Eric... sooo glad to see you .... lifelong fan here!... but I suffer from severe combat injuries and even though I have tried to follow your philosophy, my condition is progressive and agonizingly hellish... I’ll do my best to smile... for you man! 🙂
Just thankful that you personally took the time to show us your unique piece of music, Eric.Thanks for all the fun and pleasure you have brought into so many lives. To the critics out there … come on, lads, don‘t be so „nudge-nudge“…😊
Small additional detail would be that he even plays A7 instead of Am (which Eric correctly says later on). And the Dm7 is so sneaky that it is in fact an Em7.
When I tried playing Dm7 the way I normally do (xx0211) it sounded way off. So when I went back to the chord diagram they showed (x70787), it was in fact an Em7! For some reason none of the tabs online seemed to get any of the other chords right though, especially that A°7.
Almost 30 years ago I saw The Meaning Of Life in the cinema, I instantly fell in love with Eric Idle, then the rest were, but I never understood why it fascinates me to see him. His grace, his voice, possibly that he is the most musical member of the group, I honestly don't know. But that fascination will live forever in my soul. Long live Monthy Python !!!
This is wonderful, thank you! Very nice voicings. Methinks the Dm7 (which really is an Em7, as others have noted) is a joke on us, he even calls it "sneaky" :). All the better!
This is utterly brilliant! I watched the series on Netflix and saw him playing a bit of it with all the jazzy chords and hoped for a vid like this. Thank you. X!
Just finished listening to Eric's brilliant autobiography, "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life." So many tab sites and apps don't quite give this version of the chord progression, so thanks for posting!
I think the first time I heard this song was in 1979 in the film "The Life of Brian". I was working as an usher in a theater, I was a senior in high school. What I remember most is people actually got up and walked out of the theater, (I was in the lobby), because they thought the movie was "sacrilegious". That's the only movie that ever happened that I can remember.
Thank you, Eric, so much talent, so many laughs! p.s. Concerning another one of your projects, I have watched The Rutles more times than might be considered healthy, not only, but also all of it, and the wedding sequence with Bianca Jagger, and there’s no stopping now!!
This song goes along with the best closing scene ever made in a movie .... the life of Brian is the pinnacle of British movies with a brilliant ending and a great song ....
Playing the base of the parallel e shape with the thumb instead. Saw another video of this and wasn’t sure if that’s what he was doing. This is amazing. Not many how to play the song by the guy who wrote it videos.
Yes, you can, though the voicings will be different (or in another key) There are no chords with more than 4 notes in this song, so it should be okay on uke
Henrik West Love it! Verse: Am D7(b9) G Em/g x2 Am D7(b9) G E7 A7 D7 Chorus: G Em Am D7 The D7(b9) is voiced without the root note. But I’ll work just fine with it as well. You can even use a normal D7.
We might never have heard this brilliant song if it wasn't for George Harrison, Eric Idle's friend, putting up the cash to finish the awesome movie, "Life Of Brian". I love this song. 👍👍👍🎸🎸🎸
That Dm7 they refer to is really another inversion of the G6 they played during the verse. The notes are the same: E D G B. They're just placed differently.
I wonder why Eric doesnt use barre shapes for the Am and G? I tried to replicate his hand shapes at 1:05 and 1:12 but really cant see the benefit compared to a barre. Any good players care to comment? PS- thanks to Eric and Jessie for this wonderful lesson😊
Wonderful, but for those who are going to write it down: it's Em7 (they play it the right way, but the young man tells us the wrong name of the chord, not Dm7, as it faded in everytime 🙄), and I think on 1:39 it's A7 (instead of Am) - well, trying to confuse the cat???
My surrogate father is better than your father. Mine's John Cleese - although my mother says it's Thor the Thunder God. She's seen all those Marvel movies. I think she's a bit loopy. Anyway, I could go on, but I left my Goat Chariot parked outside. Should I boast further? No, your time is up for Boasts. Thank you. Please move on. Don't forget to sign the Guest Book!
