From: edc@evolution.bchs.uh.edu (edward s. chen)
Newsgroups: rec.music.beatles
Subject: Re: Various questions...
Date: 16 Nov 92 21:05:29 GMT
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In article <1992Nov16.153100.1251@malmo.trab.se> Christer.Gullstrand@malmo.trab.se (Christer Gullstrand) writes:
>In article <1e7gpnINNou0@menudo.uh.edu> edc@evolution.bchs.uh.edu (edward s. chen) writes:
>>In article <1duaqrINN71t@clover.csv.warwick.ac.uk> maujs@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr J D Morris) writes:
>>>
>>
>>>	Next up, would anyone help me complete the following list
>>>of Rutles songs against the Beatles songs they are parodying. Thanks
>>>to the info. on 'It's Looking Good' and 'Cheese And Onions', by the way.
>>
>>>	Cheese And Onions		A Day In The Life
>>        From the Rutle Soundtrack LP "Yellow Submarine Sandwich" PCS#7070
>>        Not really a good choice, other then the "borrowed" chord at the
>>        end.   A general "YS" psychidelic Beatles parody, certainly with 
>>        touches of "It's All Too Much", or "Only a Northern Song", but 
>>        keeping authorship the same, Lennon's only song on the soundtrack
>>        "Hey Bulldog" stands as the most likely place Innes' inspiration
>>        started from.
>

>"Cheese and Onions" has in fact even turned up on a Beatles bootleg,
>"Indian Rope Trick", subtitled "a strange John Lennon outtake - 1975?"
>Not by any member of the Beatles of course, but it "sounds" a lot like
>John Lennon's voice. In the beginning I even thought that this was John.
>I bought this album in 1976, how many years before the Rutles movie???
>The version on the boot is quite different from the one in the movie.
>Does anyone have information about this??

Actually, the performance was after "The Rutles: All You Need is Cash" had 
aired.

Eric Idle was the host of Saturday Night Live, and his buddy Neil Innes
was with him at NBC.  Roughly 3/4 of the way through the program, Don
Pardo made a special announcemnt:  "And Now - A very special appearance,
from the only Rutle living in New York City -- Mr. Ron Nasty".   Innes 
came out in full Lennon-ish costume (white suit, long wig, and beard) and
performed "Cheese and Onions".  (Innes was center stage, playing a piano,
and the SNL band was backing him).   That is the tape that appeared on the
bootleg.

The funny thing is that several years later, an interviewer accused Innes
of stealing an "unreleased" Beatles tape for "Cheese and Onions", and his
proof was the aforementioned bootleg.

While on the subject, here is a somewhat complete list of unreleased *Rutles*
material:

"I Must Be in Love":  The original version of the song, used in the short
film produced for Innes' "Rutland Television" special on the BBC (and 
subsequently aired on SNL) was much slower, but with roughly the same tune.

"The Rutles Live at Herndon":  Innes has described in interviews that the
performing Rutles (ie: not Eric Idle, who doesn't actually play on any of
the recordings) did several live shows, before they went into the studio.
Innes claims each of those shows were recorded, and the tapes are just sitting
around, unused.  Innes also says the versions of some of the songs are better
then the studio recordings.

"Cheese and Onions": The above mentioned version

Miscellany:  Just as Paul McCartney has reconciled his past with the Beatles,
Neil Innes has reconciled his past as Ron Nasty, chief Rutle.  During Innes'
recent live shows, there have been reports that he would do a Rutles tune
or two, describing them in interviews as being "not half bad rock and roll."

Oh well.

"It was their trousers... They were very..tight.  You could see everything,
quite clearly.  Outlines... Left nothing to the imagination"  - Mrs. Iris
                                                                Mountbatten

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