The RUTLES Announce The Last Song We Promise

Author Screamin' Scott

November 1st, 2023 11:14 AM

Unlike the Beatles hype of a new last song with all four band members. The Rutles announce the release of The Last Song We Promise. The vaults were tapped out. But a long song was allegedly found in a car glove box at an impound yard. The remaining Rutles used AI technology to finish the last song they say will be the last of the last songs to be released on November 2, 2023

Who Are The Rutles?

The biggest band ever seen in this world or the next. From their 1963 album “Please Rut Me” to their final album, film, and lawsuit, “Let It Rot” in 1970, The Rutles changed popular culture, for better, for worse, and for their self-interests. This group is for anyone who remembers and loves The Rutles, and for anyone who’s never heard of them.

The RUTLES

The Rutles Were A Band Parody Of The Beatles

The Rutles is the best parody of the Beatles I have ever heard. Weird Al Yankovic, a master of parodies, doesn’t come close. This fictional band, The Rutles was created by Eric Idle and Neil Innes from British comedy fans of Monty Python’s Flying Circus sketch comedy show. Eric and Neil wrote a Mockumentary; the title of the 1978 TV special was called,  All You Need is Cash. The parody mocks the music and even the appearance of The Beatles.

It became super popular immediately. They later went on to spoof the Beatles Anthology series with their own called Archaeology. A second film, “The Rutles 2: Cant Buy Me Lunch” was made in 2002 and was released here in the States in 2003 on DVD. It wasn’t only popular in the United Kingdom. It was also a big deal domestically in the USA. They even made several appearances on Saturday Night Live in 1976 and 1977.

Now, what did The Fab Four actually think about The Rutles? George was into it. He was involved in the project since the beginning and found it funny and made with love. According to Wikipedia, Ringo liked the happier scenes but felt like the scenes that made fun of sadder times hit a little too close to home. John Lennon reportedly loved the film, and even gave them advice to change some things around to avoid being sued. McCartney originally had “no comment” on the matter, but grew to like it.

Check out the almost famous, “Last Rutles Rooftop Concert.” Click Here

Michigan's Most "Popular" Beatles Songs

• #3 "Let It Be"

  How can you not respect “Let It Be?” Paul McCartney wrote it for his mother, Mary who passed away when he was just 14 years old. According to Paul, he was inspired to write the song by a dream. He was anxious and troubled and his mother came to him in the dream to “whisper words of wisdom.” Paul talks about the inspiration behind “Let It Be” and so many other songs in the most amazing episode of Carpool Karaoke with James Corden. I’m pretty sure I’ve watched this a dozen times and I still love it.

• #2 "Come Together"

  “Come Together” started out as a campaign song for Timothy Leary’s run for Governor in California back in 1969.  Interesting side note:  When “Come Together was recorded, it was the first recording session where John Lennon was an “active” attendee since a car accident he and Yoko On had gotten into two weeks before.  John got 17 stitches.  Yoko Ono was pregnant and being more closely monitored.  John wanted her to be at the recording session…to the point of having a bed brought in for her so that she could get the bedrest doctors had advised (beatlesbooks.com) and be present at the session.

   

   

• #1 "Love Me Do"

  “Love Me Do” was The Beatles’ first release.  John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote this when they were teenagers which is amazing.  It’s a great song, but I would not rate “Love Me Do” as the most popular Beatles song in Michigan.  Would it not make sense that the writing of The Beatles evolved and improved throughout their career? Below I give some examples of other metrics that explain why I feel this info might be flawed.

• "Here Comes The Sun"

  Back in May of this year, “Here Comes the Sun” became the first Beatles song to cross the one billion stream mark on Spotify. Speaking as a Michigander, it definitely one of my favorite / most popular Beatles songs.  This song is nothing but good vibes.  George Harrison was the most underrated of the Beatles in my book.  You can check out the amazing story of how George wrote the song when you CLICK HERE.

• "Hey Jude"

  As far as the charts go, “Hey Jude” is the Beatles’ most popular song.  It stayed on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 19 weeks… 9 of those at number one (faroutmagazine.co.uk).  That makes it the longest-charting single of any Beatles song.

• "She Loves You"

  Highest selling doesn’t necessarily equal most popular, but here, in the States, “She Loves You” was the Beatles’ highest-selling song according to officialcharts.com. I think it’s worth noting though, singles sales are just one metric.  People who bought whole albums don’t factor into this.  The highest-selling Beatles album is Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band with more than 32 million copies sold (Faroutmagazine.co.uk).  The White Album is number three and Abbey Road is number two.  Also worth noting, in this time-frame, singles were everything.  The move to album-oriented rock had not been established.

• "Don't Let Me Down"

  Having watched the Beatles documentary, Get Back, this song truly holds a lot of meaning. I don’t know if that’s a factor with other YouTube users too, but the most popular (viewed) Beatles song on YouTube is “Don’t Let Me Down” with more than 440 million views. The difficulty with YouTube is that there are multiple entries for pretty much EVERY Beatles song.

• "Birthday"

  As far as being the “most popular” (most requested) song on the WCSX request lines… yep, it’s “Birthday.”  If it’s the most requested Beatles song, why don’t you hear me playing it?  I will tell you what I tell people who call and want to request it for their birthday or someone else’s: We all have a birthday.  If I play it for one, why shouldn’t I play it for another?  It opens a giant can of worms where “Birthday” gets played every day.  We do play a snippet of the birthday song as part of an intro for our classic rock artists’ birthdays, but as far as the whole song…  It’s the most requested Beatles song that I never play.  I know I sound like a jerk, but people who call in are actually very cool and understanding about the reasoning.

• What Beatles Song Is Most Popular With This Michigander?

  Honestly, I’d be hard-pressed to answer.  I love “Blackbird,” “Here Comes The Sun,” and “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” as far as the more mellow Beatles songs go.  My personal favorite that no one ever mentions is actually “Tomorrow Never Knows.” It was written by John Lennon who referred to it as “my first psychedelic song.” (Songfacts.com)

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Author Screamin' Scott

Category:

• WCSX
• Music

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Monty Python,Parody,The Beatles