Talk:Spinal Tap (band)
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[edit] Album Covers
Someone needs to add the albums covers for the fake albums. Some are really funny such as Shark Sandwich. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 130.85.244.48 (talk • contribs) .
- Yeah, seems like a good idea. They show them at certain points in the film, so I guess their use should fall under { {film-screenshot}}. I'll try and get some screengrabs later today. --Doug (talk) 14:28, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
At one point it says that the cover to the relgious album is "Rock and Roll Creation," but im pretty sure that album was called "The Gospel According to Spinal Tap."
^That was the working title. They explain it in the movie
[edit] Spun off from This is Spinal Tap
In theory, separating the details about the expanded universe of the mostly fictional band from the film in which they appeared should help with the organization of both articles. 69.3.70.58 05:03, 14 October 2005 (UTC).
Agreed. Good idea. --Someoneinmyheadbutit'snotme 22:19, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
At one point it says that the cover to the relgious album is "Rock and Roll Creation," but im pretty sure that album was called "The Gospel According to Spinal Tap."
[edit] Typography
The page I linked to this one from has every appearance of the band name written, somehow (i don't know how in the world the letters ended up in a computer font) with the dotless "i" and the umlauted "n" - shouldn't this page follow that fashion also?
- It can be shown with unicode as Spin̈al Tap... We should put it in with Template:Wrongtitle, but I believe the fear is that many browsers do not support that character. --DDG 17:02, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Redirect
Is there a reason Spinal Tap redirects to the disambig page? --badlydrawnjeff (WP:MEMES?) 18:28, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] merge
there isn't much here in the first place, and this was merely a fictional band appearing in a single film. it would be easy to add a section in This is Spinal Tap on the actual band info. Joeyramoney 06:37, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
Although the film presented a fictional band, they went on to do proper tours and have 2 proper albums for sure and possibly more. Spinal Tap played 4 or 5 nights at The Royal Albert hall in the early 90s... at first I thought that they obviously neded to be merged... but I don't think so now... perhaps the MOVIE page shoould have the fictional names (DAVID/NIGEL/DEREK) and the band page should have the real names (Christopher Guest/Harry Shearer/Michael McKean). These guys REALLY play on the albums. There are 2 different DVDs and 2 different CDs at least... I think they should remain seperate. The film IS still a huge cult hit. --TheLedHead 03:59, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
The article in theory is an excellent idea; there is far more to Spinal Tap than simply the movie. But the article is poorly worded and the layout is terrible. I think some cleanup, not a merger, is in order. 24.224.143.211 21:54, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
I agree with the chap at 24.224.143.211! Let's give it a go! Harry Shearer does half the voices on the simpsons... Christopher Guest is married to Jamie Lee Curtis... and all three of them are Saturday Night Live alumni... The spinoff/mockumentary films such as BEST IN SHOW are worth a mention too.. --TheLedHead 23:36, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Imitated sound
For example, "Gimme Some Money" is similar to the Beatles' "Money (That's What I Want)" (and its appearance in This is Spinal Tap is a parody of the Beatles' famous appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show) and "Big Bottom" is similar to Queen's "Fat Bottomed Girls."
I think that "Gimme Some Money" is more similar to "Boom Boom" by John Lee Hooker. While I don't care to dispute the second comparison, it's an insult to Queen. - Calmypal (T) 19:32, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Remake Of Gimme Some Money
I just heard this remake in a television commercial and it's not the original. Who recorded the remake? PolarisSLBM 17:53, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Is there a genuine Tap expert out there?
All the talk and discussion centres around maybe's perhap's and guess work. I have just seen the 1984 movie, so I figured the best way to see if something really existed was if it was for sale............Amazon will sell you Bitch School, Break Like the Wind, The Majesty of Rock, This is Spinal tap, Return of Spinal Tap. Some of these are still available on cassette and vinyl! Sulker 09:03, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
