Spamalot Deleted Songs

Posted: 2/17/12 at 2:38pm

Does anybody know if I can find demos of "Burn Her" or "The Cow Song"? I thought I remembered Eric Idle was supposed to release his demos of these, but never ended up finding them (and Googling isn't doing much for me).

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 2/17/12 at 3:03pm

Not sure, but I saw both numbers in the Chicago tryout. Burn Her wasn't bad, but The Cow Song deserved to be cut. It brought the first act to a screeching halt just before it ended. But Diva's Lament worked better when the character was assigned multiple roles.

[BDrischBDemented]

Posted: 2/18/12 at 12:51am

I never heard a demo, but there's sheet music out there. 'Course I can't read music, so it's all moot to me.

[groucho797]

Posted: 2/18/12 at 10:07am

FWIW, the program had a little 45 rpm record included that had a song or two, presumably from the show. I seem to remember that one of them was kinda cute (and the program had a picture or two of the deleted song). I also sorta remember doing a search and finding a bootleg demo of "Burn Her" somewhere, probably a Python fan site. Hope this helps a bit.

[BDrischBDemented]

Posted: 2/18/12 at 3:22pm

The CD that came with the souvenir program included "Soggy Old Blonds," but disappointingly nothing else.

Posted: 2/21/12 at 2:09pm

Well, if anybody does find "Burn Her", please do send me in the direction. My web-searching skills, it seems, are now near-useless.