In the extras, there's a clip of Tap playing with Nigel's replacement. Anyone know who that guitarist was?
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Best Line from Spinal Tap?
- Thread starter Killing Floor
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I worked at an auditorium where they filmed Spinal Tap. They were there (me too) for literally 24 hours and they used maybe 2 seconds of what they filmed at that location.
Mine was nothing that anyone said, it was a billboard showing the Concert line up where Spinal Tap was second on the Bill behind a Puppet Show......LOL!
While you may correct per script, nobody on TB has the licensed complete dialogue. But it does appear as "Dubly" and "Dobly" on some wiki sites. I did the OP when I saw this picture from the Dolby headquarters photos. I'm not always correct, but almost always. And before I admit I'm wrong, here is the link to the "Dobly" quote from This is Spinal Tap as painted in a mural at the Dolby Laboratories headquarters lobby.
So if Dolby thinks it's "Dobly" and their lawyers had to agree to the use of their trademark...
Check and Mate.
Their offices are really cool, while you're at it, check out the crazy audio labs in this link below.
A Tour of Dolby’s New San Francisco Headquarters
Actually, that's not true. The white album "The Beatles" embossed on it in the lower right quarter of the cover, and of course there is writing on the spine of the jacket. Mine had a stamped serial number on it in the 100,000 range. Evidently they stamped the first million albums. Here's a shot of #906,258. It's a little hard to see because it is white on white. Perhaps this is what inspired the Spinal Tap choice of black on black on black "Smell the Glove" of 1989.
Are you suggesting Spinal Tap was influenced by The Beatles? I hear a little Cups and Cakes and Gimme Some Money in a few songs recorded at Abbey Road. Coincidence? I'd ask Paul but I followed all the clues and I'm pretty sure he's dead. I can guess what Billy Shears would say. He'll say "Paul Is Live".
I found a photo of the entire wall from the Dolby HQ in San Francisco. Pretty cool but difficult to photograph.
I think this is a case where the safe, obvious choice also happens to be the right one. “But... this one goes to eleven”.
I listened to him and painted over my knob settings so my amp goes to eleven, too. It totally works! I turn it on, turn it up to ten... and then turn it up more to eleven! And eleven is louder than ten! Genius!
I listened to him and painted over my knob settings so my amp goes to eleven, too. It totally works! I turn it on, turn it up to ten... and then turn it up more to eleven! And eleven is louder than ten! Genius!
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YES!!! You scored a rare original cover! Collectible!
This is from the DVD commentary :
DSH: He (Marty Dibergi) was always asking if he could jam with us. He says “I play sax”
NT: It sounded like he was tuning a bobcat.
DSH: He (Marty Dibergi) was always asking if he could jam with us. He says “I play sax”
NT: It sounded like he was tuning a bobcat.
Not disagreeing with your post source. Fact 1, the YouTube clips are often labeled "Dubly". Fact 2, StudioCanal / Embassy Pictures obtained permission from Dolby Laboratories to use their name in the film in the context of "Dobly" as is written by the owner of the trademark Dolby. Even though I deny it, I know Nigel isn't real, hurts my heart to write that. But Dolby Labs is real and using their name directly or in context in a film requires permission and attorneys on both sides of that conversation had to agree on the specific terms of use. So the one half of "Nigel and Dolby Labs" that is actually real has it in writing in the form of a contract as "Dobly".
So let us agree that the one thing we can know for certain, although we are separated by kilometres and oceans, we share the common experience...
...That we are better humans and better bassists because of Derek Smalls. And absolutely better songwriters because of Spinal Tap. And 1 more thing, thanks to Tap, we know what to expect each and every time we gig!
It's one louder, innit?
