Neil Innes - Lie Down And Be Counted

[MsBkirk]

He got 'washing machine' into a song long before Kate Bush!

[Dragmack]

holy shit this song is awesome!

[amimillie]

This man wrote all of the songs for The Rutles in less than a week. A musical genius.

[JRBwithME]

Brilliant man and so cute too. This song needs to be heard today.  Everyone has so forgotten that things don't have to be like this. Where is socialism anymore?

[MoscowMaestro]

@JRBwithME Socialism? Tony Bliar sold it. Apparently he got a good price for it. Now Britain's just the 51st State of Yankeedom.

[280553vs]

just wonderful

[betweennaps]

Well, well, well, Check out Mr. Deadpan at :43.

[obakegadeso]

OMG I rode my bicycle past Shoreditch on Friday and the traffic lights still don't work!! :D

Kyrastube and arsenic2arnica are so right, it's like better than the original that was never actually written. Discovering this old music is not a retrogressive act, it is a revolutionary act of discovery floating in a sea of conformity

[kyrastube]

been singing this song to myself all morning, as well as libido... how does he do that, write all these songs that just penetrates your brain and never leave?

but I rather have his songs stuck in my brain than your aviridge normal mtv-song.

and those eyes, like a little puppydog! aaaw

[robotechian23rd]

my friends dad knows him might try to arrange a meeting cause hes amazing

[ramsthepoet]

inness book of records .neil. whoahh

ps he was in the genius group bonzo dog dooo dsah band manic but fair .ide say

[morricone1900]

I agree about Neil Innes -- it's inexplicable to me that he has never become a musical legend, or gotten a true renaissance and major CD reissues. He's a musical treasure still waiting to be found by most people.

[tumadoireacht]

he is clever and funny but pretty dated now

[TomRaymondUK]

I managed to get hold of all 14 episodes of RWT last year and I've watched them to death. I'm really glad this stuff is 'out there' (on YouTube, at least) so today's kids can at least get the chance to see this kind of priceless offbeat comedy and Neil's thoughtful songs. Whether or not the little scrotes appreciate it is another matter, but only a damned fool would think the Mighty Boosh and Little Britain are in any way superior to 'old school' surreal / wacky comedies like Python/Goodies/RWT.

[PicoriKing]

I know, no-one I know even gets Monty Python, much less would they prefer it over the crap they put on TV these days.

[organaphus]

I agree that Little Britain is inferior and quite overrated, but as a Mighty Boosh fan, I have to defend them, by saying that they do have a very funny, surreal style, that is equal to the brilliant comedies that you have described.

[Notebooked]

@TomRaymondUK You have? I've watched all of Season 1, the first episode of Season 2, and the Christmas special, but I couldn't find any more Season 2 episodes. Where did you find them?

[Arsenic2Arnica]

it's amazing how much diverse music he could do. I've heard everything from John Lennon to David Bowie to Elvis to The Who to I think it was Alice Cooper (paranoia) and isn't this one a parody of the Eagles or somthing like that?

[sunfreckledmoonchild]

The voice and the eyes!

[groeslon]

Innes is the great unsung hero of popular music

[ramsthepoet]

a very clever man

[julianveronica]

wow...apart from a certain set of twins i know, he's the cleverest parodist i've ever heard. and i really dig the song.

[mongoosemabel]

Look at the eyes!!!! Wow! xxx