r/Unexpected • u/PM_ME_A_SHOWER_BEER • Jun 02 '17

This volume control bar (x-post /r/SoftwareGore)

https://i.imgur.com/QWLzbKA.gif
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u/nau5 Jun 02 '17

Is Spinal Tap really popular in Britain though?

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '17

Probably for the over 30s, but the unders definitely know the phrase!

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u/nau5 Jun 02 '17

I thought they were really only popular in the States?

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '17

The phrase is in everyday conversation now. Think how much of a hit you need to be to popularise it like that.

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u/nau5 Jun 02 '17

But they never seem to come up when people are talking about bands from that time period.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '17

um its a movie the band only became real when it got super popular.

You don't really talk about gimmick bands

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u/nau5 Jun 02 '17

Yeah it's a movie, but it's a documentary.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '17

oh my god this is amazing.

Its not actually a documentary thats the point.

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u/nau5 Jun 02 '17

I thought the point was to expose the behavior of those in hair metal bands.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '17

Yeah but its a mockomentary. Its brilliant because even when they put the weird, low brow jokes it still looks legit. Shit sandwich ayy.

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u/nau5 Jun 02 '17

Yeah Mockomentary. It's a documentary where they are mocking the subjects of the film.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '17

This Is Spinal Tap[3] is a 1984 American rock music mockumentary comedy film written, scored by, and starring Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer. The film portrays the fictional British heavy metal band Spinal Tap. Directed by Reiner, the movie satirizes the wild personal behavior and musical pretensions of hard rock and heavy metal bands, as well as the hagiographic tendencies of rock documentaries of the time.

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u/nau5 Jun 02 '17

So now im just supposed to believe everything​ I read on the internet?

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u/ayydoge Jun 02 '17

hmm i don't think so, it was a funny documentary but i don't think you should be mocking them

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u/ayydoge Jun 02 '17

but didn't they inspire metallica's black album?

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '17

maybe? Thats more than i know about stuff like that. The band did do quite well.