I haven't seen Muppet's Treasure Island since we got rid of the VCR, about four years ago, and watching this well, the pure nostalgia could kill a man.
It seems like no one can do a straight adaptation of the old adventure tales any more. Compared to the recent versions of "Journey to the Center of the Earth," "The Mysterious Island," "Around the World in 80 Days" and "Gulliver's Travels" (yes, I know that the last one isn't Verne) I find myself feeling that this Muppet adaptation took the source material far more seriously than either of them. The *Muppet* adaptation!
I love it. Even now, a good 12 or so years after I first saw this movie as a child, this song sends a shiver up my spine. And it's as catchy as a song can be.
Gives you shivers. I mean, a dark song like this followed by a whole mess of dead pirates. By this point, you know the movie's going to be good, even before you see it.
Best. Pirate. Song. Ever. This and "Cabin fever" make the movie just by themselves. I LOVE this song! Tremendous rhythm, great lyrics, mix of live and muppet voices works perfectly.
Growing up, this was one of my fave Muppet films, they did a good job of getting the story right, whilst giving it that brilliant Muppet feel. This song was a great starter as it really pulls you into the film and makes you want to watch more.
You're 30 now. I'm here thinking how time flies. The themes of these films cut differently as adults, I have to say. They really make me melancholic. I wonder if you are still alive. It's so weird to see such an old comment, given all the purges of old videos and such.
I don't care about the negative comments, this movie was a great movie and had great songs, and closely follows the book. Unlike the other more recent muppet movies
Thanks to the critic this song turns to another popular hight, many clicks and many fans. Count me as one of them, absolutely love this song, very epic build up, great melody lines, can´t get it out of my head.
One of my favorite songs in the movie and one of the darkest to boot. usually, when a kid's film is made they make it where they think the child is retarded and cna't handle any scary moments but yet depsite its more darker atmosphere than most Muppet flicks it's not seen as anything but a kid's movie. Now if all folks had this mindset...
I remember watching this movie in theatres when I was about 4. This remains the only Muppet-related thing that scared me a bit! Still, I really should watch the movie again. It's been way too long.
I wish they used this in POTC it would have been so great. I love the Muppets and this is my fave movie of them! Always has been always will be, i remember my brother having it on video an i'd want to see it everytime at christmas.
Captain Flint didn't murder the entire crew. He only killed those who had gone ashore and knew the location of the treasure. It was common practice in those times to leave a (no pun intended) skeleton crew on board to guard the ship. At least 3 survivors of Flint's crew are mentioned by name in Treasure Island: Black Dog, Blind Pew, and Long John Silver himself.
This is why I love Tumblr. Anderbros sing Muppets songs..and then Darren sings with Kermit IRL, and I call him a Muppet because someone switched their mouths in a picture and it made sense... IT ALL FITS!!!
I love how pirates are so kid friendly in the media and yet in real life they were horrible people in horrible conditions, but the best part is that you can't disprove a lot about the kid stories.
I saw this one before nostalgia critic! :] its one of my favourit kids movies when i was a kid, i even now and when i was a kid liked this. Its just to awesome.
This is the best Muppet song with it's catchy music, great rhymes ("And those buccaneers drown they're sins in rum, the devil himself would have to call them scum.") , that sound more intimidating then the usaul muppet song but keeps it's charm by letting the back-up singers be animals. I won't say anymore, listen to it & be amazed to a song robbed of an oscar.
Oh, aye. Fifteen men went ashore that day.. and only Flint, his own self, returned. Oh, aye, and then old Flinty... up and died afore they could get back to that cursed island... and dig up the treasure. No one knows to this day who has old Flint's map. Now, isn't that a story worth the hearing?
To say that this is a Muppet movie and therfore supposed to be a funnier take on the novel it's actually a pretty good version and has some great songs!
We can all agree that Disney have skills at alot of things. One thing they really know how to make is Pirates movies. This movie being one of my favorit pirate movies! I also think it's my favorit Muppet movie. Kermit should have a part in Pirates of the Caribbean 5!
These lyrics could easily be for a heavy metal song. Instead, Muppets.
Not complaining.
Dead men tell no tales - boom! - THAT is how a great movie starts. :)
The opening to this movie did not need to go this hard, but it did. It did that for us.
i just love how the captain shoots the guys vurrowing the treasure at the words "Dead men tell no tales" Its fucking Proper Badass!
I haven't seen Muppet's Treasure Island since we got rid of the VCR, about four years ago, and watching this well, the pure nostalgia could kill a man.
"A five, six, seven, eight!" Best part of the movie. So cute.
The skulls that screamed "Greed and Villainy" were the late Jerry Nelson's voice! RIP
Hell yeah, I could totally see Alestorm doing a cover of this song.
And that is why Muppet Treasure Island is the best Muppet movie of all time. Next they should do something by Jules Verne.
+Ikrani Here hear :)
It seems like no one can do a straight adaptation of the old adventure tales any more. Compared to the recent versions of "Journey to the Center of the Earth," "The Mysterious Island," "Around the World in 80 Days" and "Gulliver's Travels" (yes, I know that the last one isn't Verne) I find myself feeling that this Muppet adaptation took the source material far more seriously than either of them. The *Muppet* adaptation!
Holy shit that would be brilliant!
@@Yngvarfo a muppet version of the lidenbrock sea is awesome
@@Meshakhad Yeah- I would love to see a Muppet take on Around The World In 80 Days or 20, 000 Leagues Under The Sea.
Muppet Treasure Island has got to be one of the best movies of all time.
I love it. Even now, a good 12 or so years after I first saw this movie as a child, this song sends a shiver up my spine. And it's as catchy as a song can be.
I love when the snakes and skulls sing. Now those are badass muppet choruses :D
this was my favorite movie growing up! i'd walk around singing this song lol.
great memories
I LOVED this as a child - still gives me goosebumps to the present day and I'm 22 now!
That part at the end it was probably the most hard-core thing to be associated with the Muppets
Not only the best muppet movie, but the best Treasure Island movie as well. So awesome!
I was just watching my DVD last night.
Gives you shivers. I mean, a dark song like this followed by a whole mess of dead pirates. By this point, you know the movie's going to be good, even before you see it.
Best. Pirate. Song. Ever. This and "Cabin fever" make the movie just by themselves. I LOVE this song! Tremendous rhythm, great lyrics, mix of live and muppet voices works perfectly.
It's a bad ass beginning to a great movie, with brilliant humor. I wish modern movies were more like this.
Best part:
When there's money in the ground, there's murder in the air!
Murder in the air!
One more time now!
Growing up, this was one of my fave Muppet films, they did a good job of getting the story right, whilst giving it that brilliant Muppet feel.
This song was a great starter as it really pulls you into the film and makes you want to watch more.
This movie is a masterpiece - the story, the soundtrack and the cast :)
And then the Captain was murdered as he was out of shots.
i love this movie! i'm 17 and i grew up with the muppets!
You're 30 now. I'm here thinking how time flies. The themes of these films cut differently as adults, I have to say. They really make me melancholic.
I wonder if you are still alive. It's so weird to see such an old comment, given all the purges of old videos and such.
This could be just me, but I think they tried to make Captain Flint look as much like Jim Henson as possible. A great tribute, if that's true.
Man, I never even thought much of this song when I first saw this movie, but now, it's so epic. Especially now because of my fondness of pirates.
This should have been the theme song of Assassin's Creed 4.
agreed
Or atleast a shanty the crew can sing to.
Found this on a tape yesterday when I was tidying and couldn't help myself but watch it after this song. It's an ace film.
I completely agree! Wow I used to watch this all the time when I was kid.
I'm so glad I found other people who know this whole movie by heart... We quote it backstage. It's so fun.
I don't care about the negative comments, this movie was a great movie and had great songs, and closely follows the book. Unlike the other more recent muppet movies
I love at the end where the guy just shoots the guns. Best pirate song ever.
Thanks to the critic this song turns to another popular hight, many clicks and many fans. Count me as one of them, absolutely love this song, very epic build up, great melody lines, can´t get it out of my head.
I love this movie, best adaptation of Treasure Island to film (bizarrely!)
I haven't seen this in years - I loved this movie as a kid. This song was my favorite, my mom thought it was "too dark" for me. Old bat.
Jim Henson and company sure knew how to recycle muppets well.
This was after Jim Henson's death, and when Disney took the franchise
The funniest line in the film has to be the "maniac" quote from the lady in scene when Kermit is introduced. Friggin' hilarious.
I love Muppet Treasure Island. Seriously, it inspired me to pick up my Dad's copy of the original Treasure Island novel and read it.
Good Book, BTW.
I absolutely LOVE this song and this movie!!!!!!!!!! LONG THE MUPPETS! This is a really good villian song, in my opinion
This has to be one of the coolest pirate song ever.
probably one of the best movies ever made.
Never to old for muppets! Best movie ever!
this is my favorite opening to a Muppet movie ever
I'm actually impressed by how good it is. It's not really pulling any punches when it comes to describing the pirates,
I didn’t notice the electric guitar in the music as a kid! I really enjoy hearing it in the song!
I love this song... In the past week we used this song in a musical. An damn i loved singing it!
One of the few things that actually, really gave me shivers as a kid every single time I watched it.
Never watched the movie, but the lyrics of this song are so fitting to the theme it made me shiver.
One of my favorite songs in the movie and one of the darkest to boot. usually, when a kid's film is made they make it where they think the child is retarded and cna't handle any scary moments but yet depsite its more darker atmosphere than most Muppet flicks it's not seen as anything but a kid's movie. Now if all folks had this mindset...
Watched this every day as a kid. Amazing even to this day.
A FAMILY picture~ :P
22! That's nothing - I was 40 this year and only just discovering the delights of pirate music, muppets or otherwise! Yarr!
i loved this movie when i was little!!! and i still do!!! yay!
Thanks, AnderBros.
That was a lovely serenade. It got funnier when I pictured you guys singing along.
I'm 18 and I still love this movie =w=
Being a pirate isn't strictly about plundering and discovering lost treasure; rather, new members are also encouraged to carry a tune as depicted.
2 kickass movies. Carol still makes me sad when Tiny Tim dies. (And I am a 22 y/o Marine)
Never have I ever thought a song in a puppet movie would be so F***ING EPIC!
Have the Muppets ever been more badass? I don't think so.
I remember watching this movie in theatres when I was about 4. This remains the only Muppet-related thing that scared me a bit!
Still, I really should watch the movie again. It's been way too long.
Oh my god! I loved this movie as a kid! Im 15. I would watch it if I had a VCR!
I've just bought this film on DVD for me and my housemates to watch when we go back to uni!
23 and still loving it!
This song brings alot of memories with my nephew.
I had honestly forgotten about this song until I watched the NC review. So thank you, Doug, for redirecting me to a beloved childhood memory!
this song has been stuck in my head for five years
i love it when the trees start singing :D my fav movie by far :D
I wish they used this in POTC it would have been so great. I love the Muppets and this is my fave movie of them! Always has been always will be, i remember my brother having it on video an i'd want to see it everytime at christmas.
Man, I have this movie on VHS. I remember loving it. I should probably rewatch it some day.
Gosh what a great score and great movie!
Captain Flint didn't murder the entire crew. He only killed those who had gone ashore and knew the location of the treasure. It was common practice in those times to leave a (no pun intended) skeleton crew on board to guard the ship. At least 3 survivors of Flint's crew are mentioned by name in Treasure Island: Black Dog, Blind Pew, and Long John Silver himself.
The puppets are far too adorable for these gritty voices coming from them. My brain, it is confused. XD
I loved watching this song over and over when I was four. It was so fun and had a.good tune
This is why I love Tumblr.
Anderbros sing Muppets songs..and then Darren sings with Kermit IRL, and I call him a Muppet because someone switched their mouths in a picture and it made sense...
IT ALL FITS!!!
"And then we both lose it around the statues." :D
Childhood right there. Sand this song for my music class as scared the crap out of my peers... best moment ever. Love it.
The definition of epic.
This was the last great Muppet movie. The PC game rocked too.
I love how pirates are so kid friendly in the media and yet in real life they were horrible people in horrible conditions, but the best part is that you can't disprove a lot about the kid stories.
I loved this song ever since when the movie first came out. Nostalgia critic just made me remember it.
OMG!! Brings back so many childhood memories!! Like when i was 4-10! My moms fav movie too!
I fell in love with pirates when this movie came out!
I saw this one before nostalgia critic! :] its one of my favourit kids movies when i was a kid, i even now and when i was a kid liked this. Its just to awesome.
Best pirate song ever!
This is the movie that made me fall in love with Tim Curry like 10 years ago
This is the best Muppet song with it's catchy music, great rhymes
("And those buccaneers drown they're sins in rum, the devil himself would have to call them scum.") , that sound more intimidating then the usaul muppet song but keeps it's charm by letting the back-up singers be animals. I won't say anymore, listen to it & be amazed to a song robbed of an oscar.
"ONE MORE TIME NOW" - Cooper Anderson, 2012
this was an awsome way to open the movie. it says "yeah, this is a Muppet movie but it's a bit darker than the others.
Oh, aye. Fifteen men
went ashore that day..
and only Flint, his own self,
returned.
Oh, aye, and then old Flinty...
up and died afore they could get
back to that cursed island...
and dig up the treasure.
No one knows to this day
who has old Flint's map.
Now, isn't that a story
worth the hearing?
Pig: It was the first dozen times we heard it
To say that this is a Muppet movie and therfore supposed to be a funnier take on the novel it's actually a pretty good version and has some great songs!
I remember watching this before I was in grade school!
We can all agree that Disney have skills at alot of things. One thing they really know how to make is Pirates movies. This movie being one of my favorit pirate movies! I also think it's my favorit Muppet movie. Kermit should have a part in Pirates of the Caribbean 5!
That pirate at the end was hardcore, killed all those men with two shots
Muppet treasure island is my all time favorite movie.
this movie started an obsession of the ages
as many great videos I see put to this song, I always feel credit has to go to making the Muppets even more awesome.
Nostalgia Critc follower here. I agree; this is awesome!
I love this song. It's my favorite in the whole movie
I remember this movie! I used to love it as a kid. Great opening too!