Which bands were Spinal Tap mocking?
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Topic: Which bands were Spinal Tap mocking?
Posted By: AfanSpur
Subject: Which bands were Spinal Tap mocking?
Date Posted: July 18 2005 at 06:14
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Spinal Tap is a great movie, but which bands were being mocked? I'm sure the fibreglass pods were in memory of the Topographic oceans set, but maybe not. Maybe you know more than i do. ------------- There stands Olias to outward to build a ship Holding within all we hope to retain The frame will be so built to challenge the universe Clasped with the skins of the fish of the plain |
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: July 18 2005 at 07:06
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It's funny, but in interviews, many bands have admitted to thinking that the spoof was aimed at them personally.... especially Aerosmith, as Steve Tyler thought a lot of the similarities were so uncanny that he assumed they must have had the inside word from one of their roadies! (Classic Rock interview, about 5 years ago...) In truth, I think most rock bands would like to have thought they were important enough for such an epic to have taken the 'mick' out of them personally! ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Bob Greece
Date Posted: July 18 2005 at 08:05
| I heard that it was Saxon but I'm sure they took bits from many bands. |
Posted By: NutterAlert
Date Posted: July 18 2005 at 08:10
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Derek Smalls (he of pod fame) went on the road with Saxon to pick up some bass playing hints. AC/DC, St. Hubbins said 'there was an influence one way or another' ------------- Proud to be an un-banned member since 2005 |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: July 18 2005 at 08:14
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The 60's psych debut of Spinal Tap and the lenght of their carreer reminds me of Status Quo! The drummer situation reminds me of Judas Priest. The Smell The Glove album Metallica's Black album. ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: NutterAlert
Date Posted: July 18 2005 at 08:18
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Oh, and the epic stonehenge moment is supposed to be based on an idea
by Black Sabbath, who had a replica built of stonehenge 3 times larger
than the original, they took it to their first show but couldn't even
get it through the doors....
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: July 18 2005 at 08:28
I agree with the Status Quo reference... in those old clips, The Thamesmen could have been playing 'Like Ice In The Sun'... Metallica obviously parodied themselves, as the film was 1984 and the Black album 1991! ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: July 18 2005 at 08:37
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Yes it was Saxon the main influence, but as you say it seems they have taken stuff from other nands too. Uriah Heep maybe? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: July 18 2005 at 08:38
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Coincidentally watched the Rutles last night on DVD, one of the great pastiches. Also Peter Richardson's Comedy Strip's one hour films, first shown on Channel 4 about 20 years ago, have been just been issued on DVD, with the mockumentary The Bad News Tour included - I note a couple of critics stating this was the influence for Spinal Tap. http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0007LPLRY/qid=1121690116/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_11_2/202-0064998-4346254 - http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0007LPLRY/qid=1121 690116/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_11_2/202-0064998-4346254 |
Posted By: Drachen Theaker
Date Posted: July 18 2005 at 08:43
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I read somewhere that it was Alan White became imprisoned in one of the Roger Dean-designed contraptions (like Derek Smalls did in the movie). ------------- "It's 1973, almost dinnertime and I'm 'aving 'oops!" - Gene Hunt |
Posted By: St Hubbins
Date Posted: July 18 2005 at 09:30
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As you've all spotted it was indeed more than one band that influenced the film; Black Sabbath, Saxon, Purple, Van Halen, Aerosmith,The Who, Quo and many others. A collection of stories and anecdotes that loosely translated into a script, as per most Christopher Guest films there's an a lot of adlib kept in. Guest was a gutarist in National Lampoon in the 70s so probably picked up a lot from their tours. The new DVD has 45 mins of unreleased material including Tufnell's replacement, St Hubbin's son & a trip to the zoo. Well worth a watch. On Friday, Channel 5 showed the Brit film Still Crazy, superior to the Bad News film, not as funny as Tap, more of a story of a 70s band (Strange Fruit) reforming for a tour. Great performances from Tim Spall & Bill Nighy. ------------- Here lies David St Hubbins and why not.... |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: July 18 2005 at 09:53
Auf Wiedersein Spinal Tap......
I agree a great movie, and seems to go cheap as a DVD. Also check out Almost Famous.
And just checking out Amazon.Uk Still Crazy/Almost Famous and La Bamba are about to be sold together, as a pack of three...... http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/202-0064998-4346254 - http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/202-0 064998-4346254 |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: July 18 2005 at 09:56
It's "Auf Wiedersehen".  -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: July 18 2005 at 10:01
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^BaldFriede's back! ------------- 
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Posted By: Progbear
Date Posted: July 18 2005 at 14:54
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There’s an awful lot of Uriah Heep in there. I detected some Moody
Blues, and there’s definitely some Jethro Tull in the “Stonehenge”
scene (specifically the bit about finding mandolin strings). The pod
scene is taken pretty much directly from the Monkees’ little-seen TV
special 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee. ------------- MIKE (a.k.a. "Progbear") "You can take the war out of the soldier, but you can't raise that soldier from the dead." --Shona Laing N.P.:nothing |
Posted By: spock84
Date Posted: July 18 2005 at 15:51
| For some reason I'm thinking Styx. |
Posted By: DarHobo
Date Posted: July 18 2005 at 16:28
| I thought of Spinal Tap as more of an 80's "cock rock" hair band more then anything from the movie. |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: July 19 2005 at 08:32
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I think they were pretty much mocking all the 80's "hair" metal and thrash bands. -------------  |
Posted By: Cygnus X-1
Date Posted: July 19 2005 at 16:18
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Lemmy has to be one of them, i mean Derrek Small's tash... |
Posted By: kingofbizzare
Date Posted: July 19 2005 at 23:04
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They definately payed some tribute to Jethro Tull, the name Derek Small
appeared in both the Thick as a Brick newspaper and the Passion Play
theater booklet.
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: July 21 2005 at 07:45
But they did use it at the Reading Festival in 1983 when they played fronted by Ian Gillan.... and encored with 'smoke on the water'   ------------- 
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Posted By: emdiar
Date Posted: July 21 2005 at 16:34
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I was 16, drunk, dancing like a fool about 50 yards from the stage to the right. My right arm was wrapped around a gorgeous young rock chick whome I later got to know much better. Youth, alcohol, romance and comedy. Happy days indeed.
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Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: July 22 2005 at 18:30
| I think it's a good film! It's funny and the director shows a great talent and taste (or distaste). |
Posted By: marktheshark
Date Posted: July 25 2005 at 01:06
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I think there was a bit of Beatles play in there to. You had that Yoko Ono type girl friend sticking her nose in their business pissing off the other members. Great flick. I remember watching it with a friend who was seeing it for the 1st time. And he said "Yeah, I think I remember these guys but I never got around to buying any of their albums." I about choked on my beer laughing!
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Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: July 27 2005 at 02:24
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well Spinal Tap (post movie) has released a few albums -------------
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: August 03 2005 at 08:52
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I'd never heard that story about Sabbath and Stonehenge before. That's funny! What I want to know is - who was the band who couldn't find their way from the dressing room to the stage? |