Song of the Day #6,340: ‘Can You Picture That?’ – Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem

My final fictional artist is a band so renowned that it’s replacing Aerosmith as the musical accompaniment to Disney World’s Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster.

Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem made their debut on the pilot episode of The Muppet Show and found big-screen fame performing ‘Can You Picture That?’ in 1979’s The Muppet Movie. The sextet is fronted by Dr. Teeth on keyboard and vocals, with Floyd Pepper on bass, Janice on lead guitar, Zoot on saxophone, Lips on trumpet, and — of course — Animal on drums.

Despite appearances on Muppet soundtrack albums, the Electric Mayhem didn’t release a studio album until 2023, when a self-titled record was dropped as a companion piece to The Muppets Mayhem, an original Disney+ series.

That album features today’s song and other originals, as well as covers of Cyndi Lauper (‘True Colors’), The Beach Boys (‘God Only Knows’), and Simon & Garfunkel (‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’). I hope Animal tackles the Art Garfunkel vocal.

[DR. TEETH]
Oh yeah, whoo
Everybody’s lover, everybody’s brother, I wanna be your lifetime friend
Crazy as a rocket, nothin’ in my pocket, I keep it at the rainbow’s end
I never think of money, I think of milk ‘n honey, grinnin’ like a Cheshire cat
I focus on the pleasure, somethin’ I can treasure, can you picture that?
Can you picture that?

[DR. TEETH, spoken]
Hey Floyd, take a verse

[FLOYD]
Let me take your picture, add it to the mixture, there it is I got you now
Really nothin’ to it, anyone can do it, it’s easy and we all know how
Now begins the changin’, mental rearrangin’, nothing’s really where it’s at

[DR. TEETH]
Now the Eiffel Tower’s holdin’ up a flower
I gave it to a Texas cat

[ALL]
Fact is there’s nothin’ out there you can’t do
Yeah, even Santa Claus believes in you

[DR. TEETH]
Beat down the walls, begin, believe, behold, begat
[FLOYD]
Be a better drummer, be an up and comer
Can you picture that?
[ANIMAL]
Can you picture that?

[JANICE, spoken]
Alright

[FLOYD]
All of us are winnin, pickin and a-grinnin, Lordy but I love to jam
[JANICE]
Jelly-belly gigglin’, dancin’ and a-wigglin’, honey that’s the way I am

[DR. TEETH]
Lost my heart in Texas, Northern lights affect us
I keep it underneath my hat
Aurora Borealis, shining down on Dallas, can you picture that?

[ALL]
Can you picture that?

[ALL]
Can you picture?
[DR. TEETH]
You gotta see it in your mind
[ALL]
Can you picture?
[FLOYD]
What’s quick and easy to find
[ALL]
Can you picture?
[JANICE]
You don’t have to buy a frame
[ALL]
Can you picture? Can you picture that?
Can you picture that?
[FLOYD, spoken]
Use it if you need it
[DR. TEETH, spoken]
Don’t forget to feed it
[ALL]
Can you picture that?

2 thoughts on “Song of the Day #6,340: ‘Can You Picture That?’ – Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem

  1. Dana Gallup says:

    Definitely not happy with the change of the rollercoaster or the closing of the Muppets 3D show!

  2. Peg says:

    Love it !

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