Let’s not forget they are actually great musicians.

@antennawilde

Жыл бұрын

The irony

Anyone else here in 2021 after KZread threw this into their feed? Awesome to see the Tap!!!

@ChiralSpirals

3 жыл бұрын

No but I'm here anyways... this was in your feed? Yt must like you, I rarely ever get good recommends.

@YouTw1tFace

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@JamesBond-uz2dm

3 жыл бұрын

yes, Spinal Tap is my favorite band

@markrainton3320

3 жыл бұрын

Si

@smoath

3 жыл бұрын

Yup

"We're looking for someone with no immediate family, a strong pulse, the ability to count to four."

@531ff

2 жыл бұрын

Genius

@davidtoohey783

Жыл бұрын

@@neuromd42 ​ Yes! - That was the only time Jonathan Ross lost it and laughed!!!

Derek, on playing in a Christian rock band: "Same three chords, basically. They just take a slightly different position towards the supreme evil one. "

@markkusyrjala7919

2 жыл бұрын

Thats so true and funny. I sometimes wonder why heavy metal guys are seriously anti-christian 'cause the material is from the bible anyway. It's like "hey you should be thankful for having a christian background to mock or use as material"☺ The Spinal Tap are just casual about it. "Just a different approach"

@tylersims6937

Жыл бұрын

I fckin love Le'Tap!

@tylersims6937

Жыл бұрын

Got to love thon Tap!

@evankenney2082

Жыл бұрын

Soundgarden !!!

@evankenney2082

Жыл бұрын

That is some funny shit!!!!

As a Brit I must say that their English accents are flawless.

@NoxiousRob

2 жыл бұрын

I'm also a Brit and I remember seeing This Is Spinal Tap when it was first released. I genuinely thought they were British. It was years later that I discovered they were Americans and I was genuinely taken aback, their English accents are so authentic.

@Twirlyhead

2 жыл бұрын

@@NoxiousRob Similar experience for me.

@agentm00se

2 жыл бұрын

so rare that anyone can actually get it right too, especially americans

@NR-rv8rz

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Tap was the first time I heard American actors doing believable English accents.

@ES-hr6vg

2 жыл бұрын

You forget they are American. It’s effortless.

This is 100% pure comedy and improv genius. You can see them playing off of each other as if this was all pre-written.

@royfr8136

Жыл бұрын

they said the same things in many interviews - they also knew the questions that would be asked.

@YouTw1tFace

Жыл бұрын

@@royfr8136 I’ve watched DOZENS of their interviews and non are the same. Even knowing the questions ahead of time, most people would not be able to do this.

@paulpesci1

10 ай бұрын

​@@YouTw1tFace To be fair, they would have gone through a "routine" behind the scenes and Jonathan would have a list of questions to set things up. Jonathan seemed to move through the questions a little quick rather than allowing the awkwardness of the comedy to settle a little more... but he still did well.

@Errcyco

5 ай бұрын

A few times they make eachother laugh for real. It’s rare but pretty funny when it happens.

This is why Mick Fleetwood is still alive today.

@Kowasi

3 жыл бұрын

Not making the grade for the Tap + a mighty resistance to asbestos' carcinogenic properties = survival!

@sarcasticsteve3882

2 жыл бұрын

Because he didn't make the band

@DW-nb2zc

11 ай бұрын

Btw great in The Running Man

@danacoleman4007

3 ай бұрын

This comment should have about a billion likes!

"You can almost hear the quiet."

@cynomyS

3 жыл бұрын

4:37

@robertoseveno

3 жыл бұрын

Haha great quip

@SaintD382

4 ай бұрын

So many great dry throw-away one-liners from these improv geniuses.

Us British like laughing at ourselves but these chaps absolutely took it to a new level, coincidentally it surely was also how the Americans probably saw many British bands at the time..... Surely the best long running gag ever.

I still cry with laughter at Spinal Tap. Genius.

@PeterMayer

10 ай бұрын

So do I!

Unutterably superb. The greatest rock band possible, ever

“You can almost hear the quiet…” ✊🏻 Thank you, Spinal Tap

Absolute comedy gold. I'm English and used to this kind of humour but I love it when people from other countries appreciate it. Peace.

The "New" Originals... reminds me of Harry Shearer's routine as the K-tel commercial announcer where he began the spot with, "Now and ONLY now...from now on!"

Spinal Tap paved the way for Elton John and even Barbara Streisand. The Waffles and, to some extent, the Hot Waffles sizzled! Legendary.

@jamesdaniels3699

2 жыл бұрын

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

@billdrumming

Жыл бұрын

Steel Panther too

@TheMarcopix

Жыл бұрын

I saw them on the same bill with chicken one weekend. Hot Waffles and Chicken....what a show!

@williamsherman1089

2 ай бұрын

So we can blame them for Barbera Streisand?!

"Listen - to What the Flower People Say" is one of my very favourite songs ever, I'll have you know.

I'm watching this now in a very foggy summer in San Francisco and laughing my 'Arse' off! I'm a huge fan .. love all the comments below ;-)

Fleet did such an awesome job playing along.

Hahaha, the extra pick ups on Nigel's guitar are hilarious

@SaintD382

4 ай бұрын

I was trying to count them...ten? Twelve? 😂

The Tap never got the recognition they deserved

Total comedy genius! Saw them live at the Royal Albert Hall when they were touring to promote the Break Like The Wind album. The guys can really play, and are as hilarious on stage as they are on film. And the songs are real and actually very good. Just bloody funny as hell. Can you tell I am a fan LOL

@Beast96GT

Жыл бұрын

Are you kidding? The Royal Albert Hall? That's AWESOME!!

@moreheff

Жыл бұрын

@@Beast96GT I know. It was amazing. There are some videos knocking about on You Tube if you can be bothered to search for them 😁 It was around 1990 or so, maybe '91 Memory a bit vague. I date by relating it to the girlfriend I had at the time LOL

My favorite song of theirs, so timeless and original, an often forgotten tune, from the kaleidoscope days and purple haze,,, Cups and Cakes.

I had no idea Ross's career went as far back as Spinal Tap, he must be 102 by now!

‘The patron saint of quality footwear..’

I love how Nigel is always chewing gum . Just the little things you notice after watching the movie so many times.

I love how Nigel's guitar has a solid bank of ten pickups in a row.😂😂😂

Their attention to detail is chefs kiss.

Still love the English accents on these guys. Proper.

@caterham555

2 жыл бұрын

Pucker

Man… the Break Like The Wind album… my first taste of Spinal Tap. I had it on tape… I got in on the ferry coming back from France… of course, that was back when France still existed.… good album, that, lot of guests on it…

@neilpye6089

3 жыл бұрын

Break like the wind was the only album to get to 0, It was a rear entry on the British charts the week of release

Spinal Tap are Legends ✌️

The drummer survived this one!

@DarrenGlen

2 жыл бұрын

they are holding auditions in a month for a new drummer so obviously they werent to enamored with this one...or they expect him not to live much longer

There's one clever bit towards the end of that song/performance where the ability to count to four repeatedly will not suffice. Great drummer by the way, RIP.

I've never seen this, great at so many levels ✌️👍💜😊

4.37 - "you can almost hear the quiet" 5.29 - "at the time we didn't have memories of that period"

Mick Fleetwood was great. He's got that British accent down almost as good as the Spinal Tap guys.

How they play it so dry without laughing gets me.

micks nodding was more in time than his audition drumming. hahaha

How Jonathan held it together while saying "I want to wear you like a flesh tuxedo. I want to sink you with my pink torpedo", I will never know. I laughed hearing it and I am still laughing writing it.

@HardRockMiner

3 жыл бұрын

@MichaelKingsfordGray - Are you just coming out of a coma ? They only show if the person uploading the video chooses for them to show. Welcome back to the world.

@SpideyVids

2 жыл бұрын

@@HardRockMiner WTF has that got to do with anything he said?

@SpideyVids

2 жыл бұрын

"Big bottom, big bottom, Talk about mudflaps my girl's got 'em". 😂

@HardRockMiner

2 жыл бұрын

@@SpideyVids - ?? Geez why so angry..? Get a grip, man.

@sophiew1967

Жыл бұрын

Ignore him & that stupid angry little man will go away hopefully !

"Monsters of Jesus Festival", lol!

@josh0g

3 жыл бұрын

The best part of that is if you grew up in that Christian music subculture... not far off.

@chrisgilliver1

3 жыл бұрын

@@josh0g in what way?

Brilliant from top to bottom!

I like how Fleetwood is talking to them from LA. See, you can tell he's in LA because behind him is a backdrop with the "Hollywood" sign.

The pickup and pressure guage on Nigel's guitar...

@radiorob7543

3 жыл бұрын

I think that's a tachometer.

@idhcustomtoys

3 жыл бұрын

It's a speedometer to acurrately tell how fast Nigel is playing.

The song birch school kicks ass

@exessex3522

2 жыл бұрын

Bitch School and I agree. It's a really clever song.

BRILLIANT! Thanks for this... I can't believe I missed it back in the day!

Rock on , you crazy diamonds ✌

I bought The Hot Waffles album and it still rocks after all of these years. Spinal Tap are still Metal Gods.

@wedgeguilala4742

Жыл бұрын

its right up there with "The Sun Never Sweats"

@kennethmelnychuk9737

Жыл бұрын

@@wedgeguilala4742 : that song about dogs called Bitch School.

@ugadawgs1990

Жыл бұрын

My favorite Täp song is “Cucumber Smuggler.”

8:48 and Fleetwood's response was one of the funniest things in the whole show and I don't even know if one person in the audience laughed (yet the middle "Tap" did lose it for a second). That was HILARIOUS BTW!

@SaintD382

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, that was brilliant, sort of obliquely dancing around the uncomfortable truth that Tap drummers spontaneously combust. Michael McKean did break character (like the wind) for a moment there, and Harry Shearer also put his hand over his mouth.

AWESOME!! LOVE the FLOWER POWER bit!! Bring on the Rainbow!! :)

All three of them are americans and just nailed the British accent!!

"Big bottoms, big bottoms, talk about mud flaps. My girl's got em!"

@DanSmithBK

3 жыл бұрын

Big bottoms, drives me out of my mind, why can’t I leave this ‘behind’.... brilliant!

@diaz5292

3 жыл бұрын

@@richandiben And yet mud flaps is plural.

Nigel in Lycra. Truly the stuff of dreams...

That's what I call real rock n roll, awesome Tap !

I just don't understand how they stay in character so well....I could not sing that song and not break into laughter at some point.

@Battlefresh

3 жыл бұрын

They almost broke at one point there lol.

The argument over singing harmony at Elvis' grave was genius! He should've had no one come out then show them backstage having trouble finding the curtain.The they finally stumble out.

The mighty Tap, excellent as per. Harry Shearer is a stunner as Derek Albion Smalls.

That lineup of 6 single coils… so perfect.

8 pickups on Nigel’s guitar 😂

@JETJOOBOY

2 жыл бұрын

Such Obvious Rock Statements but he is always ahead of the Curve! Love that thing!

"Smell The Glove" was their best I think.

@riyadbushnaq1537

3 жыл бұрын

Closely followed by Intravenus de Milo

@thehotyounggrandpas8207

3 жыл бұрын

@@riyadbushnaq1537 No way, Shark Sandwich is by far the best thing they ever did.

@neilpye6089

3 жыл бұрын

Brainhammer!

@Vortigan07

3 жыл бұрын

@@thehotyounggrandpas8207 Yeah I agree, Shark Sandwich is top of the list for me, despite what the critics said!

@tomlangron2532

Жыл бұрын

It's funny, but no-one seems to like The Gospel According To Spinal Tap. It was influential enough that it got Derek Smalls into Christian Metal.

I could lookat this all day and laugh my head off

I've had plenty of Spinal Tap moments in my trivial music career. I can laugh a little harder with these guys

Such a fcking GREAT live band man! So tight and full of energy. Sounds amazing. Top vocals. This is the REAL joke. And its on the ACTUAL bands out there who cant play for toffee

Some of you may not know that David St. Hubbins actually changed his name and began practicing law in the States.... He later went on to form one of the largest and greatest Legal Practices in the South West.

When I was a little kid I always wondered if British rock and roll was making fun of Americans because they'd sound normal when singing but when they talked you could barely understand what they were saying. It wasn't until years later I realized we were the ones that talked funny

Michael McKean being Slippin' Jimmie's older brother shows his range.

Christopher Guest had such a beautiful voice.

This Is Spın̈al Tap is one of the very few movies I watched multiple times and still laugh out loud at the sheer audacity of it all. It's both accurate and over the top in its portrayals. Funny that MTV thought they were too sexist. It's like they were in that "sexy" scene from the movie! Anyway, Steel Panther has taken the sexist parody to a whole new level, and MTV is the one nobody talks about anymore.

legends

Hi, no idea why I'm watching this but thank you anyway youtube. Also I'd just like to say I had the same wetsuit boots as Nigel Tufnel - Victory Wetsuits split toe ninja booties that I bought in 1990 in Hermosa Beach Surf Shop for surfing in though. I'd forgotten about them until this vid. Awesome!

Great upload!

Best band evar.

"Great memories now, but at the time we didn't have memories of that period because the period was actually occurring." Heh heh

Amazing that these guys are all Americans. They do great English accents.

Next level hilarious!From the outrageous lyrics, song titles and album concepts to the individual, quirky "rockstar" personalities, fueled by ego and extreme self-importance, down to the detailed and absurd history of the band, Spinal Tap is concept comedy writing at it's zenith. Picture perfect satire which has only gotten funnier and with more biting satire since the "band" formed decades ago. They managed to make it to the top and the bottom and reach "iconic" status without ever having a full time, team member drummer.

Is it just me, who found that clip of a old song they played wearing there 70s gear, good, it was catchy and that 70s gear they had on was something special.

@wombatlittle1

2 жыл бұрын

It's 60s gear not 70s

@darrenmorgan870

2 жыл бұрын

@@wombatlittle1 o well, I carnt be perfect all the time, I,'ll make sure I,m right next time I comment on something,,, Sorry about old bean.

Another bravura performance from the greatest rock band EVER!

Impossible to wrap my head around the fact that McKean played the asshole brother Chuck McGill in "Better Call Saul". That's some range!

@bluetv6386

3 жыл бұрын

There's a simple explanation: you're bound to become allergic to electricity when you've been exposed to amps dialled to 11 for so long.

@bostonphotographer20

3 жыл бұрын

And the one on the left created, produced, and starred in A Mighty Wind, Best of Show, and Waiting for Guffman.

@katsanddoggies9904

3 жыл бұрын

Lenny

@gxtmfa

3 жыл бұрын

I thought he looked familiar

@LTPottenger

2 жыл бұрын

he's pretyy amazing actually. Been in everything.

Poor Mick Fleetwood, the music was just too complex for him 😂 😂

Genius!

They would have sounded better if they recorded it in Dobley.

@davidmyles9967

3 жыл бұрын

its ironic, that you left this comment 5 hours ago and i live 5 hours from Dublin. and if Tap recorded an album in Dobley in Dublin they would likely have broken rock `n roll by virtue of how ground breaking it would be.

@middleagedshred

3 жыл бұрын

Haha ahh I got the spelling wrong ....but are ya supposed to do evvy metal in Dubly..kzread.info/dash/bejne/aaeul7Grcaa2nps.html

@ufoclips1

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidmyles9967 Even better if it was a double album from dublin in dobly,i live 5 hours from loads of places.

@davidmyles9967

3 жыл бұрын

@@ufoclips1 LOL. of course they would have to get the dates just right to record in Dublin, so they would need Janeanne to consult the mystical forces of the tarot cards etc...

@ufoclips1

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidmyles9967 I hope they wear the astrology costumes.

Superb 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

I love how they are presented as a "70's concept band". If you didn't know it was parody, you would think they were just doing a "rock band" schtick.

I love how Spinal Tap's members so physically refer to rock legends. The singer sings like Mick Jagger and looks like Robert Plant, another one looks like Lemmy, the short trousers are undoubtedly a reference to AC/DC, and the one who wears them looks just like about any British rock star from the sixties, seventies or nineties. Until recently I had no idea Harry Shearer (voice of many Simpsons characters) and the man who played Saul Goodman's brother (Michael McKean) were two of the actors.

@jamesdaniels3699

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe a little bit of Steve Hackett from GENESIS

@Aj-dq6fe

2 жыл бұрын

The singer is meant to be Bruce Dickinson, the blonde guy Rick Parfitt and yes Lenny.

@blueeyedsoulman

2 жыл бұрын

@@Aj-dq6fe Lemmy lol.

@tomlangron2532

Жыл бұрын

Nigel Tuffnell was (allegedly) modelled on Jeff Beck. Plus his name was modelled on Eric Clapton, i.e. a very English given name plus a boring London district for a surname.

Mick Fleetwood could not live up to the genius level lyrics and sheer musical majesty of these lads. I’m embarrassed for him that he even asked.

@SaintD382

4 ай бұрын

He had the skills, but they didn't want to sacrifice such a legend to the inevitable Spinal Tap Drummer Curse.

@ugadawgs1990

4 ай бұрын

@@SaintD382, maybe so, but what better way to die than banging away behind Tap? It’s why Spinal Tap drummers are household names. Peter James Bond, Stumpy Joe Childs, Mick Shrimpton… RIP to them all.

Comedy has to get everywhere, but not all countries know it

TRES Cool/tap/tap/tap!!!

All the low blows to Rock are well placed and definitely deserved. Job well done fellas.

It's Late by Queen must have been influenced by Bitch School. Priceless.

@TheAlfsterino

3 жыл бұрын

That's what I heard as soon as it started - glad I'm not the only sad one.

Great film, so funny.

Mick was their drummer when I seen them , at Deer creek! He exploded as well!

Just figuring out now that Principal Skinner is in Spinal Tap 😶

Nigel Tufnel was the first character created for Spinal Tap. He started with Lenny & the Squigtones.

Pure geniuses

i never been able to watch these are ahead of time too fucking funny to watch but i cant stop not looking .

I can't believe the one in the middle is Saul Goodman's brother

@deborahchesser7375

3 жыл бұрын

Isn’t that Lenny ?

@GrocMax

3 жыл бұрын

Yup, and he shoulda wore the asbestos suit

@CountDoucheula

3 жыл бұрын

That's not Saul's brother, that's Witchfinder Sergeant Shadwell

@smoath

3 жыл бұрын

I was trying to work out where I'd seen him. Thanks

At 14:30, I was waiting for something to happen to the drummer...

I can't help but think of Elmer Fudd whenever I hear Jonathan Ross.

I wish they woulda played 'Stone-enge'...😂🤣😅🤣😂😀👍

@baslongstaff1819

3 жыл бұрын

No they’re not gunna play fackin Stone-enge

@diaz5292

3 жыл бұрын

@@baslongstaff1819 😂🤣😅😂😂🤣🤣😅🤣😀👍

@tedbishop567

3 жыл бұрын

And risk being crushed by a dwarf?

@baslongstaff1819

3 жыл бұрын

@@tedbishop567 have you ever been to Stone Henge? The the pillars are 20ft high! You could stand 4 men up em

Davíd St Hubbins never mentions his time in the 50’s with Lenny and the Squigtones.

@bostonphotographer20

3 жыл бұрын

That is what will get him into the Rock and Roll hall of fame.

@ThePlaySpace-CurtainCall

3 жыл бұрын

Actually, Nigel was their guitarist as well, like, for real. That's what Chris Guest created the character for.

Bitch School almost sounds like it could be a new Rolling Stones song!!! Lol love it.

Here in 2021. Got the DVD. Harry Shearer, far right. Homer Simpsons voice and many others from The Simpsons. These guys where all born in the USA and certainly had us all fooled thinking they where British. Funny video.

@dandurack1355

3 жыл бұрын

Not Homer, that's Dan Castellaneta. He does Mr Burns, Smithers and a whole heap of others.