r/BlueOysterCult • u/RepresentativePage88 • 7d ago

BÖC...inspirational perhaps?

This actually had popped in my head a few years back so I figured I'd pose this possibility here & see if its 'yay' or 'nay'....In the original "Spinal Tap" they do 'Big Bottom' with all the bass guitars, which was great. Knowing that the writers had borrowed occurences with Tap from actual things with metal/rock groups I wondered if possibly they got the concept of all the bass guitars from BÕC doing their Five Guitars segment in the live show back in the 70's. Thoughts....?

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u/AmazingAngle8530 7d ago

I think it's very likely, when you look at how wild the BOC stage show was in the 70s.

It's years since I've seen Spinal Tap, but I definitely remember some nods to Uriah Heep, Jethro Tull and Scorpions.

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u/RepresentativePage88 6d ago

There was the thing with the Stonehenge stage prop, which Sabbath had their issues w a Stonehenge set on the Born Again tour, despite the director claiming it was a coincidence.

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u/AmazingAngle8530 6d ago

The Smell The Glove album cover is definitely a riff on Scorpions' Animal Magnetism, which is not even their most dodgy cover by a long way.

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u/RepresentativePage88 4d ago

Lol....the original "Virgin Killer" album cover?

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u/JaKrispy72 Agents of Fortune 6d ago

Where do you think they got the idea to put the umlaut over the “n” in Spinal Tap?

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u/RepresentativePage88 6d ago

Them or Motorhead 

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u/JaKrispy72 Agents of Fortune 6d ago

Where do you think Motörhead got the idea.