NEIL INNES - PROTEST SONG - Rutland Weekend Television

[edenuk]

Check out my song 80s baby ppl!

[llfrederick]

I've loved this one for decades. And it still makes me laugh out loud. I wince a bit, too, but it's just about perfect.

[Supernan50]

It looks more like a spoof of BOB DYLAN - Blowing in the wind (1971)

[azapro911]

Neil Innes: horribly underrated legend. :-(

[huxby]

2:44 cracks me up. My favourite YouTube upload ever - thanks for posting.

[novadrian]

Love it! Great memories. Neil Innes is SO underrated.

[Hemulen40]

Dat mouth organ sounds so brill I´m SHREDDIN tears .

[SidSid51]

Do you reckon the twats who have hit the dislike button on here think that it's a serious song LOL.

[Frugellhound]

ha,i have this album.........

[ssxx1231]

8 people have no sense of humour :P

[niwty]

Bob Dylan eat yer heart out! Brilliant.

[AndyCWilson]

Neil Innes is now on a world tour. Check out his website for dates and times!

[gracex1227]

Absolute GENIUS, this man. Neil Innes, you are a fantastically brilliant person.

[rohaynes1]

this is nonsense

[keynshamgorilla]

@rohaynes1 What else? It's Neil Innes...

[Lothlorien16]

he is shredding that harmonica

[xXimrealynotokayXx]

I love neil :) <3

[karlekaktus]

That's soooo funny!!! I wished, there were more ppl like neil innes in the media!!

[thegateman1]

@karlekaktus got you on you tube try adding me now rr

[Honeytrip420]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH­AH creepy teeth

[AlterWagner]

Waaaahhhahahaha...the harp!!!! OMG *screeeeaaaaam* :-D

[VulgarityDivine]

that harmonica is horrible but is sounds so right lol

[QuantaFilms]

I remember the first transmission of this in 1975 - doing my A levels, full of anxiety. It was so unexpected that evening on telly - and just so very funny. Thanks for posting, Jimmy - a truly great artist. Wonderful to see Bob Harris. OGWT was part of our lives then.

[QuantaFilms]

I remember the first transmission of this in 1975 - doing my A levels, full of anxiety. It was so unexpected that evening on telly - and SO funny. Thanks for posting, Jimmy - a truly great artist. Wonderful to see Bob Harris. OGWT was part of our lives then.

[Bietel]

Hey! Wait a minute!

"...and have me a BLEEP-ing good time" is what's on the album. Is that bleep on all pressings is what I was wondering, or is there a bleep-free version with the f-word on it? Hey Neil what's that with this "fantastic time" nonsence?

[NyeTunes]

@Bietel The Japanese CD release of "Rutland Weekend Songbook" includes, as a bonus, an uncensored Protest Song. Not to mention, I *think* he sings it uncensored on a Python live album.

[MsVicky625]

OUTSTANDING! I've always loved Neil Innes--he's a musical god! He captured Bob Dylan spot on! BRAVO, NEIL! >O Ego Warriors!!!

[obakegadeso]

You are so rite Stacksofvids12! Total & utter talentless little gobshites!I wish all the Lily Allens & Pete Dochertys of this world would just disappear right up their collective left wing arse hole.Just one glance at the NME will prove your point; it has all been done before.The hair, the chords, the vocal intonation, the guitar smashing, the sneer.Oh for the love of God can this man not re-form himself and save us from Amy Winehouse hell! What happened to humour? They'r all so fuking rite on

[kyrastube]

2:01 LOL. oh sweet neil, he is such a genious! a´talanted singer and songwriter who is not afraid to make fun of himself and everyone else. <3

[cookmoore]

"A FANtastic time"

[HonkyCat90]

So funny. "I've suffered for my music... now it's your turn"

[SirTenTea]

It's great to see this. I had the LP back in the seventies. Innes does a great John Prine imitation.

[c15art]

Brilliant !!!

[hueys5]

A class act. Funny when I first saw this thirty-something years ago, and even funnier today.

[alfiesgirluk]

just priceless pmsl

[susannalorcatalbot]

the announcer is so wonderfully kinky.

[trouserferret]

'Whispering' Bob Harris, if I remember correctly

[stacksovids12]

Niel Innes is a musical and comic genius, it is a crime that the Innes book of records is not out on DVD. Name one modern "star" that has even a glimmer of Innes talent, they are all plagiarists and shallow assholes

[remeclerk]

so briiliant an unview of Bob dylan

[smiley4theworld]

Thank you SO MUCH for posting this. When I first heard it I laughed til I cried. Now I sing it all the time. :D

[brabon1]

innes is a genius

[metrodash]

turn on your headlights and sound your horn!!!!

[ELGROOVER]

Bernard Manning was my Nanny

[rocker53zero]

I'm Neil Innes' illigitimate son

[GaryNull]

It should be :

"have me a fucking good time" . .

on the Python version.

[walamalu]

So true.

[Elric33239]

And "The Secret Policeman's Ball" where I first heard it! Brilliant Bob Dylan send-up! Particularly the single note played on the harmonica! Probably an audio test pattern parody. Genius!!!

[MermaidAntihero1988]

This is cool!!! <3

[enforcer143]

I bet Dylan wishes he wrote this one

[dylad]

@enforcer143 Yes I do.

[dpitd]

fantastic

[julescavalier]

he's so brilliant! <3

[bassist118]

This is pissing funny. Isn't Neil Innes out of Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band? It doesn't look like him tho.

[graytart]

Yes indeed, one and the same, and he's Monty Python's singing minstrel and Ron Nasty of the Rutles too.

[b0b1919]

yeah he is, and it is him

the Rutland Television Songbook was a collab between Innes and Eric Idle

[rnargi]

Friggin' Brilliant...how the hell I've missed this I'll never know...I'm dying here!

[fascistamericadotnet]

i cant understand why you cant get rutlands weekend television on dvd already

[TheJoeCrow]

Is it possibe that Neil is influences by Dylan??

[MoonchildMindaugasRo]

He looks just like Liam Gallagher!

[Arsenic2Arnica]

that guy in the beginning is from some other show isn't he?

[JimmyMcTavish]

The guy at the beginning is Bob Harris from the iconic 1970's UK TV music show 'The Old Grey Whistle Test.' So this spoof includes that reference - obviously with the blessing of Bob Harris.

[WizardOfLies]

@JimmyMcTavish

Looks like a guy who once have interviewed Robert Plant after the LZ II release.

[GreenManalishiUSA]

I saw Neil do this one live with MPFC at City Center, NYC in 70's. Brilliant!

[poptartjen]

The beginning is classic : "I've suffered for my music. Now it's your turn." Brilliant !

[hopena]

@poptartjen That opening line is my favourite part. :)

[tuttt99]

@poptartjen

It's even better on the "Live at the Hollywood Bowl" performance. here he doesn't get the pause quite as well as he does on the album

[harryrambler]

I've just pissed myself!!

[sarahguitar92]

Neil is a legend!

[vanillaorchid]

This is great.

[Wildcat4evr]

he is the only person that can make a terribly out-of-tune(on purpose) song sound excellent!X0

thankx jimmy!

[sozzipolli]

Thanks Jimmy; what more do I need to add.

[padajoha]

Watching this(& seeing Neil on his 2006 solo tour)reminds me that for all my love & respect for Viv S.'s brilliance as a performer & musical creator, the Beast of the Bonzos was brilliance x's 2...+ wackiness x's 6, of course.

[TCSC47]

And thanks for posting this Jimmy!

[JimmyMcTavish]

And thanks for your kind comment TSC47 :)

[TCSC47]

I have been looking at and enjoying utube for about a year now and it is guys like you who make it possible, so cheers!

I was actually in tears at the end of the session. It is quite deep humour with several hidden levels, which I think, sadly, many people would miss if they hadn't been there once upon a time.

[TCSC47]

I remember this when it was first done. Way to go Neily!! Thanks for all the fun!

Oh, and Hi Whispering Bob!

[simonious1967]

well !

Anyone who says this isnt good !

Is wrong 1

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[monello198]

mr Ruttle

[loobitylu]

Amazing,genius-even WITHOUT a plastic duck on his head-you are my hero,Neil xx

[canyonerodriver]

lmao at 2.00

[TJOPootertoot]

Whispering Bob Harris! Niiiice.

People here are referencing Dylan, but I thought of Barry McGuire's Eve of Destruction, with the odd single harmonica notes.

Also, I much prefer the live Monty Python at City Center version of this song.

[jonnyab]

Very funny ..classic. Better than dylan by far.

[yamihoole]

OMG, what perfect parody! I had never heard this song before. I love you even more now Neil!

[axhacker]

Simply, Neil at his best. Classic.

[GreenShoeBox]

"I've suffered for my music and now it's your turn" :D

This song is so good, I think I've listened to it like 50 times today.. Neil is great!

[caitlinann93]

I want Neil Innes' glasses! :D

[ILuvPaulMcCartney666]

okay! can I get Neil Innes? I'll get you the glasses ;P

[caitlinann93]

sounds like a deal

but only if I can get his hat too that he wears in do not adjust your set

that is just hell sexy :)

[PicoriKing]

Wow, if youre describing Rutland Weekend Television as almost cult, but not Flying Circus, then RWT must really be something.

[Sukriti]

Oh my god I love Neil so much! I loved the harmonica, especially that last long note, and him just going lower and lower..

This song is FAB!

[SkopTeocratico]

Un amore. I love it. Neil Innes supreme genius and artist parodistic. GREAT!

[Rawego]

Dylan is turning in his grave. WAIT, he's not dead yet! oh what the hell...

[Jaynesoul]

I have been looking for song this since I was 17 years old when I first heard it on rutland TV. FOUND IT .....YES. ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.. SO FUNNY. The first time I heard it on TV my boyfriend & I belly laughed together, it was ace.

[Jaynesoul]

Absolutely Fab

[agus3961]

Neil is hot... I love him :D

[Holdenon3]

What I find so interesting about Neil Innes' stuff is that he's not a comedian but that he's a warped mirror. He's a fine musician and gifted lyricist, but his "parodies" aren't so much "funny" as "true".

That said: I, of course, busted a gut at 2:46. :D

[thebeatlesforever]

who else does neil innes parody?

this is really good, and the rutles are excellent too... can anyone guide me?

[lordwilberforce]

So funny!!! Especially the harmonica playing!

[penapena123]

hes so charmingly dorkylicious :D

[TrishRoberts3]

Oh wow ..this is on film!!! I saw him do this at a festival in 86 ..I nearly died laughing .

[LostSoul135]

Neil is such a great musician. I love him!

[metafis]

That harmonica playing made me laugh so much I nearly had a hernia! :)

[cleeselover]

Neil Innes was never a member of Monty Python. He was a member of the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, which played on "Do Not Adjust Your Set", which also included Eric Idle, Michael Palin, and Terry Jones. Neil often toured with Python, providing musical interludes to cover costume and scenery changes during the live shows. And he was occasionally on stage. But there were only 6 Pythons.

[metafis]

Neil also played the part of 'Ron Mcnasty; in 'The Rutles' and adapted and scored all the music in that film, as well as singing and playing in it.

[captinBattleship]

not mcnasty just nasty u got it confused with dirk mcquicklys last name

[Mikemaniax]

Yeah, but most Python fans and Eric Idle and other Python members consider Innes to be the 7th (or 8th if you count Carol Cleveland) Python.

[PeterMayer]

Well, he was in the Holy Grail. And yes mainly live shows. And the Concert For George. So he's an honorary member.

[frisbiegirl]

But, he was the guy who sang to "Sir Robin" in "The Holy Grail", right? I love him. He's a genius. "I suffer for my music, and now it's your turn". Love it.

[ridinginmyboat]

Let me turn you on/ to the chromium swan

[blockerstumpy]

aaw its mean but very very funny

[jardametla]

I´m not sure it´s mean. Funny it is definitely

[fatuesque]

who the hell is this guy ?

[PalinLover]

Love Neil!

[pocogirl]

"I may be accused of being confused, but I'm average weight for my height, my philosophy like color tv, is all there in black and white..."-lol! Idle and Innes were gold.

[dazseaton]

Neil Innes is god. and still touring...

[PeterMayer]

I haven't heard this in years. I use to have Monty Python Live at the Civic Center I think it was called. I believe it came out in 1976.

[LadyStraycat]

I love Dylan, but this........ is so good LOL

[josiahscurlock]

I know. It's fair game, too. I love Dylan, but he is hillarious.

[ElizabethGS]

Hilarious and dead-on parody of Dylan (even though I like Dylan)..but boy did he make my ears suffer with that deliberately bad harmonica squeal...Yowch!

"my phil-o-so-phy..like color tv"? too funny....

[obiewobie]

For a better rendition, listen to the Monty Python "Live at City Center" album. The off key harmonica work will make you want to crawl up into a ball.

[leonardsleopard]

'i've suffered for my music, and now it's your turn'

[julianveronica]

wow...it's so dead-on and sounds so good i almost forget its at least half parody. very, very cool.

[sqwookster]

Neil Innes, move over Peter Sellers!

[richardday]

As the owner of three dusty, rarely-played Dylan albums, I can say with confidence that this is what I hear when they are occasionaly removed from their sleeves and placed on the platter.

[Gordyal]

That's the spirit!

[PUPmucky]

Better than Bob Dylan. Nothing could be worse.

[ScoutRocker]

Great singer. Great song. True successor to Bob Dylan :)

[ShakerUSA]

far out!!!