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"His Name Is Legs (Ladies and Gentlemen)" is a song by English musician George Harrison, released in 1975 as the closing track of his album ''Extra Texture (Read All About It)''. The eponymous "Legs" is "Legs" Larry Smith, a drummer with the 1960s satirical-comedy group the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and one of a growing number of comedians with whom Harrison began associating during the 1970s. Smith appears on the recording, delivering a hard-to-decipher spoken monologue, while Harrison's lyrics similarly reflect the comedian's penchant for zany wordplay. The song serves as a precursor to Harrison's work with Monty Python members Eric Idle and Michael Palin, including his production of the troupe's 1975 single "The Lumberjack Song" and movies such as ''Life of Brian'' (1979) that he produced under the aegis of his company HandMade Films. Harrison recorded "His Name Is Legs" at his Friar Park home studio during sessions for his 1974 album ''Dark Horse''. The song remained unfinished until he returned to it the following year while working in Los Angeles on ''Extra Texture''. Aside from Harrison and Smith, the musicians on the recording include Tom Scott, Billy Preston, Willie Weeks and Andy Newmark, all of whom were part of Harrison's 1974 tour band. The song's arrangement reflects Harrison's adoption of the funk genre. As with the album's humorous artwork, the inclusion of "His Name Is Legs" on ''Extra Texture'' marked a rare example of light-heartedness among a collection of mostly downbeat songs. Commentators view the track as an indulgence by Harrison, the apparent in-joke nature of the composition reinforced by largely unintelligible vocals on the recording. ==Background== Although often noted for the serious, religious nature of his song lyrics,〔Allison, pp. 36–37.〕 George Harrison was an avowed fan of British comedy, beginning with Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan's radio work with the Goons during the 1950s.〔Clayson, p. 271.〕 In his autobiography, ''I, Me, Mine'', Harrison talks of comedy, specifically Monty Python's first TV series and the satirical Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, as having "filled that empty space for me" in the late 1960s〔 when relationships with his fellow Beatles had fractured.〔Doggett, pp. 43–45, 59–61.〕〔MacDonald, p. 300.〕 Harrison suggests an alternative scenario to the Beatles' break-up in 1970: "What should have happened is that the Bonzos and the Beatles ... turned into one great Rutle band with all the Pythons and had a laugh."〔George Harrison, pp. 64–65.〕 The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band were a favourite of the Beatles,〔Huntley, p. 127.〕 who cast them in their 1967 TV film ''Magical Mystery Tour''.〔Inglis, p. 54.〕 Harrison subsequently performed with Bonzo drummer Larry Smith, along with Eric Clapton and other members of Delaney & Bonnie and Friends,〔Clayson, pp. 282, 350.〕 at John Lennon's "Peace for Christmas" charity concert,〔Leng, p. 67.〕 held at London's Lyceum Ballroom in December 1969.〔Miles, p. 362.〕 From 1973 onwards, comedians such as Sellers and Milligan entered Harrison's social circle at his Friar Park estate in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.〔Olivia Harrison, pp. 322, 362.〕〔Clayson, pp. 333–34.〕 This period coincided with the end of his marriage to Pattie Boyd,〔Doggett, pp. 208–09.〕 who has described their home as "a madhouse" during their final year together.〔Boyd, p. 175.〕〔Pattie Boyd, ("Pattie Boyd: 'My hellish love triangle with George and Eric' – Part Two" ), ''Daily Mail'', 4 August 2007 (retrieved 10 September 2013).〕 Harrison became reacquainted with Smith, often known as "Legs Larry", through longtime Beatles aide Terry Doran.〔Clayson, p. 350.〕 Harrison admired Smith as "a wonderfully eccentric person",〔 a quality that had similarly inspired him about Sir Frank Crisp,〔Boyd, pp. 144, 163.〕 the original owner of Friar Park.〔Clayson, pp. 300–01.〕〔Greene, pp. 165–66.〕 Author Dale Allison suggests that Smith became a court jester figure for Harrison,〔Allison, p. 144.〕 who wrote the song "His Name Is Legs (Ladies and Gentlemen)" as a tribute to Smith.〔〔 In ''I Me Mine'', Harrison terms the composition "a piece of personal indulgence, like some other of my songs about things nobody else knows or cares about, except maybe two people".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「His Name Is Legs (Ladies and Gentlemen)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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