The Rutles
The Rutles were or are a fictional British band from the 1970s that parodied the Beatles .
history
In the 1970s, Neil Innes worked with Eric Idle on a television comedy series called Rutland Weekend Television . Part of this series was the fictional band The Rutles, a parody of the Beatles. Innes composed songs for this fictional band that sounded very "Beatle-esque". The Rutles were so successful that an entire television film was produced in 1978. This film - The Rutles - All You Need Is Cash - describes, based on the story of the Beatles, the career of the Rutles in a " mockumentary ". Innes composed the music for the film and played the role of Ron Nasty.
Some popular actors completed the team, including a. Michael Palin , Gwen Taylor , Terence Bayler and the Saturday Night Live stars Dan Aykroyd , John Belushi , Gilda Radner and Bill Murray (in his first film role). Even George Harrison turns up - barely recognizable - as a reporter.
In addition, Mick Jagger and Paul Simon (as themselves) could be won for the film . Bianca Jagger plays Martini, the wife of Dirk McQuickley, Ron Wood plays a member of the Hells Angels , and the performance artist Roger McGough plays an interviewee.
In 1996 there was a reunion of the band - possibly due to the Beatles reunion in 1994 - with the album Archeology as an allusion to the anthology created by the Beatles reunion .
In 2002 - 25 years after All You Need Is Cash - Eric Idle made a sequel called The Rutles 2 - Can't Buy Me Lunch . The sequel mainly uses images and unused scenes from the previous film. The soundtrack also includes tracks from the Archeology album.
In 2010, based on the Beatles remix album Love and the Cirque du Soleil show of the same name, the Lunch project followed .
Members
- Neil Innes as Ron Nasty ( John Lennon )
- Eric Idle as Dirk McQuickley ( Paul McCartney )
- Ricky Fataar as Stig O'Hara ( George Harrison )
- John Halsey as Barry Wom ( Ringo Starr )
Discography
- The Rutles (1978, UK: silver)
- Archeology (1996)
- Live + Raw (2014)
Songs
- Goose-Step Mama - based on Some Other Guy and Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby
- Number One - based on Twist and Shout
- Baby let me be
- Hold My Hand - based on All My Loving , I Want to Hold Your Hand and She Loves You
- Blue Suede Schubert - based on Roll Over Beethoven and Boys
- I Must Be in Love - based on You Won't See Me
- With a Girl like You - based on If I Fell
- Between Us - based on I Need You and And I Love Her
- Living in Hope - based on Don't Pass Me By and Act Naturally
- Ouch! - based on Help!
- It's Looking Good - based on I'm Looking Through You and I'll Cry Instead
- Doubleback Alley - based on Penny Lane
- Good Times Roll - based on Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
- Nevertheless - based on Love You To and Within You Without You
- Love Life - based on All You Need Is Love
- Piggy in the Middle - based on I Am the Walrus
- Another Day - based on Martha My Dear
- Cheese and Onions - based on Strawberry Fields Forever and A Day in the Life
- Get Up and Go - based on Get Back
- Let's Be Natural - based on Across the Universe and Dear Prudence
Archeology
- Major Happy's Up and Coming once upon a Good Time Band - based on Sgt.Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- Rendezvous - based on With a Little Help from My Friends
- Questionnaire - based on The Fool on the Hill
- We've Arrived - based on Back in the USSR and And Your Bird Can Sing Take 2
- Lonely-Phobia - based on Things We Said Today
- Unfinished words
- Hey mister! - based on I Me Mine and Helter Skelter
- Easy Listening - based on What Goes On
- Now She's Left You
- The Knicker Elastic King - based on Getting Better
- I Love You - based on And I Love Her , It's Only Love and Till There Was You
- Back In '64 - based on When I'm Sixty-Four , Maxwell's Silver Hammer and Honey Pie
- Joe Public - based on Tomorrow Never Knows and Blue Jay Way
- A small middle class music - based on You Never Give Me Your Money
- Shangri-La - based on A Day in the Life , Penny Lane , Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds , Nowhere Man , Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! , Mean Mr. Mustard , All Together Now, and Hey Jude
- I Don't Know Why - based on Free as a Bird and Real Love
In 2007 Archeology appeared in an extended edition with the following bonus pieces:
- Lullaby , originally included on the Japanese edition
- Baby S'il Vous Plait , originally the single Shangri-La include
- My Little Ukelele , originally featured on the Japanese edition
- Under My Skin , originally featured on the Japanese edition
- Rut-a-Lot
The piece also appeared on the single Shangri-La
- It's Looking Good , this is an outtake from the recordings for the first album
Web links
- Tragical History Tour - The official Rutles homepage
- Rutlemania
- Article by musicologist John R. Covach: The Rutles and The Use of Specific Models in Musical Satire. Indiana Theory Review, 1991.
- The Rutles on Neil Innes' website
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.rutleslunch.net
- ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK