Archaeology

The Rutles - Archaeology

Archaeology
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Artist: The Rutles
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2011-12-30
Music Label: VIRGIN
Soundtracks:
  1. Major Happy's Up And Coming Once Upon A Good Time Band
  2. Rendezvous
  3. Questionnaire
  4. We've Arrived! (And To Prove It We're Here)
  5. Lonely-Phobia
  6. Unfinished Words
  7. Hey Mister!
  8. Easy Listening
  9. Now She's Left You
  10. The Knicker Elastic King
  11. I Love You
  12. Eine Kleine Middle Klasse Musik
  13. Joe Public
  14. Shangri-La
  15. Don't Know Why
  16. Back In '64

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Free Music Review: A TRUE GEM! Better than the original Rutles album!
Hit: 5 Stars

'Archaeology' is even better than the original album and gets better and better with each listening. The first album is, for the most part, made up of direct song parodies of Beatles songs and therefore is pretty much a novelty album (although some tracks such as 'Another Day' and 'Cheese And Onions' are absolutely brilliant and stand on their own). The first album has two very weak tracks: 'Baby Let Me Be' and 'Living In Hope' while every track on 'Archaeology' is enjoyable and often very poignant.

Here's a brief review of some of the best Archaeology tracks:
-'Rendezvous' is a funny track (kind of a parody of 'With A Little Help From My Friends'  in this case, however, the singer appears to not want any help) sung by Ringo's parallel universe likeness and has a great 'middle eight'.

-'Questionnaire' has humour and poignancy, with Innes (in his great Lennonesque voice) singing about how easy it is to buy a gun and softly ending with the line 'Put a tick in the appropriate box...' against a backdrop of soft orchestral strings.

-'Lonely-Phobia' easily could have been a hit - very melodic. 'Stig' aka 'Ricky Fataar' sings this one.

-'Easy Listening' (with it's 'Act Naturally' guitar parts) is extremely melodic and enjoyable yet some of the lyrics are actually a bit unsettling! However they are bang on in describing what Easy Listening music is all about - escape from the evils of the world.

-'I Love You' is a very lovely, romantic song with a similar arrangement to the Beatles' 'And I Love Her' or the Rutles' own 'With A Girl Like You' - take your pick!

-'Eine Kleine Middle Klasse Musik' is a great track that reminds one of 'Come Together' with its bass guitar parts and rhythm.

-'Joe Public' is yet another song from the album that could have been a hit and could be mistaken for an Oasis song - except for the fact that it's better than any Oasis song and more original too! (Fataar sings on this one too)

Every track on Archaeology has something in it that reminds one of a Beatles song (or several) and it's fun to spot all the references. 'Shangri-La' has the most references of any track and its fun spotting them all! The song also starts with a bit of the melody of Neil Innes' 'The Idiot Song'.

The lyrics on this album are often very witty and clever: Back In 64 mentions how back in the early sixties people had no need for pouring scorn and then the background vocals echo the line, saying: or scoring porn. Many songs make references to earlier Rutles songs, such as Cheese and Onions and familiar topics such as tight trousers.

With the low price this disc goes for you can't lose. Give it several listenings and let it grow on you. If you liked the first album but dont like this one then you must not have given it a proper listening as this album is an absolute gem that should appeal to all Rutles fans and most Beatles fans too.

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From a postmodern perspective, it's entirely fitting for the Rutles, the Beatles spoof band started by Eric Idle (Monty Python) and Neil Innes (Bonzo Dog Band) in 1978, to come back in the mid-'90s. After all, the Beatles did with Anthology, the albums and the documentary. Hence the new Rutles release, Archaeology. But as Spinal Tap proved with its 1992 comeback album, the joke is never as funny the second time around. In any event, the 16 songs on Archaeology are smartly written, deftly recorded, spot-on parodies of the Beatles tunes we hear daily in elevators and dentists' offices. You knew they would be. "Major Happy's Up and Coming Once Upon A Good Time Band" takes on "Sgt. Pepper's," of course, and segues neatly into "Rendezvous," in which the Rutles' drummer is none too happy to get a little help from his friends. "Joe Public" lovingly skewers "Tomorrow Never Knows," as well as the concept of mass-market merchandising, while the single and video "Shangri-La" mix "Magical Mystery Tour" and "All You Need Is Love." But towards the end, the Rutles are running so short on material that they're parodying solo Ringo ("Easy Listening") and Wings ("Eine Kleine Middle Klasse Musik"). The question is: Why bother? The original did all this the first time. The Beatles satirize themselves whenever they attempt anything new. (Don't forget the Traveling Wilburys, or McCartney's foray into ambient house with Youth as the fireman. And let's not even start with Richard Starkey.) And you can hear the ultimate Beatles goof just about any time you turn on modern-rock radio. It's name is Oasis, and if there's a better argument that it's time for phony Beatlemania to bite the dust, I have yet to hear it. Jim Derogatis

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