watched this for the first time with a heavy metal band who I worked with at the time. They were p!ssing themselve to begin with until they realised that they were too close to the tap for comfort. They were quite uneasy by the end of the movie
I must have been dim because I though it was for real, the first time I watched Spinal Tap, I suppose I didn't cotton on until I had been watching fro 3/4 of an hour......doh!!
Seen it a few times and I still get a slight uneasy feeling because of what happened the first time. It is good though.
Henry - you old punk, I must be older than you because I loved all that was bad about the 70's pre punk.
I did too! (Mind you, I was 15 years old at the time)
I was just telling my wife about how heartwarming it was to see how many posters on here agreed that Tap was amongst the greatest films ever made. I think she's a lot more comfortable with all of the time that I spend on here, now that she's got demonstrable evidence of the top quality people that this site attracts! :-)
OK, I had to share this. I just spent 10 minutes lauging out loud reading the imdb.com summary of Spinal Tap. This piece of "trivia" I didn't know, and it just send my wife and I over the edge...
There is no actual "Isle of Lucy" in the United Kingdom off England's coast, where Spinal Tap supposedly played a blues/jazz or jazz/blues festival. In one of the most subtle and overlooked gags of the film, they are really just paying homage to the classic television show, "I Love Lucy."
Anvil is not a spoof, there was a good piece on film 2009 about them looks worth a look. Spinal tap is wouthout doubt one of the funniest films of all time ever.. the bread and ham piece in the dressing room is one of the best scenes ever..
Burning Looting, Raping and a Shooting. All this I'd do I'll kill for you.
Coz I'm a warrior (warrior) of Ghengis Khan,
Not too disimilar from Bryan Adams, who alway wanted to win at everything he dud.
I'm sure Spinal Tap incorporates some piss take of 'legendary' prog rock idiocy but it ain't really going at that. More taken the piss out of the precursor of hair metal in stadium rock, hence the brummie accent. Old Henry you can have a go at 70's rock but Led Zep and Black Sabbath just made awesome music. Punk gave us Simply Red every genres got it's indulgent s**t after a while.
Tell me one solitary punk band that has the cudos or pulling power of either Sabbath or Led Zeppelin...there isn't one of course....the punk era...huh arrogance beyond belief...simply mods with their brains kicked out!
It had all been done before back in the 60's..... but with far more class and style!
[cite]Posted By: SoundAsa£[/cite]Tell me one solitary punk band that has the cudos or pulling power of either Sabbath or Led Zeppelin...there isn't one of course....the punk era...huh arrogance beyond belief...simply mods with their brains kicked out!
It had all been done before back in the 60's..... but with far more class and style!
I saw the tap at the Albert Hall in 1992 - hilarious. But the tunes in the film were good too, and the cast played all the instruments. When Bad News tried it, it wasn't as impressive (still funny, just not as good).
Derek Smalls is one of the best film characters ever.
As for punk, the worst era of rock music (poodle hairspray and spandex rock) came after punk. Did we learn nothing?
Personally you can keep your Beatles and Wings, The Pipes of Peace his best work. I've never seen a MUD filled trench so jolly.
Punk pah. The Clash of the original lot were one of the only ones to be interesting because they were voracious in picking up other musical styles. Early punk is terminably boring, others who came after it like Joy Division, PiL, A Certain Ratio and The Cure were so much better. Punks great for a moment, nowhere near as good as the precusor MC5's or The Monks but anyone dunked in punk for the rest of their lives must be sonically challenged.
Led Zeppelin rule! Just hear those John Henry Bonhams.
[cite]Posted By: RalphMilnesgut[/cite]As Homer Simpson said, "There goes Jimmy Page, the greatest thief of black music to ever walk the earth"
Except for Eric Clapton?
If Jimmy Page is guilty of stealing anything, it would be for leaning heavily on Tolkien for lyrical inspiration throughout Led zep's output. And what part of black music was playing a guitar with a violin bow?
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however there have been some really differing comments from excellent to abslolute shit
- you'll be glad you did.
Overdone stage shows, rubbish Lord of the Rings lyrics and bad hair.
Just why Punk was needed to wash it all away.
I actually knew a bass player like him!
Seen it a few times and I still get a slight uneasy feeling because of what happened the first time. It is good though.
Henry - you old punk, I must be older than you because I loved all that was bad about the 70's pre punk.
I was just telling my wife about how heartwarming it was to see how many posters on here agreed that Tap was amongst the greatest films ever made. I think she's a lot more comfortable with all of the time that I spend on here, now that she's got demonstrable evidence of the top quality people that this site attracts! :-)
There is no actual "Isle of Lucy" in the United Kingdom off England's coast, where Spinal Tap supposedly played a blues/jazz or jazz/blues festival. In one of the most subtle and overlooked gags of the film, they are really just paying homage to the classic television show, "I Love Lucy."
"One reiwver simply called it Shit Sandwich"
All this I'd do I'll kill for you.
Coz I'm a warrior (warrior) of Ghengis Khan,
Not too disimilar from Bryan Adams, who alway wanted to win at everything he dud.
I'm sure Spinal Tap incorporates some piss take of 'legendary' prog rock idiocy but it ain't really going at that. More taken the piss out of the precursor of hair metal in stadium rock, hence the brummie accent. Old Henry you can have a go at 70's rock but Led Zep and Black Sabbath just made awesome music. Punk gave us Simply Red every genres got it's indulgent s**t after a while.
LOL Funniest post ever.
It had all been done before back in the 60's..... but with far more class and style!
The Clash, maybe.
Every genre has its day
Wings... ;-)
and as for Silly Love Songs beats the clash any day...
Maybe I'm Amazed in better than Imagine FACT
Good Song.. Wings were ok to be honest, and where would we be without this beauty...
Where it all began
Derek Smalls is one of the best film characters ever.
As for punk, the worst era of rock music (poodle hairspray and spandex rock) came after punk. Did we learn nothing?
Punk pah. The Clash of the original lot were one of the only ones to be interesting because they were voracious in picking up other musical styles. Early punk is terminably boring, others who came after it like Joy Division, PiL, A Certain Ratio and The Cure were so much better. Punks great for a moment, nowhere near as good as the precusor MC5's or The Monks but anyone dunked in punk for the rest of their lives must be sonically challenged.
Led Zeppelin rule! Just hear those John Henry Bonhams.
Except for Eric Clapton?
If Jimmy Page is guilty of stealing anything, it would be for leaning heavily on Tolkien for lyrical inspiration throughout Led zep's output. And what part of black music was playing a guitar with a violin bow?
Then again Eminem and Elvis Presley were great thieves of black music too...