Spinal Tap - Stonehenge (live Royal Albert Hall 1992) HD

[@duggiebader1798]

When I visited Stone Henge years ago, I uttered the lyrics... "The Druids! No one knows who they were, or... ... ... What they were do'in." Upon a Japanese girl looks at me smiling... "Spinal Tap!"

[@thehotyounggrandpas8207]

Beautiful! Spinal Tap are the Earths universal language!

[@FabioCuccuMusic]

Duggie Bader This proves that the tour in Japan made them really popular!

[@corneliuscrewe8165]

That's awesome!

[@garymitchell5899]

Did you get a kiss??

[@scottmurdock01z]

I was lucky enough to visit Stonehenge, but It was in the '80s, so I didn't have these lyrics to reference.

[@jkorshak]

Hundreds of years before the Dawn of History...

[@PatTheBatmanFan]

...lived a strange race of people...

[@thejimmysbuffet]

THAT is my favorite line!

[@isee7668]

@@thejimmysbuffet "and the cats meow" has always floored me.

[@quinetastic]

🤣😂🤣...

[@DaveWarpony65]

😆😆😆😆🎸🎼🎶🎵🥁🇬🇧☠️☠️☠️☠️

[@davidjohnson7484]

Done as a joke, yet 10,000 times better than most music today.

[@bayknight20]

Forget grunge

[@whitex4652]

That comment tells the world about your stupidity ...

[@CD-yr8tw]

I would not call what they create today music.

[@HughMungus4655]

and they were making fun of the shit that was being made back then lmao thats the whole point

[@arkady714]

Until this group - Britain's final super group - is admitted to the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, I will flat out refuse to recognize their authority. It is a travesty to art, music and mankind in its entirety that these mega stars have not been given the recognition they have earned a thousand times over.

[@johnpatterson4272]

Very true. Spinal Tap are in-effect legendary.

[@abbaszaidi8371]

It’s a crime against nature. 3 already talented and amazing actors- effectively taking the piss with spot on British accents and prog rock metal in what is really a “hobby” for these three men, when there are musicians who can only dream of doing their stuff - and being taken seriously. God I love this band!!

[@jazzx251]

That's the Majesty of Tap

[@DunkanIdaho1]

The "Bardic tradition" as Nigel would say.

[@sudacagamer]

you forgot talented comedians/writers/directors

[@johnpatterson4272]

Well said.

[@johnny5805]

Their musicianship is second to none.

[@MelancoliaI]

Whilst I appreciate the brilliance of Jazz Odyssey, Stonehenge will remain the crowning glory of this legendary band.

[@pimpbot5002]

You can’t expect them to do lengthy jazz improvising in front of what essentially is a festival crowd.

[@manifestgtr]

I love that these guys are an actual band and can actually play. Harry is actually kind of ripping it up in the bass *for real* lol

[@pobnoonmunch2255]

Thinking the same thing

[@ladyhelle]

Harry is a bass legend!

[@SurreyMan0409]

It’s extraordinary that three actors can play so incredibly well, all the time maintaining their personas. Or that three musicians can act so well. I suppose it’s the majesty of rock...

[@albertandrews130]

Just wait for the sequel! It's coming in 2024

[@immaleaf4964]

and the mystery of roll

[@immaleaf4964]

@@albertandrews130 or 1992, same thing

[@lodragan]

@@albertandrews130 40 year aniversary - WoOT!!

[@jazzx251]

I love the way David says in such a condescending way - "We'll be back in 15 minutes. Enjoy yourselves out there!"

[@DandyLion662a]

Ah Spinal Tap. I do miss those days. "Where the banshees live and they do live well."

[@CubensisRecords]

I wish they had at least one performance of this song where the stonehenge rock actually dropped at the right time (and with the right size) I love that mandolin melody.

[@castironchaos]

And then it topples over onto the drummer.

[@publiusking8004]

In SF, the very bottom part of the triptych came into view on time and halted, so you could only see the first 10 feet or so. Perfection.

[@internetperson9121]

I thought something was going to fall and crush the little fellas, I was a bit relieved this time

[@WEC8198]

I love how many guitar picks are on the mic stand at 2:54

[@corbinordel]

"And you my love, won't you take my hand?"

[@jazzx251]

"We'll go back in time - to that mystic land"

[@foyh]

never gets old

[@jazzx251]

35 years and counting ... no, this stands the test of time. Terrible lyrics, but great music.

[@eden2esthar]

Derek: can I raise a practical question at this point? David : yeah Derek : we gonna play Stonehenge tomorrow? David: No we're not gonna fucking do Stonehenge!!!

[@trusstingod]

Add Derek just shrugs his shoulders like no big deal.

[@Dreamline78]

@@trusstingod Well, he's like lukewarm water.

[@georgecoventry8441]

Incredible!!!!!!!!!!! Real history from "undreds of years before the dawn of 'istory", delivered by the most dramatically formidable band in the history of Rock! I love Nigel's epic narration. He invests the subject with the gravitas and sense of mystery it so richly deserves.

[@genxpilot69]

Their guitar sound here is absolutely incredible!

[@johnpatterson4272]

Fantastic show. Great comedic theatre which is a big part of rock and roll music. Thoroughly entertaining.

[@totz_the_plaid9625]

This is why you make sure all the props are ready before finalizing the setlist! (A great follow-up would be them using an inflatable stonehenge that either springs a leak & deflates or gets overfilled & pops!)

[@jasontownsend9460]

That happened at their Glastonbury set

[@zackthebongripper7274]

They are so good.

[@ryanflanigan6362]

Actually have seen Newgrange in Ireland and Stonehenge in England. All I could hear was this song. God these guys have talent!

[@georgecoventry8653]

Tap! Tap! Tap! What an amazing concert!!! No one can equal the awesome stage presence of this incredible band, even if they do have trouble with some of their stage props from time to time.

[@IMajst3RI]

not to mention the backing vocals

[@DonaldHolben]

RIP Ric Parnell ,AKA Mick Shrimpton

[@Ronbertomortadela]

"Where the dew drops cry and the cats meow I will take you there, I will show you how" Epic

[@cornishphilosopher]

I defy anyone to drive past Stonehenge without singing at least one line of this song

[@garymitchell5899]

Derek's scream has become a growl with age

[@reelgirl8544]

Brilliant comedians and legit talented musicians! I love Christopher Guest's work.

[@Revcharge]

@2:30 at least they got the scale right this time. too bad it didn't fit.

[@MagicMartin666]

Nigel looks like he's having the time of his life.

[@JeffOllerheadIceCreamRobots]

Forever the best sitcom in History and when the Sun melts the Earth we shall all dance to the pipes of pan

[@RappinPicard]

Nigel gave me a drawing that said 18 meters. Now, whether or not he knows the difference between feet and meters is not my problem. I do what I'm told.

[@vascoDG1498]

You mean the drawing said 18 inches. 18 meters would have been pretty big and was probably what he meant to say.

[@RappinPicard]

@@vascoDG1498 watch the video, there’s a running gag through it of the Stonehenge setpiece being too large to fit through the doors.

[@CSXIV]

To be fair, the feet vs. Meters drawing of Stonehenge was what happened to Ozzy Osborne in real life. Though Ozzy's oversized Stonehenge is cited as the inspiration, iirc, that happened after the outline for This is Spinal Tap was finished.

[@russellj.s.257]

Tap Rules!!!!

[@rarmai]

Nigel was brave to be able to advance his understanding of the construction of Stonehenge through experimentation. Duncan!

[@richardhelliwell1210]

You would never believe these guys were American, best English accents ever. Plus an awful lot of rock cliches of course!

[@mikestckl6939]

wait , they are americans ??? fuckin hell they pulled that accent off really good o.O

[@isee7668]

@@mikestckl6939 the base player is Mr Burns. The lead singer was in Laverne & Shirley!

[@jeshkam]

​@@isee7668And in "Planes, Trains & Automobiles" of course.

[@terryvance2615]

Classic I love it

[@zenpaganwarrior]

Imagine three (American) comedians in a fake (British) band doing satire completely "taking the piss" on the more, er, questionable aspects of the British Invasion. Probably the most perfect, comedic coup since the dawn of history!

[@musoseven8218]

Superb! "......it was not funny up on stage!". Is it me - was that Jeff Beck or Nigel Tufnal in the kilt?? Lol!

[@publiusking8004]

The only element missing: The London Philharmonic, for a mini-set of acoustic numbers led by DSH.

[@jonwhite6414]

Tune this two eleven..🤟

[@Kate_Kestrel]

Love the 6000 plectrums on the mic stand and the dancing Ewoks!

[@alkohallick2901]

Amazing.

[@ndogg20]

No doubt the inspiration for many great bands from King Crimson to Iron Maiden and many others.

[@pearlpolanski]

This is still so hilarious!

[@Koridai011]

3:29 I think it’s better off with the 18 inch stone edge

[@sl27446]

I love how Nigel almost breaks character at one point!!! 1:41-2:02

[@eunuchprovocateur4734]

No he doesn't.

[@Shadowfax-1980]

I think he’s just having a good time.

[@adventuressurvivalinthailand]

one of the all time classics! giant stonehenge, dancing midgets, greatest band of all time

[@castironchaos]

Best and funniest part of the whole concert movie. :)

[@geoffbates771]

I was waiting for the gag... 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Jakeman90210]

wish you were here

[@John-k8k9q]

Yes, we're gonna fackin' do Stone'enge!

[@russellj.s.257]

Micheal McKean,Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer are such talented comedic actors who are sadly underrated

[@isee7668]

I don't think they're starving, somehow.

[@Yesterdayss]

I eh, don't think they're underrated.

[@SergioRTvisual]

2:03 is that Mike Portnoy from Dream Theater? 😲

[@happydayz7857]

Nigel rocked a kilt way before Axel did.

[@kakolykia]

I like it unironically.

[@Anjohl]

The craziest thing is that Spinal Tao are actually a really good band, with great stage presence. I wonder how many off stage musicians they use?

[@eunuchprovocateur4734]

They play all their own instruments and sing all their songs. That's all them on stage. No lip-syncing.

[@Anjohl]

@@eunuchprovocateur4734 that's nuts! They're better than a lot of "real" bands!

[@eunuchprovocateur4734]

@@Anjohl that's why people like them so much. When they put on the costumes, they really become Spinal Tap. They wrote and played all their own songs.

[@jazzx251]

@@Anjohl The only "professional" is always the drummer - you can get away with alot of things, but losing the beat isn't one of them. The professional drummer lays the foundations which keeps the audience dancing, no matter what hilarity plays out on top.

[@Kreln1221]

They do another parody band, The Folksmen, from another mockumentary movie, "A Mighty Wind", where again, they wrote and performed their own music, both vocally and with instruments... As they are the same three guys..., The Folksmen have even 'opened' for Spinal Tap..., much like D.O.V.E. has opened for D.E.V.O. ..., which were the same band, but just with a parody personna...

[@Wigglewonks]

To the pipes of pan.

[@happydayz7857]

They play their own instruments folks!

[@markcassel3392]

Classic.

[@Ifoughtpiranhas]

I hope their dressing rooms were bigger than the puppet show's.

[@wessteele1058]

I'm only watching to see how big the stone henge is this time

[@marieascot]

Yes that is Chuck from Better Call Saul and Homer Simpson and not Robert Plant.

[@andrewnorth170]

Didn't know there was that extra lyric at the end.

[@gentlesoft6627]

And you my love wont you take my hand

[@davidmirandajr]

3:23 Mickey 😅

[@juliaeckhard2164]

Fuckin love em

[@taylorjackson1906]

Love Mike Mckean!!

[@ChrisZ70]

"....hundreds of years before the dawn of history..." LOL

[@sdsungod]

Where the dew drops cry, and the cats meow

[@melysmelys2622]

They'll have to start singing that in Welsh now after archeologists found that the inner circle of bluestones originally formed a stone henge in Wales and were brought to Salisbury.

[@robbieracer3294]

What was up with that wooden Stonehenge they found not far from the rock one? I never hear anymore about it

[@slovoIT]

4 people don't know the difference between feet and inches

[@OhFishyFish]

It's not their job to be confused!

[@mace9930]

@@OhFishyFish ' is the difference

[@jazzx251]

YOU CALL THAT SCENERY!!!??? HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO STONEHENGE??? THE TRYPTICHS ARE 20 FEET HIGH!

[@JSTNtheWZRD]

Why didn't anyone tell me they were touring in the 90s. I would have loved that.

[@jazzx251]

nobody knew who they were .. or what they were doing

[@JSTNtheWZRD]

@@jazzx251 hahaha....now that's comedy, good one.

[@John-k8k9q]

And where are they now?

[@JSTNtheWZRD]

@@John-k8k9q perhaps gesticulating to each other on a private jet flying to Rio

[@Nothing-qb6td]

I didn't know that druid s were that small

[@willisknapick4405]

Anyone know the name of the drummer? Still alive? Injured?

[@danbailey8182]

Did they use 11 I wonder?

[@SideShowSlim]

Unbelievable that the drummer survived - lmfao

[@21Cayque12]

So they made a big thing out of it this time

[@bengaltiger96]

Given these are the same band members from the movie, I wonder if these are the same dwarves?

[@Shadowfax-1980]

Is Mickey from Seinfeld one of the dwarves?

[@Unsung_Earth]

Lol

[@jonlate4581]

Yes.

[@ScottDaddyMac]

A fake band that rocks harder than 99% of the bands from that era. Long Live Spinal Tap!!!!

[@deanwright7611]

The cats meow?

[@csaw780]

It’s high time people start taking this band seriously

[@ruminator3570]

Who makes it into the rock and roll Hall of Fame first? Would it be these guys or weird Al yankovic?

[@jazzx251]

not a question - Spinal Tap every day of the week, year, decade, millenium No disrespect to Al - but he has hardly hewn his name into the living rock of rock history. As a Christian, I look to bands that have inspired my faith. Al Yankovic offers nothing, whereas Spinal Tap's religious masterpiece "Rock and Roll Creation" demonstrates their commitment to the Lord. Indeed, "Stonehenge" was a parody of pagan rituals and the dwarves that always seem to hang around at them - a performance designed to shepherd the lost sheep of the audience into the fold of Christianity. Amen.

[@divyanshubhadoriya4287]

Who came here after watching supernatural..., 😅😅

[@GamesSeriesBR]

love serie supernatural. estou assistindo na PRIMEVIDEO!

[@joepipe1010]

Horror picture show!!

[@seannolan331]

Nigel built stonehenge

[@Unsung_Earth]

Ellow lundun

[@SuperSedingAngeL-yr0]

🤣🤣🤣💀

[@freebee8221]

Stonehenge, where the demons dwell.. lol

[@wojciechgac]

It's not common for a fictional band to joke themselves into existence.

[@jblakebowlin]

One of those "children of Stonehenge" looks an awful lot like Mickey from Seinfeld

[@robbieracer3294]

Yes!!! I said that too

[@jecomposesur...]

You have forgotten this music... kzbin.info/www/bejne/hH_JZ5mKm7miedE Of course it is a joke 😂

[@brianmorecombe2726]

It was funny when they did a comedy film about a rock band.It was sad when they took it serious.

[@Yesterdayss]

Yeah I don't think they ever took it serious.

[@wotdoesthisbuttondo]

Spinal were clearly just a silly and snarky idea of a band bitching about metal but after Bad News came along it suddenly became a rockumentary. Interesting that the Spinal people originally wanted another notorious metal hater Penelope Spheeris to direct it but maybe her hate came across too obviously and they were wanting to mask it by being funny about it instead.

[@kimberblackkimberblack7310]

Its very poor. So sad