http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/vivian-stanshall Just another bbPress community en-US Sat, 25 May 2013 06:05:10 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/search.php http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/vivian-stanshall#post-12056 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 02:37:24 +0000 thesecretlifeofamanicdepressive 12056@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ By god, I do love him so very much.<br /> <br /> He was the leading light (alongside Neil Innes) the wonderful dadaist collective The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band then went on to do his own solo work. A wonderful genius, he was.<br /> <br /> Here is one of my favourites, the opening from Crank.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngvxidwyTVM" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngvxidwyTVM</a><br /> <br /> and reading The Sea on Innes Book of Records.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riIqZCfhLVY" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riIqZCfhLVY</a><br /> <br /> Neil Innes is amazing as well. If you can, seek out Innes Book Of Records, a television show he did in the late 70s. It's one of the most bizarre and beautiful shows ever made- Neil Innes music set to little videos with some poetry and stuff from people like John Betjemin, Jake Thackery and John Cooper Clarke.<br /> <br /> My Proudest Moment(s) were Innes-related. Interviewing him for Kettering was one of the best experiences ever and so was watching The Rutles on their last tour at the 100 Club. I got a big kiss and he gave me his plectrum! I was nineteen years old at the time (only two years ago!) and in love. I got a poster signed by him and John Halsey and kiss it like a besotted groupie.<br /> <br /> One of the reasons I actually moved to this area of London was that Vivian Stanshall lived nearby. That makes me pathetic but the Bonzos get me through the day.