Neil Innes — Raggy Dolls (full studio version).

I don’t think I ever realized as a child what a lowkey freak pride anti-normie anthem this is.

Raggy Dolls was a pretty boring show, but the general premise was actually quite rad — a bunch of “malformed” dolls living in the rejection bin of a toy factory, banding together and going through life with their freak flag held high, sneaking out for adventures and having the audacity to exist in-spite of normie societies disapproval, not entirely unlike being a young anti assimilationist queer anarcho.

Lyrics:

It's not much of a life when you're just a pretty face
Just to be whoever you are is no disgrace
Don't be scared if you don't fit in
Look who's in the reject bin

It's the Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Dolls like you and me
Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Made imperfectly
Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Happy just to be
Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Dolls like you and me

So if you got a bump on your nose
Or a lump on your toes, do not despair
Be like the Raggy Dolls
And say "I just don't care"
Cause Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Are happy just to be
Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Dolls like you and me

Cause it's not much of a life when you're just a pretty face
Just to be whoever you are is no disgrace
Look around and you will find
People of every kind

It's the Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Dolls like you and me
Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Made imperfectly
Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Happy just to be
Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Dolls like you and me

So if you’re not at ease with your knobbly knees
And your fingers are all thumbs
Stand on your two left feet
And join our raggy doll chums
Cause Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Are happy just to be
Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Dolls like you and me

Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Dolls like you and me
Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Made imperfectly
Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Happy just to be
Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls
Dolls like you and me

https://yt.artemislena.eu/watch?v=TsBRMhaKPps&listen=false

#NowListening #RaggyDolls #NeilInnes #FreakPride

#VivianStanshall
55 jaar
21 maart 1941-5 maart 1995
Engelse singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist en dichter. Hij was mede-oprichter van #TheBonzoDogDooDahBand met #NeilInnes, en is gekend voor zijn bijdrage als Sir Henry in een radioprogramma van #JohnPeel in het verkennen van de gebruiken in de Engelse hogere klassen, hij was ook de ceremoniemeester op #MikeOldfield zijn #TubularBells.
Hij maakt ook #SpokenWord voor #BBC1 genaamd Rawlinson End, hij
https://youtu.be/k-ymcdUA6g4
#GoneTooSoon
⏬⏬⏬

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #GideonCoe

Neil Innes:
🎵 Questionnaire (6 Music Session, 24 March 2014)

#NeilInnes

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #GideonCoe

Neil Innes:
🎵 Cheese And Onions (Radio 1 Session, 18 May 1977)

#NeilInnes

The sadly late but always great Neil Innes, interviewed in 2019:

https://youtu.be/T83RVpCyMIM

#TheRutles #NeilInnes

@incitatus

Or as Neil Innes put it -

"I've suffered for my music.
Now it's your turn."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfTlGMCeuDE

#Music #NeilInnes #RutlandWeekendTelevision

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #MarcRiley

Neil Innes:
🎵 City Of The Angels

#NeilInnes

Remembering #NeilInnes, gone on this day 3 years ago. Was lucky enough to see him in action with The Rutles at The Fleece in #bristol in 2014. Was quite a night.

It’s been 3 years since Neil Innes passed away. Sorely missed. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/dec/30/neil-innes-obituary #NeilInnes

[1981] Hard Shoulders - A public information film on the dangers of the hard shoulder. Starring Michelle Dotrice and Neil Innes with the voice of Patrick Allen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5RCmy7Vl6s

#OldBritishTelly #PIF #MichelleDotrice #NeilInnes #PatrickAllen

Saturday #Music (17 Dec 2022) is an unforgettable number from a #BonzoDogBand TV appearance...and #NeilInnes SHREDS.

The Canyons Of Your Mind - The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band

#humor #1960s #RockOfASort
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD9Lfyg2l6E

The sadly-missed #NeilInnes was born on 9 December 1944.
#OnThisDayInMusic #TheBonzos

The sadly-missed #NeilInnes was born on 9 December 1944.
#OnThisDayInMusic #TheBonzos

Happy birthday to the finest Neil Innes there ever was. ❤️ #Rutles #TheRutles #NeilInnes #DooDah #Bonzo #Idiot