(+) SIX the Musical - Get Down (from the Studio Cast Recording)
The Lion King : 1994 / Disney
Tracy Nicole Chapman, Stanley Wayne Mathis, and Kevin Cahoon---Chow Down
Music by Elton John, lyrics by Tim Rice
He called us slobbering!
Said we were mangy!
Did I hear stupid?
Huh?
Tell us again-- gee
It's so incredible
That you're so rude
When you're so edible
When you are food!
It's time to chow down
Chow down!
Ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-chow down
I'm chompin' at the bit, baby
My stomach's on the growl, son
Chow down!
Chow down!
You both been invited on a date
Two courses handed to us on a plate
We'll have you raw, won't be long to wait
Seeing you're already brown
Chow down!
Ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-chow down!
Your ribs are looking so tasty
Such chewy little chops, chums
Eat up!
Now wasn't it her mom who ate your dad?
And having parents eaten makes us mad
We're gonna settle up the score a tad
We've never had a snack of such renown
Chow down!
Chow down!
Uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-
What, Ed? What is it?
Hey, did we order this dinner to go?
No
Well, there it goes!
I think we should begin the meal from scratch
So many juicy segments to detach
Be good as gold for you're as good as carved
Here, kitty kitty...
We're starved!
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Engineer Jay Rifkin; Paula Jones
Producers: Hans Zimmer, Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin, Chris Thomas.
Compilation producer: Steven Stern. Principally recorded at Media Ventures and Ocean Way Studios, Los Angeles, California;
Townhouse Studio, London, England; BPO Studios, Mmabatho, South Africa.
All songs written by Tim Rice and Elton John.
Instrumental score written by Hans Zimmer.
"Can You Feel The Love Tonight" won the 1995 Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance;
"Circle Of Life" won the Grammy for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocals; and THE LION KING won the Grammy for Best Musical Album For Children.
"Can You Feel The Love Tonight" and "Circle Of Life" were also both nominated for Song Of The Year and Best Song Written Specifically For A Motion Picture Or Television; and the album's instrumental tracks were nominated for Best Instrumental Composition Written For A Motion Picture Or For Television.
The heady influence of Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel, David Byrne--and all the other musicians who've introduced pop fans to the sounds and style of Africa--resonate subtly throughout the Hollywood flourishes of THE LION KING.
Part of THE LION KING's appeal can be traced to Hans Zimmer's imagistic evocative instrumental score.
Instrumental excerpts such as "This Land" and "Under The Stars" are a vibrant amalgam of lush orchestral passages with flashes of idiomatic African vocal colors and ceremonial percussive textures (while "King Of Pride Rock" echoes elements of Mozart's REQUIEM and traditional African six-beat rhythms).
But it's THE LION KING's comic operetta songs and the Elton John/Tim Rice pop miniatures that ultimately distinguish this soundtrack and give it fresh legs for all holiday seasons. John's philosophical ruminations on "The Circle Of Life" are framed by power pop on a grand scale, with huge reverberant drum accents and massive sampled choruses and strings.
But "I Just Can't Wait To Be King" is this collection's most engaging song, a sort of Afro-Rockabilly groove, tinted by the gospelish drive of John's Little Richard style piano
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