JDL Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 This isn't really a problem, I just wanna know if you've seen the movie Spinal Tap. If you have, let's talk about it. Isn't this like the funniest "mockumentary" or any music movie you've ever seen? Well It was for me. If you haven't seen it, go see it! You won't regret it.(If you do regret seeing it, then you can say that here, too, but just explain why you didn't like it.) JDL-GO SPINAL TAP!!!!! JDL on Purevolume Bird\'s Eye View on Purevolume Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g. Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Saw it in Portland about twenty gazillion years ago. Hey, about nine years ago I got the "Break Like The Wind" album too ; } ...Funny thing is, the bombastic music they are parodying usually doesn't sound half as good as their satire versions do. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornbread_medhotmail.com Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Never heard of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfmonkey Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 If you really like the movie, check out the DVD. It's got about an hour of footage that they didn't use in the theater release, including this really great interview with Billy Crystal (mime catering ). The audio commentary track is funny too. Really worth it. I have no homepage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Thorne Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Tap! Tap! Tap! Tap! Tap!... "Carved from the living rock...of Stone'enge..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewstermaniac Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Rock AND ROLL!! Ah bloody hell, where's the bloomin' stage? Check out my work in progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bear Jew Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Best movie ever. Every time I see it, I notice something I hadn't noticed before. The humor cuts through so many different levels of the music industry. It's just brilliant. \m/ Erik "To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting." --Sun Tzu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Sweet Willie_ Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Hello Cleveland! spreadluv Fanboy? Why, yes! Nordstrand Pickups and Guitars. Messiaen knew how to parlay the funk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenLoy Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 When you look at it you think "How much more black can you get?" and the answer is...NONE! None...more black... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Sweet Willie_ Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Originally posted by Hank The Cave Peanut: I like Spinal Tap, but Waiting For Guffman (featuring many of the same actors from Spinal Tap) is even better. ESPECIALLY if you've ever had ANYTHING to do with a local community theater/high school production/etc...I don't know if one or the other of these movies, by this same group of folks, is necessarily better or worse than the others (you can throw "Best in Show" into the discussion as well!). "Guffman" certainly kicked arse, as did "Best in Show," but my enjoyment of these movies was partially a result of my previous enjoyment of "Spinal Tap" -- that is, I loved seeing many of the same actors taking on a different subject in mockumentary fashion and still making me piss my pants laughing. spreadluv Fanboy? Why, yes! Nordstrand Pickups and Guitars. Messiaen knew how to parlay the funk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velvetoceansound Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Word has it that Christopher Guest is currently working on a movie about folk music. THAT should be interesting. In my opinion, he is one of the most under-apreciated actors/directors in the movie industry. James Nisly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewstermaniac Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 But my amp goes to 11. not 10, but 11. So it's louder than most amps. Check out my work in progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDL Posted November 19, 2002 Author Share Posted November 19, 2002 (As cornbread's signature, just the elongated version): After the guiatrist played a song, nice and easy on the piano:"Oh, that's a nice song." Guitarist:"Oh, yeah, it is a romantic soft ballad." "Oh, what do you call it" G:"Lick my Love Pump." (Hey, don't correct me! I don't have the movie, that's from memory alone!) I haven't seen the other movies that you said, but are they like Spinal Tap? JDL JDL on Purevolume Bird\'s Eye View on Purevolume Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g. Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 On BREAK LIKE THE WIND, Spinal Tap is: David St Hubbins (Michael McKean) - guitar, vocals Nigel Tufnel (Chrisopher Guest) - lead guitar, vocals Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer - there's the Simpsons connection) - bass, vocals Caucasian Jeffrey Vanston - keys Mick Shrimpton - drums Guest guitarists are Dweezil Zappa, Steve Lukather, Slash, Joe Satriani, Jeff Beck, and Waddy Watchel. That goes a long way in explaining why their gleefully absurd genre tunes sound better than 90% of the bombastic bands they parody. And then there's the twisted cliches that are delivered with such aplomb by the vocalists... . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velvetoceansound Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Hank, add Dill Scallion to your list of movies that have applied the Tap formula to a different style; this one being country. Freakin' hilarious. Here's a jiucy snippet to wet your appetite: "That was a great take, Dill, but I think ya got one better in ya. Let's do it again jsut to make sure we got it." "I ain't doin' it again. Just throw some of that reverb crap on it; it'll be fine." Deffinately worth a renting. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Hoyt Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Spinal Tap is only funny if you are a musician. Or stoned. Or, a stoned musician... I tried watching with a non musician, and they didn't get half of it, so we abandoned it, and moved on to Monty Python... "...He must be a King." "Why? How can you tell?" "...because,he's not covered in shite!" DOING! "Bring out yer dead!" "Suppose you were an idiot ... And suppose you were a member of Congress ... But I repeat myself." -Mark Twain http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/63/condition_1.html (my old band) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g. Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 CB4 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Capasso Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 I confess that I've only seen it once. It was about 10 years ago, and it didn't do much for me. The only part I got a kick out of was the part about spontaneous combustion. Guess I'll have to rent it and try again. Tom www.stoneflyrocks.com Acoustic Color Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars and keep your feet on the ground. - Theodore Roosevelt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarsia Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 SPINAL TAP !!! ya gotta love "Big Bottoms" multi-bass, very cool in a kitsch way ! of all my favorite parts, the one that kills me everytime is when they're at Graceland supposedly somber moment at Elvis's grave they start singing in his honor - only to start arguing about the vocals, totally blowing the moment ! my non-band member friends and family just don't understand the same humor! LOL ! any other favorite parts ????/ I'm Todbass62 on MySpace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Spinal Tap is a brilliant film. The DVD special edition is worth buying, even if you already own the movie. The extra footage that they shot and never used is just as good as the stuff that made the movie. I definately have to chime in about 'Fear of a Black Hat'. This movie is hysterical, 100 times better than CB4 ever hoped to be (and I liked CB4). Because when you take that bus... you get there. -Bri Spinal Tap DVD menu intro: Derek: "Oooo, black" David: "Always a good choice" Nigel: "It's like space, without the stars isn't it?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zack Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 - "So, it seems to be fact that over 90% of your audience are male. Why do you think that is?" - "Well, it's a sexual thing, really..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornbread_medhotmail.com Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 STONEHENGE "...Stonehenge was threatend to be crushed by a dwarf!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDL Posted November 20, 2002 Author Share Posted November 20, 2002 Hey green boy, I love CB4!!That's another funny movie. But it is about rap and with Chris Rock. JDL JDL on Purevolume Bird\'s Eye View on Purevolume Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred W Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 Has anyone seen "THE GIG"? Very Obscure, not a satire, more a dark comedy. Stars Wayne Rogers and Features bass parts ghosted by Milt Hinton This is the most realistic movie EVER about the music business. Try and find it in a well-stocked rental place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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