{"id":2584,"date":"2010-02-25T19:00:53","date_gmt":"2010-02-26T00:00:53","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-02-25T19:13:34","modified_gmt":"2010-02-25T19:13:34","slug":"spinal-tap-targets-influences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/spinal-tap-targets-influences\/","title":{"rendered":"Spinal Tap Targets\/Influences"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"image_block\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/media\/blogs\/rth\/spinaltap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/media\/blogs\/rth\/spinaltap.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"256\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>While reviewing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/index.php\/most-disappointing-collaboration-ever#c38202\">that Kinks video from 1979<\/a>, I got to thinking that Spinal Tap keyboard player <strong>Viv Savage<\/strong> could have fit in easily with that version of the band. But who is the actual inspiration for Viv?  And who are the specific influeces for the Tap. Here\u2019s what I\u2019ve got so far:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeff Beck<\/strong> is the visual inspiration for <strong>Nigel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.doultonpriceguide.com\/assets\/images\/jugs\/RICK-PARFITT.JPG\" target=_blank>Rick Parfitt<\/a><\/strong> from <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/totp2\/features\/wallpaper\/images\/1024\/status_quo2.jpg\" target=_blank>Status Quo<\/a><\/strong> is the model for <strong>David St. Hubbins<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Stonehenge prop is apparently based on a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spinaltapfan.com\/articles\/stonehenge.html\" target=_blank><strong>Black Sabbath<\/strong> stage prop<\/a> that was so big that it wouldn\u2019t fit into some theaters that they were playing.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously bowing the guitar with a violin is an homage to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bobgruen.com\/files\/ledzep\/files\/R.214%20LED%20ZEP%20PAGE%20VIOLIN%20BOW.jpg\" target=_blank>Jimmy Page<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>And I\u2019ve seen a <strong>Def Leppard<\/strong> video in which the band members are shaking their satin-clad asses in the camera exactly like the Tap does during the live performance of &#8220;Big Bottom.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>What else am I missing?<\/em> The more specific the example, the better (eg, choking on vomit is too frequent an occurrence to be linked to one incident).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While reviewing that Kinks video from 1979, I got to thinking that Spinal Tap keyboard player Viv Savage could have fit in easily with that version of the band. But who is the actual inspiration for Viv? And who are the specific influeces for the Tap. Here\u2019s what I\u2019ve got so far: Jeff Beck is <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/spinal-tap-targets-influences\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[342],"tags":[34],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}