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* TruthInTelevision: The film has a lot of this, but one of the more mind-spinning examples has to do with Nigel's piano piece, "Lick My Love Pump". Although Nigel's claims to be influenced by "[[Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart Mozart]] and [[Music/JohannSebastianBach Bach]]" aren't really borne out by the piece itself (which doesn't sound much like either of them), Mozart did write a three-part canon called ''Leck mich im Arsch'' (Ger., "Lick me in the arse".)[[note]]Actually, Mozart might not have written the music, but he definitely wrote the text.[[/note]]

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* TruthInTelevision: The film has a lot of this, but one of the more mind-spinning examples has to do with Nigel's piano piece, "Lick My Love Pump". Although Nigel's claims to be influenced by "[[Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart Mozart]] and [[Music/JohannSebastianBach Bach]]" aren't really borne out by the piece itself (which doesn't sound much like either of them), [[note]] It sounds a bit like Chopin, which is amusing because Chopin veered between very puritanical, very squemish about sex, and some of the most ''appaling'' dirty jokes in existence! [[/note]]
Mozart did write a three-part canon called ''Leck mich im Arsch'' (Ger., "Lick me in the arse".)[[note]]Actually, Mozart might not have written the music, but he definitely wrote the text.[[/note]]
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* EpicFail: A truly humiliating attempt to harmonize on "Heartbreak Hotel" at Elvis's grave.

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* EpicFail: A truly humiliating attempt to harmonize on "Heartbreak Hotel" at Elvis's grave.grave, especially as they are in different keys.
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* EpicFail: A truly humiliating attempt to harmonize on "Heartbreak Hotel" at Elvis's grave.
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Also see ''Film/AMightyWind'', another music documentary which among features performances from various folk acts, including the Folksmen, who were frequently an opening act for Spın̈al Tap in the Eighties.[[note]]Ok, so the Folksmen are ''another'' FakeBand played by Guest, [=McKean=] and Shearer, and [[YouLookFamiliar the joke was that they would simply change costumes]].[[/note]]

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Also see ''Film/AMightyWind'', another music documentary which among features performances from various folk acts, including the Folksmen, who were frequently an opening act for Spın̈al Tap in the Eighties.[[note]]Ok, so the Folksmen are ''another'' FakeBand played by Guest, [=McKean=] and Shearer, and [[YouLookFamiliar the joke was that they would simply change costumes]].[[/note]]
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See also ''Film/AMightyWind'', another music documentary which among others features performances from the Folksmen, who were frequently an opening act for Spın̈al Tap in the Eighties.[[note]]Ok, so the Folksmen are ''another'' FakeBand played by Guest, [=McKean=] and Shearer, and [[YouLookFamiliar the joke was that they would simply change costumes]].[[/note]]

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See also Also see ''Film/AMightyWind'', another music documentary which among others features performances from various folk acts, including the Folksmen, who were frequently an opening act for Spın̈al Tap in the Eighties.[[note]]Ok, so the Folksmen are ''another'' FakeBand played by Guest, [=McKean=] and Shearer, and [[YouLookFamiliar the joke was that they would simply change costumes]].[[/note]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[DamnedByFaintPraise One of England's loudest bands]].[[note]]Left to right: Derek Smalls, David St. Hubbins and Nigel Tufnel.[[/note]]]]


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See also ''Film/AMightyWind'', another music documentary which among others features performances from the Folksmen, who were frequently an opening act for Spın̈al Tap in the Eighties.[[note]]Ok, so the Folksmen are ''another'' FakeBand played by Guest, [=McKean=] and Shearer, and [[YouLookFamiliar the joke was that they would simply change costumes]].[[/note]]
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This was removed as True Art Is Incomprehensible is in-universe only, however the examples given are all in-universe, the movie and its followups are works of fiction

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* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: The released cover of "Smell The Glove" gets played up as this in a scene. David doesn't buy it.[[invoked]]
** By the time of the 2000 DVD commentary, David had brought himself to agree that Ian's argument for the black cover 'looking like death' ("Death sells") was accurate.
** According to the DVDCommentary, Joe "Mama" Besser (the drummer who replaces Mick after he explodes on stage in Japan) left the band because he couldn't stand "this 4/4 shit".[[invoked]]
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* {{Narm}}[[invoked]]: In-universe with the Stonehenge scene. Jeanine even says that the audience broke down in laughter over it.

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* {{Narm}}[[invoked]]: In-universe {{Narm}}: {{Invoked}} in-universe with the Stonehenge scene. Jeanine even says that the audience broke down in laughter over it.
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* {{Narm}} [[invoked]]: In-universe with the Stonehenge scene. Jeanine even says that the audience broke down in laughter over it.

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* {{Narm}} [[invoked]]: {{Narm}}[[invoked]]: In-universe with the Stonehenge scene. Jeanine even says that the audience broke down in laughter over it.
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True Art Is Incomprehensible is now an in-universe trope as per TRS (clearing misuse)


* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: The released cover of "Smell The Glove" gets played up as this in a scene. David doesn't buy it.[[invoked]]
** By the time of the 2000 DVD commentary, David had brought himself to agree that Ian's argument for the black cover 'looking like death' ("Death sells") was accurate.
** According to the DVDCommentary, Joe "Mama" Besser (the drummer who replaces Mick after he explodes on stage in Japan) left the band because he couldn't stand "this 4/4 shit".[[invoked]]

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