[1] Junkee felt it was "One of the show’s most overt tributes to musical theatre", and described it as the most "uniquely memorable" the Springfield "hive mind" ever got. It is a parody of songs such as "Rock Island" and "Ya Got Trouble" from the musical Meredith Willson's The Music Man, where … [2] During the song, the residents of Springfield get "swept up in Lanley's patter".[2]. The Monorail Song is sung by Lyle Lanley and the cast during The Simpsons episode "Marge vs. the Monorail" (Season 4). [7], https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2017/08/31/alf-clausen-has-created-so-many-classic-simpsons-songs-here-are-12-of-his-most-memorable/, "I'm So Jealous You Get To See 'The Simpsons' Monorail Song For The First Time", "We Ranked The Best Original Songs From 'The Simpsons, "The 40 Best Songs in The Simpsons History", "Conan O'Brien Will Perform "The Monorail Song" During A Live Simpsons Performance Next Month", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Monorail_Song&oldid=970812451, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 2 August 2020, at 15:26. The song was written by Al Jean, Jeff Martin, George Meyer, Frank Mula, Conan O'Brien, John Swartzwelder, and Jon Vitti. This song is near the end of the first act and sung during a town meeting when trying to discuss what to do with some money the town got from Mr. Burns. The song, and the entire episode in which it takes place, has similarities to songs from the 1958 musical The Music Man. [2] The Washington Post deemed it a "brilliant...sendup" of The Music Man. [5] Bustle felt the song " highlight[s] the wonderful recipe of old fashioned small-town whimsy and modern cynicism and aggressive ignorance" that makes up Springfield. In 1997 it was released as part of the Simpsons soundtrack album Songs in the Key of Springfield.
The song was written by then-show runner Al Jean and Conan O'Brien,[1] and was performed by Phil Hartman as Lyle Lanley, along with other Simpsons characters. "The Monorail Song" is a song written and performed for the fourth-season episode of The Simpsons entitled Marge vs. the Monorail, which aired in 1993. [2] It felt the song acted as a "commentary on corruption in political infrastructure" that filled the viewer with "pure dumb joy".
This song is near the end of the first act and sung during a town meeting when trying to discuss what to do with some money the town got from Mr. Burns. The Old Blue Mayor She Ain't What She Used to Be, https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/The_Monorail_Song?oldid=915904. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. [6], The song commonly rates very highly on reviewers' rankings of the best Simpsons songs.[5][4][6].
[2] Like the musical on which its based, Bustle argues the song teaches "small lesson in infrastructure and the real reason cons work". It is also sung briefly in "The Old Blue Mayor She Ain't What She Used to Be". An exchange between Lisa and Lanley, highlighting how showmanship masks the truth. It is a parody of songs such as "Rock Island" and "Ya Got Trouble" from the musical Meredith Willson's The Music Man, where instead of lyrics being sung, they are spoken in a kind of crazy version of Gilbert-and-Sullivan-esque patter, with the exception of the final stanza, where everyone joins in song. The Simpsons - The Monorail Song [8/24/2012's Pick] - YouTube The Monorail Song is sung by Lyle Lanley and the cast during The Simpsons episode " Marge vs. the Monorail " (Season 4). The song sees a traveling salesman razzle dazzle the local town into spending their money on a monorail, with all criticism being washed aside through the charismatic performance. [4] Paste Magazine deemed it the "quintessential Springfield ensemble number", and noted how the song summarizes the town's general mob mentality while giving individual characters their moments, and showing that even the 'smart' people of Springfield can be duped. Bustle deemed it a "quintessential moment" of The Simpsons, when the whole town is caught up in a group number.
"The Monorail Song" is a song written and performed for the fourth-season episode of The Simpsons entitled Marge vs. the Monorail, which aired in 1993. It is the twenty-ninth track on Songs in the Key of Springfield. In 2014 Conan O'Brien and Hank Azaria performed the song live at a Simpsons-themed performance at the Hollywood Bowl entitled The Simpsons Take The Hollywood Bowl.
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