indy_go_blue44
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With due respect to Mr Idle and Mr Innes, and hoping to avoid being the center of the fiery ire of the legion of Rutles fans worldwide, The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch is the Magical Mystery Tour of the pre-fab fours' illustrious career. The charm of the original film was Neil's semi-original music: Not quite plagiarism, not quite satire, but a delicious hybrid of Lennon-McCartney-Innes that had me both yearning for the real "boys" to "Get Back" (All You Need Is Cash was first shown in 1978, and it was still a dream, a wish and a possibility in those days) and in enjoying several of the songs (forgive me) just as much as some of the original Beatles stuff.
What made AYNIC so charming and worthy of multiple listens and rewatches was the original music, and the plot that so closely follows the career and lives of our real heroes. It's weakness was Eric as Dirk/Paul, IMO and the weak interview scenes of the imaginary people affected by our heroes lives. (I'm not talking about Simon and Jagger, but the New Orleans scenes.) The other three were real musicians and the music we're hearing is really theirs; Eric didn't even come close to looking like a musician (and he admits it himself.) What you have in Can't Buy Me Lunch is the opposite of AYNIC: Not enough original music, not enough about the career and lives of our pre-fab (or fab) heroes, and too much Eric Idle. Too much focuses on the life of the "guy who interviewed the pre-fab four" and it's just not funny or interesting enough to carry the load.
If you run across the DVD go ahead and buy it and give it a watch, it's okay. But just like MMT fell way short of short of Help or Hard Day's Night, I think you'll find "Lunch" a bit of a disappointment. You might enjoy it better if you have a cup of tea before watching though! (Both are available on DVD.)
What made AYNIC so charming and worthy of multiple listens and rewatches was the original music, and the plot that so closely follows the career and lives of our real heroes. It's weakness was Eric as Dirk/Paul, IMO and the weak interview scenes of the imaginary people affected by our heroes lives. (I'm not talking about Simon and Jagger, but the New Orleans scenes.) The other three were real musicians and the music we're hearing is really theirs; Eric didn't even come close to looking like a musician (and he admits it himself.) What you have in Can't Buy Me Lunch is the opposite of AYNIC: Not enough original music, not enough about the career and lives of our pre-fab (or fab) heroes, and too much Eric Idle. Too much focuses on the life of the "guy who interviewed the pre-fab four" and it's just not funny or interesting enough to carry the load.
If you run across the DVD go ahead and buy it and give it a watch, it's okay. But just like MMT fell way short of short of Help or Hard Day's Night, I think you'll find "Lunch" a bit of a disappointment. You might enjoy it better if you have a cup of tea before watching though! (Both are available on DVD.)
I'm not too big on "modern" music but when I discovered The Cranberries I was very pleasantly made aware that there's still some good and real music out there.
Live in London was recorded in 1994, while the group was still gaining in popularity. One of their biggest hits, "Zombie," was introduced as "a new song." Delores O'Reardon has a unique voice and in this concert she's able to elicit its full range. She totally sings the heck out of "Liar", using a mix of talk and song with a bitter intonation which really puts across feelings toward the unknown recipient of her message. I really enjoy how she draws the audience into the songs, allowing them to sing some of the better known verses. She's not adverse to making physical contact with her admirers either which was quite refreshing.
The band was tight, and I thoroughly enjoy hearing good bass and drum lines instead of the usual machine crap so popular this decade.
The DVD runs over an hour, and the only thing more I can say is that I wish I had known about this band 15 years ago. At least now I can collect the rest of their cds and continue to enjoy what is a new treasure to me.
Live in London was recorded in 1994, while the group was still gaining in popularity. One of their biggest hits, "Zombie," was introduced as "a new song." Delores O'Reardon has a unique voice and in this concert she's able to elicit its full range. She totally sings the heck out of "Liar", using a mix of talk and song with a bitter intonation which really puts across feelings toward the unknown recipient of her message. I really enjoy how she draws the audience into the songs, allowing them to sing some of the better known verses. She's not adverse to making physical contact with her admirers either which was quite refreshing.
The band was tight, and I thoroughly enjoy hearing good bass and drum lines instead of the usual machine crap so popular this decade.
The DVD runs over an hour, and the only thing more I can say is that I wish I had known about this band 15 years ago. At least now I can collect the rest of their cds and continue to enjoy what is a new treasure to me.