Our Classics master, Ted Norrish, had a moustache like John Cleese. He even sounded a little like Cleese. Ted had got tickets to the Aldwych Theatre to see an all day trilogy of plays called The Greeks. On the day he was unable to accompany us, a small group of 6th Form A-Level classics students. He asked us to try & sell the tickets he'd not been able to interest more students to buy. We sold those to people in the queue, sold our tickets too and with the proceeds went to see this new film in Leicester Square! The scene where the Roman centurion finds Brian daubing the temple with 'People called Romans, they go, the house' was terrifying (he looked & sounded just like Ted Norrish & the Latin grammar corrections are spot on) - it felt like Ted somehow knew what we'd done & was in the film! We slunk down in our seats & looked at each other open-mouthed. It's been one of my favourite films ever since.
Brian. The babe they called 'Brian', He grew,... grew, grew, and grew-- Grew up to be-- grew up to be A boy called 'Brian'-- A boy called 'Brian'. He had arms... and legs... and hands... and feet, This boy... whose name was 'Brian', And he grew,... grew, grew, and grew-- Grew up to be-- Yes, he grew up to be A teenager called 'Brian'-- A teenager called 'Brian', And his face became spotty. Yes, his face became spotty, And his voice dropped down low And things started to grow On young Brian and show He was certainly no-- No girl named 'Brian', Not a girl named 'Brian'. And he started to shave And have one off the wrist And want to see girls And go out and get pissed, A man called 'Brian'-- This man called 'Brian'-- The man they called 'Brian'-- This man called 'Brian'!
***** I was looking at DVD and VCR players in a second hand store and found a tape of Monty Python life of Brian in one of the VCR's so I bought the player just because of that tape even though I got a player already!
John Barb George and Eric were bff's since they were kids, so he helped out with some of the Monty Python songs. Etc, he wrote this song. George also produced the Lumberjack Song and secretly performed it live dressed as 1 of the mounties.
Back to say this is even funnier when you remember that it follows on a hard cut from Mandy, Brian's mother, smacking the crying infant Brian in his cradle and telling him to shut up after the wise men have come back into their manger, grabbed the gifts back, and headed off to the manger down the street with the bright star hanging over it.
Quite possibly the funniest movie ever filmed, and more importantly so because of its irreverance. God bless all the Pythons, and toss in Carol Cleveland and Neil Innes!
I've always loved this intro and the song. I remember creasing up at the dramatic 'He had arms, and legs...and hands! And feet!' Wow! Sounds like we got a hero on our hands if he has all those accomplishments to his credit! Also, particularly when I see this sequence, you realise how much of an influence Gilliam had on Matt Stone and Trey Parker on South Park. Particularly in the early days, when in fact all Python was an influence, although they have moved away from that more these days.
Definitely the best opening credits of any film.The Pythons broke the mould with their groundbreaking often surreal comedy and paved the way for all to follow after them,League of gentlemen,Little Britain etc!
Life of Brian is one of my favorite Monty Python flicks around and this intro simply EPIC animated intros ever made. LOVE IT TO PIECES! RIP - GRAHAM CHAPMAN - You will always be our Brian. GREAT VID!
Most of the musical score is done by Eric Idle. The man is the "folk singer" on the group. But this song was written by Michael Palin. And of course, all the effects are Gilliam's. Collage is his bread, butter and cheese. Beautiful....
Terry Gilliam, the guy who animated this was the only member of Monty Python not born in GB, he was born in America I don't really care about this (probably not you either) but i just wanted to spitt out some facts
I love how this two-plus minutes says more about the human condition than most VRY SRS films do in two-plus hours. We plummet and ricochet through life, our screams unheard or unheeded. lol.
There's so many things I love about this. Firstly with the first seconds with the intro, the nicked the idea from Ben Hur, which I live the idea to do so. After which the animations are both stunning and hilarious, considering they were done in the mid 1970s. When I first saw this, I laughed my head off during the intro because it gave me the impression that the developpers were saing "You know everything you learnt in history class at school? Even the boring stuff? F*** it and let's play with it". The lyrics are equally hilarious, like "He had arms... and legs... and hands... and feet", it gives the impression that it's a miracle, something to feel proud about, among other things. Also the fact that the singer, Sophie Jones, was only 16 years old when she sang this, so hats off to her for her amazing performance and the ability not to laugh at what she sang. All in all a superb start to an underrated classic
That 16 year old Sonia Jones was able to sound like Shirley Bassey (as this was clearly a take off - and a brillant one - of the theme to Goldfinger) is amazing. Great chord sequences. Still - 16 eh...nudge nudge wink wink...
That's a hell of a singer ....I read Sonya was just 16 when she did the vocal ... She sounds like Shirley Bassey in her prime the top notes don't just get hit their Rugby Tackled.....
Ruth Gonzalez Her name is Sonia Jones, and she was 16 at the time according to her site. I suppose her parents either weren't paying attention or weren't phased by the lyrics saying that Brian wanted to "have one off at the wrist."
This is still hysterical.....40 plus years on..Shirley Bassey sound alike ..actually is just as good if not better...the films beginning is a great foretaste
In most films the credits are when you nip out to make yourself a cup of tea. Here you're torn between listening to the song or watching the Gilliam annimation.
It's still so weird to me to think of a Monty Python production being... like, a PRODUCTION. I'm so used to all their stuff looking like it was made for pocket change, to the point that it's almost part of the joke (or at least less of a distraction from the jokes themselves). At the same time, I always find it cool when someone who's worked really well with low budgets in the past is basically told "Do that again, but this time, let someone else worry about money." Smiling Friends is a good recent example of that, IMO.
This really sounds familiar to 007(which film i forgot, must be recent with daniel craig though), Django Unchained openings and Snake eater of Metal Gear solid 3.
Sonia Jones sang the theme song. Like Shirley Bassey, she also came from Wales (often referred to as the land of song), as did Charlotte Church, Tom Jones, Duffy, Iris Williams, Bonny Tyler and many others.
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The greatest James Bond theme that never was.
This and The Incredibles theme. Lol
Just imagine if James bond was actually called Brian but nobody would take him seriously until he changed his name
Sounds like a mix between "Diamonds Are Forever" intro and "Django" intro.
GRAHAM CHAPMAN
AS MONTY PYTHON’S BRIAN COHEN 007
in
LIFE OF BRIAN
Perfect animation by Terry Gilliam!
I know its a jokey song but its still epic in its own right.
True Story
Totally agree.
Gahhh, isn't it!!!!! Love this f'n shit m8yt3!! Goosebumps city on the Nostalgia expressway lol
The bery vest of Mad Dog I'm pissing myself laughing so hard now🤣
As is the animation
He's not the Messiah. He's a very naughty boy
+Ian Maher soooo many insane lines
+Teletran Gamer How shall we fuck off o lord
I'M THE MESSIAH AND SO IS MY WIFE!!!
okay okay I am the messiah now fuck off!
"He is the Messiah, I should know, I followed a few."
I sang this for my friend's birthday today. His name is Brian.
+Katie The Prog Bulldog I wish I knew some Brian to do the same XD
+Katie The Prog Bulldog i sang it for my friend's birthday today. It's name was Bonita.
lolwhat yesme Is she a portuguese language native? Bc her name means 'beautiful' in that language.
+Loana Guedes It's a doll that I abuse. It's located underneath my bed. I sometimes rub up against it.
Katie The Prog Bulldog did he cringe, cause that sounds very cringe worthy
This sounds like a 007 song. I adore it!
Yeah, probably Goldfinger.
Aitor Molina Python purposely wanted it Bond-esque. I’d say they succeeded.
Sounds a lot like James Brown’s “It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World” as well
Life Of Brian The Movie 📺
A bit of Goldfinger and some license to Kill :)
Apparently, Sonia Jones, the singer, was only 16 at the time. Pretty impressive for that age.
William Spurr I think that was the idea; it's supposed to be a send-up of James Bond theme song
16 year old works con an R rated film.
I know it's not that big of a deal but in my neighborhood the are aghast if a 12 year old curses.
Agustin Camejo 2017 vs 1979
Agustin Camejo
Your point being?
@@madmau this was made in the 1970s kids smoked back then
I first saw this movie in Latin class. My teacher was awesome like that.
Did you learn how to properly write "Romans go home" in Latin?
@@thekraken108 😂
Our Classics master, Ted Norrish, had a moustache like John Cleese. He even sounded a little like Cleese. Ted had got tickets to the Aldwych Theatre to see an all day trilogy of plays called The Greeks. On the day he was unable to accompany us, a small group of 6th Form A-Level classics students. He asked us to try & sell the tickets he'd not been able to interest more students to buy. We sold those to people in the queue, sold our tickets too and with the proceeds went to see this new film in Leicester Square! The scene where the Roman centurion finds Brian daubing the temple with 'People called Romans, they go, the house' was terrifying (he looked & sounded just like Ted Norrish & the Latin grammar corrections are spot on) - it felt like Ted somehow knew what we'd done & was in the film! We slunk down in our seats & looked at each other open-mouthed. It's been one of my favourite films ever since.
great opening to quite possibly one of the greatest films ever made
100% agree
Brian. The babe they called 'Brian',
He grew,... grew, grew, and grew--
Grew up to be-- grew up to be
A boy called 'Brian'--
A boy called 'Brian'.
He had arms... and legs... and hands... and feet,
This boy... whose name was 'Brian',
And he grew,... grew, grew, and grew--
Grew up to be--
Yes, he grew up to be
A teenager called 'Brian'--
A teenager called 'Brian',
And his face became spotty.
Yes, his face became spotty,
And his voice dropped down low
And things started to grow
On young Brian and show
He was certainly no--
No girl named 'Brian',
Not a girl named 'Brian'.
And he started to shave
And have one off the wrist
And want to see girls
And go out and get pissed,
A man called 'Brian'--
This man called 'Brian'--
The man they called 'Brian'--
This man called 'Brian'!
+adam price (acefirechild) Considering Brian was Graham Chapman, I don't think he was too fussed about seeing girls.
I never got that bit from 1:30- 1:40 until now.
Pew AAAAOOOOUUUU
The captions from my paramount 1991 vhs has different words in some parts.
These lyrics are wrong.
It's not "grew, grew and grew".
The angel getting burned by the sun at the end is hysterical. Like a moth or something.
didn't hear the gunshot?
Oh, So That's What Happens! I Thought He Got Shot, Like A Duck In Flight.
Icarus
The animations, the music and the movie... all perfect!!!!
its better on VHS trust me!
***** I was looking at DVD and VCR players in a second hand store and found a tape of Monty Python life of Brian in one of the VCR's so I bought the player just because of that tape even though I got a player already!
I had the DVD and tried to upgrade to Blu-Ray. The Blu-Ray had almost no extra content.
God bless George Harrison
Indeed
My God, I always loved his sense of humor. :)
I don’t get it
John Barb George and Eric were bff's since they were kids, so he helped out with some of the Monty Python songs. Etc, he wrote this song. George also produced the Lumberjack Song and secretly performed it live dressed as 1 of the mounties.
Kristal Ball the George Harrison the beetle
This whole intro sequence is pure genius
One of the greatest comic films of the history !!
Grande
Adriano Poggioli yeah
0:33 my friends giving a description of me
John Cleese calls this his favorite of the Python films.
Back to say this is even funnier when you remember that it follows on a hard cut from Mandy, Brian's mother, smacking the crying infant Brian in his cradle and telling him to shut up after the wise men have come back into their manger, grabbed the gifts back, and headed off to the manger down the street with the bright star hanging over it.
Greatest theme tune ever!
Krystyna Boswell yes but only after The Prisoner
That's what happens when 1 of the actors in the movie is best friends with George Harrison. :)
Quite possibly the funniest movie ever filmed, and more importantly so because of its irreverance.
God bless all the Pythons, and toss in Carol Cleveland and Neil Innes!
PRR5406 Spike Milligan was in this film too
😎
The angel getting shot down gets me every single time.
I've always loved this intro and the song. I remember creasing up at the dramatic 'He had arms, and legs...and hands! And feet!' Wow! Sounds like we got a hero on our hands if he has all those accomplishments to his credit! Also, particularly when I see this sequence, you realise how much of an influence Gilliam had on Matt Stone and Trey Parker on South Park. Particularly in the early days, when in fact all Python was an influence, although they have moved away from that more these days.
0:18 Terry Gilliam inventing Tetris in 1979
Am in love with this song...it plays in my mind always...what a talented ensemble indeed and what a film...
I love how the lyrics are so non-specific.
Love how when Brian is a man, a phallic symbol 'subtly' appears on screen.
I love Monty Python. They were so incredibly high when they did this. So random!
Kill The Gema well Graham was
" ffffffffffffrow him to the floor " 😂😂😂
Stwike him centuwwion, vewwy woughly!
" what is your name jew????....Brian, Bwwwwwwwwwwrian hey.....no Brian " lol
I'm not Jewish, I'm a Roman.
Your father was a Woman? Who was he?
Naughtius Maximus, a centurion in the Jerusalem garrison
So...your father was a woman?
@@johnbyron1077 I want him fighting wabid wild animals within a week!
The best title sequence ever.
Definitely the best opening credits of any film.The Pythons broke the mould with their groundbreaking often surreal comedy and paved the way for all to follow after them,League of gentlemen,Little Britain etc!
That has to be the maddest opening-credits I've seen yet!
Beautiful, beautiful song... the lyrics were written by Michael Palin if I'm not mistaken
Terry Gilliam is simply a genious, the best animator ever!!
The lyrics were written by George Harrison.
@@kristalball527 No, they weren't. The lyrics were indeed written by Michael Palin.
Life of Brian is one of my favorite Monty Python flicks around and this
intro simply EPIC animated intros ever made. LOVE IT TO PIECES!
RIP - GRAHAM CHAPMAN - You will always be our Brian. GREAT VID!
Christ, I've been listening to this on repeat for the past three days...
One of the best theme songs ever made.
It’s 2022 and he had arms and legs still never stop getting me X
Most of the musical score is done by Eric Idle. The man is the "folk singer" on the group. But this song was written by Michael Palin. And of course, all the effects are Gilliam's. Collage is his bread, butter and cheese. Beautiful....
Terry Gilliam, the guy who animated this was the only member of Monty Python not born in GB, he was born in America
I don't really care about this (probably not you either) but i just wanted to spitt out some facts
iNeedABetterName Another interesting fact about Gilliam is that he denounced his American nationality after he became a Brtish citizen.
The director of brazil
I love how this two-plus minutes says more about the human condition than most VRY SRS films do in two-plus hours. We plummet and ricochet through life, our screams unheard or unheeded. lol.
Shiet, dat voice. Only 16... holy shiet...
This piece is pure art, reminding themes as 007, Django and even some Mel Brooks ones. I love it
There's so many things I love about this. Firstly with the first seconds with the intro, the nicked the idea from Ben Hur, which I live the idea to do so. After which the animations are both stunning and hilarious, considering they were done in the mid 1970s. When I first saw this, I laughed my head off during the intro because it gave me the impression that the developpers were saing "You know everything you learnt in history class at school? Even the boring stuff? F*** it and let's play with it". The lyrics are equally hilarious, like "He had arms... and legs... and hands... and feet", it gives the impression that it's a miracle, something to feel proud about, among other things. Also the fact that the singer, Sophie Jones, was only 16 years old when she sang this, so hats off to her for her amazing performance and the ability not to laugh at what she sang. All in all a superb start to an underrated classic
I first saw this movie when I was nine, and these were the best opening credits to anything I had ever seen.
I think they still are, in fact.
That 16 year old Sonia Jones was able to sound like Shirley Bassey (as this was clearly a take off - and a brillant one - of the theme to Goldfinger) is amazing. Great chord sequences. Still - 16 eh...nudge nudge wink wink...
I told this guy I know named Brian that he should consider the song he should have played at his funeral.
I'm a Brian I've booked it already
Top 10 Anime Openings
Definitely a candidate for the best opening sequence ever.
Am I the only 14 years old that this is there favourite movie,, or is there more out there
Nope 16 here this song is bad ass
Hello
One of the best and most philosophical films ever.
all humor aside, the animation of the angel's wings is extremely beautiful
Always look on the bright side of life.
Biggus dickus
I love the James Bond theme song angle they went with for this movie.
Can't believe the girl who sung this was only 16/17 at the time.
imagine this song as an anime theme song
Ace Nosce no im alright thanks
No just no😂
??????? what??? it would never fit
As much as I like anime it wouldn't fit at all
Yes
One of the greatest intro's of all time
RIP Terry Jones, director and the mother of Brian
This song is epic in a weird way and I love it. Amazing movie.
That's a hell of a singer ....I read Sonya was just 16 when she did the vocal ... She sounds like Shirley Bassey in her prime the top notes don't just get hit their Rugby Tackled.....
RIP Terry.
Python's Masterpiece.
Nuff said.
terry gilliam is a master genius
Terry Gilliam's animations are always so phallic :D
😎
The national anthem of every guy named Brian!
For a long time, I was convinced this really was Shirley Bassey.
I love the song and the animations! I could have sworn Shirley Bassey sang the song. Does anyone know who does?
Ruth Gonzalez
Her name is Sonia Jones, and she was 16 at the time according to her site. I suppose her parents either weren't paying attention or weren't phased by the lyrics saying that Brian wanted to "have one off at the wrist."
jackal59 I'm too afraid to ask what that lyric means. :-) She sounds alot older than sixteen but her voice is amazing. Thanks for the info.
Ruth Gonzalez It's English English for jack off.
jackal59 we just watched Goldfinger, and I had to play this again just to hear the themes side by side.
Sonia Jones really belted this out to perfection
This is still hysterical.....40 plus years on..Shirley Bassey sound alike ..actually is just as good if not better...the films beginning is a great foretaste
you expect the angel to burn in the sun but it just gets shot and screams AAAH, always gets me
Terry Gilliam is fucking amazing
The perfect song. Dramatizing nothing important to the point it is.. Monty Python’s biggest masterpiece.
In most films the credits are when you nip out to make yourself a cup of tea. Here you're torn between listening to the song or watching the Gilliam annimation.
It's still so weird to me to think of a Monty Python production being... like, a PRODUCTION. I'm so used to all their stuff looking like it was made for pocket change, to the point that it's almost part of the joke (or at least less of a distraction from the jokes themselves).
At the same time, I always find it cool when someone who's worked really well with low budgets in the past is basically told "Do that again, but this time, let someone else worry about money." Smiling Friends is a good recent example of that, IMO.
A clear and note-perfect parody of Bassey and a belter in its own right.
Best film EVER!
This really sounds familiar to 007(which film i forgot, must be recent with daniel craig though), Django Unchained openings and Snake eater of Metal Gear solid 3.
You're right. It sounds like Goldfinger.
More the second (spaghetti westerns) than spy for me.
Just look up "Kill Them All and Come Back Alone".
The horns remind me of Atom Heart Mother - Pink Floyd.
Exactly. Django unchained. Finally someine agrees.
Opening credits peaked with this. Everyone else can just go home.
Never has there been, nor will there ever be a greater first note to an opening movie soundtrack.
That sound he makes at the end of the video. Classic.
life of brain is one long fever dream that I don't want to wake from
From now on I want you all to call me Loretta.
hullo loretta
This song is genuinely better than 99% of all modern music despite being a parody of James Bond theme songs.
This and cannonball run are my favorite humoristic theme songs.
very cool
very funny
thanks for posting it
Best movie ever
Well, maybe best Opening Titles for a Comedy Movie, bar none..
I've been looking for this! It's been in my head all weekend.
"He was certainly no...no girl named Brian!"
And our faces become spotty. Yes, our faces become spotty.
I like how a biblical epic has a james bond like theme song
Magnificently epic
I love the fact that the only legible credit is Design/Animation by Terry Gilliam.
Yes
Nostalgie !!!
Constantine's flying head wreaking destruction shows that Terry Gilliam knew what damage that Nero-like Emperor did to the Roman Empire!
Built a political legacy that lasted a millennium. Not bad move at all.
Magnificent theme song
Brilliant they were.
this is pretty much of what my life is like, lots of random things happening to me,and playing any random game.
Oddmartian2...thx for uploading...you are god
I didn’t know it was parodying Goldfinger until I watched this movie again a couple of weeks ago 😂
You know you failed succesfully at life when they sing a song like that for you
I can relate to this song.
Epic song!
Sonia Jones sang the theme song. Like Shirley Bassey, she also came from Wales (often referred to as the land of song), as did Charlotte Church, Tom Jones, Duffy, Iris Williams, Bonny Tyler and many others.
I on't know about you, but I love the voice, and the sax. When I first watched this, I thought for sure I was watching a James Bond film.
I'VE GOT BALLS OF STEEL
I watched this opening scene for the first time while I was extremely high. It was epic...