"..so we will cut the set short by about 35 songs. We think Freddie would have wanted it this way." How fucking brilliant is that.

“The more it stays the same....the less it changes!” (Poetic!)

@WastedTalent-

10 ай бұрын

I know, for I told me so,

@mikeshelogowski434

9 ай бұрын

The farmer takes a wife, the barber takes a pole!

@harpnant

Ай бұрын

deeply meaningful and deserving of reflection

The genius of Spinal Tap is that even when shit legitimately goes wrong, people just expect it as part of the show, and it kills.

Gotta keep that drummer - He managed to stay alive to the end of the song!

@gordonferrar7782

Жыл бұрын

The law of averages say he would at least make it to car park.

@daneenmurf1043

Жыл бұрын

At one stage The Tap held real life auditions for a new drummer, Mick Fleetwood showed up in a full haz_ mat suit and helmet

@citybeatdisco19

Жыл бұрын

@@daneenmurf1043 when i read stuff like that (u put), I google & fact check as stories get distorted over the decades. Anyway... it's close enough. Also turning up to that "auditions" (& bits of it on youtube) was one of The Banshees & one of The Go-Gos (they played the drums together), Mickey Dolenz from the Monkees (who could actually play the drums, perhaps not as well as who we hear playing then in the TV series & songs, but he could play). The other Monkees eventually learnt to play for real, too. Interesting that the Monkees & Spinal Tap have something in common - they both started as/in TV series. Also, I don't know why some people suggest that Spinal Tap aren't a real band. Ozzy Osbourne believed the "doco" movie 'This Is Spinal Tap' was a real documentary about a real band. True story!

@daneenmurf1043

Жыл бұрын

@@citybeatdisco19 To be fair Ozzys grip on reality is pretty weak

@daneenmurf1043

Жыл бұрын

@@citybeatdisco19 Since you demand truth and facts look for This is Spinal Tap _ the official companion book to the film. It has the film transcript (the most of it was improvised so there was no script as such), song lyrics, the tap'istory which includes both fictional and real_life events in band and bandmember history. Harry Shearers film and musical credits take up two pages ! Derek Smalls attended the London School of Design _ mostly because of the institutions initials Did you know the album version of Christmas With The Devil was meant to contain a backward lyric _ " turn the fucking thing around and play it properly you schmuk "

And to think 14 years later he would be a lawyer who is allergic to electricity

@ninascenecore69

4 жыл бұрын

HAHAHAHAA oh my god

@mamaraisednofool5807

4 жыл бұрын

😂 fuck yeah !!!!

@ourcorrectopinions6824

3 жыл бұрын

But man, he can still sing!

@ricarleite

Жыл бұрын

You think this is bad? This chicanery?

@guineveregruntle6746

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Just amazing that a “parody” band of comedians is better than more than half the real bands and handle a dead guitar in a major stadium with ease….pure PROS. Much respect! I saw them on the first gig of this tour at the Disneyland Hotel in a private show.

@jamiebooth9645

27 күн бұрын

This wasn't a Spinal Tap tour; it was the Freddie Mercury benefit.

Oh, come on, this was the most realistic spinal tap moment in the history of the band! Im sure Freddy's spirit was having a good laugh , and no drummers were harmed during the filming...

"The more it stays the same, the less it changes" Profound...

The way Nigel has ALL the humbuckers in his guitar is so on brand, and Ill never not smile when David St Hubbins is speaking, or when Derek Smalls is playing his bass to stop and point at some random concert goer is the best, it's what dreams are made of. Best band's band band in the world

@MartinMaat

Жыл бұрын

Four humbuckers it appears. He also has some sort of speedometer on it which goes up to 8 (I don't know what happened there). And four exhaust pipes. It's quite a gem, I looked it up to have a good look. It's a Music Man apparently.

@DreidMusicalX

Жыл бұрын

I would say its a full boat.

@deanevangelista6359

Жыл бұрын

@@MartinMaat Is it four humbuckers or eight single coils? We may never know.

@johnhoff6589

Жыл бұрын

I love the English! I mean really love your speech, bad mannerism, foul toothless, and swanky. Fu to pa, really having a gas, I'm on 19th and Schofield (imprope) have a pint tonite on me, no. Really you have to have a pint ( ON ME) UGH BOLLOCKS, WHAT WERE EE TALKIN BOUT? Jus sayin yall

@ricksteffen8062

11 ай бұрын

​Except that they are American actors.

Holy shit these guys are amazing at playing off how unbelievably awkward this situation is.

@billtrepkowski527

7 жыл бұрын

Well, they are professional comedians, with training in improvisation.

@caronstout354

Жыл бұрын

So meta...Spinal Tap having a "Spinal Tap" moment live in concert.

The best English accents from Americans ever done.

Saying, "thanks, Wimbledon" at the end, beautiful.

These three comedians are really accomplished musicians. They can pull it off.

@chrisballas3356

Жыл бұрын

Yes, especially Harry.

@Buster_Piles

11 ай бұрын

Yes but usually they leave the pulling off to groupies after the show backstage.

"Thank you Wimbledon!" A gem right at the end! :D

This brings back so many memories, I am tearful , I was near the front left , it was an incredible day that will stay with me.

@anthonypetercoleman3575

Жыл бұрын

holy shit i see you there

The most Spinal Tap moment there could ever be.

Spinal Tap: the greatest and the best UNREAL band of all times! I'm still a fan!

@danielwijnberg1860

3 жыл бұрын

How about Dr Teeth and the electric mayhem?

@grande-bretagnenilpoints8912

Жыл бұрын

???

@toma.4808

3 ай бұрын

Steel panther is pretty awesome

The Tap! One of my favorite bands from the 80's! I play bass, on my resume Derek Smalls is listed #11 as one my influences.

@weneedtermlimits

Жыл бұрын

It's Derek Smalls

@SanitysVoid

Жыл бұрын

@@weneedtermlimits huh?

@anthonypetercoleman3575

Жыл бұрын

it's Biggie Smalls

@smelltheglove2038

Жыл бұрын

My baby fits me like a flesh tuxedo.

Never knew they played such a huge concert.Rock On 👍🏼

I was at this concert and spinal tap were amazing they entertained.

"The more things stay the same, the less it changes." Uhh, yeah.

The Digger In The Hole! Eight pickups on Nigel's guitar! I was hoping the drummer would explode into a green globule on the drum seat! It truly is The Majesty Of Rock!

@s4lroachclip

Жыл бұрын

only after they play his final show.

@joseislanio8910

11 ай бұрын

Isn't it four humbuckers?

Bravest man in Rock is the drummer.

@johnhoff6589

Жыл бұрын

You said it, I've lived it, scalped, shot, set on fire, I'm still here though....

@AussieMysteries

11 ай бұрын

It's South African drummer, Anton Fig, also known for playing in Dave Letterman's band for many years

@devintariel3769

11 ай бұрын

​@@AussieMysteriesKnew I recognized that hat...

@DVincentW

11 ай бұрын

Also played on Ace Frehleys solo album@@AussieMysteries

@Fakename70

4 ай бұрын

@@AussieMysteries that’s not Fig.

OMG! I remember being 18 and watching this on an MTV special, or something like that, and just laughing my ass off when they said we are going to cut our set short because we believe Freddie would have wanted it that way. I just absolutely thought it was the funniest thing……and re watching this over 30 years later, it is funny.

@atomicwedgie8176

Жыл бұрын

They only cut their set short by 35 songs... miniscule, really.

Nigel has a tachometer on his guitar, freaking awesome🤘

@EattheApple666

Жыл бұрын

and headers

@jonaldblip_

10 ай бұрын

@@EattheApple666 Yes, but I couldn't understand a word the singer was singing here, so the jokes were all lost on me.

The fact that Michael Mckean is nothing like Chuck in real pife makes me respect his acting even more

How are they not in the rock-n-roll hall of fame?

@fredstriker2042

Жыл бұрын

They make more sense than about half they've inducted the last few decades

@simonkormendy849

Жыл бұрын

Pretty simple really, it's because the ones on the RRHOF committee don't know their music genres.

@BetrayerSlayerMusic

Жыл бұрын

Because the rock bawl is for the chumps in suburbia.

@douglasgreen437

Жыл бұрын

They are not in the Hall of fame, they are in the Rock & Roll Back-Passage of Fame..😂

@clintonsmith5163

Жыл бұрын

They ARE in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They are in there working as janitors, but still, they are in there.

"Got any requests? Get off the.. what?" :-D

Good old Wembley Stadium looks beautiful with the huge crowd in the evening sun.I went there when i was about 10 to see England play,we lost of course.Horay.

Michael' has the same pissed look as he did in the movie, when something goes' wrong.

I enjoyed that more than 99% of the music I hear in this genre. There's a pulse in the new-born sun A beat in the heat of the noon There's a song as the day grows long And a tempo in the tides of the moon It's all around us and it's everywhere And it's deeper than royal blue And it feels so real you can feel the feeling And that's the majesty of rock The fantasy of roll The ticking of the clock The wailing of the soul The prisoner in the dock The digger in the hole We're in this together... and ever... In the shade of a jungle glade Or the rush of the crushing street On the plain, on the foamy main You can never escape from the beat It's in the mud and it's in your blood And it's conquest is complete And all that you can do is just surrender To the majesty of rock The pageantry of roll The crowing of the cock The running of the foal The shepherd with his flock The miner with his coal We're in this together... and ever... When we die, do we hunt the sky? Do we lurk in the murk of the seas? What then? Are we born again? Just to sit asking questions like these? I know, for I told me so And I'm sure each of you quite agrees The more it stays the same, the less it changes And that's the majesty of rock The mystery of roll The darning of the sock The scoring of the goal The farmer takes a wife The barber takes a pole We're in this together... and ever...

so much talent in this band

What an absolutely massive show. It looks like a music store onstage. Insane. I had no idea they were so big. That can't all be their gear obviously. That Tobias that Derek is playing is freakin sweet.

@thabudmaster

Жыл бұрын

Its the Freddie Mercury Tribute show, about 50 bands & artists played that day

@peterresetz1960

11 ай бұрын

@bacongl, Tobias was a good brand of bass until Gibson acquired the brand and produce cheap versions under the Epiphone brand, which are made in China. Gibson ends up killing every brand of guitar they acquire. What's even more egregious about the Tobias Brand, is that Michael Tobias had to take Gibson to court to be able to use the letter T when he started another bass guitar company, MTD (Michael Tobias Design). Far superior bass guitars compared to anything that Gibson currently churns out.

The fact that they are good musicians is one of the main things that made that movie great, if it had been just actors miming it would have been funny but them really playing put it over the top!

@davidsellers3639

Жыл бұрын

Yea we’ll Steel Panther rules now 😂😂😂

@johnburger7098

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. The music is really good, too. It almost has to be to pull it off.

@smelltheglove2038

Жыл бұрын

@@davidsellers3639nah, they don’t even come close to the greatness that is Tap.

This is awesome! Look at the size of this audience!

And their drummer survived!!

@randyhutchinson9910

6 жыл бұрын

natopacific HAHAHAHA!!!!

@michaelstephen819

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, but just though this song. He choked on vomit just after this clip - someone else's... as always

@Vvykk

6 жыл бұрын

Love the comments about the drummer. My first thought was "hey the drummer survived."

They sound better than most real bands out there today

@brinbone2384

2 жыл бұрын

What an original comment you deserve an award

@Watashiwaa

2 жыл бұрын

This is also true on 2022!

@100hooker

Жыл бұрын

Wait! Are you saying that this is not real?

@davidallen346

Жыл бұрын

@@100hooker We are living in a simulation holograms Matrix believe it or not

@100hooker

Жыл бұрын

@@davidallen346 I’m ok with that as long as they can find the stage and have the amps on 11 when jamming Stonehenge in Dubly!

"when we die, do we haunt the sky? do we lurk in the murk of the sea? then again, are we born again, just to sit asking questions like these?" LOLLLL i

@Scottie_S

8 жыл бұрын

quite a philosophy.

@kunstmol

6 жыл бұрын

That,s quite deep actually! I'm going to live my life by that.

@devintariel3769

6 жыл бұрын

And why not?

Nigel's solos are still my trademark. . . .

Better than the rest of the bands on the support list. The performance and song I’m talking about.

"I know for I told me so"..... Saw them on this tour in Orlando, got a Derek and David pick, sadly no Nigel Pick. Great show, they did all the gags from the movie and to top it all off, Steve Morse joined them on stage for Big Bottom!!!

After tonight's performance I think we're all going to have to call them "The Spokesmen" because they sing beautifully and they tell a fascinating story.

@edpoe1108

6 жыл бұрын

Battle Of Trenton - well, they used to be "The Originals" but there was already a band by that name, so they changed to "The New Originals".

@mdoy5667

Жыл бұрын

Mitch needs to be on stage with Binky

@JCmaverick

Жыл бұрын

Very good 👏

@RoyceLerwick

11 ай бұрын

@@edpoe1108 They started as a folk band, the "Folksmen."

Spinal Tap were one of the highlights I remember from watching the concert live on the telly all those years ago

I just noticed another funny detail: Dave's TINY amp.

@divingduck1970

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Blink and you'll miss it. It is a Marshall, though.

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823

7 жыл бұрын

RastaSaiyaman don't need a huge one. Keith Richards said use a POC tiny thing, and jack it up and mike it...

@halfbit

7 жыл бұрын

6:41

@BandiGetOffTheRoof

7 жыл бұрын

Haha! Thanks, I couldn't find it. They guys are several steps ahead in their humor.

@perttutorvinen9180

4 жыл бұрын

Jaime Jacques Who’s that? You mean Derek Smalls, right?

Most brilliant band in history 😊

He blew the fuse when he turned it up to 11.

@billtrepkowski527

7 жыл бұрын

Don't know if you heard Derek. The new amps go to infinity.

@thesadwolf

6 жыл бұрын

Spinal Tap teamed up with the folks at Toy Story to create an amp that goes up to infinity and beyond.

@litespeedga

6 жыл бұрын

Anders VI the

"...the more it stays the same the less it changes..." Thank you Wimbledon!!

@randyhutchinson9910

6 жыл бұрын

Dan Stout BAHAHAHAHA!!!

@Fakename70

6 жыл бұрын

"You can feel the feeling"

More pickups = more rock

It can't GET more MAJESTIC than THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Spinal Tap better than GUNS N ROSES

The legendary Derek Smalls

When spinal tap gets real. The moment couldnt have gone better or more right imo

That tiny little Marshall amp behind David (Michael) always makes me laugh.

@akeithing1841

Жыл бұрын

I couldn't even see it until I just read that. Thank you for showing me how he got his tone!

The more it stays the same, the less it changes-brilliant.

The best sounding most talented fake rock band ever

This is the most "Spinal Tap" thing to ever happen to a band.

::applauds:: This is why I love youtube, so we can see past majestic, if you will, performances like these. Also - I see a lot of comments wondering who the drummer was. That's Ric Shrimpton, the twin brother of the late drummer Mick Shrimpton who appeared in "This Is Spinal Tap" and tragically died from spontaneous combustion. (Both are played by Ric Parnell, who was an established drummer by the time of the film, such as for Toni Basil's hit "Mickey". In the film Mick mentions having drummed for "Atomic Rooster", which was an actual band Parnell had been in).

Great performance. Really wish they had done the completed version of Nigel's "Lick My Love Pump" as an encore.

What is really epic is they still tour...on occasion. I saw some video where the 3 of them are so old they look like Peter, Paul & Mary onstage🤣 (I mean that in the utmost respect though, because I was an "opening act performer" for Peter, Paul & Mary at their final show in Portsmouth, NH in the mid 90's).🎶 To SEE "Tap" even NOW would be EPIC🎸🎶

When they took off their royal robes, and I saw Nigel, I thought "ABBA! In those clothes he looks like he's in ABBA!"

"do-re-mi-fa-sol-fa-mi-re-fa-mi-re-do-mi-re-do-ti-do" - music doesn't get much more inspired than that! brilliant!

After people die off. Future archeologists will find Spinal Tap videos and then think Led Zeppelin was a comedic parody

@bak-mariterry5180

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

Even though they are a fake band they are better than most real bands I see today on MTV live

@jeffkleist9679

4 жыл бұрын

They sold albums and toured with their own original work. They’re a real band and so were the Monkees. Hell, Fire Bomber is a real band and that’s a cartoon set in the future

@sashek8451

Жыл бұрын

fake band but they’re actually pretty talented musicians in real life

@clausjahnel5379

Жыл бұрын

What makes them a fake bamd in your opinion? Just that a band mocks a complete genre does not mean they are 'fake' in any way.

@RoyceLerwick

11 ай бұрын

@@clausjahnel5379 It ain't fake if you're playing.

"Have ... a good time ... all the time." -- Viv Savage

" so this bloke goes into this bar..., classic....just classic XD

The Tap though being in the biz for what seems forever…still cutting edge.🤘🤜🏻🐑

"The more it stays the same the less it changes" ??? Meaningless lyrics but so damn funny and good!! Nigels little solo at the end is top shelf and shows he can play so well and dead on and i wish i could hear some more of that.

The great old Wembley looking amazing in the evening sun.Sad it only exists on KZread now.

Thank you. Perfect.

Quite majestic, indeed!

Thank you.

you should watch one of their interviews: "roger taylor called us and said come down, we'll give you some food and you can do one number, if not less. so we decide it on one number" haha

It's a shame that this was omitted from the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD. I remember the day well because I lived in Wembley at then time and could hear this from my flat window whilst watching on the TV with a very ghosty picture.

@johnhoff6589

Жыл бұрын

Yes bless the catholics and the bbc........jolly good yall

How could u not love spinal tap!

I would like to see Iron Maiden sing this song.

They finally got to play the Enormodome

@hughjanus3798

6 жыл бұрын

But they still winding up apologizing during their set for something. At least it wasn't for that wanker Duke Fame and the Fame Throwers.

@cosmictravo

6 жыл бұрын

Except it ain't a dome lol.

so many pickups on that thing, lmao

I think the problem may have been that there was a Marshall on the stage that was in danger of being crushed by a dwarf.

Great riff! Great song!

Saw them 2 months later at Nautica in Cleveland...the show of a lifetime.

Anyone notice how many pickups nigels guitar has?

@josephkairis

7 жыл бұрын

Eleven.

@Jakeman90210

7 жыл бұрын

1

@thenewyorkpauls

7 жыл бұрын

Four Dimarzio humbuckers. And his whammy bar is a gear shifter for extra overdrive!

@mzmadmike

7 жыл бұрын

And a tachometer to count how many notes he plays.

@pisksix8523

7 жыл бұрын

Wrong. It is a single humbucker with 8 coils... from Music Man Mr Horsepower's specifications.

whats HILARIOUS is the actual song is better than most things that came out in that era :D

It is totally badass that Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer) strongly resembles Lemmy Kilmister from Motörhead! Now what would be really awesome if Spinal Tap has new tours and new memebers, like a keyboard player.

The Tap, baby!

Thank you, Wimbledon!

I love Spın̈al Tap ❤❤❤

Spinal Tap should cover some of the songs from Lenny and the Squigtones.

I remember seeing this back in the day. Good old times.

Spinal Pap is awesome!

At least they weren't playing Stone'enge.These guys are as good as half the hard rock bands out there. And 1.25 times as funny.

One of my top 5 vinyl records of all time.

Freddie was making sure they had a typical Spinal Tap moment ;) RIP nice playing lads!

I've spent the last 33 years seeing him as David St. Hubbins but I swear right now all I see is Jimmy McGill's brother Chuck in his wilder youth no one knew about.

@billtrepkowski527

7 жыл бұрын

He's always been Lenny to me. Where is Squiggy, anyway?

@leechurchill1965

6 жыл бұрын

Michael McKean is his real name. Though he has many aliases ;)

That chorus melody is kinda catchy, "The mystery of rock, the majesty of roll, the burning of old socks, the smelting of the gold... etc."

@redwatch.

Жыл бұрын

And that's the majesty of rock The mystery of roll The darning of the sock The scoring of the goal

I put Michael McKean in the American Treasure category.

I dig this song

BRILLIANT!

just fabulous !

love these guys

Here is something unbelievably crazy! Christopher Guest is in the films "A Few Good Men" and (the original) "Death Wish." And what characters did he play in those movies? Well, you're gonna shit again! In the former he was the Marine doctor who testified, and in the later he was an police officer.