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Archaeology by: The Rutles CD-Charts Price: $11.98 Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0724384220020 Label: Virgin Records Us Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Virgin Records Us Release Date: October 29, 1996 Studio: Virgin Records Us Sales Rank: 21195 MPN: 42200 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Album Description: Out of print in the U.S.! 2007 remastered and expanded version of the second CD from The Rutles featuring seven additional bonus tracks. The Rutles are the infamous Beatles parody band created by Monty Python's Eric Idle and Bonzo Dog Band's Neil Innes. On this 1996 collection of 'unreleased' recordings (actually, it's mainly material recorded specifically for this release), Idle's Dirk McQuickly is nowhere to be seen but Innes' Ron Nasty is joined by original members Ricky Fataar (Stig) and John Halsey (Barry) for more Beatle-esque fun. Features the single 'Shangri-La'. EMI Gold. Amazon.com: From a postmodern perspective, it's entirely fitting for the Rutles, the Beatles spoof band started by Eric Idle (Monty Python) and Neil Innes (Bonzo Dog Band) in 1978, to come back in the mid-'90s. After all, the Beatles did with Anthology, the albums and the documentary. Hence the new Rutles release, Archaeology. But as Spinal Tap proved with its 1992 comeback album, the joke is never as funny the second time around. In any event, the 16 songs on Archaeology are smartly written, deftly recorded, spot-on parodies of the Beatles tunes we hear daily in elevators and dentists' offices. You knew they would be. "Major Happy's Up and Coming Once Upon A Good Time Band" takes on "Sgt. Pepper's," of course, and segues neatly into "Rendezvous," in which the Rutles' drummer is none too happy to get a little help from his friends. "Joe Public" lovingly skewers "Tomorrow Never Knows," as well as the concept of mass-market merchandising, while the single and video "Shangri-La" mix "Magical Mystery Tour" and "All You Need Is Love." But towards the end, the Rutles are running so short on material that they're parodying solo Ringo ("Easy Listening") and Wings ("Eine Kleine Middle Klasse Musik"). The question is: Why bother? The original did all this the first time. The Beatles satirize themselves whenever they attempt anything new. (Don't forget the Traveling Wilburys, or McCartney's foray into ambient house with Youth as the fireman. And let's not even start with Richard Starkey.) And you can hear the ultimate Beatles goof just about any time you turn on modern-rock radio. It's name is Oasis, and if there's a better argument that it's time for phony Beatlemania to bite the dust, I have yet to hear it. Jim Derogatis Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - "can't by me lunch" the ruttleswhat can i say other then wow! its art at its finest. one of the best things ever to be recorded. and to think that the beattles tried to copy the ruttles, its unthinkable. its a lot of fun have a drink or two and sit back and laugh Rating: - We've Arrived, and To Prove It We're HereNeil Innes (Nasty) has a great ear for parody. This album kicks off with "Sgt. Pepper" take-offs in which Barry doesn't need any help from his friends, and moves on to mock the White Album and solo Beatles so accurately it'll make your head spin cause the lyrics are so earnestly--silly. I can't pretend to be / Someone who pretends to be / Someone else Or so my pretend friend tells me Rutles forever! Rating: - Major Happy's Up and Coming Once Upon a Lifetime CD!Do you love the Beatles? Are you sick of the Beatles since you've listened to them SO DAMN MUCH for your WHOLE LIFE? Want to hear new songs by the Beatles that are not actually by the Beatles?!? Then try out the Rutles!!! Led by musician (and former Monty Python associate) Neil Innes the Rutles will fill that craving in your heart for new Beatlesy stuff! Exclamation points!! Rating:  - A Dirk in the lonely heartEric Idle's pre-fab creation, The RUTLES, were an hilarious dead-on knock-off of the Beatles. But that was 1978, and all four Fabs were alive then-- so laughter came easy. This 1990s rip of the ANTHOLOGY specials and CDs is Idle-less, ill-considered and quite unnecessary. The new "old" songs here are dismissively mediocre, the three-man-left joke in poor taste, and even the mixes seem wrong: music obscures many vocals to the point where this not only doesn't sound like the Beatles, it ain't the RUTLES, either. Give it a rest Neil-- it's not funny anymore, mate! TOTAL RUNNING TIME -- 49:37 Rating:  - Oasis should bow down to The Rutles!Now I know where Oasis got their 'sound' from- The RUTLES!! Archeology has a cool collection of tunes, very nicely recorded, and humorously funny with a twist of Lennon's ghost breathing in the microphone. I'm still a huge fan of the first Rutles album, btw. Long Live The Rutles! |
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