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ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE
CD Single (1991)
Composed and performed by Monty Python
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"Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" is a comedy song written by Eric Idle that was originally featured in the 1979 film Monty Python’s Life of Brian and has gone on to become a common singalong at public events such as football matches as well as funerals.
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Brian Cohen (played by Graham Chapman) has been sentenced to death by crucifixion for his part in a kidnap plot. After a succession of apparent rescue opportunities all come to nothing, a character on a nearby cross (played by Eric Idle) attempts to cheer him up by singing "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life". As the song progresses, many of the other crucifixion victims (140 in all, according to the script, though twenty-three crosses are actually seen on screen) begin to dance in a very restricted way and join in with the song’s whistled hook.
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The song touched a chord with the British trait of stoicism and the ‘stiff upper lip’ in the face of disaster, and became immensely popular. When the destroyer HMS Sheffield was struck by an Exocet cruise missile on 4 May 1982 in the Falklands War, her crew sang it while waiting to be rescued from their sinking ship, as did the crew of HMS Coventry.
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The original pressing also featured a German-language version of "The Lumberjack Song", though this was quickly withdrawn and is now a collector’s item.
(Excerpts from the wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Always_Look_on_the_Bright_Side_of_Life))
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJUhlRoBL8M)
The end scene of the film Brian’s Life.
Tracklist:
01 – Eric Idle – Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life [3:33]
02 – Terry Jones – I’m So Worried [3:22]
03 – Eric Idle – I Bet You They Won’t Play This Song On The Radio [0:57]
04 – Michael Palin – Holzf�ller Song (The Lumberjack Song, German Version) [3:04]
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Just remember that the last laugh is on you.