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Subject: Re: 65 bits!

Author: Matthew White

Date: 13:06:05 10/22/03

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On October 22, 2003 at 03:45:51, Andreas Guettinger wrote:

>On October 21, 2003 at 17:56:40, Matthew White wrote:
>
>>"NIGEL: ...the numbers all go to eleven. Look...right across the board.
>>
>>MARTY: Ahh...oh, I see....
>>
>>NIGEL: Eleven...eleven...eleven....
>>
>>MARTY: ...and most of these amps go up to ten....
>>
>>NIGEL: Exactly.
>>
>>MARTY: Does that mean it's...louder? Is it any louder?
>>
>>NIGEL: Well, it's one louder, isn't it? It's not ten. You see, most...most
>>blokes, you know, will be playing at ten. You're on ten here...all the way
>>up...all the way up....
>>
>>MARTY: Yeah....
>>
>>NIGEL: ...all the way up. You're on ten on your guitar...where can you go from
>>there? Where?
>>
>>MARTY: I don't know....
>>
>>NIGEL: Nowhere. Exactly. What we do is if we need that extra...push over the
>>cliff...you know what we do?
>>
>>MARTY: Put it up to eleven.
>>
>>NIGEL: Eleven. Exactly. One louder.
>>
>>MARTY: Why don't you just make ten louder and make ten be the top...
>>number...and make that a little louder?
>>
>>NIGEL: ...these go to eleven. "
>>
>>-- From "This is Spinal Tap"
>
>The name Spinal Tap rings a bell. Wasn't there a rock group with this name?
>
>Andy

Yes, it was a fictitious band created for the movie, which turned into a "real"
band.

Matt



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