As rare as rare gets folks ... Classic concert film of the Bonzo Dog Band in Germany. Vivian Stanshall, Vivian performs "Big Shot," then there's "You Done My Brain In," and Neil performing "Hello Mabel," "I'm the Urban Spaceman" and "Quiet Talks and Summer Walks," Roger's robots perform "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles," Vivian performs "Canyons of Your Mind," and Roger performs the "Trouser Press."
Band lineup is the late-period version: Vivian Stanshall, Neil Innes, Roger Ruskin-Spear, Legs Larry Smith, Rodney Slater and Dennis Cowan.
Apologies for the three bars across the screen - timecode and onscreen logos had to be removed.
Vivian performs "Big Shot," then there's "You Done My Brain In," and Neil performing "Hello Mabel."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2003zBR7-BI
Neil performs "I'm the Urban Spaceman" and "Quiet Talks and Summer Walks," Roger's robots perform "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGHhDpIds78
Vivian performs "Canyons of Your Mind," and Roger performs the "Trouser Press."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fnrGIFMpcY
An interview with Neil Innes -- Neil, ever the straight man, tries to talk about the Bonzos in serious terms. An apparently drunk Vivian Stanshall and Roger Ruskin-Spear show up at the end.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOBSkZDQQ4o
I have had this great and incredibly rare performance on VHS for quite a long time .... 3 or 4 years I think. I was asked at the time not to share it with anyone.
So I didn't. I did however post the audio, so that's been bootlegged.
Now, the situation has changed, and I've been allowed to share it in this form.
Enjoy.
As stated above I am working on ANOTHER epic Bonzo DVD now .... an expanded and improved version of the original now spread out over 2 or 3 discs, with a lot of rare rare stuff.
So we'll see how that goes. I am a bit busy with The Thief and the Cobbler and my own films, but it's honestly being worked on.