Re: (TV) What CDs are you listenin' to at the office?

[OwenGwilliam@cs.com]

In a message dated 11/12/00 5:15:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
nick@powelln.freeserve.co.uk writes:


> As someone who never liked the Beatles the Rutles' music was always going to
> grate on me. All my friends thought it was great. I am amazed to find Rutles
> boots being mentioned though.......isn't someone missing the point here
> somewhere.........or is it just me?


As you said, if you don't like The Beatles, yeah, the Rutles aren't going to 
be much fun.

Rutles boots? Well, you'd think it'd be silly, but it actually works. SWEET 
RUTLE TRACKS is a "live in the studio" recording of the band working on the 
songs with some songs that didn't make the soundtrack. Neil Innes is a good 
songwriter and the lead guitarist, the late Ollie Halsall, was a pretty great 
guitar player. The other boots have some other live stuff, plus recordings 
from the original show and some rarer Neil Innes tracks (Neil did release 
8-10 solo albums after leaving The Bonzo Dog Band).

Is it missing the point? Naah ... just fits the spirit of the whole thing. 
Yeah, it's a little goofy, but it's fun.

       -- Owen

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