Is there anyone who doesn't love This is Spinal Tap?

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I saw it for what literally must have been the 100th time last night, and it was just as funny - in some cases, funnier - than the first time. I still laugh out loud. I also find that i doscover new things every time. For instnace, maybe this is a 'no-duh' to some of you, but i swear I never noticed that during "Big Bottom," they're ALL playing bass! If you factor in the totally unneccessary double neck bass Derek Smalls is playing, that's four basses!

So let this be a combo Spinal Tap Appreciation Thread / Is There Anyone You Know Who Doesn't Love This Is Spinal Tap Thread. Also, who's your favorite character? Mine is Ian Faith - so creepily and hilariously similar to every band manager I've ever known.

Go!

― Wednesday Already? Ah, Christ!, Wednesday, 16 November 2005 12:28 (7 years ago) Permalink

Like The Holy Grail, I really get tired of people quoting all the same lines all the time (especially in a horrible fake English accent.) But I still laugh at some of the more subtle lines that I continue to pick up. One of my favorites - after they meet Howard Hessman in the hotel lobby and start badmouthing him .. "We carried him. We had to apologize for him with our set. People were still booing him when we were on. It's all hype..."

― D.I.Y. U.N.K.L.E. (dave225.3), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 12:57 (7 years ago) Permalink

"THE FUCKING KETTLE'S ON FIRE"

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 13:01 (7 years ago) Permalink

"HE TREATS OBJECTS LIKE WOMEN, MAN"

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 13:01 (7 years ago) Permalink

The DVD commentary track (all three of them watching the film in hindsight in character and commenting) is like a whole new film.

Huge classic, obviously.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 13:28 (7 years ago) Permalink

anyone who doesn't like it should be taken out and shot. and then made to watch it again.

― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 13:38 (7 years ago) Permalink

Ah now I had got 'tired' of it, but heck the director's commentary sounds worth-it.

I have the VHS version though.

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 13:41 (7 years ago) Permalink

yeah, the dvd comments are awesome and somehow, "update" the fun ! (the ebay comments, the "he died"...).

― AleXTC (AleXTC), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 13:48 (7 years ago) Permalink

"He Died"? I get that from Dawn's parents!

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 13:50 (7 years ago) Permalink

The rumor is that Aerosmith doesn't like it since they didn't get the joke...

Though that has a rough odor of urban legend.

― Whiney G. Weingarten (whineyg), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 14:00 (7 years ago) Permalink

Ian Astbury and Blaze Bayley (temporary Bruce D. stand-in for Iron Maiden) have been quoted in interviews saying that hated Spinal Tap because it made metal 'a joke.' The ironing etc.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 14:04 (7 years ago) Permalink

anyone who doesn't like it should be taken out and shot.
The rumor is that Aerosmith doesn't like it since they didn't get the joke...

Movie or not, can we still take Aerosmith out back?

― D.I.Y. U.N.K.L.E. (dave225.3), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 14:05 (7 years ago) Permalink

Leonard Maltin only gives it 2 1/2 in his movie guide. :(

― Stew (stew s), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 14:22 (7 years ago) Permalink

I don't love it. Or I didn't love it the one time I saw it. Maybe I need to watch it 50 times to properly love it. I love The Rutles though.

― scott seward (scott seward), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 14:25 (7 years ago) Permalink

i do love guffman, mighty wind, and best in show though. and i can't wait for the new one:

Plot Outline: Three actors learn their respective performances in the film "Home for Purim," a drama set in the mid-1940s American South, are generating award-season buzz.

― scott seward (scott seward), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 14:32 (7 years ago) Permalink

i love it. i remember last thanksgiving or christmas when it was on ifc a bunch o times in a row when i was flipping through the channels and my whole family watching the metal detector scene and i couldn't stop laughing but everybody else was like "wtf?" so yea theres a little bit of getting the joke or something that comes with watching a movie excessively. but the songs are pretty good. my band covers gsm in rehearsals.

― jdchurchill (jdchurchill), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 15:45 (7 years ago) Permalink

Ah now I had got 'tired' of it, but heck the director's commentary sounds worth-it.

Not only that, there's another hour and a half "movie" made up of deleted scenes.

― Vic Funk, Wednesday, 16 November 2005 16:01 (7 years ago) Permalink

OTM, that DVD is great! Funy this thread starts up now, since I actually just finished a research paper on Stonehenge for my Art History class.

Spinal Tap is possibly my favorite movie (after Alien, of course). Its one of the few satirical treatments of metal that actually 'gets' the genre, and understands its place in the context of rock history. I love how the band is a perfect microcosm of all the most bloated aspects of rock trends from the British Invasion onwards. The film is really just a great satire of the rock and roll biz in general, and the human capacity for self-delusion in the face of failure. The songs are really convincingly well-done and hilarious, too.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 16:21 (7 years ago) Permalink

.. because all the things in the film "could" actually have happened.

There was supposed to be a 'hilarious' BJ scene that got cut or unfilmed, purely because it wouldn't have been included in a 'real' documentary.

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 16:24 (7 years ago) Permalink

OTM, the movie has a lot of little stuff like that. My favorite is after the manager Ian tells the band that their Boston show's been cancelled, then says it's nothing to worry about, "Boston's not a big college town."

Tony Hendra really does a great job playing the manager.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 16:29 (7 years ago) Permalink

The rumor is that Aerosmith doesn't like it since they didn't get the joke...

I think it was Kiss that didn't find it funny (or maybe both of them). Maiden's Bruce Dickinson's got a pretty good sense of humor, I'm surprised he didn't find it funny.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 16:32 (7 years ago) Permalink

Movie or not, can we still take Aerosmith out back?

Seconded.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 16:32 (7 years ago) Permalink

the great thing about this movie is that once you've seen it, EVERY "real" rockumentary seems like a joke (I remember thinking "that's spinal tape-esque" while watching documentaries on the stones, the beatles.. you name it..). they've nailed the whole genre in one single almost perfect film ! (talking about that film makes me want to see the dvd again... the intro only with the "star wars thing" would make it a classic !)

― AleXTC (AleXTC), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 16:33 (7 years ago) Permalink

Maiden's Bruce Dickinson's got a pretty good sense of humor, I'm surprised he didn't find it funny.

It wasn't Bruce, it was Blaze!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 16:36 (7 years ago) Permalink

Iron Maiden walked out of the London premiere, claiming it was 'disrespectful' to metal. Blaze wasn't in the band at the time.

Tap is to Guffman, Best in Show and A Mighty Wind as the Beatles are to Wings, Lennon and Harrison solo. And the new film will be Back Off Boogaloo in comparison. (not that that's bad)

It's one of the best movies ever made, ever.

― snotty moore, Wednesday, 16 November 2005 19:12 (7 years ago) Permalink

I can see Steve Harris getting uppity about it (Maiden being his band and all), but Bruce seems well aware of the ridiculousness of it all. Ah well, tough luck, Steve.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 19:16 (7 years ago) Permalink

Just the menu on the DVD had me in hysterics.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 19:18 (7 years ago) Permalink

Strikes me that Penelope Spheeris' completely outstanding (and why isn't it out on DVD?) "Decline of Western Civilization II: the Metal Years" was a helluva lot more "disrespectful" to metal -- and that was a legit documentary.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 19:18 (7 years ago) Permalink

Like The Holy Grail, I really get tired of people quoting all the same lines all the time (especially in a horrible fake English accent.)

Hugely OTM.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 19:24 (7 years ago) Permalink

I'm pretty sure some other metal acts have bitched about Spinal Tap, too. I think I remember Glenn Tipton and Kevin Dubrow both whining about it on separate occasions.

― darin (darin), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 20:06 (7 years ago) Permalink

wondering if anyone's seen this:

SPINAL TAP
($75.00) (1984) here's the rare 4 hours 45 minute version you've heard about! ...with all the scenes "not fit" for even the the new extended 'uncut' legitimate release - there's nudity! drugs! bad attitudes! plus lots more! 3 tapes; But please take note -- this is a 'bootleg' tape and the quality is not up to our usual standard there are visual dropouts some missing audio spots... we would recommend it for rabid SPINAL TAP fans only -- where else will you see this stuff? ; {the visual quality of this print is rated as B-/C

― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 22:13 (7 years ago) Permalink

Wow...I finally saw it earlier this year and thought it was...OK. Kind of a snoozer in places. Definitely sort of a dud on the overall as far as I was concerned.

― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 16 November 2005 22:25 (7 years ago) Permalink

Does anyone have the Criterion Collection DVD? It supposedly had a different commentary track.

― late adopter, Wednesday, 16 November 2005 22:36 (7 years ago) Permalink

I'm pretty sure some other metal acts have bitched about Spinal Tap, too. I think I remember Glenn Tipton and Kevin Dubrow both whining about it on separate occasions.

almost every metal musician i've seen interviewed about spinal tap has been quite positive; inevitably the conversation leads to them describing how this or that bit from spinal tap actually happened to them.

as for kevin dubrow whining about it ... what HASN'T kevin dubrow whined about?

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Thursday, 17 November 2005 00:24 (7 years ago) Permalink

Kevin DuBrow himself is an insult to metal.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 17 November 2005 00:25 (7 years ago) Permalink

haha the story I heard was that it was the Scorpions who walked out because they thought it was about them.

― Sundar (sundar), Thursday, 17 November 2005 03:17 (7 years ago) Permalink

There was a SPinal Tap feature in Mojo a few years ago, and Harry Shearer said he researched the role by going on tour with Accept (I think) He said that the bass player told him how it was important to write songs using the open notes on the strings, which enables the bassist to pump his fist in the air and play at the same time.

― Mike Dixn (Mike Dixon), Thursday, 17 November 2005 03:57 (7 years ago) Permalink

i believe it was Saxon that shearer went on the road with.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 17 November 2005 04:04 (7 years ago) Permalink

important to write songs using the open notes on the strings, which enables the bassist to pump his fist in the air and play at the same time.

I don't understand what's so funny about this? I used to do the same thing, but only so that I could drink more beer onstage.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Thursday, 17 November 2005 04:10 (7 years ago) Permalink

I don't love it. Or I didn't love it the one time I saw it. Maybe I need to watch it 50 times to properly love it. I love The Rutles though. i do love guffman, mighty wind, and best in show though. and i can't wait for the new one

That's completely insane.

Tap is to Guffman, Best in Show and A Mighty Wind as the Beatles are to Wings, Lennon and Harrison solo. And the new film will be Back Off Boogaloo in comparison.

Good anology. Guest's other movies are great, as is a lot of Wings and Lennon's and Harrison's solo stuff. But the Beatles are the best band I've ever heard and Spinal Tap is the funniest movie I've ever seen.

― Nigel (Nigel), Thursday, 17 November 2005 04:13 (7 years ago) Permalink

Even better than the urban legends of who did or didn't storm out of the cinema is Noel Gallagher's tale of Liam Gallagher, on seeing the band live last year, storming out shouting "NO! I'M NOT HAVING THAT!!" when, during The Folksmen's support set, Noel had to explain to him that it was the same guys and Spinal Tap weren't actually real...

― kit brash (kit brash), Thursday, 17 November 2005 04:44 (7 years ago) Permalink

I don't like it

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 17 November 2005 04:52 (7 years ago) Permalink

why not? damn, we had 41 straight posts of praise here! we're trying to make a serious run of unopposed adulation! at least give us a reason!

my fave moment: dancing dwarfs around the tiny stonehenge

fave subtle line: the argument about going on AFTER the puppet show

― sleeve (sleeve), Thursday, 17 November 2005 05:54 (7 years ago) Permalink

the bonus footage for Best in Show (my fave of the 3 more recent films) is amazing. Did you know the Christopher Guest character collects...Beach Balls?

speaking of...watch SNL in the 80s sunday night (no law and order!) and they showed a few moments of some classic clips from the season with Shearer and Guest, particularly the all-time classic synchronized swimming skit with Martin Short.

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/84/84aswimmers.phtml

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 17 November 2005 06:17 (7 years ago) Permalink

Oh, but there are so many great subtle jokes beyond the over-quoted ones (though I do have the impulse to slap anyone that says "these goes to 11")

Even the music itself makes me laugh - there's a great bit at the end of one of the songs where Nigel plays a souped-up Mozart guitar solo. Also when he's playing his piano "composition" and talking about how there are all these melodic lines interwoven when in fact he's just playing these really retarded-sounding blocky chords.

― Abbadabba Berman (Hurting), Thursday, 17 November 2005 07:02 (7 years ago) Permalink

"too much fucking perspective"

― barbershop raga (blunt), Thursday, 17 November 2005 07:33 (7 years ago) Permalink

This movie is 10X funnier in the "VH1: Behind the Music" Era.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 17 November 2005 08:34 (7 years ago) Permalink

Possibly my fave moment is the 2 second clip of Mick Shrimpton falling off his drumkit. Any longer than that, it wouldn't have been funny. Also, the gay room service guy making Mick spill his drugs. I think Mick is my favourite character actually.

― Matt #2 (Matt #2), Thursday, 17 November 2005 11:20 (7 years ago) Permalink

Possibly my fave moment is the 2 second clip of Mick Shrimpton falling off his drumkit.

With ya there, that's a perfect moment of editing.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 17 November 2005 13:08 (7 years ago) Permalink

There was once a review in Q magazine of a laserdisc version which sounded like it included all the extra scenes on the DVD, and had a lot more besides. There was mention of an all-girl support band who were linked to the fact that all of the Tap have coldsores around their lips at various points (hence "derek's out of circulation"). I'm sure there was way more stuff mentioned too, but I can't recall what. Has anyone seen this version of it? And does it overlap with the stuff on the amazing-sounding four hour plus version mentioned above?

― M Carty (mj_c), Thursday, 17 November 2005 13:19 (7 years ago) Permalink

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yep. wall-to-wall jokes

― Apollo C. Vermouth (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:03 (3 years ago) Permalink

I watched the three (four?) hour version once. It dragged a bit, but still very hilarious.

― Alex in SF, Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:10 (3 years ago) Permalink

jaymc i feel like if you haven't seen it until now you might be already fatigued of the jokes and style that have osmosized into pop culture.

― Michael tapeworm much talent for the future (s1ocki), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:11 (3 years ago) Permalink

just that style alone, so imitated, seemed like SUCH a comedic breakthru at the time

― Michael tapeworm much talent for the future (s1ocki), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:12 (3 years ago) Permalink

and by at the time i mean in like 1990 or whenever i discovered it

― Michael tapeworm much talent for the future (s1ocki), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:13 (3 years ago) Permalink

oh so now YOU discovered it

― enbba champions (omar little), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:14 (3 years ago) Permalink

Canada was wilderness then.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:15 (3 years ago) Permalink

s1ocki, I said I saw it in the late '90s sometime.

― sad-ass Gen Y fantasist (jaymc), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:16 (3 years ago) Permalink

the great jokes hit hard, but the last time i saw it i was surprised at how much of it kind of dragged. Nevertheless, it's still a great movie with a lot of memorable and hilarious gags.

If any of you who love this haven't seen "Some Kind of Monster", you really owe it to yourself to see it. You know that movie "Best of Show," the mockumentary about dog show obsessives? I always thought it would be so much funnier and disturbing if it were a real documentary instead of a scripted one. I guess that's how I see "Some Kind of Monster" compared with Spinal Tap.

― Mike Crandle, Financial Analyst, Bear Stearns, New York, NY 10185 (res), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:18 (3 years ago) Permalink

I liked Some Kind of Monster.

― sad-ass Gen Y fantasist (jaymc), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:19 (3 years ago) Permalink

yeah but there's no flashbacks in Some Kind of Monster. Some of the funniest shit in ST has to do with their career over time, the British Invasion hit, their psychedelic period, etc.

Some Kind of Monster is totally great tho agreed

― Apollo C. Vermouth (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:20 (3 years ago) Permalink

s1ocki, I said I saw it in the late '90s sometime.

― sad-ass Gen Y fantasist (jaymc), Wednesday, July 8, 2009 4:16 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

wait... what year is this?

― Michael tapeworm much talent for the future (s1ocki), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:21 (3 years ago) Permalink

some kind of monster is a whole different thing because they were a pretty successful band at the time

― Michael tapeworm much talent for the future (s1ocki), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:21 (3 years ago) Permalink

The Stonehenge thing will never fail to make me lose my shit.

― her performance (ie, her pubes) stood out for me (HI DERE), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:22 (3 years ago) Permalink

is 'some kind of monster' hilarious?

― enbba champions (omar little), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:22 (3 years ago) Permalink

anyway jaymc even at that point, it's a case of being so ripped off i'm not surprised you didn't find it funny. imo spinal tap is 100x better than anything else guest has ever done.

― Michael tapeworm much talent for the future (s1ocki), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:22 (3 years ago) Permalink

thing about ST is it just looked and felt so much like an actual doc, whereas guest's movies feel so half-assed in that sense

― Michael tapeworm much talent for the future (s1ocki), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:23 (3 years ago) Permalink

spinal tap seemed really selfless in its performances, a lot more natural. guest's flicks feel a lot more showoffy and theater troupe-ish or something.

― enbba champions (omar little), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:25 (3 years ago) Permalink

that's cuz one of them is about a theater troupe

― Michael tapeworm much talent for the future (s1ocki), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:26 (3 years ago) Permalink

thing about ST is it just looked and felt so much like an actual doc

That's definitely no accident: the other key behind-the-scenes decision besides the editing was the choice of cinematographer -- Peter Smokler, who was a camera operator for the Rolling Stones' Gimme Shelter and the American Family documentary series.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:27 (3 years ago) Permalink

I probably look this scene up every month or so. Just the shots of all the people cracking their necks and stroking their beards in the first minute gets me alone.

― Pleasant Plains, Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:27 (3 years ago) Permalink

xpost -- (Actually in checking that link he was also the camera operator on the first episode of the US version of The Office, which makes *perfect* sense.)

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:28 (3 years ago) Permalink

omar otm

― Apollo C. Vermouth (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:28 (3 years ago) Permalink

omartm

― Michael tapeworm much talent for the future (s1ocki), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:29 (3 years ago) Permalink

is 'some kind of monster' hilarious?

― enbba champions (omar little), Wednesday, July 8, 2009 8:22 PM (1 minute ago)

― Bo-rad Crewcial Overdrive (jjjusten), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:29 (3 years ago) Permalink

― her performance (ie, her pubes) stood out for me (HI DERE), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:30 (3 years ago) Permalink

That's definitely no accident: the other key behind-the-scenes decision besides the editing was the choice of cinematographer -- Peter Smokler, who was a camera operator for the Rolling Stones' Gimme Shelter and the American Family documentary series.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, July 8, 2009 4:27 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i didn't know that! but it makes soooo much sense

― Michael tapeworm much talent for the future (s1ocki), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:30 (3 years ago) Permalink

it is really really dull tho xposts

― Bo-rad Crewcial Overdrive (jjjusten), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:30 (3 years ago) Permalink

also i found some kind of monster super fascinating but not really... 'hilarious' in the spinal tap sense

― Michael tapeworm much talent for the future (s1ocki), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:30 (3 years ago) Permalink

i mean defly funny, but i didnt LOL the whole time or anything

― Michael tapeworm much talent for the future (s1ocki), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:30 (3 years ago) Permalink

after hearing so much about the metallica movie i was expecting to laugh myself silly over what bozos those guys are, but i found myself surprisingly sympathetic toward them! i was happy when they triumphed over the evil therapist.

― scott seward, Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:33 (3 years ago) Permalink

that makes it sound like an episode of Metalocalypse

― her performance (ie, her pubes) stood out for me (HI DERE), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:34 (3 years ago) Permalink

It IS an episode of Metalocalypse

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:34 (3 years ago) Permalink

that's what i figured, just wondering

― enbba champions (omar little), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:35 (3 years ago) Permalink

its mostly Lars' dad that brings the lolz. the rest of the time it got more of a head-shaking "I can't believe how stupid/deluded these guys are" reaction from me. I mean, that scene with Hetfield speeding down the highway within the first 10 minutes talking about how it makes him feel "free" makes it clear yr dealing with some serious lunkheads.

One time I was with some friends at a bar when Kirk Hammett walked in and one of my drunker/more obnoxious friends pointed him out and said "dude! it's Richie Sambora!" Hammett left in a huff.

― Apollo C. Vermouth (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:36 (3 years ago) Permalink

― scott seward, Wednesday, July 8, 2009 4:33 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

me too!!

― Michael tapeworm much talent for the future (s1ocki), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:37 (3 years ago) Permalink

yeah i think some kind of monster is a lot about what kind of mood you're in and how you feel towards fuckin tallica bro but ultimately i felt sympathy for them too--they're not intrinsically bad people at all but they've lived this totally weird life that has resulted in tons of baggage and unresolved shit.

also st. anger is terrible but partially redeemed by their utter sincerity when making it (at least as far as what's shown in the movie).

― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:40 (3 years ago) Permalink

based on the subject matter it's dealing with, i feel like if it were inviting you to laugh at them the whole time it would be pretty reprehensible.

― enbba champions (omar little), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:42 (3 years ago) Permalink

agreed that the therapist is completely loathsome

― Apollo C. Vermouth (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:42 (3 years ago) Permalink

That therapist's sweater is great.

― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:43 (3 years ago) Permalink

I saw Tap live in '92. It was really great. Also have the old yellow-orange shirt that the roadies are wearing in the film. I bought it off a guy's back on the street in the late 80s for $5 and the shirt I was wearing. Really really glad I did that.

― Nate Carson, Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:52 (3 years ago) Permalink

^^^how not to write a song

― Apollo C. Vermouth (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:54 (3 years ago) Permalink

My favorite deleted scene from Spinal Tap -- Nigel on Indonesian music:

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 8 July 2009 20:56 (3 years ago) Permalink

i found that part where hetfield goes to his daughter's dance recital kinda touching....like he's really trying

― thee michelle boob elephant (M@tt He1ges0n), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 21:04 (3 years ago) Permalink

Some Kind of Monster is funny to me. It's also touching and somewhat poignant. But some parts are so ridiculous that it's hard to believe it's not a mockumentary. Perhaps it is more subtle than Spinal Tap in the sense that the 'jokes' aren't always as obvious, but I'd say its no less funny-- and actually, I find myself going back to it now and then, which I never do with Spinal Tap.

― Mike Crandle, Financial Analyst, Bear Stearns, New York, NY 10185 (res), Saturday, 11 July 2009 19:35 (3 years ago) Permalink

3 years pass...

Quite exciting, this computer magic!

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 16:23 (8 months ago) Permalink

Btw on the Cornelius EUS tour video it starts with a montage of tour footage (mostly looking out the window of the bus, etc.) and you can hear audio from when they hear their old song on the radio ("I don't believe it!") and when they visit Elvis's grave ("Well since my baby left me"). Cornelius knows what is up.

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 16:26 (8 months ago) Permalink

I don't love This Is Spinal Tap. I liked the bit with Stonehenge and apart from that it's just okay.

― This Is... The Police (dog latin), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 16:26 (8 months ago) Permalink

You didn't laugh when they had 3 bass players on stage, one of them using a double-necked bass?

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 16:30 (8 months ago) Permalink

Some of these tunes are really good. Even if i rewatch the movie and know all the jokes and just aren't in the mood to think they are funny anymore, the songs still get me through this movie.

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 16:31 (8 months ago) Permalink

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