It's impossible to love the Beatles -Is it possible not to adore the Beatles anyway?- and not to enjoy this marvelous mad yet very precise spoof on their whole oeuvre.All along this "all you need is lo..sorry cash" ,you are treated to the delights of hilarious jokes (we are more popular than God ,sorry ,Rod (Stewart)) and the songs are sheer genius.Not only they capture the Beatles atmosphere,but they are also quite infectious,superbly tuneful with zany but witty lyrics.I particularly dig "ouch"("help")and "piggy in the middle" (I'm the walrus")but the masterpiece is undeniably "Cheese and onions" which is not really inspired by a Beatles song,but manages to sound Beatler than the Beatles themselves.
Mick Jagger and Paul Simon (among others ) appear in the flesh and their tongue-in -chick comments (rather sarcastic for the former,a bit wistful for the latter) are a plus for the movie.
Word to the wise:it's worth to buy the CD which features 20 songs!and in 1996,when the Beatlemania,fueled by the release of the anthology series ,was even stronger than in the golden sixties ,the Rutles made a follow-up called "archaeology" that almost outdid the first 1978 release .You will love "Shangri la "("Hey jude" ) "We're arrived"(back in the USSR" .And Eric Idle ends the Rutles saga on an almost sad touch with his "Back in 64" ("When I'm 64" ) .Blues,folks,beaucoups of blues.
Mick Jagger and Paul Simon (among others ) appear in the flesh and their tongue-in -chick comments (rather sarcastic for the former,a bit wistful for the latter) are a plus for the movie.
Word to the wise:it's worth to buy the CD which features 20 songs!and in 1996,when the Beatlemania,fueled by the release of the anthology series ,was even stronger than in the golden sixties ,the Rutles made a follow-up called "archaeology" that almost outdid the first 1978 release .You will love "Shangri la "("Hey jude" ) "We're arrived"(back in the USSR" .And Eric Idle ends the Rutles saga on an almost sad touch with his "Back in 64" ("When I'm 64" ) .Blues,folks,beaucoups of blues.