Spinal Tap - "The Majesty of Rock" @ Freddie Mercury Tribute (1992-04-20) *HIGH QUALITY*

Spinal Tap performing "The Majesty of Rock" live at the Freddie Mercury tribute concert which took place on April 20th, 1992 at Wembley Stadium in London, UK. Not available on any official releases.

[@thefog7067]

"Although we didn't know Freddie Mercury personally, everyone in the band loves his music very much, So in his honor we have decided to cut our set short by about 35 songs!!! 🤣

[@katehaynes5735]

Tap, Tap, Tap!

[@giaitchison]

"We believe Freddie would have wanted it this way!"

[@anl5275]

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[@loqutor]

If Freddie ever did see This Is Spinal Tap, I'm sure he absolutely loved it. The man had quite a healthy sense of humor.

[@cejannuzi]

He didn't like Sid Vicious's remark about bringing ballet to the masses. LOL.

[@thexalon]

And the drummer survived, that's a plus too!

[@IThinkYouLookLarvely]

I believe it's Ric Shrimpton, who sadly died in 1999. He had another 7 years after this, good going in the scheme of things :)

[@theaterdreamer]

IThinkYouLookLarvely good going as far as Spinal Tal drummers go. 7 years is fucking miraculous, actually.

[@nesossin]

@@theaterdreamer One of them DID leave a stain,that's something at least.

[@RolfHartmann]

@@IThinkYouLookLarvely That's only because he didn't play for them that whole time. If it had been one continuous concert he would have died after only a few days.

[@Nightdare]

They're not quite sure yet, they are still looking for his body

[@brianventura110]

Nigel's guitar with the 8 humbuckers, exhaust pipes, and compass gets me every time

[@Mysterywhiteboy78]

It's hilarious, i remember watching the whole show at the time. Freddie Mercury would've found it amusing i am sure...

[@genwt3916]

Upon further research I have concluded that it is indeed a tachometer. Only goes up to 8 though.

[@Heavypeete666]

Yeah and his amps volume calibrated to 11.... Genius

[@diego2112gaming]

4 Humbuckers, and tachometer, not a compass--that actually responds to being played. Guitar is named Mr. Horsepower. Each humbucker has it's own pickup selector switch. It's made by Ernie Ball, and they actually did a charity auction in 2001 for 25 of 'em to the public. Currently, if you want one you can buy it for around $9,500.

[@katehaynes5735]

​@@genwt3916 Only 8?!? But... this one goes to 11.

[@molengat1]

We believe Freddie would've wanted it this way

[@TheMarkWilson]

"The more it stays the same the less it changes."

[@stoonybridge]

I watched this live when i was 14, and It is only now, almost 30 years later, that i have discovered that the lead singer is Michael Mckean, who was Chuck Mcgill, the brother of Saul Goodman. And i've just finished watching 'Better call Saul' a few months ago! God bless the internet.

[@magicker8052]

wait .. what!! n f way!!!!!!

[@stoonybridge]

@@magicker8052 yup

[@magicker8052]

@@stoonybridge how can someone be so fucking talented.. i feel small

[@stoonybridge]

@@magicker8052 We are all made of stars

[@jondunmore4268]

You younguns! So much to learn. So little time. Pffh!

[@vrhsb]

Just the fact that this even happened to spinal tap just adds to their lore. You can't make this shit up

[@JewandGreek]

It's great to see Harry so into playing in an 80s rock group. He totally looks the part.

[@jazzx251]

I'm so pleased they chose to play this profound song - after cruelly being limited to just 5 minutes. It has so much to say about the concepts of monarchy, football, and the textile industry. It was a message we all needed to hear - and it's delivered beautifully, if somewhat ironically ["the scoring of the goal"] at Wembley Stadium. David and Nigel are visionary poets who shaped the world we live in today. And here's my "Top Ten Tap" songs to prove it - I rate these by how influential these songs have become to civilisation generally - not just their musical merit: 1. Rock and Roll Creation 2. The Majesty of Rock 3. Stonehenge 4. Sex Farm 5. Break Like the Wind 6. Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight 7. Listen! (to what the flower people say) 8. Hell Hole 9. Gimme Some Money 10. Back From the Dead It was very difficult - 14 albums of difficult. But these, I believe, are the most important songs in the Tap anthology.

[@glennpeterson1357]

Disappointed Christmas with the Devil or Bitch School didn’t make the cut, but as you say, very difficult!

[@katehaynes5735]

And tonight I am going to fall asleep to not Queen songs in my head, but Spinal Tap songs....

[@jazzx251]

I could have chosen to do a "top 12" chart and included those ... but this chart goes up to 10

[@andycrowe905]

You should have done a top 11 in honour of Nigel’s Marshall. Can I suggest “Lick my Love Pump” as the final track?

[@jazzx251]

@@andycrowe905 It was not an official release - so I can't include it. All he had to do was record it in Dobly and put it on a single, and it would have got 4th place, just below Stonehenge, but above Sex Farm

[@lhart99]

This definitely needs to be included in an official release.

[@benjaminmorgan425]

I've just know stumbled upon this video in the year of our lord, 2023. I had no idea Spinal Tap were at the show. I'm sitting here combing over every inch of the official release and they're not on it. I can't believe it. Why is this not on the DVD/BluRay

[@StargliderGaming]

Get their album "Break Like The Wind", released in 1992.

[@don-music]

The best part is that they were actually really damn good LoL... you can be a funny as hell in a spoof band, but if you suck at the actual music then it falls flat. Gotta love these geniuses.... and I bet this was many people's first time hearing/seeing the Tap

[@dragonnaciente8282]

i was a kid when they aired this tribute, at the time i didn't knew nothing about Spinal Tap, after watching the whole show it was Spinal Tap that really impressed me more than any other performer.

[@jonathanlocke6404]

I've always wondered if the delay while the stage crew tried to put power to Nigel's amp was really due to actual technical difficulties, or if they just did that because it seemed like something that would happen to Spinal Tap...

[@CarlosTourinho]

Christopher Guest said in an interview that a member of Guns 'N' Roses sabotaged his amp, as a prank. Till this day, no one knows who It was

[@potluckfishing]

All for show, he was playing through Brian mays rig.

[@ivorharden]

@@CarlosTourinho it was Slash

[@Kalentros]

They played it off beautifully. Turned it into a ST moment.

[@MENFUSSMIKE]

I just read a Harry Shearer interview today and he said it was not done intentionally so that's why I am here. Funny still

[@KTraska82]

Ric Parnell is the drummer - RIP. He was an awesome musician, especially here.

[@FelicityRando]

Well, of course he died.

[@ImZiraTheFirst]

I saw Spinal Tap in concert when they toured “Break Like The Wind.” They were incredible! What really topped it off was the puppet show that opened for them! (True!)

[@trctheraulchannel2023isback]

Finally a fictional band playing at Wembley

[@glytzhkof]

Thank you Wimbledon!

[@Simon-kt2lx]

Its not a surprise that Nigel is such a good guitarist! He got six fingers! 🙂👍

[@Kasino80]

Don't you mean...11

[@Scottie_S]

@@Kasino80 even better! "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my Father. Prepare to die!"

[@jasperdevries1726]

@@Kasino80 it's one more, innit?

[@theoldman4701]

And now, Freddie Mercury can feel the feeling...

[@jasminnemcdonald94A]

Freddie would approve this!

[@georgecoventry8653]

Utterly majestic!!! Spinal Tap is simply THE greatest rock band ever. I love Nigel's costume!

[@darkjudge8786]

The tragedy is that Harry Shearer is better than 95% of any post 2010 base players.

[@misterfunnybones]

Here's one of the 5% - Mohini Dey - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohini_Dey

[@jiffcat]

I'm now drumming for a band because their last drummer had a heart attack on stage! Rock and roll!

[@Scottie_S]

I will mourn your passing pre-emptively.

[@dirkremmington]

@@Scottie_S Ditto

[@andynystrom1519]

At the four minute mark, as the song begins, it appears that Michael McKean breaks character, his face showing his actual exasperation over the mechanical issue.

[@MikhailKrasnikov]

Damn... Chuck McGill is really on fire :-O !

[@faithspacechurch4895]

Honestly, IMO, one of the better performances of the entire show!

[@gotham61]

The real irony is that Christopher Guest/Nigel Tufnel, is actually a British Baron and Lord in real life.

[@j_freed]

So is Borat Sagdiyev!

[@operator1717]

How is that ironic?

[@gotham61]

@@operator1717 That’s kind of the definition of irony

[@drimmie]

I would have loved if they played Big Bottom with John Deacon joining in 🤘

[@Kasino80]

Especially since that seems like a direct Queen reference.

[@drimmie]

@@Kasino80 it absolutely is. Paying homage to Fat Bottomed Girls

[@Scottie_S]

@@Kasino80 Fat-Bottomed Girls....Big Bottom.....it would have been another level of wonderful!

[@phaedrus1267]

They finally got to play the Enormo-Dome!

[@almandomuzsurat582]

Very good job by the drummer! RESPECT!

[@lsipahelut]

Who's the drummer?

[@Kris.G]

@@lsipahelut Ric Parnell. Sadly, recently deceased.

[@mc76]

@@Kris.G He lasted a lot longer than most of their drummers.

[@jonathanlocke6404]

I think it's absolutely great that they actually became a beloved institution...

[@markoutram7589]

My favourite - & most enduring - memory of the FMT concert back in '92 (as we used to call it then ... & sometimes still do ... NOW) : I love the opening riff. And the lyrics are 'national anthem-sized' material - there's eternal truths and 'everyman-type-themes' locked deep inside them, Boys-&-Girls-&-Whatever, so take heed - '... The shepherd with his flock, the miner with his coal - We're in this TO-GETHER ...'. And why not ?

[@jonathanlocke6404]

All kidding aside, Christopher Guest is actually a pretty badass guitarist...

[@Proggydan]

Word.

[@Njbear7453]

Lucky sonofabitch is married to jamie lee Curtis

[@djetm]

we're in this together

[@thomasconnors7511]

I only listen to Spinal Tap on 11. I always amazed the talent on these men. Love live Sounal Tap!

[@themilksnatcher]

3:50 "you plugged in?" Boom comes to life! Ha ha

[@NmpK24]

'I know for I told me so'.

[@DmitriOrtsiev]

I'm sure Saul was very proud about his brother, Charles, performance!

[@johnny5805]

The lyrics are so sublime !

[@LerockJohn]

Harry Shearer is really into it! Fan since 1984!!!!!!!

[@Laserdreamz]

A great day for music but this was one of the standouts, stuck with me since, Nigel's proper shredding.

[@luiseduardo_ear]

The keyboard volume on 11!

[@Jorge-MX]

Right now i'm listening on 12.. xD

[@cypher515]

I CAN'T like this. It would put it past 11. :P

[@tomoflaherty3638]

My memory of this having taped off broadcast and watched it a few times was not being able to hear the keyboard at all and the guitar being loud during the bridge D-A part. But it’s been 32 years and I could be misremembering. I know there is a version of this gig with a different mix out there.

[@funkenstien1155]

They really hit this out of the park. Freddie would have loved it.

[@j_freed]

So great to see Spinal Tap together, and ever.

[@jondunmore4268]

Super drummer! At least he can say he played Wembley before his untimely death by spontaneous combustion.

[@mc76]

I had never seen this before. TIST is in my top five movies of all time. I knew Harry, Michael, and Christopher could play, but goddayum.

[@Tonegates]

Such a very good song amd very queen style.

[@oldboydanplays6940]

When will we see Spinal Tap in The Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame?

[@Nightdare]

They already are, never been to Stone Henge?

[@Scottie_S]

They're in the hall of Georgie Fame...

[@IThinkYouLookLarvely]

I can't help thinking Nigel and Bruce Dickinson might be related.

[@russellj.s.257]

IThinkYouLookLarvely or maybe Jeff Beck

[@jonathanday6692]

He's his younger evil twin.

[@jonathanday6692]

Not only is Spinal Tap a spoof on rock/metal, they're obviously outfitted as doubles of 70s/80s stars. Or maybe it's the other way around. They've done a good job of it. I'd like to dedicate this thread to any suggestions. My guess is Tony Iommi, David Lee Roth and Bruce Dickenson, with John Bonham on drums when not exploding.

[@mattmareck4578]

These guys go to eleven!

[@albionboy72]

Brilliant, the darning of the sock

[@Gian04]

JIMMY! HE DEFECATED ON THE FREDDIE'S MERCURY TRIBUTE CONCERT

[@mikecaldwell8417]

better than most real bands

[@BobberDC]

That little guitar lick at the end sounded like a nod to Rush

[@JackRice007]

It sounds like a couple songs to me. Some Xanadu, maybe The Trees

[@Mike-ki6rg]

Followed these cats , after their show in San Diego to the Howard Johnson they were staying at. If you make out with your girl in a H. Johnson Hallway, no one will harass you to leave. Met Nigel and Derrick in the hotel on the way to their tourbus, back to LA. Got all their autographs, But forgot to get their real name autographs. Come-on Tap, America awaits your next tour.

[@mattadams5345]

I smelt the glove and it was GOOD!

[@russellj.s.257]

Matthew Adams well I broke like the wind

[@brettjones4733]

It’s a bummer they couldn’t sort out that line problem , sounded like Nigel’s amp or wireless They were still one of the best bands on the bill 🤘🤘

[@Frankincensedjb123]

There's a pulse in the new-born sun; A beat in the heat of 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 to 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 haunt 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

[@benjaminpensiero8519]

Great lyrics. Possibly their best. This song holds up more than 30 years later. The boys really groove on this one.

[@Zippypeepee]

Christopher Gu- sorry, Nigel Tufnel, is honestly top 5 guitarists for me.

[@evankeal]

When asked what is their [self named] moment, this has to be it.

[@DarylGerardMorrissey]

Truly epic!

[@davidechiesa998]

Fantastic!!

[@pdbordelon]

"I know, for I told me so..."

[@kell_checks_in]

I dunno, guys. This is dangerously close to being good...

[@Kalentros]

I'd say for this performance they went past being close.

[@jasonrichards2371]

It is good

[@MrPalomo91]

Best Drummer I Ever Seen , 👑

[@diegoalejandroize]

That drummer was tight

[@Scottie_S]

Ric Parnell was a one of a kind drummer. Session work or live...it didn't matter to him. He was one of these drummers with a distinct flare for what instinctive drumming was all about and would have and should have been seen as one of the great prog-rock drummers in our time. Just had to add to this comment. Steve Perry wanted him to join 'Journey' but he turned it down because he was working on another project.

[@joeyjack37]

This is so epic!

[@m.st.6657]

They send me everytime

[@frankstecker5675]

Great song 🎸

[@MTBdude]

“Do you have any requests? … Get off the what?”

[@benjaminpensiero8519]

😂😂😂

[@angelinetan619]

I did'nt know lemmy play bass for Spinal Tap

[@j_freed]

It looks like Michael Levine from the band Triumph.

[@slevmeister8026]

Gotta love Tap

[@stuartlester6941]

I was today years old when i realised that the singer is Chuck McGill, and the bassist is many Simpsons characters 🤯

[@michaela2757]

The constant professionals, rock on Tap…

[@TheCountofToulouse]

Could anyone ever pull this off? A fake band that became a real band? Who does this? In many ways, it might be one of the worlds most amazing accomplishments.

[@Kasino80]

The commitments and the Blues Brothers are the only ones coming to mind.

[@irresistablejewel]

Michael McKean... and he keeps doing it. Lenny and the Squigtones presents Lenny and the Squigtones; Spinal Tap; The Folksmen. Talented bunch; but no luck with drummers... I guess The Monkees were a fake band that became real too.

[@cygil1]

The Ruttles had a top charting album and toured for a while. Their Beatles pastiches would be dangerously close to copyright infringment these days, thoguh

[@lindyloo7177]

Hysterical and could pass for a rock band 😆😃

[@boulder89984]

They are better than 75% of the so called real bands! Btw isn't that Ric Parnell on drums?

[@barrybedkey543]

And funnier too! Who cares who the drummer is - he's a goner...

[@RicardoUitermark]

Yes it is Ric Parnell

[@j_freed]

Ricardo Uitermark * was

[@haroldvonschwartzenstien3581]

Pretty sure that's Monty Burns on Bass 😉

[@RicardoUitermark]

@@j_freed 🤣🤣🤣

[@aleksandarvujicic6220]

Moment of glory, short but golden

[@roywalletjr9985]

spoiler on the Spiderman Homecoming costume

[@deletebilderberg]

‘I know for I told me so….’ 😁

[@irresistablejewel]

Perfect!

[@geraldschulenburg8507]

Spinal pap or tap are our rightful lords and masters

[@theaterdreamer]

Nigel could use a few more pickups, LMFAO!

[@ix-Xafra]

Funny considering Nigel is actually a nobleman ...

[@gusleo7887]

05:07 A litle bit of keep your self alive

[@porpore]

No fucking smartphone.. Fantastic!

[@dean1618]

Brilliant!

[@motorsawadams7886]

Geldoff said "too much perspective"....lol.

[@Hamer4114]

I thought that was Pink

[@someoneelse101]

It should be available on official releases. Unless they felt the same way about their performance that Robert Plant did about his???

[@cypher515]

Though the fact that they legitimately had a Spinal Tap Moment in there might be the issue, too. The amps not being warmed up at a for-real tribute concert? That might be too much silly for them...

[@Ceribrial4VerKa]

John Desmond

[@tombstoneharrystudios584]

Accorsing to some rumours, it was Slash - who had worked with them on "Break Like The Wind" - who decided to prank them by fiddling with their equipment. However, it was not funny, as Michael McKean's growing discomfort makes apparent. Obviously they're accomplished comedians and had material in case anything like this ever happened, but strong words were had with Slash afterwards along the lines of "We prefer to make our own jokes...could have got nasty!"

[@rocketcon]

Tombstone Harry Studios It did help add some more realism to the performance though, as it wouldn't feel like a genuine Spinal Tap appearance without something going wrong!

[@frederikwerkbrouck1769]

Still waiting... 👌

[@MrPalomo91]

The Drummer , No. 1 🥇 Fck’n 🤴

[@Gian04]

OMG NEVER REALIZED THAT THE GUITARRIST IS SAUL'S BROTHER!!!!

[@sandraloscocco1848]

Unbelievable!

[@richardsmith2825]

The barber takes a pole!

[@PPCarreto]

Load these albums: ​Intravenus de Milo, ​Shark Sandwich and Smell The Glove. Lol

[@drimmie]

Two words: Shit Sandwich

[@johnnywalker5745]

Chuck McGill paying tribute to Freddie Mercury with his band before becoming a lawyer.

[@DonaldHolben]

Kinda sound like Nigel cant hear his monitors.

[@thorro3]

Chuck McGill caught his electricity allergy after this show, fun fact. Just too much power...