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Living In Hope by The Rutles
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Artist Biography For The Rutles
The Rutles Is A Pop Group From London England. A Spoof Of The Massively Popular And Influential Rock Group The Beatles The Rutles Was The Brainchild Of Neil Innes Former Member Of The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band And Ex-Monty Python Member Eric Idle. The Four Official Members Of The Rutles Were Dirk McQuickly Eric Idle Ron Nasty Neil Innes Stig O'Hara Ricky Fataar And Barry Wom John Halsey Parodies Of Paul McCartney John Lennon George Harrison And Ringo Starr Respectively. However Eric Idle Did Not Contribute To The Actual Musical Recordings. The "Paul" Vocals Were Performed By Ollie Halsall Who Was Glimpsed Shortly In The Mockumentary The Rutles All You Need Is Cash As "Leppo " The "fifth Rutle." Idle Lipsynced To The Music Skits Featured In The Film. The Rutles Originated As A Sketch Filmed For Idle And Innes' Rutland Weekend Television In The Mid-1970's Albeit With A Different Cast Of Characters Idle For Instance Portrayed The Character "Dirk " Which Was At That Time The Parody Equivalent Of George Harrison Not Paul McCartney. The Sketch Was Originally Aired On Saturday Night Live Producer Lorne Michaels Enjoyed The Sketch So Much That He Produced A TV Movie That Became Known As The Rutles All You Need Is Cash A Mockumentary Which Is Regarded As A Precursor To Such Films As This Is Spinal Tap. The Film Parodied All Aspects Of The Beatles' Career Such As The Yellow Submarine Animated Film And The "Paul Is Dead" Rumors. Ex-Beatle George Harrison A Fan Of Monty Python And Later Executive Producer For Monty Python's Life Of Brian Appeared As A Reporter Interviewing The Press Manager For The Rutles Played By Idle's Monty Python Colleague Michael Palin. Originally Aired On Television In 1978 The Film Was Ignored Upon Its Initial Release But Became A Home Video Sales Success. Neil Innes Under The Pseudonym Nasty/McQuickly A Parody Of Lennon/McCartney Whom A Majority Of Beatles Compositions Are Attributed To Wrote All The Rutles' Songs Borrowing Heavily From Beatles Riffs Chord Formations And Lyrics. Additionally Songs Were Also Written Using The Pseudonyms Of Stig O'Hara And Barry Wom. Their First Studio Album The Rutles Was Released As The Soundtrack For All You Need Is Cash In 1978. Due To Copyright Lawsuits From Apple Corps Six Of The Songs Were Removed From The First LP Release And The Rutles' Song Catalog Became Property Of Apple Corps. In 1996 Innes Fataar Halsey And John Haber The Replacement For Halsall Who Had Passed Away Released Archaeology A Spoof Of The Beatles' Anthology Series Consisting Of Supposed "cut" Material Written For The Rutles And Previously Unreleased Songs. In 2002 The Sequel To All You Need Is Cash Called The Rutles 2 Can't Buy Me Lunch Aired On Selected TV Channels. It Featured Little To No Involvement From Innes Fataar And Halsey And Consisted Mainly Of Unaired Footage From The First Film Interspersed With Interviews With Celebrities And Their Experiences With The Rutles.
Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Living in Hope
The-Rutles - Rarities
"Living In Hope" Was Written By Neil Innes But Credited To "Barry Wom" John Halsey's Character From The Rutles All You Need Is Cash Who Performs Lead Vocals On The Song. "Living In Hope" Pastiches Several Songs By The Beatles On Which The Group's Drummer Ringo Starr Performed Lead Vocals. In All You Need Is Cash The Rutles Perform The Song On A Country-Inspired Show An Obvious Take On Such Shows As Hee Haw. The Song Opens With A Simplistic Piano Piece Decidedly Similar To The Intro To "Don't Pass Me By" Before Seguing Into A Country-Sounding Tune Which Also Owes Its Relatively Simple Chord Progression And Organ Accompaniment To "Don't Pass Me By". The Biggest Lyrical Influence Is "Act Naturally" The Song's Lyrics Generally Retains Said Song's Notion Of A Simple-Minded Person Coming Into Fame. Rather Than Becoming "a Big Star" However The "main Character" Who Travelled From The Country To The Big City Languishes In The City Finding It Harsh And Unwelcoming But Retaining A Positive Outlook In Spite Of All The Challenges. The Prevalent Riff Is Also Almost Directly Borrowed From "Act Naturally".
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The Rutles Is A Pop Group From London England. A Spoof Of The Massively Popular And Influential Rock Group The Beatles The Rutles Was The Brainchild Of Neil Innes Former Member Of The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band And Ex-Monty Python Member Eric Idle. The Four Official Members Of The Rutles Were Dirk McQuickly Eric Idle Ron Nasty Neil Innes Stig O'Hara Ricky Fataar And Barry Wom John Halsey Parodies Of Paul McCartney John Lennon George Harrison And Ringo Starr Respectively. However Eric Idle Did Not Contribute To The Actual Musical Recordings. The "Paul" Vocals Were Performed By Ollie Halsall Who Was Glimpsed Shortly In The Mockumentary The Rutles All You Need Is Cash As "Leppo " The "fifth Rutle." Idle Lipsynced To The Music Skits Featured In The Film. The Rutles Originated As A Sketch Filmed For Idle And Innes' Rutland Weekend Television In The Mid-1970's Albeit With A Different Cast Of Characters Idle For Instance Portrayed The Character "Dirk " Which Was At That Time The Parody Equivalent Of George Harrison Not Paul McCartney. The Sketch Was Originally Aired On Saturday Night Live Producer Lorne Michaels Enjoyed The Sketch So Much That He Produced A TV Movie That Became Known As The Rutles All You Need Is Cash A Mockumentary Which Is Regarded As A Precursor To Such Films As This Is Spinal Tap. The Film Parodied All Aspects Of The Beatles' Career Such As The Yellow Submarine Animated Film And The "Paul Is Dead" Rumors. Ex-Beatle George Harrison A Fan Of Monty Python And Later Executive Producer For Monty Python's Life Of Brian Appeared As A Reporter Interviewing The Press Manager For The Rutles Played By Idle's Monty Python Colleague Michael Palin. Originally Aired On Television In 1978 The Film Was Ignored Upon Its Initial Release But Became A Home Video Sales Success. Neil Innes Under The Pseudonym Nasty/McQuickly A Parody Of Lennon/McCartney Whom A Majority Of Beatles Compositions Are Attributed To Wrote All The Rutles' Songs Borrowing Heavily From Beatles Riffs Chord Formations And Lyrics. Additionally Songs Were Also Written Using The Pseudonyms Of Stig O'Hara And Barry Wom. Their First Studio Album The Rutles Was Released As The Soundtrack For All You Need Is Cash In 1978. Due To Copyright Lawsuits From Apple Corps Six Of The Songs Were Removed From The First LP Release And The Rutles' Song Catalog Became Property Of Apple Corps. In 1996 Innes Fataar Halsey And John Haber The Replacement For Halsall Who Had Passed Away Released Archaeology A Spoof Of The Beatles' Anthology Series Consisting Of Supposed "cut" Material Written For The Rutles And Previously Unreleased Songs. In 2002 The Sequel To All You Need Is Cash Called The Rutles 2 Can't Buy Me Lunch Aired On Selected TV Channels. It Featured Little To No Involvement From Innes Fataar And Halsey And Consisted Mainly Of Unaired Footage From The First Film Interspersed With Interviews With Celebrities And Their Experiences With The Rutles.
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"Living in Hope" was written by Neil Innes, but credited to "Barry Wom", John Halsey's character from The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash, who performs lead vocals on the song. "Living in Hope" pastiches several songs by The Beatles on which the group's drummer, Ringo Starr, performed lead vocals. In All You Need Is Cash, The Rutles perform the song on a country-inspired show, an obvious take on such shows as Hee Haw.
The song opens with a simplistic piano piece decidedly similar to the intro to "Don't Pass Me By", before seguing into a country-sounding tune, which also owes its relatively simple chord progression and organ accompaniment to "Don't Pass Me By".
The biggest lyrical influence is "Act Naturally"; the song's lyrics generally retains said song's notion of a simple-minded person coming into fame. Rather than becoming "a big star", however, the "main character", who travelled from the country to the big city languishes in the city, finding it harsh and unwelcoming, but retaining a positive outlook in spite of all the challenges. The prevalent riff is also almost directly borrowed from "Act Naturally". Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.