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Difference between revisions of "In the Garden of Eden"

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== Lyrics ==
 
== Lyrics ==
===From God's Brain to Your Mouth===
 
:'''Bart''':
 
:''Hymns here! I got hymns here! Get 'em while they're holy, straight from [[God]]'s brain to your mouth! (laughs evilly)''
 
 
:'''[[Reverend Lovejoy]]''':
 
:''And now, please rise for our opening hymn, uhhh, "In the Garden of Eden" by I. Ron Butterfly.''
 
 
===In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida===
 
 
:(''organist plays opening riff'')
 
:(''organist plays opening riff'')
  
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:(''organist plays the rest of the 17-minute song until she faints on the keyboards'')
 
:(''organist plays the rest of the 17-minute song until she faints on the keyboards'')
 
:'''Reverend Lovejoy''':
 
:''I know one of you is responsible for this. So repeat after me: "If I withhold the truth, may I go straight to [[Hell]], where I will eat naught but burning hot coals and drink naught but burning hot cola...''
 
 
:'''Children''':
 
:''"...where fiery demons will crush me in the back, where my soul will be chopped into confetti, strewn upon a parade of murderers and single mothers, where my tongue will be torn out by ravenous birds."''
 
 
:(''bird shrieks'')
 
 
:'''[[Milhouse]]''':
 
:''Bart did it! That Bart right there!''
 
 
:'''Bart''':
 
:''Milhouse!''
 
 
:'''Reverend Lovejoy''':
 
:''Milhouse, you did the right thing. Bart, come with me for punishment. You, too, Snitchy. (Milhouse gasps) I want you to clean every one of these organ pipes that you have befouled with your popular music.''
 
  
 
== Behind the Laughter ==
 
== Behind the Laughter ==

Revision as of 17:31, December 2, 2012

"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida"
Song Information
Singers: Harry Shearer
Pamela Hayden
Nancy Cartwright
Dan Castellaneta
Julie Kavner
Cast
Characters: Bart
Reverend Lovejoy
Homer
Milhouse
Marge
Length: 1:45
Writer(s): Alf Clausen
Doug Ingle
Album: Songs in the Key of Springfield
Appearance(s): Bart Sells His Soul

"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" is a 1968 rock song by Iron Butterfly.

Lyrics

(organist plays opening riff)
Congregation:
In-a-gadda-da-vida, honey,
Doncha know that I love you?
In-a-gadda-da-vida, baby,
Doncha know that I'll always be true.
(Bart laughs evilly)
Homer:
Hey, Marge, remember when we used to make love to this hymn?
(Marge giggles and then shushes Homer.)
(organist plays until the congregation comes back in)
Congregation:
Oh, wonchu come with me-hee-hee
And take my hand-a-and?
Oh, wonchu come with me-hee-hee
Reverend Lovejoy:
Wait a minute, this sounds like rock and/or roll!
And walk this land?
(organist plays the rest of the 17-minute song until she faints on the keyboards)

Behind the Laughter

In the episode, "Bart Sells His Soul", Bart passes out this song in church as a hymn entitled "In the Garden of Eden," with composer credit given to "I. Ron Butterfly". In real life, the song was written by Doug Ingle. It is the thirty-fourth on the album Songs in the Key of Springfield and the track is a medley of the songs "From God's Brain to Your Mouth" (0:19) "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (1:45).

Appearances