SPINAL TAP LIVE 1992 when things really do go wrong

[@mauricedorreboom5388]

Was deleted from the offcial release ... shame. They opened as a three piece folk group to their own concerts, but no one recognized them and booed them off stage!

[@carlsaganlives5112]

Devo once opened their own show too, and no one knew til later, lol

[@gregdolecki8530]

@@carlsaganlives5112 Yep - Named Dove.

[@tomasom4497]

The Folksmen the third-greatest folk band of all time.

[@nombreapellido9038]

Nigel's got so many humbuckers that he bucks the hum for the whole world.

[@azynkron]

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

[@ROGER2095]

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

[@gordonferrar7782]

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

[@daneenmurf1043]

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

[@citybeatdisco19]

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

[@daneenmurf1043]

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

[@daneenmurf1043]

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

[@semi422000]

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

[@ninascenecore69]

HAHAHAHAA oh my god

[@mamaraisednofool5807]

😂 fuck yeah !!!!

[@ourcorrectopinions6824]

But man, he can still sing!

[@ricarleite]

You think this is bad? This chicanery?

[@guineveregruntle6746]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@AllenFreemanMediaGuru]

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

[@WastedTalent-]

I know, for I told me so,

[@mikeshelogowski434]

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

[@harpnant]

deeply meaningful and deserving of reflection

[@garycitro1674]

​@@mikeshelogowski434 Came here to say that is one of my favorite lyrics ever!

[@lethalbydefault]

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

[@garyphillips620]

Can't sing all that great..musical talent..no doubt.

[@mc2mc277]

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

[@jamiebooth9645]

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

[@alexkx8599]

@@jamiebooth9645 Then...how did he/she do that?

[@ScottMabry-v3k]

Oh yeah I saw them at Magic Mountain before you saw them at Disneyland. They were playing a private gig with me and my girlfriend.… There is free cocaine.

[@azimuth361]

Was that before or after the puppet show?

[@tomaschristopherbangalter]

@mc2mc277 dead guitar as in not working or prop guitar

[@vcoaster]

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

[@chrisballas3356]

Yes, especially Harry.

[@Buster_Piles]

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

[@noinfo9130]

or were those three musicians really accomplished comedians? (he replies to a f'ing 6 year old comment)

[@vcoaster]

@@noinfo9130 No, the were all accomplished musicians first and then became actors.

[@DrJamesFeelgood]

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

[@apurugganan]

Thank the gods of algorithms that this was in my feed today 😊

[@Guitar387]

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

[@anthonypetercoleman3575]

holy shit i see you there

[@Pun2404]

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

[@MartinMaat]

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

[@DreidMusicalX]

I would say its a full boat.

[@deanevangelista6359]

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

[@johnhoff6589]

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

[@ricksteffen8062]

​Except that they are American actors.

[@MrMurUK]

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

[@Patsy_Parisi]

Bravest man in Rock is the drummer.

[@johnhoff6589]

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

[@FlerfDestroyer]

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

[@devinthierault]

​@@FlerfDestroyerKnew I recognized that hat...

[@DVincentW]

Also played on Ace Frehleys solo album@@FlerfDestroyer

[@Fakename70]

@@FlerfDestroyer that’s not Fig.

[@marcelorapa]

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

[@danielwijnberg1860]

How about Dr Teeth and the electric mayhem?

[@grande-bretagnenilpoints8912]

???

[@toma.4808]

Steel panther is pretty awesome

[@bmoney2011]

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

[@billtrepkowski527]

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

[@caronstout354]

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

[@BobABooey.]

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

[@fredstriker2042]

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

[@simonkormendy849]

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

[@Betrayerslayer]

Because the rock bawl is for the chumps in suburbia.

[@douglasgreen437]

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

[@clintonsmith5163]

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

[@Guitar387]

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

[@tsargoyle]

The most Spinal Tap moment there could ever be.

[@SanitysVoid]

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

[@weneedtermlimits]

It's Derek Smalls

[@SanitysVoid]

@@weneedtermlimits huh?

[@anthonypetercoleman3575]

it's Biggie Smalls

[@smelltheglove2038]

My baby fits me like a flesh tuxedo.

[@pasqualz]

He goes to eleven?

[@MajorSeventh]

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

[@Grandpadon2012]

Raise your hand if you'd rather listen to Spinal Tap instead of G&R???

[@tedibare1]

If it was 1989 gn'r, I take them. When they were hot

[@SIE44TAR]

Anytime. I can’t stand Axl’s voice.

[@PyramidOfBubbles777]

​@@SIE44TAR100% agreed

[@sheldondrake8935]

GnR is such a clownshit band

[@zandig666]

Hey I saw g n r in 92 , spinal tap rocks but even hardly caring about g n r (only went to see metallica) they slayed the house axle was late and I believe there was a huge riot just prior on that tour 🤟🤟🎤

[@scottaustin4035]

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

[@teijaflink2226]

I had no idea they where invited to this Freddie Mercury tribute concert. Even if they where a parody act many artists clearly had respect for them. I think Freddie would have been a fan actually.

[@HarborLockRoad]

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

[@AetheriusLamia]

How are you sure he was having a good laugh, and not has ceased to exist or is suffering the torments Jesus or Mohammed spoke of?

[@ratmouth]

Slash was certainly laughing backstage… it’s believed that he was messing with their gear.

[@robashton8606]

@@AetheriusLamia Because Jesus and Mohammed belonged to a category of intelligent, but mentally unstable neurotics and schizophrenics that, due to the insurmountable superstitious attitudes of ancient history, were taken seriously when they spoke of "talking burning bushes" and "hearing the voice of god" inside their own heads. Like many of the things humans believed when we thought the Earth was flat or that women who didn't drown when they'd been tied up and thrown into the river were witches, we now have much better explanations. If there actually _is_ some higher being in control of Everything and they are actually mean spirited and capricious enough to persecute their own creations because of who they fell in love with, then bollocks to them. They aren't worth worshipping.

[@davidhardwicke6930]

Does anyone on here remember the July 1 x-country tour here in Canada??? That was awesome!!!

[@stevenlennon12]

so much talent in this band

[@muffinman5741]

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

[@daveannan2577]

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

[@georgecoventry8441]

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

[@anaimallecter]

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

[@lewistaylor1965]

5:36....I never knew Guest had so many pickups on one guitar....I should have known...Brilliant

[@barrybedkey543]

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

[@s4lroachclip]

only after they play his final show.

[@joseislanio8910]

Isn't it four humbuckers?

[@voxac30withstrat]

@@joseislanio8910 Looks like 8 single coils to me

[@andybates9510]

Worth waiting for …

[@myearsloveit]

i concur🫡

[@jacobfreemans8613]

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

[@robashton8606]

At the risk of making myself sound as old as I actually am, I totally agree. That was the Proper Wembley Stadium. I saw three concerts there between '87 and '92 and they loom large in the memories of my youth, the same way Glastonbury Festival and seeing Secret gigs at the Marquee Club do. Never saw the footie there (not my thing), but Wembley was part of out national identity. I was sad to see it go.

[@rkline65]

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

[@atomicwedgie8176]

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

[@Chuckles..]

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

[@voxac30withstrat]

LOL I thought he sang "The finger in my hole"

[@robashton8606]

@@voxac30withstrat "The barber takes a pole" is almost as, er. suggestive.

[@LasseHuhtala]

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

[@natopacific]

And their drummer survived!!

[@randyhutchinson9910]

natopacific HAHAHAHA!!!!

[@michaelstephen819]

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

[@Vvykk]

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

[@leosmithonbass]

David St Hubbins went into the witness protection program... to eventually become a lawyer at a firm in Albuquerque....

[@caronstout354]

Nigel Tufnel became an indie filmmaker of "Mocumentaries" and Derek went into voice work in animated cartoon series.

[@AllTheBestCO]

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

[@Disciple_Of_Lerxst]

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

[@markcain460]

Nigel has a tachometer on his guitar, freaking awesome🤘

[@EattheApple666]

and headers

[@jonaldblip_]

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

[@bacongl]

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

[@thabudmaster]

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

[@peterresetz1960]

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

[@dazndi6209]

​@@thabudmasterwas goin to point this out too, but you beat me to it lol😅

[@purplepimple2610]

More pickups = more rock

[@Guitar387]

Apparently it was a guns n roses roadie or a member that messed with his rig that led to the problems , it was not funny and I do feel sorry for Spinal Tap, but they handled it like professionals

[@RastaSaiyaman]

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

[@divingduck1970]

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

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

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

[@halfbit]

6:41

[@BandiGetOffTheRoof]

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

[@perttutorvinen9180]

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

[@marychocolatefairy]

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

[@teknical100]

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

[@boataxe4605]

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

[@davidsellers3639]

Yea we’ll Steel Panther rules now 😂😂😂

[@johnburger7098]

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

[@smelltheglove2038]

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

[@LOOSEbowelz]

Most brilliant band in history 😊

[@karmicselling4252]

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

[@Guitar387]

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

[@andyhinds542]

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

[@johnhoff6589]

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

[@TeamLuka]

The delay with the guitar P.A was not part of the act, was a legit incident. One longstanding rumour has always been it was Slash and/or Slash's roadie who sabotaged it just prior to them coming on, for unknown reasons.

[@edthesecond]

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

[@barkboingfloom]

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

[@edpoe1108]

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

[@mdoy5667]

Mitch needs to be on stage with Binky

[@JCmaverick]

Very good 👏

[@RoyceLerwick]

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

[@jordanflowers8174]

Anyone notice how many pickups nigels guitar has?

[@josephkairis]

Eleven.

[@Jakeman90210]

1

[@thenewyorkpauls]

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

[@mzmadmike]

And a tachometer to count how many notes he plays.

[@pisksix8523]

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

[@andersvi5781]

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

[@billtrepkowski527]

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

[@danjwalker]

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

[@litespeedga]

Anders VI the

[@kristianalexander329]

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

[@Scottie_S]

quite a philosophy.

[@kunstmol]

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

[@devinthierault]

And why not?

[@TomByron-h7s]

The best sounding most talented fake rock band ever

[@alan2007-x8x]

Sadly, after the show when they were getting changed, there was a plume of smoke and Mikey 'Drummy' Drummock had gone. All that was left was a small green globule on the dressing-room chair. Not many turned up at the audtion for a new drummer.

[@BackwoodsFilms]

They finally got to play the Enormodome

[@hughjanus3798]

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

[@cosmictravo]

Except it ain't a dome lol.

[@jacobfreemans8613]

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

[@weebermannsfolly2580]

I put Michael McKean in the American Treasure category.

[@MuddyNikes]

Today was a good day… KZbin recommended a Spinal Tap live video from 9 years ago. It was satisfying.

[@robashton8606]

Oh, no! I think you might be having a stroke!

[@davidallen346]

They sound better than most real bands out there today

[@brinbone2384]

What an original comment you deserve an award

[@Zneiero]

This is also true on 2022!

[@100hooker]

Wait! Are you saying that this is not real?

[@davidallen346]

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

[@100hooker]

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

[@michaela2757]

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

[@davidskeels1511]

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

[@bak-mariterry5180]

🤣🤣🤣

[@noinfo9130]

"I believe i have translated the icons in this image... it appears to be... 'lay-dee-gaa-gaa' the rest appears to be complete nonsense... er for instance - gaa gaa yaa haa haa oo laa oo laa laa oo maa maa" "MY GOD MAN ARE YOU IMPLYING IN 20 YEARS HUMANITY REGRESSED INTO COMPLETE INCOHERENCE AND RECOVERED?"

[@DoctorBlankenstein]

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

[@dmanonbass]

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

[@randyhutchinson9910]

Dan Stout BAHAHAHAHA!!!

[@Fakename70]

"You can feel the feeling"

[@68Bards]

Even ad-libbing off script the English accents are impeccable. Over here 🇬🇧 had no idea they weren’t all Brits when we first watched the film. Still pure gold. RIP the Nigel Tufnell blueprint.

[@pablojose4890]

I would like to see Iron Maiden sing this song.

[@djsmeguk]

1:50 I'm about 15 people in front and to the right of the front right black podium in this shot (it was about ~100-150 people away from the front). It was HOT and very sweaty. Still an amazing show. Never heard of spinal tap or metallica until their performances at this show (I was a very insular 19 year old). Still amazed by them all.

[@leodragonfire]

A fluke band like the Blues Brothers that becomes a GREAT band!

[@Iam_Dunn]

leodragonfire ..no...they started out as a fake band for a satirical movie that just grew into what it is... It’s all tongue in cheek fun.... :)

[@senormedia]

well, the Blues Brothers band was made up of classic R and B musicians, many of whom played on the original recordings and/or wrote the songs. Don't sleep on the Blues Brothers!

[@scottbrady7499]

Quite majestic, indeed!

[@mikecaldwell8417]

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

[@jeffkleist9679]

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

[@sashek8451]

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

[@clausjahnel5379]

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

[@RoyceLerwick]

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

[@ChrisMezzolesta]

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

[@ViceSquad]

It was one of Metallica's roadies that sabotaged the amplifier... apparently ;-/

[@warwickreapvr]

out of jealousy of the better black album!

[@meyou-dv8ns]

Lenny & Squiggy from the Laverne & Shirley show was the Originals Spinal Tap band check it out on youtube from 1980

[@nurlindafsihotang49]

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

[@simoncardie9371]

The best English accents from Americans ever done.

[@mobsiesixsixsix9785]

Except they are English. Why would you think they were American?

[@simoncardie9371]

@@mobsiesixsixsix9785 Christopher Guest is British American. That's it. They are American.

[@mandriod5255]

Oh come on on Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins 😅

[@simoncardie9371]

@@mandriod5255 Beaten only by Keanu Reeves in Dracula.

[@mandriod5255]

@@simoncardie9371 I just watched a bit Keanu in Dracula and I think I will stick with Dick Van Dyke as first with Keane a close second 😉

[@maestroaxeman]

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

[@johncinfloridausa2236]

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

[@artompkins7958]

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

[@stupoc6715]

I like the 4 sets of double humbuckers in the yellow guitar. F-N sweet. I feel inspired by that alone.

[@electronash]

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

[@Timbretwo]

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

[@redwatch.]

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

[@scottmiller3025]

How could u not love spinal tap!

[@manonymous4737]

The legendary Derek Smalls

[@dirtydave2691]

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

[@akeithing1841]

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

[@allandalegibson1194]

"Any requests??? Get off the What???" Gets me every time.

[@TheBerndude]

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

[@xx3868]

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

[@stevedoingstuff3960]

so many pickups on that thing, lmao

[@ericynot]

There are actually people who think Led Zeppelin or AC/DC or the Rolling Stones are the greatest rock band in the world. But if you're watching this video, you're obviously a person of taste, and you know better. TAP RULES!

[@randyhutchinson9910]

ericynot HAHAHAHA!!!

[@edstickler4879]

Spinal Pap is awesome!

[@FerdinandCesarano]

In the shade of a jungle glade Or the rush of the crushing street On the plain, on the foamy main You can never escape from the beat It's in the mud and it's in your blood And its conquest is complete And all that you can do Is just surrender To the majesty of rock This is seriously and unironically beautiful.

[@indy500tabasco8]

Spinal Tap better than GUNS N ROSES

[@darrenochoa2250]

Turn it up to eleven!

[@coooba94]

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

[@willrudd6233]

Spinal Tarp ! Legends!