http://cogdogblog.com/alan/archives/2004/10/02/status_quo.php     I had a surrealistic moment in Walgreens. I was there to pick up a (legal) p;erscription. Walkign out, I noticed that the soothing background music was actually the pseudo 1960s Pictures of Matchstick Men by Status Quo which I always...     en-us     Fri, 07 Apr 2006 11:37:14 -0700     Movable Type v2.661     60 I had a surrealistic moment in Walgreens. I was there to pick up a (legal) p;erscription. Walkign out, I noticed that the soothing background music was actually the pseudo 1960s Pictures of Matchstick Men by Status Quo which I always... http://cogdogblog.com/alan/archives/2004/10/02/status_quo.php       Sat, 02 Oct 2004 14:08:06 -0700 <p>I'm surprised that you didn't mention that Status Quo are probably the closest real-life analogue for Spinal Tap (note the structural similarities of their names). </p> <p>"Pictures of Matchstick Men" was specifically spoofed by Tap's psychedelic classic "Listen to the Flower People". </p> <p><a href="http://www.theonionavclub.com/feature/index.php?issue=3630&f=1">http://www.theonionavclub.com/feature/index.php?issue=3630&f=1</a></p> <p>Status Quo even had amps that went to 11:</p> <p><a href="http://www.ram.org/music/articles/quointerview.html">http://www.ram.org/music/articles/quointerview.html</a></p> http://cogdogblog.com/alan/archives/2004/10/03/status_quo.php#1028 Sun, 03 Oct 2004 13:18:00 -0700