Conference marvin::uk_music

    
    Last night I had the good fortune to see "This Is Sp�nal Tap" for
    the 7th time. 
    
    Absolutely brilliant film.
    
    For me, one of the best moments is when the band are playing a track
    called "Stonehenge" and shocked to see that the model of Stonehenge
    for the set is 18" high rather than 18' :-)
    
    Another is Lead guitarist Nigel Tufnell playing a beautiful piece
    of Mozart and Bach (Mach) influenced music on a piano. The title?
    "Lick my l*v* pump" !!!!! :-)
    
    Fantastic film, I've even got the album.
    
    Balders

    You mean you can buy all those great songs? (no, I *mean* it)

    My particular favourite moment is the guitar solo where he's got
    one guitar on a stand and another on him. He's kicking the one on
    the stand and passing a violin across the one he is wearing. All
    of a sudden he stops producing this cacophany. Why? Because the
    violin is out of tune of course. Thus adjusted he continues with
    the noise and all of those guitar hero faces.
    
    Also the part where he is explaining about his amplifier.
    
    Nigel: "You know when your playiing along at ten (volume scale) and you
            need that bit more, you can turn this one up to eleven"
    
    Marti: "Why dont you just make ten a bit louder"
    
    Nigel: "Errr.......this one goes up to eleven"
    
    And the bit where they're at Elvis' grave and they start singing
    Heartbreak Hotel.
    
    And,and,and...
    
    Yours Informatively
         Ian 

    One of my personal fav's of the film is where they are playing this
    gig...
    
    The three gutarist/vocalisits all start off in perspex cocoon's.
    as they start the cocoons open 1 at a time, but unfortunately for
    1 of the guitarists his doesnt open, and he and a roady spend the
    whole song attempting to get the thing open, such object used to
    try and open it were :- Brut strength, a hammer and a blow torch...
    
    When at last the thing finally pops open they other 2 are just getting
    back into thier cocoons, so the 3rd guitarist tries to return to
    his cocoon, only to be locked out, he just manages to get his arm
    in......So he turns to the audience and raises his fist as the song
    comes to a rather ubrupt end.
    
    
    I fell about laughing when I saw this.... Any one else also find
    this bit rather amusing?
    
    \Andy
    
    PS. Another bit that was good was when they heard them selves being
    played on the radio...
    
    when the track finishes the DJ says
    "Spinal Tap, now on the 'Where are they now pile!'...."
    
    THEY ARE ON TOUR!!! ;-)

    Ah but surely the best and most hilarious bit of the
    whole film was the bass player and the metal detector
    at the airport, where it gets set off by the cucumber
    wrapped in foil he's got stuffed down his jeans to make
    himself more 'prominent'...
    
    I bought ST on Channel 5 Video for a fiver in Smiths a
    while back btw, there are some really classic rock films
    available in this range.
    
    JJ.

    Or as the tour progresses, unfortunately the band have to move down
    to second on the bill...
    
    
                              PUPPET SHOW
                                  AND
                              Spinal  Tap
    
    Ian

    Leaving the movie for just a moment, ever watch it with
    a person who never heard of it?
    
    A common response:  How come I never heard of this band?
    			Are they still around?
    			I've never seen those albums in stores......
    
    I try to keep a straight face as long as possible.
    
    And another thing, most heavy metal fans I know don't enjoy
    the movie, they don't find it all that funny.  They also don't
    like the music, after it is pointed out to be a parody.
    
    Jonathan
    .....still looking for "Sniff The Glove"......

    Re: .6 What follows is a discography of Sp�nal Tap. Records marked
    with * are deleted.
    
    Sp�nal Tap * (U.S Title Sp�nal Tap Plays Listen to the Flower People)
    More Flower People *
    Intravenous De Milo *
    Shark Sandwich *
    The Sun Never Sweats *
    The Gospel According To Sp�nal Tap * (A.K.A. Rock and Roll Creation)
    Heavy Metal Hammer *
    Smell the Glove *
    This is Sp�nal Tap
    
    The last is available from Tower Records in London. Tracks on it
    include:
    
    Hell Hole
    Heavy Metal Rock and Roll ?
    Rock and Roll Creation
    America (not the Simon & Garfunkel song!)
    Cups and Cakes
    Big Bottoms
    Sex Farm Girls
    Stonehenge
    Gimme Some Money
    Listen (To the Flower People)
    
    It's great being able to hear the full versions of these songs
    
    Balders

    Heard at Elvis' graveside:
    
       "It's in the same key, isn't it?"
       "Too much f*cking perspective!"
    
    I had the luck of seeing Spinal Tap in concert! (Yes, they really
    toured!) It was at the Channel club in Boston, MA. Truly a funny
    evening!!
    
    Alan S.
    
    P.S. Anyone else have their holiday 45 "Christmas With The Devil"?

      
      
    My girlfriend video'd it for me and I saw it last night.
    A very good, amusing film.
      
    Did any body see the bit at the end when two presenters were talking
    about the Stone Henge model???? (With Sting and the Fortress??).
      
    I thought that "Sex Farm" was a pretty good track :-)
      
    KR
    -T

    re: .8
    
    Unfounded rumor, don't know where I heard this, but.......
    
    I heard somewhere that the tour of the band (to promote the movie)
    met with many similar mishaps as described in the movie (ie, equipment
    failure, crowd apathy, getting on each others nerves, etc, etc).
    
    Too bad, it would have been even funnier if they hit it big using
    this movie as their springboard.
    
    I wonder if anybody bothered to make bootleg tapes of them?
    
    jonathan

    I missed this one!  Did anyone happen to video it? And would they
    consider lending it to me?
    
    

    Anyone catch the interview/video for "Bitch School", the new single,
    on James Whale the other night? The song is about dogs according
    to the Tap's bassist. The video was originally to feature our
    canine friends but that fell through as the band felt that a
    "no women" allowed stance would upset feminists. Instead the
    vid features a high heeled, whip-handed, rubber-clad teacher
    who's keeping all the nubile young gals in line..........at
    the "Bitch School". Classic lyrics include the line:
    
    "Don't you go sniffing round strangers"
    
    Marvellous,
    
    barry.