I see my role in the Bonzos as being the straight man, in many ways. Neil Innes More Quotes by Neil Innes More Quotes From Neil Innes Ladies and gentlemen, Ive suffered for my music ... now its your turn. Neil Innes ladies-and-gentlementurnsgentleman When we did Top of the Pops for the third time, we decided to do it as a television program here called Come Dancing, which is not as rude as it sounds. Neil Innes rudedancingsound Answers given with authority negate the search for truth. Neil Innes learningauthorityanswers Eric Clapton always wanted to come out onstage with a stuffed parrot on his shoulder. Neil Innes parrotsshoulderseric No one expects the Spanish Inquisition! Neil Innes spanish-inquisitioninquisition I think most musicians do like to have a laugh. Neil Innes musicianlaughingthinking I wasn't aware that Track Records were interested in the Bonzos. Neil Innes track-recordrecordstrack I mean in recent years, I think you've only got to sell thirty or forty thousand to get a #1. Neil Innes meanyearsthinking I suppose we all loved those kind of sci-fi movies where terrible things came out of swamps and came to Mars. And there's usually some poor girl. All the guys are trying to desperately handle levers and saying, go to something or other. Neil Innes guygirltrying But I mean, again, Zappa's far more musical than the Bonzos ever were. Neil Innes zappamusicalmean As I said, when we needed to move over to rock'n'roll, Sam and Vernon couldn't quite make the shift. So that's when Larry took over on drums, and we needed a bass player. Neil Innes rocksplayermoving Because Larry, by then, was a drummer, who would sort of get bored and tired, and rather stand up and blow kisses to people. So we needed the bass to sort of drive along. Neil Innes tiredkissingblow But we used to go to flea markets and things, and look for old 78 records that had silly song titles. Neil Innes titlessillysong In fact, Moon came on tour with us for a bit just before a big festival in Brighton, I think. Neil Innes moonjourneythinking I suppose Roger [Ruskin Spear] had the license to do anything that fitted the venue. Neil Innes venuesrogerlicense And Roger was crazy with his robots and everything. Neil Innes rogerrobotscrazy I used to help Viv with the chords and melodies sometimes. Neil Innes melodieshelpusedsometimes Ladies and gentleman, I've suffered for my music, now it's your turn. Neil Innes yournowgentlemanmusic So we used to look for funny songs, and learn them and play them. And we used to play them in pubs. Neil Innes learnlookplayfunny We then took a shortened version of what we'd been doing in the pubs, with the best gags and things like that, out to cabaret clubs and things in the north of England for six weeks. And we became a big success. Neil Innes doingbestthingssuccess
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