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Radio Dinner
Radio Dinner is the debut album by the creators of the American satirical magazine National Lampoon. It was released on Blue Thumb Records in 1972 after RCA Records had declined to issue the record. The humor on the album is steeped in the pop culture and politics of the era. It includes "Deteriorata", a parody of Les Crane's hit rendition of the poem "Desiderata", and commentary on the 1972 presidential race. Among several pieces satirizing the former Beatles, "Magical Misery Tour" is a parody of John Lennon's primal therapy-inspired songwriting and his 1970 Rolling Stone interview, later published in book form as Lennon Remembers.
Radio Dinner parodies the pop culture and political landscape of the early 1970s. The record's principal creators were National Lampoon editors Tony Hendra and Michael O'Donoghue. Other writers for the magazine also contributed, and much of the material was derived from Christopher Guest's improvisatory style.
The record includes several references to and sketches about the solo careers of former Beatles John Lennon, George Harrison and Paul McCartney. It also satirizes Bob Dylan, played by Guest on "Those Fabulous Sixties", and Joan Baez, on "Pull the Tregros".
"Teenyrap", the title of several pieces of dialog spread throughout the album, features two teenagers discussing Harrison's 1971 Concert for Bangladesh aid project.[citation needed] The record ends with "Concert in Bangla Desh", where two Bangladeshi stand-up comedians (played by Guest and Hendra) perform to starving refugees, in an attempt to collect a bowlful of rice so that Harrison can stage a hunger strike. The comedians' jokes are punctuated by the sound of tabla rolls.
"Magical Misery Tour (Bootleg Record)" is a parody of Lennon's primal therapy-inspired songwriting style. The song's lyrics include the repeated cry of "Genius is pain!" and were taken directly from Lennon's 1970 Rolling Stone interview, later published in book form as Lennon Remembers. Hendra plays Lennon, while Melissa Manchester makes a brief speaking appearance as Yoko Ono. The album's liner notes states that the song is "From the album Yoko Is a Concept by Which We Measure Our Pain, recorded live at Rolling Stone. All Profits to go to the Toronto Peace Festival."
The album sends up McCartney's newfound politicization on his and Wings' 1972 single "Give Ireland Back to the Irish". Several times[citation needed] an Irish tenor begins to sing the song in a pub but is soon gunned down. There are also "clues" alluding to the "Paul is Dead" urban legend.[citation needed] These include four backmasked segments spread throughout the album. The LP's gatefold sleeve has the words "Clue Number Five: II Tim 4:6", as well as a picture frame that reads "CLUE NUMBER SIX" along the top, followed by "R.I.P.", and finally a partially covered "P. Mc."[citation needed]
The National Lampoon team parodies Les Crane's musical rendition of the poem "Desiderata" in "Deteriorata", and game shows in "Catch It and You Keep It". "Profiles in Chrome" includes Windy Craig as Richard Nixon, whose landslide win in the 1972 presidential election is also predicted.
Radio Dinner was originally set to be released on RCA Records, but the company balked at "David and Julie", a track focussing on the sex life of David and Julie Eisenhower—the son-in-law and daughter, respectively, of Richard Nixon. Hendra and O'Donoghue refused to cut the piece and took the album to Blue Thumb instead, but were met with the same objection. Lampoon relented and the album was released without "David and Julie".
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Radio Dinner
Radio Dinner is the debut album by the creators of the American satirical magazine National Lampoon. It was released on Blue Thumb Records in 1972 after RCA Records had declined to issue the record. The humor on the album is steeped in the pop culture and politics of the era. It includes "Deteriorata", a parody of Les Crane's hit rendition of the poem "Desiderata", and commentary on the 1972 presidential race. Among several pieces satirizing the former Beatles, "Magical Misery Tour" is a parody of John Lennon's primal therapy-inspired songwriting and his 1970 Rolling Stone interview, later published in book form as Lennon Remembers.
Radio Dinner parodies the pop culture and political landscape of the early 1970s. The record's principal creators were National Lampoon editors Tony Hendra and Michael O'Donoghue. Other writers for the magazine also contributed, and much of the material was derived from Christopher Guest's improvisatory style.
The record includes several references to and sketches about the solo careers of former Beatles John Lennon, George Harrison and Paul McCartney. It also satirizes Bob Dylan, played by Guest on "Those Fabulous Sixties", and Joan Baez, on "Pull the Tregros".
"Teenyrap", the title of several pieces of dialog spread throughout the album, features two teenagers discussing Harrison's 1971 Concert for Bangladesh aid project.[citation needed] The record ends with "Concert in Bangla Desh", where two Bangladeshi stand-up comedians (played by Guest and Hendra) perform to starving refugees, in an attempt to collect a bowlful of rice so that Harrison can stage a hunger strike. The comedians' jokes are punctuated by the sound of tabla rolls.
"Magical Misery Tour (Bootleg Record)" is a parody of Lennon's primal therapy-inspired songwriting style. The song's lyrics include the repeated cry of "Genius is pain!" and were taken directly from Lennon's 1970 Rolling Stone interview, later published in book form as Lennon Remembers. Hendra plays Lennon, while Melissa Manchester makes a brief speaking appearance as Yoko Ono. The album's liner notes states that the song is "From the album Yoko Is a Concept by Which We Measure Our Pain, recorded live at Rolling Stone. All Profits to go to the Toronto Peace Festival."
The album sends up McCartney's newfound politicization on his and Wings' 1972 single "Give Ireland Back to the Irish". Several times[citation needed] an Irish tenor begins to sing the song in a pub but is soon gunned down. There are also "clues" alluding to the "Paul is Dead" urban legend.[citation needed] These include four backmasked segments spread throughout the album. The LP's gatefold sleeve has the words "Clue Number Five: II Tim 4:6", as well as a picture frame that reads "CLUE NUMBER SIX" along the top, followed by "R.I.P.", and finally a partially covered "P. Mc."[citation needed]
The National Lampoon team parodies Les Crane's musical rendition of the poem "Desiderata" in "Deteriorata", and game shows in "Catch It and You Keep It". "Profiles in Chrome" includes Windy Craig as Richard Nixon, whose landslide win in the 1972 presidential election is also predicted.
Radio Dinner was originally set to be released on RCA Records, but the company balked at "David and Julie", a track focussing on the sex life of David and Julie Eisenhower—the son-in-law and daughter, respectively, of Richard Nixon. Hendra and O'Donoghue refused to cut the piece and took the album to Blue Thumb instead, but were met with the same objection. Lampoon relented and the album was released without "David and Julie".