Simpsons: Spinal Tap concert vs Pink Floyd

[Ikke]

Hi everybody,

In "The Otto Show" episode, Bart & Milhouse attend a Spinal Tap concert.

During this concert, an inflatable devil was supposed to hover over the
band, but there's a problem;

"Spinal Tap: Well, it seems some silly twit did not get a big enough oxygen
tank, but that's supposed to be a devil. Filled up with air it's very evil
and impressive. We salute you, our half inflated Dark Lord!"

At this point in the show, all the audience members reply, and salute the
half inflated devil with "Floyd!".

Is this a reference to Pink Floyd, or is there a deeper meaning behind all
this?

Just wondering...

Ikke

[Jeßus]

In article <Xns9CCF25936...@69.16.176.253>, ik...@hier.be
said...
:
:Hi everybody,

Well, in the movie 'Spinal Tap', they have a lot of problems with the
stage props. I guess this was meant to be an extention of that theme.

[Ikke]

Je�us <no...@all.org> wrote in
news:MPG.2578d19a4...@news.x-privat.org:

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> Well, in the movie 'Spinal Tap', they have a lot of problems with the
> stage props. I guess this was meant to be an extention of that theme.

Thanks, but I was rather wondering why they replied with the word "Floyd",
not so much as to why the entire scene was there.

Is there a meaning behind the word "Floyd"?

Iron Maiden, for instance, have a mascott called "Eddie", so if they were
to salute him on stage, it's only logical the audience would reply "Eddie".
Something like that, perhaps?

Thanks,

Ikke

[lugnut]

It's just "Oi!" (or "oy!," if you believe the DVD subtitles, but I've
always seen it spelled with an I), not "Floyd."

I can't explain the exact meaning of "oi," though, as it's really not
a commonly-used phrase in America. Seems to be almost strictly an
English and Australian thing, shouted at soccer matches and whatnot.

-lugnut

[Ikke]

lug...@NOSPAMhotmail.com (lugnut) wrote in
news:4b0ea4cf...@news.netins.net:

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> It's just "Oi!" (or "oy!," if you believe the DVD subtitles, but I've
> always seen it spelled with an I), not "Floyd."

Aha! I didn't know the subtitles stated "oi!" - it sounded like "Floyd",
and on TV they also subtitled it with "Floyd"...

> I can't explain the exact meaning of "oi," though, as it's really not
> a commonly-used phrase in America. Seems to be almost strictly an
> English and Australian thing, shouted at soccer matches and whatnot.

Some friends of mine are Irish - "oi!" is just an expression to get
someone's attention after you're annoyed with something. Something similar
to "wait a minute!" (prior to correcting someone), or "watch it!" (as in
watch where you're going, after someone ran into you).

I seriously doubt the crowd would reply with "oi!", actually :)

I'll have to look up the episode again, I guess...

Thanks!

Ikke