It is astonishing the impact that tea had on their stream of consciousness. When Dylan met the Rutles and introduced them to tea, who knew that they would open their minds, and drift into a world of cheese and onions? and write love songs of the magnitude of Love Life whilest keeping their kettles boiling nearby!!
This really should be on the stage. I liked the Indian guy who is alludes to George. This was of course had George Harrison's input because too hilarious.
If you look closely at their eyes, you can see they were heavily into tea by this point. They are so under the influence of tea, that it really influenced their lyrics. But who can we be to compain, they were the RUTLES, and they could damn well drink tea if they chose....I guess we all drank tea back then, it's what we did in the late 60s-good enough for Dirk and Barry, good enough for me..
This is hilarious, and brilliant. The song manages be terrible, and yet still evoke the original. The Beatles DID get pretty sloppy in their later years, even as they continued to crank out masterpieces like Dear Prudence and Across the Universe. This is a pretty "scathing" tribute of one of their less wonderful later period songs.
My favorite part is the trumpets at the very end playing an instrumental riff from Francis Craig's 1947 hit "Near You". It's this song's answer to the "In the Mood" bit at the end of "All You Need Is Love".
That was more likely a brilliant subtle gag from John Altman, who was like the George Martin of the Rutles and is an unsung hero of why the Rutles music is so great. Not to take anything away from Neil of course!
FYI: It's Leggy Mountbatten, The Rutles' manager, who'd lost a leg in WWII and, discovered the four young lads in a dark cellar. Though he hated the band's hair, presence, and music, he was incredibly drawn to the band's incredible trousers. After the Rutles stopped touring, an increasingly depressed and bullfighter-obsessed Mountbatten went home and, tragically, accepted a teaching post in Australia. The Rutles were shocked. And stunned.
the best part is how Ron Nasty is chewing on somehting just like John was in the session of all you need is love.!! haha i love the attention to detail!!
Yeah; you can tell how much respect Innes and Idle gave the band while at the same time brilliantly lampooning them. And from all accounts, John, George, and Ringo all loved the film (even to the point of George showing up in a cameo role) - even Yoko apparently got a kick out of being portrayed as a literal Nazi...
Any individual familiar with the fundamentals of musicianship knows not to repeat a folly such as that, RetroCool73. Oasis, while talented, was shunned for a reason. No personal slight against you, but that is a risky comment.
No, it's a pastiche of a Beatles song by the incomparable Neil Innes (playing the John character, Ron Nasty). I don't think his playing the guitar is a mistake so much as a "difference". He is also wearing wonderful (and vintage) trousers from his Bonzo Dog Band days in this clip.
Since The Beatles are nowhere near hackneyed, because they made an era of musical history, the present must be more trite as it just parodies the original.
The intention was not to depreciate the music of The Beatles, but to zero in on the perculiar features of their performances, like the little short of constrained ethnic diversity of the musicians, background singers and the other actors who did nothing else than clapping their hands and swaying to and fro.
As well as their cluttered positioning on the stage, the curios accessoires they wear just as the funky requisites (balloons, sheets with drawn words, painted letters and soap bubbles like a children's birthday party), one of them operating as conductor and the compulsive headphones of all musicians.
Further it satirizes the sometimes simple punnings on the variation of the lyrics like this one:
Life is the meaning of love
Love is the meaning of life
and the rhythm changeover on the repetition of this main part of the lyrics (starting at 1:30 here) as well as the two invitations of the J.L.-equivalent to all contributors (or even the audience?) as though this shouldn't have been appointed before the performance.
Even the introductory words („a worldwide audience of 200 million with this song expressed the feeling of this age" -- LOL) of the narrator at the beginning are part of this concept.
That's why these parodies are still wicked -- unlike banal -- as they remind the hilarious originals very effectively and awesome closely without ripping much of the original's compositions and lyrics, which stay way more valuable and worthwhile, as also the world will remain being introduced to at first, of course
The four of them should come out with "Archeology Archives" - Have the four of them make a 2000's documentary on the Rutles. Pre Dirk's death. They'd have a TON of people view that.
Jees. I never would had thought Idle would do something that crappy (as to have the others not included). Thanks for letting me/everyone know NyeTunes.
Oh yeah, it's terrible. He took the songs from the Archaeology (which he refused to take part in) and dubbed them over clips from the first movie. It's so cheap. He also totally changed their story.
I was one of the lucky people who actually watched this film on prime time back on NBC. Brilliant then, brilliant now. Never gets old. If you are a real Rutles fan, get the 2 cds plus the covers by many obscure bands. Love Life!
LOL! I remeber this because it had the girl crying, you can see her at 1:40 here although you can`t tell because of the quality. If you rent the DVD, you can see though that she is in fact crying. Pretty bizarre! LOL!
I read on Wiki that the actual reason Eric did not sing was because he was just getting over a disease on his throat so the others didn't want him to hurt his recently recovered thoat (and spoil the vocals XD)
Doesn't sound like Innes singing the "hold my hand" line in the fade-out, to me at least graytart. This is what the Ollie Halsall Archive has to say:
"Ollie played guitar [and probably bass/keyboards] on all Rutles recordings and movie soundtracks, played the part of Leppo [the 5th Rutle] and sang Dirk McQuickly's parts - which Eric Idle mimed to in the film."
You can't prove that, Rusty! Agreed- as my Dad used to say, he was "more F'd up than a football bat." At least he could write songs- I couldn't put together 2 meaningful sentences about my day at the zoo when I was baked!
Are you kidding? Lennon was the most famous gobbler of LSD in '67, next to Timothy Leary. Put a guy on acid in front of a microphone and he'll come up with cellophane taxis and girls with kaleidoscope eyes - trust me.
What I love about The Rutles is the attention to detail. Right at the fade out on this, Dirk (Idle) (Ollie Halsall on the actual recording??) starts to sing a bit of "Hold My Hand," one of The Rutles songs from their more innocent "Rutlemania" years, just as Paul poignantly throws in a bit of "She Loves You" at the end of "All You Need Is Love." Brilliant parody.
I think it's actually Innes/Nasty who sings it in this, but you're right about it being lovingly detailed, p.ex. Innes chews gum throughout just like John did. Some trivia: both Innes' and Idle's real-life wives appeared in this segment.
Does anyone know where I can find the whole movie The Rutles?
We had it a long time ago on video but now its gone.
And yes I must confess. I had drunken Tea as well
daredoener 2 years ago
Tea - Legalize it, legalize it !
Greenthigh 2 years ago
Yes, but some of us went on to stronger stuff... now, I'm addicted to coffee. And it was all because of The Rutles !
WileERobby 2 years ago
Life is the meaning of love
Love is the meaning of life
Hold my hand, yeah, yeah
Hold my hand, yeah, yeah
A nice parody
04279 2 years ago
It is astonishing the impact that tea had on their stream of consciousness. When Dylan met the Rutles and introduced them to tea, who knew that they would open their minds, and drift into a world of cheese and onions? and write love songs of the magnitude of Love Life whilest keeping their kettles boiling nearby!!
portsml 2 years ago
I dont think this is1967...They wish..
opticalvibes 2 years ago
All U need IS Cash,, lol ,, the best copy of the Beatles ever
pinballKing012 2 years ago
"where theres a will there's a way " sounds like poetic genius here !
muttilo 2 years ago
This really should be on the stage. I liked the Indian guy who is alludes to George. This was of course had George Harrison's input because too hilarious.
eleni1968 2 years ago
If you look closely at their eyes, you can see they were heavily into tea by this point. They are so under the influence of tea, that it really influenced their lyrics. But who can we be to compain, they were the RUTLES, and they could damn well drink tea if they chose....I guess we all drank tea back then, it's what we did in the late 60s-good enough for Dirk and Barry, good enough for me..
portsml 2 years ago 5
The RUTLES are a cult phenom that should not be ignored. Lets talk to Neil and get this stuff on broadway.
eretzsus 2 years ago 4
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faggots
seantheiverson 2 years ago
The Rutles filled the music and cultural gaps that The Beatles were too busy to address.
junkie4vids 2 years ago 5
i love the beatles and i love the rutles too. the rutles gave us the beatles' songs that the beatles simply forgot to write and play...
theo9952 2 years ago 4
I love this movie and this song...
schuyler10 2 years ago
lmao "tea was on everyone's lips." you can tell.
hold my hand, yeaah yeah.
elgiexyz 3 years ago 2
One part that I never noticed is how Stig's mustache is coming off at the end of the guitar solo. He just smiles as if nothing is happening!
ethanessex 3 years ago
so bad, that its brilliant
iliveinleeds 3 years ago
This is hilarious, and brilliant. The song manages be terrible, and yet still evoke the original. The Beatles DID get pretty sloppy in their later years, even as they continued to crank out masterpieces like Dear Prudence and Across the Universe. This is a pretty "scathing" tribute of one of their less wonderful later period songs.
andyboerger 3 years ago 2
Um...what?
AlkaanUncertain 3 years ago
My favorite part is the trumpets at the very end playing an instrumental riff from Francis Craig's 1947 hit "Near You". It's this song's answer to the "In the Mood" bit at the end of "All You Need Is Love".
A brilliantly subtle gag from Neil Innes.
mdumas43073 3 years ago
That was more likely a brilliant subtle gag from John Altman, who was like the George Martin of the Rutles and is an unsung hero of why the Rutles music is so great. Not to take anything away from Neil of course!
bunnasoo2 2 years ago
whatta guy looking over the George parodys shoulder!
beatlevicke 3 years ago
wow he must be rudolf hess
BlancoRuohomuna 3 years ago
FYI: It's Leggy Mountbatten, The Rutles' manager, who'd lost a leg in WWII and, discovered the four young lads in a dark cellar. Though he hated the band's hair, presence, and music, he was incredibly drawn to the band's incredible trousers. After the Rutles stopped touring, an increasingly depressed and bullfighter-obsessed Mountbatten went home and, tragically, accepted a teaching post in Australia. The Rutles were shocked. And stunned.
elliottchrist 3 years ago 4
Barry Wom! :lol:
paddlepop77 3 years ago
the best part is how Ron Nasty is chewing on somehting just like John was in the session of all you need is love.!! haha i love the attention to detail!!
jpgrforever64 3 years ago 3
Yeah; you can tell how much respect Innes and Idle gave the band while at the same time brilliantly lampooning them. And from all accounts, John, George, and Ringo all loved the film (even to the point of George showing up in a cameo role) - even Yoko apparently got a kick out of being portrayed as a literal Nazi...
elliottchrist 3 years ago 2
I loved Leggy in the clip. He looks like a mannequin!
Bizarronumber4 3 years ago
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Sound like an Oasis song to me....
RetroCool73 3 years ago
Any individual familiar with the fundamentals of musicianship knows not to repeat a folly such as that, RetroCool73. Oasis, while talented, was shunned for a reason. No personal slight against you, but that is a risky comment.
atwistedlogic 3 years ago
stuff sounds like oasis because noel gallagher is a fucking thief
surfwaxafghani 3 years ago 2
I crack up just looking at Eric Idle, he's brilliant!
harryshand 3 years ago
My favorite parody band of one of my favorite bands.
merrywrath 3 years ago 3
Wow, just finished listening to this with head phones after a cup to tea... trippy.
peterjt3 3 years ago
The cliched lyrics of this and other songs by The Rutles are hilarious! "Make up your mind. In your own time."
castingtherunes 3 years ago 3
leggy looked like he zoned out into outer space lol!
IndyJones95 3 years ago
Maybe he had a cup of tea. With biscuits lol!
BethGoth15 3 years ago
Lol @ Leggy throughout the clip.
LightMyFire92 3 years ago
This is some Serious BS
WaneEnt 3 years ago
earwig is the name brand on the drums instead of ludwig,lol!!
alilovesthejonasbros 3 years ago 2
This is so funny! It's so much like All You Need Is Love. From the random songs and shout outs to the random intruments.
freakchic9 3 years ago
A minor mistake on this parody. John Lennon wasn't playing guitar on this one. Priceless though !!!
harrisong77 3 years ago 3
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This is a good song. Was this a Beatle's song????
musicistheproblem 3 years ago
ALl you need is love
TheJMRshow 3 years ago
Don't tell me what i need
musicistheproblem 3 years ago
No, it's a pastiche of a Beatles song by the incomparable Neil Innes (playing the John character, Ron Nasty). I don't think his playing the guitar is a mistake so much as a "difference". He is also wearing wonderful (and vintage) trousers from his Bonzo Dog Band days in this clip.
graytart 3 years ago
I like this, life is a making of love, love is a making of life. HAHA!
tanfs 3 years ago
I love how it starts, with the Battle Hymn of the Republic (as opposed to the Marseillaise).
AntoineDCoolette 3 years ago
The other great part of this video is Ron Nasty chewing gum, which is what John Lennon did during the taping of "All you Need is Love".
cubuff80 3 years ago 2
Yeah the attention to detail is great, like the gum!!
Sukriti 3 years ago
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It's almost as banal as the real thing.
slowdream101 3 years ago
Since The Beatles are nowhere near hackneyed, because they made an era of musical history, the present must be more trite as it just parodies the original.
zjgodnmi 3 years ago
The intention was not to depreciate the music of The Beatles, but to zero in on the perculiar features of their performances, like the little short of constrained ethnic diversity of the musicians, background singers and the other actors who did nothing else than clapping their hands and swaying to and fro.
zjgodnmi 3 years ago
As well as their cluttered positioning on the stage, the curios accessoires they wear just as the funky requisites (balloons, sheets with drawn words, painted letters and soap bubbles like a children's birthday party), one of them operating as conductor and the compulsive headphones of all musicians.
zjgodnmi 3 years ago
Further it satirizes the sometimes simple punnings on the variation of the lyrics like this one:
Life is the meaning of love
Love is the meaning of life
and the rhythm changeover on the repetition of this main part of the lyrics (starting at 1:30 here) as well as the two invitations of the J.L.-equivalent to all contributors (or even the audience?) as though this shouldn't have been appointed before the performance.
zjgodnmi 3 years ago
Even the introductory words („a worldwide audience of 200 million with this song expressed the feeling of this age" -- LOL) of the narrator at the beginning are part of this concept.
That's why these parodies are still wicked -- unlike banal -- as they remind the hilarious originals very effectively and awesome closely without ripping much of the original's compositions and lyrics, which stay way more valuable and worthwhile, as also the world will remain being introduced to at first, of course
zjgodnmi 3 years ago
its true...
all you need IS love
not as in making out with ur boyfriend love, but as in loving ppl, and not being a greedy bastard (not saying u r, just specifying)
that is all we need
but its more like a dream coz theres never going to be enough love
but to overlook such true and real statements as banal is...well...horrible really
and love life is a parody,so its funny even if it doesnt have a significant political meaning
peace...(if every1 believes, which they dont, so i guess im a dreamer)
wtvricanttinkofaname 3 years ago
Probably the best of all the Rutle parodies, "Hold my hand yeah, yeah" utterly hilarious.
cubuff80 3 years ago 6
this was made 30 years ago
trehywer9 3 years ago
awesome
jtsjotes 4 years ago
me cagan estos sujetos son pesimos x3
armansinlado 4 years ago
The four of them should come out with "Archeology Archives" - Have the four of them make a 2000's documentary on the Rutles. Pre Dirk's death. They'd have a TON of people view that.
danastev924 4 years ago
Eric Idle just made "The Rutles 2" a few years ago... it's pretty terrible.
The other three Rutles had no involvement whatsoever.
NyeTunes 4 years ago
Jees. I never would had thought Idle would do something that crappy (as to have the others not included). Thanks for letting me/everyone know NyeTunes.
danastev924 4 years ago 2
Oh yeah, it's terrible. He took the songs from the Archaeology (which he refused to take part in) and dubbed them over clips from the first movie. It's so cheap. He also totally changed their story.
NyeTunes 4 years ago 2
you're right! it sucks!
itaigalgal 3 years ago
John Halsey (Barry Wom) said Rutles 2 was so painful he couldn't even bear to watch it all!
TomRaymondUK 3 years ago
The "Hold My Hand yeah yeah" in the fade-out is genius!
JimmyPower 4 years ago 2
Totally agree with that.
Cheessa 4 years ago
lmfao YES!!! so ugly hhahahaha
HaleksMTL 4 years ago
Thank you so much for this...loved the Rutles as a kid, love them even more now!
meredumais 4 years ago
They really nailed it.. even most of the clothes and instruments match with the real version.
Leehoo1989 4 years ago 5
whatever happened to arthur nodgeson and the kneecaps>?
modsheff1 4 years ago 4
or The French Beach Boys-Les Garçons de la Plage
uleberg7 4 years ago
leggy is a mean looking bugger lol
dodgetheeruff 4 years ago
@PepperlandMcCartney - You'll love The Rutles. Better parody than This is Spinal Tap, in my opinion.
thedestroyer23 4 years ago
haha i do love Spinal Tap so it should be Fab
PepperlandMcCartney 4 years ago
i luv how theyve took the piss out of george harrison with an indian guy. He may as well have been indian lmao.
21spazzypazzy12 4 years ago
oh man they parody everything! oh man i need to see this.
PepperlandMcCartney 4 years ago
great movie man
JSantiago0 4 years ago
I was one of the lucky people who actually watched this film on prime time back on NBC. Brilliant then, brilliant now. Never gets old. If you are a real Rutles fan, get the 2 cds plus the covers by many obscure bands. Love Life!
sanmania 4 years ago
i like how leggy just stands their as if he was replaced by a wax and plasic manacan from madame tusos
captinBattleship 4 years ago
haha
frenchytouch 4 years ago
all you need is money.....
godstomper 4 years ago
LOL! I remeber this because it had the girl crying, you can see her at 1:40 here although you can`t tell because of the quality. If you rent the DVD, you can see though that she is in fact crying. Pretty bizarre! LOL!
Edhallick 4 years ago
How come Eric didn't sing in this film? I like it when Eric sings :(
BethGoth15 4 years ago
true that he is a good singer, but he just doesn't have a very beatlesque voice
grim107 4 years ago
I read on Wiki that the actual reason Eric did not sing was because he was just getting over a disease on his throat so the others didn't want him to hurt his recently recovered thoat (and spoil the vocals XD)
begbieboy 4 years ago
Nah... he was in the hospital for some stomach thing at the time.
NyeTunes 4 years ago
Doesn't sound like Innes singing the "hold my hand" line in the fade-out, to me at least graytart. This is what the Ollie Halsall Archive has to say:
"Ollie played guitar [and probably bass/keyboards] on all Rutles recordings and movie soundtracks, played the part of Leppo [the 5th Rutle] and sang Dirk McQuickly's parts - which Eric Idle mimed to in the film."
Poehr 4 years ago
if you play this film backwards its gandi?
you must lsd for this to take affect my dear combines?
jamesboltmore 4 years ago
Almost as insipid as the real song.
steveconn 4 years ago
I think maybe you're mixing up "insipid" with "irony" do you think Lennon REALLY believed love is ALL you need?
saguaroboy 4 years ago
Who cares- he was high as a kite in '67.
steveconn 4 years ago
You can't prove that, Rusty! Agreed- as my Dad used to say, he was "more F'd up than a football bat." At least he could write songs- I couldn't put together 2 meaningful sentences about my day at the zoo when I was baked!
saguaroboy 4 years ago
Are you kidding? Lennon was the most famous gobbler of LSD in '67, next to Timothy Leary. Put a guy on acid in front of a microphone and he'll come up with cellophane taxis and girls with kaleidoscope eyes - trust me.
steveconn 4 years ago
I'm agreeing with you, silly.
saguaroboy 4 years ago
Oh! yeah that does make sense. but he looks black
jsantiii 4 years ago
Love is the meaning of life!
Life is the meaning of love!
Pure genius!
drifzem 4 years ago
"Love Life" is a great Rutles song! It's just like "All You Need Is Love"!
Discosaturn 4 years ago
why is fake george black? hahahaha
jsantiii 4 years ago
He's Indian. Get it?
drifzem 4 years ago
Eric Idles imitation of Paul's bass-playing-style/mannerisms is excellent also.
Very humourous
BlandBoy 4 years ago
Only I think Paul uses a pick.
drifzem 4 years ago
What I love about The Rutles is the attention to detail. Right at the fade out on this, Dirk (Idle) (Ollie Halsall on the actual recording??) starts to sing a bit of "Hold My Hand," one of The Rutles songs from their more innocent "Rutlemania" years, just as Paul poignantly throws in a bit of "She Loves You" at the end of "All You Need Is Love." Brilliant parody.
Poehr 4 years ago
I think it's actually Innes/Nasty who sings it in this, but you're right about it being lovingly detailed, p.ex. Innes chews gum throughout just like John did. Some trivia: both Innes' and Idle's real-life wives appeared in this segment.
graytart 4 years ago
"Hold my hand, yeh yeh..." hilarious
HumGuitar 4 years ago
they are beatle-copies
Robinolkalaukku 4 years ago
wow, thanks for the insight
miceinfreefall 4 years ago
THEY LOOK LIKE THEM
rokrol9 4 years ago