23 January 2021

The Rutland Shimmy

 

 

Another Shimmy request, this time from flojo23. Rutles cover tunes by the army of Shimmy bands. Great choice. Glad to oblige.

The Rutles sprang forth in a Rutland Weekend Television spin off called All You Need is Cash, a pseudo-documentary that quickly gained cult following. On the strength of the TV movie, several recordings were released featuring Eric Idle, Ricky Fataar (ex-Beach Boy [Holland period]), John Halsey (ex-Timebox, Patto, & more), Ollie Halsall (ex-Timebox, Patto, Boxer, & again many more), led by musical director & song writing genius Neil Innes (ex Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band & Monty Python).

You don't necessarily have to know the recordings of The Rutles to appreciate this collection but that does add to the overall enjoyment. There's a lot of diversity on these covers: prog; folk; punk; avant-garde; electronica; & outsider. They all add depth & fire to Innes's clever Beatlesesque parodies.

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Side A -
Cheese & Onions - Galaxie 500
Hold My Hand - The Pussywillows
Number One - Bongos, Bass, & Bob
Good Times Roll Lida Husik
Another Day - Dogbowl
Piggy in the Middle - Das Damen
I Must Be in Love - Syd Straw & Marc Ribot
Nevertheless - Joey Arias
Let's Be Natural - When People Were Shorter & Lived Near the Water
Between Us - Unrest

Side B -
Ouch - Peter Stampfel & the Bottlecaps
Blue Suede Schubert - The Tinklers
Living in Hope - Tuli Kupferberg
Baby Let Me Be - Daniel Johnston
It's Looking Good - Uncle Wiggly
Goose Step Mama - Shonen Knife
Get Up & Go _ Jellyfish Kiss
Doubleback Alley - King Missile
With a Girl Like You - Paleface
Love Life - Bongwater

Soon off to Tzadik land.

Enjoy,

2 comments:

  1. Many thanks for this!!!

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  2. Rutles Highway Revisited
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