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{{Song
 
{{Song
|name = Artists
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|name = "Artists"
|image =  
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|image = [[File:Artists.png|250px]]
|singers = [[Jemaine Clement]] (original and reprise)<br/>[[Bret McKenzie]] (original and reprise)<br/>[[Yeardley Smith]] (original and reprise)<br/>[[Stephen Hawking]] (original)<br/>[[Dan Castellaneta]] (reprise)
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|singers = '''Original:''' [[Jemaine Clement]]<br>[[Bret McKenzie]]<br>[[Yeardley Smith]]<br>[[Stephen Hawking]]<br>[[Tress MacNeille]]<br>'''Reprise:''' [[Jemaine Clement]]<br>[[Bret McKenzie]]<br>[[Yeardley Smith]]<br>[[Dan Castellaneta]]
|characters = [[Ethan Ballantyne]] (original and reprise)<br/>[[Kurt Hardwick]] (original and reprise)<br/>[[Lisa Simpson]] (original and reprise)<br/>{{Ch|Stephen Hawking}} (original)<br/>[[Krusty the Clown]] (reprise)
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|characters = '''Original:''' [[Kurt Hardwick]]<br>[[Ethan Ballantyne]]<br>[[Lisa Simpson]]<br>{{Ch|Stephen Hawking}}<br>Cow<br>'''Reprise:''' [[Kurt Hardwick]]<br>[[Ethan Ballantyne]]<br>[[Lisa Simpson]]<br>Schoolboy<br>[[Krusty the Clown]]
|length = 1:18<br/>1:26 (reprise)
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|length = '''Original:''' 1:05<br>'''Reprise:''' 0:40
|writer = [[Bret McKenzie]] & [[Jemaine Clement]] (music)<br/>[[Tim Long]] (lyrics)
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|writer = '''Music:''' [[Jemaine Clement]] and [[Bret McKenzie]]<br>'''Lyrics:''' [[Tim Long]]
 
|album =  
 
|album =  
 
|appearance = "[[Elementary School Musical]]"
 
|appearance = "[[Elementary School Musical]]"
 
}}
 
}}
"'''Artists'''" is a song performed by [[Ethan Ballantyne]] and [[Kurt Hardwick]], assisted by [[Lisa Simpson]] and {{Ch|Stephen Hawking}}, during [[Expressions]]. A reprise is later sung by Ballantyne and Hardwick, as well as [[Krusty the Clown]] and Lisa, to Lisa after she tracks them to their regular lives outside of the performing arts camp.
 
  
== Lyrics ==
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'''"Artists"''' is a song sung mainly by [[Kurt Hardwick]] and [[Ethan Ballantyne]].
:'''{{Ch|Cory Monteith|Cory}}''':
 
:''So what do you guys do when you're not camp counselors?''
 
  
:'''Kurt''':
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== History ==
:''We're highly successful artists. And as artists we live in [[Springfield]]'s most artistic borough.''
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The original version of "Artists" is sung when [[Flynn]] asks Kurt and Ethan what they do for a living. They sing the song, with input from [[Lisa Simpson]], {{Ch|Stephen Hawking}} and a cow. The song makes out what a great life they lead as artists.
  
:'''Ethan''':
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The reprise of the song was sung when Lisa went to visit Kurt and Ethan at their apartment and found out they were poor and had lied about how glamorous their lives were. They told Lisa the truth about their lives through song. [[Krusty the Clown]] also sang some lines.
:''[[Sprooklyn]].''
 
  
:'''Campers''':
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== Lyrics ==
:''Wow.''
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=== Original ===
 
+
:'''Kurt:'''
:'''Kurt''':
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:We spend our days acting and painting...
:''We spend our days acting and painting.''
 
  
:'''Ethan''':
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:'''Ethan:'''
:''Dancing and sculpting.''
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:Dancing and sculpting...
  
:'''Kurt''':
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:'''Kurt:'''
:''Playing my Gibson.''
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:Playing my Gibson.
  
:'''Ethan''':
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:'''Ethan:'''
:''Rehearsing my Ibsen.''
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:Rehearsing my Ibsen.
  
:'''Kurt''':
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:'''Kurt:'''
:''Because you see, young artists...''
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:Because you see, young artists...
  
:'''Ethan''':
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:'''Ethan:'''
 
:Artists are the people who hold up a mirror.
 
:Artists are the people who hold up a mirror.
  
:'''Kurt''':
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:'''Kurt:'''
 
:Artists make society see its faults clearer.
 
:Artists make society see its faults clearer.
  
:'''Posh Man''':
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:'''Ethan:'''
:''Ha ha ha.''
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:Artists help stamp out oppression and wars.
  
:'''Kurt''':
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:'''Kurt:'''
:Artists help step out...
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:And when we camp outdoors...
 
 
:'''Kurt and Ethan''':
 
:Oppression of wars.
 
  
:'''Ethan''':
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:'''Kurt and Ethan:'''
:And when we camp outdoors...
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:We make the best s'mores.
  
:'''Ethan and Kurt''':
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:'''Kurt:'''
:Make the best s'mores!
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:Three layers, mother nature.
  
:'''Kurt''':
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:'''Ethan:'''
:Three layers, Mother Nature!
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:Mmm...
  
:'''Ethan''':
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:'''Kurt:'''
:Mmmm, mmm...
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:Yeah, yeah.
  
:'''Kurt''':
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:'''Ethan:'''
:Yeh, yeh!
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:Mmm...
  
:'''Kurt and Ethan''':
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:'''Kurt and Ethan:'''
 
:Artists end poverty with music and dance.
 
:Artists end poverty with music and dance.
:Artists make art on the beaches of France.
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:Artists make art on the beaches of [[France]].
  
:'''Lisa''':
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:'''Lisa:'''
 
:I never knew artists were all so amazing!
 
:I never knew artists were all so amazing!
  
:'''Kurt''':
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:'''Kurt:'''
 
:Excuse me while I talk to this cow that is grazing.
 
:Excuse me while I talk to this cow that is grazing.
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:''I give art like you give milk.''
  
:I give art
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:'''Cow:'''
:Like you give milk.
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:''Moo.''
  
:'''Grazing Cow''':
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:'''Ethan:'''
:Mooo.
 
:''[subtitle: But they can't bottle your genius.]''
 
 
 
:'''Ethan''':
 
 
:Everyone listens when artists are talking.
 
:Everyone listens when artists are talking.
  
:'''Kurt''':
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:'''Kurt:'''
:'Cause artists are smarter than Mr. Stephen Hawking.
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:Cause artists are smarter than Mr. {{Ch|Stephen Hawking}}.
  
:'''{{Ch|Stephen Hawking}}''':
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:'''Stephen Hawking:'''
:Oh, yeah. Break it down for me fellas.
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:Oh yeah. Break it down for me, fellas.
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:A brief history of rhyme.
  
:''[Hawking scratches a record, while Ethan and Kurt breakdance]''
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:'''Lisa:'''
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:Do you think that I could be an artist in the city?
  
:'''Stephen Hawking''':
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:'''Ethan:'''
:A Brief History of Rhyme.
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:Hold on Lisa, let me check with the committee.
 +
:''So what do you guys think?''
  
:'''Lisa''':
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:'''Stephen Hawking:'''
:Do you think I can be an artist in the city?
 
 
 
:'''Ethan''':
 
:Hold on, Lisa, let me check with the committee.
 
:''[to Kurt, the cow, and Hawking] So what do you guys think?''
 
 
 
:'''Stephen Hawking''':
 
 
:''Yes.''
 
:''Yes.''
  
:'''Grazing Cow''':
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:'''Cow:'''
 
:''Moo.''
 
:''Moo.''
  
:'''Kurt''':
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:'''Kurt:'''
 
:''I agree.''
 
:''I agree.''
  
:'''Ethan and Kurt''':
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:'''Kurt and Ethan:'''
:Yes, Lisa, you can be an artist in the world.
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:Yes, Lisa, you could be an artist in the world.
:So move to the city when you're less itty-bitty, girl.
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:So move to the city when you're less itty-bitty girl!
 
:To the gritty city when you're less itty-bitty, girl!
 
:To the gritty city when you're less itty-bitty, girl!
:The city's pretty gritty for an itty-bitty pretty girl!
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:The city's pretty gritty for an ity-bitty, pretty girl!
 +
 
  
 
=== Reprise ===
 
=== Reprise ===
:'''Ethan''':
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:'''Kurt and Ethan:'''
:''Lisa Simpson, what are you doing here?''
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:Artists are the least important people in the world!
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:So whatever you do, don't be an artist, girl.
  
:'''Lisa''':
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:'''Ethan:'''
:''I came to share in the esteem that the world bestows on its artists.''
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:Artists make a living, dressing up like a falafel.
  
:'''Ethan''':
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:'''Kurt:'''
:''Uh, yeah.''
 
 
 
:'''Lisa''':
 
:''Blblblbl, boy, it sure is cold in here.''
 
 
 
:'''Ethan''':
 
:''No heat. It's, uh, part of our art. [a shotgun is heard outside] More art.''
 
 
 
:'''Kurt''':
 
:''Ethan, look what I stole from work!''
 
 
 
:'''Ethan''':
 
:''Yes!''
 
 
 
:'''Lisa''':
 
:''Tomatoes? What kind of artists are you?''
 
 
 
:'''Kurt''':
 
:''Sandwich artists.''
 
 
 
:'''Ethan''':
 
:''But we get to eat any sandwiches we drop on the floor.''
 
 
 
:'''Kurt''':
 
:''Unless we drop them on purpose.''
 
 
 
:'''Ethan''':
 
:''They've got cameras on us at all times.''
 
 
 
:'''Lisa''':
 
:''Are you saying that arts camp was a lie?!''
 
 
 
:'''Ethan''':
 
:''Well, not the swimming.''
 
 
 
:'''Kurt''':
 
:''Look, Lisa, I think it's time we sang you the truth.''
 
 
 
:'''Ethan and Kurt''':
 
:Artists are the least important people in the world,
 
:So, whatever you do, don't be an artist...girl.
 
 
 
:'''Ethan''':
 
:Artists make a living dressin' up like a falafel.
 
 
 
:'''Kurt''':
 
 
:Artists shed a tear when they're called something awful.
 
:Artists shed a tear when they're called something awful.
  
:'''Sprooklynite''':
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:'''Schoolboy:'''
 
:''You ain't no falafel!''
 
:''You ain't no falafel!''
  
:'''Krusty''':
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:'''Krusty:'''
:Artists sit in jail on a lifetime hitch.
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:Artists sit in jail, on a lifetime hitch...
 
:The only way out is become a prison snitch.
 
:The only way out is become a prison snitch.
:''[other prisoners look at Krusty] Oh, why did I sing that out loud?''
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:''Oh why did I sing that out loud?''
  
:'''Lisa''':
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:'''Lisa:'''
:What I don't get is why all the lies?
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:What I don't get is, why all the lies?
  
:'''Ethan and Kurt''':
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:'''Kurt and Ethan:'''
 
:We wanted you to think we were happening guys.
 
:We wanted you to think we were happening guys.
 
:''[they sniffle]''
 
 
:'''Ethan''':
 
:''Well, philosophically, we're happening in the sense that we exist.''
 
 
:'''Kurt''':
 
:''Not for long, if we don't drop more sandwiches.''
 
  
 
== Behind the Laughter ==
 
== Behind the Laughter ==
The music is by [[Bret McKenzie]] and [[Jemaine Clement]] and the lyrics by [[Tim Long]]. The song is also reprised near the end of the show and during the credits.
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The music was written by [[Jemaine Clement]] and [[Bret McKenzie]] and the lyrics by [[Tim Long]]. [[Mickey Petralia]] served as a producer for the song. Parts of the original version play over the end credits of the episode.
  
 
== Appearances ==
 
== Appearances ==
 
*{{ep|Elementary School Musical}}
 
*{{ep|Elementary School Musical}}
  
[[Category:Songs]]
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[[Category:Songs by Lisa]]
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[[Category:Songs by Krusty]]
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[[Category:Songs by Ethan and Kurt]]
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[[Category:Songs by Dan Castellaneta]]
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[[Category:Songs by Yeardley Smith]]
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[[Category:Songs by guest stars]]
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[[Category:Songs by Jemaine Clement]]
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[[Category:Songs by Bret McKenzie]]

Latest revision as of 12:26, October 29, 2018

"Artists"
Artists.png
Song Information
Singers: Original: Jemaine Clement
Bret McKenzie
Yeardley Smith
Stephen Hawking
Tress MacNeille
Reprise: Jemaine Clement
Bret McKenzie
Yeardley Smith
Dan Castellaneta
Characters: Original: Kurt Hardwick
Ethan Ballantyne
Lisa Simpson
Stephen Hawking
Cow
Reprise: Kurt Hardwick
Ethan Ballantyne
Lisa Simpson
Schoolboy
Krusty the Clown
Length: Original: 1:05
Reprise: 0:40
Writer(s): Music: Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie
Lyrics: Tim Long
Appearance(s): "Elementary School Musical"

"Artists" is a song sung mainly by Kurt Hardwick and Ethan Ballantyne.

History[edit]

The original version of "Artists" is sung when Flynn asks Kurt and Ethan what they do for a living. They sing the song, with input from Lisa Simpson, Stephen Hawking and a cow. The song makes out what a great life they lead as artists.

The reprise of the song was sung when Lisa went to visit Kurt and Ethan at their apartment and found out they were poor and had lied about how glamorous their lives were. They told Lisa the truth about their lives through song. Krusty the Clown also sang some lines.

Lyrics[edit]

Original[edit]

Kurt:
We spend our days acting and painting...
Ethan:
Dancing and sculpting...
Kurt:
Playing my Gibson.
Ethan:
Rehearsing my Ibsen.
Kurt:
Because you see, young artists...
Ethan:
Artists are the people who hold up a mirror.
Kurt:
Artists make society see its faults clearer.
Ethan:
Artists help stamp out oppression and wars.
Kurt:
And when we camp outdoors...
Kurt and Ethan:
We make the best s'mores.
Kurt:
Three layers, mother nature.
Ethan:
Mmm...
Kurt:
Yeah, yeah.
Ethan:
Mmm...
Kurt and Ethan:
Artists end poverty with music and dance.
Artists make art on the beaches of France.
Lisa:
I never knew artists were all so amazing!
Kurt:
Excuse me while I talk to this cow that is grazing.
I give art like you give milk.
Cow:
Moo.
Ethan:
Everyone listens when artists are talking.
Kurt:
Cause artists are smarter than Mr. Stephen Hawking.
Stephen Hawking:
Oh yeah. Break it down for me, fellas.
A brief history of rhyme.
Lisa:
Do you think that I could be an artist in the city?
Ethan:
Hold on Lisa, let me check with the committee.
So what do you guys think?
Stephen Hawking:
Yes.
Cow:
Moo.
Kurt:
I agree.
Kurt and Ethan:
Yes, Lisa, you could be an artist in the world.
So move to the city when you're less itty-bitty girl!
To the gritty city when you're less itty-bitty, girl!
The city's pretty gritty for an ity-bitty, pretty girl!


Reprise[edit]

Kurt and Ethan:
Artists are the least important people in the world!
So whatever you do, don't be an artist, girl.
Ethan:
Artists make a living, dressing up like a falafel.
Kurt:
Artists shed a tear when they're called something awful.
Schoolboy:
You ain't no falafel!
Krusty:
Artists sit in jail, on a lifetime hitch...
The only way out is become a prison snitch.
Oh why did I sing that out loud?
Lisa:
What I don't get is, why all the lies?
Kurt and Ethan:
We wanted you to think we were happening guys.

Behind the Laughter[edit]

The music was written by Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie and the lyrics by Tim Long. Mickey Petralia served as a producer for the song. Parts of the original version play over the end credits of the episode.

Appearances[edit]