wickedly smart as the beloved British comedy troupe and their 1975 cinematic savaging of the Arthurian legend that inspired it, this adaptation of Monty Python and the Holy Grail by MP's Eric Idle and longtime musical co-conspirator John Du Prez has much more on its feverish agenda than merely trashing King Arthur and firmly upending his Round Table. The film's plot remains largely intact, but its core songs ("Knights of the Round Table," "Brave Sir Robin") and comic thrust have been both expanded and satirically redirected, a musical comedy shotgun that takes dizzy aim at pop culture in general, and Broadway in particular. After typically Pythonesque distractions that somehow find us in "Finland..," stars David Hyde-Pierce, Tim Curry, Hank Azaria and company get busy conjuring the Lady of the Lake with the unlikely help of "Laker Girls..," while cast members Sara Ramirez and Christopher Sieber deliciously skewer contemporary Broadway cliches via the loopy showstopper "The Song That Goes Like This," a tune whose reprise also deliciously sends up every overwrought stage diva from Merman to Minelli. Idle has shrewdly ripped off--well, interpolated--Life of Brian's "Always Look On the Bright Side" for the new show, and even a snatch of "The Lumberjack Song" in "He Is Not Dead Yet." "You Won't Succeed on Broadway" reveals the frankly Semitic secret to stage success, and the French get can-canned on "Run Away!" Meanwhile, our bravest knight is de-closeted on the Manilow-mauling "His Name is Lancelot" before the familiar sound of clomping coconut shells brings down the curtain on the season's goofiest if satirically dead-on comic delight. --Jerry McCulley
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Top Customer Reviews
Rating:
4 Wonderfuly Satirical
While the cast recording is hilarious and satirical in every way, some of the jokes that are probably quite funny, may fall flat simply because we cannot see what is going on. With that said, I love that they are making fun of the fact that they are doing a musical. "The Song That Goes Like This" and "Diva's Lament (Whatever Happened to My Part?)" are the perfect examples of this satirical attitude. Sara Ramirez as The Lady of the Lake fabulously exhibits a myriad of musical styles, from jazzy scat in "The Knights of the Round Table" to the imfamously drawn out balled in "The Song That Goes Like This". Overall: very funny, just unfortunate we can't see what is going on.
Rating:
5 As good as any Python Sketch
At first I was a bit apprehensive to learn that Eric Idle had turned his attention to broadway for a Monty Python Musical, but after hearing this CD I realise that my worries should not have occured! This CD is as funny, and as entertaining as the Monty Python Series, aswell as their Films. Tim Curry, David Hyde-Pierce, Hank Azaria and the Rest of the cast pick up where The Original Pythons left off and create a 21st Century classic.Well Done People, especially Eric Idle...EVERYONE, BUY THIS CD
Rating:
5 Beyond hilarious!
Spamalot is fun and funny!It doesnt get any better or funnier.
