I knew a sequel would eventually come out. I hope it stands on its own as well as the first one did.
Is this the Final Tap
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I hope we finally get to hear the completed version of Nigel's musical trilogy in D minor, which of course is the saddest of all keys.
Based on the trailer, that is a major theme...
I think they were up to 11 dead drummers. So can't find a drummer for the reunion.
The only thing I don't like is that the fucking retard meathead Karl Reiner is in it and/or directing it. I hate to do anything that will put one red cent in that POS' pocket. Fucking Communist.
But Spinal Tap is one of the funniest movies ever made. And the world needs a satire of rock bands that are now 60 years old and on stage with oxygen tents and walkers. It's %$#@ing hilarious!
One of the best lines in a great movie (Almost Famous) was "Look do you think that The Rolling Stones are still going to be making records and doing concerts 10 years from now? You have to make money now. Today."
Even in 1984-ish... the idea that bands from the '60's and '70's would still be doing tours in 2025 was as alien as thinking that Fat Elvis would still be relevant in 1980.
Can't wait to see how they do this. And from the trailer, I think the 'final concert' is going to make the movie a bit like Sorcese's 'The Last Waltz" which was supposed to be about The Band. But was really about Scorcese. Because everything Scorcese did was about Scorsese. So the whole movie was a bit of a flop for The Band. Though it made Scorcese's career.
THAT is a film that deserves to be lampooned! Bigtime!
Sirhr
I've never seen the first one. I guess now is a good time to watch it.
I've always heard it referenced, and that it is a good movie. I don't know why I've never seen it.
I've always heard it referenced, and that it is a good movie. I don't know why I've never seen it.
Not a good movie... way, way better than that!
Definitely see it.
That said, you sort of have to be a 'classic Rock' fan and an early X-er or a later Boomer to 'get it.' The references to the entire Rock and Roll community and to the trend for "Rockumentaries" (Stop Making Sense, The Last Waltz, Gimme Shelter, The Song Remains The Same, Tommy, The Kids Are Alright, Floyd at Pompeii, Woodstock) all did 'band profiles.' So you sort of have to understand the "Rockumentary" culture to really get everything out of Spinal Tap.
They lampoon everyone, too. Zepplin, The Beatles, the Stones, Jethro Tull, early Metallica and metal, The Who... everyone who was great back then! Definitely download/rent/stream/buy DVD...
By way of tribute to the movie... when I bought my first ever DVD player in 1998 or so... the first movie I bought was "This is Spinal Tap." The second was Saving Private Ryan.
I will definitely be re-watching the original before seeing the sequal.
Sirhr
PS. Also going to see Happy Gilmore II. The original was awesome! And the reviews are great!
Cheers,
Sirhr
Oh, I am 54, and a classic rock fan, so I'm pretty sure I'll get the references 
This is up there with stripes . How Dafugg you never seent it ?
@sirhrmechanic I agree with everything you said, most especially the part about Meathead (a true-to-life role if I ever saw one.)
Notably, among others, I am reminded of what Ozzy Osbourne said when he saw it for the first time.
"I thought it was a real documentary."
Everything in the movie has happened in real life.
One of my favorites is from David St. Hubbins exclaiming, "We have a Stonehenge that is in danger of being trampled by a dwarf!"
Notably, among others, I am reminded of what Ozzy Osbourne said when he saw it for the first time.
"I thought it was a real documentary."
Everything in the movie has happened in real life.
One of my favorites is from David St. Hubbins exclaiming, "We have a Stonehenge that is in danger of being trampled by a dwarf!"
No idea, but I have seen Stripes. I even have it on DVD.
Smell the glove album release party , Fuckin epic .
Don't forget, Spaceballs 2 is coming out in '27.
Oh shit . Now I gotta watch again . Don't remember that line .
Gotta say though the bass player's foil covered cucumber recently inspired me to wave my newly acquired forearm hardware thru a metal detector .
This is surely going to be a 12. Not a 10 or an 11. It'll be one higher.
To be replaced by,
"It's so black...it's like, how much more black can it be?"
"None...none more black."
They did play Cincinatti in 1992... Part of their 'reunion' and an album tour, IIRC.
Didn't think they did any 'tours' before the movie came out in '84. But did do some TV comedy shows and small gigs as they were refining their act. So it could have been either!
They were a bit like the Blues Brothers... a skit done by Aykroyd and Belushi that just turned into a phenomena. IIRC, in 1978 or so, Belushi was the star of the number 1 TV show in America (SNL); the number 1 movie in America (Animal House); and the number 1 Album in America (Briefcase full of Blues.) The Blues Brothers were much bigger than Spinal Tap!!! But also helped inspire the "Mockumentary."
Cheers,
Sirhr
People better hurry up and watch the original before we post all the good parts ;-)
Sirhr
Carl Reiner was hilarious. Died not long ago at 98. Wrote some of the iconic comedy of the 20th century.
He was sort of a New Deal/Tip O'Neill Democrat. But staunchly pro-American. His spoiled little hippie kid is a fat, Marxist weasel. And decidedly un-funny. (Though has had his moments in Spinal Tap. And The Princess Bride is a classic.)
An interesting Spinal Tap factoid... In Spinal Tap, Reiner wears a hat for the USS Coral Sea but with the wrong ship number on it... (which pissed of a lot of sailors who considered him the male Jane Fonda.) Later, when Reiner directed The Princess Bride, Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits agreed to do the sound track on one condition... That the hat from Spinal Tap had to be included in the film. And it was... hanging on Fred Savage's nightstand.
Knopfler's soundtrack to The Princess Bride is, by the way, magnificent! If it didn't win an Oscar for best Sound Track, it should have!
Sirhr
I still haven’t seen the original. I really want to but can’t find it on streaming anywhere. I’ve heard about this movie my whole life and just haven’t gotten to it yet.
Oh, come on, y’all. Don’t you remember them being lost in the belly of the arena in Cleveland, trying to find the stage? At every turn in the labyrinth of passages to the stage, them shouting “Hello Cleveland!”, and then hitting another dead end and having to turn around? I was riffing off Cincinnati (not in the movie) vs Cleveland, which was.
I never realized the ship’s mismatch on the hat. Will have to go back and check it out. Thanks!
Of all the comedy in the film, I didn’t find any of it offensive. But now that one, knowing him, kinda is.
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