[bomp] Tufnelola

[Brent Walker <bcwalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 10:36:04 EST
> From: NankerPhlg@aol.com
> Subject: [bomp] On Tap
> 
> <<< Michael, I agree with you about Spinal Tap - I always thought that Status
> Quo was the main inspiration for the Tap! >>>
> 
> I definitely see some Quo-tas in Spinal Tap...and just as an aside, in their
> biography that comes with the soundtrack album, isn't one of their records
> called "Matchstick Men?"
> 
> But as for the individual Tappers and who I think they're modeled after, I
> always saw it as...
> 
> Nigel Tufnel...Jeff Beck.
> 
> Derek Smalls...John Entwistle.
> 
> David Saint Hubbins...Mick Jagger (not as obvious to me as the above two, but
> I do see some of Jagger's traits/personality in DSH.)
> 


In watching that Yardbirds documentary that's out on DVD, during the Jeff
Beck interview segments I had to keep reminding myself that it wasn't THIS
IS SPINAL TAP. The visual and verbal similarities between Nigel and Jeff
being so plentiful, especially when Jeff was talking about gear and tech
stuff. I kept waiting for him to break out his Yardbirds era Esquire and say
"It cahn't be playyyed."

Brent Walker

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