Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band-Bilzen Festival 1969-Part 1

[Joeskint]

It's a fantastic performance and I've got it on my Sky+ box - it's a pity that they missed the beginning of Big Shot, though

[GETAUSERNAMEGETALIFE]

It's incredible the things you find when you're trawling around Youtube. I've never seen this clip before and it's really done my brain in! Someone should gather all the Bonzo's recorded footage together and release it in a box set which I would take into a darkened room with a stash of Shiraz and put on constant replay until the universe ended or I needed a pee. Brilliant!!

[kristoscan]

the full bonzo! 100 mph! they were better than any1 at this point. viv rod +roger horn sect. fantabulous.

[Beckarolla]

They done MY brain in!

[diskochimp]

BRILLIANT!

[AbuAvital]

What talent, never seen this before, thanks.

[funkyalfonso]

He's got a head on him like a rabbit.

[dullsvillain]

You done my brain in !

[cosycleaner]

One of the Bonzos best ever tracks!!

[robstar67]

Hi this is so goooooodddd!!

done off course by english people

who also gave us monty python,s , fawlty towers& much more----love this type of english humour& I,m scottish from glasgow

[whitelotusbc]

Wrong baby, I slapped her hard, I'm an 'L' man strictly liqour, love and laughs....Big Shot live... amazing

[modernmirth]

tjodolF2, you are an idiot.

[tjodolF2]

modernmirth, you are English, so you don't understand jokes.

[modernmirth]

Born & raised in Texas actually, and I make my living writing comedy. But I do apologize for calling you an idiot. If you don't like it, that's your business. Not every joke is for every person.

[robotechian23rd]

@tjodolF2 british humours alot more complex than most nations tastes

[acerb45666555]

English comedy is not dull! its sensible! :D

[acerb45666555]

hehehe! :D

[joakorush2112]

just love them :)!!

[dantean]

God I love them! Why this wasn't a hit I'll never know.

[The21stcenturypaul]

...& Neil is still doing delightful solo shows, incl. mini-tours in the States--I saw him just last wk., at The Magic Bag in Mich. ...where he mentioned Zappa's comment that Urban S.m. would b popular because of the drug ref ("I've got speed" --which Neil denied was any such).

[BottomBoosh]

Can anyone tell me if there is two different versions of the song Hello Mabel

[bradondo]

LOVE LOVE LOVE the Bonzos. Did you know that Legs Larry Smith guests on the Elton John album "Honky Chateau?" Not as a drummer--he tap dances.

[Jorisman]

oh , i love this and being a belgian I wish i was born 10 years before cause i was in bilzen , the 1977 year with costello , the clash, etc... but this is far better !!

[soapy58]

becaz all the fights are on stage.....now where can i buy a green fedora ?

[posthumanhero]

how come nobody starts fights in the comment areas of bonzo videos?

[chrishove123]

no one starts fights here because they are so awesome and so funny that you can't argue for laughing. Long live the Bonzos. This is brilliant never seen this b4

[tjodolF2]

I have been involved in two; I said "English humour" is a contradiction in terms, since the English are boring, pompous, conservative and miserable; the closest the English get to humour is socalled wit, sarcasm and, worst, eccentricity. They failed to see the humour in that.

Some did see the humour in the claim that the guy who has played Paul McCartney since his death also plays Viv Stanshall, but there also was a guy who took it seriously.

If you want a fight, just start one!

[swarm69]

@tjodolF2 now i'm sorry i have to stop you there.

the English scene of humor is my favorite type its often off the wall but never overly moronic ...and that's the way i like it ..and much love for the bonzo's i'm glad i got to see whats left of them

[tjodolF2]

Well, if you like English comedians, to each his own, I guess! But what about real England, outside of comedy shows? If you don't agree that the English, in general, are pompous, boring, unimaginative, cowardly and miserable, I would like to borrow your rose-tinted glasses someday.

[swarm69]

@tjodolF2 well i dunno about you man i live in sunderland ... there's nothing pompous boring..maybe miserable but only the weather ... and i would love to lend you them but its not often i take them off ;)

[tjodolF2]

Ha ha, thanks! :)

[modernmirth]

While I would hate to borrow whatever shit-tinted glasses you wear.

[RumBuboe]

it sounds like he says "fuzzy dice, bongos in the back", a quote from the Mothers of Invention song 'dog breath, in the year of the plague' from the album 'Uncle Meat' which was released four months before this performance. don't know if Neil was a fan or just trying to tell us that Bonzo did indeed have dog breath.

[finylvinyl66]

Most definitely a Zappa reference. The Bonzos were vaguely the British version of the Mothers - they were just great but too English for mass consumption in the States.

[bradondo]

Strangely Viv was not a Zappa fan AT ALL. He disliked Zappa personally and professionally according to the site run by Viv's widow. I know Viv was great friends with Beefheart--and the Zappa/Beefheart relationship was often strained. Wonder if tht had a bearing on Viv's attitude. Clearly Neil was a fan, tho.

[Flickerfly]

Can anyone tell me the last thing Neil says/sings at the end? I don't know what he says, but it seems familiar....

[keepnets]

Simply brilliant!

[surreal12]

Wow!

Thought I had/knew everything about the Bonzos but have never seen this great vid. Thank you so much.

[dazseaton]

saw them last year. its true what they say. "WE were never slick!!!!". but i love them...

[slacknhash]

Wonderful tit-juggling from Viv there.

[videosboludos]

WTF? Can someone explain this to me?

PLEASEEEEE

[surreal12]

If you have to ask the question, you would not understand the answer! :)

[leeieeioh]

Anybody catch Neil's quote of Zappa's "Dog Breath" at the end ("Fuzzy dice, bongos in the back...")?

For that matter, can anybody explain Roger Ruskin Spears' brick trick at the end?

[georgi80a]

You gotta light mac?

[sparksrule]

whats the track listing please?

[sparksrule]

Oh sorry didnt see that

[kynoceph]

priceless stuff. Thank you.

[DOOMJESUS]

this is probably the single coolest thing i have seen (or ever will see) on youtube!

[graytart]

Baby, you're so far ahead it's beautiful!

[marcelcharles]

She could get rolled at night - and I don't mean on a crap table !!

[Bluesboy1602]

I'd forgotten how great they were on stage. Could Vivien really play the sax? I don't think so!

Sadly missed.

[surreal12]

Hi Bluesboy,

You're very right - Vic couldn't play anything very well (apart from an audience) let alone a sax! but thats why we love him!

Could LLS play the drums? Could Roger ever get his timing right?

But this is ART ... with a capital 'F'

[BobMonkfish]

Incredible Viv Stanshall stands like a colonel and looks like a hippie!!!

[DavidMJordan]

The ravages of sanity had already taken their toll by this time. I blame water.

[crossjohn]

Great stuff Man!! Thanks for posting these vid's!! The Bonzos Rock with rasberries (wink-wink!).

[paperwerewolf]

Fantastic footage. The more Bonzos the better.