Comments on: Dear Spinal Tap: Please Knock It Off With The Reunions Already http://idolator.com/5145522/dear-spinal-tap-please-knock-it-off-with-the-reunions-already Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com Sun, 27 May 2012 01:59:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jay-C http://idolator.com/5145522/dear-spinal-tap-please-knock-it-off-with-the-reunions-already/comment-page-1#comment-845032 Jay-C Thu, 05 Feb 2009 04:35:57 +0000 http://1b994184fff6bc30723249bf05ee5da2#comment-845032 <P>@<A href="http://idolator.com/5145522/dear-spinal-tap-please-knock-it-off-with-the-reunions-already#c10492075">Cam/ron</A>: I saw Spinal Tap in 2002, and the Folksmen (billed as an early influence of Spinal Tap) was the opening act...</P> @Cam/ron: I saw Spinal Tap in 2002, and the Folksmen (billed as an early influence of Spinal Tap) was the opening act…

]]> By: raihala http://idolator.com/5145522/dear-spinal-tap-please-knock-it-off-with-the-reunions-already/comment-page-1#comment-845052 raihala Wed, 04 Feb 2009 06:36:37 +0000 http://1b994184fff6bc30723249bf05ee5da2#comment-845052 <P>@<A href="http://idolator.com/5145522/dear-spinal-tap-please-knock-it-off-with-the-reunions-already#c10501362">Clare</A>: Ditto.</P> @Clare: Ditto.

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/5145522/dear-spinal-tap-please-knock-it-off-with-the-reunions-already/comment-page-1#comment-845062 Anonymous Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:38:50 +0000 http://1b994184fff6bc30723249bf05ee5da2#comment-845062 <p>Before Live Earth they got back together to do a short tour. They were on that VH1 show The List with Mick Fleetwood(who was supposed to drum for them on the tour and later dropped out). I have to say they were very funny. Not everything they do is going to be as brilliant as the movie, but their worst comedy is still better than "Two & A Half Men".</p> Before Live Earth they got back together to do a short tour. They were on that VH1 show The List with Mick Fleetwood(who was supposed to drum for them on the tour and later dropped out). I have to say they were very funny. Not everything they do is going to be as brilliant as the movie, but their worst comedy is still better than “Two & A Half Men”.

]]> By: Clare http://idolator.com/5145522/dear-spinal-tap-please-knock-it-off-with-the-reunions-already/comment-page-1#comment-845072 Clare Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:38:20 +0000 http://1b994184fff6bc30723249bf05ee5da2#comment-845072 <p>Off topic, but +1 for the inclusion of the criminally underrated Pootie Tang.</p> Off topic, but +1 for the inclusion of the criminally underrated Pootie Tang.

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/5145522/dear-spinal-tap-please-knock-it-off-with-the-reunions-already/comment-page-1#comment-845042 Anonymous Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:37:15 +0000 http://1b994184fff6bc30723249bf05ee5da2#comment-845042 <p>The sad thing is Spinal Tarp is better than most bands these days.</p> The sad thing is Spinal Tarp is better than most bands these days.

]]> By: natepatrin http://idolator.com/5145522/dear-spinal-tap-please-knock-it-off-with-the-reunions-already/comment-page-1#comment-845082 natepatrin Tue, 03 Feb 2009 11:28:38 +0000 http://1b994184fff6bc30723249bf05ee5da2#comment-845082 <p>@<a href="#c10496201">sparkletone</a>: and you KNOW that if the rights DID revert to the studio, they'd probably put their weight behind a "Let's Find the New Spinal Tap" reality show or something.</p> @sparkletone: and you KNOW that if the rights DID revert to the studio, they’d probably put their weight behind a “Let’s Find the New Spinal Tap” reality show or something.

]]> By: sparkletone http://idolator.com/5145522/dear-spinal-tap-please-knock-it-off-with-the-reunions-already/comment-page-1#comment-845092 sparkletone Tue, 03 Feb 2009 11:20:43 +0000 http://1b994184fff6bc30723249bf05ee5da2#comment-845092 <p>@<a href="#c10491905">natepatrin</a>: That was my understanding. When they made the movie, some clause was put in the contract that if they don't perform the songs live every so often, the rights revert to the studio or some such thing.</p> <p>So we get 1200000 awesome reunions.</p> @natepatrin: That was my understanding. When they made the movie, some clause was put in the contract that if they don’t perform the songs live every so often, the rights revert to the studio or some such thing.

So we get 1200000 awesome reunions.

]]> By: KinetiQ http://idolator.com/5145522/dear-spinal-tap-please-knock-it-off-with-the-reunions-already/comment-page-1#comment-845102 KinetiQ Tue, 03 Feb 2009 11:14:00 +0000 http://1b994184fff6bc30723249bf05ee5da2#comment-845102 <p>On a more serious note, Christopher Guest is releasing a CD of instrumental music with a couple of friends. They record as "Beyman Bros" and it was on NPR the other day.</p> <p><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100007776">[www.npr.org]</a></p> On a more serious note, Christopher Guest is releasing a CD of instrumental music with a couple of friends. They record as “Beyman Bros” and it was on NPR the other day.

[www.npr.org]

]]> By: Chris Molanphy http://idolator.com/5145522/dear-spinal-tap-please-knock-it-off-with-the-reunions-already/comment-page-1#comment-845112 Chris Molanphy Tue, 03 Feb 2009 10:22:11 +0000 http://1b994184fff6bc30723249bf05ee5da2#comment-845112 <p>@<a href="#c10493596">Audif Jackson Winters III</a>: And where is Ian Faith in all this? Did he take Nigel's scrawl on a napkin seriously again?!</p> @Audif Jackson Winters III: And where is Ian Faith in all this? Did he take Nigel’s scrawl on a napkin seriously again?!

]]> By: Audif Jackson Winters III http://idolator.com/5145522/dear-spinal-tap-please-knock-it-off-with-the-reunions-already/comment-page-1#comment-845122 Audif Jackson Winters III Tue, 03 Feb 2009 10:01:15 +0000 http://1b994184fff6bc30723249bf05ee5da2#comment-845122 <P>This would never have happened if Sir Denis Eton-Hogg was still alive.</P> This would never have happened if Sir Denis Eton-Hogg was still alive.

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/5145522/dear-spinal-tap-please-knock-it-off-with-the-reunions-already/comment-page-1#comment-845132 Anonymous Tue, 03 Feb 2009 09:58:23 +0000 http://1b994184fff6bc30723249bf05ee5da2#comment-845132 <p>@<a href="#c10491905">natepatrin</a>:</p> <p>Exactly.</p> <p>@<a href="#c10492548">revmatty</a>:</p> <p>Still have the Colander! Was working at a record store in '92, but of course. Who wasn't?</p> @natepatrin:

Exactly.

@revmatty:

Still have the Colander! Was working at a record store in ’92, but of course. Who wasn’t?

]]> By: Royfromage http://idolator.com/5145522/dear-spinal-tap-please-knock-it-off-with-the-reunions-already/comment-page-1#comment-845142 Royfromage Tue, 03 Feb 2009 09:47:00 +0000 http://1b994184fff6bc30723249bf05ee5da2#comment-845142 <p>When they were promoting Break Like the Wind, they went on TV to promote their environmental bonafides by announcing their cds would come packaged in an "extra-long" box, with 30% more recyclable material. That was a pretty good joke.</p> <p>Other than that, agreed. They sorely miss Rob Reiner's editorial hand.</p> When they were promoting Break Like the Wind, they went on TV to promote their environmental bonafides by announcing their cds would come packaged in an “extra-long” box, with 30% more recyclable material. That was a pretty good joke.

Other than that, agreed. They sorely miss Rob Reiner’s editorial hand.

]]> By: revmatty http://idolator.com/5145522/dear-spinal-tap-please-knock-it-off-with-the-reunions-already/comment-page-1#comment-845152 revmatty Tue, 03 Feb 2009 09:32:17 +0000 http://1b994184fff6bc30723249bf05ee5da2#comment-845152 <p>I dunno, Spinal Tap can do no wrong in my opinion. One of the promo items that went out to music press and assorted other industry people for Break Like the Wind was a 1992 Colander. Granted the music on Break wasn't as good as the original movie soundtrack, but it was still damn good.</p> I dunno, Spinal Tap can do no wrong in my opinion. One of the promo items that went out to music press and assorted other industry people for Break Like the Wind was a 1992 Colander. Granted the music on Break wasn’t as good as the original movie soundtrack, but it was still damn good.

]]> By: Ned Raggett http://idolator.com/5145522/dear-spinal-tap-please-knock-it-off-with-the-reunions-already/comment-page-1#comment-845162 Ned Raggett Tue, 03 Feb 2009 09:24:30 +0000 http://1b994184fff6bc30723249bf05ee5da2#comment-845162 <p>@<a href="#c10492075">Cam/ron</a>: Yes, but only if he wears the dress.</p> @Cam/ron: Yes, but only if he wears the dress.

]]> By: Cam/ron http://idolator.com/5145522/dear-spinal-tap-please-knock-it-off-with-the-reunions-already/comment-page-1#comment-845172 Cam/ron Tue, 03 Feb 2009 09:20:12 +0000 http://1b994184fff6bc30723249bf05ee5da2#comment-845172 <P>I'm still waiting for the Folksmen reunion. Harry Shearer never finished his lecture about the Spanish Civil War.</P> I’m still waiting for the Folksmen reunion. Harry Shearer never finished his lecture about the Spanish Civil War.

]]> By: natepatrin http://idolator.com/5145522/dear-spinal-tap-please-knock-it-off-with-the-reunions-already/comment-page-1#comment-845182 natepatrin Tue, 03 Feb 2009 09:16:04 +0000 http://1b994184fff6bc30723249bf05ee5da2#comment-845182 <p>Don't they have to do this every few years or else they'll lose their, uh, "intellectual property" rights?</p> Don’t they have to do this every few years or else they’ll lose their, uh, “intellectual property” rights?

]]> By: Ned Raggett http://idolator.com/5145522/dear-spinal-tap-please-knock-it-off-with-the-reunions-already/comment-page-1#comment-845192 Ned Raggett Tue, 03 Feb 2009 09:11:48 +0000 http://1b994184fff6bc30723249bf05ee5da2#comment-845192 <p><i>Quit pretending you're a band and give us that four and a half-hour bootleg version of the movie on DVD already!</i></p> <p>I fully sign on for this.</p> <p>My favorite moment of the 1992 tour -- which I saw in LA -- came courtesy of my friend and fellow concert attendee Steve, to wit: they were playing one of the new songs, whichever one had all the guest guitar soloing during the break from seven various guitar heroes etc. etc., and for this version they introduced their 'special guests' who were performing said solos. The guests turned out to be one of the Porcaro brothers from Toto, that blonde woman who played guitar for Michael Jackson for a while and Jerry Cantrell from Alice in Chains, who Steve had seen opening for Iggy Pop a couple of years before and had thoroughly hated.</p> <p>Steve took in this sight and these names, paused, turned to me and said, "No, these are not special guests. These are guests."</p> Quit pretending you’re a band and give us that four and a half-hour bootleg version of the movie on DVD already!

I fully sign on for this.

My favorite moment of the 1992 tour — which I saw in LA — came courtesy of my friend and fellow concert attendee Steve, to wit: they were playing one of the new songs, whichever one had all the guest guitar soloing during the break from seven various guitar heroes etc. etc., and for this version they introduced their ‘special guests’ who were performing said solos. The guests turned out to be one of the Porcaro brothers from Toto, that blonde woman who played guitar for Michael Jackson for a while and Jerry Cantrell from Alice in Chains, who Steve had seen opening for Iggy Pop a couple of years before and had thoroughly hated.

Steve took in this sight and these names, paused, turned to me and said, “No, these are not special guests. These are guests.”

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