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 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHdzKdZF2G4
Quite exciting, this computer magic!
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 16:23 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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...?
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 19:29 (nine years ago) link
The version of Sex Farm there (near the end of part 2) swings harder than the proper version!
― everything, Wednesday, 14 January 2015 01:10 (nine years ago) link
"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!"
― pplains, Wednesday, 14 January 2015 01:59 (nine years ago) link
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.
― Peas Be Upon Ham (Tom D.), Wednesday, 14 January 2015 10:26 (nine years ago) link
The extended studio meltdown from the workprint that is on the Youtubes is exhausting but great.
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 14 January 2015 11:18 (nine years ago) link
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
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 18 October 2016 15:46 (seven years ago) link
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.
― June Pointer’s Valentine’s Day Secret Admirer Note Author (calstars), Saturday, 9 November 2019 14:05 (four years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=3xTK6tvepRM
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 9 November 2019 14:14 (four years ago) link
The bonus DVD with the last reissue has practically a whole other movie of outtakes on it! And it's very good indeed!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 9 November 2019 14:23 (four years ago) link
Is there a fan edit or something of just the outtakes? Meaning not interspersed with the original film
― June Pointer’s Valentine’s Day Secret Admirer Note Author (calstars), Saturday, 9 November 2019 14:53 (four years ago) link
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.
― Noel Scott Emits (Noel Emits), Saturday, 9 November 2019 15:24 (four years ago) link
https://youtu.be/zABnkDJ2yHwNigel explains Indonesian folk music
― calstars, Tuesday, 16 June 2020 00:42 (three years ago) link
"No, but it’s....you’ve got to understand that like in the world of rock and roll there are certain changes thatsometimes occur, and you’ve just got to, sort of, roll with them, you know. I mean you read... you read... yousaw exactly how many people who’s been in this band over the years, 37 people’s been in this band over theyears. I mean it’s like, you know, six months from now, I can’t see myself missing Nigel more than I mightmiss Ross McLochness, or Ronnie Pudding, or Danny Upham, or Little Danny Schindler, or any of those, youknow, 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 thesepeople 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 tobe realistic about this sort of thing, you know...."
― Red Nerussi (Neanderthal), Saturday, 27 February 2021 16:19 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zABnkDJ2yHw
― hiroyoshi tins in (Sgt. Biscuits), Saturday, 27 February 2021 17:01 (three years ago) link
“This is one you haven’t heard. If it sounds familiar, it’s not.”
― calstars, Saturday, 27 February 2021 17:09 (three years ago) link
Let us bow our heads, in rock.
https://variety.com/2021/film/people-news/tony-hendra-dead-this-is-spinal-tap-1234923058/
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 5 March 2021 21:59 (three years ago) link
Sad. He's one of my favorite parts of the movie. Did not know about the allegations against him by his daughter. That sucks.
― Paul Ponzi, Saturday, 6 March 2021 00:26 (three years ago) link
May a cricket bat ever lay on his tombstone
― calstars, Saturday, 6 March 2021 01:43 (three years ago) link
;_;
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 6 March 2021 04:08 (three years ago) link
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.
― incredible pant century (stevie), Sunday, 7 March 2021 08:14 (three years ago) link
"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
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Friday, 14 May 2021 03:41 (two years ago) link
Listen
SHHH
― they were written with a ouija board and a rhyming dictionary (Neanderthal), Friday, 14 January 2022 16:13 (two years ago) link
we love you
― peace, man, Friday, 14 January 2022 16:42 (two years ago) link
Here lies David St. Hubbins, and why not?
― jimbeaux, Friday, 14 January 2022 16:46 (two years ago) link
you're a haughty one, Saucy Jack
Here's the emotional centre of this film for me.
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 14 January 2022 16:54 (two years ago) link
there's too much fucking perspective
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 14 January 2022 16:54 (two years ago) link
Some interesting info was discussed here: Battle of the LA Session Musos: the Wrecking Crew vs. the LA Mafia
― Presenting the Fabulous Redettes Featuring James (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 14 January 2022 16:57 (two years ago) link
Barry Bostwick interviews Spinal Tap on SNL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-HOHzafV1E
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 14 January 2022 17:24 (two years ago) link
“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”
― calstars, Friday, 14 January 2022 18:01 (two years ago) link
that's actually my favorite bit of dialogue in the movie
― they were written with a ouija board and a rhyming dictionary (Neanderthal), Friday, 14 January 2022 18:02 (two years ago) link
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
― nonsensei (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 14 January 2022 18:08 (two years ago) link
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?"
― they were written with a ouija board and a rhyming dictionary (Neanderthal), Friday, 14 January 2022 18:11 (two years ago) link
Okay, Stonehenge references get a pass from me.
― nonsensei (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 14 January 2022 18:12 (two years ago) link
A Hawkwind biopic would not be far off from Spinal Tap.
― jimbeaux, Friday, 14 January 2022 18:16 (two years ago) link
an Anvil biopic already wasn't
― they were written with a ouija board and a rhyming dictionary (Neanderthal), Friday, 14 January 2022 18:20 (two years ago) link
otm
― Presenting the Fabulous Redettes Featuring James (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 14 January 2022 18:26 (two years ago) link
obviously very different musically but the documentary on the UK pop group Bros. was definitely the that got closest to that perfect dimwit grandiosity of Spinal Tap
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 14 January 2022 19:10 (two years ago) link
Fucking limmy.
― feed me with your clicks (Noel Emits), Friday, 14 January 2022 19:33 (two years ago) link
RIP Ric Parnell, aka Mick Shrimpton -- the drum solo bit in this remains a top five moment in this film for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0QdAbGym8A
And I still love his physical comedy in the back of the shot here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkE-S_WbUJE
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 1 May 2022 16:55 (one year ago) link
Anyone who worked in a record store in the 80s will instantly recognize the absolutely spot on performance of Paul Shaffer as Artie Fufkin.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Sunday, 1 May 2022 17:41 (one year ago) link
RIP Ric / MickShould I ask if he…spontaneously combusted into a little green globule on his drum seat?
― calstars, Sunday, 1 May 2022 19:04 (one year ago) link
Bizarre gardening accident
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Sunday, 1 May 2022 19:08 (one year ago) link
Things like that happen all the time. They’re just not widely reported
― calstars, Sunday, 1 May 2022 19:25 (one year ago) link
The authorities said best leave it unsolved.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Sunday, 1 May 2022 19:34 (one year ago) link