I remember seeing “This is Spinal Tap” in the theatre. I loved it so much. On our way out I turned to my girlfriend and deadpanned, “They could have at least picked a better band to make a movie about”. The guy in front turned and stared at me. I think the guy in front of me thought I was being completely serious.

@swrennie

Жыл бұрын

Bravo, sir. ; )

@mikesilva3868

Жыл бұрын

Cool I saw this movie on DVD in 2009 from my library 😊

@Spacejockey426

Жыл бұрын

That . . . is brilliant! That is perfectly in line with the humor of this amazing film! I hope she laughed!

@ianjohns9398

Жыл бұрын

I see what you did there nice

@MrMatthiasSchneider

Жыл бұрын

Haha, well done.

If Siskel gave it 1 thumb and Ebert gave it 1 thumb and you put them together it would go to 11 thumbs.

@goopah

5 жыл бұрын

Mind blown. And if they had each given it TWO thumbs up, well, let's see...I was never good at higher math, but I think 11 is the highest recorded number in human history anyway, right next to infinity.

@stevejohnson1577

4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha

@chriscripplercruz1833

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds about right to me lol

@michaelminervini1908

4 жыл бұрын

I see what you did there. nice

@Cissy2cute

4 жыл бұрын

E X C E L L E N T---------------------------- 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼

"I'm lucky to work with two great visionarys in this band. David and Nigel are like fire and ice. I see my role as somewhere in the middle. Sort of like luke warm water..." - Derek Smalls.

@pronkb000

2 жыл бұрын

"So you're saying that when you play, you feel like a preserved moose onstage?"

@selectorken

2 жыл бұрын

@@pronkb000 I'd probably work with children.

@Revelwoodie

2 жыл бұрын

@@selectorken "It's such a fine line between stupid and clever."

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823

Жыл бұрын

@@Revelwoodie "if it looks stupid but it works, then it ain't stupid." The military

@BrianWilliams-ii9vi

10 ай бұрын

Funny funny funny,should have gotten an Oscar

I showed this movie to my girlfriend, back in 1987 or so. About half-way through, we paused it to get snacks. I asked her what she thought of it so far (as she hadn't been laughing a lot). She said, "well, it would be a lot funnier if it wasn't real." We only lasted another week or so............

@MrMatthiasSchneider

Жыл бұрын

I've made pretty much every GF I've ever had watch this movie with me. :-D

@azbluesdog

10 ай бұрын

In 1986 my brother and I were playing in a rock band. On an off night, we rented This is Spinal Tap on VHS and watched it with our respective girlfriends. The girls didn't get it at all. My brother and I were laughing so hard we had to pause the tape to breathe.

@DMONEY7720

10 ай бұрын

The real version is the story of Anvil, life unfortunately imitating art

The stonehenge prop sequence just about killed me when I saw it. The build up and delivery was sublime.

@brianmiller1077

4 жыл бұрын

My wife to be laughed so hard she fell off the couch and kept laughing

@1pcfred

4 жыл бұрын

@@brianmiller1077 twas funny that.

@MondoMiami

10 ай бұрын

@@brianmiller1077Yeah, that never happened.

It's crazy how underrated Rob Reiner is as a Filmmaker. This film, Princess Bride, Stand by Me, When Harry Met Sally, Misery, A Few Good Men. Dude was on quite a hot streak from this film til A Few Good Men. Also, i really miss Siskel & Ebert.

@spencerhensley5495

Жыл бұрын

If only he hadn’t of made North he would still be one of our very best filmmakers. Fortunately everything he did from 1984-92 was great.

Жыл бұрын

@@spencerhensley5495 "of made"? Seriously? Go back to school.

@hughbetcha436

11 ай бұрын

Too bad he's such a hard left nutcase in real life!

@dlh7989

10 ай бұрын

​​@@spencerhensley5495ven after North he made The American President, and Ghosts of Mississippi I've heard is decent. It's really since the 90s that he's become a forgettable to bad filmmaker. I mostly think of his classic run through the 80s and 90s as movies that had some of the greatest screenplays ever most of all, but he certainly did justice to them.

@jeffgill420

10 ай бұрын

He's still a MEATHEAD

It's such a fine line between stupid and clever.

@robertwilson973

5 жыл бұрын

I've used thst line several times in real life since

@TheLocutus70

4 жыл бұрын

Movies like this...I always say they're so stupid that they're funny.

@thesprawl2361

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheLocutus70 I always say stuff like This Is Spinal Tap and The Simpsons is stupid humour written by very clever people, and that's not a criticism.

@thesprawl2361

4 жыл бұрын

@Lloyd Bonafide I think it's safe to say you're in a very, very small minority.

@thesprawl2361

4 жыл бұрын

@Lloyd Bonafide What is it you have against Spinal Tap? Widely regarded as one of the greatest comedies of all time? Did they cut your lines from the movie or something?

The scene where the band is attempting to harmonize over Elvis's grave with one of his songs is hilarious.

@a2ndopynyn

2 жыл бұрын

"Same key I think..." 🤣

@DanielHBuchmann

2 жыл бұрын

"Sounds fucking barbershop raga", lol.

@pfos

Жыл бұрын

Nigel Tufnel: It really puts perspective on things though, doesn't it? David St. Hubbins: But too much! There's too much FAHkeen perspective now.

@dvhughesdesign

9 ай бұрын

Since my baby left me... ............ left me.

I've done my time in bands, and this film is so real it hurts.

@aquamarine99911

4 жыл бұрын

Decades ago I read about an English dinner party which had Sting and Sinead O'Connor,and they were repeating the lines to each other and shrieking with laughter. That's what's so great about ST, the more you know about music, the funnier it is. Ever since, I can't stand watching music-themed films where the actors are clearly just miming the playing of their instruments. Harry really was playing (or knew how to play) that bass solo while stuck in the pod.

@MrUndersolo

4 жыл бұрын

I completely understand the rock stars who watched this and thought it was a straight documentary.

@indagdnm

4 жыл бұрын

I’ve been a musician all my life and this movie gets more real with each passing year.

@hulkjelly6876

4 жыл бұрын

Played for 26 years. Very accurate.

@anthonydavis9662

4 жыл бұрын

@Lloyd Bonafide Still bitter that you got passed over, huh, Phil? Go whack off to a Lita Ford album cover and relieve some of that dad-stress.

My favorite comedy of all time. I give it an 11.

"This is Spinal Tap" is one of the most brilliant movies ever made.

@athletic-dashole8648

5 жыл бұрын

Uncle George, let's not get crazy....

@JordanPardes

5 жыл бұрын

Athletic - Dashole he's right though

@MrRoundwound

4 жыл бұрын

No. It is the most brilliant

@daves4645

4 жыл бұрын

@Lloyd Bonafide Yeah, he plays multiple characters on his radio show. That's real hard to get.

@dimbulb1178

4 жыл бұрын

A real documentary of Maroon Five would probably be funnier, albeit unintentionally.

I remember seeing "This Is Spinal Tap" in the theater. On our way out, I heard a guy behind me say "They could have at least picked a better band to make a movie about". Turned around and looked at him. I believe he was being completely serious. It had apparently escaped him that this was satire.

@aquamarine99911

2 жыл бұрын

lol, you hear these stories. But I thought as a band. they actually were pretty good. Sex Farm, Stonehenge, Jazz Odyssey ... they weren't bad songs. Sure they were parodies of a lot of 70s music, but the movie wouldn't have worked if they were BAD bad. I guess it just proves that there's a fine line between ... oops someone says it just below.

@djjukeboxhero6491

2 жыл бұрын

Either that or he was the best troll on the planet.

@starfishsystems

2 жыл бұрын

And these people vote in federal elections.

@highdownmartin

2 жыл бұрын

When Noel and Liam Gallagher saw a stage show of spinal tap the opening band was the clansmen(?) the folk rock pastiche group that shearer et al do in another film. Allegedly Liam growled at Noel, who are these fucking muppets? He had no idea that tap were the alter egos of the group currently on stage.

@aquamarine99911

2 жыл бұрын

@@highdownmartin So Liam's an idiot? Shocker!

What amazes me about "Spinal Tap" is how they actually made TWO movies worth of scenes and jokes. When you watch the DVD with the bonus disc, you discover that the 'deleted scenes' from the film are so extensive that it's like watching a WHOLE NEW "Spinal Tap" movie that was filmed at the same time but that you never even knew existed. These scenes go on for as long as the feature length film and are just as funny!

@atlasking6110

5 жыл бұрын

ita...the bonus material is a whole 'nother movie and just as funny!

@campbellmanderson943

5 жыл бұрын

I'd love to edit the film with the unused footage.

@cliffordshafran9250

5 жыл бұрын

Has anyone made an extended version with both the original and bonus material? Strange that there's so much cutting room material, given the movie's running time of only 85 minutes. Such a brilliant and funny mockumentary!

@markblum5059

5 жыл бұрын

@@campbellmanderson943 There is a bootleg called This is Spinal Tap The 4 1/2 Workprint. It is hard to find but it turns up every now and then on ebay or other second-hand sites. It is worth having. apersonofinterest.wordpress.com/2015/10/09/this-is-spinal-tap-mark-2-the-elusive-4-5-hour-workprint/

@montag4516

5 жыл бұрын

The DVD also has an additional in-charachter audio commentary track. Runs for the entire length of the film and is equally funny.

Man, I never wanted to live in a world without Siskel & Ebert. I didn't always agree with them, but dang, I sure miss them now!

@TXSugarMagnolia

7 жыл бұрын

But, God, I love this movie for a MILLION reasons. Or at least eleven...

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823

7 жыл бұрын

TXSugarMagnolia have you seen the Sun-Times? It's ALL ads! There weren't any interesting articles or reviews like there used to be.

@TheRealLaughingGravy

6 жыл бұрын

@Michelle M - Yes, the Sun-Times is an embarrassment now. After the Daily News closed, it was the best paper in the city, now it's like the Penny Shopper.

@MattMcIrvin

3 жыл бұрын

Fuck cancer. It got them both.

@paulcooper8818

3 жыл бұрын

I liked them best when on PBS, Thursdays at 8 PM, then I could plan which movies to go see on the weekend. When they switched to syndication, the air day-time moved around so much it was hard to find and sometimes wouldn't air until late on Sunday, which made it less useful.

Watched the movie 2 weeks ago. Totally stands up as one of the very best.

The true test of Spinal Tap is that you watch it today and it’s still relevant, still funny, and still as fresh, unique, and entertaining as it was when it first came out. Total masterpiece.

@anonUK

5 ай бұрын

To be fair, though, most of the people it's parodying are now dead, or near as dammit.

"There's a fine line between clever and stupid." This was one liner heaven between us drunken band mates. It never gets old.

@VIDS2013

10 ай бұрын

My friends & I have been using that since the movie came out. 😄

I saw this movie in the theatre and when they dropped the 12 inch Stonehenge on stage I burst out laughing uncontrollably. My favorite part.

@jc4evur661

2 жыл бұрын

I loved the amp that went to 11

@skinovtheperineum1208

2 жыл бұрын

That and when the fan asked later if they were going to do Stonehenge again. - P.S. it was 18 inches.

@jc4evur661

2 жыл бұрын

@@skinovtheperineum1208 18" and not 18'

@skinovtheperineum1208

2 жыл бұрын

@@jc4evur661 - You got on here to say 18 inches using another method of expression? ok

@jc4evur661

2 жыл бұрын

@@skinovtheperineum1208 Spinal Taps agent (I believe he was) wanted an 18 foot (18') Stonehenge...but accidently wrote it on the napkin as 18 inches (18") which is the size the artist made it....it was hilarious like you said

I am a live sound engineer. I spent the first 25 years of my career on the road with bands. I think for people in the touring industry, this movie has so many hilarious hidden gems. Its genius.

"Our first drummer died after choking on vomit... Not his own,someone elses"

@seanmulloy854

4 жыл бұрын

They decided it one of those crimes, better left...unsolved.

@worstxb1playertylerteehc635

4 жыл бұрын

Well we don't know who's Vomit.

@jamesconroy7030

4 жыл бұрын

YOU ARE WRONG!!!! John “Stumpy” Pepys was the first Spinal Tap Drummer. who died in a bizarre gardening accident.

@jamesconroy7030

4 жыл бұрын

@@djavidianmx1832 Especially, since the first drummer John “Stumpy” Pepys died in a bizarre gardening accident. It was the second drummer who choked on vomit.

@jeffclement2979

4 жыл бұрын

@@jamesconroy7030 Ok! I was wrong! About something that NEVER HAPPENED in tbe first place Sorry didn't mean to shout

As a musician, this film nailed the whole "a day in the life" of a rock band. "PUPPET SHOW & Spinal Tap"

@pfos

Жыл бұрын

Oh no. If I told them once, I told them a hundred times; to put Spinal Tap first and Puppet Show last.

@stevenr5149

Жыл бұрын

Not the real live metal bands I follow. Nothing like them.

@drbkap3

9 ай бұрын

My ex husband was a roadie for blue oyster cult. For one tour they actually had a t shirt with a marquee that said PUPPET SHOW/blue oyster cult. It was hilarious.

@goodtunes2

9 ай бұрын

I bought that shirt! @@drbkap3

For anyone who have worked (especially on the road) in the rock business, this is the most accurate documentary ever made.

"I woudn't worry about it. Boston's not a big college town." Ian Faith

@atlasking6110

5 жыл бұрын

They're becoming more...selective in their appeal.

@coccinelle80

5 жыл бұрын

Gko Gko 🤣🤣🤣of course it’s not. There’s no Harvard, Boston U, MIT, etc.

@leegsy

5 жыл бұрын

Oh, hi, Liam? It's Ian. Right, Ian, how you doing?

@Ericwvb2

5 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite lines in the film. Quick, name a US city that's MORE of a college town than Boston ha ha ha.

@happydayz7857

5 жыл бұрын

Eric van Bezooijen even more impressive is the fact this movie was ad lib

"How much more black can it get? The answer is none, none more black. "

@StasisDreams

5 жыл бұрын

Metallica ripped off their album cover, lol.

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823

5 жыл бұрын

JB Metallica was CLEARLY the inspiration for ST. Proof: "Some kind of Monster." Funniest thing I ever saw.

@doctorfeelfunny584

5 жыл бұрын

Spinal Top was created in 1979. Metallica's first album was released in 1983.

@toms4442

5 жыл бұрын

@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 millennials!

@MB-ln9nv

5 жыл бұрын

Death sells!

Six years _earlier,_ the mockumentary The Rutless by Eric Idle was released. A great inspiration for Spinal Tap, without doubt.

@KOSMICKEN09

2 жыл бұрын

Rutles - what is Rutless 😂

@jerryballard371

Жыл бұрын

Todd Rundgren did the album Deface The Music which was a straight out Beatles tribute band. Could easily be mistaken for lost Beatles tapes. kzread.info/dash/bejne/g6uZ2pV_f8KwiKQ.html

@waynemarvin5661

Жыл бұрын

@@KOSMICKEN09 Having no rut, obviously. Uh, I think the kid was trying to write "Rutles", but he didn't have anyone to spell it for him. He should be pitied, not made fun of. The same goes for Matthew, with his "Ruttles".

This is one of my favorite movies of all time. It never gets old.

"You should have seen what they wanted her to smell. It wasn't a glove believe me.."

@Nightdare

3 жыл бұрын

"What's wrong with being sexy?"

@pronkb000

3 жыл бұрын

@@Nightdare "IST. Ist."

"We'd love to sit around and chat, but we gotta sit down in the lobby and wait for the limo."

@jeffclement2979

4 жыл бұрын

lossratioband my absolute favorite line delivered by Howard Hesseman

@jamestepera3356

4 жыл бұрын

Duke Fame......great name for a Rocker!

I seem to remember reading somewhere about Ronnie James Dio praising this movie for actually being accurate about what life on tour for a real band is like. "Everyone has been lost in the tunnels under the stage at least one time..."

@randyhutchinson9910

5 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha, I remember that !!!

@pronkb000

4 жыл бұрын

That scene was apparently inspired by a video of Tom Petty walking through a door expecting the stage and finding himself in an indoor tennis court.

@thedativecase9733

2 жыл бұрын

I actually used this gag when I was in a group of patients being led through the corridors of a gloomy NHS hospital: "Wooo Rock n Roll!!". Everyone got the joke. That's how famous this film is.

@kkpenney444

2 жыл бұрын

I have never laughed at a movie scene more than that one. Still kills me.

@monty4336

2 жыл бұрын

The getting lost backstage scene actually happened to KISS at a concert where the elevator took them to the wrong floor. 😆

The airport security scene with the foil wrapped cucumber down the bass players pants was pure gold!

@djrychlak4443

9 ай бұрын

We laugh because it's true. Who hasn't been down that road before? At an airport. With pickle wrapped in foil...

I just realized Ed Bagely was the drummer behind Michael McKean in that 60s clip. Both are in Better Call Saul.

@thesprawl2361

4 жыл бұрын

'Ed Bagely' - as in 'Ed Like-a-bagel'

@co2metal

4 жыл бұрын

@@thesprawl2361 Oh look at you, The Sprawl. Jumped right on that bagel thing you casual master of wit.

@thesprawl2361

4 жыл бұрын

@@co2metal Thanks chum. I'm going to take that as a compliment solely to annoy you.

@co2metal

4 жыл бұрын

@@thesprawl2361 That won't be enough to annoy me, The Sprawl.

@thesprawl2361

4 жыл бұрын

@@co2metal Then I'm just going to take it as a compliment.

3:08 I don't know why I laugh hysterically every time I see Ed Begley, Jr. grin into the camera in that scene.

@daughterofolaf

5 жыл бұрын

cepson He looks so happy and we know he winds up DEED! It’s sad and hilarious.

@zosothezephead837

Жыл бұрын

He reminds me of the "twisted old fruit" hotel receptionist.

@MrMatthiasSchneider

Жыл бұрын

And that little inadvertent shoulder shrug at the end...

@somebodyelse714

2 ай бұрын

@@zosothezephead837 he was just as God made him

We've got Armadillos in our trousers. It's really quite frightening.

The authorities said it was one of those things that was better left unsolved...

@geekrockrats

9 жыл бұрын

A bizarre gardening accident

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823

7 жыл бұрын

geekrockrats how bizarre was it that legendary drummer Jeff Porcaro dies in 1990, 6 years AFTER this came out, on his lawn, rumored to be "a gardening accident." Not the drugs. No sir. A favorite drummer. I figure he would have loved this movie.

@Antonicane

5 жыл бұрын

The official ruling was that he choked 'on vomit'. It wasn't actually his vomit, it was somebody else's.

@FanboyFilms

5 жыл бұрын

You can't really dust for vomit.

this was a simpler time....no rotten tomatoes yet no internet... this was always a show we watched. Loved these guys.

@freddylopez5889

4 жыл бұрын

Please, go watch Half in the Bag, those guys are like modern Roger and Gene.

@anonb4632

4 жыл бұрын

The internet was around then, just for a few academics and military men.

To anyone who's played in a rock band "This Is Spinal Tap" is comedy gold. Right up there with Monty Python or the best of Mel Brooks.

@frankphillips6001

5 жыл бұрын

While the movie is absolute gold, a good number of professional musicians didn't find the movie funny at all because it hit far to close to home. Stars ranging from Sing to Dio felt the movie was far too real to be funny.

@barnabyaprobert5159

5 жыл бұрын

@@frankphillips6001 I didn't know that. Thanks for the insight!

@sweet60

4 жыл бұрын

Or it's "sea of retarded sexuality".

@mikegike7273

4 жыл бұрын

100% true. Espicially on the shit thats going on in todays world. On really bad days, I need to pull out my dvd's and watch one of these movies.

@monty4336

2 жыл бұрын

Eddie Van Halen said he thought the movie was more realistic than comedy.

In a recent interview I learned this movie was ad lib, with the exception of the band’s history. I can’t believe that much brilliance came out of improv.

@keyman6689

5 жыл бұрын

They had to develop each of their character's history, and that of the band, so that their improv would make sense

@AV57

5 жыл бұрын

I mean, could you imagine actually reading a script like this? This kind of stuff only comes from multiple people trying to one-up each other on the spot.

@magistrumartium

4 жыл бұрын

They're all naturally brilliant performers

@brianmiller1077

4 жыл бұрын

You can almost see Guest and McKean break character during the "shark Sandwich" review.

@richardtheconquerer

4 жыл бұрын

@@brianmiller1077 "*chuckles* they didn't print that"

Siskel & Ebert didn't talk at all here about how almost every moment of the film is improvised (around an outline). Genius level work here.

In the 90's during my teens I made my dad tape Siskel & Ebert on Sunday nights as it would come on at 12 midnight. I was the highlight of my monday morning breakfast watching 30 minutes of their reviews before school.

I first learned of this film from my grandmother back when I was a little kid. I remember her recounting the scene with Derek trapped in the pod. This is comedy that goes to an 11!

The scene where he starts playing experimental free-form jazz on his bass to save that daylight rodeo show is probably one of my top ten movie moments.

@omnipop4936

2 жыл бұрын

A free-form jazz... exploration.😂

@halweiss8671

2 жыл бұрын

My favorite was the scene where you expect him to use the violin bow on the guitar, but instead uses the violin.

@edwardofgreene

2 жыл бұрын

“On the bass, Derek Smalls. He wrote this.”

@AO-bl7cc

Жыл бұрын

Love the little sound effects that can be heard in that scene. Like the amp hiss and what sounds like an instrument that got accident unplugged

@ggsilik

Жыл бұрын

@@halweiss8671 And then he tightens the string on the violin 😂

the first time i watched it, the audience laughed so much that I had to see it again the next night….

The DVD version has an additional commentary audio track that's almost equally as funny because the actor's remain in charachter throughout.

@jamesanthony8438

4 жыл бұрын

I know. It's actually my favorite part of the DVD. =)

@AD-df5tm

4 жыл бұрын

That's the thing I miss most now that streaming is big. Commentary tracks were sometimes hidden gems. The spinal tap one is a good example. The anchorman commentary is another (there are all kinds of people who have nothing to do with the movie on it). The Armageddon ones where Ben Affleck trashes there movie and pisses off Micheal Bay is another haha.

@customsongmaker

Жыл бұрын

"That movie was such a hit piece. We've heard that people saw the film, and they actually laughed!"

When we first saw the add on TV, it said Spinal Tap was a movie for people who had a sense of humor about rock music. One of our pals said to me and my brother, "Well, I guess it's not for you two then." But when we all saw it together, we all laughed our heads off, except the guy who said that. He hardly laughed at all. I was not really surprised by this. Know why? Because his favorite band was Kiss.

@BlackMetalWorld

10 жыл бұрын

Well I find this movie funny and all but my favorite genre is black metal and man in it's early days the genre went beyond spinal tap.

@fromthedoor

10 жыл бұрын

Kiss is the worst

@thohangst

8 жыл бұрын

+fromthedoor Yes. Yes they are. Oy, talk about non-music.

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823

7 жыл бұрын

thohangst worst example is "Beth." THERE goes a band that SHOULD NOT be allowed to do ballads. Not even a power ballad, if memory serves. I give Detroit Rock City a pass, tho...

@misterwishart

6 жыл бұрын

I watched Spinal Tap right after watching "Live in Pompeii" by Pink Floyd; really hard to take the latter seriously now

This the the way I want to remember Siskel and Elbert. Vibrant and full of life. I used to watch them before they became famous with the “thumbs up/ down thing. They were shown on PBS and they based their recommendations on “yes” or “no.” Now they’re gone.

"These go to ELEVEN"...classic!!

@stevehumphrey667

9 жыл бұрын

Wasn't the question like, "Why didn't they just make 10 louder?" Moment of confusion and silence then...

@traysutherland8491

8 жыл бұрын

+s Humphrey Well, they go to eleven, so that's (pause to think) one louder

@stevehumphrey667

8 жыл бұрын

Trayton Sutherland Awesome, I'm cracking up right now! That movie is awesome. That unscripted and ad libbed stuff isn't always great but it's the one thing that really makes lose it as I enter middle age.

@supafuckinmingster

6 жыл бұрын

Probably the greatest comedy scene ever IMHO.

@JustWasted3HoursHere

5 жыл бұрын

Yep! Enjoy: kzread.info/dash/bejne/p4GHuJaIpMjXcqg.html

Few movies have left us with as many immortal quotes as this one. 33 years later, I still say "goes to 11" at least once a week.

@jlaakso1706

10 ай бұрын

The fact we hear about something that "goes to 11" so many times over the year about other things I think is testament to the impact the film has had. The band should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Really one of the greatest comedies, if not movies of all time. It's one of those movies that I've seen dozens of times, and it never (because it can't) gets old. Every rock musician can relate to the antics and mishaps that torture this band. This movie was years ahead of it's time. Brilliant.

Best thing was those songs were played by the band. And one of them was used unironically in Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead.

@jacktorrance2633

2 жыл бұрын

The soundtrack is great!

You can’t dust for vomit👌

Speaking as a lifelong fan of hard rock music, this movie was brilliant. Hell their music was much better than a lot of the utter crap that came later.

What a blast from the past! I used to love watching Siskel & Ebert (RIP) as a kid.

@harshkumarsingh4912

7 жыл бұрын

This Is Spinal Tap movie here => twitter.com/3895325dde0fc845c/status/822791310893404165

The shit eating grin on Christopher Guest's face when he's joining in on the chorus of Gimme Some Money is worth the price of admission alone.

@andrewdiamond2697

3 жыл бұрын

Paul McCartney also wore the shit-eating grin at that time in history.

Listening to S&E talk about what a brilliant premise a comedic mock documentary is is mind-blowing.

I miss these guys, Siskel and Ebert were a have to watch.

Whenever I start thinking or hear about some kind of art. Intravenous De Milo always comes to mind.

"Why do they call them little people? It's so belittling."

The most brilliant mockumentary ever. If you grew up during the 70s, YOU GOT IT. Love the flick. Oh and much of the dialog was ad-libbed through the film. Turn it up to...11.

@ms.lisamurphy269

4 жыл бұрын

kelli blue Kelli - I agree wholeheartedly. Problem for me? My friends and I went to see the movie - and well - we were teenagers who just DID NOT GET IT. After about 25 minutes - we walked out. We weren’t sophisticated enough to understand satire - we thought it was a real band we’d never heard of ( which I’d actually true) And because it was my idea/ my friends weren’t happy I’d drained 4 bucks out of there dwindling allowances. Flash forward/ from that year it was released ( 1983?) to 2013. I was laid up in bed for 6 weeks with a cast on my leg. The boredom was excruciating. So I flipped through amazon movies -huh? Wow - there’s that movie. Over the years I’d heard the film mentioned repeatedly on top 10 lists, different reviews all pointing to it as a classic in the genre of satire - but more importantly- it was without exception described as utterly hilarious. What did miss at 15? ALOT!!! You know a movie is the real deal when you’re by yourself laughing till you start that coughing thing. I was dying. I understand my youthful disdain. The jokes -are in the realm of “insider” or plain just went over our daffy heads. In any case. It’s now on my list of favorite films! Only took 30 years! Happy New Year 🦋

There will never be another team like Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert.

@RyanInLA

6 жыл бұрын

when they were alive most everyone thought they were annoying

@whatsupguys8547

6 жыл бұрын

That defines you RyaninLA

@trikkerman1

5 жыл бұрын

what about HBO Sneak Preview with Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara (Ben Stiller's mom and dad).

@chibbykill

5 жыл бұрын

Gregg and tim

@clubhouseme

5 жыл бұрын

@@trikkerman1 what about them? those two idiots are no Siskel and Ebert

Christopher Guest had previously performed as Nigel Tufnel on the 1979 album "Lenny & Squiggy Present Lenny and the Squigtones" (which of course featured Michael McKean as Lenny).

The greatest “mockumentary” ever made.

Greatest album of all time... Smell the Glove!

I miss those guys

@Xayjohns

5 жыл бұрын

The best film critic duo of all time

@davidolie8392

5 жыл бұрын

I have seen "Siskel and Eberting" used as a verb. They have entered the language.

@kevbotchill

5 жыл бұрын

Dude you make tge best guitar instructionals! Legendary stuff you put out

@albertvalenzuela8417

5 жыл бұрын

I'm with you, bro.

"Rockers pushing 40", lol now rockers are pushing 70 and still at it, 40 is nothing.

@EmileJoulbert

5 жыл бұрын

Now they're pushing 80, and in the meantime a lot of them have started pushing up the daisies.

@squamish4244

5 жыл бұрын

Pushing 75 ;)

@tracylf5409

5 жыл бұрын

@@squamish4244 Hey, what matters is you're here, in the "now", baby! And seemingly of sound mind and a body capable of posting here, so "kudos"!

@squamish4244

5 жыл бұрын

Damn right!!!

@rdubb77

5 жыл бұрын

You can thank streaming for that. I'm not against technology by any means, but the royalties that were normally gotten on the sale of physical media dried up.

Say what you want about Siskel and Ebert, they were ahead of the curve when it came to Spinal Tap. They got it right away. Many folks did not.

@Ericwvb2

5 жыл бұрын

Ebert doesn't always get it. He gave the awful dreck of Star Wars Ep 3 1/2 stars - an almost unwatchable disaster of a film. He gave Die Hard 2 stars, The Professional 2 1/2 stars, My Cousin Vinny 2 1/2 stars, Brazil 2 stars, Dirty Harry 3 stars, Blade Runner 3 stars, A Clockwork Orange 2 stars -- all films far superior to the execrable Ep 1.

Kind of funny the following review is for a Jamie Lee Curtis movie, since she eventually married Christopher Guest.

@AgentXPQ

7 жыл бұрын

The whole reason why I scrolled down the comments, was to see if anyone else caught that too.

@depaola63

7 жыл бұрын

He's great!

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823

7 жыл бұрын

Taylor Carlson in 1984, about when this came out, married since, apparently.

@kingofallwhites

6 жыл бұрын

Taylor Carlson She is also pretending to be something she isnt

@MUFFINHEAD1985

5 жыл бұрын

@@kingofallwhites hush now. No one wants to hear the truth.

Such a fantastic movie, and the dialog was almost entirely improvised.

Both "Siskel & Ebert" as well as "This Is Spinal Tap" are shows I'd watch over and over again.

@tolfan4438

2 жыл бұрын

Siskel and Ebert was a very popular show in it's day.for most people pre internet it was the number one place for movie reviews . Most people didn't even realize it was called "At the movies".

Big bottom, talk about mud flaps my girls got them big bottom drive me out of my mind, how could I leave this behind! Pure poetry!!!

@NATIVESUNSETS65

5 жыл бұрын

It's been awhile since i've seen Spinal Tap wasn't Big Bottom when they all played bass and Derek Smalls had the ultimate overkill a Double Neck Bass LOL TAP never received their props, they were brilliant lyricists plowing bean fields SEX FARM Let's rock and roll Working on a sex farm Trying to raise some hard love Getting out my pitch fork And poking your hay. Scratching in your henhouse Sniffing at your feedbag Slipping out your back door I'm leaving my spray. Sex farm woman I'm gonna mow you down Sex farm woman I'll rake and mow you down. Sex farm woman Don't you see my silo risin' high. Working on a sex farm Hosing down your barn door Bothering your livestock They know what I need. Working up a hot sweat I'm scratching in your pea patch Plowing through your bean field Planting my seed. Sex farm woman I'll be your hired hand Sex farm woman I'll let my offer stand Sex farm woman Don't you feel my tractor rumbling by By, by, by. Working on a sex farm Wolfing down some cornbread I'm turning on the TV Joining the grange.

@billyboblillybob344

3 жыл бұрын

@J M Yes the "Live Earth" show in '07

Amazing that Siskel liked it...he was so confused when it came to spotting great art.

Glad these 2 actually got the gist of thos classic. 40 years later and This Is Spinal Tarp...TAP is still hilarious. This flick was convincing enough to fool some bands when it came out.

I"m going to have to watch Spinal Tap again.

One of the most entertaining films ever made.

S & E probably didn't realize it when they taped this show but TIST was completely improvised, as were all of Chris Guests subsequent mock-doc comedies. These guys belong in the pantheon of the greatest film comic geniuses with Chaplin, Keaton & the Marx Bros

@parliamentlite

2 жыл бұрын

Monty Python too!

I remember an interview with Eddie Van Halen saying that he didn't think this movie was very funny when he saw it first bcuz alot of the stuff happened to him in real life.

@ghostownaproach

3 жыл бұрын

I heard somewhere probably a KZread video, that the scene where Nigel has problems with the food before a show was based on an actual occurance where Eddie Van Halen did that same type thing.

@andrewdiamond2697

3 жыл бұрын

@@ghostownaproach I think it was David Lee Roth. Van Halen had a contract that only certain color M&Ms were permitted and required, and the unfavored colors had to be removed. It was done as a test to see if the promoters at each venue had read the contract. If they found the wrong M&M, they trashed the place.

I was too young to appreciate how awesome Siskel was.

One of my favorite little details comes later in the film when they're doing the sound check before the album and Jeannie show. While playing, they call to each other for "Gimme Some Money" as "GSM" and David/Michael McKeen does a perfect Roger Daltey "My Generation" stammer on "You know what I n-n-n-n-need."

This move NEVER gets old.

No matter how many times I see this, I still find new laughs.

While laughing along to this movie, it can be easy to miss what a dope jam the chorus of Rock n Roll Creation is.

@jaybee9269

2 жыл бұрын

It really is!

@stevekenna

Жыл бұрын

Some of Spinal Tap's songs are actually solid examples of the ridiculous Cock Rock of the 70s and 80s.

@aeropilot4419

Жыл бұрын

Sex Farm! 🤘🏼🤘🏼

The greatest rock movie of all time. ..the new originals!

“You’re a naughty one Saucy Jack, you’re a haughty one, Saucy Jack.”

@RB-.-

2 жыл бұрын

I envy us.

@pronkb000

2 жыл бұрын

@@RB-.- Yeah. Me too.

Awesome movie.You know your day as a musician is going bad when you have a “Spinal Tap Moment “.

RIP Gene,and Roger

@JohnSmith-mx8wp

5 жыл бұрын

Did they choke on vomit?

@raymondkitchen6137

5 жыл бұрын

No. It was a flash-fire in a waterbed shop. Perhaps I'm mixing up their death with Stig from The Rutles. I can't remember.

@llh3025

5 жыл бұрын

@@JohnSmith-mx8wp But who's vomit? You can't dust for vomit.

I really miss Siskel & Ebert. When they both liked the same movie, it was probably worth seeing.

The oddest thing of all is that they could play pretty well, and they always hired kick ass drummers.

@raymondweaver8526

2 жыл бұрын

Didn't several drummers die including one exploding onstage?

@philmann3476

Жыл бұрын

@@raymondweaver8526 A lot of people spontaneously combust.

@BinaryJoe

Жыл бұрын

They wrote all that music and the score for A Mighty Wind as well. These guys are total musicians.

Spinal tap is good improv because they are each a bit ahead of themselves, and they challenge us to be a bit ahead 'with them.' I didn't get that until I watched this. Thanks guys.

Watching the DVD with the band commentary is like getting a second movie.

@daughterofolaf

4 жыл бұрын

DUDE. I agree. I hardly ever actually watch the movie without the commentary anymore because the commentary is so awesome. So many quotable lines in the commentary that I use in everyday life. :P

@thesprawl2361

4 жыл бұрын

I'll have to hunt that down...

WOW! That intro brought me back to 1984.......

Ebert had it right. God bless him and Siskel. May they rest in peace.. There will never be two others like them! We miss you guys! You reviewed movies when movies mattered!

@Esus4

2 жыл бұрын

When they were around the newspaper ad would simply say two thumbs up and you knew then it was worth the risk of buying a ticket. Rotten Tomatoes will always be a mediocre substitute. I

@xxxYYZxxx

2 жыл бұрын

WTF, the entire newspaper, TV, and movie industry is "just like them". 🤣

SO miss Ebert when he liked a film... He always cracked me up. Miss them both... :)

This movie still has the "old tagger on it". My favorite and always fun to watch. The loudest Rock Band Ever.

@raymondweaver8526

2 жыл бұрын

Because they go to 11

@hisokamorow3756

2 жыл бұрын

@@raymondweaver8526 Tell it Bro, rayray ✊✌️🤙

At the very end of the movie, during the closing credits, they interview (I think) the keyboardist: "So what's in the future? Just sex, drugs, and rock & roll?" A: "Well, as long as I have the sex and drugs, I could do without the rock & roll..."

@imthedorf1964

5 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure it was the drummer.

@BScott7220

5 жыл бұрын

This is my favorite line in the whole movie. 2nd: "They're experimenting with the album cover. What, do they have monkeys opening them?"

@mauriciohernandezdiaz9825

5 жыл бұрын

Drummer Mick Shrimpton (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Parnell)

@sweet60

4 жыл бұрын

"I'd be a full time dreamer", and "I'd be the patron saint of fine footwear" are up there too.

Wow, they really got it right off the bat. I was not expecting that.

Just watched it this weekend again and it still holds up!

It works, because it seizes upon the pretentious nature of rock bands who act like what they are doing is the most important musical endeavor in history

@BeeBumper

5 жыл бұрын

No that's just Pink Floyd

@releasethehounds7379

5 жыл бұрын

VCR Time Machine your sentence works because it’s only use of punctuation is in t, he wrong place...

@MMWechsler

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly. "Every cut is a hit." And the really subtle joke on wanting to do private work with the London Philharmonic, songs (actually a musical trilogy, lol) based on the life of Jack the Ripper, lol. You could tell that the players really appreciated the genre they were parodying very well.

@Delamthedestroyer

4 жыл бұрын

@@MMWechsler Saucy Jack...He's a naughty one..

@steveclapper5424

4 жыл бұрын

You are right and it is the same for any career whose work is largely a matter of opinion.

I remember seeing this review and being so impressed that I went to an out-of-the-way theater that shows indy films to see it. It's still one of my favorite movies.

As a kid, I'd watch this show all the time with my uncle. Siskel's briefcase fascinated me to no end.

One of the funniest movies ever and maybe always will be. I was born in 1966 so grew up listening to a lot of what they make fun of in the film. And I think that I still don't get ALL of it because there is just so much there. Such a smartly written and executed film and it rewatches very well too!

Excellent flick, best in show is just as rewatchable.