Neil Innes deserves more recognition. I hope Eric Idle gets his act together and brings out RWT on DVD... And the BBC releases The Innes Book of Records. Super stuff. PS: I absolutely adore this track - thanks for uploading it!
...Tomorrow belongs to me? Wasn't that last week? NO! WAIT? WHAT!! Ah Neil, you've given me so much musical pleasure since 1967! I'll never forget that time I met you at the 9:30 Club in Washington,D.C. back in 1985! RAW MEAT! Say hello to Mr. Apollo for me!
Love Terrence Baylor falling at the beginning! lol Plus Eric looks rather dashing! You get to notice all this when you stop paying attention to Neil's genius! ;)
Wow I never knew he did this song for RWT! Awesome. Also awesome to see Eric and Terence Baylor in it. I heart this song and call me a nut, but I love how Neil looks here. :P
Not as obvious in this version but Neil's studio recording has such a strong Leon Russell sound, if it wasn't for Neil's voice I'd assume I found a lost Shelter People track. This is a great version though. I don't know if there's a musician I'd admire that Neil Innes can't effortlessly capture. Truly an underappreciated genius. Sorely missed.
This is so much better than the studio version. Better backing vocals. Neil's singing sounds less rushed. Even the instrumentation sounds fuller or better. Everything's just better.
Must be different people. The production here is different and better. I since found a different studio version, I think. There's an album cover with Neil and some guys and an upload I'm referring to in the 2 year old comment where it was a cover that had I think a toy duck.
Great tune with quite serious lyrics, Neil's writing is great, check out "Lie Down and Be Counted". In some way, with all this decadence, it reminds me of David Bowie.
He acts just like Joel Grey's Cabaret MC. It's uncanny how well he mimics the character. The only thing keeping him from being a creepy is his voice lol.
does this character have a name? he was in ibor quite a lot as well (but with longer hair) and I love him, would be fun to know if he had a name... more boys in makeup! thats whats wrong with the world, we need more boys in makeup that arent afraid to even put on a dress now and again just for the hell of it
I picture this as some sort of...musical song, don't know why. Also, is it odd that when I see this video, I think of my interpretation of old Roman orgies? The sexless ones, I mean -- the ones that were just dirty and despicable and prehistorically brutish. Ceilings covered with smoke and people gorging themselves on wine and grease, keeping themselves encrusted in filth... ... Yeah, that might be odd. It's a wonderful song, though.
Neil Innes deserves more recognition. I hope Eric Idle gets his act together and brings out RWT on DVD... And the BBC releases The Innes Book of Records. Super stuff. PS: I absolutely adore this track - thanks for uploading it!
My favourite of Neil's songs So sad to hear that he passed away recently.
...Tomorrow belongs to me? Wasn't that last week? NO! WAIT? WHAT!! Ah Neil, you've given me so much musical pleasure since 1967! I'll never forget that time I met you at the 9:30 Club in Washington,D.C. back in 1985! RAW MEAT! Say hello to Mr. Apollo for me!
Neil Innes, a genius. Wonderful use of the English language on par with 10cc
Love Terrence Baylor falling at the beginning! lol
Plus Eric looks rather dashing! You get to notice all this when you stop paying attention to Neil's genius! ;)
Thanks for Poe sting !! ~~~~
The more I see of Neil Innes, the more I LOVE him. Funny to see Eric Idle and Terrence Baylor in this one too.
Looks like the whole Rutland gang is there, except my lady Wanda Ventham.
As good a song as Monkberry Moon Delight, and Neil is not masquerading as somebody else like Billy. This level of debauchery is seldom attained.
How the hell did I get to run this guy's appreciation society and never knew this was the origin of Nick Cabaret???!!! Brilliant stuff!
Wow I never knew he did this song for RWT! Awesome. Also awesome to see Eric and Terence Baylor in it. I heart this song and call me a nut, but I love how Neil looks here. :P
christ, he looks great like that. wow.
How [rude enthusiastic expletive] delightful was that!
Not as obvious in this version but Neil's studio recording has such a strong Leon Russell sound, if it wasn't for Neil's voice I'd assume I found a lost Shelter People track.
This is a great version though.
I don't know if there's a musician I'd admire that Neil Innes can't effortlessly capture.
Truly an underappreciated genius. Sorely missed.
This is so much better than the studio version. Better backing vocals. Neil's singing sounds less rushed. Even the instrumentation sounds fuller or better. Everything's just better.
I agree entirely. Are there two separate bands that play each version? Fatso here and Grimms on the studio version?
Must be different people. The production here is different and better. I since found a different studio version, I think. There's an album cover with Neil and some guys and an upload I'm referring to in the 2 year old comment where it was a cover that had I think a toy duck.
Great tune with quite serious lyrics, Neil's writing is great, check out "Lie Down and Be Counted". In some way, with all this decadence, it reminds me of David Bowie.
The lyrics in this song are SO applicable to people's ideas these days, like it was then
^^right what you said about Eric in this! Something about him and that cigar and all. He's pretty good looking.
He acts just like Joel Grey's Cabaret MC. It's uncanny how well he mimics the character. The only thing keeping him from being a creepy is his voice lol.
... his voice, and knowing smirk. I just wish I could do that!
RIP
I heartily endorse this product and/or service. Brexiters can sing along, if they can afford it.
I think you've got it quite the reverse, my friend. The EU is the great, secular post-war dream that he's singing about.
Brilliant.
This man is so multi-clever
Genius.
YAY
Io non sono mai riuscito a capire il senso di questa bellissima canzone.
1:30 - 36 boom mic BIG time !
I didn't know the episodes survived anywhere...at least the Season 2 episodes. Where did you find it?
Leza with a Zed.....
does this character have a name? he was in ibor quite a lot as well (but with longer hair) and I love him, would be fun to know if he had a name...
more boys in makeup! thats whats wrong with the world, we need more boys in makeup that arent afraid to even put on a dress now and again just for the hell of it
The character is called Nick Cabaret, because Neil "nicked" him from Cabaret! And hear-hear for boys in makeup!
Juliet, I can't believe you haven't commented on the Suburban Prisons one - Neil with no shirt on... watch?v=j2WhaQ20ESY
I picture this as some sort of...musical song, don't know why.
Also, is it odd that when I see this video, I think of my interpretation of old Roman orgies? The sexless ones, I mean -- the ones that were just dirty and despicable and prehistorically brutish. Ceilings covered with smoke and people gorging themselves on wine and grease, keeping themselves encrusted in filth...
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Yeah, that might be odd. It's a wonderful song, though.
Why hasn't Faux News stolen this ditty as their theme song?
Not sure if deepest song ever or just trolling.
i thought i was the only one who wanted to be imogene claire for halloween
slave of freedom
Bonzo dog band ahoy...any good stuff of that nature?
Sartre
when the bbc had imagination