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The ostensibly fictitious hard-rock band Spinal Tap has been together, off and on, slightly longer than Katy Perry has been alive, and as of Friday, has released four studio albums and two feature films. Their latest album, \u201cThe End Continues,\u201d continues to do what they\u2019ve always done best: delightfully walk the fine line between clever and stupid. Its release coincides with the sequel film, \u201cSpinal Tap ll: The End Continues.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n When the mockumentary \u201cThis is Spinal Tap\u201d and the accompanying debut album were released in 1984, the idea of a band rocking into middle age still felt mildly ridiculous. Lead vocalist David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), lead guitarist Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) and bassist Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer) captured the majestic silliness of perpetual rock \u2019n\u2019 roll adolescence.<\/span><\/p>\n The act has endured through the decades because the core trio remains fiercely committed to the bit. McKean, Guest and Shearer\u2019s lyrics are still ridiculous, but plausibly so, and their musical craft and songwriting skills are legitimate. As Spinal Tap, their earnest belief in the everything-ness of rock \u2019n\u2019 roll is at times riotously funny but ultimately endearing.<\/span><\/p>\n With members now in their 70s and 80s, the band no longer goes quite all the way to 11, but the album rewards fans with crisp comedic writing, interesting collaborations with rock royalty, and surprisingly direct confrontation with mortality and the ravages of time.<\/span><\/p>\n The 13-track release revisits four favorites from the original album with a little help from their rock-legend friends. Elton John offers vocals on a straightforward remake of \u201cStonehenge.\u201d As a pioneer of outrageous rock pageantry, John is the right vehicle to take the song right over the top.<\/span><\/p>\n Paul McCartney fittingly takes the lead on the Beatles-inspired remake of \u201cCups and Cakes.\u201d His chuckle early in the song is a little gift to fans, harking back to a similar laugh on the Beatles\u2019 \u201cMaxwell\u2019s Silver Hammer.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Husband-wife duo Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood offer the album\u2019s biggest surprise with a raucous country reimagining of their 1984 track \u201cBig Bottom.\u201d Yearwood gamely serves as the butt of half a dozen cheekily offensive couplets. When Brooks calls out, \u201cTalkin\u2019 \u2019bout mud flaps,\u201d Yearwood gleefully responds, \u201cYeah, I got \u2019em.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Age and mortality figure prominently in the nine new songs with titles such as \u201cRockin\u2019 in the Urn.\u201d The Survivor-inspired synth-rock \u201cLet\u2019s Just Rock Again\u201d opens with the line, \u201cEven though we\u2019re old and gray \/ This feels like starting over.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.lmtribune.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The ostensibly fictitious hard-rock band Spinal Tap has been together, off and on, slightly longer than Katy Perry has been alive, and as of Friday, has released four studio albums and two feature films. 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