Neil Innes – How Sweet To Be An Idiot (1973)

Founder member of The Bonzo Dog DooDah Band in the Sixties, when comedy was an acceptable style of musical expression….Monty Python released several albums which quite often charted.  Neil was a brilliant lyricist and not a bad musician and singer too – though he never achieved much fame he was around and on TV quite a bit; he made a series of about six programmes called The Innes Book Of Records, and was a member of Beatles piss-take band The Rutles.  He also contributed to songs for Monty Python films and a few children’s programmes.  This debut is lovely, quaint and very English…best songs ‘L’Amour Perdu’, ‘Topless A Go-Go’ and the title track.  Though not for everyone I must admit.