Neil Innes | July 31st, 2019 Interview
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- Опубліковано 30 гру 2019
- In what might be Neil Innes's last on-camera interview, he discusses his band, The Rutles, which counted George Harrison and John Lennon among its biggest fans. He also talks about his love of The Beatles, his regular collaborations with Monty Python, his approach to songwriting and continuing to make music into his 70s.
00:25 'Let's Be Natural'
01:25 Getting older and mortality
03:40 How The Rutles came to be
07:02 Bonzo Dog Dog-Dah Band records at Abby Road
08:00 Seeing The Beatles at Abbey Road
10:52 Music industry losing its "soul"
12:43 Eric Idle
14:08 John Cleese
15:08 Saturday Night Live
16:25 'All You Need is Cash'
21:55 Why Eric Idle didn't sing on the Rutles album
22:49 'All You Need Is Cash' | 'Ouch' outtakes
23:33 Yoko Ono
26:59 George Harrison & The Rutles
RIP Neil. It was a better place with you and a sadder place now you’re gone. But never forgotten.
I guess it would be apt to say I am "shocked and stunned" by this beautiful man's death. I was fortunate enough to have met him a couple of times and he was a funny gentle soul. RIP Neil Innes. Thank you for sharing this video.
Realy? No, Reilly.✌
Very stunned.
Totally agree, met after a concert chatted for around 15 mins just natural...
I’m shocked too and I just now found out
Neil Innes and Vivian Stanshall geniuses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I spent 1973 and 1974 in England. In '73 The Bonzo Dog Band united to put out their last album, Let's Make Up And Be Friendly. I was in The Air Force and had just gotten situated in my barracks and I bought a stereo record player, then took a taxi into Ipswich to buy some vinyl albums. As I went to get in for my first English taxi cab ride, the driver was laughing a lot. I asked what was so funny and he cranked up the radio and it was the Bonzo Dog Band. I was instantly hooked and bought a few of their albums in Ipswich. The people in the record shop thought I was pranking them when I went to the cashier with 30 vinyl album covers in my arms. They kept the records that went with the covers in shelves behind the cash register counter. They would play a sample track or two before you bought the album. Anyhow I had Beatles Rolling Stones, Bee Gees, Kinks and Bonzo Dog Band albums among the 35 I bought. Everyone in the stores jaws were dropping and they thought I was putting them on. I had just flown into my new base at RAF Bentwaters a couple of days before and had left all of my vinyl records back in the states, so I bought a whole bunch of albums that day so I could listen to music in my room in the barracks. Jethro Tull, Wishbone Ash, The Strawbs a few others included in the mix. I got every album I could find by the Bonzos. It was like discovering a fantastic hidden gem of a band who I ended up liking just as much as any Beatles record. Like a magical hidden band with quality music and songs as good as anyone but with a lot of pinches of humor in the mix. So from 1973 on and right to this moment I have been a huge fan of Neil, Vivian and their bandmates. I was devastated when we lost Viv, and also last December when we lost Neil. I was a member of the chat forum Innesboard at a fan managed site for Neil called Innes Own Words .Chatters there each took a fictional nickname, I appeared there as Percy. The site ended when Bonnie Rose passed away from cancer. Her partner Laurie co managed the tribute site to Neil. In honor of Neil & Viv and the rest of the band I do song covers of their songs here in the USA at open mics for zero dollars, just for the love and sharing of music. I loved every moment of my 2 years living in England and I love the guys to this day. In my retirement age nowadays I sing and play cover songs for free just to share the music. I'll repeat that...........I even do a cover of Noises For The Leg................I'm heartbroken again now having lost Neil, but holy cow! What an enormous body of quality top rate songs those guys left for us to still enjoy. I try to think of Viv and Neil and Dennis Cowan in that great band somewhere in heaven or maybe in some Shangr-la somewhere. Not ashamed of showing emotion, I am wiping away a tear or two as I finish typing this. Instead of just resting in peace, how about striking up the band, boys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I always loved Neil Innes. Lovely bloke :)
You lucky bastard !
The world is a sadder place for his passing.
Fortunately for us all, we still have his songs, and his witty interviews. It's too bad we won't get more, but we can and should enjoy what we have!
J Horton Well said. He'll be making us smile from the great beyond for years to come.
You are surely missed, sir.
A wonderful man and a true Gentleman. I remember watching Innes Book of Records in 1979 and being entranced by the whimsical intelligence of his beautiful music. RIP, sadly missed.
What a humble man, but so gifted and pleasant to listen to. Thanks for the YT post.
I recall neil firstly from Puddle Lane, which as a kid was a wonderful thing.
He is sadly missed.
Saw Neil in London in 2015 - doing Archaeology and Rutles hits - a really good night. The best ever Beatles tribute band with alternitive songs
Honored to have met this darling man and was fortunate enough to see him perform live , front and center, in New York City . Rest in peace ❤
Neil used to say... "I've suffered years for my music - now it's your turn."
I saw The Rutles live (and I've got a t-shirt and mug to prove it). I had a little chat with Neil Innes after the gig. He was a really lovely bloke. Very sad he's gone.
I wept like a baby for a week straight when I found out about Neil’s passing and I’m weeping now, again 😪
Too much to lose. God agrees so Neil alright. It is just "saylong time to be gone".
What a lovely guy, very funny and very humble.
I have bought the last album by Neil. It's called 'Nearly Really'. I thoroughly recommend it. Honest.
After a dozen listens or so, I have decided it is in my Top Ten favourite albums of all time. (And I should know, I've had a few!)
Clearly, the listening context has sadly changed. It is now steeped in poignancy - as well as witty lyrics and hooks and tunes. Neil was a genius. More importantly, he was such a lovely, generous, gentle and kind chap.
Love, strength and sunshine to his family and friends.
"My Soul said, “I must soon be on my way.”
“Farewell old friend,” I heard my Body say,
“It’s been good to know you all these years…”
And I could tell their eyes were close to tears".
Thank you for recommending ❤️
A true genius....immense and unfathomable talent as well as a beautiful person.
such a lovely guy
I was fortunate to meet Neil twice 2003 and 2019 a truly wonderful gifted musician and he was happy to chat not just for 10 or 30 seconds but 10 minutes! we discussed the innes book of records which he said would never get a DVD / Blu ray release, unfortunately due to the fact so many copyright problems With the BBC which is unfortunate. A great man sadly missed (I do have that T-shirt though).
THANK YOU! THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL HUMAN
Special man. Great musician. RIP Neil.
He seems like a super nice guy
Met Neil about 5 years ago he was playing local. Yes great guy thanks for the songs buddy.
What a lovely man and a very talented songwriter.
Never be another Beatles phenomenon type artist times have changed so have young people it just won’t happen I’m just glad I lived through those times and experienced it
Not getting to see The Rutles live is such a shame..
A legend in his own lunch time
Thank you for this wonderful interview. I cannot believe that Neil wrote all those Rutle songs without first listening to the originals which were being parodied. I had always thought that he had studied each song carefully and planned his own version from there. It beggars belief that he simply wrote them by remembering where he was and what he felt when each one was released -- and so quickly!! What a very clever man. I wish he were still with us: I would track him down and shake him by the hand (yes, I'm English!), or buy him a beer or ten, or ... whatever!
So many laughs and good times.
Dearly missed.
The world has lost a true gentleman and a comedic genius.
thankyou Neil, as a 15yr old in 1978 there was much to smile about, but "Amoeba Boogie" is still with me. Cheers mate.
I was fortunate to have seen him perform live in new york city a couple of years ago. I will never forget meeting him. What a dear man. Bless you.
Pretty amazing last few paragraphs- if you're going to go out with some advice for the human race, he did it here.
More good stuff along those lines in this interview also:
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A comedy and musical genius who made the world a much better and funnier place. RIP Neil you legend! A reporter asks Ron Nasty: Why have you been staying away from Liverpool? Ron: We’re not so much staying away, as not coming here”! 😂
The best quote I can think of right now is "I have always thought in the back of my mind, "Cheese and Onions".
He was a very special human being, being Good, the highest quality!
I am another who is at loss with such a wonderful human such as Neil Innes
Great Legacy great Philosopy
I love you Neil. Thanks for everything
Lovely interview.
Wonderful...
The first 3m42s are perfect.
I'm going to actually take a left turn here and say of course he was a sweetheart but he also had a very pithy sense of humor. Let's remember he was a Bonzo and part of Python! He said Viv was a National Treasure and he also said he was a drunk! Neil Innes had a lacerating sense of humor and truly was one of very few that could add rock and roll to comedy theater. Very funny very droll and now he's gone! Cheeky bastards he and Viv!
he WENT naturally.
I saw Neil playing with Grimms (including Zoot Money among others) in 1974, I think he'd just done "How Sweet to be an Idiot" and played some of the songs from it. A lovely man who's left a wonderful musical and comedic legacy.
What berk could give this a thumbs down!?
We truly lost a great one here. :(
❤️
What a great man
A genuinely lovely person.
Wow... almost five months to the day that he passed away (Dec. 29th, 2019). P.S. George was not the first to leave. . . Ringo quit during the making of the White Album.
Love Neil. RIP you poor bastard.
RIP indeed
Ricky Fataar was in The Flame who did See The Light, a very White Album-esque great single.
He was such a genius on his own, so it is really a pity he had to rely on a parody to become popular. Should have had greater success on his own or with another band or with the guys from the Rutles... But doing their own songs. Yes the Rutles was British humor at its best. But Neil deserved more than that... RIP Neil!! 💯🎵🎶
Loved the Beatles, thought Monty Python, the Rutles, and the Bonzo 's were all excellent. A lot of Neil 's other work like his Innes book of records, stand well too.
Brilliant "Good" human!
"...If you can say 'evolution' in America - I don't know." LOL
The bit about Yoko Ono saying, "We were not amused" -- probably using the royal "we" -- is apropos. It's not surprising at all that Ono would resent a project that has proven to be far more substantial and clever than anything Ono has done in her career, aside from snaring John Lennon.
Tedious and mysogynistic how people attack Yoko Ono. Revolting, actually.
@@Talentedtadpole It’s revolting how some, like you, accuse others of misogyny, knowing full well that it’s far easier to sling the term around baselessly and haughtily than it is defend oneself against such a slur. Tedious, really.
@@jmdavison62 you can't own the truth.
A pity the lighting makes Neil's nose so blue..! Great talented guy. RIP.
it was NATURAL for HIM to put that LAST GUITAR MOVE into the song
a percuss-tap then a pressing- flaring-roundhouse motion from guitar mouth to US.
very cool eh?
"The Memoirs of Billy Shears."
Greatly missed.
R I P
He died 5 months after this which is crazy and so sad.
RIP Neil Innes aka Ron Nasty
That quote about all art aspiring to the condition of music is actually from the writings of Walter Pater, not Schopenhauer. Whatever. Neil will be missed.
Second only to ray davies
I want that shirt!
Eco warrior T Shirt available at most of his gigs at the time ( I have it 😊)
Neil has gone
The dream is over
I don't believe in Walmart
I don't believe in pizza
I don't believe in Friends
...
The music business has been taken over by the accountants. So what do you expect.
7:45 It irks me when Brits say 'restroom', 'bathroom' etc. when they mean 'toilet'. I've been irked by Neil Innes which I never thought I would be. He was by and large a very unirksome man.
Try not to be an irked twat then. Who cares what it’s called? He was perfectly descriptive.
Is he pissed in this interview? (That's the British meaning of "pissed", BTW). Anyway, I always thought that it was impossible to parody The Beatles, because they were already a parody.
Wrong, I fear, on both accounts.
@@iconicshrubbery You might want to check whether it's possible to die of stuffed-shirt pomposity, Iconic: if it is, I fear that your life might be in danger....
😔COPD, most likely. Neil went via heart attack and all pictures and videos of him during his last few years show all the signs, sadly.