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You Better Think Twice at Least Once More
Mar. 16th, 2018 09:06 pmI went to two events this week, so I might as well say a bit about them. On Tuesday, Neil Innes played at the Cutting Room in Midtown Manhattan, and that was pretty fun.
He started out by playing a few solo songs, including "Eye Candy," his take on television. In the middle of it, he stopped for a commercial break, which was the Cockadoodle Tato bit from the last Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band album, complete with chicken hat.
He played a bit of the Sir Robin song from Monty Python and the Holy Grail (well, I say a bit, but I don't think there was really any more to it), then mentioned how he'd heard that Elvis loved the movie and used to do the voices, which was later confirmed by Priscilla, making him one of the few people to be impersonated BY Elvis. He then did "Run Away," a song that he wrote from Holy Grail that wasn't used. Neil then did a bit about the songs the Bonzos covered, featuring bits of "I'm Gonna Bring a Watermelon to My Girl Tonight" and "On Her Doorstep Last Night." He mentioned how, while they were recording their first single, "My Brother Makes the Noises for the Talkies," at Abbey Road, he came across the Beatles doing "I Want to Tell You."
The rest of the show featured the Fake Rutles, actually a Beatles tribute band, and they covered quite a bit of the Rutles' catalog; I remember hearing "Cheese and Onions," "Doubleback Alley," "Number One," "Piggy in the Middle," "Hold My Hand," "Goose-Step Mama," "Questionnaire," "Joe Public," "Hey Mister!", "Eine Kleine Middle Klasse Musik," "Love Life," "Baby Let Me Be," "I Must Be in Love," and "Ouch!" The band did a version of an actual Beatles song, "A Day in the Life," on which Neil played but didn't sing, followed by an arrangement of "All Things Must Pass" with ukulele. They closed the show with "Get Up and Go" and "Back in '64," and Neil came out not long after that to sign things. I bought an autographed copy of the Recollections Le Duck's Box Set, which I haven't listened to yet.
Maybe I will tonight or tomorrow. I also have the second Video Games Live album, which Beth gave me as an anniversary present, to listen to.
Thursday was Beth's and my third Kevin Geeks Out show, this time about woman wrestlers. They've done several shows on professional wrestling, and I can't say I know that much about it, but the show was still fun. It included an overview of GLOW from the late eighties, which inspired a current Netflix show. There was a tribute to Chyna, and one of the presenters read excerpts from her book.
They thought this image of Chyna in her dress for the Emmys was worth sharing, and so do I.
Another presentation was about Cyndi Lauper's time as a wrestling promoter, acting as manager to Wendi Richter against frequent collaborator Captain Lou Albano and the Fabulous Moolah.
They showed a bit of promotion for the match with Captain Lou on Letterman claiming credit for Cyndi's entire career, including writing the lyrics for "Time After Time." I've never really watched wrestling, but there is something appealing about its absurd, over-the-top nature. And of course I knew Albano from his stint as Mario on the Super Show. Cyndi was a guest on there once, as were Rowdy Roddy Piper and Sergeant Slaughter.
He started out by playing a few solo songs, including "Eye Candy," his take on television. In the middle of it, he stopped for a commercial break, which was the Cockadoodle Tato bit from the last Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band album, complete with chicken hat.
He played a bit of the Sir Robin song from Monty Python and the Holy Grail (well, I say a bit, but I don't think there was really any more to it), then mentioned how he'd heard that Elvis loved the movie and used to do the voices, which was later confirmed by Priscilla, making him one of the few people to be impersonated BY Elvis. He then did "Run Away," a song that he wrote from Holy Grail that wasn't used. Neil then did a bit about the songs the Bonzos covered, featuring bits of "I'm Gonna Bring a Watermelon to My Girl Tonight" and "On Her Doorstep Last Night." He mentioned how, while they were recording their first single, "My Brother Makes the Noises for the Talkies," at Abbey Road, he came across the Beatles doing "I Want to Tell You."
The rest of the show featured the Fake Rutles, actually a Beatles tribute band, and they covered quite a bit of the Rutles' catalog; I remember hearing "Cheese and Onions," "Doubleback Alley," "Number One," "Piggy in the Middle," "Hold My Hand," "Goose-Step Mama," "Questionnaire," "Joe Public," "Hey Mister!", "Eine Kleine Middle Klasse Musik," "Love Life," "Baby Let Me Be," "I Must Be in Love," and "Ouch!" The band did a version of an actual Beatles song, "A Day in the Life," on which Neil played but didn't sing, followed by an arrangement of "All Things Must Pass" with ukulele. They closed the show with "Get Up and Go" and "Back in '64," and Neil came out not long after that to sign things. I bought an autographed copy of the Recollections Le Duck's Box Set, which I haven't listened to yet.
Maybe I will tonight or tomorrow. I also have the second Video Games Live album, which Beth gave me as an anniversary present, to listen to.
Thursday was Beth's and my third Kevin Geeks Out show, this time about woman wrestlers. They've done several shows on professional wrestling, and I can't say I know that much about it, but the show was still fun. It included an overview of GLOW from the late eighties, which inspired a current Netflix show. There was a tribute to Chyna, and one of the presenters read excerpts from her book.
They thought this image of Chyna in her dress for the Emmys was worth sharing, and so do I.
Another presentation was about Cyndi Lauper's time as a wrestling promoter, acting as manager to Wendi Richter against frequent collaborator Captain Lou Albano and the Fabulous Moolah.
They showed a bit of promotion for the match with Captain Lou on Letterman claiming credit for Cyndi's entire career, including writing the lyrics for "Time After Time." I've never really watched wrestling, but there is something appealing about its absurd, over-the-top nature. And of course I knew Albano from his stint as Mario on the Super Show. Cyndi was a guest on there once, as were Rowdy Roddy Piper and Sergeant Slaughter.
