NEIL INNES - PROTEST SONG - Rutland Weekend Television

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  • Опубліковано 6 чер 2007
  • Neil Innes sings a protest song for a spoof of The Old Grey Whistle Test, on BBC's Rutland Weekend Television, that originally followed a sketch by the Fabulous Bingo Brothers.
    Neil Innes was associated with, and Eric Idle part of, the earlier Monty Python's Flying Circus before formulating the now cult Rutland Weekend Television, that featured the Beatles spoof 'The Rutles.'
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  • @azapro911
    @azapro911 8 років тому +159

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

    • @pablozewoppa
      @pablozewoppa 6 років тому +9

      azapro911 The best intro ever! ❤️ 😂

    • @chdrapkin
      @chdrapkin 4 роки тому +1

      OUCH!

    • @buddyneher9359
      @buddyneher9359 2 дні тому

      He may be accused of being confused, but he was average weight for his height.

  • @SteveAydt
    @SteveAydt 4 роки тому +47

    Rest In Peace, Neil. You were brilliant, funny, and sweet.

  • @mrjonthehat
    @mrjonthehat 6 років тому +105

    If McCartney gets a knighthood, and Dylan gets a Nobel prize, then Innes deserves to be Emperor of the universe, with a constant, free supply of crisps.

    • @johnenglish929
      @johnenglish929 9 місяців тому +3

      Cheese and onion !

    • @bec6516
      @bec6516 2 місяці тому +2

      ​@@johnenglish929 DO I have to spell it out?! 😅

  • @Ratelzwatel
    @Ratelzwatel 10 років тому +53

    "I've suffered for my music. Now it's your turn." :lol:

  • @johndorcic4488
    @johndorcic4488 4 роки тому +15

    “...sound your horn, if people get in your way.”
    Genius.

  • @lisa_gay
    @lisa_gay 4 роки тому +17

    My favorite Neil Innes song ever! RIP, you silly, silly man.

  • @jenniferschillig3768
    @jenniferschillig3768 6 років тому +45

    I always got a kick out of the way he tries for the higher register...and immediately gives it up.

  • @pablozewoppa
    @pablozewoppa 6 років тому +20

    This is so fucking funny. And yet respectful - but so fucking 😂 😂 😂! It is such a shame that history records Neil Innes as a Monty Python bit player. He was a great songwriter and satirist in his own right! ❤️

  • @Modes9
    @Modes9 8 років тому +90

    This gets my vote for best Dylan parody ever.

    • @marshsherrif2824
      @marshsherrif2824 7 років тому +2

      if not for Dylan this Genius would be on everybody's lips

    • @bernie2231
      @bernie2231 4 роки тому

      You should check out "My Polka Dot Undies" by Bowser & Blue.

    • @howardscarr9518
      @howardscarr9518 4 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/kOm0yQXSzyY/v-deo.html

    • @lanerussell7958
      @lanerussell7958 4 роки тому +1

      "Bob Dylan Blues," by Syd Barrett.

    • @tynebar
      @tynebar 4 роки тому

      Loudon Wainwrights "Talking Bob Dylan."

  • @Jaynesoul
    @Jaynesoul 16 років тому +6

    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.

  • @DrewidDesktop
    @DrewidDesktop 4 роки тому +8

    We love your music and the world is slightly darker now you've gone. RIP Mr Urban Spaceman.

  • @tedstein4173
    @tedstein4173 4 роки тому +12

    RIP and Thank you Mr. Innes. You will be missed.

  • @Ralphieboy
    @Ralphieboy 5 років тому +18

    "and have me a f*cking good time" was what he sang live at the Hollywood Bowl...

    • @KCSabo
      @KCSabo 4 роки тому +1

      That's how I always remember it....

    • @marksmith2464
      @marksmith2464 5 місяців тому

      Don't think the BBC would be happy with the correct lyrics :-(

    • @LetsGetDerpy
      @LetsGetDerpy 4 місяці тому

      Live at the City Center actually. He didn't sing this song at Hollywood Bowl. He sang "Urban Spaceman" and "How Sweet to Be an Idiot".

  • @rhj296
    @rhj296 4 роки тому +9

    I laughed out loud, all over again. Many thanks RIP.

  • @pocogirl
    @pocogirl 17 років тому +12

    "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.

  • @commanderstraker6732
    @commanderstraker6732 4 роки тому +10

    RIP to the great Neil Innes

  • @poptartjen
    @poptartjen 15 років тому +4

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

  • @metafis
    @metafis 17 років тому +9

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

    • @krisscanlon4051
      @krisscanlon4051 6 місяців тому

      Sounds like a Innes or Bonzo song! I Nearly Had A Hernia 😂!

  • @Longeardgaloot
    @Longeardgaloot 9 років тому +20

    I got to see him sing this when Monty Python played the City Center in New York back in the 70s and I haven't heard it again since that day! Thanks for posting this!

    • @NuisanceMan
      @NuisanceMan 3 роки тому

      @PookaDude42 That album is the best! Bryan Adams is one lucky dude...

  • @gervwright6083
    @gervwright6083 4 роки тому +5

    So sad to hear of the death of Neil Innes today. Had to listen to this song as it's the one I remember best from Rutland Weekend TV all those years ago. Never been able to listen to Bob Dylan without thinking of "rain on a tin roof..."

  • @vincentedwards6749
    @vincentedwards6749 2 роки тому +2

    ONE OF THE NICEST PEOPLE YOU COULD MEET BLESS YOU MATE j Vincent Edwards love and peace

  • @mehcol
    @mehcol 8 років тому +12

    innes, a genius. Thanks for everything - keynsham was superb.

  • @richardsleep2045
    @richardsleep2045 4 роки тому +5

    Sad to hear we've lost a genius. RIP Neil.

  • @simmo303
    @simmo303 Рік тому +3

    Clever fellow, most entertaining. Did some excellent stuff.

  • @MostDear
    @MostDear 4 роки тому +4

    Bless you, Neil. Thank you.

  • @ThisIsAdamB
    @ThisIsAdamB Рік тому +1

    I had forgotten all about this song and knew every word once it started.

  • @tizmawpux
    @tizmawpux 19 днів тому

    Thanks Mr Innes,for all of it,the Bonzo's, Rutles, monty python etc etc.

  • @TheSwissbuddha
    @TheSwissbuddha 8 років тому +5

    I love this song. Saw Neil Innes in Phoenix back in the 90's. I loved all the songs he did in MP. What a genius

  • @bigtone1348
    @bigtone1348 4 роки тому +4

    Listening to Keynsham and remembering Neil and the Bonzos at Bournemouth O2. He will be missed.

  • @musicplateau1
    @musicplateau1 8 років тому +8

    You either get it or you don't, but for me it sums up that mad Englishness that you see every weekday morning in Hyde Park between seven and half past nine.

    • @jamstonjulian6947
      @jamstonjulian6947 5 років тому

      It's fairly explicitly Bob Dylan. It's ironic more than earnest.

  • @lorenzodicapo6305
    @lorenzodicapo6305 Рік тому +2

    No one like Neil
    Miss you

  • @metafis
    @metafis 17 років тому +3

    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.

  • @ZER0--
    @ZER0-- 7 років тому +8

    This man is a genius.

    • @geoffbrooks3710
      @geoffbrooks3710 5 років тому

      Genius? In the same way Crossroads was a RADA masterclass.

  • @ysplse
    @ysplse 11 років тому +5

    "i'VE SUFFERED FOR MY MUSIC NOW ITS YOUR TURN"

  • @axhacker
    @axhacker 16 років тому +2

    Simply, Neil at his best. Classic.

  • @QuantaFilms
    @QuantaFilms 14 років тому +9

    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.

  • @jwsuicides8095
    @jwsuicides8095 7 років тому +2

    That is just SO funny and SO clever. Does anyone else think that, aside from all the deliberate laugh places Neil Innes went for, there's a great harmonica play in there?

    • @jwsuicides8095
      @jwsuicides8095 7 років тому

      I've just been reading through and enjoying your comments on this. :)

    • @jwsuicides8095
      @jwsuicides8095 7 років тому

      Sorry, I meant to say about the tuning up the guitar stuff at the beginning. Just brilliant. Nowadays everyone seems to rely on their electronic tuning devices to keep themselves in line. There is no reason for guitarists not to just tune by ear even though it saves us from many minutes of the 'tuning drama'. ;)

  • @DavidMyers-bl9gx
    @DavidMyers-bl9gx Місяць тому

    A very talented person
    We really need another.

  • @markrae1317
    @markrae1317 3 роки тому +4

    Who else could have rhymed "mise en bouteille" with "birthday"? Genius.

  • @HakanKoseoglu
    @HakanKoseoglu 7 років тому +6

    Surely Innes should have gotten the Nobel price!

  • @x42brown
    @x42brown 12 років тому +2

    I do like the introduction. A classic.

  • @frisbiegirl
    @frisbiegirl 16 років тому +7

    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.

    • @purportedly
      @purportedly 7 місяців тому

      You're absolutely right.

  • @ThePyrogenica
    @ThePyrogenica 9 років тому +25

    The one musician who never took himself seriously, presented by the one TV presenter who never allowed his ego to ruin his programmes = "whispering" Bob Harris

  • @karlekaktus
    @karlekaktus 14 років тому +1

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

  • @TheSunlitLeaf
    @TheSunlitLeaf 9 років тому +84

    I don't know what is better--the intentionally horrible harmonica playing or the lyrics or the voice. It is all just brilliant. Mr. Innes does not get enough credit!

    • @tuttt99
      @tuttt99 6 років тому +12

      He's definitely the "Eighth Python" (Carol Cleveland is the seventh).

    • @comanchio1976
      @comanchio1976 4 роки тому +6

      @tuttt99 ... and the 555th Beatle

  • @johnayres2303
    @johnayres2303 4 роки тому +2

    All the best Neil RIP.

  • @yamihoole
    @yamihoole 16 років тому +2

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

  • @morganfisherart
    @morganfisherart 3 роки тому +1

    Brilliant through and through - and that final clunking into the mike stand at the end was the absolute cherry on the cake. RIP, genius 💓

  • @7ebr830
    @7ebr830 2 місяці тому

    My Dad had a great sense of humour. He introduced me to tgis is a song.
    Here's to you Dad. I hope you're having fun wherever you may be up there.
    Anyway, thanks for the memories. 🤗

  • @LostSoul135
    @LostSoul135 17 років тому +1

    Neil is such a great musician. I love him!

  • @GreenManalishiUSA
    @GreenManalishiUSA 15 років тому +1

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

  • @NuisanceMan
    @NuisanceMan 3 роки тому +3

    "Uh, this next number is a protest song." He sounds like he wouldn't protest if you put four million volts through him!

  • @emdotambient
    @emdotambient 7 років тому +6

    Nobel prize material.

  • @hueys5
    @hueys5 14 років тому +1

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

  • @Elric33239
    @Elric33239 15 років тому +1

    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!!!

  • @novadrian
    @novadrian 13 років тому +1

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

  • @ringlord2000
    @ringlord2000 4 роки тому +2

    RIP Neil. :'(

  • @SirTenTea
    @SirTenTea 14 років тому +1

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

  • @SkopTeocratico
    @SkopTeocratico 16 років тому +1

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

  • @QuantaFilms
    @QuantaFilms 14 років тому +2

    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.

  • @acer3573
    @acer3573 4 роки тому +2

    RIP Neil!

  • @redtony58
    @redtony58 10 років тому +6

    I think I've just been run over by Rosa Parks driving the freedom bus.

  • @mehcol
    @mehcol Рік тому

    fab, thanks Neil.

  • @PeterMayer
    @PeterMayer 17 років тому +1

    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.

  • @drstevie
    @drstevie 5 років тому +1

    Brilliant.

  • @245bennyboy
    @245bennyboy 4 роки тому +2

    RIP😢

  • @Hemulen40
    @Hemulen40 13 років тому

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

  • @mariadefatimagigeck1577
    @mariadefatimagigeck1577 3 роки тому

    I love him

  • @mellow5123
    @mellow5123 9 місяців тому

    So talented and funny.

  • @slimjim4239
    @slimjim4239 11 місяців тому +1

    gets the dylan harmonica perfectly

  • @mandolindleyroadshow706
    @mandolindleyroadshow706 2 роки тому

    "Turn on your headlights, and sound your horn," (Beep beep on the harmonica).

  • @carygson
    @carygson Рік тому

    My favorite of his was Twyfords Vitromant (the name on my toilet). RIP Neil

  • @Gordyal
    @Gordyal 17 років тому

    That's the spirit!

  • @terencep44
    @terencep44 7 років тому

    my god, i have never seen that before. brilliant!

  • @huxby
    @huxby 13 років тому

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

  • @jgray6868
    @jgray6868 4 роки тому

    bloody brilliant...

  • @patrickmaloney6440
    @patrickmaloney6440 4 роки тому

    😔 miss you Neil

  • @hssmrg
    @hssmrg 2 роки тому

    Wonderful!

  • @richardenglish2195
    @richardenglish2195 4 роки тому

    RIP Neil Innes. See you in Shangri-La, man x

  • @PeterMayer
    @PeterMayer 16 років тому

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

  • @bridgitcampbell3957
    @bridgitcampbell3957 9 років тому

    I knew it would happen. I went into a panic attack as soon as he started playing that Mouth Organ.

  • @picassodamelio3728
    @picassodamelio3728 11 років тому

    neil is the man!!!comical?genius?BOTH!!!???

  • @Jaynesoul
    @Jaynesoul 16 років тому

    Absolutely Fab

  • @graytart
    @graytart 15 років тому

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

  • @Walshfan
    @Walshfan 2 роки тому

    Genius vx

  • @GrandFunker
    @GrandFunker 8 років тому

    This always KILLS me!

  • @dpitd
    @dpitd 15 років тому

    fantastic

  • @kyrastube
    @kyrastube 14 років тому

    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.

  • @AlterWagner
    @AlterWagner 14 років тому +1

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

  • @mikebrueske449
    @mikebrueske449 4 роки тому

    R.I.P. Neil

  • @jackducky
    @jackducky 11 років тому

    i haev the rutland weekend lp,thought it was great.

  • @sefghimassi8600
    @sefghimassi8600 3 роки тому

    This is from Monty Python's City Center performance album from the mid 1970s.

  • @volaireoh883
    @volaireoh883 4 роки тому

    Another hero of mine now gone..

  • @vanillaorchid
    @vanillaorchid 16 років тому

    This is great.

  • @cookmoore3736
    @cookmoore3736 8 років тому

    Perfect!

  • @davewitzany2078
    @davewitzany2078 4 роки тому

    RIP, Neil.

  • @tuttt99
    @tuttt99 13 років тому +1

    @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

  • @mandykhoo2473
    @mandykhoo2473 4 роки тому

    Can this be forgotten? He nailed n

  • @V-HighChroma
    @V-HighChroma 15 років тому

    So true.

  • @supertramp78
    @supertramp78 4 роки тому +1

    RIP