This Is Spinal Tap
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Topic: This Is Spinal Tap
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Subject: This Is Spinal Tap
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 15:28
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There are a lot of parodies in this film and also the sequel The Return of Spinal Tap which make references to the excesses of prog. Whatis your favourite scene. Mine is Nigel`s guitar collection which seems to poke fun at the huge guitar collection Steve Howe possesses. Ialso like the scene where Nigel is composing a `beautiful` piece in D minor and Rob Reiner asks him what he is going to call it and Nigel responds `Lick my love pump`. I saw this film in the theatre when it first opened up and there were some idiots in the audience who thought that they were`a real band` Iactually heard someone comment `what a sh** band`if you can believe it! ------------- |
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Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 15:30
------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |
Posted By: Biggles
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 18:04
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MARTY: Your first drummer was uh.... NIGEL: The peeper.... DAVID: Joe stumpy Pepys...great great...uh...tall blond geek... with glasses uh... NIGEL: Uh.. good drummer. DAVID: Great look, good drummer. NIGEL: Good, good drummer.... DAVID Fine drummer.... MARTY: What happened to him? DAVID: He died, he, he died in a bizarre gardening accident some years back. NIGEL: It was really one of those things...it was...you know...the authorities said...you know...well best leave it unsolved, really...you know. MARTY: And he was replaced by...uh.... DAVID: Stumpy Joe - Eric Stumpy Joe Childs. MARTY: What happened to Stumpy Joe? DEREK: Well, uh, it's not a very pleasant story...but, uh, he died... uh...he choked on...the ac- the official explanation was he choked on vomit. DAVID: He passed away. NIGEL: It was actually, was actually someone else's vomit. It's not.... DAVID: It's ugly. NIGEL: You know. There's no real.... DEREK: You know they can't prove whose vomit it was...they don't have the facilities at Scotland Yard.... DAVID: You can't print, there's no way to print a spectra-photograph... NIGEL: You can't really dust for vomit. ------------- The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe. http://www.last.fm/user/sbonfiglioli/?chartstyle=red"> 
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Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 18:07
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And then there is Derek Smalls airport cucumber humiliation!
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Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 18:09
BIGGLES IS BACK!!  |
Biggles wrote:Posted By: kingofbizzare
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 20:43
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It's interesting, but most people don't notice the obvious Jethro Tull reference they make (the name Derek Small is mentioned on both the Thick as a Brick newspaper and the Passion Play theater program). ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/kingofbizzare/?chartstyle=asimpleblue5"> 
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Posted By: RaphaelT
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 21:23
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wow Derek Smalls and Jethro Tull!! that's really something!! We began to be more selective about the audience, therefore the smaller venues!! - my favourite scene I don't know if the real Black Sabbath' Stonehenge incident is not more weird that the one depicted in This Is Spinal Tap. I guess everyone here has read Ian Gillan's interview recalling that fact.. ------------- yet you still have time! |
Posted By: RaphaelT
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 21:25
I guess Spinal Tap should be added to progarchives  ------------- yet you still have time! |
Posted By: transend
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 22:10
| 'Hello Cleveland'...reason enough.. |
Posted By: Biggles
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 22:30
REJOICE!!! ------------- The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe. http://www.last.fm/user/sbonfiglioli/?chartstyle=red">
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Posted By: 46and2
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 23:39
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I love it when they are performing stonehenge. FUNNY ------------- 
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Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 23:59
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I guess when Nigel shows the one guitar which has never been played and still has the price on it and then he says "can you hear it? The sound of this guitar?" " No I cant ." " Well you could if it would plugged in..." hehehehe...now thats a funny movie or when they play next to...I think it was a puppet or a magic show, and there are like 15 people and they start playing some jazz improve, and as they see that nobody likes it they say " Ah, actually this song was an idea from our bassplayer..." hehehehe ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: Paradox
Date Posted: August 28 2005 at 09:03
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Posted By: Intruder
Date Posted: August 28 2005 at 10:46
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Referring to the above guitar...."Don't even look at it!". Derrick Smalls stuck in his cacoon and breaks out just as the other blokes are ending their bit and reentering the pods! The Air Force base gig! Smell the Glove....Break Like the Wind! The absolute best thing Rob Reiner has ever done....and that includes his days as Meathead! ------------- I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there..... |
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: August 29 2005 at 00:08
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Definitely prog. I don't see groups like Genesis or King Crimson performing guitar solos with a violin going across the strings while the guitarist is kicking another guitar. Maybe under fusion? They played in a jazz-blues (well... blues-jazz, really) festival. ------------- 
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Posted By: krapulax
Date Posted: September 13 2005 at 07:13
| these go to eleven |