How Sweet To Be An Idiot

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Innes took part, along with the remaining Monty Python members, in the 2002 Concert for George, in memory of George Harrison. [16]

New concerts were scheduled in 2011. Jupitus was unable to attend due to prior commitments and was replaced by several special guests, including Paul Whitehouse, Barry Cryer and Nigel Planer. [21] Following the death of Brint, the band performed a further tour in 2012. The band's name is a play on Frank Zappa's song The Idiot Bastard Son.

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He also composed and performed original music and songs for children's television, including Puddle Lane, The Raggy Dolls, The Riddlers and Tumbledown Farm. He brought Monty Python's Terry Jones's book Fairy Tales to television as East of the Moon. He contributed all the stories and music on this production. He was also involved with the popular children's show Tiswas. Roberts, Jem (2010). The Fully Authorised History of I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. Random House. p.340. ISBN 9781848091320 . Retrieved 4 May 2016. During the period of the legal action, the Bonzo Dog family sadly lost both Neil Innes and Martin Ash, better known as Sam Spoons. There will be a ‘Final Farewell’ show by the band at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire on the 18 th of December and the band have just announced plans for a full retrospective box-set of albums, live recordings, unseen footage and the albums issued in both stereo and mono, due for release sometime in 2021. Whatever (CD single liner notes). Oasis. France: Helter Skelter. 1995. HES 661079 1. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link)During the same creatively-fertile 1968/69 period, Innes and the Bonzo Dog Band also appeared each week in both seasons of the British children's television series Do Not Adjust Your Set which also featured future Monty Python members Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam. [8] Although initially intended to appeal solely to children, the show's surreal and absurdist nature soon also attracted a large adult following. Definitely Maybe (CD liner notes). Oasis. Europe: Helter Skelter. 1994. HES 477318 6. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) Recorded in 1973 at the famed Chipping Norton studios and featuring guitar wizard Ollie Halsall on lead guitars, this record is a timely reminder of Innes’s quality as a songwriter. The comedic elements of Innes’ career have had a tendency to overshadow the fact that he penned great songs and our guest seems to have been determined to keep the comedy at bay while putting together his first solo effort if you go by the quotes in liner notes (“I’m really working towards a situation where I don’t have to be funny. I just want to get through, that’s all that matters to me”). In the mid-1970s, Innes became closely associated with the Monty Python team, having first worked with Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Eric Idle on the 1960s television show Do Not Adjust Your Set. He contributed music to the Monty Python albums Monty Python's Previous Record (1972) and The Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief (1973), and played a major role in performing and writing songs and sketches for their final TV series in 1974, after John Cleese temporarily left the troupe. He wrote a squib of a song called "George III" for the episode "The Golden Age of Ballooning", which was sung by the Flirtations but billed onscreen as the Ronettes. He also wrote the song "When Does a Dream Begin?", used in "Anything Goes: The Light Entertainment War". He co-wrote the "Most Awful Family in Britain" sketch and played a humorous stilted guitar version of the theme song, " The Liberty Bell" march, during the credits of the last episode, "Party Political Broadcast". He is one of only two non-Pythons ever to be credited writers for the TV series, the other being Douglas Adams (who co-wrote the " Patient Abuse" sketch, also featured in "Party Political Broadcast"). Whatever (12-inch vinyl single liner notes). Oasis. UK: Creation. 1994. CRE 195T. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link)

The songs written by Innes so closely pastiched the original source material that he was taken to court by the owners of the Beatles' catalogue. Innes had to testify under oath that he had not listened to the songs at all while composing the Rutles' songs, but had created them completely originally based on what he remembered various songs by the Beatles sounding like at different times. However the court ruled in favour of ATV music and imposed co-writing credits and royalties. Many years later, Innes' own music publisher demanded a co-writing credit for Innes from Beatles-influenced band Oasis, for their 1994 song " Whatever", as it directly lifted parts of its melody from Innes' 1973 song " How Sweet to Be an Idiot". This event was subsequently referenced in the Rutles' song "Shangri-La" on their 1996 reunion album The Rutles Archaeology, which was itself a parody of The Beatles Anthology.This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( February 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)