If you have ever sat through The Beatles eccentric (egocentric?) 1967 TV film Magical Mystery Tour, then you probably remember Glasgow-born poet / schoolteacher / actor / writer / surrealist Ivor Cutler. (You can see his picture in the booklet included with The Beatles' US album / UK double EP soundtrack from the film.) Cutler played the very stiff Buster Bloodvessel, the love interest of Ringo's heavy-set Aunt Jessie (and dinner companion / napkin supplier in her dream where John Lennon serves her spaghetti by the shovel-full - literally!)
Sadly, Ivor Cutler died last week at age 83. He did not retire from the stage until last year. Amazing!
If you're sense of humor leans toward the absurd, you may appreciate Ivor Cutler's humor. (Conversely, if you consider Monty Python a little too "absurd", Mr. Cutler may be a bit much for ya.) The harmonium-wielding Scotsman recorded poems and songs with titles like "The Muscular Tree", "If All The Cornflakes", "Get Away From the Wall", "When I Stand on an Open Cart", "There's a Turtle in my Soup", "Bicarbonate of Chicken", "Man with the Trembly Nose", "Tomato Brain", "I Think Very Deeply", "A Seal is a Sheep", "Unhypocritical Love Song", "Why Is Your Coat So Thick, Joe?", "I Believe in Bugs", "A Lady Found An Insect (aka Buffet)", "I Like Sitting", "Oh, Quartz", and "Your Smell".
Tonight, in Mr. Cutler's honor, I will pop in my old videotape of Magical Mystery Tour and smile.
To close, let me share a poem by Ivor Cutler, entitled "No, I Won't":
I'll leave you with this thought.
No, I won't. It would not be fair.
1 comment:
Hey Chris what's homme qui apprécie le fromage????
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