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 took as a trippy psychedelic song. No Muzak or cheap midi version, it was the full song,
It was creepy.
Then again, give a nod to the old rockers, they are still at the music in this video.
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).
“Pictures of Matchstick Men” was specifically spoofed by Tap’s psychedelic classic “Listen to the Flower People”.
http://www.theonionavclub.com/feature/index.php?issue=3630&f=1
Status Quo even had amps that went to 11:
http://www.ram.org/music/articles/quointerview.html