How Sweet To Be An Idiot

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Myers, Justin (6 September 2014). "Revealed: Official Top 20 Biggest Selling Oasis Songs". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 31 August 2015. The song encourages listeners to embrace their individuality, let go of societal expectations, and find joy in being themselves. It serves as a reminder that sometimes the happiest and most fulfilling moments can arise from embracing one’s own unique quirks and qualities. 11. What impact has “How Sweet to Be an Idiot” had on popular culture? Innes performed the title song on Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl and on Monty Python Live at Drury Lane. [1] Surviving members of Monty Python performed the song for Terry Jones's funeral at Golders Green Cemetery.

Neil Innes is the Seventh Python". Theseventhpythonmovie.com. Archived from the original on 21 February 2012 . Retrieved 27 September 2014. It was here that his individual character as a kind of ‘70s jester minstrel shone through, enhancing and dovetailing with the songs of Idle and the other main Python players. Innes wrote songs and sketches for their final TV series and performed with the Python live show, famously introduced as Raymond Scum on the 1976 US-only live album ‘Monty Python Live At City Center’ and opening his Dylan pastiche ‘Protest Song’ with the words “ I’ve suffered for my music, now it’s your turn”. He also wrote songs for and made cameos in Monty Python And The Holy Grail and Monty Python’s Life Of Brian, becoming sufficiently engrained in the troupe to earn the title of The Seventh Python. m4v" (in Japanese). 23 January 2010. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021 . Retrieved 12 January 2012– via YouTube.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. Whatever (CD promo liner notes). Oasis. Australia: Creation. 1994. 661079 2. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link)

Innes was born in Danbury in Essex. His Scottish father was a warrant officer in the British Army, and Innes spent his childhood in West Germany where his father was deployed with the British Army of the Rhine. He took piano lessons from age 7 to 14 and taught himself to play guitar. His parents were supportive of their children's artistic leanings, and his father also drew and painted. After returning to the United Kingdom, Innes received his formal education at Thorpe Grammar School, the Norwich School of Art and Goldsmiths College, London, where he studied fine art. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art from Goldsmiths in 1966. [1] [2] Career [ edit ] The Bonzo Dog (Doo-Dah) Band [ edit ] Whatever (CD single liner notes). Oasis. UK: Creation. 1994. CRESCD 195. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link)

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As this review of the reissue of Neil Innes’s first album, How Sweet To Be An Idiot, was being written, the members of the Bonzo Dog Band were waiting for the judgement on the final stage of a series of court cases relating to the reclamation of their original name, The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. 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.

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”). 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. Whatever (MC single liner notes). Oasis. Australia: Creation. 1994. 661079 8. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) Yes, “How Sweet to Be an Idiot” has been covered by several artists, attesting to its enduring appeal and cultural significance. 7. What was the audience’s reaction when the song was first released?

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HOW SWEET TO BE AN IDIOT was Neil’s debut solo album, first issued on United Artists in 1973, its title and cover design reflecting Neil’s eccentric sense of humour. United Artists had been very kind to me ... In my own way, I wanted to repay them – by making a bunch of silly singles at a time when the music industry still seemed to have a sense of humour. Wrong again. [6] Commercial Coca-Cola: "Razones Para Creer" 2011 (Fullscreen HD) Whatever / Oasis". 18 January 2011. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021 . Retrieved 12 January 2012– via YouTube. NEIL INNES’ sad and sudden death in December 2019 robbed the world of one of Britain’s most original and unique musical and comic talents.

Whatever by Oasis Used in Italian Vodafone Commercials". Stopcryingyourheartoutnews.blogspot.com. 2 October 2011 . Retrieved 12 January 2012. Innes was occasionally heard (often as the butt of jokes) standing in as the pianist for the BBC Radio 4 panel game I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. [17] The Bonzos would release four albums in their initial incarnation – featuring alleged guest spots from the likes of John Wayne, Harold Wilson and Hitler, sheep choirs, trouser press solos and concept pieces about the small town of Keynsham – and have the likes of Keith Moon sit in on drums while drummer ‘Legs’ Larry Smith did his tap-dancing segment during gigs such as the 1969 Isle Of Wight festival. 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. INNES made his name in the 1960s with the BONZO DOG DOO DAH BAND before diversifying in the 1970s into TV, Solo and other projects – including the famous and much-loved Beatles pastiche THE RUTLES.While a student at Goldsmiths College, London, in the mid-1960s Innes met Yvonne Catherine Hilton; they married on 3 March 1966. The couple had three sons, Miles (b. 1967), Luke (b. 1971), and Barney (b. 1978). [22] [1] Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1sted.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3. McGrath, Rachel (30 December 2019). "John Cleese leads tributes to 'towering talent' Neil Innes after Monty Python collaborator's death aged 75". Evening Standard . Retrieved 30 December 2019.