Bonzo Dog doo dah band - Equestrian Statue & Little Sir Echo

[No1RebelRebel]

they never fail like monty python to make you smile, which is a GIFT

[hermitcrabbot]

Equestrian statue? Makes me want to be a pigeon.

Wait a minute, we all are! Damn!

[dasheight]

MY FAVORITE BAND. Period. Nobody else can touch them. I really wish more people knew about them. Just genius.

[brandonbug1]

oh yeh thats better a shot of bonzo on a sunday afternoon....

[broadly122]

BRILLIANT SONG THIS--- ALWAYS CHEERS ME UP.THANKS FOR UPLOADING

[ChocolateHoneycomb]

Wait a minute. The EQUESTRAN statue?!

Oh god, it's everywhere.

[cogidubnus1953]

Excellent...thanks for uploading...

[strangeones4]

@TheAlienesque I thought I was giving kudos to the Bonzo's. Just like Syd, the entire Bonzo band were former art students. This band outside of England doesn't get enough credit. Monty Python would've been very different without them.

[CoxJul]

If you want to see Sam Spoons still doing "Little Sir Echo" you can catch him with "Bill Posters will be Band", monthly residence at the Bull's Head, Barnes and other dates. Other band members from Bonzo and Bob Kerr assemblies over the years.

[strangeones4]

The first song is so Syd Barrett/Pink Floyd (Equestrian Statue). The music is Syd Barrett, the lyrics are too logical.

[firestartertwistedfi]

@strangeones4 Sounds Beatlesy to me.

[tapeduk]

His name is Legs (Ladies and Gentlemen)

[ome32]

bugger my rags

[moosey62]

Blinking flip

What utter crap.

Neil's clearly a Lennon wannabe.

Viv's clearly a James Last wannabe. Which is perhaps the funniest thing I've seen ever.

[Stereotuna]

@moosey62

you ill

[bacculus]

That is a huge a** saxophone, or that dude is small.

[SuperNevile]

@bacculus Think that is Roger Ruskin Spear who I saw in concert in the early 70's. His "backing band" were two robots (no-one inside) who were attached to air compressors so they could play woodwind and brass along with him playing sax and singing!! Incidentally Neil Innes wrote all the Rutles music and played Ron Nasty (Lennon) in the film

[drahcirt1]

I'll never forget Sam Spoons as the original dummy. Saw them live many times

and they were always brilliant.

alaegs Larry Smith spoilt the Bonzos for me.

Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band still do this number over 40 years later.

[ElmoreLeopard]

The ventriloquist act at the end cracks me up. These guys were brilliant.

[madjulie100]

Neil Innes looks good enough to eat in this!! Bonzos were sheer lunacy and absolutely fantastic, unequivocal fact. However, if you'd like to see more quality 30's retro check out the incomparable Stackridge. Anyone for Tennis, Dancing on Air, Rufus T Firefly. Stackridge are whimsical sometimes, wonderful all the time!! Still going strong since 1969. Brilliant live band. You Tube them!!!!

[jayheadj420]

Hooray!

[andydada]

It's guaranteed to brighten up your day!

[vanillaorchid]

If it's grey.

[Whitesox772]

This was hilarious

[mrsnips1]

Saw them at Torquay town hall, 1968, alongside Jeff Beck(I think). We lived life on the edge!!!!

[kushskunkhaze]

thats insane jeff beck really knows who to tour with. im seeing him this week this clapton, only i wish it was the bonzos haha.

[orbinc]

Cool band - BTW he says actually says -You're a nice little fellow, I 'CAN TELL' by your voice. (sorry I am a perfectionist)

[coolmend23]

Totally silly, but great fun. A pity we do not have songs performed and groups like the Bonzos nowadays

[Walletofmoths]

Awsome, i just cant stop watching these, i have the bonzodogdoodah fever and tis uncureable!

[BostonRocker51]

How cool is it that they use a cornet?

What a cool band. I can't believe I saw them at the Boston Tea Party on Berkeley Street with my friend, Jamesy Chase. Ah, the memories of mis-spent youth!

[DIOSANO]

its the most bizarre performance that i`ve ever seen,seriously.

[pippetpoppet]

Far too much sherry trifle!

[WoodRatGirl]

I love this song, so quirky and fun!

[organaphus]

Does anyone know how Dennis Cowan died?

[MrSirMrSirMr]

Supposedly peritonitis, but there might have been drug abuse involved.

[himself801]

Dennis hadn't join the band yet, looks like Bass is being played Vernon Dudley Bohay-Nowell.

[dharmaseed]

@himself801 That is actually Dave Clague on bass, famous for his newsprint jacket.

[himself801]

@dharmaseed

They had a lot of bass players before Dennis Cowan joined.

Dave Clague has a re-issue record label, DJC Records, which put out compliation album, "Anthropology: The Beast Within". It is basicly "Tadpoles" & "Keynesham" out takes with the audio of TV performances. The performace of "You Done My Brain In" sounds like an outtake from Bob Dylan's Bring I All Back Home. "Look At Me, I'm Wonderful" is longer and makes more sense.

It's a similar version to the bonus on "Tadpoles".

[dharmaseed]

@himself801 Right, you're correct. Vernon Dudley Bohay Nowell, Joel Druckman, Dave Clague, those are the three I've heard of, although trying to find any footage of Joel is like pulling teeth.

[himself801]

@dharmaseed

Also issued is Roger Ruskin Spear's first solo album "Electric Shocks"

DJC Records has it's own website

[dharmaseed]

@himself801 'Electric Shocks' must be quite an experience. Have you heard it?

[himself801]

@dharmaseed

I haven't heard it in years. I bought the second, "Usual", first and liked it better.

People who've heard "Electric Shocks" first, seem to like it very much.

[himself801]

@organaphus

According to neilinnes org

Died in 1972 of peritonitis

[lovesicksyntax]

I have watched this ... roughly 10 times within the past week. It's just that mesmerizing. I need to know more.

[DIOSANO]

man this is a drug me too i cat´n stop to watch it,they look like a bizarre drug cirkus. I LOVE THEM!!!!

[Mikey4lock]

B D D B At their Best again ! Great

[thomont]

Er spricht Deutsch sehr gut :-)

Es ist ein Lustiges Lied!

He can speak German well :-)

It's a fun song!

[Veggieman87]

This guys are hilarios, brilliant performers. Was there any particular reason they broke up?

[dharmaseed]

Veggieman, there were several factors that had contributed, Not least of all was Viv's addiction to prescription drugs and his mental problems. by the fifth album (or thereabouts) the Bonzos were all tired of performing. There's a wonderful documentary that was on BBC called 'Canyons of His Mind', about Vivian Stanshall. It explains the whole thing better than I ever could. :)

[vanillaorchid]

I've never seen this clip before. Completely brilliant.

[SteveResin]

Shit I'd loved to have been a member of that band. I used to have this Beat Club clip on video, haven't seen it in years, thanks for the post! It's guaranteed to brighten up me day, if it's grey :)

[graytart]

Neil Innes is going on 64 now and he is still bloody brilliant.

[Jamesbharris2]

Wow! Viv Stanshall speaking German (from 2.16), and with a bloody good accent too.

[exlordlucan]

Top marks, never seen this vid before!

[twolunches]

brilliant...