The Rutles - Hold My Hand

[shutdafup]

I loved the album Meet the Rutles

[tacomadc]

Problem with Rutles CDs is when you start listening to them, you almost don't want to hear the Beatles anymore! They are that good!

[SKYVOLTAGE]

Rutlemania....

[onlygaleo]

Beatles,, nothing compares to you..

[Freakovski]

Ich kenne Leute,für die ist sowas Gotteslästerung-ich finds GENIAL!!

[missnumber7]

i loove english humor...and eric idle is the fuckin king xD

[tomwantshelp]

@missnumber7 no such thing as English humor. Humor is some rubbish thing Americans have. The English have "humour".

[danniedeleon]

ther tring to be like the beatles but i still like this song

[wwekane2468]

@danniedeleon It's a Beatles Parody band

[danniedeleon]

@wwekane2468 ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i love the beatles

[August8th1969]

@danniedeleon If you like this song, you would probably like their 1978 made-for-TV movie "All You Need is Cash" (a parody on the career of the Beatles). George Harrison even has a cameo role. Mick Jagger, Ron Wood, Bianca Jagger, Paul Simon, Gilda Radner, and many other celebs have minor roles in it. John Lennon is said to have loved the music in the movie. My favorite actor in the movie is Eric Idle (Dirk McQuickly)...this is the Paul character. Neil Innes plays "Ron Nasy" (John).

[danniedeleon]

@August8th1969 ok thanks im going to watch the move now

[August8th1969]

@danniedeleon Hope you enjoy the movie. I think the more one knows about their Beatle history, the more one can appreciate the movie's humor. BTW, I believe there is a fleeting, somewhat comical, reference to the Everton Football Club. That is one of the two football clubs in Liverpool....the other being the Liverpool FC.

[Tee55ider]

@danniedeleon seriously????!!!

[HelenaWalt]

@danniedeleon Are they really? I don't see it.

[sugarinthegourd]

@danniedeleon you think so? That did not occur to me. Great insight!

[TheShitsinger]

YES! One of the funniest movies EVER!!! Eric Idle, (Dirk Mcqickly), does a perfect parody of Paul McCartney. Ha ha!!

[0801075001]

bad voice editing on Ed Sullivan's speech....

[spacecowboy7580]

Is that Richard " Tricky Dicky " Nixon introducing them?

I know it's not, looks like him though.

[TheLegendaryTim]

@spacecowboy7580 It's Ed Sullivan dude.

[spacecowboy7580]

@TheLegendaryTim

No shit Sherlock...I was just pointing out that he looked like tricky dicky.

[robrobrob73]

this used to be called Pleas, Please Hold my Hand.....EMI ended up owning the rights to the sons cause of copyright laws....

[StevenLease1]

very cool

[THEkendarkness]

Did they have SM58s back then?

[Geothore]

@THEkendarkness theyve been produced since something like 1966

[themanfromwem]

@THEkendarkness That was the Prototype model produced in the factory at North Luffenham, near Oakham, Rutland.

[silvanski]

the trouser were tight

[cranie4]

@silvanski Nothing left to the imagination

[markdischner]

Thanks for sharing

[Valentino4367]

What model is Nasty's guitar?

[cranie4]

@Valentino4367 I'm going to guess It's a Gibson Les Paul Deluxe. Later became the SG because Les hated the shape.

[roostertrigger]

@cranie4... .and where is the 325 Rickenbacker?

[TIMPANIMAN1]

@roostertrigger Yeah, looks like Ron is playing an old Gibson SG painted black like John's 325. Good eye.

[evgeniyZiG]

trite and nor as

[theFishy70]

I love how silly looking Eric's bass miming is.

[ilovekittyandmac]

the head bobbing is genius comedy!!!!

[Rawego]

the fact that they chose to have a Hindu guy play the part of George Harrison is a laugh in itself. then there's Barry Wom, doing Ringo, a riot! to quote Lennon, "when we get big-headed, i just look at Ringo and know that we're not Supermen".

[100kingleo]

shut up ed

[nicholasomesfilms]

george looks like freddy mercury w/ long hair 1975 version and paul looks like roger daultry of the who

[ecnalubma696969]

Eric Idle is a genius.

[calimar28]

They wrote "Hold My Hand" espicially for the American audience, hoping it would be well recieved when they came to America. It was. They sang it live in DC when they first came, then they rushed up to New York to perform it again (the next night I believe) on the Ed Sullivan show, as you can see here.

[sablatnic]

Rutles live on the Ed Sullivan Show! Doesn't get any better!!

[wallofvideo]

compare utopia, "i just want to touch you."