SPINAL TAP!
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Topic: SPINAL TAP!
Posted By: 46and2
Subject: SPINAL TAP!
Date Posted: August 01 2005 at 00:39
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Who thinks spinal tap is prog, after all they are influenced by
classical musicans and compositions and write "epics" about stonehenge
and such. haha
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Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: August 01 2005 at 00:41
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They are so prog... they had a musical trilogy in the saddest of all keys D minor, they had epic songs, epic solos, they used violins on guitar action, they dabbled in jazz-blues (blues-jazz really)... they are more prog than Yes and King Crimson combined. ------------- 
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Posted By: eonblue_eulogy
Date Posted: August 01 2005 at 00:46
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nigel, the king of all prog. This man was the sh*t. he revolutionized the dynamics in rock music. damn straight... spinal tap was the loudest band ever |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: August 01 2005 at 01:15
Entitled Lick my Love Pump -------------  |
Cygnus X-2 wrote:Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: August 01 2005 at 01:18
Ah... yes -------------
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: August 01 2005 at 01:20
When Spinal Tap came out on video me and my buds used to watch it over and over and over. ------------- |
Posted By: robertplantowns
Date Posted: August 01 2005 at 01:24
| totally, with his custom marshall amp he was the only guitar player to ever reach the level of "eleven" giving him the edge over all guitarists of the time, and allowing him to plunge off the cliff of tasteful dynamics. He also innovated guitar playing as we know it now with this "trademark solos." Jimmy Page andJónsi Birgisson of Sigur Ros can't hold a candle to Nigel Tufnel when it comes to playing with a violin bow because he was too hardcore for the bow and he just used the whole violin, while kicking another guitar to accompany his kick ass solo. if Nigel Tufnel isn't prog as well as spinal tap, I don't know what is. Their advancements from "gimme some money" to "flower people" all the way up to their experimental rock at the "puppet show with spinal tap" is a testament to how prog they are. Who else would be able to actually integrate Mozart and Bach into one as Mach and create such a beautiful piano piece as "lick my love pump" |
Posted By: Bryan
Date Posted: August 01 2005 at 01:35
Spinal Tap are more prog than Queen  *hides in a corner* |
Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: August 01 2005 at 03:03
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Total prog. Meshuggah dream of being Spinal Tap.
/ducks and runs... |
Posted By: Shane Wallace
Date Posted: August 01 2005 at 03:18
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I absolutely agree Spinal Tap is completely prog. Expecially their
"discograpy" throughout the 70's (:The Gospel According to Spinal Tap," "Shark Sandwich," etc. etc.) They need...must be included! ------------- To Seek the Sacred River Alph |
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: August 01 2005 at 04:32
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Let us not forget Intre(sp?)-Venus de Milo. -------------
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: August 01 2005 at 04:40
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I like the review for Shark Sandwich,"Just two words here.......sh*t sandwich." ------------- |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: August 01 2005 at 04:42
Unfortunately we can't add, as our rating system only goes to 5. We would at least have to introduce an additional half-star for Spinal Tap. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to: 
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: August 01 2005 at 04:48
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But for Spinal Tap our rating would go up to 6,because that's one higher. ------------- |
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: August 01 2005 at 04:49
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We'd have to give them 6 stars so they could get that push over the cliff. -------------
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Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: August 01 2005 at 06:15
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Surely you'd need 6 extra stars? |
Posted By: Losendos
Date Posted: August 01 2005 at 08:31
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I think they had their prog moments but to classify their vast catalogue as prog would be misleading. Their main prog effort released in 1975 ( no doubt inspred by Yes' "Tales" and Genesis' "The Lamb" was the concept album ( double?) The Sun never sweats ( which seems awfully close to Nous Sommes Du Soleil) .The Sun never sweats bombed badly and the band were less adventurous after that. I've never been able to get a copy of the Sun never sweats so maybe someone who has could let me know if it was indeed a double album
I see their inclusion as being as controversial as Queen's ------------- How wonderful to be so profound |
Posted By: Drachen Theaker
Date Posted: August 01 2005 at 09:04
Surely the Wakemanesque keyboards on Stonehenge alone are enough to guarantee The Tap entry into the archives. ------------- "It's 1973, almost dinnertime and I'm 'aving 'oops!" - Gene Hunt |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: August 01 2005 at 09:08
They even have a "Queen-like" song....Big Bottoms,sort of like Queen's "Fat Bottom Girls" Big Bottoms Big Bottoms Talk about bum cakes My girls got em ------------- |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: August 01 2005 at 09:10
| Does anyone else agree with me that Shark Sandwich is really underrated? Too bad they sold out on Smell the Glove. |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: August 01 2005 at 09:12
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Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: August 01 2005 at 09:14
It's good but somewhat indulgent. Did they really have to make it a double album?  |
Posted By: Drachen Theaker
Date Posted: August 01 2005 at 09:16
We disagree again TP. Smell the Glove is in fact a deeply sensitive and personal statement - it's not 'sexist' it's 'sexy' (there's such a fine line). ------------- "It's 1973, almost dinnertime and I'm 'aving 'oops!" - Gene Hunt |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: August 01 2005 at 09:19
Ah but come off it! Musically it's just a pop rock album. Where are the epic songs like Stonehenge? |
Posted By: Drachen Theaker
Date Posted: August 01 2005 at 09:23
Whilst I admit it does not match the transcendant heights of Intra-Venus de Milo there is still much for the average prog fan to enjoy. ------------- "It's 1973, almost dinnertime and I'm 'aving 'oops!" - Gene Hunt |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: August 01 2005 at 09:34
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Am I the only Taphead that liked Smell the Glove????It appeals to the metalhead in me,I find it refreshing that they were trying out new things and going in a new direction. And IMHO Intra-Venus de Milo is highly overrated
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Posted By: MustShaveBeard
Date Posted: August 01 2005 at 14:22
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Surely Smell the Glove is just as innovative Shark Sandwich, Intra-Venus De Milo, etc. I mean, never has a cover been so black. I defy you to give me a cover that could be none more black than this. Besides, you could see yourself in both sides. Now tell me its not an innovative album. ------------- Your life or your lupins!!! |
Posted By: milla
Date Posted: August 02 2005 at 04:30
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Don't forget their as yet unreleased concept album based on the life of
Jack The Ripper! Definately a prog masterpiece, if it ever gets
released. Saucy Jack, you're a naughty one Saucy Jack, you're a haughty one |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: August 02 2005 at 05:20
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I have been waiting for years for that.Let's hope the band pulls it together and records this conceptual masterpiece ------------- |