She served us well for years, this ol' guestbook. But now we have a new one.
April 10, 2002
Samuel Anthonius Tandiyanto
• samuel@tandiyanto.com
Kuala Lumpur/Malaysia
http://www.tandiyanto.com
I'm Indonesian but stay in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia,
nice to have a friend like you....greetings from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia !!!
April 10, 2002
Dave Harris • Rabid47@hotmail.com
Kent, UK
Hey Neil,
Was the lyric 'Or scoring porn' on the track 'Back in 64', a reference to Frank
Zappa ?
April 08, 2002
jimmie • James
Broskey @cs.com
Philadelphia
A remarkable and interesting site for a long time
Neil and Bonzo fan who spent his first day on the computer going over this site.
Lots of fun.
April 08, 2002
David hebert
• hebert38@eatel.net
Gonzales La.
Hey Jay, It's me just writing to say high!!!!!!!!(ha)jWhat's
up dude? Haven't heard from you so I was just curious? LATER!!!!!!!!!!!
April 08, 2002
NICK HALL / four more heroes/
stranglers tribute • nickhall@freshfayre.co.uk
LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE
http://www.fourmoreheroes.com
DOES ANYBODY HAVE A LIST OF ALL THE GIGS THAT
THE BONZOS DID, VENUES & DATES ETC.
April 07, 2002
Piscataway New Jersey Dance
• piscdance@yahoo.com
Piscataway New Jersey
http://geocities.com/piscdance
great site. i enjoyed my visit.
April 07, 2002
Roxy641 • lawlorsteve@yahoo.co.uk
London, UK
http://uk.geocities.com/lawlorsteve/BEATLES.html
Fab website ;-)
I'm seeing NEIL INNES on Tuesday with a friend. Neil is recording for a radio show.
Roxy641
April 05, 2002
Tom Koehler • mkoehlerf@aol.com
Livingston,New Jersey USA
How did I end up here ?
April 05, 2002
NICK HALL
OUR WEBSITE IS http://www.fourmoreheroes.com
a link will be put on our site.
April 05, 2002
NICK HALL aka JET WASH
JUST FOUND YOUR WEBSITE, WHICH IS GREAT. I AM
THE DRUMMER OF THE STRANGLERS TRIBUTE BAND 'FOUR MORE HEROES'. I AM A BIG FAN
OF THE BONZOS. PLEASE CHECK OUR WEB SITE IF YOUR INTO THE STRANGLERS MUSIC.
WE WILL SORT OUT A LNK TO THIS WEBSITE. WE ARE GIGGING UP AND DOWN THE COUNTRY
FROM THIS WEEKEND ONWARDS. CHEERS, NICK.
April 01, 2002
Eileen ( Newell ) Now Barnett
• mebar@therim.com
Heber AZ USA
I was at the Manor house when Lets Makeup and
be Friends was made. We spent almost three weeks together as they were recording
that record. Got to know Neil and the rest of the band well My best memmory
is of the Cricket match in woodstock (The one outside of Oxford) If any of the
band see this, Plese Email me. I need to talk to legs. I got to the US but not
as a part of your dance group.(Bunny) Eileen
April 01, 2002
Calin RANG • CALINAKIS@YAHOO.COM
ROMANIA
Dear Sir! Im a 38 yrs old engineer from Romania,
ex-communist country in Eastern Europe and wish you to sincerely congratulate
you for your "Away with Words" series on Discovery. I fluently speak English
& French and Im fascinated by ETHYMOLOGY of words. Concerning this, your program
is a real nectar for my soul. A jewel in this shitty magma of US-made non-culture
which invades our massmedias (sorry for my lack of self-control...). Goodluck
and keep it on with your great achievements which bring such joy to those which
love the mistery of words and their origins! Best regards. Calin RANG.
March 28, 2002
Bernd Wahlbrinck
• bernd@wahlbrinck.de
Germany, Home of the Wadel
http://mitglied.tripod.de/BerndWahlbrinck/index.htm
Jeeze,
i just bought me the Rutles DVD, which i recommend because, in addition to what you get on the video, you can also enjoy Eric Idle's comments throughout the movie (i never would have thought that the actress who brilliantly played the woman going on about the tight trousers was the same one who played the Nazi-Yoko woman!). anyway, that's why i felt i had to look around on the internet for stuff related to the Rutles, and so i found this fantastic site.
thanks a lot, especially for all the lyrics and stuff!
take care
Bernie
PS I have a hunch Holden Caulfield (aka the Catcher in the Rye, to whom my website
is dedicated) might have loved the Rutles...
March 27, 2002
Dave Harris • Rabid47@hotmail.com
Kent, UK.
I can't think of one individual who has enriched my life more than Mr.Innes, albeit in some shadowy form or another.
If Neil Innes ever reads this, I'd just like to say that the Rutles music stands
alongside anything Lennon & McCartney ever wrote, perhaps his particular genius
lies in the ability to mimic a style, look back to it's origins and have a bloody
good laugh along the way. Thanks a lot, Neil, you are the BEST !!!!!
March 27, 2002
Kitty • egoworrier@aol.com
Having been a bit too young for the Bonzos (ok,
I admit it - not very much too young) I only knew Neil's later songs, but have
just got The Bestiality of Bonzo Dog Band - very funny! Please come back to
Norwich, Neil!
March 26, 2002
Rob Theelen • rob.theelen@wolmail.nl
Vianen, The Netherlands
Finally I have found the melody of "rhinocratic
oaths", one of the most beatiful tunes ever been written. Now I hunger for more!
Neil, many thanks!
March 20, 2002
nita perera • padmaprod@bigpond.com.au
australia
I believe in the good lord above
March 18, 2002
That would be telling
• sw156v6@yahoo.co.uk
Suffolk, England
Love the site, got into the music when DLT played"The
Urban Spaceman" back in the eighties. Any way gotta go and start my garden project!
March 17, 2002
Lawson • lawson.skuse@ntlworld.com
Wales
What the hell is a URL?
My wife now finds me a sadder older man for adding this site to my favourites.
I tried to tell her about "Do Not Adjust Your Set" and she went to bed.
(She is 15 years younger than me) Oh, well, there is always bugger thy neighbour.
March 14, 2002
Gwyn Wright • harpadillo@msn.com
Lexington, KY, USA
I would like to give Neil a big virtual hug (since I've never gotten close enough for a real one...). What music I have of Neil's has always been tops in my collection (and when the Bonzo CD's were released - and I could get them - I had waited 10 years to hear "Keynsham"!). I'm still trying to find sources for Neil's stuff in my neck of the woods...I'll keep trying.
Thank you, Neil - for all of it.
March 14, 2002
Mike • mike@logicalsoftware.co.uk
Essex, UK
http://logicalsoftware.co.uk
Just to say that I enjoyed the site. Thanks a lot.
Bonzos helped me through my teans. My musical sense of humour. I used to go into a cool pub (age 18) with lots of beautiful people and put on 'Canyons of your Mind' on the juke box. It changed the atmosphere!
Loved Rutles. Got the records. Archeology is inspired but I am a heavy-duty beatles fan so I get more from it than most I like to think.
Saw Neil recently at Bush house with E. Bron, Graham G etc recording radio. Did a super solo piece. Had the pen and copy of Archeology ready in case Neil was free but he dashed. Ms Bron got on her bike outside and rode off.
Bought the Bonzos trilogy recently in Broadstairs. Quite a catch. Historically very interesting. Didnt know McCartney produced 'spaceman'.
Good wishes to the webmaster and look forward to more inventive stuff from Neil.
regards
Mike
March 14, 2002
Don Kilinski
• ABigBeatlesFan@aol.com
Wall, NJ, USA
Saw Neil at Beatlefest 2002, in NJ. Amazed by
his talent and humor. Absolutely love the "Recollections" cd's. Ungawa!
March 12, 2002
Brian McMahon
• Byrdman757@aol.com
Alexandria,Virginia USA
Met and got autographs from Neil at Beatlesfest.
Also watched interview in Imperial Ballroom. Why the straw hat? You look good
with no hair! If you must wear a hat how about that cap you wore in the movie?
Also if "Rutling" is to be in the dictionary as "to copy the style of another
music group", maybe Webster should make room for it by eliminating "Curling"
all together. Hey, you're a genius by the way.
March 11, 2002
Robyn Gibson
• RobynGbsn@AOL.com
Leicester
Very stubbed
March 11, 2002
Poor Student Michael
• i_wanna_be_adored@hotmail.com
Suicide Central.
www.geocities.com/paxromana_lives
Hi Neil! I'm still happily going about my business, though Colchester is indeed a miserable place. Your albums are an essential part of survival, especially as they're so nicely signed ;)
Hopefully see you on tour round here soon (no pressure, hehe)
Love Michael
March 11, 2002
Lynn Healy • beatlyn@hotmail.com
Broomall, PA 19008
Just saw you at Beatlefest at the Meadowlands,
you were terrific, thankyou for all your wonderful talents and making us smile
even after loosing George, you are a blessing to us all, Shine On, Lynn
March 11, 2002
Lynn Healy • beatlyn@hotmail.com
Broomall, PA 19008
Just saw you at Beatlefest at the Meadowlands,
you were terrific, thankyou for all your wonderful talents and making us smile
even after loosing George, you are a blessing to us all, Shine On, Lynn
March 10, 2002
Christie R. • greenbirdie27@aol.com
northern New Jersey
http://www.surferhamster.com
Hey all,
I got to meet Neil yesterday at Beatlefest, which I'm still so incredibly happy about! He's one of the nicest people in the world, if not the nicest. I was even lucky enough to get an autograph and picture.
Oh yeah, and wasn't his performance with Liverpool awesome? Keep on rockin' Neil!!
Love,
Christie <"
March 10, 2002
alex • CARRINGTON
Whitley Bay .Tyne & Wear, England
ALEXCARRINGTON@HOTMAIL.COM
Collected Bonzos at 16 onwards, 30 yrs ago. not obsesive you understand but have your 'Idiot' LP Roger Ruskin Spear 'Unusual' LP and of course Vivians 'Sir Henry' LP.
The only thing that keeps me going sometimes is a laugh.
And you should be proud to know that you kept me going.
March 10, 2002
Someone else again!
Sorry HarV (see below) - not that I thought you were that nutty or anything, I thought it might be you because it looked a little like a joke!
Apologies if I made you look nutty!
March 08, 2002
Harvey J.Satan
• oh you know it by now
Envyville,USA.
To all my Camp Neil Chums ~
I hope you all have a wonderful,Innes-filled weekend,at Beatlefest! You're the best!
Colour me chartreuse with envy!
All my love to one and all!
March 08, 2002
Not Jim Yoakum
• NotJimYoakum@notjimyoakum.com
Somewhere Not Near Jim Yoakum
http://notjimyoakum.com
I can say,quite irrevocably,as a friend of Jim Yoakum,whom shares his phone calls and emails....that "Roger",seen below,is NOT Harvey J.Satan.( Although he may have been "Burton Gilliam" ) Mr.Satan may be mad as all get out,but does not fall into the paranoid-delusional mythos that surround the life and times of John Lennon.( Whom is still dead. ). If any of the Lennon family's talents or actual value need scrutiny,it would be the validity of Sean Lennon. ( And let's face it,twenty-two years later,people can stop pretending they actually listen to Yoko Ono and enjoy it. Okay? ) Thanks.
I remain,Not Jim Yoakum. ( or Martin Lewis )
March 08, 2002
Gian Perrone
• gian@macrotech.co.nz
Hamilton, New Zealand
http://gian.expdev.net
Just say the show at the Hamilton Performing arts
center.... Really enjoyed it... well done.
March 07, 2002
Fred King • fred.king@virgin.net
Wales
Wonderful site, I remember the Bonzos from Do
Not Adjust Your Set
March 06, 2002
Someone else!
Hey Roger (see below)...are you Harvey???? (apoloigies
to Harvey if you're not!)
March 06, 2002
Andy Scotcher
• andy.scotcher@horses.co.nz
Pukekohe, N.Z.
Still crazy after all these years.
Saw the Kings Arms gig last night and this incredibly talented and funny person still does it for me (since the early 70's in fact).
Got a light Mac?
No, but I got a dark brown overcoat.
March 06, 2002
Roger
Want to know the major reason for John and Yoko's
split. John has a New York born illigitmate daughter. That's why he moved to
New York City in the 70's. Also why he had a lot of depression. This was a private
battle with a married woman. The married woman wanted to keep it hidden from
her daughter. The daughter found out at 24 years of age. By then John was already
dead. John was planning to see her by the time she reached 18 years old. John's
frustration on contacting his daughter intensified in the 70's. As a result
the daughter's step-father almost killed the mother. Now the daughter is in
the music business writing music and keeping her secret. Meanwhile I am a A&R
guy over at Sony. The gossip is all through the music business. I can't reveal
my full real name because I am sworn to secrecy. I have seen her and she is
a beautiful blonde woman. I can't even tell her I know because I could get in
trouble with the music business. I just felt I had to tell someone. John went
crazy to see his child that was denied him because of the married mother.
March 01, 2002
Helen O' The Kords
• bonzoheehaw@yahoo.com.au
City: Palmerston North. State: a little bit tipsy! Country: Zoo Neiland. Hemisphere: The best one!
www.Imstillworkingonitsowatchthisspace.com
Hey wow, I've just come from the Palmerston North gig (New Zealand). Folks,if theres anyone reading this in New Zealand, get out there and see at least one of Neil's remaining gigs, they are MORE THAN WORTH IT!!!! This man is so talented, and you will have such a great time, you will both laugh, and be made to think a little more deeply too. No matter how many times I see him perform, I will NEVER tire of it, and I will always enjoy it! This man is exceptionally talented! Hey,trust me,would I have come all the way from Australia just to see his concerts? Off all the music I've ever listened to, this man is genuinely the most all-round talented. He has an incredible gift for songwriting, and if you go, I promise you that you will be touched in some way by what he does.
So follow the links on this page of neilinnes.org to the tour dates, and get out there and see him! It's not every day that such an exceptionally talented man is in your country!
There's also another date that might not be up on the page yet- the Kings Arms Tavern in Auckland on the 6th of March - so you still have two opportunities to see him!
Take it from me - you won't regret it! This man's music, thoughts and humour will touch you!
Thanks Neil, for such enjoyable music. You have a real gift.
Helen O' The Kords!
February 24, 2002
Christine Bibby
• bibbyc@whl.co.nz
Auckland, New Zealand
I loved Neil's interview with John Campbell on National Radio last Saturday. It would be excellent if John could do another interview but for TV3 when video clips could be included. This could generate a whole new group of fans-not just those of us who were born in the first half of the last century.
Have a good "Orienation Tour" Neil!
February 24, 2002
Margaret Palmer
• grahamdancer@hotmail.com
Chicago, Ill.
don't have one
requesting audition for Tyego Dance Project
February 24, 2002
Margaret Palmer
• grahamdancer@hotmail.com
Chicago, Ill.
Requesting audition for Tyego Dance Project.
February 23, 2002
Alistair Renwick
• al.2.cat@xtra.co.nz
Auckland New Zealand
cool
February 23, 2002
~*M*~ • prefab467@aol.com
East Greenbush, New York, USA
http://www.dreamwater.org/magnificentm/
This site is WONDERFUL. I think I'm in love with it. No, honestly. This is the most informative, wonderful, nice-looking website dedicated to Neil Innes that I've ever seen. The fact that Neil approves it as well is enough to make it worthwhile!
But soft, enough of my rambling and on to what I'm really trying to say. I'm thanking you for making all of my times here so wonderful. I just wanted to let you know that this site really, truly makes me SO HAPPY! THANK YOU dearly for putting it up... and for putting Neil's tour dates up too! :-)
Love and all the best,
~*M*~
February 21, 2002
Grant Buist • brunswick@paradise.net.nz
Wellington, New Zealand
I'm a writer for the student newspaper 'Salient'
in Wellington, New Zealand. As you know, Neil's touring here for the first time
next week, and I'm attending his Wellington show on Thursday. Would you be interested
in an account of how it went? Also I'm hoping to interview him, and although
I'm a big Rutles fan I don't know much about the Bonzos or what he's been doing
recently (none of his TV work has screened here). Can you suggest any good interview
questions that won't annoy him?
February 18, 2002
Marc Bailey • TashiDeley1@aol.com
Channel Islands, California
I have always thought, in the back of my mind
- "Will Neil Innes ever tour (or simply creep silently in and play the odd date
in the USA, preferably near where I live)? And a very good thing that would
be.
February 18, 2002
Marc Bailey • TashiDeley1@aol.com
Channel Islands, California
I have always thought, in the back of my mind,
"will Neil Innes ever tour (or just creep silently in and play the odd date)in
the USA"? And a very good thing that would be.
February 15, 2002
Sir Thomas
Ouch! You´ve got a nice page!!!
I´m trying to spread your religion in Sweden, the land of the Svens!
February 12, 2002
jorge belda • jorbelpi@hotmail.com
Valencia, Spain
I´m the organizer of a Beatles Festival in Spain
and I´d love to have Neil Innes in it. Please, contact with me at my email for
details. Thank you very much.
February 11, 2002
Chas Bagley • chuffchuff@msn.com
folkestone Kent UK
loved the site anybody know where to buy the Innes
book of records on video (DVD) as my 1980's betamax is getting worse and worse
February 07, 2002
Todd Rollin • todd.rollin@autodesk.com
San Rafael, CA
From the Bonzo Dog Band through Monty Python and the Rutles, Neil Innes has juxtaposed his knack for parody and social commentary with his joyous affirmation of music's magical powers. I keep listening to "Questionnaire" and wondering why I keep getting lured into surveys at the local mall...
No, I'm not a critic, just a happy listener.
February 07, 2002
John Ritchie
• jer@rithazelwood.fsnet.co.uk
Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire
Gasps in astonishment at the magnificence of this
site. I love Neil the musical god and thought I was alone in the universe till
I found your site. Thank you for making an old man very happy,or is it a happy
man very old.
February 02, 2002
Celeste
Neil Innes is the best! :) He does seem attractive
when he's Ron Nasty. Anyway, does anyone know anything about a new Rutles movie?
I heard that Eric Idle made another Rutles movie called Can't Buy Me Lunch with
music from the Archeology on it...
February 02, 2002
Pete Garcia • beatels@adelphia.net
U.S.A.
Enjoyed all of your acoustic and electric,jamming,at
last years"Chicago Beatlefest ".Thank you for all your other comments,and jokes.Still
listen to the playback of your Sunday acoustic set.Take care.
February 02, 2002
Pete Garcia • beatels@adelphia.net
U.S.A.
Enjoyed all of your acoustic and electric,jamming,at
last years"Chicago Beatlefest ".Thank you for all your other comments,and jokes.Still
listen to the playback of your Sunday acoustic set.Take care.
February 01, 2002
robert sigh • robertsigh003@yahoo.com
port harcout, Rivers
nice to know there is a site devoted to such a wonderful artist.
i can well remember now .bonzo, rutles, and of course ; innes book of records .(great )
any chance they may be repeated somewhere.
thanks very much.
i like exploring send me a line folks
February 01, 2002
Edward Vanderpump
• EdwardMary@evanderpump.freeserve.co.uk
Norwich, Norfolk, UK
http://www.hatads.org.uk
Particularly interested in information about TV
commercials Neil appeared in / wrote music for. We would like to archive them
for posterity (see HAT website). Generally a big fan since Bonzo days & my wife
teaches at Neil's old school(with Miles / Myles?). Are Rutles available on video?
Many Regards! Ed V.
January 28, 2002
Paul Rawlinson
• karnival@netspace.net.au
Melbourne Australia
Hi there Neil, just a line to let you know that I love your music and you've been a massive influence on my band (called Rick Hart and the Fallen Archers). I also hope you'll tour Australia after your NZ tour.
All the best
Paul Rawlinson
January 28, 2002
erik dahl • erikonline@btinternet
fleetwood.uk
nice to know there is a site devoted to such a wonderful artist.
i am afraid i am old enough to remember .bonzo, rutles, and of course ; innes book of records .(great )
any chance they may be repeated somewhere, uk gold perhaps.
thanks very much.
erik
January 26, 2002
Dr. Joe Glickman
• advisor@gotpetsonline.com
http://www.gotpetsonline.com
please visit my wood duck birdssite.
www.gotpetsonline.com
January 26, 2002
David • dawallace8@hotmail.com
Edinburgh,Scotland.
W-I-c-k-e-d!!!!!!!
January 18, 2002
Pete Smith • pete-ruth@utopiary.fsnet.co.uk
Pickering - North Yorkshire
Whoops! - previous message should read "Well done old chap!"
-that pesky shift key struck again!
January 18, 2002
Pete Smith • pete-ruth@utopiary.fsnet.co.uk
Pickering - North Yorkshire
Thanks for reviving fond memories of those 'heady' days of the 60's - "Do not adjust your set " etc.etc.!
Hurrah for Neil and all his works - Well done old chap1
January 14, 2002
ezguy • mp3rank@tripod.cl
http://members.tripod.com.br/mp3rank/
great site.
January 14, 2002
Danny Barbour
• Danny@EnygmaG.com
Flattest Yorkshire
http://www.EnygmaG.com/neil.htm
Advance orders are NOW being taken for Rutles T-Shirts at the address below. These shirts are only available for a limited period so if you want to look cool in a RUTLES T-Shirt place your order now, you may never get another chance!
http://www.enygmag.com/neil/tshirts.htm
January 12, 2002
CHEYBERPUNK • GREYMALKIN666@ELVIS.COM
BIRMINGHAM.UK.
4 THE 3RD TIME......
GROOVY, MAN!
January 12, 2002
Cheyberpunk • Greymalkin666@Elvis.com
G-G-G-GROOVY, MAN!
January 11, 2002
Cheyberpunk • Greymalkin666@Elvis.com
Birmingham.UK
One of the most entertaining websites I've seen! Well Done Sir!
Jolly good fun for all the family, I should say!
All singing and dancing and being very silly indeedy!
'W-I-C-K-E-D!'
January 10, 2002
Harvey J.Satan
erm....I left off a "T"....so here it is.
January 10, 2002
Harvey J.Satan,etc.
• Wholelottaspam4U@spamuloads.com
Never You Mind Nosey Pete!
http://www.wottaloadofbollocks.ogre
That Ken Simpson is going places I tell you! Like
Ipswich,for starters. Brillian pix. Rutling Ken Thompson also seems to be going
places too! ( Unfortunately....it's also Ipswich. ). Thank you to both of you
for sharing the "Unrugged" Experience,and making us all jealous....you little
creeps.
January 05, 2002
Brad L. Hollowniczky
• Spiritsarise@Earthlink.net
Manheim, Pa, USofA
It's 2002 and the world still hasn't come to an end!
Happy New Year to all of the normals...
Nappy Yew Hear to all of the rest!
Thanks Neil!
P.S. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Go to www.petitiononline.com/MOUA and sign the petition
to get Warner Brothers to reissue the fab Viv Stanshall album "Men Opening Umbrellas
Ahead" Bonzos Unite!
January 03, 2002
dr.moogle • nezappa57@netscape.net
los angeles CA
neil innes?tour dammit!much love.i want more rutles.george
harrison was the greatest ever!
January 01, 2002
Aaryn • JezraelAston@aol.com
Around and about
www.underyourspell.com/TwinStarz
Happy New Year Neil!
I wish you well on the new projects.
I wish everyone out there luck in 2002!
Aaryn
January 01, 2002
RSM's Redundant
Hey kids!
Forty years ago TODAY!
Beatles record Decca tapes, Mon 1-1-62
http://www.gbar.dtu.dk/~c958468/beatles/sessionmonday1january1962.html
Celebrate, people!
This is kinda where it all began...
Cheers,
Mike E. Smith
Redundant
January 01, 2002
Alice
Thanks Neil! Happy New Year to you too and to
everybody!
January 01, 2002
Neil Innes • watchthisspace
space
thisspace
Happy New Year wherever you may be
thank you for all the love and support
I am working on new songs and paintings
and stories - and I solemnly resolve to
get some of them done this year!
Love and Peace
Neil
December 31, 2001
Keith Wigdor
• Kwigd144@Aol.com
Staten Island, New York, USA
http://www.digitalconsciousness.com/galleries/KeithWigdor/KeithWigdor.phtml
Dear Neil, I am fan of your work and I love everything
that you do. I was born in 1965, and unfortunatley I have never seen the Bonzos
live. My favorite song of all time is, "WE ARE NORMAL". I also love,"BEATIFUL
ZELDA". The work you did with Monty Python was great too. Neil, you have inspired
me to be an Artist. In your free time, please check out: www.selfcell.net click
on wigdor k. That is me, Keith Wigdor. Neil, you are the best!!!!!!! Thank You,
Keith Wigdor Kwigd144@Aol.com PEACE
December 29, 2001
A.R. • JezraelAston@aol.com
www.underyourspell.com/theTwinStarz
Someone showed me the Rutles when I was young and I never looked back. Still after all these years it has never lost it's charm, and the music never lost it's melody to me. Drives the rest of my family crazy,but my twin and I don't care.
When George passed away My twin and I sat down and we played Hard Days Night, Help and the Rutles they all seemed oddly to go hand in hand.
Much appreciative of your talent.
Thanks Neil!
Aaryn
December 25, 2001
Brad L. Hollowniczky
• Spiritsarise@earthlink.net
Manheim, Pa USA
I'm a bit young for all this rubbish, you know,
but that hasn't set me back one bit. Good God man! I was only eighteen months
old when the Bonzos released "Let's Make Up and Be Friendly," yet I remember
it like it was yesterday. It was a bit drizzly and cold that day and my mother
was stone drunk. I've got "N. Innes: Normal Man" tattoed on the back of my neck...just
below the name of my diocese. Do give us a tinkle, Neil. My cats would be delighted.
December 22, 2001
Gary Wood • woodrasp@aol.com
North Brunswick, NJ, USA, etc.
Very nice. So encouraging. Quite inspiring, really.
Tremendously exciting and extremely Neil. One really must sit down for a strong
cup of tea.
December 20, 2001
Harvey J.Satan
• Same Old One
Same Old Place.
http://yourenotreallygoingtotryandclickonthisareyou?.com
It's December 20th.
Neil's birthday was December 7th.
Co-incidence?
I think not!
Happy Bidet to you,young shaver me lad,hope the garden gnomes behaved this year.
December 19, 2001
M.J. FOULDES
LOVE EVERYTHING RUTTLEY!! GREAT GIG IN IPSWICH (2001)!
IF YOU READ THIS NEIL, THANKS FOR SIGNING THAT DAVID ESSEX FLYER FOR ME IN FELIXSTOWE (MY GIRLFRIEND GOT IT FOR ME! ME AND HER DAD WENT TOO, BUT WE DIDN'T GO TO THE GIG!).
OH AND PLEASE ALL LOOK AT MY WEBSITE! IT WAS A PROJECT ME AND MY FRIENDS DID AT COLLEGE YEARS AGO - BEFORE I'D EVEN HEARD OF THE RUTLES - IMAGINE MY SUPRISE WHEN I'D FOUND SOMEBODY HAD BEATEN US TO IT!
December 18, 2001
Sammfa • puntanddennisfan@uboot.com
Heckington, LINCS
My name used to be manfy
December 16, 2001
jennie kochanek
• angelluve6913@aol.com
Helmetta,nj,us.middlesex
i had fun
December 16, 2001
Bfrad Stewart
• bradstew@austin.rr.com
Austin, Texas
Hi Neil,
This is great Website! Thanks for the 'cords'. I've been a Bonzo fan for over
30 years! Can't wait to see y'all perform again.
December 14, 2001
JIM AMIDON • SARMIDILLO@AOL.COM
BELLEVILLE,ILL USA
I WAS INSPIRED AND AMAZED BY THE ALBUM "patto"
IN 1970 AND WOULD APPRECIATE HEARING FROM ANYONE WHO KNOWS ABOUT AND DIGS MIKE
PATTO, OLLIE HALLSAL OR ANY ONE IN THAT GROUP. THEY WERE TRULY AMAZING.ALSO
LOVE ALEXIS KORNER(spelling?)
There's a great Patto website run by our very favorite guitar god, "Rutling" Ken Thornton. The URL is http://members.aol.com/rutler/index.htm
December 08, 2001
Nick Poulloura
• nick.poulloura@mail.com
england
Hi Im English you know
December 05, 2001
Ken Simpson • VETKEN@aol.com
Indianapolis, Indiana USA
The heart stops briefly when someone dies,
a quick pain as you hear the news, and someone passes
from your outside life to inside. Slowly the heart
adjusts to its new weight, and slowly everything continues,
sanely.
Thanks for your spirit and music and laughter, George.
I'll be playing "Ding Dong" again this New Year's eve.
To Neil, our thoughts are with you on the loss of a great friend. Peace to All.
December 05, 2001
Don & Gerri Besler
• dwb60@juno.com
Chicago, Illinois U>S>A
Stopped to say Hello. Hope Uncle Alex Is well
December 03, 2001
Ronald McDonald
ballpit
Your the best!!! come to america and i'll hook
you up with a burger.
December 03, 2001
Adam • sluggo@apex.net
Paducah, KY US
Thank you for that, Neil. Albert Einstein said
that energy never dies; it just transforms. All of the love, beauty, energy,
and wonder that was George is out there for us to take advantage of...NOW. His
dying wish of "love one another" couldn't have come at a more appropriate time.
December 02, 2001
Catherine
Funny how you don't realize how deeply some people
affect your life until they're not there anymore. Condolences to Neil and family
in this time of grief for all of us. Also I'd like to say thanks to Neil for
taking the time to personally sign the first Recollections cds. It really does
mean a lot.
December 02, 2001
Michael Goodrum
• i_wanna_be_adored@hotmail.com
University of Essex
Deepest sympathy to you Neil, whilst George himself
said all things must pass, his legacy shall surely live forever.
December 01, 2001
simon rogers
• brityankny@aol.com
long island new york
'THERE GOES THE SUN'..WE LOVE YOU GEORGE.MY DEEPEST SYMPATHY
TO YOU NEIL.
November 30, 2001
R. Stevie Moore
• rsmko@earthlink.net
NJ USA
http://www.rsteviemoore.com/
Thoughts of George
from me to Neil.
I hate middle age!
November 30, 2001
Neil Innes • Dotty
Commy Bastard
Hope in the state of Serotonin
Starstuff
Our house is full of candles
burning every wick
Life is very simple
but not exactly quick
The stuff of George will last
Forever and a day
When lovers meet in innocence
They say what George would say
I love you.
November 30, 2001
Harvey J.Satan
All things must pass away....even our beloved Beatles.
To Neil,sincerest condolences on the loss of your dear friend.
To the rest of us....we've truely lost the 5th Rutle.
Take heart dear friends,and remember our George...play some music,watch a film,and know that he fought the good fight.
My sincerest condolences to all at Crackerbox Palace.
November 30, 2001
Ann
All things must pass...In remembrance of George.
November 30, 2001
Helen
i luv puddle lane!!!
and the raggy dolls!!!
November 29, 2001
simon rogers
• brit-yankny
long island new york
just wanted to say how much i enjoyed recollections 3.this has to be my favourite out of all three.great work danny !
all you guys out there who havent bought this latest in a
trilogy of classic,awe inspiring musical genius...then i suggest you put this at the top of your christmas list!!now!!!is it true this is going to be the last one? meanwhile.... now that the python shop is releasing the holy grail figures to huge interest,wouldnt it be great if they could add neil as sir robin's minstral or the knights
assistant complete with falling wooden horse!beats barbie and ken for christmas!!have
a great xmas everyone!
November 28, 2001
Jayne • go_johnny_go_go_go_go@leagueofgentlemen.zzn.com
Basildon, Essex, England
http://ministry_of_python.tripod.com/yourlupinsoryourlife/
I love Neil Innes! definitely should've been in
Python more. And he is strangley attractive as Ron Nasty. No come to think of
it REALLY attractive! Anyway long live Neil he's f**king brilliant!!
November 25, 2001
joe brown • bigjoe
saginaw,mi,usa
aol
uh i dont know
November 24, 2001
Stef • egowarrior@hotmail.com
Berlin, Germany (another nice place for a Neil gig if you ask me)
http://www.slavesoffreedom.de.vu
To Helen and Malwina:
Helen's right, this website is incredibly good! Of all the websites I know this
is the best structured, most creative and most informative and above all funniest
site, and not only because it is about Neil!
November 23, 2001
Helen O' The Kords
• bonzoheehaw@yahoo.com.au
Adelaide, Australia, Southern Hemisphere, and a good place for Neil to play his next gig (hint hint!)
(See comments below)...Awwww, don't worry ladies, it's special to me! I think what Laurie and Bonnie have done with this site is a work of art, and I never cease to be impressed!
Good one, ladies!
:)
Helen.
November 22, 2001
Malwina
It's OK, but nothing special
November 21, 2001
Greg Taylor • symjet@aol.com
Northampton,Northants,UK
Nice to know I am not the only fan.Good websites
with lots of info.Mind you I am well pissed off to find he was at the Cambridge
Corn Exchange just over 2 weeks ago.If only I had know aaargh!!You do not get
the chance to see a hero in your lifetime very often.Bonzos!!?!?
November 18, 2001
Ellie • bassplayer@groupie.co.uk
England - Manchester
I haven't visited this site in *ages*, but it's always fun to come back and have a giggle at! Me and my friends saw you at Beatleweek 2000 (the August one held every year in Liverpool) and it was fab gear to hear "The Idiot Song" and "Brave Sir Robin" live and in front of us! Everyone singing..."Crystal balls..." (balls!!!) Thanks for the laughs - including all the work you did with Python, Grimms, Rutles and RWTV!!!
Ellie xx
November 16, 2001
Ken Simpson • VETKEN@aol.com
Indianoplace, IN USA
Hello Bonnie...I've lost your snail mail....Check out Laurie's video until yours arrives. Love what you did with the Beatlefest video......Neil was brilliant in Cambridge and Ipswich...wish you could've been there.
Love and peas,
Ken(nearly Rutling)Simpson
November 16, 2001
Cherrie Nelson
• cnelson12@aimultimedia.com
Tacoma
http://www.musicphan.com/
I kinda like it. Thanks!
November 12, 2001
pythonologist
Enter to win the special edition Monty Python and The Holy Grail DVD Signed by the cast or a Holy Grail t-shirt!!! Log onto www.noizepollution.com/monty_python
November 11, 2001
Stef • egowarrior@hotmail.com
Berlin in awfully cold Germany
http://www.slavesoffreedom.de.vu
Great to hear about the release of Recollections
3 and that the first 200 copies will be signed. I'd much rather buy one and
have it signed at a concert though, like I did with the first two Recollections
- any chance of a concert in near future?
November 09, 2001
Danny barbour
• Danny@EnygmaG.com
Yorkshire - The flat bit
http://www.enygmag.com/neil/orders.htm
Finally it's HERE. We apologise for the delay but you will have to agree that RECOLLECTIONS 3 was worth waiting for.
Available NOW online. Get your signed copy of RECOLLECTIONS 3 (if you are one of the first 200 orders) along with your FREE copy of The RUTLES UNRUGGED De Luxe Souvenir Programme at
http://www.enygmag.com/neil/orders.htm
ENJOY
November 07, 2001
Randall E Eagen
• pmeagen@juno.com
Valparaiso
http://www.dvaekran.com/
Great site, keep up the good work
November 07, 2001
Joey • blah@blah.com
NY
hi there
November 05, 2001
Leanne Collins
• l.collins@btinternet.com
Oakville
http://www.autexpr.com/
I like this site. Keep it up!
November 05, 2001
Danny Barbour
• Danny@EnygmaG.com
Flattest Yorkshire
http://www.EnygmaG.com
Vet Ken, great to see you in England. Drop me a line as I have a couple of items for you.
Danny
November 04, 2001
Helen O' The Kords
• bonzoheehaw@yahoo.com.au
University of Woolamaloo, Australia Australia, Australia
To Stef (see message below) -
Thanks for the flattery, your cheque is in the mail!
If only I could write songs half as well as the person who's songs I'm transcribing!
Helen.
November 02, 2001
Alice Thompson
• Alicevalleyjm@yahoo.com
kgn. Jamaica
At this time we need to pray for world peace.
November 02, 2001
Stef
Pete,
that's easy. Just scroll down this page and click on "chords" to see the wonderful work of Helen O'The Kords!
Have fun!
November 01, 2001
pete • robotii@yahoo.com
where can we get the chords???
November 01, 2001
Danny Barbour
• Danny@EnygmaG.com
Yorkshire - The flat bit!
http://www.enygmag.com/neil.htm
Photos taken during the sound check before the Rutles Unrugged at Ipswich, 30th October. Check them out.
http://www.enygmag.com/neil/update10/photos015.htm
October 31, 2001
butch • ruttlesbut@aol.com
Fitchburg Ma. U.S.A.
Hi all i really dig the Rutles i saw Neil in Cambridge
Mass. on October 7 at the house of blues it was great i hope Neil brings Unrugged
to the U.S.A. thanks and peace .
October 31, 2001
Angelina
Had to visit that "In a Haunted House" section
today. Whoo-oo-oo!
October 31, 2001
Steve Milner
• s,milner@blueyonder.co.uk
Whitley Bay
http://genba-kanri.com
Thanks for a great show at the Corn Exchange on
Monday! any chance that the 'World Tour of the A4' could head a couple of hundred
miles up the A1 to Newcastle?
October 31, 2001
noor • princess_turf@hotmail.com
orlando,FL,USA
hi ummm.. i don't know what this is for so no
comments.
October 30, 2001
the walrus • WAYNESAYSHELLO@hotmail.com
England
I saw the Neil perform at the cambridge corn exchange
last night since Im studying in the area and I have to admit he was pretty good!.
Indeed a semi-living legend.
October 30, 2001
kenechy ubajekwe
• ken_sweet@madmail.comm
dont ask me I am a child of God.
www.jekwe.com
momomol,,,,,,,
October 29, 2001
Adam
Did anyone catch the feature Mojo Magazine did a while back on 'Patto' (John 'Barry Wom' Halsey's old band)?
There were interviews with John and Neil and loads of information on the late,
great Ollie Halsall (Leppo/Dirk McQuickly!). John and Ollie were longstanding
members of Patto, who had the same, wonderfully surreal attitude as the Bonzo
Dog Doh-Dah Band. If you can get the issue, it's well worth checking out!
October 29, 2001
Freddie Wiss
• hat_on_tuesday@hotmail.com
Weston, MA, USA
Neil,
I saw you at the Fillmore with the Kinks and Spirit in October '69. One fantastic memory!
Sorry I missed you when you came to Cambridge, Massachusetts this month. Heard about it after the fact.
Come back soon,
Freddie Wiss
October 24, 2001
Fred Salway • fredsalway@beeb.net
London
Any idea who will be backing Neil in his Enlish
gigs in October?
October 23, 2001
Nathan
Hey, hello to everyone
October 22, 2001
Richard King
• lionheart@skynet.be
La Hulpe, Belgium
Had to post this one!
Yesterday, I was trying to fix an old hi-fi things with a player for those huge old not-so-CDs. The twazzy band was past it, so looking around for a replacement, I suddenly had this Innespiration : "knicker elastic, King!". So I dug a length out of my wife's sewing box, fixed the loose ends together, & Bob's yer uncle (well, he is mine!).
Can I get to Ipswich on the 30th?
Regards,
Richard
October 20, 2001
shehzad2009
• shehzad2009@hotmail.com
pakistan
i am male
i like beauty
October 19, 2001
Reiko Chiba • reikochiba@idols.jp
http://www.asian-pictures.net
I think you guys are great!
October 19, 2001
Ilona • ilonas@home.com
Buffalo
http://www.sure-buy-mall.com/
Great. Thanks!
October 19, 2001
Danny Barbour
• Danny@EnygmaG.com
Yorkshire
http://www.enygmag.com
New pics of Neil and other ex Bonzos have just been posted at http://www.enygmag.com/neil/update09/photos014.htm
Enjoy
October 19, 2001
garry • dgarry@petro-neat.com
Toronto
http://www.petro-neat.com/
neat. i like the site.
October 18, 2001
belle • belle
belle
belle is cool
October 17, 2001
Mr. Chris Rohrer
• chrisrohrer@hotmail.com
Bishops Stortford, Herts. England
Thoroughly enjoyed your show in Harlow earlier
this year. When is recollections 3 and your new cd going to be available
October 17, 2001
Mila Jackson
• mila.max@sympatico.ca
Toronto
http://www.mila-max.com/
Hi from Canada!
October 17, 2001
Eldon Barclay
• eldonba@mtaonline.net
Collegedale
http://www.lexpetro.com/
I misspelled my email address on my last mail
to you. Anyways, keep the site up!
October 17, 2001
Milton Lewis
• kdl@fastransit.net
Lake Charles
http://www.ksd-media.com/
You will be hearing from me soon. Thanks
October 16, 2001
Everd Linten •
elin345@aol.com
Henderson
http://www.herenowgood.com/
Good web with cool info. Thanks.
October 16, 2001
Gary Shafer • jdb183@radar.com
Naches
http://www.herefm-media.com/
Good job! Thanks!
October 14, 2001
Mary Conte • mconte@dgsystems.com
Brooklyn, NY
I saw Neil at the Village Underground show on
Oct. 9th, and it felt like the first time I laughed in weeks. After the shock
of the devastation at the World Trade Center it felt so good to relax and have
a good time. After his encores Neil said that he was proud to play New York,
but it really made me proud that he gave us the chance to go out and enjoy ourselves
again! Thank you thank you! I saw him at the Bottom Line last time he played
NYC.... Hope I don't have to wait another 15 years. Thanks also to Yo La Tengo.
October 14, 2001
Nigel Cherry
• nbcherry@cs.com
Haverfordwest, Pembs., UK
How sweet!
October 14, 2001
Stef • egowarrior@hotmail.com
Berlin, Germany
www.slavesoffreedom.de.vu
To Kev:
Sounds like a good reason for learning to drive! If you go, have a great time!
Oh, and if you talk to Neil afterwards, tell him to have more concerts on Saturdays
please :o)).
October 13, 2001
Kev
Dear Helen O' The Kords:
Well, that's put my mind at rest - thanks!
Now all I have to do is get my act together to see Neil and the re-formed Rutles in Cambridge at the end of the month.
Maybe I should learn to drive...
October 13, 2001
Stef • egowarrior@hotmail.com
Berlin, Germany
http://www.slavesoffreedom.de.vu
Just noticed that my last entry has been put back
in (although somehow I wish it had been left out... it seems to be in very bad
taste now, considering the date - honestly, folks, I had no idea what had happened
when I wrote that!!) but my URL has gone AWOL. Nevermind, it didn't work anyway
last time. So here it is again! And yes, there's quite a bit of Neil on my site
too.
October 13, 2001
Helen O' The Kords
• bonzoheehaw@yahoo.com.au
Adelaide, AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA!
http://www.I_bet_you_are_curious_enough_to_click_on_this_nonexistent_link.com
To Kev (see message below) - no, I don't think your expedition to Keynsham was sad! I also made a point of driving through Keynsham when holidaying in the UK last year (the burning pile of tyres in a field next to the road as you came into the place was quite spectacular, and really set the tone!).
What is more sad was my trip from Oban to the Mull of Kintyre (all because I like Macca's music too, and wanted to also visit the place of the song) then back to Oban because I forgot something, then all the way down to Cardiff - all in the same day!! (even sillier, when you consider our ultimate destination the next day was somewhere "oop north". (And let's not even mention Krome Hill).
Helen.
October 12, 2001
Well I'll be blowed. There's me pootling
On a whim I typed
Well, now I feel
Question: Is
Kev
along through life, watching DNAYS as a kid, listening to the Bonzos, watching
Python, the Innes Book of Records, The Rutles (Just watched the new DVD tonight
as a matter of fact...) etc. and acquiring the (very) odd album or two.
Neils name into sherlock, and a link to this site opened up - and now I find
it's not just me, but loads of people! :-)
prompted to find out when he's touring in the UK.
it very sad to be driving from Pembroke (Wales) to Salisbury, and ask your girlfriend
to detour so you can drive through Keynsham?
October 11, 2001
Bob Gottesman
• robert.gottesman@verizon.net
New Jersey
I saw the first set at Maxwells on Saturday night which was great. Just curious if all the sets (NJ, MA, NYC) were the same or not. Could someone post the set lists for each show?
Thanks
October 11, 2001
Gareth • gareth.brown@hbo.com
New York & London
It was - to add to the e-mails piling up on your welcome mat - a real pleasure to see/hear you in New York at The Village Underground. And to hear anything performed live that was off the Keynsham album was a walk down memory lane from back when I was an eager lad of fifteen dating Polly Donnison (child author of "William and the Dragon") having no idea what to do with a girl. Instead listening to LPs like "Gorilla" and "Keynsham."
Not to mention growing up watching "Do Not Adjust Your Set." Halcyon days revisited on Tuesday night.
And the pleasure of enjoying so much between then and now including Grimms and Rutland Weekend Television.
Liking the new stuff too - and looking forward to introducing my two year old son to it all. (Finally found out what to do with girls.)
Love to you and yours and thanks for the songs and their singing.
October 11, 2001
Sam • Sam_Holdsworth@yahoo.co.uk
Lincolnshire, UK
Hello people!
Just wondered if anyone knows why Claude was in the reject bin in that wonderful show The Raggy Dolls. I love that program but I can't remember why Claude was there, can anyone help?
Much love
Sam!
October 10, 2001
James Goward
• pavelbird@aol.com
New York, New York
I dunno...
I saw your show last night at the Village Underground and I wanted to say how great it was to have you in town. My brother, sister and I all grew up listening to your music and it, along with the Beatles, got all of us into playing our own music, which is such a cornerstone of ouyr adult lives.
Anway, seeing you the other night was (a) a really great, totally unexpected suprise and (b) served to really connect all of us back to really wonderful halcyon days. There was really something life-affirming about it, and I think we're all ready for as much of that as we can get these days, so anyway thanks much. It meant alot!
Sincerely,
James Goward
P.S. Come back again soon!
October 10, 2001
R. Stevie Moore Land
• innes_stout@rsteviemoore.com
Nashville Tennessee 1952
http://www.angelfire.com/pop/kryso/innes.html
HI HI, FRIENDS N COUNTRYMEN!
BRANDNEW NEILPAGE!
http://www.angelfire.com/pop/kryso/innes.html
Hee Haw, Hee Haw!!
October 10, 2001
Steve Rapp • plan9friend@aol.com
Kearny, NJ
What a terrific show in N.Y.C.!!! Neil, you are a gifted performer and lyrical genuis! I had the time of my life, and Godfrey Daniel, we could all use a laugh with the all the evil meanies running around! I felt elated as you performed songs that always enjoy and never grow weary of!
You gave us all the gift of laughter and happiness in NYC. Bless you!!!
Oh, one more note: you have always been kind to me as you signed and posed for pics. You sir, are a hero too!
God Bless,
Steve
October 10, 2001
Sarah • sarah@go3net.com
Leigh on Sea
http://www.play-times.co.uk
Cool site!
October 10, 2001
Leslie Molson
• LMM@cbsnews.com
New York, NY U.S.of A.
Just saw the concert at the Village Underground
last night, and it was the perfect way to spend Lennon's birthday! Neil Innes
is a genius.
October 10, 2001
Paul McCormick
• paulmccormick@earthlink.net
NY, NY
Neil, YLT, what a great show last night! Listening
to Cheese & Onions, I thought, this is probably the closest any of us will get
to seeing the Beatles (if they'd stayed the course and not met Jeff Lynne) in
this lifetime. Hope it happens again - first time I'd seen Neil on a stage since
Grimms/Python days in old Blighty.... Thanks everyone concerned! (psst... tapes,
videos anyone?)
October 10, 2001
Maxie • maxie1@oceanfree.net
from Germany, living in hope, no, Ireland
http://love.macca_4ever.tripod.com/beatles/index.html
This website is simply great. I've been looking for a site about Neil Innes and this website offered all the information I wanted. Keep up the good work.
(and visit my website if you find the time...)
October 09, 2001
Chris V. and Rebecca McNeill
• rebe@world.std.com
Boston, MA
Thanks so much for this. In the U.S., it's very hard to get a hold of Neil's stuff. Not anymore! We had the pleasure of seeing him at HOB in Cambridge and the added thrill of meeting him after the show. There was a guy before us who had every album Neil ever released, and Neil patiently signed them all. What a guy! THese songs invade your brain and will not leave until you listen to them over and over and over happily. We felt like we were in "Shangri-La" Sunday night, to be able to see Neil Innes live. We fell in love listening to the Rutles, like many others must have, and we're just so so SO grateful to you for providing us and so many others the opportunity to hear the songs of this flippin' genius. Bless you.
October 09, 2001
Roger Horton
• horton@oldmillsnape.co.uk
Snape (near Farnham)
http://www.oldmillsnape.co.uk
Just found the website, excellent!!
October 09, 2001
Gay Russell-Dempsey
• rd4@mediaone.net
Evanston, IL, USA
Hi!
I am interested in using your lyrics to Knights of the Round Table for a high
school drama anthology I am working on. The students are to read the play Sir
Gawain and the Green Knight and discuss the play as well as do some interpretive
things involving the script. Additionally, we have them look at/think about
a piece of writing on a related theme. I believe students would have fun reading
Knights of the Round Table and interpreting it in their own way. Would you be
willing to grant permission for its use? Please supply any info you gave me
as well as the cost of using your song. Thanks so much. Gay Russell-Dempsey
October 09, 2001
mikerowefox • mike_rowe_fox@yahoo.com
Mass.
Boston Globe review of Neil in Cambridge, MA
MUSIC REVIEW
Innes's humor doesn't compromise his rock
By Jim Sullivan, Globe Staff, 10/9/2001
CAMBRIDGE - Neil Innes, a bald man sporting a gray, Beatles-like wig, took the stage at the House of Blues Sunday night. The members of the ace alt-rock band Yo La Tengo - guitarist Ira Kaplan, bassist James McNew, and drummer Georgia Hubley - huddled as a group to his left, playing pennywhistles and kazoos. Innes, playing acoustic guitar, kicked off a joyous little ditty called ''I'm an Urban Spaceman,'' a song he called ''a medley of hit,'' noting, ''that concludes the showbiz segment.'' To back up a bit: That ''hit'' was written by Innes and performed by his old group the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (sometimes shortened to Bonzo Dog Band) in 1968 and it charted in England at No. 5.
Since then, his work has been absent the top of the charts anywhere. But Innes's charm lies not in his hit-making, but in his songcraft - both his parodies of others (from the Beatles to Elton John) and in his more heartfelt guise. He has recorded as a solo artist, was the mainstay of the Beatle's parody band the Rutles, and wrote the music for Monty Python.
Sunday, he treated a capacity crowd to 90 minutes of music from his vast catalog, with the enthusiastic backing of Yo La Tengo (who, yes, played their regular instruments after the first song). There was good old-fashioned rockin' in ''Goose Step Mama,'' McCartney-esque schmaltz in ''Between Us,'' a Kinks-ian touch in ''Never Alone,'' with Innes singing, ''We're all in the gutter, we may as well gaze at the stars.''
He dug from the Bonzos catalog, served up a healthy dose of Rutles, and played solo material, both new and old. For ''Stoned on Rock,'' Innes embraced the lyrical lowest common denominator to express the theme: Rock is good. He was funny, and the song was true.
Mixing music and comedy is no easy trick, and so many who try do it poorly. (Say hi, ''Weird'' Al. Take a bow, Capitol Steps.) Innes shuffles the two and blurs the lines. ''I've suffered for my art; now it's your turn,'' he proclaimed. At times, Innes sported a clown nose. During a solo segment, he donned a cowboy hat for the country parody ''Crystal Balls'' - opening line ''I've got my hand up the skirt of Mother Nature.'' He laid waste to the lyrical banality of Bernie Taupin in ''Godfrey Daniel.'' He adopted a faux French accent and renamed himself John-Paul Satire for the existential ''Love Is,'' which featured a ''hee-haw'' chorus (audience invited to join). He invoked Bob Dylan in ''Protest,'' replete with off-key harmonica. He presented himself as a charming dunce in ''How Sweet to be an Idiot.''
Innes began a solo Rutles medley and was joined by Yo La Tengo for the final song, ''Cheese and Onions.'' Later came ''Ouch!'' and ''I Must Be in Love.'' (These Rutles songs are really good, on their own and as parodies. Genius stuff.) Yo La Tengo, which played none of their material, served as a perfect complementary backup band. (Could they be Innes's own Wings?) Guitarist Kaplan, who loves both melody and wailing skronk, went out on a limb only twice during the final song of the regular set, ''Mr. Apollo,'' and the encore of ''Joe Public.'' In the latter, Kaplan fed the feedback god and in the latter, Innes sang ''I put my faith in the powers that be/Joe Public, that's me.'' A splendid time was had by all.
This story ran on page C6 of the Boston Globe on 10/9/2001.
© Copyright 2001 Globe Newspaper Company.
October 09, 2001
mikerowefox • mike_rowe_fox@yahoo.com
Mass.
Boston Herald review of Neil in Cambridge, MA
A Rutle plays a maniacal mystery tour with Yo La Tengo
by Brett Milano
Tuesday, October 9, 2001
Neil Innes with Yo La Tengo at the House of Blues, Sunday night.
You don't often see a real, live Beatle at one of the local clubs. But Sunday night, the House of Blues had something nearly as good: a real, live Rutle.
Neil Innes is best known to U.S. audiences as the musical mastermind of the Rutles, the 1978 cult-classic satire cooked up by Monty Python's Eric Idle.
His career has intersected a few times with both the Beatles and the Pythons: His '60s group, the wild and surreal Bonzo Dog Band, was admired by the Beatles and appeared in the ``Magical Mystery Tour'' film. Innes later toured with the Pythons and played the obnoxious minstrel in ``Monty Python & the Holy Grail.'' He also can take credit for the oft-quoted line, ``I've suffered for my music; now it's your turn.''
One cult hero deserves another, and Sunday's show - his first local appearance in three decades - found him backed by the Hoboken trio Yo La Tengo. And it proved to be a match made in semi-obscure pop heaven. The Tengo members mainly played respectful backup, but got some of their own personality in the mix.
Guitarist Ira Kaplan played one of his trademark, ripping solos on Bonzo's ``Humanoid Boogie,'' and he and drummer Georgia Hubley harmonized on another, ``Readymades.'' They even played kazoos on the opener, ``I'm the Urban Spaceman,'' after which Innes revealed the bald head under his Beatle wig.
He proved a gifted parodist, with jabs at Elton John and protest-era Bob Dylan, but it wasn't just a night of laughs. A pair of new songs were surprisingly poignant: ``Facemail in the Meat Zone'' (a British cyberslang title) looked at loneliness in the Internet era, and was likely the first pop song ever to rhyme ``economy'' with ``Book of Deuteronomy.''
Full-blown Rutlemania took over at the end of the set, as the band served up ``Ouch!'' (think of ``Help!'' with a funnier chorus) and ``I Think I'm in Love,'' which sounded giddy enough to be a real Beatles song. On record, ``Joe Public'' approached the psychedelic sound of the later Fab Four; with Yo La Tengo's help it went all the way.
October 08, 2001
Lonely-Phobia
maxwell's was fab!
October 08, 2001
R. Stevie Moore
NEIL INNES (with Yo La Tengo)
at MAXWELL'S, Hoboken NJ
Sat 6 Oct 2001
Notes:
Friday night, Neil appeared on WFMU Radio with a great live interview, and sang 2 songs (Song In A French Accent, Evening Sun)
On bus trip in, I finally see the WTC missing (my first time into NYC since...), very spooky.
Port Authority nearly empty
windy gusts, walking all the way around Madison Square Garden.
meeting Neil on a walk down the block (accidentally on purpose bumping into him!) EXCEPTIONALLY NICE MAN!
subjects briefly discussed: Martin Lewis, Colliding Circles, Pink Litmus Paper Shirt, more Beatles Out-Fakes, Beatlefests, 9/11, children's Book of the Month Clubs he's been doing projects for, Bob Moore, Jerry Lee Lewis, his recent trip to Nashville (!) to record, Eric Idle, Neil's and my websites, his new songwriting, him loving gigging with YLT, his first time performing in US since 1986, etc etc...
(new photos to come this week)
-- The Show --
(packed house, extreme enthusiasm)
(Neil sneaks onstage, acoustic solo, silver beatlewig)
I'm The Urban Spaceman
("that was a medley of my greatest hit... and so that ends the commercial segment of our show"... abruptly flings off wig, showing bald head... big cheers.)
(brings on backing band, Yo La Tengo)
Goose-Step Mama
(several quick Rutles medleys)
(solo kurzweil keyboard, amazing authentic Beatles piano sound)
Double Back Alley, Another Day, etc.
("silver surfer," middle-aged cyber jokes) Face Mail in the Meat Zone (new tune)
Mr. Eurovsion
Quiet Talks & Summer Walks
Between Us
(different hats)
Godfrey Daniel (Elton/Bernie Taupin parody)
Shangri-La
(scattered Bonzos songs, lotsa funny chat)
Humanoid Boogie
I Want To Be With You (for wife Yvonne, who was back in UK)
(many audience participation numbers,
new songs)
Stoned On Rock
Evening Sun (japanese lute-like guitar)
Cheese And Onions
Crystal Balls (banjo country segment, white cowboy hat)
Mr. Apollo
Yo La Tengo sings Piggy Bank Love
I Must Be In Love
Let's Be Natural (Ira Kaplan's haunting guitar textures)
(encore)
Ouch!
(passing off Phonography & CollCirc CDs to Neil... many friends, plus dozens more, all coming into second show as we're leaving.)
-- -- -- home
Whew! Bloody brilliant!
Thank Your Sir Neil, for such a truly genuine experience...
RSM
The August 29 -
Sept. 21 entries have been put back in. Sorry about that! ~ Bonnie
October 07, 2001
Bob
Saw Neil Innes tonite at the House of Blues, Cambridge,
MA. One of only 3 dates in the US. Got there just before show was to begin and
found that it was sold out!! I thought Neil only had a cult following and it
was a Sunday night (though the nite before a Monday holiday).
Well, the bouncer told me there was a bar and the show would be shown on TV
monitors there. So I ordered a couple beers and watched and heard it there.
Not as good as being in the actual club (one floor up) but it'll
do. A good show with Yo La Tengo backing him up.
Neil played both solo and with YLT; Rutles songs included a medley ("Doubleback
Alley/Cheese and
Onions, etc."), "I Must Be in Love", "Ouch", "Shangrila",
"Joe Public", "Between Us" and "goose step mama".
Bonzo tunes included "I'm the Urban Spaceman",
"Mr. Apollo" (GREAT version!), "readymades",
"Piggy Bank Love", "I Want to Be With You",
and "Humanoid Boogie". He also did the "Protest
Song" that popped up on a couple Monty Python live albums.
October 06, 2001
John Smith • john_lk45@msn.com
http://www.american-engineering.com
I think your site is great!
October 04, 2001
tony • tonyfran@webtv.net
San Clemente
http://www.carlinkmall.com/
love this site
October 04, 2001
Lost Sock
Recollections 3 - the ultimate tracklisting. Release
it now!!!!
October 03, 2001
simon rogers • brityankny@aol.com
long island ,N.Y ( formally suffolk ,uk)
ITS GREAT TO HEAR THAT NEIL IS COMING OVER THE POND
TO NEW YORK.IAM HOPING TO MAKE THE DATE AS ITS BEEN ALONG TIME SINCE I SAW HIM
IN CONCERT.LAST TIME WAS AT THE IPSWICH CORN EXCHANGE FOR THE MORE JAM TOMMOROW
TOUR BEFORE I MOVED TO THE STATES.IT WILL BE GREAT TO SEE NEIL PUT SMILES BACK
ON THE FACES OF NEW YORKERS AND AS A FAN OF NEILS FOR MANY YEARS ID LIKE TO
SAY HOW MUCH IT MEANS TO ME TO SEE HIM COME OVER AND IAM SURE HELP BRING LAUGHTER
AND HAPPINESS
BACK INTO THE LIVES OF PEOPLE EFFECTED BY THIS TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.THANK YOU NEIL.
October 03, 2001
Lisa Gardner • lggsnmrl@aol.com
NY, NY (it's a hell of a town)
http://www.canniballovers.com/saturday
Stumbled across a magazine interview with Neil announcing
his gigs in NYC this week!! Rescheduling everything to attend. Graduated from
Merely Insane to Wildly Rabid fan upon meeting Neil at NY Beatlefest back in
'97 or '98 (memory's fading). Overjoyed to FINALLY have the complete lyrics
(and title) to "Song In A French Accent" which he sang at Beatlefest. My crappy
audio tape recorded that day has long since worn out... so I'm off to grab the
Recollections CDs. Neil is precisely the goopy salve New York needs right now!!
Cheers!
Lisa
October 02, 2001
Danny Barbour • Danny@EnygmaG.com
Deepest and flattest Yorkshire
http://www.enygmag.com/neil/recollections3.htm
The cover and tracklisting for the final RECOLLECTIONS
album
is now posted at http://www.enygmag.com/neil/recollections3.htm
Watch out for further details
October 01, 2001
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http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/edwoodsholyhaven?s
Mr. Innes is a jean E us soothfully
September 24, 2001
Ben Crisp • ben_crisp@hotmail.com
Australia
Fantastic site! I still remember watching 'Puddle
Lane' on television all those years ago. Thanks Neil, for all your wonderful
music.
September 24, 2001
John Casey • johnpc375@aol.com
Indianapolis IN USA
A very nice website, I plan on returning again and
again and again etc.
September 23, 2001
Mike Clitherow • mike_lins@lineone.net
Torquay, England.
"Eine Kleine Middle Klasse Musik" the best single
John has written since his death. Spookily accurate.
It's incredible that Neil finished the first Rutles album so fast and with little
budget - I'm still discovering - and hugely enjoying - the little touches. French
horn a la Alan Civil; tablas in the styles of Anil Bhagwat (a tenant of my mum's.
We told him he was off his head when he told us he had played with Harrison
on Revolver! Oh dear.)
Love and many, many thanks for the magical Rutles music and fantasy, Neil.
Rut Never Sleeps!
September 22, 2001
Jamie Alonzo • MCRTNYFAN@aol.com
Forest Park, Illinois
http://www.mitchweissman.com
Bonnie, the site is great and Neil, I hope you come
back to Beatlefest Chgo 2002, you just have to sign my copy of that picture
I gave you! Love and kisses to all!
September 21, 2001
Arrogant Balloon
A marvelous feast of Innesanity
September 18, 2001
trance mp3
France
Hi from france !
September 13, 2001
Deb Adams •
debwarr99@hotmail.com
Stoke, England
I am so thankful, years i have searched for something
of Puddle lane; it was my favourite programme when I was little the photos on
this website are the first i have seen since then, I an so gratefull for those
great memories!
If anyone has any actual footage could you please e-mail them to me, thank you.
September 11, 2001
Stef •
passengerthompson@yahoo.de Berlin,
Germany (so don't mention the war!)
I just found out that there's nothing more peaceful
than sitting in my kitchen watching my rabbits and listening to The World's
"Lucky Planet". Great record! (Thanks Helen! ;o))
September 07, 2001
Harvey J.Satan •
HarVSatan@aol.com Somewhere In California
I think it's cool that "Triangle Tango",is finally
getting some mention. The only problem is,it was never a Ron Nasty song. ( Yes,he
is heard singing it in "Let It Rot", but the fact of the matter is,it was always
a Stig O'Hara song.) It was released post-Rutles,with slightly altered lyrics,on
Stig's solo album "Gone To Aunt Artica". Hope this clears up some mysteries.
I can only hope these other missing songs eventually see the light of day.
September 06, 2001
Felicia Boutin •
tex2309@cfl.rr.com
Toronto
Liked the site. Thanks!
September 03, 2001
Dick Jaws •
dominichs@ntlworld.com
Cambridge, UK
It was a dream come true to see The Rutles (Ron,
Barry & friends) perform in London last year. And now they're coming to
Cambridge (Oct 29)... it's Rutle Heaven!! If you know where Stig is... (surely
not still working as an air hostess) BRING HIM HOME, if only for the guitar
solo on Love Life! Can't wait! One two... three four...
September 02, 2001
gerry sinclair •
g.sinclair1@ntlworld.com
harlow essex united kingdom
by visiting this site i have just found out the
passing of dennis cowan in 1972. i have been trying to find him for many years
he was my lead guitarist in the tribe in the mid 60's.
i am sorry to learn of his passing at such a young age.
September 02, 2001
Gyro Cloneman •
frizbat@home.com
Berkeley, California
Fabuloso. It's great to be able to get the lyrics
and chords
to this unique music. Also liked the graphics.
What a shame about Viv's tragic demise...
September 02, 2001
Dave Klaybor •
CaptainDave@my.ws
Newport Beach, California, USA
I used to live with Legs and Viv in the late '70's...
I've forgotten all about those great days until just now when one of there songs
played on the Tv... can someone get me in touch with Larry... is he still around?
I lived in Huggin's Cottage with him for 9 months and Viv for a month... I have
lots of pictures of post-Bonzo Larry/Viv from back then, including the work
he was doing onthe Springtime for Hitler stuff...
- ***** I co-wrote a song with Larry back then... (it used to be called Mountain
Boy back then... we'd play it at Gus's recording studio, the Manor House recording
Studio as well... George Harrison's house and many other places for friends...
someone help me get in contact with Larry... I didn't even know Viv was gone
:(
- more laterrrrrrrrrrr
September 01, 2001
Burton Gilliam •
DarkNixon@aol.com
Lumberton,Montana,United States of America
Just a hello! I quite enjoy this site! I was at
Chicago Beatlefest 2001,where I learned about your exsistance.
I am also curious if anybody can tell me about a song Neil sang a little bit
of,titled "Hillary In The Killery"? He said it was inspired by a book he'd read,and
was an unused Rutles song. Hard to say,since he only sang a little bit of it,at
hi