"You should have seen the cover they *wanted* to do!" Seriously, though, the best bit is watching David St Hubbins stare at the Stonehenge monument descending from the rafters.
That says a lot about how much love people have for this movie. To aid with the realism of the movie, Rob Reiner and the other actors created thanks for that backstories for their characters - where they were born, where they went to school, how they met each other, etc, etc, etc...
Any band that did take it personally, clearly deserved to, even ones that I like. I'm both a musician and live audio engineer, and this movie is just so "in the pocket".
They didn't "take it personally", they thought it was very accurate and funny. Some bands actually boasted that they were the main inspiration for the band/movie.
@@ryanjacobson2508 I didn't mean "take it as a personal affront" per se, just that every one I heard about thought the good bits were them and had an attribution to rivals for anything negative.
Seconding or thirding on A Mighty Wind, a much larger cast (including these three) and they all play their own instruments, demonstrating considerable musicianship at that (and impressive to those of us with folk-acoustic sensibilities). One of the songs from the film was Oscar nominated (justly so, IMO). The core songs were written by Annette O'Toole and Michael McKean, as they were forced to drive long distance across North America during the grounding of flights in the week following the 9/11 attacks.
Fake documentary, fake band, but they did make a real album. So real that people didn't know it was fake. BTW, thank you for being the first channel I've seen react to this classic
They recorded 3 albums the last in 2009 and have done numerous tours & festivals, 2019 was the last time they played, Whilst the band was created for the Movie I wouldn't call them fake, Tenacious D is kind of the same created for comedy but a legit band.
They made two albums. The first is really the soundtrack for the movie, but it's got an all black cover. It's like, how much more black could it be? And the answer is... none. None more black. The second album is called "Break Like the Wind".
Almost as satisfying as watching the film is reading what real touring rock musicians think of it. Many rock stars watched this movie and said, "That's us! How'd they find out that happened to us?"
The band U2 legitimately got stuck in a giant lemon. What's sad is that it happened AFTER Spinal Tap came out, which means they didn't heed the warning.
Well both AC/DC and Metalica had "Black" albums, Black Sabbath had a Stonehenge set that was too big to fit in the venues., I've seen a televised Live Guns n Roses gig where Slash was on his back with his les Paul and had to be helped to his feet by the roadie, I believe bob Dylan had trouble finding the stage at a gig once, and although not quite the vomit choking thing, I had to jump off stage and run to the bar for a cloth after the guitarist I was teching for threw up on stage.And his band had a song called Lumbar Puncture which is the British name for what Americans call a Spinal Tap. This whole film is totally real. Especially as Spinal Tap have performed live, despite being an alleged "fake" band, while real touring artists mime on stage.(cough Madonna cough Kylie Minogue cough) .
Roger Ebert, the noted film critic, said of the film that it’s really two films going on at the same time. What the band thinks is happening and what is REALLY happening during the tour. The real film is happening around the edges of the frame or in the background and the filmmakers expect you to catch on to that.
Yes, the serious tone is in the background at the start, but the clues to their fall starts very early, at least as early as the opening party. Then there are statements like the Boston gig falling through but not to worry because "it isn't a big college town"; and a big note for us comes when Fran Drescher's character says that if the previous album had been a hit, then the controversy about the current album cover wouldn't matter. Little by little reality creeps further to the forefront. Janine's presence only exacerbates what's already happening.
This always makes me remember a plant science class I had in university where they talked about a certain type of plant that would just catch on fire for no reason and I leaned over to my friend and whispered, "Dozens of plants spontaneously combust each year, it's just not widely reported."
I've actually met people who loved the music, went to concerts, but never saw the movie and had no context about the band being a parody. I've had fun showing these people the 'documentary'.
If, somehow, you ever get tired of this movie...on one of the DVD releases, there's a commentary track with the guys in character. It's hilarious as well....almost makes it a brand new movie.
Look up "black sabbath stonehenge". Sabbath ordered a set piece of a stonehenge for their upcoming tour, as they had just released an album that had a song on it called Stonehenge - but the designers mistook the size written out as metres instead of feet, so it was huge - way too big to take on the road. They used it once and then just left it behind at the venue for the rest of the tour. This happened before this movie was released, but after the scene was filmed. What a weird coincidence.
This movie's hysterical. I love how they had the time to write songs and teach Christopher Guest how to play piano (I think), but apparently couldn't give him 30 seconds of basic guitar tech talk. If you feel like looking for it there's actually an episode of The Simpsons where Bart has dreams of being a rock star after he goes to a Spinal Tap concert. I'm pretty sure everyone does their own voices too. Funny as hell.
There's so many facts about this movie I recently found and never knew for years, all the obvious guest spots, Howard Hessmen, Fran, Paul Shaffer, now I'm drawing blanks but limo driver and the Stonehenge designer are accomplished actors, and the mimes are Billy Crystal and Dana Carvey.
Interesting fact, they made this film. The reaction was so great that the creators decided to officially become a band and play the characters on stage while making real albums. Sadly there was a lot of legal BS that kept the guys from constantly using the name, or from the chance of making a second movie. Finally after about 8 years of court fights, the creators got control of the music, the movie, and are properly being paid for it all again.
@@neilpye6089 I can't think of an earlier one than the one you mention (Rutles) but there is Orson Welles' late film "F is for Fake", which is about a number of famous hoaxes in history.... and one of them is a fake hoax, made from whole cloth by the filmmakers. So not a mockumentary, but a fake segment in an actual documentary.
In Spinal Tap, almost all conversations were improvised with cameras rolling .. that's how they all wanted to work. And in so doing, Rob Reiner and the boys made an instant classic. Glad you liked it! Cheers 🍺
Then, the Christopher Guest mockumentaries followed suit (although I think that they may have developed some of their dialogue in rehearsal, without cameras necessarily rolling for every run-through). The actors can develop their own backstories. I imagine that for a given scene, the actors would know where they had to end up in terms of plot or exposition, then were given liberty to get there by their own paths.
I just watched a David Letterman interview with the band from 1984, and the cleared that up. While they did some improvising during the one-on-one interviews, the group interviews had material they loosely worked out in advance. Like the band's history of drummers, they all had to know the story before they filmed, including Reiner.
Christopher Guest followed this up with Waiting for Guffman about a town putting on a play about its history; Best in Show about a dog show; A Mighty Wind (folk music). These are the best three, but then he also did For Your Consideration about an awards show and then for Netflix he did Mascots about a mascot competition. These are all mockumentaries and star many of the same actors such as Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara (from Schitt's Creek), Harry Shearer, and Fred Williard who you saw in Spinal Tap just to name a few.
The film is particularly amazing when you find out that nearly the entire film was improvised. They ad libbed it all. They had an outline of what the scenes were about and made it all up. Spinal Tap have toured several times for real, and they would frequently open for themselves as a folk band called The Folksmen. th-cam.com/video/xZORYHmN3uw/w-d-xo.html
Years ago, I showed this movie to my bandmate, but didn't tell him it was a spoof. He was so sad he was nearly in tears. I relented and finally told him it was fictitious after about a week.
You guys should do ´The Comic Strip - Bad News´. It´s a British rocumentary about an 80´s heavy metal band that was released 6 months before Spinal Tap. It´s brilliant.
This is one of the greatest mockumentaries of all time! This group did several other mockumentaries that are all just as good! You should react to Waiting for Guffman and Best in Show :)
Unlike Spinal Tap, I've been in several bands over the decades. Never got lost on the way to the stage, but everything in this movie rings true and funny. Best. Leo.
Blink 182, the lead singer ran backstage during an instrumental section to reappear somewhere else 8n the stadium for the rest of the song. Classic rock show move. However, he got lost and wound up at the shopping center next door. 🤣🤣🤣
Yeah, I've seen other reactors thinking he and Janine had an affair, but I think Nigel is actually into David. Also David says that Nigel and Janine at every similar, so maybe that's why David is with Janine.
Glad you liked what is undoubtedly one of the greatest rockumentaries of all time. I love this film, mainly because it pays homage to (rips the piss out of) some of my favourite bands; Led Zeppelin & The Who (dead drummers), Led Zeppelin (violining a guitar), Deep Purple, Rainbow & Jimi Hendrix (foot playing a guitar) and Black Sabbath (everything else but mainly Stonehenge). My favourite Easter Egg is that Derek Smalls (bassist) wears a 1970s Shrewsbury Town shirt through most of the movie which ties in with Harry Shearer's use of a West Midlandsish accent. Total class. 🤣🤣🤣
I've been getting into this whole reaction scene over the past few months and I've been pushing for people do get into the "Christopher Guest" universe. I've seen mentioned in the comments some of the other movies in this universe. In order they are "Waiting For Guffman", "Best In Show", "A Mighty Wind" and "For Your Consideration". Director Rob Reiner and Guest also teamed up on "The Princess Bride" where Guest plays the "six fingered man". 5+6....11
It is incredibly awesome that they didn't actually write a script for 95% of what was going on in the movie. All those epic lines was those guys just improvising while doing interviews in character just like a pro wrestler would.
The best line for me (and I’ve seen this film over 30 times!) is “I’m sure I’d feel much worse if I wasn’t under such heavy sedation”. It still make me howl every time!!!!!
There's a straight-to-video sequel to the movie that has Nigel demonstrating an "amplifier capo": he got tired of the capo getting in his way (not really knowing what it's for, of course), so he built a massive strap capo that goes on the amplifier instead.
-I saw them live in 1992 promoting their new record: Break Like The Wind. Yep, they write and perform everything. -After coming home from a friend’s house during my last year of high school (1991) my mom left a rented VHS tape in the entryway with a note from her attached: “You need to watch this.” I have quoted it every day since then. My mom is cool. -When the director asks him why they don’t make 10 the highest and make THAT louder, it stumps Nigel so hard that he almost stopped chewing his gum.
Talk of musical mockumentaries inevitably leads to the question...have you ever seen the other really famous one, The Rutles - All You Need Is Cash? It's a Monty Python spinoff, inspired by...well, you can guess. Three cuts of the film exist - try to find the long one with the Thousand Feet Of Film interlude...
They are not a fake band they do go on Tour and they play their own instruments.I can't wait for the next movie... This was one of my favorite soundtracks big bottom rocks
One time in a meeting at work that had a huge argument in it everyone was sitting awkwardly around in silence afterwards with no one knowing what to say and I said, “I’d like to raise a practical concern at this point… are we doing Stonehenge tonight?” And another dude who I didn’t even know very well screamed, “no we’re not doing f*cking Stonehenge!!!” About a third of the people there were howling with laughter and everyone else was confused af 😂
Later when they were older and grey, they performed acoustically as Spinal Tap in an Mtv Unplugged spoof called Unwigged. You can find the videos on You Tube
When the Grateful Dead were at Woodstock, the radio from the helicopters kept coming through their amplifiers. Also, every one of their keyboard players died horribly. They actually like this film.
The best bit of this film is that all of the songs were actually written and performed by McKeon, Guest, and Sheerer. They did the same thing for their film "A Mighty Wind" which is mockumentary about the 50's Folk Music scene.
Congrats...now for the rest of your life you will be quoting this movie...lol. Classic comedies: Clue, Top Secret, Young Frankenstein, Animal House, Trading Places, Dr. Stangelove, Caddy Shack....Raising Arizona...any of the Peter Sellers Pink Panther movies...
One of the mimes was Billy Crystal. The other was Dana Carvey of SNL fame. The cab driver was the late Bruno Kirby, whom you might recognize from "Godfather II" and "When Harry Met Sally." The A&R person was Fran Drescher, of "UHF" and "The Nanny" fame.
In the 60s there were a couple of folk groups who had issues with names. The Christy Minstrels and the New Christy Minstrels, The Seekers and The New Seekers. The Rolling Stones once got lost and missed a concert (not backstage though). Just a couple more real-life references.
@6:50 There is supposedly a cut scene where they all get herpies from the same girl and this would have been the scene that followed. Also, Metallica were so impressed by the "Black Album" that they decided to release one.
Actually, the actors who played Spinal Tap wrote and played the songs! They are actual musicians and went on a *_real_* tour (in character, of course) back in 2009. I think they called it, "Back from the Dead." 😂 I hope you guys listened to the secondary audio track where the actors, in character, reminisced about the 'documentary.' They're every bit as hilarious.
The soundtrack for this movie had an all black cover. Tiny Hendra, who played the manager, passed away last month. I saw Spinal Tap in concert, the Stonehenge prop was too big for the stage, so we never saw it. Also, this film was completely adlibbed. There was twice as much footage shot as shown, all edited down to the length we see. The actors in the band were all musicians, also.
There was *much* more shot than 2x the length of the film. 2x footage vs. final cut never happens. Every production is different, but 20x is average for most. With Spinal Tap, you have over *seventy* times as much film shot vs. what's in the final cut. Reiner, the guys, and three editors had to weed through about 100 hours of footage to make it happen. Very big task.
The cold sores are from a sub plot about the opening act which was dropped from the final version of the film. Before Spinal Tap, Nigel Tufnel was a member of Lenny and the Squigtones (Michael McKean was in that band too, but he was Lenny...)
You might want to check out some of the other mockumentaries that these guys did. Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, and A Mighty Wind are all well worth watching.
Spinal Tap had a guest appearance in, "A Year and a half in the Life of Metallica"--picking a bone with Metallica for stealing their Black Album idea. It was shot back stage of the 'Majesty of Rock' live Freddie Mercury Tribute show. Spinal Tap was a guest performance, along with Metallica, Guns ''N' Roses, George Michael, David Bowie, Elton John, U2, Def Leppard, Robert Plant, Tony Iommi, and Lisa Stansfield.
If you want more classic American comedies I'd suggest Mel Brooks (Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Spaceballs) the Blues Brothers, and the Naked Gun. Rob Reiner also directed the Princess Bride which is very funny as well. Maybe even a Coen Brothers movie like Raising Arizona or the Big Lebowski
For other American comedy suggestions, Blazing Saddles is the obvious choice (and also Young Frankenstein). If you want to get more obscure, I haven't seen anyone react to the original version of The In-Laws, but it's terrific.
Blazing Saddles is a must for any reaction channel. The racist comedy is so shocking to the younger folks, even if it was racist for a reason (to show how stupid it is).
@@MrRezRising *Blazing Saddles* is a must - no question. And yes, it uses racism to make an anti-racism statement. In fact, the actor who played the character Lyle was having a problem saying the "n-word" until Cleavon Little, who played Sharif Bart, took him aside and told him that the Lyle character is supposed to be racist, and so he should make it as racist as possible. If we want to talk about movies that shock millennials and couldn't be made today, *Animal House* definitely falls into that category. I grew up with it and I still think it's wonderful, but crosses a lot of lines.
My husband was a roadie for American rock bands in the '80s, and Ted Nugent's guitar tech at one time.. He did it for years, and I've seen this movie probably up to to 10 times. He said so many of the scenes were true to form.. on the girlfriend factor, the backstage food complaints, etc. And all of the rest, but a great movie and great to see younger people appreciate it to!
Don't miss "This is Bad News" either, which was made around the same time. Personally I prefer Spinal Tap but Bad News is well worth watching. Soundgarden used to do a cover of "Big Bottom" live.
From the same year as 'Spinal Tap', try watching 'Top Secret!' Made by the same people who'd previously created 'Airplane', this is a comedy that often gets overlooked, but the laughs (and the pretty distinguished cast of British talent) add to Val Kilmer's remarkably un-up-himself screen debut. Plus he's backed up by the Jordanaires (Elvis' singers) in the concert footage. As for 'Spinal Tap', I think Derek Smalls hung out on tour with British metal band Saxon, and picked up a few performance tips from Steve "Dobby" Dawson.
By the way these actors made a film called A Mighty Wind. It's about old people who remember the New York scene with Joan Baez, Bob Dylan etc. It is as funny as Spinal Tap.
9:16 An Iconic moment of this movie is when Nigel is so enamored of a guitar that he can't play it and can't allow it to be looked at. You glossed over it.
@@Yldcatz Have you watched the DVD with the commentary track? It's a double treat because the actors do the commentary in character. Turns out the band members vehemently dislike Marty Di Bergi.
6:15 the actor who played their tour manager died last week. 17:00 the Stonehenge bit was based in Black Sabbath folklore. They also had an idea of Stonehenge as a stage prop, however in that case, they were accidentally made too LARGE.
and in another case of 'life imitating art' - Jeff Porcaro (drummer in Toto and prolific session musician) died in 1992 in a bizarre gardening accident.
I love this movie. It’s a Line-O-Rama movie with so many memorable lines. I love all of the outside interviews. The album reviews, like of Shark Sandwich. “There was just a two word review: ‘Shit sandwich’”. The guitarist is like “you can’t print that!” So good! Also when they’re talking about touring and say they played the “Isles Of Lucy”. LOL! This movie is an all-time favorite.
No, man, they actually toured to promote their, Break Like the Wind, album. They play the instruments, compose and write the songs. And I believe Sir Christopher Guest (Nigel) is a British citizen, as well as being married to Jamie Lee Curtis -- which is as rock and roll as anything gets!
Favorite celeb cameos noticed this time 'round: Howard Hesseman (WKRP in Cincinnati's DJ Johnny Fever) and Patrick MacNee (ITV's The Avenger's John Steed).
Suggestion, American comedy film: watch (1974) Young Frankenstein, starring Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle as the monster. The film co-stars Teri Garr, Cloris Leachman, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, et al.
9:51 "Why don't you just make 10 louder and make 10 be the top number and make that a little louder........... Well these go to 11" Greatest F**kin' quote ever.
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"You can't dust for vomit"
What's the best quote from this film???
They see us on stage, with tight trousers... We've got, you know -- armadillos in our trousers
This one goes to 11
"Lick My Love Pump"
"You should have seen the cover they *wanted* to do!"
Seriously, though, the best bit is watching David St Hubbins stare at the Stonehenge monument descending from the rafters.
HELLO CLEVELAND!!!
I just realized that all of them playing bass on the song "Big Bottoms" is a pun in itself.
They played Big Bottom at Live earth in 2007 with “every bass player in existence”
@@rostoff Must’ve been a T H I C C gig.
On IMDB the rating for this film goes up to 11!😂
That says a lot about how much love people have for this movie.
To aid with the realism of the movie, Rob Reiner and the other actors created thanks for that backstories for their characters - where they were born, where they went to school, how they met each other, etc, etc, etc...
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So does the volume slider on BBC iPlayer.
I think a tribute to the quality of this film is that practically every band of the era took it personally.
Any band that did take it personally, clearly deserved to, even ones that I like. I'm both a musician and live audio engineer, and this movie is just so "in the pocket".
Steven Tyler confirmed this movie is EXACTLY like being in Aerosmith.
They didn't "take it personally", they thought it was very accurate and funny. Some bands actually boasted that they were the main inspiration for the band/movie.
@@ryanjacobson2508 I didn't mean "take it as a personal affront" per se, just that every one I heard about thought the good bits were them and had an attribution to rivals for anything negative.
Ozzy thought that Spinal Tap was a real band, so closely did it resemble his experience with Sabbath.
The 3 leads are all really accomplished musicians. Now you have to watch “A Mighty Wind” same guys playing a different band. So good.
Yes, A Mighty Wind is genius! Hell, All Christopher Guest films are.
I’ve seen them actually play live as Spinal Tap, supported by themselves as the Folksmen 😂
Seconding or thirding on A Mighty Wind, a much larger cast (including these three) and they all play their own instruments, demonstrating considerable musicianship at that (and impressive to those of us with folk-acoustic sensibilities). One of the songs from the film was Oscar nominated (justly so, IMO). The core songs were written by Annette O'Toole and Michael McKean, as they were forced to drive long distance across North America during the grounding of flights in the week following the 9/11 attacks.
They also do live performances from time to time.
Christopher Guest as Nigel is actually a British Peer: Baron Haden - Guest. His wife is Jamie Lee Curtis.
Christopher's parents moved to Canada and he grew up in Canada.
"well this piece is called uhh , lick my love pump" makes me cry with laughter every time. great video lads.
that was one of my favourite parts as well! Thanks!
Fake documentary, fake band, but they did make a real album. So real that people didn't know it was fake. BTW, thank you for being the first channel I've seen react to this classic
And they've done tours.
They recorded 3 albums the last in 2009 and have done numerous tours & festivals, 2019 was the last time they played, Whilst the band was created for the Movie I wouldn't call them fake, Tenacious D is kind of the same created for comedy but a legit band.
They made two albums. The first is really the soundtrack for the movie, but it's got an all black cover. It's like, how much more black could it be? And the answer is... none. None more black. The second album is called "Break Like the Wind".
@@bonniherself They did three i know i have all three, the last one "Back from the Dead" was in 2009.
Big Bottom with four basses is so classic...
Almost as satisfying as watching the film is reading what real touring rock musicians think of it. Many rock stars watched this movie and said, "That's us! How'd they find out that happened to us?"
Lenny Kravitz banned this movie from his tourbus because it was too real.
@@SuddenReal If he really did, then Lenny Kravitz is even more of a tool than I originally thought.
The band U2 legitimately got stuck in a giant lemon. What's sad is that it happened AFTER Spinal Tap came out, which means they didn't heed the warning.
Well both AC/DC and Metalica had "Black" albums, Black Sabbath had a Stonehenge set that was too big to fit in the venues., I've seen a televised Live Guns n Roses gig where Slash was on his back with his les Paul and had to be helped to his feet by the roadie, I believe bob Dylan had trouble finding the stage at a gig once, and although not quite the vomit choking thing, I had to jump off stage and run to the bar for a cloth after the guitarist I was teching for threw up on stage.And his band had a song called Lumbar Puncture which is the British name for what Americans call a Spinal Tap. This whole film is totally real. Especially as Spinal Tap have performed live, despite being an alleged "fake" band, while real touring artists mime on stage.(cough Madonna cough Kylie Minogue cough) .
@@EfftupSmith Several bands "confessed" that they did get lost to some degree on their way to the stage.
This actually fooled Ozzy. He was like "how come I've never heard idnthese guys before, they're really good!" 🤣
gotta love Ozzy
I'll be honest....I'm not shocked about that.
Roger Ebert, the noted film critic, said of the film that it’s really two films going on at the same time. What the band thinks is happening and what is REALLY happening during the tour. The real film is happening around the edges of the frame or in the background and the filmmakers expect you to catch on to that.
Yes, the serious tone is in the background at the start, but the clues to their fall starts very early, at least as early as the opening party. Then there are statements like the Boston gig falling through but not to worry because "it isn't a big college town"; and a big note for us comes when Fran Drescher's character says that if the previous album had been a hit, then the controversy about the current album cover wouldn't matter. Little by little reality creeps further to the forefront. Janine's presence only exacerbates what's already happening.
This always makes me remember a plant science class I had in university where they talked about a certain type of plant that would just catch on fire for no reason and I leaned over to my friend and whispered, "Dozens of plants spontaneously combust each year, it's just not widely reported."
These days it's Teslas.
All the songs were written and performed by the actors themselves. They actually went on several tours.
I had the album.
This! I saw them in the 90's and it was highly entertaining.
@@ruthfoley2580 , I still have their Break Like The Wind album and Bitch school tee.
I've actually met people who loved the music, went to concerts, but never saw the movie and had no context about the band being a parody. I've had fun showing these people the 'documentary'.
I recall that for one of the tours, Christopher Guest had a custom made guitar that had a fully functioning speedometer built into the body!🎸😄
If, somehow, you ever get tired of this movie...on one of the DVD releases, there's a commentary track with the guys in character. It's hilarious as well....almost makes it a brand new movie.
Strange Brew
Stir Crazy
The Jerk
Blazing Saddles
Clerks
Greg the Bunny (TV series- 13 episodes)
Look up "black sabbath stonehenge". Sabbath ordered a set piece of a stonehenge for their upcoming tour, as they had just released an album that had a song on it called Stonehenge - but the designers mistook the size written out as metres instead of feet, so it was huge - way too big to take on the road. They used it once and then just left it behind at the venue for the rest of the tour. This happened before this movie was released, but after the scene was filmed. What a weird coincidence.
that's hilarious!
That's great, even without looking it up, it's one of those stories which could be apocryphal on its face, but you pray it's true.
This movie's hysterical. I love how they had the time to write songs and teach Christopher Guest how to play piano (I think), but apparently couldn't give him 30 seconds of basic guitar tech talk. If you feel like looking for it there's actually an episode of The Simpsons where Bart has dreams of being a rock star after he goes to a Spinal Tap concert. I'm pretty sure everyone does their own voices too. Funny as hell.
Did you recognize Fran Drescher? BTW, they warmed up for the movie by playing for live audiences.
There's so many facts about this movie I recently found and never knew for years, all the obvious guest spots, Howard Hessmen, Fran, Paul Shaffer, now I'm drawing blanks but limo driver and the Stonehenge designer are accomplished actors, and the mimes are Billy Crystal and Dana Carvey.
The amplifier conversation is legendary.
Marshall did many promos, ads, etc with Nigel. They even had an amplifier that goes to 20. it is 9 louder.
@@LTDdmg I have a Marshall ValveState 8080. the Gain on Channel 2 goes up to 20.
@@EfftupSmith Could be +20dB, though, which is 100x louder (than 0dB).
"the princess bride" was the next thing Rob Reiner went on to make another Classic..
With Spinal Tap alumnus Christopher Guest as Count Rugen, the six-fingered man.
@@AlanCanon2222 (his fingers go to 11)
Interesting fact, they made this film. The reaction was so great that the creators decided to officially become a band and play the characters on stage while making real albums. Sadly there was a lot of legal BS that kept the guys from constantly using the name, or from the chance of making a second movie. Finally after about 8 years of court fights, the creators got control of the music, the movie, and are properly being paid for it all again.
Apparently there is going to be a second spinal tap film in 2024...should be interesting...
This isn't any old mockumentary. It's one of the first mockumentaries (if not the first).
The rutles all you need is cash was made in 1978 spinal taps debut was on the TV show in 1979 and the film came out in 1984
Thanks. That's good to know.
@@neilpye6089 I can't think of an earlier one than the one you mention (Rutles) but there is Orson Welles' late film "F is for Fake", which is about a number of famous hoaxes in history.... and one of them is a fake hoax, made from whole cloth by the filmmakers. So not a mockumentary, but a fake segment in an actual documentary.
@@neilpye6089 Funny how in the 60s version of the band, their big hit was "Gimme Some Money".🤘
In Spinal Tap, almost all conversations were improvised with cameras rolling .. that's how they all wanted to work. And in so doing, Rob Reiner and the boys made an instant classic.
Glad you liked it! Cheers 🍺
Then, the Christopher Guest mockumentaries followed suit (although I think that they may have developed some of their dialogue in rehearsal, without cameras necessarily rolling for every run-through). The actors can develop their own backstories. I imagine that for a given scene, the actors would know where they had to end up in terms of plot or exposition, then were given liberty to get there by their own paths.
I just watched a David Letterman interview with the band from 1984, and the cleared that up. While they did some improvising during the one-on-one interviews, the group interviews had material they loosely worked out in advance. Like the band's history of drummers, they all had to know the story before they filmed, including Reiner.
Christopher Guest followed this up with Waiting for Guffman about a town putting on a play about its history; Best in Show about a dog show; A Mighty Wind (folk music). These are the best three, but then he also did For Your Consideration about an awards show and then for Netflix he did Mascots about a mascot competition. These are all mockumentaries and star many of the same actors such as Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara (from Schitt's Creek), Harry Shearer, and Fred Williard who you saw in Spinal Tap just to name a few.
The outtakes are just as good and maybe just as long. A companion movie of it's own.
His power went to 11 and in "Princess Bride" he had 11 fingers.
WHOA.
Such a fine line between stupid and clever.
The film is particularly amazing when you find out that nearly the entire film was improvised. They ad libbed it all. They had an outline of what the scenes were about and made it all up.
Spinal Tap have toured several times for real, and they would frequently open for themselves as a folk band called The Folksmen. th-cam.com/video/xZORYHmN3uw/w-d-xo.html
this makes Fran Drescher describing the album cover that much more hilarious
Years ago, I showed this movie to my bandmate, but didn't tell him it was a spoof. He was so sad he was nearly in tears. I relented and finally told him it was fictitious after about a week.
You guys should do ´The Comic Strip - Bad News´. It´s a British rocumentary about an 80´s heavy metal band that was released 6 months before Spinal Tap. It´s brilliant.
Watch more Christopher Guest films! You guys will love them !
A Mighty Wind is an obvious follow-up.
This is one of the greatest mockumentaries of all time! This group did several other mockumentaries that are all just as good! You should react to Waiting for Guffman and Best in Show :)
Unlike Spinal Tap, I've been in several bands over the decades. Never got lost on the way to the stage, but everything in this movie rings true and funny. Best. Leo.
I've even known other musicians like the guys in Spinal Tap!
I know The Smashing Pumpkins once got lost in the backstage, so that part is true too.
U2 got stuck in an egg over the audience during the Zoo tv tour.
@@kenharness A lemon, actually.
Blink 182, the lead singer ran backstage during an instrumental section to reappear somewhere else 8n the stadium for the rest of the song. Classic rock show move.
However, he got lost and wound up at the shopping center next door. 🤣🤣🤣
Love that y’all validated my opinion that Nigel starts acting like a jealous boyfriend when Janine shows up cheers
Oh, for sure.
There's a degree of homo-social bonding in rock bands that usually gets threatened when a girlfriend or wife insists on being more involved.
Yeah, I've seen other reactors thinking he and Janine had an affair, but I think Nigel is actually into David. Also David says that Nigel and Janine at every similar, so maybe that's why David is with Janine.
If you haven't done it, go back to 1974 and react to Mel Brook's "Young Frankenstein" with Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman and Teri Garr.
i have heard that one is really good
After this film came out, Marshall actually made amplifiers that went to 11.
Glad you liked what is undoubtedly one of the greatest rockumentaries of all time. I love this film, mainly because it pays homage to (rips the piss out of) some of my favourite bands;
Led Zeppelin & The Who (dead drummers),
Led Zeppelin (violining a guitar),
Deep Purple, Rainbow & Jimi Hendrix (foot playing a guitar)
and
Black Sabbath (everything else but mainly Stonehenge).
My favourite Easter Egg is that Derek Smalls (bassist) wears a 1970s Shrewsbury Town shirt through most of the movie which ties in with Harry Shearer's use of a West Midlandsish accent. Total class. 🤣🤣🤣
we were trying to work out which football shirt Harry Shearer had on throughout the film!
Award for best and deepest dive into an easter egg goes to you, dude.
37 years and I never caught that.
@@MrRezRising What can I say man, it's what I do 😉
By the way, I should probably mention that Eugene Levy & Catherine O'Hara (SCTV) both learn to sing and play instruments in "A Mighty Wind".
I've been getting into this whole reaction scene over the past few months and I've been pushing for people do get into the "Christopher Guest" universe. I've seen mentioned in the comments some of the other movies in this universe. In order they are "Waiting For Guffman", "Best In Show", "A Mighty Wind" and "For Your Consideration".
Director Rob Reiner and Guest also teamed up on "The Princess Bride" where Guest plays the "six fingered man". 5+6....11
It is incredibly awesome that they didn't actually write a script for 95% of what was going on in the movie. All those epic lines was those guys just improvising while doing interviews in character just like a pro wrestler would.
“What’s your Spinal Tap moment” is a set of videos of famous rock stars recalling their own mishaps.
Fred willard- play some slow numbers so I can dance alright?
Spinal Tap- Workin on a sex farm
What is that? 50 hours?
@@chimpinaneckbrace basically me when it comes to math
The best line for me (and I’ve seen this film over 30 times!) is “I’m sure I’d feel much worse if I wasn’t under such heavy sedation”. It still make me howl every time!!!!!
I was so lucky with this film; I had never heard anything about it and I just caught it on TV late one night. A fantastic experience.
Most of the actors in this movie are also in the Mockumentary film "Best in Show" it's about dog shows and is equally brilliant.
Totally. Guest is such a great actor.
There's a straight-to-video sequel to the movie that has Nigel demonstrating an "amplifier capo": he got tired of the capo getting in his way (not really knowing what it's for, of course), so he built a massive strap capo that goes on the amplifier instead.
-I saw them live in 1992 promoting their new record: Break Like The Wind. Yep, they write and perform everything.
-After coming home from a friend’s house during my last year of high school (1991) my mom left a rented VHS tape in the entryway with a note from her attached: “You need to watch this.” I have quoted it every day since then. My mom is cool.
-When the director asks him why they don’t make 10 the highest and make THAT louder, it stumps Nigel so hard that he almost stopped chewing his gum.
Talk of musical mockumentaries inevitably leads to the question...have you ever seen the other really famous one, The Rutles - All You Need Is Cash? It's a Monty Python spinoff, inspired by...well, you can guess. Three cuts of the film exist - try to find the long one with the Thousand Feet Of Film interlude...
They are not a fake band they do go on Tour and they play their own instruments.I can't wait for the next movie... This was one of my favorite soundtracks big bottom rocks
One time in a meeting at work that had a huge argument in it everyone was sitting awkwardly around in silence afterwards with no one knowing what to say and I said, “I’d like to raise a practical concern at this point… are we doing Stonehenge tonight?” And another dude who I didn’t even know very well screamed, “no we’re not doing f*cking Stonehenge!!!” About a third of the people there were howling with laughter and everyone else was confused af 😂
I saw this movie in the theatre in 1984 and it’s still as funny. Absolutely brilliant show. They just made it up as they went along
Later when they were older and grey, they performed acoustically as Spinal Tap in an Mtv Unplugged spoof called Unwigged. You can find the videos on You Tube
When the Grateful Dead were at Woodstock, the radio from the helicopters kept coming through their amplifiers. Also, every one of their keyboard players died horribly. They actually like this film.
Time for you both to watch the same crew in ‘Best In Show’ and ‘A Mighty Wind’.
I think best in show is one we'll 100% do
The best bit of this film is that all of the songs were actually written and performed by McKeon, Guest, and Sheerer.
They did the same thing for their film "A Mighty Wind" which is mockumentary about the 50's Folk Music scene.
Congrats...now for the rest of your life you will be quoting this movie...lol. Classic comedies: Clue, Top Secret, Young Frankenstein, Animal House, Trading Places, Dr. Stangelove, Caddy Shack....Raising Arizona...any of the Peter Sellers Pink Panther movies...
thank you for the suggestions!
Really want to do young Frankenstein, I’ve never seen it and I’ve heard gene is brilliant in it
@@jackmance741 Another good one is Johnny Dangerously ...and the really crazy comedy Ice Pirates
This movie was the seed for Ricky Gervais to make The Office.
One of the mimes was Billy Crystal. The other was Dana Carvey of SNL fame. The cab driver was the late Bruno Kirby, whom you might recognize from "Godfather II" and "When Harry Met Sally." The A&R person was Fran Drescher, of "UHF" and "The Nanny" fame.
Shame on ya'll for giving this a mere 82 and 76. This goes to 111 in my book.
In the 60s there were a couple of folk groups who had issues with names. The Christy Minstrels and the New Christy Minstrels, The Seekers and The New Seekers.
The Rolling Stones once got lost and missed a concert (not backstage though).
Just a couple more real-life references.
And The New Yardbirds (Led Zeppelin)
Stumpy is Ed begley Jr
@6:50 There is supposedly a cut scene where they all get herpies from the same girl and this would have been the scene that followed. Also, Metallica were so impressed by the "Black Album" that they decided to release one.
No they're actually musicians and they tour. Its like steel panther.
I really enjoyed watching you watch - and enjoy - one of my favourite films.
Actually, the actors who played Spinal Tap wrote and played the songs! They are actual musicians and went on a *_real_* tour (in character, of course) back in 2009. I think they called it, "Back from the Dead." 😂
I hope you guys listened to the secondary audio track where the actors, in character, reminisced about the 'documentary.' They're every bit as hilarious.
ill have to listen to that secondary audio track then!
They also apparently riff on the Stonehenge thing by having the prop delivered in a FedEx box or a USPS box or similar.
There's a monty python mockumentory of the beatles, called "the rutles"
That’s an incredible Beatles send-up. The songs are outstanding!
The soundtrack for this movie had an all black cover.
Tiny Hendra, who played the manager, passed away last month.
I saw Spinal Tap in concert, the Stonehenge prop was too big for the stage, so we never saw it.
Also, this film was completely adlibbed. There was twice as much footage shot as shown, all edited down to the length we see.
The actors in the band were all musicians, also.
There was *much* more shot than 2x the length of the film. 2x footage vs. final cut never happens. Every production is different, but 20x is average for most. With Spinal Tap, you have over *seventy* times as much film shot vs. what's in the final cut. Reiner, the guys, and three editors had to weed through about 100 hours of footage to make it happen. Very big task.
Tony Hendra.
@Madbandit77 thanks, was a typo.
16:00 there was an interview where he said he always used a zucchini because a cucumber would be too warty
Lol! 🥒
The review was going well until it was likened to SNL. The most damning thing ever said about this film by anyone.
2024 ... forty years later: "This is Spinal Tap 2
An old U.S comedy I would recommend is Blazing Saddles, if you haven't seen it already.
You guys weren't there but after the movie came out, the actors actually toured as Spinal Tap and released a album.
Multiple albums and tours :)
Where Metallica got the black album from! 😜🤘
The cold sores are from a sub plot about the opening act which was dropped from the final version of the film.
Before Spinal Tap, Nigel Tufnel was a member of Lenny and the Squigtones (Michael McKean was in that band too, but he was Lenny...)
There was a tour after the movie came out.... no fn lie guys
You might want to check out some of the other mockumentaries that these guys did. Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, and A Mighty Wind are all well worth watching.
No written script, 100% improvised.
Spinal Tap had a guest appearance in, "A Year and a half in the Life of Metallica"--picking a bone with Metallica for stealing their Black Album idea. It was shot back stage of the 'Majesty of Rock' live Freddie Mercury Tribute show. Spinal Tap was a guest performance, along with Metallica, Guns ''N' Roses, George Michael, David Bowie, Elton John, U2, Def Leppard, Robert Plant, Tony Iommi, and Lisa Stansfield.
There is a video of David Gilmore playing Big Bottom with Spinal Tap live.
I'm so glad this movie has never had a sequel or a remake. It's the perfect comedy as is.
There is a sequel on the way, apparently, but the details are still sketchy as of right now.
their lip: they all got herpes from the blonde girl at the start.... it's one of the extras on the blu ray
11/10 for the reactions
plus listen to the band commentary adds so much to the film
If you want more classic American comedies I'd suggest Mel Brooks (Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Spaceballs) the Blues Brothers, and the Naked Gun. Rob Reiner also directed the Princess Bride which is very funny as well. Maybe even a Coen Brothers movie like Raising Arizona or the Big Lebowski
Harry Shearer has had a radio show in L.A. for the past thirty years. True story.
For other American comedy suggestions, Blazing Saddles is the obvious choice (and also Young Frankenstein). If you want to get more obscure, I haven't seen anyone react to the original version of The In-Laws, but it's terrific.
Blazing Saddles is a must for any reaction channel. The racist comedy is so shocking to the younger folks, even if it was racist for a reason (to show how stupid it is).
@@MrRezRising *Blazing Saddles* is a must - no question. And yes, it uses racism to make an anti-racism statement. In fact, the actor who played the character Lyle was having a problem saying the "n-word" until Cleavon Little, who played Sharif Bart, took him aside and told him that the Lyle character is supposed to be racist, and so he should make it as racist as possible.
If we want to talk about movies that shock millennials and couldn't be made today, *Animal House* definitely falls into that category. I grew up with it and I still think it's wonderful, but crosses a lot of lines.
@@michaelbuhl4250 Agreed.
Also: "Sepentine Shel!! Serpentine!!"
In Laws would be great to see a reaction to.
My husband was a roadie for American rock bands in the '80s, and Ted Nugent's guitar tech at one time.. He did it for years, and I've seen this movie probably up to to 10 times. He said so many of the scenes were true to form.. on the girlfriend factor, the backstage food complaints, etc. And all of the rest, but a great movie and great to see younger people appreciate it to!
Yeah; the girlfriend reminds me of Yoko Ono.
2 word review:
"Shit Sandwich"
Don't miss "This is Bad News" either, which was made around the same time. Personally I prefer Spinal Tap but Bad News is well worth watching.
Soundgarden used to do a cover of "Big Bottom" live.
From the same year as 'Spinal Tap', try watching 'Top Secret!' Made by the same people who'd previously created 'Airplane', this is a comedy that often gets overlooked, but the laughs (and the pretty distinguished cast of British talent) add to Val Kilmer's remarkably un-up-himself screen debut. Plus he's backed up by the Jordanaires (Elvis' singers) in the concert footage.
As for 'Spinal Tap', I think Derek Smalls hung out on tour with British metal band Saxon, and picked up a few performance tips from Steve "Dobby" Dawson.
By the way these actors made a film called A Mighty Wind. It's about old people who remember the New York scene with Joan Baez, Bob Dylan etc. It is as funny as Spinal Tap.
OMG thank you. One of my fav movies Evah! Made it even better that you blokes are Brits. Brilliant.
9:16 An Iconic moment of this movie is when Nigel is so enamored of a guitar that he can't play it and can't allow it to be looked at. You glossed over it.
Don’t even point at it.
@@Yldcatz Have you watched the DVD with the commentary track? It's a double treat because the actors do the commentary in character.
Turns out the band members vehemently dislike Marty Di Bergi.
6:15 the actor who played their tour manager died last week.
17:00 the Stonehenge bit was based in Black Sabbath folklore. They also had an idea of Stonehenge as a stage prop, however in that case, they were accidentally made too LARGE.
and in another case of 'life imitating art' - Jeff Porcaro (drummer in Toto and prolific session musician) died in 1992 in a bizarre gardening accident.
that is bizarre!
I love this movie. It’s a Line-O-Rama movie with so many memorable lines. I love all of the outside interviews. The album reviews, like of Shark Sandwich. “There was just a two word review: ‘Shit sandwich’”. The guitarist is like “you can’t print that!” So good! Also when they’re talking about touring and say they played the “Isles Of Lucy”. LOL! This movie is an all-time favorite.
A Real documentary about a band struggling that FEELS like a mockumentary is ANVIL
Guy on left... WHAT IS THAT NIGHTMARISH mask behind you?
thats from the film 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' 😂😂
@@_willandjack that explains it
No, man, they actually toured to promote their, Break Like the Wind, album. They play the instruments, compose and write the songs. And I believe Sir Christopher Guest (Nigel) is a British citizen, as well as being married to Jamie Lee Curtis -- which is as rock and roll as anything gets!
Favorite celeb cameos noticed this time 'round: Howard Hesseman (WKRP in Cincinnati's DJ Johnny Fever) and Patrick MacNee (ITV's The Avenger's John Steed).
It's 1 louder.
Suggestion, American comedy film: watch (1974) Young Frankenstein, starring Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle as the monster. The film co-stars Teri Garr, Cloris Leachman, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, et al.
9:51 "Why don't you just make 10 louder and make 10 be the top number and make that a little louder........... Well these go to 11"
Greatest F**kin' quote ever.