Talk:Always Look on the Bright Side of Life

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This page references football matches several times. Football is an ambiguous term, maybe it should be changed to American Football, or Soccer.

It's been sung at rugby league matches too, and probably most other "football" codes, so I think football is probably used correctly here.Grinner 15:37, Aug 30, 2004 (UTC)

I've heard it sung with the words "Always piss on the right side of the trent" at Nottingham Forest FC. - FrancisTyers 12:43, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Can't find any reference to it being sunbg at funerals (although it's an interesting idea) The following http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2173544.stm suggests this line is not factual - thus removed

[edit] Spoiler

This article contains details about the plot of "Life of Brian", so it should have a spoiler warning

Quite agree. I did put one in originally but someone removed it. Bonalaw 08:40, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Was it sung on Sheffield?

I'd heard that "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" was sung by the sailors on the HMS Sheffield as they abandoned ship shortly before it sank (after being hit by an exocet missle in the Falklands war). Is that true?

Well, it's included in the HMS Sheffield (D80) article....a brief google search can't find any contemporaneous news accounts that mention it online, but it WAS a pre-internet event.  :)

Confirmed by Eric Idle in David Morgan's book "Monty Python Speaks!". Bonalaw 08:40, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Used in several movies

Like most people not living in the UK, I first notice the song from the movie "As Good As It Gets", sung by Jack Nicholson. Apparently, for the OST Art Garfunkel recorded a version.

Also on the end title music to "Six Days Seven Nights". But I don't know which version, but not the original by Idle.