Jul 03 2007

Flying Saucer Music #21

Beautiful Zelda: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Here’s one of the few “normal” tracks I will be posting. This term is used loosely. The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band has been one of my favorites for as long as I can remember. “Beautiful Zelda” was written and sung by Neil Innes, who later went on to more fame as an occasional member of Monty Python’s Flying Circus and the Beatles parody band called “The Rutles.”

From wikipedia:

The Bonzo Dog Band (also known as The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, The Bonzo Dog Dada Band and, colloquially, as “The Bonzos”) was a band created by a group of British art-school denizens of the 1960s. Combining elements of music hall, trad jazz, psychedelic rock, and avant-garde art, the Bonzos came to the attention of a broader British public through a children’s television programme, Do Not Adjust Your Set.

They had a hit single in 1968 with “I’m the Urban Spaceman” produced by Paul McCartney and Gus Dudgeon under the collective pseudonym “Apollo C. Vermouth”. The Beatles were great fans of the group and featured them performing the song “Death Cab for Cutie” in their film Magical Mystery Tour.

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