Posted on 02/08/2017 8:57:23 AM PST by Olog-hai
Spinal Tap has reunited — this time in a Los Angeles court to challenge the French studio Vivendi S.A. for millions in profits from the mockumentary “This Is Spinal Tap.”
Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Rob Reiner on Tuesday joined a federal lawsuit filed last year by bandmate and Spinal Tap co-creator Harry Shearer.
Shearer, who also voices numerous characters on “The Simpsons,” sued Vivendi S.A. and its subsidiary StudioCanal in October alleging that the companies fraudulently withheld profits from the 1984 film. …
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You sound as though you know what you’re talking about.
Maybe the ‘talent’ gets so caught up in the excitement of winning, of (finally!) being a star, that they don’t pay attention to all the ‘boring’ minutia.
Can I raise a practical question at this point? Are we going to do “Stonehenge” tomorrow?
Boston is not really a college town.
This lawsuit goes to 11
I got into an argument years ago with a friend who insisted Spinal Tap was a real band.
Marshal has a small refrigerator for like a dorm or a man cave that looks like the Classic Marshall Amp, and yes its knobs go to 11.
I think it’s tied to acquisition and changing ownership. He probably has a fine contract 30 years ago, but that was originally with Embassy Pictures who got bought by CocaCola the next year then later bought by Dino DeLaurentis, and somewhere along the line Vivendi got a hold of the movie and they’re ran it through Studio Canal, and who the heck knows who owns the merch which is really where the money is at for this movie. Even a good money manager is going to have a hard time tracking all that.
The Spinal Tap members have produced several great “mockumentaries”, such as “Best in Show”, “A Mighty Wind”, and “Waiting for Guffman.”
They released 2 more albums and have done a couple of tours. So they’re kind of real.
Sure, all the Spinal Tap guitarists want their piece of the action, but as usual, nobody’s looking out for the drummers.
I wouldn’t mind hearing his opinion on the entertainment business, something he’s successful at, but when it comes to politics I’d rather hear my toilet flush.
Suing to recover unpaid royalties? Who says they’re not a “real” rock band?
No argument there, but again, the less said about the details the better.
The warm-up band was called 'Dove'.
The warm-up band turned out to be Devo in disguise.
Stop wasting my time
You know what I want
You know what I need
Or maybe you don’t
Do I have to come right flat out and tell you everything?
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I’m nobody’s fool
I’m nobody’s clown
I’m treating you cool
I’m putting you down
But baby I don’t intend to leave empty handed
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Oh yeah! Go Nigel, Go!
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Your face is okay
But your purse is too tight (Gimme some money, gimme some money)
I’m looking for pound notes, loose change, bad checks, anything
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You’d think the drummers’ families would get a piece of the action as well. Hmmm.
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