Shocked, shocked I tell you

[unixronin]

It's been five days since I posted this, and not one person has bit on the blatant Spinal Tap reference.  What's wrong with you people?  Get on the job!  :)

Comments

[bikergeek.livejournal.com]

Oh, the coffee maker that "goes to 11"? Some references are sufficiently obvious that one considers them part of the normal flow of conversation and doesn't really comment on them.

[databeast.livejournal.com]

heh, that's exactly what I came to post myself.

I think people who DONT get the reference are the anomaly now.

[bikergeek.livejournal.com]

I remember in the early 80s there were music stores selling musical-instrument knobs that were knock-offs of the ones found on Stratocasters, Les Pauls, etc., marked from 0-11 instead of 0-10. Wish I had availed myself of some.

[cipherpunk.livejournal.com]

Have you noticed that the amp in Guitar Hero goes to 11?

[bikergeek.livejournal.com]

Every time I think about buying a game console and a copy of Guitar Hero, I start thinking guilty thoughts about the fact that I own a real guitar I haven't picked up in many years.

[genuine-snark.livejournal.com]

Guitar Hero has even less to do with real guitar playing than Dance Dance Revolution does with dancing.

Still fun as hell.

If I were buying for a game, though, I'd target Rock Band. It's the better implementation (by the -original- GH and GH2 developers, who specialize in music games) and has much better social appeal.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Well, see, this is exactly why I expected SOMEONE would make some kind of counter-reference. :)

[databeast.livejournal.com]

smell the glove.. and my quality footwear.. You should envy us... I envy us.

[johnkzin.livejournal.com]

Me too. I saw it, chuckled, thought "nice spinal tap reference", and didn't have anything to add, so I didn't reply. :-}

(I'm replying now, cuz, you know, I recently did that "I'm not usually a comment whore" post, and so I'm aware that sometimes those "I don't have anything to add" posts are exactly the kinds of posts where the poster DOES want comments)