RIVERBOTTOM NIGHTMARE BAND!

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My sons and I just finished watching the classic '70s Muppet holiday special, "Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas" ... seen it a zillion times since I was a kid and this bit, as always, is my favorite part. The Riverbottom Nightmare Band ROCKS!

Only in the Muppet universe could a snake play a bass guitar. Laughing very hard

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Lyrics:

River Bottom Nightmare Band
We take what we want
We do anything that we wish
We got no respect
For animal birdy or fish

The grass does not grow
On the places where we stop and stand
River Bottom Nightmare Band

We know we're a mess
But I does not like to be clean
We don't brush our teeth
'Cause our toothache can help us stay mean

We don't wish to learn
But we hate what we don't understand
River Bottom

When you see us comin'
You better startin' runnin'
We're always startin' trouble
And we're happiest when things are outta hand

Rivers are for boilin'
Parties are for spoilin'
We either like to sit and pout
Or else go out and terrorize our land
River Bottom Nightmare Band

We laugh in your face
Or we practice our growl and our sneer
We break up your place
We are dangerous when we are near

And when we are done with our song
Who will get the biggest hand?
Who?
River Bottom Nightmare Band!
River Bottom Nightmare Band!

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Sadly, this is better than a lot of stuff which is popular today.

Subject: Re: RIVERBOTTOM NIGHTMARE BAND! Tue Dec 09, 2008 4:36 pm

Hey kid!

RIVERBOTTOM NIGHTMARE BAND! RiverbottomII

My Sig at the CMR!!

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 3012 Age : 35

Awesome, thanks freddy

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scottmitchell74 wrote:: Hey kid!

My Sig at the CMR!!

I knew I'd heard about this band before...

It's the mind's self defense mechanism to block bad memories...

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scottmitchell74 wrote:: Hey kid!

My Sig at the CMR!!

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!

What say we campaign for Ultimatum to add this track to their covers album?? Laughing

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Subject: Re: RIVERBOTTOM NIGHTMARE BAND! Tue Dec 09, 2008 8:43 pm

Oh, wow! That would simply be incredible!!

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 7831 Age : 44

Nice!!!!!!!! Me and a friend were jamming these guys at work a lot over the summer.

Road Warrior Number of posts : 17180 Age : 48

That's cool!

Subject: Re: RIVERBOTTOM NIGHTMARE BAND! Wed Dec 10, 2008 8:21 am

My Daughter and I watched this the other night.Its a great little show.It always kinda pissed me off that the Nightmare beat Emmets Jug Band at the talent show. Laughing

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thrasher73 wrote:: My Daughter and I watched this the other night.Its a great little show.It always kinda pissed me off that the Nightmare beat Emmets Jug Band at the talent show.

Awwww, come on... the Nightmare totally deserved to win... they brought a light show and everything!!

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I had never seen this before until this morning. Pretty awesome. Smile

What the heck is the thing swimming around in the tank in the background?

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spectrefate wrote:: I had never seen this before until this morning. Pretty awesome. What the heck is the thing swimming around in the tank in the background?

That's a fish. I don't know his name but he's a member of the "Riverbottom Gang," the local tough guys who make up the band. Earlier in the special the Gang is riding around town in their hot rod and he's in a bucket in the back seat, spitting water at passers-by, haha. When they stop at the music store (so the Snake can get a new string for his guitar), they ask the fish if he wants to go in too, and he sez something like "Nah.. It's a little too dry in there for me." Laughing very hard

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It would be cool if a stoner or doom band covered this. I could see someone like Orange Goblin, BigElf or Fireball Ministry doing something nasty with this tune.

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MetalGuy71 wrote:: It would be cool if a stoner or doom band covered this. I could see someone like Orange Goblin, BigElf or Fireball Ministry doing something nasty with this tune.

If you just search for the song title on YouTube, several clips pop up of various bands doing live cover versions of the song... including one by Anal C**t, of all creatures.

Someone NEEDS to do a proper studio recording of it though!!

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