Yeah, there was one big influence on Spinal Tap. Who they really based themselves on. I know the band's name and I have evidence of proof.
You can watch Rainbow interviews and songs to see the uncanny resemblance. Nigel Tufnel has a lot of Ritchie Blackmore in him, judging by the Blackmore interviews on youtube. They are bloody good interviews. This interview is amazing!. Great song too.
There is something unique about Ritchie Blackmore. I saw him for free once. He was with this Stevie Nicks type of chick playing baroque music. Probably trying to fix it. It was in a town hall in Buffalo, NY. He played these deformed guitars, like a spider from Mars. Oooh yeah man. It was skillful, like watching an orchestra. But I was always looking for the bar when I saw an orchestra as well. Got high, and came out a better person from the whole experience.
I was teaching my young niece how to play Smoke on the Water on the recorder. On Easter Sunday, no less. Hey, everyone loves that one!
So Rainbow deserves the honor that Spinal Tap has bestowed on Rainbow, giving them a high form of flattery. Joe Lynn Turner's pants were the same as Spinal Tap's. Volcanoes not a Valley. This alone is proof by itself, for where could you really get the idea without the reality of Rainbow?
The big question that remains is why is Spinal Tap so great? I heard that they were failed comedians that did it all for a laugh. Then how come the music is so worth listening too?
"I saw him for free once. He was with this Stevie Nicks type of chick playing baroque music. Probably trying to fix it. It was in a town hall in Buffalo, NY. He played these deformed guitars, like a spider from Mars."
ReplyDeleteThat chick is his wife Candice Night. He wasn't trying to fix anything, you were watching his 16th century revival act Blackmore's Night where he & his wife perform medieval renaissance music. The deformed guitars were medieval instruments like the Lute or Mandolin, which predate the modern acoustic guitar by hundreds of years.