Subj : Re: Good to be back
To   : MRO
From : Digital Man
Date : Mon Sep 22 2025 22:13:46

  Re: Re: Good to be back
  By: MRO to Digital Man on Mon Sep 22 2025 11:38 pm

 >   Re: Re: Good to be back
 >   By: Digital Man to MRO on Mon Sep 22 2025 09:00 pm
 >
 >  > Older friends kept referring to it and re-watching it and over time,
 >  > I started to "get it" and now it's one of my all time favorite
 >  > movies. So I think you have to either:
 >
 >  > 1) think musicians take themselves too seriously and so think it's
 >  > funny to see them taken down a notch like that (even if only
 >  > fictionally), or:
 >
 >  > 2) be a musican that does not take themselves too seriously and
 >  > basically laugh at the absurdity of your past-time/profession
 >
 >
 > and did you scratch an 11 on your amps?

Nope, but quoted that scene far too many times. And an old band mate of mine used to have that line on his muscle car license plate frame: "these go to eleven".

 > spinaltap also has a certain peculiar humor that a lot of people wouln't
 > get. you have to have a developed sense of humor to really enjoy it.

Yeah, I think it's very Monty Python-esque humor.

 > best in show which has christopher guest and michael mckean (and tons of
 > other comics) is another mocumentary that i'd recommend.

Yeah, there's a few. A Mighty Wind is probably the most similar to This Is Spinal Tap.
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