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

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.

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

me too!!

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).

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.

agreed that the therapist is completely loathsome

That therapist's sweater is great.

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_vRnPTTIZY
^^^how not to write a song

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_LAS16AEvw

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

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHdzKdZF2G4

Quite exciting, this computer magic!

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.

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

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

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.

http://www.mediaredefined.com/the-origins-of-spinal-tap-watc-918386556.html

never seen this before, for some reason it was not on the big expanded DVD reissue iirc...?

The version of Sex Farm there (near the end of part 2) swings harder than the proper version!

"allright, so Meathead Stivic is following around this heavy metal band fronted by Lenny from Laverne & Shirley..."

"Pass."

"But it's got a cameo from Mr. Bentley in it!"

David St. Hubbins: We say, "Love your brother." We don't say it really, but...
Nigel Tufnel: We don't literally say it.
David St. Hubbins: No, we don't say it.
Nigel Tufnel: We don't really, literally mean it.

The extended studio meltdown from the workprint that is on the Youtubes is exhausting but great.

Of interest:

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/tv-film/7548915/harry-shearer-files-125-million-spinal-tap-fraud-suit-copyright?utm_source=twitter

Derek: We were talking about a rock musical based on the life of Jack the
Ripper...
David: Yeah,'Saucy Jack.'
Derek: Right.'Saucy Jack.' Now's the time to do that.
David: "Saucy Jack, you're a naughty one, Saucy Jack, you're a haughty
one, Saucy Jack."
Derek: Right...
David: It's a freein' up, idnit?
Derek: Yeah.
David: It's all this free time it's suddenly time is so elastic....
Derek: It's a gift, it's a gift of freedom. You know.
David: I've always, I've always wanted to do a collection of my acoustic
numbers with, the London Philharmonic as you know.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=3xTK6tvepRM

The bonus DVD with the last reissue has practically a whole other movie of outtakes on it! And it's very good indeed!

Is there a fan edit or something of just the outtakes? Meaning not interspersed with the original film

The 2006 Special Edition double DVD has the outtakes on the second disk. But watch out cos there's a 25th Anniversary one without that.

https://youtu.be/zABnkDJ2yHw

Nigel explains Indonesian folk music

"No, but it’s....you’ve got to understand that like in the world of rock and roll there are certain changes that
sometimes occur, and you’ve just got to, sort of, roll with them, you know. I mean you read... you read... you
saw exactly how many people who’s been in this band over the years, 37 people’s been in this band over the
years. I mean it’s like, you know, six months from now, I can’t see myself missing Nigel more than I might
miss Ross McLochness, or Ronnie Pudding, or Danny Upham, or Little Danny Schindler, or any of those, you
know, it’s..."

"I can’t...I can’t believe it. I can’t believe that, you know, that, you’re lumping Nigel in with uh you know these
people you’ve played with for a short period of time..."

"Well, I’m sure I’d feel much worse if I weren’t under such heavy sedation, but still in all, I mean you’ve got to
be realistic about this sort of thing, you know...."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zABnkDJ2yHw

“This is one you haven’t heard. If it sounds familiar, it’s not.”

Let us bow our heads, in rock.

https://variety.com/2021/film/people-news/tony-hendra-dead-this-is-spinal-tap-1234923058/

Sad. He's one of my favorite parts of the movie. Did not know about the allegations against him by his daughter. That sucks.

May a cricket bat ever lay on his tombstone

;_;

The stuff with his daughter is really rotten.

He wrote a great book about comedy, Going Too Far, that is very much worth searching out.

"best leave it unsolved" still makes me laugh more than it should....doing yet another rewatch now.

had no idea that was Ed Begley Jr as the nerdy Thamesman drummer

Listen

SHHH

we love you

Here lies David St. Hubbins, and why not?

you're a haughty one, Saucy Jack

Here's the emotional centre of this film for me.

there's too much fucking perspective

Some interesting info was discussed here: Battle of the LA Session Musos: the Wrecking Crew vs. the LA Mafia

Barry Bostwick interviews Spinal Tap on SNL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-HOHzafV1E

“I can’t believe you’re treating the departure of Nigel like he was Stumpy Joe or Peter James Bond”

“Well I’m sure I might feel a little bit more if I wasn’t under such heavy sedation”

that's actually my favorite bit of dialogue in the movie

I do slightly not-love This is Spinal Tap now - but not because of flaws in the film itself, but because of what I will call extrafilmic concerns.

Like my 10 friends in high school whose "sense of humor" consisted entirely of quotes from Monty Python and/or Spinal Tap.

And like the 10,000 corny-ass muso dudes who cannot possibly resist an ST reference. In 30mumble years of music-making I have carefully avoided mentioning the property of sustain because I know there's going to be some goofball who is going to do the movie quote in a bad accent.

And lord help me if the discussion of the increments on amplifier knobs comes up because I swear to god imma kill the next mofo who says anything about eleven

Yes, I get it, you watched a VHS tape. Cool. Now can we please get back to rehearsing the fucking song

I don't mind excess Spinal Tap quoting as long as you veer beyond the two obvious ones.

whenever I've been in a really bad theatre production, and I realize I'm in a complete piece of shit that is going to tank, I often have turned to the person next to me in frustration and asked "Are we gonna do stonehenge tomorrow?"

Okay, Stonehenge references get a pass from me.

A Hawkwind biopic would not be far off from Spinal Tap.