I met and interviewed Neil many times. He met my son who was slowly dying of brain tumours and the next day he asked if there was anything he could do. I later asked Neil to phone my son as he was reaching his end, and he called, it was shortly before Christmas 2016. My grandkids made it difficult for them to talk, but my son knew who had called him. I later phoned Neil and had a chat to say ‘thanks’. It was our last contact and will never forget Neil and his wife Ivy being so very very nice. Neil was a lovely lovely man
Neil said he was lucky to be born when he was. He was born seven years before me in 1944. In the late 60s with the Beatles at their peak and Python just starting out, he was the right age and had the luck and the talent to get involved with all that. I was the right age to enjoy it all as it developed. Nothing has matched the half decade 1965-1970 for me in the ensuing 50 years.
Agreed, and I have been. There’s an astonishing amount of him, if you look. Pro tip: use lots of different browsers. Dirty little secret: most people think that “search” is a generic activity. It’s most definitely not. If you test a handful of search terms (not a single word but not too long a group, perhaps 3-5 words, not including very common words like “the”) throw them into half a dozen browsers, using the average of Google & Safari as baseline. If search is generic and not customised, the results ought to be very similar. Ideally, they should be identical. Certain search strings yield starkly different results when using minor search engines as compared to that from dominant search engines. I remember the first time this happened to me and it was so stark that it frightened me, Why does this scare me so? It’s a black swan event. It’s only frightening because almost nobody is aware that certain search terms yield very different results in different browsers. If people were aware of this, it wouldn’t work. What do I mean by “work”? I mean that the public can be completely fooled & they are being fooled. Starkly different results mean that what you’re being manipulated & propagandised. It means someone is intervening to hide certain information and to promote other information. It’s the end of trust, if you’re awake. It’s the beginning of global propaganda. Once you’ve this much power, there are no limits to the extent to which you could be & are being guided to certain beliefs and away from dissenting voices. For it’s the dissent that is being utterly silenced. Don’t be fooled by finding some counter-narrative information. I maintain that very different responses from minority search engines that proves that you’re being fed manipulated information. I’ll go as far as observing that this is definitely malign.
Neil is a gigantic loss to music. He was a brilliant song writer who was a down-to-earth guy who probably saw himself more as (Bonzo) Dog than God. I've loved his music ever since "The Equestrian Statue" and the Rutles were pure genius.
"Urban Spaceman" is one of my favourite 60s songs. Maybe it's because I'm intelligent and clean. However, I can't claim to be a lover who's second to none. Oh well...
Neil was a one off..no one like him....equestrian statue was also the track that introduced me to Neil's work..never looked back ..he was that link between the greatest british triangle..the Beatles,Monty python and the bonzo dog band
I must confess I'm only aware of Neil's Rutles songs, but even I can tell he was a very talented songwriter and a funny guy to boot. (I'll even forgive him for guessing that Here, There, and Everywhere was John's song!) Having voraciously consumed the entire Beatles catalogue as a teen (and been left wanting more), subsequently discovering The Rutles's songs immediately felt like home to me. I'll always treasure my first listen to Archaeology when it was freshly released. I eagerly followed along with each new song in the lyrics booklet so thoughtfully provided as I let the album run uninterrupted from start to finish. Sadly there aren't many tactile listening experiences like that to be had anymore, having been quaintly outmoded by paperless streaming media services. He was neither the first artist nor the last to package a disc with lyrics, but it does make my own personal experience with the Rutles all the more special (and nostalgic.) He seems like he was a lovely man, and I'm glad he shared with us his talents that we may continue to enjoy still. Rest in peace, Mr. Innes.
This is a great interview. I am always happy to hear what Neil Innes had to say regarding anything coz he's so funny and witty and intelligent and insightful. I'm still saddened to think of his passing coz he was such an awesome songwriter and artist. R.I.P. Neil Innes - such a huge loss to the world 😢
Lovely interview of a lovely man. So glad you got to pick a brain of a genius for a bit before he passed. He will be surely be missed Long Live The Rutles!!
Wonderful interview with a lovely unassuming man. Like him, I am so glad I grew up when I did and thank my lucky stars nearly every day. As he says near the end, "the glass is half full".
I spent 2 years in England in 73 & 74. They had just released Let's Make Up And Be Friendly. Though they tried touring, but due to sparse funds they never made a big splash in the USA, so for me an American it was like discovering a fantastic band from some other world when I became aware of them in England, they struck me as being like Beatles with scoops of humor added into the music. I collected every record and video I could get and back in the states I am one of very few who do Bonzo or Neil & Vivian songs at open mics. I sing and play for free making no money with intent of spreading awareness of songs written by them here in the states. 22 back then in 73 and am 69 now. When I sing a song by them I tell the audience who wrote the song, I tell them about Neil & Viv and their bandmates. Years back 2 gals from California hosted a Neil Innes fan site. At that sight I joined Innesboard which was a chat forum where we each took a fictitious name to chat. My name there was Percy, A friend from England sent my daughter and I (she's another fan) a huge package of Neil's songs on cd and dvd including demos and karaoke versions. Documentary about Vivian and videos of Neil's Book Of Records and a video concert of Neil in Australia. I feel so lucky and since I play and sing to share music not making money, I feel proud to be able to spread the music of Neil & Viv and tell audiences about the Bonzos and their records and videos. I agree with others that The Bonzo Dog Band was influential in the creation of Monty Python's Flying Circus. Neil & Vivian, 2 genius artists. I am so happy that I was part of Neil's fan site. Yvonne wrote chronicles as Neil & Bandmates toured. Bonnie & Laurie, how nice that was, the fan site you hosted. I was extra saddened a ahile back when we lost Bonnie and more recently when the music world lost 2 greats, Neil Innes and John Prine. I love them both and am grateful for the music they created and have left for us to continually enjoy. I sang Death Cab For Cutie at my last open mic and people loved it. I still love the Bonzo Dog Band and Neil and Viv's other work. I 've practiced the Parrot's voice for Mr. Slater's Parrot recently. Can't wait to get to the next open mic. I may be the only open mic performer in the USA singing Vivian's Bad Blood. Rest in Peace guys, or better yet, I hope you are making music somewhere still!
@frank perry. What an interesting story. You could perhaps, take some film when you do your open mike session & load it up to UA-cam, as it might interest other fans ? Thx.
I spoke to Neil a couple of months before he died. I asked him exactly the same question. He said there was so many problems with copyright that will probably never be shown again…
"In this day and age, love is all the rage. Life goes on, it only goes to show. It's not my cup of tea, it's all the same to me. For we are here today and gone tomorrow".
There is a story that when the Bonzos were filming their sequence for Magical Mystery Tour, McCartney told Viv Stanshall to wear a silk scarf round his neck to look more hip. That really pissed Stanshall off!
As much as he didn't want to be folded into some sappy montage of soundbites, I would love to see his insights on the sociopolitical state of the world to be presented in one place, and to go viral. Wise, eloquent and charismatic man. Alas.
@si james I'm not sure I could admit that..it definitely is as good. But I know what you mean. It is truly wonderful and amazing as it teally captures that whimsical and affectionate 'looking back' feel of Penny Lane. You have to remember though that 'Double back Alley' wouldn't exist if not for Penny Lane...I love the title. The idea for the song cover probably relates to an escape route to double back when being chased by Scouser mobs growing up there in the story hence double back ally ha ha very clever and imaginative ..and so funny storytelling. 'Get up and go'..fantastic....as they all are. I found a Rutles cover band on yt doing all the songs so finely.
..."Yes to Capitalism because it creates wealth and yes to Socialism because it distributes wealth , but no to stealing..." Neil Innes. Amazing, creative person..
The herds of disenfranchised, disillusioned and mentally diseased people are already out there, a new and exploding phenomenon. RIP Neil, we need you and your irrepressible positivity back!
Great character......interviewer "Beatles have lately been revived" Beatles have always been and always will be. Neil Innes. Genius , as much as a genius as Johnny Rhythm was
Neil's age of reason in the spirit of Douglas Adams. The man says some clever things about cognitive stupidity. Defend your self-esteem, or you're no use to anybody else.
I note McCartney did not pay tribute to Neil Innes after his death. If he is still annoyed about his portrayal in The Rutles then he should have got over that by now and stop being petty about it.
Actually, “Here, There and Everywhere” was McCartney’s attempt at bettering Lennon’s “If I Fell”, and as brilliantly beautiful as “Here, There and Everywhere” was, Paul didn’t quite succeed.
Neil was great, but ‚Here, there and everywhere‘ was written by Paul. In fact, it was one of John‘s favourite Macca songs. Paul: „ I sat out by the pool on one of the sun chairs with my guitar and started strumming in E, and soon had a few chords, and I think by the time John had woken up, I had pretty much written the song“
Yes, surprised that Neil spaced this (he did say it with a ?), because the vocal is so obviously McCartney. Lennon admired that song to the point of envy, & I believe that the main progression of his late ballad "Woman" was derived from that of "Here, There & Everywhere".
Innes in many ways is a genius but I must say I am very disappointed that he did not know that 'Here there and everywhere' was primarily a McCartney song with Paul singing it!
@@sg-yq8pm What you don't get SG is Innes was obviously a Beatle fan and most of us for reasons unknown are pretty good with the trivial facts especially who wrote what. If you ever meet a 'true' fan you will be amazed how much knowledge they have about such things.
He's referring to social democracy, like in Canada or Europe, which DOES combine elements of both capitalism and socialism. Socialism in the sense that the wealth is more fairly distributed than in a strictly capitalist private sector, as in the U.S. NOT socialism as in Cuba or Russia, where the wealth is stolen from the masses by the dictatorships, and lack of free enterprise and democracy have destroyed any ideals or intent that Marx may have had for a fair society.
Very interesting. Insightful. I think we need to talk more seriously, with more insight, and also with humor. The world and people are so boring now, everybody is predictable. Nobody has half a wit. And if you have you better shut up. No, time to change this.
Yoko bashing is so frigging boring! John got sick of the British misogyny and racism directed at his wife back in the 'sixties. That it's still happening 40 years after his death is utterly pathetic!
I'm getting the impression that Neil was a bigger fan of Paul than John. "Penny Lane" and "Here, There, and Everywhere" were solid Paul songs. But that makes some sense when one compares Paul's output to the Bonzo's. "The Equestrian Statute," for example, Paul could have written that, with or without John's help.
Neil is correct that capitalism creates wealth. He's correct socialism distributes wealth. But he's leaving out one crucial factor. Before socialism distributes wealth, it first has to CONFISCATE it. Isn't that synonymous with stealing, Neil?
Sorry I have to disagree as Oasis where a fantastic rock-n-roll band, Liam is still the best rock-n-roll vocalist around, I loved the Beatles and the Rutles but I disagree with that statement and the crass statement from George when he said "Oasis would sound better without Liam, just because you were lucky enough to find success doesn't mean your always right.
I met and interviewed Neil many times. He met my son who was slowly dying of brain tumours and the next day he asked if there was anything he could do. I later asked Neil to phone my son as he was reaching his end, and he called, it was shortly before Christmas 2016. My grandkids made it difficult for them to talk, but my son knew who had called him. I later phoned Neil and had a chat to say ‘thanks’. It was our last contact and will never forget Neil and his wife Ivy being so very very nice. Neil was a lovely lovely man
Thank you for sharing your story. He indeed was a lovely, gentle man - he much missed.
Very touching story - thank you. Ivy was actually Yvonne - but pretty close :-)
@@morganfjp Yvonne's email address was 'ivy.......' I think Neil called her by that name too. I have my interview with her and also Neil
somewhere
@@beatlesandbeyondarchives2421 I (and many others) would be delighted if you could share that interview :-)
What a call to make. Thank you, Neil.
The only worse call to make is when you’re related to the person who’s about to slide away.
My wife and I had a chance to hang out and talk to Neil in NYC...Nice man...R.I.P.
Neil said he was lucky to be born when he was. He was born seven years before me in 1944. In the late 60s with the Beatles at their peak and Python just starting out, he was the right age and had the luck and the talent to get involved with all that. I was the right age to enjoy it all as it developed. Nothing has matched the half decade 1965-1970 for me in the ensuing 50 years.
I could listen him for hours. Thank you.
Agreed, and I have been. There’s an astonishing amount of him, if you look. Pro tip: use lots of different browsers. Dirty little secret: most people think that “search” is a generic activity. It’s most definitely not. If you test a handful of search terms (not a single word but not too long a group, perhaps 3-5 words, not including very common words like “the”) throw them into half a dozen browsers, using the average of Google & Safari as baseline. If search is generic and not customised, the results ought to be very similar. Ideally, they should be identical.
Certain search strings yield starkly different results when using minor search engines as compared to that from dominant search engines. I remember the first time this happened to me and it was so stark that it frightened me,
Why does this scare me so? It’s a black swan event. It’s only frightening because almost nobody is aware that certain search terms yield very different results in different browsers. If people were aware of this, it wouldn’t work. What do I mean by “work”? I mean that the public can be completely fooled & they are being fooled.
Starkly different results mean that what you’re being manipulated & propagandised. It means someone is intervening to hide certain information and to promote other information.
It’s the end of trust, if you’re awake. It’s the beginning of global propaganda.
Once you’ve this much power, there are no limits to the extent to which you could be & are being guided to certain beliefs and away from dissenting voices. For it’s the dissent that is being utterly silenced. Don’t be fooled by finding some counter-narrative information. I maintain that very different responses from minority search engines that proves that you’re being fed manipulated information. I’ll go as far as observing that this is definitely malign.
Neil is a gigantic loss to music. He was a brilliant song writer who was a down-to-earth guy who probably saw himself more as (Bonzo) Dog than God. I've loved his music ever since "The Equestrian Statue" and the Rutles were pure genius.
"Urban Spaceman" is one of my favourite 60s songs. Maybe it's because I'm intelligent and clean. However, I can't claim to be a lover who's second to none. Oh well...
Neil was a one off..no one like him....equestrian statue was also the track that introduced me to Neil's work..never looked back ..he was that link between the greatest british triangle..the Beatles,Monty python and the bonzo dog band
Genius! “The Rutles” is still one of my favorite Beatles albums.
I must confess I'm only aware of Neil's Rutles songs, but even I can tell he was a very talented songwriter and a funny guy to boot. (I'll even forgive him for guessing that Here, There, and Everywhere was John's song!)
Having voraciously consumed the entire Beatles catalogue as a teen (and been left wanting more), subsequently discovering The Rutles's songs immediately felt like home to me.
I'll always treasure my first listen to Archaeology when it was freshly released. I eagerly followed along with each new song in the lyrics booklet so thoughtfully provided as I let the album run uninterrupted from start to finish. Sadly there aren't many tactile listening experiences like that to be had anymore, having been quaintly outmoded by paperless streaming media services. He was neither the first artist nor the last to package a disc with lyrics, but it does make my own personal experience with the Rutles all the more special (and nostalgic.)
He seems like he was a lovely man, and I'm glad he shared with us his talents that we may continue to enjoy still.
Rest in peace, Mr. Innes.
Interesting that he first chose Across the Universe - a very Innesesque John song!
Archaeology needs a vinyl reissue!!
He was wonderful
Why do you think he was wrong about here there and everywhere being John's song?
Neil Innes is a public treasure.
This is a great interview. I am always happy to hear what Neil Innes had to say regarding anything coz he's so funny and witty and intelligent and insightful. I'm still saddened to think of his passing coz he was such an awesome songwriter and artist. R.I.P. Neil Innes - such a huge loss to the world 😢
Lovely interview of a lovely man.
So glad you got to pick a brain of a genius for a bit before he passed. He will be surely be missed
Long Live The Rutles!!
He was a lot of fun to interview - really lovely man.
Wonderful interview with a lovely unassuming man. Like him, I am so glad I grew up when I did and thank my lucky stars nearly every day. As he says near the end, "the glass is half full".
I was enjoying this interview, and then scrolled down to discover the sad news of his passing. I have always loved his work-true genius.
Great stuff. Thanks. Neil Innes is so good.
I love infinity, I can't get enough of it - deserves a special tip of the hat.
The world got much less funnier without you Neil!
I spent 2 years in England in 73 & 74. They had just released Let's Make Up And Be Friendly. Though they tried touring, but due to sparse funds they never made a big splash in the USA, so for me an American it was like discovering a fantastic band from some other world when I became aware of them in England, they struck me as being like Beatles with scoops of humor added into the music. I collected every record and video I could get and back in the states I am one of very few who do Bonzo or Neil & Vivian songs at open mics. I sing and play for free making no money with intent of spreading awareness of songs written by them here in the states. 22 back then in 73 and am 69 now. When I sing a song by them I tell the audience who wrote the song, I tell them about Neil & Viv and their bandmates. Years back 2 gals from California hosted a Neil Innes fan site. At that sight I joined Innesboard which was a chat forum where we each took a fictitious name to chat. My name there was Percy, A friend from England sent my daughter and I (she's another fan) a huge package of Neil's songs on cd and dvd including demos and karaoke versions. Documentary about Vivian and videos of Neil's Book Of Records and a video concert of Neil in Australia. I feel so lucky and since I play and sing to share music not making money, I feel proud to be able to spread the music of Neil & Viv and tell audiences about the Bonzos and their records and videos. I agree with others that The Bonzo Dog Band was influential in the creation of Monty Python's Flying Circus. Neil & Vivian, 2 genius artists. I am so happy that I was part of Neil's fan site. Yvonne wrote chronicles as Neil & Bandmates toured. Bonnie & Laurie, how nice that was, the fan site you hosted. I was extra saddened a ahile back when we lost Bonnie and more recently when the music world lost 2 greats, Neil Innes and John Prine. I love them both and am grateful for the music they created and have left for us to continually enjoy. I sang Death Cab For Cutie at my last open mic and people loved it. I still love the Bonzo Dog Band and Neil and Viv's other work. I 've practiced the Parrot's voice for Mr. Slater's Parrot recently. Can't wait to get to the next open mic. I may be the only open mic performer in the USA singing Vivian's Bad Blood. Rest in Peace guys, or better yet, I hope you are making music somewhere still!
@frank perry. What an interesting story. You could perhaps, take some film when you do your open mike session & load it up to UA-cam, as it might interest other fans ? Thx.
My left ear thanks you!
when drinking tea i switch them.
“The Who, Ray Davis & the Beatles wrote great songs” spot on Neil
Ray Davies was an English national patriot. Comrad Lenin was a Communist Globalist.
Didn’t know he passed away three weeks ago. Another genius has left us. He reached out to everyone with his music.
I WISH THE BBC WOULD REPEAT THE INNES BOOK OF RECORDS
There are quite a few of the songs on UA-cam.
I spoke to Neil a couple of months before he died. I asked him exactly the same question. He said there was so many problems with copyright that will probably never be shown again…
So much wisdom and intelligence as well as humour
RIP Neil
(Also, thanks for the Brian Wilson audio mix, there...)
"In this day and age, love is all the rage.
Life goes on, it only goes to show.
It's not my cup of tea, it's all the same to me.
For we are here today and gone tomorrow".
"I love infinity - I can't get enough of it!'
I could listen to him forever wise wonderful spirit he had
Such wisdom!
Oasis not as good as the Rutles....absolutely....and i am not joking....
Oasis don't come near..I wouldn't even mention them in the same sentence..
I've never understood why anybody compares Oasis with The Beatles. They don't sound remotely like The Beatles to me. They barely qualify as music.
@@WaterShowsProd Fair Comment....
A brilliant man ❤
Agree.
That’s Neil’s lovely wife Yvonne coming in towards the end
I'm so glad he had happiness in his private life for all those years, lucky man as well as a very talented one.
There is a story that when the Bonzos were filming their sequence for Magical Mystery Tour, McCartney told Viv Stanshall to wear a silk scarf round his neck to look more hip. That really pissed Stanshall off!
As much as he didn't want to be folded into some sappy montage of soundbites, I would love to see his insights on the sociopolitical state of the world to be presented in one place, and to go viral. Wise, eloquent and charismatic man. Alas.
Great interview, shame about the loss of sound on the one channel...
Mine too..one ear the left. God bless and rest well our dear genius Neil. I'm off to double back alley now!
The Gallagher Brothers WISH they could write songs like Neil Innes.
@si james I'm not sure I could admit that..it definitely is as good. But I know what you mean. It is truly wonderful and amazing as it teally captures that whimsical and affectionate 'looking back' feel of Penny Lane. You have to remember though that 'Double back Alley' wouldn't exist if not for Penny Lane...I love the title.
The idea for the song cover probably relates to an escape route to double back when being chased by Scouser mobs growing up there in the story hence double back ally ha ha very clever and imaginative ..and so funny storytelling. 'Get up and go'..fantastic....as they all are.
I found a Rutles cover band on yt doing all the songs so finely.
..."Yes to Capitalism because it creates wealth and yes to Socialism because it distributes wealth
, but no to stealing..." Neil Innes. Amazing, creative person..
What a nice guy. Love the hat too lol
He was a top man, absolute gentleman.
Oasis weren't even in the same boat as Les Garçons de la plage
Nor also Arthur Hodgson and the Kneecaps!
Or Dirk's band The Punk Floyd
the answer to the question, "what if George Carlin had been a brilliant musician?"
While "Here, There and Everywhere" was not John's, he later copped the verse chords for use in the bridge of "Sexy Sadie."
Which was tributed/copied by Jet. Look What You've Done.
@@alasdairbaird7303 ?
Also listen to "Woman" from the "Double Fantasy" album.
I II III IV V Chords are common in a lot of Beatle music. It was what they did on top of them that was magic.
Neil ❤️
Death Cab for Cutie- RIP Neil!
Brave Sir Robin ran away, bravely ran away away.
Hey Brit Clip - can we get this in both ears?
Genius!
The herds of disenfranchised, disillusioned and mentally diseased people are already out there, a new and exploding phenomenon. RIP Neil, we need you and your irrepressible positivity back!
RIP ,Neil ..
The Rutles should be in the HOF, as well as the Ruts. Both great bands.
Bonzos, too.
Great character......interviewer "Beatles have lately been revived" Beatles have always been and always will be. Neil Innes. Genius , as much as a genius as Johnny Rhythm was
Where's the cut away to chair moving?
Neil's age of reason in the spirit of Douglas Adams. The man says some clever things about cognitive stupidity. Defend your self-esteem, or you're no use to anybody else.
I note McCartney did not pay tribute to Neil Innes after his death. If he is still annoyed about his portrayal in The Rutles then he should have got over that by now and stop being petty about it.
Joe O'Connor agree totally.
For a rock giant, Paul McCartney is a surprisingly small man.
How did he not know here there and everywhere is Paul’s?
Actually, “Here, There and Everywhere” was McCartney’s attempt at bettering Lennon’s “If I Fell”, and as brilliantly beautiful as “Here, There and Everywhere” was, Paul didn’t quite succeed.
Neil was great, but ‚Here, there and everywhere‘ was written by Paul. In fact, it was one of John‘s favourite Macca songs. Paul: „ I sat out by the pool on one of the sun chairs with my guitar and started strumming in E, and soon had a few chords, and I think by the time John had woken up, I had pretty much written the song“
Yes, surprised that Neil spaced this (he did say it with a ?), because the vocal is so obviously McCartney.
Lennon admired that song to the point of envy, & I believe that the main progression of his late ballad "Woman" was derived from that of "Here, There & Everywhere".
Innes in many ways is a genius but I must say I am very disappointed that he did not know that 'Here there and everywhere' was primarily a McCartney song with Paul singing it!
Would Paul McCartney necessarily know who wrote and sang a particular Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band song ?
@@timhancock6626 That question is so wrong on so many levels or are you just a troll Timothy?
@@sg-yq8pm What you don't get SG is Innes was obviously a Beatle fan and most of us for reasons unknown are pretty good with the trivial facts especially who wrote what. If you ever meet a 'true' fan you will be amazed how much knowledge they have about such things.
Let the man rest in peace will you!?
@@Neil-Aspinall - Neil said early on that "nobody's perfect." Can you approach that level of compassion? Go on - have a go mate! ;-)
Cognitive stupidity, I like that. God bless you Neil, you certainly had a way with words my friend....
Didn’t he. Thanks for your comments
Here, There and Everywhere is a Paul song.
“Not even as good as the Rutles!”
Personally I don’t think I can hear that much Beatley vibe in Oasis.
Was it most pronounced in the first album?
here there and everywhere was pauls. paul said it was the most perfect song he had ever written.
The media, a cross between maggots and sharks, without the humanity of either.
Absolutely right too much
Technology I hate it
Hate virtual bullshit
Interesting listening to Neil,i dont agree with socialism though,kinda contridicts capitolism that Neil also endorsed.God bless him.
He's referring to social democracy, like in Canada or Europe, which DOES combine elements of both capitalism and socialism. Socialism in the sense that the wealth is more fairly distributed than in a strictly capitalist private sector, as in the U.S. NOT socialism as in Cuba or Russia, where the wealth is stolen from the masses by the dictatorships, and lack of free enterprise and democracy have destroyed any ideals or intent that Marx may have had for a fair society.
Very interesting. Insightful. I think we need to talk more seriously, with more insight, and also with humor. The world and people are so boring now, everybody is predictable. Nobody has half a wit. And if you have you better shut up. No, time to change this.
Agreed. I mourn Innes's voice; I had no idea he was so eloquent and had so much to say about the state of human affairs until now, after he died.
@MichaelKingsfordGray You are certainly one of them
Joko Ono was a Dark Cloud in a Bright Blue Beatles Sky. John climbed up a ladder and found the word YES. Then he climbed down and found Oh NO.😨
Yoko bashing is so frigging boring! John got sick of the British misogyny and racism directed at his wife back in the 'sixties. That it's still happening 40 years after his death is utterly pathetic!
I'm getting the impression that Neil was a bigger fan of Paul than John. "Penny Lane" and "Here, There, and Everywhere" were solid Paul songs. But that makes some sense when one compares Paul's output to the Bonzo's. "The Equestrian Statute," for example, Paul could have written that, with or without John's help.
Neil is correct that capitalism creates wealth. He's correct socialism distributes wealth. But he's leaving out one crucial factor. Before socialism distributes wealth, it first has to CONFISCATE it. Isn't that synonymous with stealing, Neil?
It called taxes, we use them to develop society,we all contribute and it helps everyone.
@@mickymac6571 No offense, but are you six years old? Because our taxation system is a little more complicated than that.
@@tomcarl8021 no I'm clearly not six years old and anyone who comes out with that ridiculous comment is not worth debating with.
If the capitalist gets it all that’s stealing too.
@@katec7033Yes, it's called embezzlement and that's a crime.
What's your point?
Sorry I have to disagree as Oasis where a fantastic rock-n-roll band, Liam is still the best rock-n-roll vocalist around, I loved the Beatles and the Rutles but I disagree with that statement and the crass statement from George when he said "Oasis would sound better without Liam, just because you were lucky enough to find success doesn't mean your always right.
Oasis was mediocre at best...
@@vanillajack5925 Different taste, the sound was like not before with Liams voice, my opinion so each to their own.
@@panspermiahunter7597 Very true, it's all subjective. You like Blur??
@@vanillajack5925 No, I love the rough rock of Oasis, even Liams recent stuff sounds great, Blur were okay good tunes but not for me.
@@panspermiahunter7597I used to really like Blur... anyways, take care!