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Originally broadcast on network TV in 1978, ex-<a href="spotify:artist:5IxfhXIHjAOAqibxl90NZO">Monty Python</a> member <a href="spotify:artist:24OqPJZX2KZCVgEOa3d9mF">Eric Idle</a>'s satire of <a href="spotify:artist:3WrFJ7ztbogyGnTHbHJFl2">the Beatles</a>' legend was one of the very few successful rock parodies; only <a href="spotify:artist:65X3sG8LVBQN5033RqB6qn">Spinal Tap</a>, perhaps, has outdone it. One of the key elements of this mock rockumentary was the brilliantly executed soundtrack by <a href="spotify:artist:5IxfhXIHjAOAqibxl90NZO">Python</a> associate and ex-<a href="spotify:artist:6Q7D1oEccgTc8MAYdMgtIx">Bonzo Dog Band</a> member <a href="spotify:artist:1Os8dbAw15y0pCfTZH0Sq0">Neil Innes</a> (he also played the character loosely based upon <a href="spotify:artist:4x1nvY2FN8jxqAFA0DA02H">John Lennon</a> in the film itself). As an actual peer of the group in the '60s (<a href="spotify:artist:6Q7D1oEccgTc8MAYdMgtIx">the Bonzos</a> even appeared in the Magical Mystery Tour film), <a href="spotify:artist:1Os8dbAw15y0pCfTZH0Sq0">Innes</a> was well-qualified to satirize the Fab Four in song. With the exception of <a href="spotify:artist:24OqPJZX2KZCVgEOa3d9mF">Idle</a>, each of the four Rutles played their own instruments on the recording in addition to acting in the film. To complete the gag, the Rutles reconvened in 1996 to record a second album, Archeology, to coincide with <a href="spotify:artist:3WrFJ7ztbogyGnTHbHJFl2">the Beatles</a>' Anthology projects. Masquerading as archival material, most of Archeology was in fact newly recorded in the mid-'90s, and was as witty and well-executed as the soundtrack to their TV special nearly 20 years ago. ~ Richie Unterberger, Rovi
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