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From: dave@cylixd.UUCP (Dave Kirby)
Newsgroups: net.music,net.movies
Subject: Re: The Rutles
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Date: Fri, 27-Dec-85 14:13:50 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 27 14:13:50 1985
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In article <517@sdchema.sdchema.UUCP> marcos@sdchema.UUCP (David A. Pearlman) writes:
>Hey there netland! Anybody still remember the Rutles movie, aired on
>network T.V. (yes-sir-ee-bob!) back in 1977?  

I saw it a month or so ago. A truly delightful satire. The songs were
so true to the Beatles style it seemed as if they were written by
McCartney and Lennon. But they were true musical ripoffs in the best
sense of the word. Really worth studying musicologically, as they
brought out the different characteristics that made the Beatle's music,
and pointed them out with clever musical hyperbole. Even the drummer
in the ripoff group had Ringo's distinct early style nailed. This is a
classic that every Beatles fan or student must see.

I have not seen it advertised for rent, but I'll check at my local
video hangout next time I'm there. The movie runs on independent
stations occasionally in the U. S.; the last time it ran here in
Memphis was on the anniversary of the murder of John Lennon. Talk
about bad programming taste!

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