The Rutles - Don't Know Why

[deathmelon6789]

This song just on its own is excellent. Not a beatles parody, or any parody for that matter.

[thumper250464]

just a superb song, parady or not...

[whodatwalrus]

for me,it was all about the trousers.....

[Rawego]

@whodatwalrus you too? we must have the same tailor.

[Sola174]

Reminds me of 'watching the wheels' and something from Abbey Road...

"You've just got to change the locks on your heart" - I think that's brilliant!

[grski88]

Thank Rod that Leggy Mount-Baton was hopping around Liverpool and discovered The Rutles! He knew that he saw something more than their trousers and soon the whole world did too.

[shoolie3333]

Great pastiche, great imitation, great song, and great lyrics.

Although it's mainly Free as a Bird, I can recognize in the middle part some Real Love elements, and the end of the middle part is really similar to Because.

[cathymaid]

This is one of my favourite songs from the Archeology album.

[barkboingfloom]

The artist made a mistake in his Anthology poster parody. In the center you see the words Sea Stadium. The Rutles played at "Che Stadium" named for famous Cuban guerila leader Che Stadium. The songs is quite neat though. It sounds like Julian Lennon.

[Spoothead12]

Where can you get that pic?

[turnofcentury]

It sounds like a sad Lennon song, it makes me feel this is the real Betles final song..

[HappyChucklez]

Pretty much the ULTIMATE John Lennon rip off. so sad he's gone.

[ptolemy1989]

he actually found the Rutles Hilarius

[murcielago06gt]

I had my father convinced this is a Beatles song once. Now I can't convince him that this ISN'T John singing!

[FritzOmnibus]

It sounds more like a Julian Lennon song.

[Veeno00]

I know it's supposed to be a parody, but I just somehow find this part:

I don't know why

true love turns out to be

the stuff between

hello and goodbye,

to be one of the best lyric lines I've ever heard in my life. Just goes to show how greatness can arise from innocent parodying. Great song.

[brianpadraic]

@Veeno00 Parody? The Rutles inspired the Beatles and were Tavistock's first project to musically reconquer the USA via psionics.... or something.

[floridacomedyfan]

@Veeno00 That is an amazing lyric. Parody or not, this is genius.

[Rawego]

@Veeno00 because it's true? :))

[feckingbillgates]

This is a really loving take on the Beatles and the Free as a Bird idea. The "looking back..." line has the same melody as part of a mid-90s Paul song (on "Flaming Pie"), which I think is really clever - it completely feels like a mid-90s Paul has completed an old John song from the 70s.

[davidroot8]

awasome

[davidroot8]

just genius

[chancebf324]

its almost good enough to be the beatles tho,the follow up single to free and real perhaps?

[almadora]

its not the beatles, ladies and gentlemen.

[HonkyCat90]

But it's just as good