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The world first became aware of The Rutles in 1978 - when NBC aired a TV special called "All You Need Is Cash" - a spoof documentary of a mythical '60's band called The Rutles. The project was created by two veterans of comedy and music - Eric Idle and Neil Innes.. | 
| Rutles' Albums Meet The Rutles
With The Rutles
A Hard Day's Rut
Rutles For Sale
Ouch!
Rutle Soul
Revolter
Yesterday, Tomorrow, And Lunchtimes
Sgt. Rutter's Only Darts Club Band
Tragical History Tour
The Rutles (aka "The Shite Album")
Yellow Submarine Sandwich
Get Up And Go
Shabby Road
Let It Rot |
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| The Rutles began life in 1975 as a sketch on Eric Idle's BBC television series Rutland Weekend Television. Rutland was the smallest county in England until the local government re-organization of 1974 when it literally ceased to exist (it has since been restored). Eric Idle found it amusing to suggest that he was the face of a mock broadcasting company run from this insignificant rural location. | |
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| Can't Buy Me Lunch |
  | The Rutles are a legend. A living legend.
A legend that will live long after
other living legends have died. |  |
A friend of mine in Detroit recently called me with some very disturbing information. Coincidentally, we had recently been discussing the fact that Dirk McQuickly does not appear on the new Rutles Archaeology album. We had both accepted the officially released reason, that Dirk had gone into comedy. However, it seems now that there may be more to it than that.
My friend heard a disc jockey on his favorite Detroit radio station talking about how a new rumor is going around that Dirk is deaf, and has been increasingly hard of hearing for many years. It seems they say that Dirk was in an automobile accident with an Ice Cream truck, hit his head, and this is when his hearing was damaged. Because of his lack of hearing, the radio went on to say that sometime maybe as early as late 1966, Dirk had been replaced in the studio by a Dirk sound-alike. Even more important, even though the Rutles have kept this deception secret from their fans, they have been hiding clues about it on the album covers and in song lyrics all these years. | We've Arrived! (And To Prove It We're Here!) We've Arrived! And to prove it we're here
We've Arrived! And it's suddenly clear
that we're here to stay
for more than a day
maybe a week or a year! We've Arrived! And to prove it we're here
We've Arrived! And to prove it we're here
We've Arrived... From thirty thousand feet above the ocean
flying high in the sky
To thirty thousand fans showin' their devotion
hear them scream and cry! We've Arrived! And to prove it we're here
We've Arrived! And it's suddenly clear
that we're here to stay
more than a day
Hey! Maybe a week or a year! We've Arrived! And to prove it we're here
We've Arrived! And to prove it we're here
We've Arrived! And to prove it we're here
We've Arrived! And to prove it we're here
We've Arrived... |  |
