This is Spinal Tap- BBC1 11.40PM

[Wansbeck Viking]

I’m sure Ozzy thought it was a real documentary when he first seen it.

Saying that, he was probably off his tits when he watched it.

 

[mickb2112]

I’m saying nowt.

It`s OK Dobby Dawson told me Harry Shearer went out on tour with them and based his stage moves on him.

 

[Weremuthe]

Bad News was better.

Not as good as "The Bullshitters: Roll out the Gunbarrel"

Was it Saxon?

Led Zep?

 

[BiG]

It`s OK Dobby Dawson told me Harry Shearer went out on tour with them and based his stage moves on him.

And quite a few other things. And some dressing room stuff. And some stuff that was probably said. And not just by the headline band.

 

[Cheesy Feet]

Ex Saxon bassist Steve Dawson……

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[humbug]

Does it go onto 11?

spinal tap is the only film on the imdb that gets a rating out of 11.

michael mckean who played david st. hubbins in spinal tap also played chuck mcgill (saul goodman's) older brother in better call saul.

imo bad news was better. saw them at donnington park at the monsters of rock festival and they were class.

 

[Harry Gates]

Lick my lovepump gets me every time

Not surprising, peak Mach.

 

[Luca Changretta]

I met Harry Shearer. He was accompanying a band on tour in or around 1982, in the name of research. I had no idea who he was except he was American and he was ‘researching’.

The band shall rename nameless for reasons of propriety.

Saxon !

 

[Harry Gates]

Saxon !

Play you some metal and rid you of pests at the same time.

 

[BiG]

Ex Saxon bassist Steve Dawson……

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Interesting Dobbie factoid. He shat himself every night.

He got so worked up during the set he would literally shit himself. He had a few towels on the rider for every gig and used them after every performance.

I saw the state of the towels a couple of times.

THAT wasn’t in the film.

The bit about the shape of the bread versus the shape of the meat? Yep. Not Saxon though.

I could go on. But I’ll not.

 

[Cockney Mackem]

I hope they're broadcasting it in Dubley

Interesting Dobbie factoid. He shat himself every night.

He got so worked up during the set he would literally shit himself. He had a few towels on the rider for every gig and used them after every performance.

I saw the state of the towels a couple of times.

THAT wasn’t in the film.

The bit about the shape of the bread versus the shape of the meat? Yep. Not Saxon though.

I could go on. But I’ll not.

They did discuss the concept of a nappy roadie in Bad News though

 

[Drifter]

Despite them being of similar subjects I think both Bad News and Spinal Tap are different enough to be enjoyed equally on their own merits. BN is a bout a band that will never make it (despite Donington) whereas Tap are in the where are they now category.
Fun fact - Christopher Guest is the base doctor who appears on the witness stand in A Few Good Men.

 

[The Archer]

Despite them being of similar subjects I think both Bad News and Spinal Tap are different enough to be enjoyed equally on their own merits. BN is a bout a band that will never make it (despite Donington) whereas Tap are in the where are they now category.
Fun fact - Christopher Guest is the base doctor who appears on the witness stand in A Few Good Men.

I might have got this wrong but I am pretty sure I heard Mike’s character in the Young Ones was originally meant for Peter Richardson, so it would have had the same four main cast members as Bad News.

I think he’d have made a great Mike.

 

[Northumberland Rocks]

for all you Tapists out there

For me the greatest Rockumentry ever made.

11 out of 11

 

[Drifter]

I might have got this wrong but I am pretty sure I heard Mike’s character in the Young Ones was originally meant for Peter Richardson, so it would have had the same four main cast members as Bad News.

I think he’d have made a great Mike.

From his Wikipedia page:
Mike in BBC comedy The Young Ones was written with Richardson in mind but he did not take part for reasons partly connected to his earlier disagreement with Paul Jackson and due his commitments with The Comic Strip. Richardson was replaced by Christopher Ryan.
Didn’t know about the fallout but knew about the comic strip commitment bit.

 

[Northumberland Rocks]

This wrinkled old prune….I’m just as God made me Sir.

 

[Swindon On Tour]

When they can’t find the stage door, still gets me every time.

 

[mickb2112]

Interesting Dobbie factoid. He shat himself every night.

He got so worked up during the set he would literally shit himself. He had a few towels on the rider for every gig and used them after every performance.

I saw the state of the towels a couple of times.

THAT wasn’t in the film.

The bit about the shape of the bread versus the shape of the meat? Yep. Not Saxon though.

I could go on. But I’ll not.

Dobbie is class. I interviewed him and Graham Oliver a couple of times and they were a joy. Very funny, great stories and genuinely down to earth salt of the earth Yorkshire lads.

When they can’t find the stage door, still gets me every time.

Hello Cleveland!! HELLO CLEVELAND!!!!!

 

[Steak Pie]

We say, ‘Love your brother.’ We don’t say it really, but…
-We don’t literally say it.
No, we don’t say it.
-We don’t really, literally mean it.
No, we don’t believe it either, but…
-But we’re not racists.
But that message should be clear, anyway.
-We’re anything but racists.

 

[Cheesy Feet]

Interesting Dobbie factoid. He shat himself every night.

He got so worked up during the set he would literally shit himself. He had a few towels on the rider for every gig and used them after every performance.

I saw the state of the towels a couple of times.

THAT wasn’t in the film.

The bit about the shape of the bread versus the shape of the meat? Yep. Not Saxon though.

I could go on. But I’ll not.

Spinal Pap