Spinal Tap Live At Glastonbury 2009 - "Stonehenge"

[@lawgill7594]

Spinal Tap evolved out from The Originals into one of the top 5 heavy metal bands of all time. Rest in Peace former Tap drummers - John "Stumpy" Pepys (1964-1966) , Eric "Stumpy Joe" Childs (1966-1967) , Peter "James" Bond (1967-1977), Mick Shrimpton (1977-1982), Richard "Ric" Shrimpton (1982-1999), Sammy "Stumpy" Bateman (1999-2001), Scott "Skippy" Scuffleton (2001-2007), Chris "Poppa" Cadeau (2007-2008). Plus nine other unnamed Tap gig drummers that passed away during Taps most turbulent evolution , 1970 through 1981. Tap peaked in their heavy corded thunder metal during 1970's. In the early 80's Tap began to struggle to keep form , but had glimmers of previous success with Richard Shrimpton on drums, RIP.

[@matthewotooleis]

They were actually called The New Originals- there was already another band called The Originals.

[@jamiemorgan4146]

Very Sad 😔… it’s a curse I tell you! May they all RIP 🪦!

[@alansinclair4577]

"No-one knows who they were, or....what they were doing..." cracks me every time 🤣

[@utdfortreble]

i started crying when the fans held up the small stone hedges

[@mr.smithgnrsmith7808]

What?! Smh

[@fog1962]

A hedge is outside you basement

[@kipperfeast]

Or "stonehenges"....

[@stuartjenkins3039]

@@kipperfeast Or 'parts of stonehenge' if you really want to be a pedant, it is a stone circle after all.

[@kipperfeast]

@@stuartjenkins3039 I just didn't know what "stone hedges" were.

[@rmartin7558]

Never has there been a more seamless transition between electric guitar and mandolin in rock history.

[@thomasz4981]

Copperhead Road is another good 1

[@EastyyBlogspot]

As a fake band they are more real then most artists nowdays

[@marcusorangeboomivnone7490]

Eastyy this is spiritual stuff man don't mock it

[@karmineka]

Who is fake :/

[@jean-marcsanmarco6842]

They are not fake you take that back. Spinal Tarp is a legit band from the 80s.

[@DannyD1199]

Yup, I saw em open for Puppet Show.

[@tomgunn9011]

How many drummers did they have by now?

[@chimpinaneckbrace]

Nigel has turned into old Ozzy.

[@thesteveus]

@Plane Fan I checked too, :))

[@SirManfly]

@@thesteveus Spinal Tap sucks so bad that they're great !!

[@Malt454]

Nigel playing Ozzy in a biopic would make a great movie.

[@jonathanross149]

@Plane Fan Me too...

[@jasperdevries1726]

To be fair, I could easily see Sharon sitting in on a band meeting going "It's not your job to be as confused as Ozzy..."

[@jazzx251]

When you have a band as good as Spinal Tap, there are no wrong notes anymore. Just re-interpretations of the right ones.

[@devinthierault]

David Ledger microtonal variations of modulations and scalar perception basic elementary school stuff

[@jazzx251]

that's the bits I liked

[@Bat_Rag]

Trans-notes

[@thedruidsofstonehengeoffic4224]

jazz is just wrong notes...

[@jazzx251]

@@thedruidsofstonehengeoffic4224 I'm a professional jazz musician :) :) I've made a career out of playing wrong notes when I feel like it :) You should try it, it's great fun!

[@squiremuldoon5462]

This song always makes me think of how hard it must have been for their manager to find mandolin strings in the middle of Austin in the early 80s.

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

R.I.P. Ian Faith!

[@scottisaacson2328]

No sex and drugs for Ian, David.

[@bmphil3400]

Holy crap that's Bissonette on drums...... Dude gave me and my GF backstage passes on the Skyscraper tour just because I recognized him out at the mall before the show.....super nice guy. Introduced me to Steve Vai....also a super humble and quiet guy.....blew my dates mind.....it was our first big date and we went backstage.....

[@RiffRock51]

1:40 Probably the greatest reverse-zoom shot in rock and roll history.

[@m.sordam2430]

Agreed!

[@MetallicAddict15]

That's one hell of a camera lens

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

And it's a monument just like Stonehenge! Also they show an ancient rock monument at the end.

[@eliasgonzanchez5225]

Holy shit! what a rock or monument, what's the name of that?

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

@@eliasgonzanchez5225 not sure.

[@misternewoutlook5437]

They were bound to become legendary. Spinal Tap are a real band because it is harder to make the case they are not.

[@Vatch1966]

God Bless Harry Shearer (Derek Smalls ) Michael McKean (David St.Hubbins) and Christopher Guest (Nigel Tuffnel).....Great Actors, Great Musicians

[@cjm959]

Their English accents are fantastic. I've never seen American's pull it off so well. You can usually spot the mistakes, but they have all the nuances, perfectly

[@s.u.p.r.e.m.e.society9607]

Do people with English accents really say "urinal cakes" like that? LOL

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

The guy's father is a Brit.

[@billieeilishfan4352]

No not really but not quite Dick Van Dyke

[@DonaldHolben]

Guest spent a fair bit of time in London, His dad was part of the house of lords.

[@BCS1105]

Cj M Wait...no joke? They’re American actors? Holy shit!

[@Steele_Hard]

Seriously being a fake band, one of the best Rock N´Roll songs in history!

[@Steele_Hard]

I don't have it so clear yet currently hahahaha

[@nadiajasminebaki4318]

Excellent performances

[@andyhestekin1195]

There is nothing fake about Tap!

[@napalmparade]

Just the best lyrics... Where the dew drops drain and the cats meow.

[@yandman26]

They've released albums, merchandise and toured. Not fake, satirical.

[@roylange2463]

Move over Stairway to Heaven.....Stonehenge is #1

[@jazzx251]

Lol "Stairway to Heaven" My top 10 rock songs of all time: 1. Rock and Roll Creation (Spinal Tap - sorry for being so unoriginal) 2. The Majesty of Rock (Spinal Tap) 3. Number of the Beast (Iron Maiden) 4. 2 Minutes to Midnight (Iron Maiden) 5. Stonehenge (Spinal Tap) 6. Hell Hole (Spinal Tap) 7. The Ace of Spades (Motorhead) 8. One (Metallica) 9. Stairway to Heaven (Deep Purple) 10. Thinker (Rogue)

[@jazzx251]

In all seriousness, I would much rather listen to Stonehenge than Stairway to Heaven. Both are good songs - but Stonehenge wins.

[@jazzx251]

@HEY 4Q2 SHIT! - I can't believe I did that! You know how some things become a part of you, so you just don't think about them any more? Can't believe I did that ... here's my corrected list (thankyou so much!) .. I've also since got a Floorgasm and included Nightwish ... nowhere near Tap, of course, but a worthy entry into this pantheon of Gods that have shaped that one word we call "Rock and Roll": 1. Rock and Roll Creation (Spinal Tap) 2. Big Bottom (Spinal Tap) 3. The Majesty of Rock (Spinal Tap) 4. Number of the Beast (Iron Maiden) 5. 2 Minutes to Midnight (Iron Maiden) 6. Stonehenge (Spinal Tap) 7. Ghost Love Score (Nightwish) 8. Hell Hole (Spinal Tap) 9. The Ace of Spades (Motorhead) 10. One (Metallica) Honourable mentions: Stairway to Heaven (Led Zepplin) & Smoke on the Water (Deep Purple) & Jump (Van Halen R.I.P.)

[@jazzx251]

@HEY 4Q2 you're just nitpicking now ... FUCK!!!! [editing my comment, thankyou so much :) ]

[@jazzx251]

@HEY 4Q2 That's classical music, which is very close to my heart too. Nigel Tufnel is a visionary musician. Here are my top 5 pieces of Classical Music: 1. "Ode to Joy" by Beethoven 2. "Piano Concerto No.2" by Brahms 3. "Lick My Love Pump" by Tufnel 4. "Music for 18 Musicians" by Reich 5. "Duel of the Fates" by Williams It brings me to tears that such a visionary musician crossed all of these boundaries - we almost didn't deserve him. But that's what we got. That's what we had to deal with.

[@radicalgoodspeed16]

the drummer didn't make it to the end of the day poor bloke

[@thehotyounggrandpas8207]

Kidnapped and beheaded by radical atheist terrorists backstage while Phil Collins was playing.

[@devinthierault]

Samuel Feynman Tribute page Fuck 1 like 1 prayer

[@chrizdrake9117]

"You can´t really dust for vommit"

[@musshwins412]

"just a green globular mass on the throne"

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

anyone ever think how odd it was that Jeff Porcaro died in "a bizarre gardening accident, irl?"

[@Alan7997]

4:43 Nigel realising after 34 years: ..."Wait, hold on that didn't make sense." lol

[@sh4rkb4it79]

Omg 😂

[@TheStevenWhiting]

I'd heard of the name Spinal Tap in the 80s when I was in High School. "That's one of those rock bands people like. I'm not interested, like AC/DC etc". Roll on a couple of decades and I'm at work one day and it's about 2013 or 2014, I'm reading an article and my mind is blown. It turns out that rock band Spinal Tap were a parody band, not a real band. All those years I thought they were a mainstream band.

[@jamiemorgan4146]

How Dare You!😮 Blasphemous words, you utter! You’ll pay one day! May God save your Wretched Soul. “Oh farther, he does not know from which he speaketh!” Your immortal soul is at steak 🥩 !

[@SuperSkinsman]

Chuck McGill can play

[@int53185]

I am growing old with Spinal Tap. Never thought of that in '84.

[@BadlyBentPub]

The thing I find so hilariously ironic is that they're a fake band, but they're ACTUALLY playing their instruments and singing....whereas so many 'real' bands lip sync and/or use a ton of backing tracks/pre-recorded stuff.....

[@chartle1]

Define "fake band". :)

[@jazzx251]

erm .. "Spinal Tap" is a fake documentary about a fake rock band. But .. the actors involved could all play their instruments. So, amazingly, they became a real band that redefined the word "Rock-and-Roll" for several generations. Tap is real - and don't you forget it.

[@RichardX1]

They're a semi-real band made up of fictitious characters played by real musician-actors.

[@johnnyvee1721]

@@jazzx251 " Mockumentary"

[@rwhirsch]

@@RichardX1 they're a real band...what is everybody talking about....it's like saying flight of the conchords is a fake singing duo.

[@thexalon]

Great drummer - too bad this was his last gig, it was really tragic what happened to him.

[@jazzx251]

He was fantastic - their best drummer ever. But that parachute dive onto the stage was one step too many. (there wasn't much parachute involved in all honesty ...) Seeing Spinal Tap play to pre-recorded drums for the rest of the gig was heartbreaking ... that's not what rock and roll should be (the pre-recorded drums were excellent though!)

[@DC322]

We need another drummer please?!

[@atoms4sail]

The authorities said it was better left unsolved...

[@keithphilbin3054]

😂 You can't really dust for vomit...

[@M4RCM0NT31R0]

Thee drummer in this video is Gregg Bissonette... He's still alive

[@blu3collar949]

They should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They are just as real as any band out there. Wish Squiggy could of joined the group. Lenny and the Squigtones were funny.

[@coolbreeze7416]

My aunt was the set director for the L&S show. I remember attending the cast x-mas party held at her house in LA back in 1978. Everyone was there from the show except Penny Marshall. I tugged at Carmine's famous blue satin sport jacket and he turned around and belted out some opera lines.

[@CMZIEBARTH]

I wish Squiggy could have too.

[@jamiemorgan4146]

White Stripes are a Fake Band. Not TAP! 😫😫😫😫😫😫 You mangy Dog! 🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐

[@stephenjames4937]

Nigel Tufnel, the godlike genius...

[@karenabsadie]

The fleeting close-up of Glastonbury Tor is a nice touch :)

[@markiliff]

"And what would they say to us if we were here today?" - classic!

[@astrohaterade]

One of the most beautiful moments in human history.

[@foxybingo1112]

Always surprises me how brilliant their songs are.

[@ekathe85]

RIP Gregg Bissonette (1959 - 2009)

[@Terbie36]

+ekathe85 He isn't dead.

[@soeffingwhat]

+ekathe85 Did he spontaneously combust onstage?

[@kristianalexander329]

+soeffingwhat ol that was left was a green globule... on the drum seat

[@soeffingwhat]

Kristian Alexander I heard it was a bizarre Gardening Accident :-D

[@pcs56]

He choked on vomit...not his vomit...it was actually someone else's vomit.

[@gogoyubari366]

I saw the Tap at the Greek Theatre and I'm glad I did.

[@394pjo]

Intravenous De Milo is my go-to album when I need cheering up. Thanks Tap!

[@vaclavskarda4122]

Steel Panther in the commercial before a spinal tap video, my life is completed.

[@scaryjane6177]

Fantastic, such a great part of my youth. Long live Spinal Tap... This one will always go to 11🤣🤣🤣

[@jazzx251]

You just have to admire. Surely one of the most memorable bands in the history of rock music.

[@shredtildeath777]

All these years and they can still put on a really humorous yet awesome show

[@jamiemorgan4146]

Humorous? Where was the humor, they’re a very serious band. You were just joking 🙃. Jokes are ok.👍🏻

[@tomcraig8027]

Best band I ever saw live. Witnessed their defining gig at the Electric Banana in the Village. Don’t look for it, it’s long gone.

[@int53185]

Three urinal cakes in the trough of life. No better words were ever spoken.

[@seevee9057]

Principal W. Seymour Skinner rocking the bass.

[@AlanCanon2222]

"Mercy!" or perhaps in this context, "Mersey" (see what I did there?)

[@daddio7249]

Last night I was watching a video of an obscure early 70's band and the comments turned to taling about Spinal Tap. This morning this video was offered by KZbin. Thanks, saved me from searching.

[@blujay9191]

Cool song. I remember an interview where one of the band members said, "We put Stonehenge on the map." 'nuff said.

[@davemis40]

What I love about the Tap ... these guys can really play ... and write ... to combine that with the subtle humour is genius. My ex sister in law, when watching the rockumentary.. thought it was a real rock documentary and that were all idiots 😂😂

[@ThatCoalSoul]

* they *

[@davemis40]

@@ThatCoalSoul Thank you for correcting

[@justsumguy2u]

I've always loved this song. One thing I always found odd, though; everyone knows that they are a fake band, but there are actually quite a few people that don't know they are an American band pretending to be an English band.

[@paulyblun]

+justsomeguytoyou They're American actors pretending to be a British band

[@justsumguy2u]

That's not really accurate, though. They are American actors, but they are also musicians, and Spinal Tap was a real band, albeit a parody of a British rock band. They wrote songs, released three albums, and performed live. And since they're from the LA area, that makes them an American band.

[@KaitainCPS]

Guest and Shearer also have very strong links to the UK. Christopher Guest (Baron Haden-Guest) is a member of the British House of Lords, and Shearer maintains a residence in London.

[@h8makingupnames]

I remember renting this in the mid '90s when I was a teenager and my parents thought it was an actual documentary. They still might to this day LMAO

[@chartle1]

I once read, based on their British accents, that the "real" Spinal Tap was actually real American Actor/musicians playing in a Fake British Band made up of Americans with fake British Accents. This was pre internet so easier to hide this info.

[@jkorshak]

This song has so many musical nods to Jethro Tull. Not the narration or the hilarious and pretentious lyrical content so much, but the singing, power chords. and chord sequences. It's such a great song. "Hundreds of years before the Dawn of History..." LOL

[@hanhi]

One practical question: are we gonna do the "Stonehenge" tonight...

[@billysheehan2301]

.... *NOOO WE'RE NOT GONNA FUCKIN' DO STONE'ENGE* ...!!!

[@ian_b]

This is my favourite ever prog-folk-metal song about Stonehenge.

[@epicstuff0416]

It's 1 louder innit

[@jamiemorgan4146]

11 Eleven !😎

[@Frankincensedjb123]

In ancient times, Hundreds of years before the dawn of history Lived a strange race of people, the Druids| No one knows who they were or what they were doing But their legacy remains Hewn into the living rock, of Stonehenge

[@jamiemorgan4146]

Couldn’t have said it better myself. His words should be preserved in stone! He deserves the Nobel peace prize ! 🏆

[@BLACKSNAKEGUITAR]

You know what I hate, they are still better than any band I have been in

[@lorinrichman6001]

And they're not even trying that hard

[@bergerdrum]

OMG Gregg Bissonnette on drums! LOL!!!! This is just f-ing brilliant.

[@fenderstratguy]

1:19 those 18" tall Stone'enge triliths crack me up so much. I totally want to make one of those for my music room now....I'll use it to lift my amp up off the ground.

[@iflyc77]

No one knows...who they were...or....what they were doing...lol. My favorite lyric

[@Nogli]

My favourite thing about this is how, after all these years, Nigel is STILL confused by the final line of the song. "What would they say to us, if we were here... today/tonight?".

[@gregdolecki8530]

4:34. "....and what would they say to us............if we were here today?..................."

[@Bomono65]

So stupid

[@gregdolecki8530]

@@Bomono65 Go back to Disney, fool.

[@genericgeorge]

These guys parallel The Monkees every bit as much as the metal bands they're taking the piss out of. They could never have foreseen when they did the movie in 1982 it would take off and become so iconic they would actually tour as Spinal Tap and play gigs like this and The Albert Hall in front a massive crowds.

[@olliefletcher1071]

1984 the movie came out matr

[@genericgeorge]

Would have been filmed earlier.

[@rmartin7558]

I don't know where you make the connection between The Monkees and Spinal Tap.

[@brendanmccabe8373]

R Martin both were invented for a tv show/movie but went on to be actual musicians

[@sageanimist48]

I was in the audience for this, I think it was the day after they played a gig at Wembley Arena billed as “one night only World Tour”

[@EtzEchad]

"What would they say to us, if we were here today?" The slightly confused look on his face was priceless. :)

[@GrayWoIf]

The original Steel Panther. The real deal. This IS SPINAL TAP!!

[@tombstoneharrystudios584]

GrayWoIf both bands are pretty awesome!

[@TallicaMan1986]

@Nyet Nine aw really?

[@seanconnolly3686]

Legend has it the drummer fell into the mud later that day and was never seen again.

[@AlanCanon2222]

Fully 2/3rds of Britain's bog bodies are said to be Spinal Tap drummers.

[@MisterJaeg]

I saw Spinal Tap in concert at the Beacon Theater, in NYC, years ago and it was the best show ever. Even the opening act, The Folksmen, was terrific. On a scale of 1-10, I rated the show 11.

[@jamiemorgan4146]

There is no band better!

[@jedidrummerjake]

When it comes to Spinal Tap, we will always need a new word for AWESOME!

[@barriethurlow3897]

The transition to the "And you, my love" section actually is deeply moving, too!

[@globalinvestor9440]

Making a big thing of it would've been a good idea.

[@davidosullivan4137]

Love it!

[@MrSprigg]

That line almost killed me, literally, a few years back. My buddy had to stop the movie because I couldn't breathe for a couple of minutes.

[@CusterFlux]

Did anybody tell Gregg Bissonette what happened to their previous drummers?

[@jamiemorgan4146]

Shhhhhhhh! 🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫

[@cliffordcadwalladr677]

Just visited this monument all because of this bloody song 😁 Fantastic

[@mikeokizichy]

From Lenny And The Squigtones to this!

[@WytZox1]

There was only 1 Squigtone ... ☺

[@int53185]

"Ahhhhh" Stonehenge. Doesn't get any better than this.

[@jazzx251]

It's awesome that they did this next to the real Stonehenge

[@jazzx251]

It was their destiny to dessicate this monument with their prescence.

[@DrWhoFanUK]

Errr…about 50 miles away?

[@erikabrennan7460]

They’re at Glastonbury here…. not stone henge? 😂😂

[@cjm959]

So many subtle, hilarious bits "Nobody knew who they were, or what they were doing" haha

[@Sebmpg]

Chuck chuck!! You’re holding an electric guitar!!!!

[@Real_Boye]

No joke Chuck's actor is amazing.

[@Loathello]

0:20 "Your-eye-nal cakes..." I completely lost it. XD XD XD

[@FLORENT2222]

is the drummer still alive ????

[@Lakk6Metal]

Florent QUESNEL " If YOu read Your Tap bible , the answer is " no one knows but for the arguments sake they are :) "

[@hushai7978]

Florent QUESNEL If you had watched closely, you would have very clearly seen the drummer spontaneously combust.

[@yukimaruzam]

I believe the term is "globule"

[@nadiajasminebaki4318]

Who knows?

[@nadiajasminebaki4318]

Also you can't dust for vomit....

[@gordonioni]

Two of my favorite things - rock and roll and humor all in one sandwich!

[@keithharold3376]

Had there not been Spinal Tap then there would be no Stone Hedge.

[@jamiemorgan4146]

Never truer words spoken.

[@fordism.01]

Classic. The one and only spinal tap. Amazing musicians to be fair.

[@CatharticusX]

Saw these guys in 1992 in Portland and they were better than most of the other bands I saw during that period.

[@Ledprostate]

The old geezers haven't missed a beat

[@c350Zee]

The mandolin part has so much promise to become one of the best hard rock romps of all time.

[@doctorferdinand1003]

It’s a pretty good send up of jethro tulls music from this era.

[@peachesmcgee4795]

He actually pronounced urinal the way we do in Britain 😂 I'm impressed!

[@richardkey4289]

This band, with the help of Much Music, rocked Canada in 1992 on Canada Day, they did (4?) Gigs across the nation, following the sun west, we partied in Richmond b.c. all day watching it, hot day, drinkin' throughout, cars all put away, I actually taped the gigs on a VHS tape .Spinal Tap killed assz

[@WilliamTelltale]

I saw them in the 90's in Orlando. When they did Stonehenge, you heard a loud crash, and hundreds of small little rocks fell down, like it was too big, and broke. lol One of the greatest shows I've ever seen. I compare seeing that show to what it would be like seeing the original Led Zeppelin lineup in concert.

[@Theflowergeekcrafts]

I’m so glad I stumbled across this 💚💚💚

[@jazzx251]

Now watch the movie "This is Spinal Tap" - a brilliant no-holds barred documentary into the life of a British rock band trying to crack the USA.

[@Rhiga]

And oh how they danced

[@jamiemorgan4146]

They Did indeed! 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥳

[@kmacksurf1]

The legend Greg Bissonette on drums! Classic!

[@stevensibbet5869]

How can that still make me crack up after 40 years of seeing the same gag. Those two dwarf guys were brilliant and those three guys are geniuses, how they're able to stay in character and speak in flawless English accents I don't know. it's it's rare for an American to achieve that, even rarer for British actor to do the reverse.

[@jugglingembalmer]

That looks like the drummer they had when they played in Springfield.

[@Rensune]

Nah, Couldn't be: that one got eaten by angry cats

[@RC-fi8nn]

Yeah, well this is a rock concert, not the bleeding splish splash show.

[@GrungefolkBoy2010]

@@RC-fi8nn OMG I was just gonna write this comment somewhere!

[@belowthepale8943]

Don't you mean "Springden"?

[@007Julie]

Nah! He’s that drummer’s younger twin brother.

[@kylereyes2337]

Damn, Chuck can sing

[@ArchieAndy27]

I was in the crowd for this, it was excellent! 😅

[@slowster2945]

EPIC SUNBURN ON DAVID ST.HUBBINS!!!!

[@dickdastardly4054]

The ideal soundtrack to a BBC mockumentary about this particular monument.......

[@dmrogers7713]

I don't know why, but seeing an elder graying Derek Smalls made my day.

[@brunovallesmunoz4757]

They are so great!! One of a kind!

[@kind2311]

Who knew Chuck McGill was a prog rock GOD? RIP Chucky.

[@CriswellKOL]

The audience brought their own miniStoneHenges with them!

[@cablevamp3163]

They age like fine wine damn!

[@soundhealer6043]

My fave bit of that tune: "No one knows oo day were, or wut day were doin'". lol

[@SHENDOH]

100's of years before the dawn of history always cracked me up. Bissonet is an excellent choice. Hes keeping them tight!!! They're playing to his impeccable timing!!

[@karenkerr4737]

Still love u neway, Glen F. '77 dc.

[@r.cjones1515]

That was the only time they've got the Stonehenge Prop right, I believe.

[@acekv0310]

Damnnn Chuck Mcgill out here tearing it up!!! btw who else watching in 2020??

[@jerlewis4291]

These guys have had a better musical career by accident than many people ever had who dedicated their lives to music. David St. Hubbins (Micheal McKean) was also the Bass player in The Barbusters in the move "Light of Day"