The Rutles: Shangrila

[cozycrunchez1]

I hate the Rutles tHEY riped the beatles

[Harold6913]

Dirk isn't dead; that myth was about Stig not Dirk

[misterdirtyknees]

It's Oasis!!!

[MultiRich71]

god bless the rutles

[VoyeurRex]

Based on "A day in the life, Yellow Submarine, All you need is love, Imagine, Hey Jude, Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" and more. What happened to Eric?? ... Was a Rutle Only Musicians Reunion?? Greetings from Mexico. Sorry my bad english.

[BozRyan]

@VoyeurRex

I believe that Eric Idle and Neil Innes had a real bad falling out and the guitarist doing Idles bits Ollie Haskell sadly died not too many years after the All you need is cash was release. So Neil fills in for the Dirk songs.

If Im wrong let me know but that is what I heard

[SecretTimeWarp]

@BozRyan It's true, Eric and Neil had a falling out over the Archaeology - Eric refused to be involved because he felt like the joke had been played out; then he made "The Rutles 2", which exploited all of the Archaeology music, despite Neil not being involved in the film.

[corgi1998]

sounds like for no one

[scheinokt]

The rutles changed a little bit the music of The Beatles, it's not better than the beatles but I think even if you change a little bit of their music it will stay beautiful.

And that was the work of 4 men who changed the world of the music ;)

[Hadding1933]

I enjoyed this but in a way it's very sad.

[Sirblahblah24]

@Hadding1933 its sad in the begining but gets better so i would say its a song of mixed emotions...

[Hadding1933]

@Sirblahblah24 It's not the song itself. There might be a dozen Beatles songs quoted in this thing. It's all reminders of a better time that's completely gone.

[Sirblahblah24]

Shangri la is paradise?

[Tornfreedom]

We ought to petition the BBC to release the Rutland Weekend Television series onto Youtube, if they're not going to Bother showing it themselves. There's Trillions of archive programmes in there which no-one will want to see in a few years more.

[Hairyarmpit]

Sardine sandwiches and onions.Me Favorite.....

[specialme2]

they are the best band ever RUTLEMANIA!!! brilliant;)

[drummingjohn4u]

I want a Rutles Rockband game, So please make one, thank you!

[jedf666]

walks a fine line...

[Miracle490d]

I love the Penny Lane in this.

[SuperNevile]

Dirk was still live in the mid seventies!! According to my Rutles record sleeve "Albums currently available on Rutle" one of the records is "The Punk Floyd (with Dirk McQuickly) ~ White Dopes On Punk", and there his is on the front cover with a massive safety pin thru his nose" Also it was Stig who was supposed to have died ~ on the Sgt Rutter album he is leaning in the exact position of a dying Yeti (from the Rutland book of the dead) In the words of Viv Stanshall so therrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...

[YellowYoshi398]

If aliens landed on earth and asked me to explain the Beatles to them in as short a time as possible... I honestly think I'd play them this song.

[LODGE4444]

@YellowYoshi398 I'd hand them the Beatles Anthology and say - "This is out Bible"

[grski88]

Dirk followed the leg of former manager Leggy Mount-Baton and accepted a teaching position in Austrailia.

[arw11515]

I thought it was Ron Nasty who was shot....

[CrazyLazySnazzyJazzy]

This is legitimately a pretty good song..... it might be because The Lost Horizon is my favourite book...

[fernangod]

is very funny and god this son the rutles forever!!

[rollingstone80]

Esta cancion me recuerda a una chava

[Notebooked]

Dirk IS dead, now -- proven by no involvement with Archeology. Rest in peace, Mr. McQuickly, in that great buffet hall and sitar paradise in the sky...

[WizardOfLies]

2:01

Who's the fourth guy there?

a CLUE!

RUTLE CONSPIRACY CONTINUES!!!

Dirk?....

[FlamingoKicker]

Dirk isn't dead. He simply left the Rutles to go into comedy. I heard he and some other mates formed some comedy troupe that went on to appear in a cult favorite tv show in the early '70s and even made a handful of very wild movies. But you can't believe everything you read on the Internet.

[thatsthewayitgoes09]

@dgoren1 Music hasn't been the same since The Rutles broke up. I mean those impersonators The Beatles.... What are they playing at? WTF???

Never beat the originals can you?

[scarface12347]

at 3:33 thats Munch from law & Order Special Victims Unit

[homemoviescolorado]

Few know that Nasty invented the Slinky which was marketed by his ex wife Ann Coulter who stole the rights from him making a fortune for herself and donating it all to the John Birch Society

[cathymaid]

I love it.

[mjlewis104]

Brilliant - is that Peter Gabriel at 4:12?

[GaryNull]

@mjlewis104 It's all fake.

[moonshinevessel]

ha rutles. the bootleg beatles

[fireblade95]

actually, they were better than trhe beatles! lol

[rollingstone80]

Esa cancion me recuerda mucho a ti muñequita, esa rola escuchaba a cada rato cuando estaba enamorado de ti, siempre seras parte de mi vida, de mi presente y de mi pasado, y me habras de acompañar hasta el ultimo instante y hasta mi ultimo aliento mi muñequita preciosa.

Me trae recuerdos muy gratos y muy dolorosos esta cancion, gracias señor Eric Iddle, gracias señor Neil Innes. y hasta siempre muñequita, siempre seras mi gran amor

[asktunes]

Brilliant! They're legends in their own lunchtime...

[LittleDragon2000]

Free As A Bird, with flashes of Strawberry Fields, Penny Lane, Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite, and ending up with Hey Jude

But Real Love has to be in there somewhere, right?

[tarkothegreat123]

@LittleDragon2000 with a little twist of whatever by oasis

[calimar28]

damn...this is a good song!

[stesto1]

Chords? Anyone?

[RoyFive]

Neil still looks great. So do Rikki and John.

[ZomgrulerZ]

Nice @ 4:37. "We're Free-eee- To Be Whatever we are." That's a reference to the lawsuit Neil Innes conflicted on The Oasis track 'Whatever' as the notes were lifted from Innes` 'How Sweet To Be An Idiot.' He got co-writing credit from that.

[HGRKzk]

better than anything

[Stanzman]

yeh..wheres Eric ?

Has he passed on?

[kyrastube]

dirk has been dead for ages, honsestly! (sorry, could not help myself) nooo, nothing wrong with eric, he is still alive and kicking

[GlenLouder]

Neil Innes is a legend. This tune is great. The album that this is off is one of my favourite albums ever. The Rutles "Archaeology".

[Blendeture]

Better than the original Rutles??

[GlenLouder]

Yup definitely.

[GaryNull]

@GlenLouder Yes, this is on my top 10 list too, . . and I have heard a lot of albums, . . and I have "high standards" ,.. or whatever.

[GTM57]

Wheres Eric Idol?

[emrabt]

Eric and Neil had a falling out over credits of the Monty python songs, Neil Innes name was removed from a bunch of ones he co-wrote, and Eric didnt want to take part in this reunion. I do believe they have since made up and appeared together as the rutles.

[maccamikeM]

the guy who is dressed as Michael Jackson is a great friend of mine..Joby Rogers, who was the only MJ impersonator endorsed by MJ himself. We've worked together (me as McCartney) on the McCartney / Jackson duets for over 20 years and most recently 2 weeks ago. Back To The Rutles...genious..with or without Dirk McQuigley!

[sajawebb]

Is Michael Jackson one of the singers in the crowd?

[SteveWalrus]

No- Michael Jackson is not in there,

but there's a guy dressed up like him,

I'm not sure if it's on purpose.

[Freedomwriter24]

This is one of my favorite songs of all time. Though this version cuts out about another 3 minutes of "La de do dah la de dah here we are in Shangri-la" it's not too much of a difference otherwise. I just love the lyrics, especially "you can be whoever you are in Shangri-la".

[loZoneranger560]

Rutles Forever!

(though not actually even in the first place)

[hanghang71]

what would leggy mountbatten think??

[kittyprydekissme]

He would appreciate their trousers.

[doctorcastille]

Spot the celebrities at the end. I see Cindy Lauper, Richard Belzer, possibly Howard Stern.

lmao at the cue cards - all of which say the same thing.

[nak54222]

This is my favorite Rutles song!!! Too bad you can't buy it on iTunes... :*-(

[gibson3524]

R.I.P. Dirk McQuigley, one of the true geniuses of rock music. And on top of that he invented the system that ensures the light in your fridge is out when you shut the fridge door. Pity Dirk was accidentally shot in December 1988 outside his apartment in the Manhattan building in North Dakota by a fan who took out a pen for Dirk to sign an autograph. He'd bought it at Christie's, but forgot it had been used in one of the James Bond movies and that it was not a pen, but a semi-automatic weapon.

[kittyprydekissme]

Yes, I remember it was all over the news.

[secondeagle]

@gibson3524 Actually, he went into comedy, according to Nasty.

[scarface12347]

@gibson3524 :(

[gibson3524]

@scarface12347 Yeah, but they used a stand-in who had plastic surgery to look lie Dirk. Didn't you hear about this "Dirk McQuigley is dead" myth (THE MUTH)??????????? Many clues on their albums to prove the point.

[WizardOfLies]

@gibson3524

Dirk is dead man, miss him, miss hIM, MISS HIM!!!

Love the 3 Rutles

[davemetalbutler]

@gibson3524 Brilliant. You got it.

[davemetalbutler]

@gibson3524 It should also be remembered that Dirk was the founder of the Indicator Gallery and bookshop in London which had the finest collection of car indicators in the world. It was here where John Lennon met Yoko Ono when he tripped over her while she slept in the doorway wearing nothing but a shopping bag and at the same time invented Bagism.John at the time was looking for a rear light for his 1967 Mini Cooper.

[thepablofanquesfair]

shangri la is a song by the kinks

[cowpigs99]

this is different song

elo also did a song with the same name

[phojodave]

Where's Eric Idle? did he quit?

[45rpmSINGLES]

He was invited to participate in the Archeology project but declined .

In 2008 all 4 Rutles reunited for a 30th anniversary screening of All You Need Is Cash.

In 2009 Neil Innes has uploaded a new Ron Nasty song on his website called Imitation Song ( a parody of Imagine )

[tudorsmithuk]

It's quite clever as Parodies go actually...because until GH died, there were only 3 Beatles. When you look at it that way, it seemed logical that should the Beatles ever reunite...there'd only be three of them right? So, 3 remaining Rutles seems appropriate :-)

[foureyedtroll]

Except Harrison is dead now also, but I see your point.

Get the albums people, it's great music, especially if you like that Beatles era stuff.

[discojosh69]

two of them are ex bonzo dog doo dahh band members

if you watch the magical mystery tour

by the beatles

the bonzo dog doo dahh band makes a cameo

[StephanieLives]

They actually invited Oasis to be in the crowd, but Oasis turned 'em down.

[mckshrmptn]

this & how sweet to be an idiot where ripped off from oasis-whatver

[StephanieLives]

How Sweet To Be An Idiot was written in 1977. Fail.

[EddieG1888]

Ha ha! Get it round ye, Mckshrmptn!! :D

[wildenfree]

Gosh, and Oasis have never ripped off the beatles?

[hanghang71]

oasis are the original bootleg beatles

[bobbyt65]

When did Michael Moore join the Rutles as drummer?

[wolfkarel]

All together now..one, two, three.......

[discojosh69]

four can i have a little more, five six seven eight nine ten, i love you!

[volandvasoliono]

the first line sents kitties down me spine

[davidroot8]

great stuff

[MrSifter8]

Re: 'How Sweet To Be An Idiot' - Oasis had to cough up 10% of the royalties from 'Whatever', which is why the song has never appeared on any live albums or compilations (and never will). Innes received payment from the single, released in December 1994. At 4:38 on 'Shangrila' you can hear 'Free-ee to be whoever we are', the vocal line taken from 'Whatever' as a reference to the lawsuit.

[sonnybuddy2001]

Boor

[tottingham]

My moose is at the cleaners !!!

[maxx5rocker]

Across The Rutleverse, a parody of the Across The Universe film, That's a Screenplay I'm Working on as we speak. But Instead of Just Referencing Rutles Song, I'll add Beatle songs that weren't used in ATU. If someone has already come up with that idea, then by god, produce it and make it a musical f'n' comedy.

[BlueDiscProductions]

Oh come ON. That's just sad.

[blakeandcrap]

wow dude, Thats a very very good idea

[truemansparks]

my god the beginning of that with the violin sounded note for note the same as oasis,s {whatever}, please someone listen to it and tell me it does it is all becoming very clear now they must have listened to the rutles

[Scarperguy]

Yeah, Oasis copied that tune from Neil's "How Sweet to be an idiot", and there was a lawsuit, so Neil actually copied himself rather than Oasis

[truemansparks]

yeh i actually meant that oasis copied them but reading my original message it does sound that i thought they had copied oasis

[IseultCharms]

Blatant plagiarism - hilarious. What talentless tossers they were.

[baloisaac]

jajajajajajaja

[BobMonkfish]

This is just an old Neil Innes song reheated, with archive footage of the Rutles film. It's also not nearly as funny as the old Rutles.

[Scarperguy]

You're right, I think The Rutles 2 is pretty pitiful... they should have done a LOVE spoof instead, like the one I'm working on

[cyberpunk1991]

oletko suomalainen jakkivanukas?Minä myös.

[nickelstew]

Are those real celebrities in the chorus or, are some of them celebrity impersonators?

[richrom5]

I notice Neil Innes managed to get Riki Fataar and the one who plays Barrington Womble. I guess though securring the services of Eric Idle were not financially possible. Let us also not forget that one of the original writers of that 1978 spoof is now dead, George Harrison.

[Qermaq]

Actually, no. Eric Idle refused to take part. Remember, he did not sing or play on the songs, and this album was by the Rutles musicians. In fact, Idle was so jealous Innes was getting fair credit he basically ruined Innes life and levt him literally homeless from legal battles.

[ftg3plus4]

And because of that I'm stunned to find a 2008 interview on YouTube where Eric appears with the other 3 guys! What's up with that?

Personally, I love the Rutles. I'd rather hang with Neil, Rikki & John than any combination of Beatles. I wish there were pics and/or videos of them with Ollie. Eric is not a Rutle!

[xlizlennonx]

I need that song. LOL

Thanks :D

[henthree]

the Monkees were better than Oasis. Gorgeous pastiche.

[rutlemike]

Terrific! I really wish I had that on Dvd!! Thanks for sharing that.