As sure as Pythons are snakes, there was Brian/Eric nailed to the cross. Two months later, I toddled along to see The Life Of Brian, and waited for the end credits. I returned to my shiny Guild, and in the 30 seconds before the red light came on, cobbled together an opening and some chords that might work for the verse. I’ll give it a go.”Ĭometh the hour, cometh the adrenaline. One thing… could Mitch play a short intro and then accompany me before the full orchestra enters for the chorus?” John, Eric, engineer Steve (son of Sid) James and the orchestra seemed to stare directly into my surprised soul as I muttered, “Er, Okay. His original rough idea had been transformed. We duly marched into the control room to be greeted by Mr Idle. My part was a simple chord chart to which I applied the full Freddie Green shtick. With John’s flair and love for the genre, an all-star orchestra and The Fred Tomlinson singers whistling while they worked, it could hardly fail. After a couple of runs through, it didn’t sound half-bad. I’ve given his demo the full ’30s Hollywood treatment with rhythm section, brass and strings.”Īnd thus we band of minstrels set to our task with as much enthusiasm as a rush-hour trek and an early start allowed. And he’s the director! Anyway, Eric is coming to the session. Eric Idle has written it but the other Pythons aren’t keen and Terry Jones hates it. “It’s a little ditty that might be used over the end credits for the new Monty Python film,” he informed me.
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