[bomp] Re: Spinal Tap/A Mighty Wind

[NankerPhlg@xxxxxxx]

<<< But, hey, did anyone notice already that in the clip where it's supposed 
to be 1967 they're playing a 1980s drum kit? >>>

Funny you mention that, as just last night I was watching a borrowed copy of 
the DVD of 'A Mighty Wind,' and before watching the movie itself I sampled the 
extras. Said extras include a few complete versions of TV appearances we see 
only portions of in the film...And one, not used in the final film, is 
supposed to be a 1968 TV appearance of The Folksmen, having "updated" their 
sound/look, wearing longer hair and playing electric guitars (though Harry Shearer's 
character still plays an upright bass) and singing your typical late 1960s song 
about the youth of today that sounds like it was written by someone outside 
the circle...and it also sounds like a typical old-folkies try to catch up song. 
To that end, it's well-done...But the clip itself, adorned with large lava 
lamps (actually large lava lamp shaped things with colored balloons inside...you 
don't have to look too hard to see the strings) and "psychedelic" color 
changes and dissolves...doesn't look very convincing....whereas the 'Listen To The 
Flower People,' drumkit aside, I thought was very well done. I've seen that 
clip in its raw form, ie, complete and in videotape form rather than film, and 
it looks like it was actually shot on the type of 2 inch color videotape that 
existed in 1967, which adds to its more authentic look...of course, 1967 
videotape and equipment was probably a little easier to get a hold of in the early 
1980s than it was in 2002. ('Gimme Some Money' was also shot on color 
videotape, but was blackandwhitified and kinescoped for the film). The 1968 Folksmen 
clip looked like it was shot with today's technology...the end result looked 
like it could have been an episode of a current TV show where one of them has a 
dream he's in the 1960s in a band.

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