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Posted: November 30 2013 at 19:49
The.Crimson.King wrote:
cstack3 wrote:
The.Crimson.King wrote:
I guess that makes Ian's "Thick as a Brick 2" a parody of a parody
Har! I've lived that life, myself!
Here, I'm playing lead guitar in the Tulsa, OK band "Casual Crobar," which was a Spinal Tap cover band = a parody of a parody! Someday I have to load some vids and share them, we were wild!
Brilliant Chuck! I used to do a cover of "Stonehenge" (minus the dwarfs of course)
Well done, TCK!!
Lord Rick says that TFTO was the inspiration for much of "Spinal Tap"!
There are people who think the film This Is Spinal Tap is simply a very funny 'mockumentary'. Well, with Yes we lived it.
Take the hilarious scene in the film in which the bass player is trapped in a giant pod - that actually happened to Alan one night.
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Posted: December 01 2013 at 03:46
I thought Spinal Tap were specifically based on Uriah Heep, heard it elsewhere that they were based on Saxon however.
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Posted: December 01 2013 at 04:33
Just about every 70s & early 80s rock band inspired Spinal Tap and practically every band from that era has claimed responsibility for parts of the script - which is quite probable because it's a pastiche of all of them. Satire/parody works best when it's mostly believable; when so many bands claim it was based upon them it shows just how close to reality it was and how well Guest and Reiner et al researched for the film.
However...
Even in the most sedate well behaved bands on the most well organised tours bizarre things happen that beggars belief at times, every tour has a Spinal Tap moment no matter how big or small the band.
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Posted: December 04 2013 at 10:41
Dean wrote:
Just about every 70s & early 80s rock band inspired Spinal Tap and practically every band from that era has claimed responsibility for parts of the script - which is quite probable because it's a pastiche of all of them. Satire/parody works best when it's mostly believable; when so many bands claim it was based upon them it shows just how close to reality it was and how well Guest and Reiner et al researched for the film.
However...
Even in the most sedate well behaved bands on the most well organised tours bizarre things happen that beggars belief at times, every tour has a Spinal Tap moment no matter how big or small the band.
That's why the movie is especially so funny to musicians. We've all been there at some point.
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Posted: July 30 2014 at 23:05
Don't know if this has been mentioned or not but the album "Chronomotree" by Glass Hammer is about a prog rock album that holds a secret message from aliens (or the protagonist smoked one too many while listening to it).
I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you?
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Posted: July 31 2014 at 00:26
The Doctor wrote:
Don't know if this has been mentioned or not but the album "Chronomotree" by Glass Hammer is about a prog rock album that holds a secret message from aliens (or the protagonist smoked one too many while listening to it).
LakeGlade12 wrote:
Glass Hammer Chronometree is a concept album about a guy called Tom who thinks aliens are talking to him though his old Prog records. Its interesting stuff, I wonder what the mental state of Tom was during this period?
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Posted: July 31 2014 at 06:10
Triceratopsoil wrote:
Was going to say this too always annoyed me how the verses were in 4/4 and Campbell says something like "I used to sing in 4 time" "Krautrock" by Faust too, but that must have been mentioned already..
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Posted: July 31 2014 at 15:15
A lot of bands claimed that Spinal Tap was about them. When I saw ELP on the Black Moon tour in 1992, ELP seemed to be imitating Spinal Tap with the Roman pillars style back drop (made me think of that mini Stonehenge). Its all very generic really.
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The.Crimson.King wrote:
always annoyed me how the verses were in 4/4 and Campbell says something like "I used to sing in 4 time" 
"Krautrock" by Faust too, but that must have been mentioned already..
