#rutle corp

[julio-viernes]

The Rutles no han sacado su correspondiente clip de 12 minutos de "Tao & Zen" "Hard To Get", pero Rutle Corp informa orgullosamente de la edición de "The Rutles 1967-1970" en 37 cilindros wax individuales de rigurosa edición limitada (XD XD). ¿Vas de vintage por la vida? ¡Pues toma Edison, listillo!

Por supuesto, uno de esos pequeños cilindros contiene "Tao & Zen" 'Hard To Get', la última grabación de su mítica y legendaria carrera, que estrenan hoy. Lo han prometido. ¡¡Que nervioss!!

[harrisonarchive]

George Harrison's cameo in The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash.

"The sureness of Eric Idle’s judgment was encouraged and confirmed by George who plunged into Eric’s project as publicist, adviser and as actor, playing a nosey reporter interviewing press officer Eric Manchester (Michael Palin) as he lied about and denied the decline of Rutle Corps." - Derek Taylor, I Me Mine (x)

“The great thing about The Rutles is that even though it was a parody it was the nicest thing about The Beatles. It was done with love, even though it was a send-up. And because of Eric Idle being a good friend of mine, it have him access to things that any other potential Beatle filmmaker wouldn’t have. I showed him footage that was obscure, like when we first came into NYC, in the back of a limousine and Paul’s listening to a radio and a guy is saying ‘the Beatles are going to be here at the station to read their poetry.’ And that isn’t a famous bit of footage. So in the Rutles you see them, and he’s listening to the radio, and the disc jockey ‘and the Rutles are coming to talk about their trousers.’ And also, just the detail, where they got exactly what sort of suits we were wearing on that day, even at Shea Stadium, little marshal’s badges, the Rutles even had the psychedelic guitars, it had a good eye for detail. At the same time, it sent up documentaries, the style and those boring questions that they ask.” - George Harrison, Globe and Mail, 1987 (x)

[rockmusicassoc]

Almost In The Rock 1/30/1969: The Rutles take to the rooftop of the Rutle Corps office building for a luncheon dust up. They fought over a sandwich for an hour before playing for 13 minutes, to the amazement of several. The set included songs from “Let it Rot”. They would never play the same rooftop again. Or at all. #Rutles #RockHonorRoll

[pacingmusings]

Seen (again) in 2020:

The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (Eric Idle & Gary Weis), 1978

“I won’t deny it . . the odd car belonging to the company has disappeared.”

[justforbooks]

On 30 January 1969, the Beatles performed an unannounced concert from the rooftop of their Apple Corps headquarters at 3 Savile Row, within central London's office and fashion district. Joined by keyboardist Billy Preston, the band played a 42-minute set before the Metropolitan Police asked them to reduce the volume. It ultimately became the final public performance of their career.

Although the concert was conceived just days before, the Beatles were planning a return to live performances throughout the early sessions for their album Let It Be (1970). They performed nine takes of five songs as crowds of onlookers, many of whom were on their lunch break, congregated in the streets and on the roofs of local buildings. The concert ended with the conclusion of "Get Back", with John Lennon joking, "I'd like to say thank you on behalf of the group and ourselves and I hope we've passed the audition."

Footage from the performance was used in the 1970 documentary film Let It Be. The first performance of "I've Got a Feeling" and single takes of "One After 909" and "Dig a Pony" were also featured on the accompanying album.

The Beatles' rooftop concert marked the end of an era for many fans. The group did record one more album, Abbey Road — on which work started the following month — but by September 1969 the Beatles had unofficially disbanded. Several of the rooftop performances, particularly that of "Dig a Pony", were regarded as showing the Beatles once again in top form. Fans believed the rooftop concert might have been a try-out for a return to live performances and touring.

The Rutles' "Get Up and Go" sequence in the film All You Need Is Cash mimics the footage of the rooftop concert, and uses similar camera angles. In January 2009, tribute band the Bootleg Beatles attempted to stage a 40th anniversary concert in the same location, but were refused permission by Westminster City Council due to licensing problems.

In The Simpsons fifth season episode "Homer's Barbershop Quartet", the Be Sharps (Homer, Apu, Barney and Principal Skinner) perform a rendition of one of their previous hits on a rooftop. George Harrison, who guest-starred in the episode, is shown saying dismissively, "It's been done!" As the song ends and the credits begin, Homer repeats John Lennon's phrase about passing the audition and everyone laughs, including Barney until he says, "I don't get it."

In the 2007 film Across The Universe, a musical made up entirely of Beatles' music, Sadie's band performs a rooftop concert in New York City which mimics the original. It is interrupted and closed down by the New York Police Department.

U2 also referenced the concert in their video for "Where the Streets Have No Name", which featured a similar rooftop concert in Los Angeles, 1987.

Manchester indie band James performed a similar rooftop gig on the twenty-second anniversary of the Beatles' version (30 January 1991) on top of the Piccadilly hotel. The band performed five songs, before having to end the set reputedly because Larry Gott's fingers had become frozen to his fretboard.

McCartney played a surprise mini-concert in midtown Manhattan from the top of the marquee of the Ed Sullivan Theater on 15 July 2009, where he was recording a performance for Late Show with David Letterman. News of the event spread via Twitter and word of mouth, and nearby street corners were closed off to accommodate fans for the set.

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[beatles-python-summit]

George as a reporter interviewing Mike (as Rutles press officer Eric Manchester) in front of the Rutles Corp offices in “The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash” (1978)

[julio-viernes]

Resulta que la última canción de los Rutles se titula "Hard To Get", no "Tao & Zen" y efectivamente la estrenaron ayer. Es la primera canción que The Rutles no lanzaron en vida de Ron Nasty, fallecido cuatro años antes. Es un divertido y extrovertido número medio country, medio rock, medio claqué... Es un baile en el que se citan otros bailes.

Esto dicen las interesantes notas del vídeo: "Se basa en una demo grabada en 1978 por Nasty entregada a los tres Rutles restantes (o Refab Three) por su viuda Chastity. Utilizando tecnología de inteligencia artificial, la voz de Ron se pudo limpiar y separar de su baile de claqué. Capital Records proporcionó a los Rutles un rebaño de cabras a pedido de Dirk McQuickly, que recuerda a la difunta cabra gritadora utilizada en varios conciertos Rutle en la década de 2010, ahora como un coro completo. Según McQuickly, el proyecto era tan secreto que ni siquiera las cabras sabían que estaban actuando en la canción final de Rutle. Según el baterista Barry Wom, el proyecto fue 'porque Nasty lo dijo'".

Alfred Macaw y Jeff Lynt produjeron el tema publicado ayer en single por Rutle Corps.

[rockmusicassoc]

Almost In The Rock 1/30/1969: The Rutles take to the rooftop of the Rutle Corps office building for a luncheon dust up. They fought over a sandwich for an hour before playing for 13 minutes, to the amazement of several. The set included songs from “Let it Rot”. They would never play the same rooftop again. Or at all. #Rutles #RockHonorRoll https://ift.tt/aZPFsqbEY

[rockmusicassoc]

Almost In The Rock 1/30/1969: The Rutles take to the rooftop of the Rutle Corps office building for a luncheon dust up. They fought over a sandwich for an hour before playing for 43 minutes, to the amazement of several. The set included from Let it Rot. #Rutles #RockHonorRoll https://ift.tt/38Q7U6R

[rockmusicassoc]

Almost In The Rock 1/30/1969: The Rutles take to the rooftop of the Rutle Corps office building for a luncheon dust up. They fought over a sandwich for an hour before playing for 43 minutes, to the amazement of several. The set included Get Up and Go and more from Let it Rot. #Rutles http://bit.ly/2MGdSxm