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Beatles forums => Films, TV Shows, Interviews => Topic started by: Mairi on November 23, 2004, 05:16:15 PM

Title: This Is Spinal Tap
Post by: Mairi on November 23, 2004, 05:16:15 PM
I couldn't help notice that many elements of this movie have seemed to be based loosely on the legacy of The Beatles. Anyone else think so?
Title: Re: This Is Spinal Tap
Post by: Herecomesyoursun on November 23, 2004, 10:23:30 PM
more led zeppelinm than beatles
Title: Re: This Is Spinal Tap
Post by: Sondra on November 24, 2004, 02:04:34 AM
Or those old heavy metal bands like Black Sabbath or Deep Purple. And some others I can't think of. They're too wierd to be the Beatles.
Come to think of it, the guy with the handlebar mustache looks a lot like Nick Mason from PF.
Title: Re: This Is Spinal Tap
Post by: Herecomesyoursun on November 24, 2004, 02:20:56 AM
totally a take off on The Rutles, but I love it anyways, great movie
Title: Re: This Is Spinal Tap
Post by: TurnMeOnDeadman on December 02, 2004, 07:48:59 PM
That girl who makes Nigel quit the band is parodying Yoko Ono
Title: Re: This Is Spinal Tap
Post by: Wayne L. on December 02, 2004, 08:46:02 PM
Spinal Tap is one of the last great movies of all time to me personally speaking but it's making fun of legendary hard rock bands like Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Aerosmith, Kiss, AC/DC & Van Halen with possibly a little bit of Beatles as in the wife kind of taking over the band loosely based on Yoko.
Title: Re: This Is Spinal Tap
Post by: TurnMeOnDeadman on December 02, 2004, 09:06:01 PM
Doesnt it pardody the Beatles moptop days? when it flashes back to spinal taps early days? and it parodys Queens Fat Bottomed Girls, and Tom Petty when he got lost backstage before a concert once
Title: Re: This Is Spinal Tap
Post by: Mairi on December 02, 2004, 09:24:32 PM
and the psychedelic days too.
And then there's the whole White Album/Black Album thing
The bass player quits the group because of the other member's wife...

Sounds a lot like Beatles to me.
Title: Re: This Is Spinal Tap
Post by: Indica on December 02, 2004, 10:40:39 PM
Spinal Tap is great.
Yeah, the early days are taken from the Beatles and other Beat Groups..(notice Derek plays a Hofner)
I love Nigel...great Character.
When they are talking about album design..."The White Album, What was that? it was nothing"..timeless..

Then Stonehenge :)
Title: Re: This Is Spinal Tap
Post by: Mairi on December 02, 2004, 10:51:47 PM
Oh my gosh I love stonehenge! The dancing druids!!!! :D
Title: Re: This Is Spinal Tap
Post by: Indica on December 02, 2004, 10:55:51 PM
haha, what a part.
Backstage afterwards...

"will we be doing stonehenge again?"
Title: Re: This Is Spinal Tap
Post by: Wayne L. on December 02, 2004, 11:52:27 PM
They were making fun of all the British Invasion groups from the early 60's to the psychedelic period with Flower People in Spinal Tap.  This classic rockumentary of a legendary fictional rock band was based more on Sabbath than the Beatles. 
Title: Re: This Is Spinal Tap
Post by: Lucy In The Sky on December 12, 2004, 12:42:58 AM
Spinal tap is a hiliarious movie.
Title: Re: This Is Spinal Tap
Post by: Herecomesyoursun on December 12, 2004, 04:34:09 AM
practical question here guys, are we doing stonehenge tomorrow?

no we're not doing fu cking stonehenge
Title: Re: This Is Spinal Tap
Post by: Indica on December 12, 2004, 12:48:30 PM
"I see them as Fire and ice, and Im in the middle, kind of like, luke-warm water"