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SPINAL TAP, NIGEL TUFNEL INTERVIEWED (1992): The wind cries Spinal
...legendary of all legends. It is, in a word, Spinal Tap. The story of Spinal Tap is now part of... ...Hubbins Band. They played their first gig as Spinal Tap in late '66; their first single, Listen to the... ...the hippie movement, and the subsequent album, Spinal Tap Sing Listen to the Flower People and Other... ...album was filmed for the now legendary This Is Spinal Tap documentary (“or, if you will,... ...Break Like the Wind looks like taking the name Spinal Tap to a new, unsuspecting generation. Despite... ...Tap was at ................. The return of Spinal Tap couldn’t be more timely. As rock loses... ...attempts at reviving Led Zeppelin riffs, Spinal Tap stands for classic rock. Their album Break... ...– and most people don't -- rock needs Spinal Tap. Which is ironic because here is a band which... ...Park and the Beatles’ I Am the Walrus), Spinal Tap once again show their sure command of all... ...The package was withdrawn. That glitch aside, Spinal Tap are back with new management and an album,...
Tagged with: anvil | christopher guest | from the vaults | jerry lewis | national lampoon | no way sis | spinal tap | todd rundgren |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/3667/spinal-tap-nigel-tufnel-interviewed-1992-the-wind-cries-spinal/
ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL, a film by SACHA GERVASI
...-- is so soaked in parallels to the fictional Spinal Tap that you cannot help notice and mention it....
Tagged with: anvil | black sabbath | bubba ho-tep | christopher guest | flight of the conchords | led zeppelin | monty python | spinal tap |
Film at Elsewhere: film/2969/anvil-the-story-of-anvil-a-film-by-sacha-gervasi/
Lenny and Squiggy: Foreign Legion of Love (1979)
...who went on to become David St Hubbins in Spinal Tap and a scan of the album credits is... ...National Lampoon albums. Longtime followers of Spinal Tap (Tapheads) will also recognise him as Nigel...
Tagged with: anvil | christopher guest | flight of the conchords | from the vaults | hayseed dixie | national lampoon | neil innes | no way sis | spinal tap | the rutles |
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/4339/lenny-and-squiggy-foreign-legion-of-love-1979/
LE DONK AND SCOR-ZAY-ZEE, a film by SHANE MEADOWS (Madman DVD)
...of reality. Bad News, The Rutles, the classic Spinal Tap, Hunting Venus, Fear of a Black Hat (which...
Tagged with: anvil | benny hill | christopher guest | flight of the conchords | from the vaults | hayseed dixie | monty python | national lampoon | neil innes | spinal tap | the rutles |
Film at Elsewhere: film/3848/le-donk-and-scor-zay-zee-a-film-by-shane-meadows-madman-dvd/
Galaxie 500: Cheese and Onions (1991)
...fun, ridiculed and parodied -- all long before Spinal Tap and the Rutles. The Rutles -- the brainchild...
Tagged with: from the vaults | neil innes | spinal tap | the beatles | the rutles |
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/3810/galaxie-500-cheese-and-onions-1991/
THE RUTLES. RON NASTY and NEIL INNES INTERVIEWED: I have always thought in the back of my mind . . .
...All You Need is Cash, a kind of This is Spinal Tap with a Britpop bent. And in the case of Rutles...
Tagged with: brian epstein | from the vaults | george harrison | george martin | john lennon | neil innes | paul mccartney | spinal tap | the beatles | the beatles anthology in print | the beatles remastered | the beatles remasters |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/3808/the-rutles-ron-nasty-and-neil-innes-interviewed-i-have-always-thought-in-the-back-of-my-mind/
ALL KINDS OF HIGHS, SIXTIES PSYCHEDELIC POP (2012): The jellybean-tangerine-dandelion years
...since the mid-Sixties. It was hilarious -- so Spinal Tap we were both laughing like drains -- that I... ...have been a b-side for Lollipop Shoppe. Or Spinal Tap. Yes, a lot of acts here sound like someone...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/5171/all-kinds-of-highs-sixties-psychedelic-pop-2012-the-jellybean-tangerine-dandelion-years/
GRAHAM NASH, INTERVIEWED (2024): Can we get a witness?
...crossfire too. To borrow an image from This is Spinal Tap, Nash sometimes seemed like the lukewarm water...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/11009/graham-nash-interviewed-2024-can-we-get-a-witness/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Andrew McKenzie
...understand you better are . . . Bad News; Spinal Tap; A Mighty Wind The last CD or vinyl album you...
Tagged with: andrew mckenzie | grand prix | the beatles |
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/3877/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-andrew-mckenzie/
One Man Bannister: Birds & Bees (Thokei Tapes/bandcamp)
...archaic as a tape player seems a bit like that Spinal Tap thing: Being more selective about your...
Tagged with: new zealand music |
Music at Elsewhere: music/6813/one-man-bannister-birds-and-bees-thokei-tapes-bandcamp/
U2 IN PHOENIX: My unforgettable fire
...their Pop-Mart tour -- the one with the giant Spinal Tap-like lemon -- and I happened to be driving...
Tagged with: arizona | from the vaults | my back pages | u2 |
Personal Elsewhere: personal/763/u2-in-phoenix-my-unforgettable-fire/
THE RAMBLERS ENCOUNTERED: It's only rock'n'roll, and I survived it
...and follow the philosophy of the drummer in Spinal Tap - have a good time all the time. When we...
Absurd Elsewhere: absurdelsewhere/4620/the-ramblers-encountered-its-only-rocknroll-and-i-survived-it/
VANILLA FUDGE: THE BEAT GOES ON, CONSIDERED (1968): The most pointless album of the rock era?
...Beat Goes On sounds like an album that Spinal Tap would be wary of making.” The sad, mad... ...is that Spinal Tap might have indulged their worst and most...
Tagged with: the album considered |
The Album Considered: albumconsidered/8936/vanilla-fudge-the-beat-goes-on-considered-1968-the-most-pointless-album-of-the-rock-era/
Stonehenge, England: Everybody must get stoned
...have watched the mockumentary movie This is Spinal Tap (with the band's absurd stage prop of a...
Travels in Elsewhere: travelstories/5338/stonehenge-england-everybody-must-get-stoned/
Peter Brotzmann; Silo Park, Auckland. May 3, 2014
...improvised music has become, in the words of Spinal Tap's manager Ian Faith, more selective about its...
Live reviews + concert photos: livereviews/6315/peter-brotzmann-silo-park-auckland-may-3-2014/
Earth Tongue: Great Haunting (digital outlets)
...veer perilously close to a straight-faced Spinal Tap). Influenced by horror movies and such –...
Tagged with: new zealand music |
Music at Elsewhere: music/11179/earth-tongue-great-haunting-digital-outlets/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Darryn Paterson-Harkness
.... . . Rockers, Music is the Weapon, This is Spinal Tap. The last CD or vinyl album you bought was . ....
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/7075/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-darryn-paterson-harkness/
Judith Owen: Happy This Way (Courgette)
...Randy. But singer-pianist Owen (married to Spinal Tap bassist Derek Smalls aka Harry Shearer) does...
Tagged with: cassandra wilson | judith owen | nick drake | patricia barber | richard thompson | rufus wainwright | teddy thompson |
Music at Elsewhere: music/1480/judith-owen-happy-this-way-courgette/
STEVE IGNORANT OF CRASS INTERVIEWED (2011): A working classy act
...I met a friend who showed me the film about Spinal Tap and there's that bit about 'Naughty Jack, he's...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/4645/steve-ignorant-of-crass-interviewed-2011-a-working-classy-act/
Chris Gendall: Tones (Rattle)
...Rattle of an album which, if we might quote Spinal Tap, is being selective about its...
Cultural Elsewhere: culturalelsewhere/8968/chris-gendall-tones-rattle/
The Coward Brothers: The Coward Brothers (digital outlets)
...Originals and so on) until they found fame as Spinal Tap . . . Then there was the bluegrass band... ...career directed by Christopher Guest (This is Spinal Tap, Best in Show etc). Some believe the Coward...
Music at Elsewhere: music/11359/the-coward-brothers-the-coward-brothers-digital-outlets/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Joanne Shaw Taylor
...better are . . . The Commitments, 8 Mile and Spinal Tap The last CD or vinyl album you bought was . ....
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/5518/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-joanne-shaw-taylor/
PETE HAM OF BADFINGER: Take a sad song and make it sadder
...in reviews, an interfering girlfriend (think Spinal Tap), permanent litigation, personality clashes,...
Tagged with: apple records | badfinger | big star | dwight twilley | george harrison | paul mccartney | pete ham | power pop | the beatles |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/2733/pete-ham-of-badfinger-take-a-sad-song-and-make-it-sadder/
LIKE, OMIGOD! THE 80'S POP CULTURE BOX (TOTALLY) (Rhino box set)
...Thatcher (again) and Cabbage Patch Dolls; Spinal Tap and Michael J Fox as a neo-con kid on Family...
Tagged with: duran duran | eddy grant | gary numan | like, omigod! the 80's pop box | love is the song we sing | madness | pet rocks and punk rock | stray cats | the cure |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/2807/like-omigod-the-80s-pop-culture-box-totally-rhino-box-set/
AEROSMITH, THE ULTIMATE HISTORY OF THE BOSTON BAD BOYS by RICHARD BIENSTOCK
...in the wordplay . . ." Huh? Like a Spinal Tap cleverness, Bill? And I guess he doesn't see...
Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/4616/aerosmith-the-ultimate-history-of-the-boston-bad-boys-by-richard-bienstock/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Darren Watson
...might understand you better are . . . This Is Spinal Tap; It's A Wonderful Life; The Last Waltz The...
Tagged with: bb king | blues in elsewhere | buddy guy | chicago blues | elmore james | eric clapton | from the vaults | john mayall | muddy waters | robert johnson | ronnie earl |
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/4001/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-darren-watson/
GUEST MUSICIAN ADAM McGRATH OF THE EASTERN on what drives their new album, The Territory
...broken, nearly as many fiddle players as Spinal Tap had drummers, friends turned enemies, enemies...
Other Voices, Other Rooms: othervoicesotherrooms/6731/guest-musician-adam-mcgrath-of-the-eastern-on-what-drives-their-new-album-the-territory/
CHRISTOPHER GUEST, MICHAEL McKEAN AND HARRY SHEARER INTERVIEWED 2003: Tap into folk
...appeared as the band in the legendary This is Spinal Tap, which mercilessly parodied the stupidity and... ...this imaginary heavy metal group from London. Spinal Tap was so successful for its witheringly accurate... ...lead? Where was the line?"After This is Spinal Tap, directed by Rob Reiner and co-written by him... ...with Shearer back for the first time since Spinal Tap 20 years ago.Again he has chosen a world which... ...It is a step back from the merciless Spinal Tap and the cool observations of Best in Show and...
Tagged with: george gittoes | roger corman |
Film at Elsewhere: film/229/christopher-guest-michael-mckean-and-harry-shearer-interviewed-2003-tap-into-folk/
SALMONELLA DUB INTERVIEWED (2003): This touring life
...Dub being floated in from the wings - like Spinal Tap? But you don't knock it. Touring with those...
Tagged with: burning spear | mike hodgson | paddy free | pitch black | salmonella dub | sideways |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/4528/salmonella-dub-interviewed-2003-this-touring-life/
MERMAIDENS, REVIEWED (2023): The arc of their covenant
...Yes and something akin to more straight-faced Spinal Tap riffery. It was colourful (literally,...
Live reviews + concert photos: livereviews/10963/mermaidens-reviewed-2023-the-arc-of-their-covenant/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Stix Zadinia of Steel Panther
...Motley Crue and Guns N'Roses. They are Spinal Tap to some, the offspring of Ratt and Van Halen...
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/5259/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-stix-zadinia-of-steel-panther/
Peter Sellers; The Trumpet Volunteer (1958)
...Goodbye Pop, helmed by Christopher Guest of Spinal Tap) they were just part of a long lineage of...
Tagged with: benny hill | christopher guest | dirty red | from the vaults | jerry lewis | peter sellers | sam the sham | the three stooges | victoria spivey |
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/2814/peter-sellers-the-trumpet-volunteer-1958/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Jimmy Christmas of the D4
...are . . . Hedwig and the Angry InchThis is Spinal TapDr Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop...
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/8267/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-jimmy-christmas-of-the-d4/
PETER GABRIEL, THE SOLO FLIGHT 1985-2011: Into another world
...selective about his audience, as they say in Spinal Tap. Unlike his peers, Gabriel has often wilfully...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/4606/peter-gabriel-the-solo-flight-1985-2011-into-another-world/
Black Sabbath, Paranoid (1970)
...for Nigel Tufnel’s Clam Caravan for Spinal Tap. The Paranoid album -- which even has a drum...
Tagged with: black sabbath | blue cheer | led zeppelin |
Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/1786/black-sabbath-paranoid-1970/
SYLVIE SIMMONS INTERVIEWED (2014): Leonard Cohen, music journalism, a debut album at 60 and the ukulele
...Wind is one of my favourite films, along with Spinal Tap. A Mighty Wind was a very fine film, it's nice...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/6718/sylvie-simmons-interviewed-2014-leonard-cohen-music-journalism-a-debut-album-at-60-and-the-ukulele/
SHORT CUTS: A round-up of recent New Zealand releases
...7-string guitar” on the cover invites a Spinal Tap comment: “It's one more”. But...
Music at Elsewhere: music/8147/short-cuts-a-round-up-of-recent-new-zealand-releases/
THE INVISIBLE MAN: This is how we disappear
...Arnie -- twice actually -- and the guys from Spinal Tap/Best in Show) and even restaurant reviews,...
Personal Elsewhere: personal/10844/the-invisible-man-this-is-how-we-disappear/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Li'l Chuck
...understand you better are . . . A Mighty Wind, Spinal Tap, Best in Show - in any order. The last CD or...
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/8808/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-lil-chuck/
THE ROLLING STONES' SHINE A LIGHT: It's not only rock'n'roll (2008 review)
...During hilarious opening scenes which recall Spinal Tap and the pilot for Curb Your Enthusiasm, Jagger...
Tagged with: buddy guy | keith richards | martin scorsese | mick jagger | the rolling stones |
Film at Elsewhere: film/518/the-rolling-stones-shine-a-light-its-not-only-rocknroll-2008-review/
National Lampoon: A prog-rock epic (1975)
...it was Christopher Guest who was behind it, Spinal Tap and A Mighty Wind would follow) said something...
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/7099/national-lampoon-a-prog-rock-epic-1975/
BRITISH PROG 1970-75: (2022): Yes, but is it rock?
...above, speaking here became Nigel Tufnel of Spinal Tap, ie Christopher Guest) and the liner notes on...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/6248/british-prog-1970-75-2022-yes-but-is-it-rock/
ANDREW STAFFORD, WRITER AND LABEL OWNER INTERVIEWED (2017): Going global in our own backyard #2
...leave everyone else to select This Is Spinal Tap (understandably) but it’s the most...
Something Elsewhere: somethingelsewhere/8078/andrew-stafford-writer-and-label-owner-interviewed-2017-going-global-in-our-own-backyard-2/
MARTIN PHILLIPPS, OF THE DISBANDED CHILLS, INTERVIEWED (1992): The dream is over
...through tired eyes. It all sounds like that Spinal Tap thing, he laughs. “Saucy Jack...”...
Tagged with: chills | chris knox | flying nun | martin phillipps | new zealand music |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/2417/martin-phillipps-of-the-disbanded-chills-interviewed-1992-the-dream-is-over/
Brian Jonestown Massacre: Aufheben (A Recordings/Southbound)
...Grenades is a serious lyrical mis-step into Spinal Tap prog pretension ("A voice from the ages,...
Music at Elsewhere: music/4998/brian-jonestown-massacre-aufheben-a-recordings-southbound/
A MIGHTY WIND, INTERVIEW (2003): And the Wind cries hilarity
...appeared as the band in the legendary This is Spinal Tap, which mercilessly parodied the stupidity and... ...this imaginary heavy metal group from London. Spinal Tap was so successful for its witheringly accurate... ...lead? Where was the line?” After This is Spinal Tap, directed by Rob Reiner and co-written by him... ...with Shearer back for the first time since Spinal Tap 20 years ago. Again Guest has chosen a world... ...It is a step back from the merciless Spinal Tap and the cool observations of Best in Show and...
Film at Elsewhere: film/10413/a-mighty-wind-interview-2003-and-the-wind-cries-hilarity/
Chicago Transit Authority: Free Form Guitar (1969)
...real statement was in Free Form Guitar (in a Spinal Tap-like moment it was entitled Free From Guitar...
Tagged with: chicago transit authority | from the vaults | jimi hendrix | mark kurlansky |
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/3798/chicago-transit-authority-free-form-guitar-1969/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Little Ross of Bird Nest Roys
...Cuckoo’s Nest The Elephant Man This Is Spinal Tap The last CD or vinyl album you bought was . ....
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/5880/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-little-ross-of-bird-nest-roys/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Kelly Sherrod and James Duncan of Punches
...better are . . .KELLY: Dead Man, I Am Love, Spinal TapJAMES: Spinal Tap, Spinal Tap, Spinal Tap. The...
Tagged with: dimmer | nick cave | punches | tom waits |
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/4353/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-kelly-sherrod-and-james-duncan-of-punches/
Mike Stern and Jeff Lorber Fusion: Eleven (Concord/Southbound)
...deserve a place on an album named after the Spinal Tap joke. How much you enjoy this will be down to...
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/9177/mike-stern-and-jeff-lorber-fusion-eleven-concord-southbound/
Big Walter and the Thunderbirds: Watusie Freeze Part 1 (1959)
...The comedic noise of Spike Jones, the Goons, Spinal Tap, the exotica of Martin Denny, Esquivel, the...
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/8118/big-walter-and-the-thunderbirds-watusie-freeze-part-1-1959/
The Darkness: Hot Cakes (Liberator)
...Hell . . . and Back. They were Queen with Spinal Tap aspirations, but also deadly serious when it... ...amused. But as we know -- from the Queen and Spinal Tap stories, if not others -- there is no such...
Music at Elsewhere: music/5133/the-darkness-hot-cakes-liberator/
Arthur Russell: Picture of Bunny Rabbit (Audika/digital outlets)
...artists were – in the deathless words of Spinal Tap manager Ian Faith – being...
Music at Elsewhere: music/10784/arthur-russell-picture-of-bunny-rabbit-audika-digital-outlets/
Laibach: Get Back (1988)
The Beatles might have been about "peace and bloody love" as a droll Ringo noted at the end of the Anthology DVD series. But in the hands of Laibach out of what we used to call Yugoslavia of
Tagged with: anvil | christopher guest | colditz | from the vaults | neil innes | spinal tap | stalingrad | the beatles | the rutles |
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/3868/laibach-get-back-1988/
Hayseed Dixie: Killer Grass (Cooking Vinyl)
You might have thought the Hayseed Dixie joke -- a band from the fanciful Deer Lick Holler playing bluegrass treatments of (mostly) rock songs, interviewed here -- would have run its course by now. Bu
Tagged with: anvil | benny hill | from the vaults | hayseed dixie | jerry lewis | neil young | spinal tap |
Music at Elsewhere: music/2973/hayseed-dixie-killer-grass-cooking-vinyl/
No Way Sis: I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (1996)
For the Oasis tribute band No Way Sis their work was done for them: Oasis were notorious for borrowing/plagiarising/thieving melodies which songwriter Noel Gallagher cheeerfully admitted -- and their
Tagged with: blur | no way sis | oasis | ocean colour scene | paul weller | spinal tap | the kinks | the move | the small faces |
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/3236/no-way-sis-id-like-to-teach-the-world-to-sing-1996/
THEY ARE ALL THE WALRUS: The story of the Exotic Beatles series
Some people -- like Allan Rouse and Steve Rooke at Abbey Road studios who remastered the complete catalogue -- listen to an awful lot of Beatles' music. Others -- like Jim Phelan -- listen to a lot of
Tagged with: apple | from the vaults | let it be naked | mike mcgear | neil innes | spinal tap | the beatles | the beatles anthology in print | the beatles remastered |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/4249/they-are-all-the-walrus-the-story-of-the-exotic-beatles-series/
The Vapours: Turning Japanese (1980)
Ever wondered why the English New Wave band The Vapours were just a one-hit wonder with Turning Japanese? They don't. They know exactly why. A little background though: they were from Guildford and th
Tagged with: blur | no way sis | oasis | ocean colour scene | paul weller | spinal tap | the kinks | the knack | the move | the small faces | the vapours |
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/3252/the-vapours-turning-japanese-1980/
F FOR FAKE, a film by ORSON WELLES (Madman DVD): Rooms full of mirrors and smoke
...(the Rutles, Christopher Guest's films such as Spinal Tap, Waiting For Guffman and so on) the notion of...
Tagged with: christopher guest | jerry lewis | man on wire | orson welles | salvador dali |
Film at Elsewhere: film/2577/f-for-fake-a-film-by-orson-welles-madman-dvd-rooms-full-of-mirrors-and-smoke/
Flight of the Conchords: Flight of the Conchords (SubPop)
...and that ensures them -- like the Rutles and Spinal Tap -- longevity. You'll never hear the Pet Shop...
Tagged with: christopher guest | david bowie | flight of the conchords |
Music at Elsewhere: music/1571/flight-of-the-conchords-flight-of-the-conchords-subpop/
RECOMMENDED RECORD: Diamond Field: Diamond Field (Sofa King/digital outlets)
...Used to Be with Chelsea Nenni. So, the Rutles, Spinal Tap or David Brent this is not . . . but there...
Music at Elsewhere: music/9947/recommended-record-diamond-field-diamond-field-sofa-king-digital-outlets/
WILCO: I AM TRYING TO BREAK YOUR HEART a film by SAM JONES (Rhythmethod DVD, 2004)
...Gimme Shelter (the mid-period Stones), This is Spinal Tap (every metal band) and The Last Waltz (the... ...greatness. But, in the words of This is Spinal Tap director Marti DeBerg, he got more. Much...
Tagged with: ashes of american flags | wilco |
Film at Elsewhere: film/2415/wilco-i-am-trying-to-break-your-heart-a-film-by-sam-jones-rhythmethod-dvd-2004/
ROLLING THUNDER REVUE, A BOB DYLAN STORY, a film by MARTIN SCORSESE: The drifter escapes, again
...grave and seem to have nothing to say is pure Spinal Tap at Graceland. At way more than two hours, this...
Film at Elsewhere: film/8972/rolling-thunder-revue-a-bob-dylan-story-a-film-by-martin-scorsese-the-drifter-escapes-again/
National Lampoon: I'm A Woman (1975)
...other performers Christopher Guest (later of Spinal Tap/Best in Show/A Mighty Wind fame) on a series...
Tagged with: bubba ho-tep | christopher guest | corner gas | flight of the conchords | jerry lewis | monty python | the wild women of wongo |
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/3067/national-lampoon-im-a-woman-1975/
DOES HUMOUR BELONG IN MUSIC? (2021): Does anybody remember laughter?
.... . and this anti-Trump version SATIRE This is Spinal Tap: parody and satire A definition of parody? An... ...These are same people showing what the band Spinal Tap used to do before they went heavy metal: they... ...another parody The same musicians who did Spinal Tap also took on folk musicians Black humour...
Something Elsewhere: somethingelsewhere/5562/does-humour-belong-in-music-2021-does-anybody-remember-laughter/
THE BARGAIN BUY: Flight of the Conchords: I Told You I Was Freaky (Sub Pop)
...of repeat-play humour. As with the Rutles and Spinal Tap, after a while it is hard to tell the parody...
Tagged with: bubba ho-tep | christopher guest | fight back rap | flight of the conchords | from the vaults | groucho marx | jerry lewis | monty python | new zealand music | the three stooges |
The Bargain Buy: bargainbuy/4169/the-bargain-buy-flight-of-the-conchords-i-told-you-i-was-freaky-sub-pop/
QUEEN REVISITED, AGAIN (2015): It's yesterday once more
...entitled Fat Bottomed Girls (unless you were Spinal Tap, and sometimes they were that too, gloriously...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/7170/queen-revisited-again-2015-its-yesterday-once-more/
DAVID BOWIE INTERVIEWED (1993): Black tie, white noise and the duke bounces back
...poor hack has churned out ... so a copy of a Spinal Tap interview is duly dispatched for his...
Tagged with: david bowie | lester bowie | philip glass |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/1878/david-bowie-interviewed-1993-black-tie-white-noise-and-the-duke-bounces-back/
Death Trash: Death Trash Rock and Roll (1988)
...these songs which come perilously close to Spinal Tap in places. Queen of the Night opens with these...
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/4815/death-trash-death-trash-rock-and-roll-1988/
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The LS Bumble Bee (1967)
...Lampoon, the Rutles, Weird Al Yankovich and Spinal Tap, there has been a long tradition of skewering...
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/4908/peter-cook-and-dudley-moore-the-ls-bumble-bee-1967/
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . THE MAMAS AND THE PAPAS: Trip, stumble and fall
...formed the New Mamas and Papas (shades of Spinal Tap and A Mighty Wind) with his daughter...
Tagged with: we need to talk about |
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . .: weneedtotalkabout/9470/we-need-to-talk-about-the-mamas-and-the-papas-trip-stumble-and-fall/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: DeWayne Pate
...might understand you better are . . . Amadeus, Spinal Tap, Ray. The last CD or vinyl album you bought...
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/7650/the-famous-elsewhere-jazz-questionnaire-dewayne-pate/
JEFF BECK INTERVIEWED AND REVIEWED (2008): If truth be known
...need to be put: “So Jeff, when you saw Spinal Tap did you think, “Oi, that geezer’s...
Tagged with: jeff beck | miles davis |
Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/2142/jeff-beck-interviewed-and-reviewed-2008-if-truth-be-known/
Status Quo: When My Mind is Not Live (1968)
...a few name changes. In a story worthy of Spinal Tap, they were the Spectres, then Traffic, the...
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/4876/status-quo-when-my-mind-is-not-live-1968/
Neon Quaver: Human Time Ocean Spirit (neonquaver)
...(flute, vocals) -- and a drum roster like Spinal Tap -- were immensely popular and played jazz...
Tagged with: new zealand music |
Music at Elsewhere: music/9604/neon-quaver-human-time-ocean-spirit-neonquaver/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Billy Ebeling
...they might understand you better are . . . Spinal Tap, Spinal Tap and Spinal Tap The last CD or...
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/5666/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-billy-ebeling/
IN BRIEF: A quick overview of some recent international releases
...spoken word passage on The Wind, it is very Spinal Tap), Magic Scene and Darkland. So it is business...
Music at Elsewhere: music/7987/in-brief-a-quick-overview-of-some-recent-international-releases/
THIS BAND IS SO GORGEOUS a doco by DUNSTAN BRUCE
...Bruce) invariably ends up somewhere between Spinal Tap, Anvil, an episode of Grumpy Old Men and I'm a...
Film at Elsewhere: film/5581/this-band-is-so-gorgeous-a-doco-by-dunstan-bruce/
THE GREATEST LOST ALBUM IN ROCK? (2011): The remarkable story of The Voyage of the Corvus Corrone
In late 1976 keyboard player Rick Wakeman of the progressive rock band Yes – riding a string of solo successes with his prog-rock concept albums The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Journey to the Centr
Tagged with: christopher guest | flight of the conchords | national lampoon | neil innes | spinal tap | the rutles |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/4298/the-greatest-lost-album-in-rock-2011-the-remarkable-story-of-the-voyage-of-the-corvus-corrone/