Spinal Tap Unplugged - "Clam Caravan"

[@pabdiary]

I know that John "Stumpy" Peeps is smiling down from heaven, with 14 other deceased Spinal Tap drummers 🥁

[@tomdellaquila2596]

And Joe "Mama" Besser. But he was a bit of a Stooge, wasn't he?

[@pabdiary]

@@tomdellaquila2596 Joe didn't like people playing his drums. He'd say, "HAAAY not so haaaard!"

[@johnfrederick6164]

Lol 😂

[@rolfdejonge3915]

Eric "Stampede" Joe/RIP/* One of their many great drummers, who mysteriously passed away! 🤟😜💥🌟🌀🌐

[@janisthompson9801]

@@rolfdejonge3915 ❤️❤️🇨🇦❤️❤️

[@shanedillon9117]

So glad my headphones to 11.

[@richardabels9258]

Great acting. Totally nailed those American accents

[@dcat78]

😂😂😂

[@andrealovell6510]

They are American

[@TOBAPNW_]

​@@andrealovell6510r/whoosh

[@erichani1]

We are american

[@devinthierault]

​@@erichani1I'm spartacusican

[@tovarisch2788]

Christopher Guest has scary levels of talent.

[@garethwilliams5809]

They all do

[@sgt.thundercok4704]

@@garethwilliams5809 The only correct response.

[@deniellepalmer6738]

​@@sgt.thundercok4704 agreeeed

[@wsjustice]

Harry Shearer's bass playing is sublime.

[@richsackett3423]

And he's plugged in.

[@jamesdellaneve9005]

He is good. Nice bass lines on this song.

[@shpeen8835]

Not bad eh

[@TotoDG]

You could say it's... *_Excellent._*

[@philipusher4282]

Just as well because his English (quasi-Australian) accent is, well how shall it put it....shite.

[@obscurebandfan]

They are actually great musicians, all of them.

[@dougcarson5202]

Yes, and that's a big part of the magic of Spinal Tap. Comedy on the surface, great music underneath. Reminds me of Frank Zappa somewhat.

[@jcavazos4145]

Jonah Fuerstenberg. Oh yesh ! Chritopher Guest is married to Jamie Lee Curtis. And, he is a great musician.

[@cameronmccaskell8610]

@@dougcarson5202 Yeah man, hadn't thought of that - you're right

[@cavejohnson8665]

This was crap, total crap. The magic of acoustic spinal tap is the amplifiers. I got nothing from it.

[@luctoulouse]

@@cavejohnson8665 cos they didn't go to eleven, right?

[@kevinbirge2130]

I dutifully kept Spinal Tap alive when I was in radio. Played it straight. Never let on they were parody.

[@dirkremmington]

The beauty of being able to do that... I was out of radio by that time and playing in a band... we skipped a practice to see the movie in the front row...it was great!

[@Buster_Piles]

The idea that they were a "parody" is a laughable conspiracy theory put about by disgruntled an ex- manager known only as Janine. Similar to the online stories about not recording in dobly.

[@grahamwood-robinson2334]

😂 love it! 😂 I saw the Spinal Tap film back in the day. This is a welcome sequel. Had a laugh! Thanks!

[@pockets2209]

I was at one of the 5 concerts at Earls Court they did in May 1975, not certain which one. I’d just turned 17. Great memories!

[@AlanCanon2222]

Did they come out of the Earl's Court TARDIS, or did you?

[@em7dim9]

@@AlanCanon2222 What would they need a TARDIS for? They had a hit song in '64.

[@obscurazone]

The irony of ironies, is that the tap have always been absolutely, genuinely, bloody brilliant. Clam Caravan is beautiful.

[@joeyconservative]

Spinal Tap should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

[@dirkremmington]

of course they should be!

[@jwall3873]

Right On... If they did rap, they would be! Isn't great, that all these guys in big bands know Tap, and point out their Tap moments. I think that understated the genius, in the true sense of the word. And, Tap was done 40 or so years ago, and musicians still reference it. Absolutely Brilliant The cucumber scene, quite literally, helped to bring together one of my favorite bands that I played in...and yes, we did our version of the cucumber scene! Hillarious!

[@stflaw]

This is such great satire. The fact that these guys are actually good musicians, and that their songs approach the edge of plausibility, takes the humor to a different level. Some would say subterranean.

[@dreamingforward]

It's the boundary of: are they geniuses or fools?

[@TheRumbles13]

Flight of the concords!

[@highestsettings]

Well if you're gonna do comedy music, it stands to reason that you should probably be good at both comedy AND music.

[@markvonwisco7369]

@@dreamingforward There's a fine line between stupid and clever!

[@AlanCanon2222]

@@markvonwisco7369 I haven't always aimed at both, as a musician, but I get there in the end.

[@rustytennakoon8661]

"That was a Typo", "Don't be so negative". Absolute genius!

[@mc76]

It was actually "he was a [blood] Type O." That's why McKean's comeback was so funny.

[@rustytennakoon8661]

@@mc76 ummm. I got it

[@elyneburns2224]

I may be extra thick/dense and/or still sleepy, but was that a band geek Type O Negative reference ('not through with my second cup of coffee yet)? If so, they're my favorite band second only to KISS (after 'growing up' some). Btw, 'Tap' & 'Type O' would've been a bill for the ages, eh?

[@gdj6298]

A gem. They prompt the rhetorical question - how good can a parody get before it stops being a parody ?

[@hyivideos]

the answer is “Ween”

[@jeffthebracketman]

How can they be considered a parody when they are better than 90% of the bands/music they are supposed to be parodying?????

[@SuperAngelic5]

I know right!!

[@jeffryphillipsburns]

They’re a parody not because they’re inept, because everything they do is a cliche-is a cliche now and would have been a cliche in the sixties. In fact, this song is not just parody; it’s also pastiche.

[@jeffthebracketman]

@@jeffryphillipsburns Obviously, you skipped school the day they taught sarcasm…

[@mmcintosh175]

@@jeffthebracketman Don't be mean. You get the words "parody' and "sarcasm" and he gets "cliche" and "pastiche". This is a big day for the boys and girls that didn't already have those vocabulary words! Let's all just be friends, shall we?!

[@jeffthebracketman]

@@mmcintosh175 And in what universe is it considered mean when you try to correct someone who has criticized you? I wish someone had told me that you were the Hall Monitor…

[@michaelolz]

Harry Shearer is knocking me out with his playing. That was beautiful!

[@charlessale409]

Love that this is basically an exact mashup of Crosby Stills Nash's Marrakesh Express and Guinnevere.

[@Kasino80]

Exactly!

[@mc76]

With the opening riff from "From the Beginning."

[@stephencraig2090]

This song just makes me think of Sabbath’s Planet Caravan, especially since it’s a Spinal Tap song.

[@NuncNuncNuncNunc]

A touch of King Crimson's Thela Hun Ginjeet, too.

[@xxcelr8rs]

@@NuncNuncNuncNunc Ended on the ELP chord.

[@ZelbeQahi]

Very talented guys! Always loved them. So glad they did this.

[@mrtriffid]

These guys remind me of the Firesign Theatre. Levels of humor (and talent) above and beyond terrestrial bounds . . .

[@robertcaffrey6097]

It takes great musicianship to be able to ham it up musically. They are very talented musically and comically.

[@rocketimpossible5196]

Wonderful. Chris Guest is one of the most peculiar individuals in comedy history.

[@Testibus00]

Dang. I saw Spinal Tap in the theater when it came out. Now I'm an old gray headed dude that still rocks, too.

[@doctorkayak]

Mesmerizing! I followed these guys on their world tour in the seventies. I even joined the Spinal Tap Army. But when they took the makeup off in the eighties they got so much better! 🤟🤟🤟

[@shieldsjohnjr]

I got to see them in 94 or 95 at The Beacon. One of the greatest shows I've ever seen. Derek getting stuck hanging from the rafters while playing Tonight I'm gonna Rock You.....and swinging back and forth to get to the mic is the funniest thing you'll ever see.

[@retrostarmusic]

Nice to see them all on stage but kind of sad to see and realize how much time has passed since that great movie.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

I think it means we're getting old. Do you realize Journey/Perry's heyday was a good 35 years ago?

[@tarmaque]

@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 Shut up! Shut it _all the way_ up! (I graduated high school 36 years ago.)

[@tinytanks]

in a sense, we were robbed of one of history's great bands once these guys became "comedians." imagine the body of work they'd have if they'd been a band all these years.

[@alextirrellRI]

They have an amazing body of work just from the films.

[@michaelmckenna6464]

They were musically solid and their videos were very well done and could’ve easily rivaled and surpass the music videos of the time. Check out “Bitch School”. The lyrics appeared to be about a girl who was hard to get along with and needed to be set free, but was actually about a pet dog that needed training. BTW “bitch” is not a vulgar word when used to describe a female dog. “Listen to the Flower Children” totally nailed the sound of the times (1967) and the video actually looks like something from 1967.

[@janisthompson9801]

@@michaelmckenna6464 Absolutely right!

[@danacoleman4007]

Wow. Now that is an interesting thought.

[@bobdownes162]

You're a conrol freak !

[@martianshoes]

Love the chords that Guest used. Nigel was lucky to have this guy doing his composing for him.

[@AlanCanon2222]

I especially like that Eleventh chord.

[@shpeen8835]

@@AlanCanon2222 Shades of " Lick My Love Pump"

[@seansturgill4869]

​@shpeen8835 I think it sounds like a blend of "Skeletons of Quinto" and "Never Did No Wanderin'" by the Folksmen. :)

[@AlanCanon2222]

@@seansturgill4869 ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT THEY ARE SOMEHOW SELF DERIVATIVE? What overly self respecting folk trio would do that?!

[@seansturgill4869]

@AlanCanon2222 Well, Sir, maybe I am. :) And while I'm at it, didn't that Chris Gaines dude look an awful lot like Garth Brooks? 🤔

[@stevehughes1510]

Such talented fellas, I've been laughing and entertained for decades with and by these artistes, stellar maestro's one and all.

[@iaminmycar9539]

Makes sense it's Unplugged; Chuck can't handle electricity

[@jonrowley1]

Nice 👍🏻

[@DaveDexterMusic]

highly underrated

[@nateblack8669]

NICE

[@Vor_Tex_Sun]

Lol

[@1mattadams]

You , sir are a genius. You can see everything.

[@chrishopkins209]

When Harry Shearer talks I can’t get Smithers out of my mind

[@Turboy65]

It's actually a pretty darned good song.

[@marthaworc7873]

I've heard much, much worse

[@daevpaeldruid8200]

Harry Shearer is a very good bass player, just in case you hadn't noticed.

[@arkady714]

Once released from his pod, that is.

[@philipusher4282]

Maybe he should spend more time working on his crap English accent and less time on his bass playing.

[@marksinger2360]

"He was a typo." "Don't be so negative." - Took me a few seconds to catch up.

[@kensingtonliederkrantz1592]

Humor in that vein takes awhile to circulate.

[@donjosephus]

Apparently my veins are "triangle" shaped because a week later and I still don't get it.

[@CMZIEBARTH]

@@donjosephus Type O

[@codetech5598]

That's bloody funny.

[@petedavis7970]

And that's why he's a genius. Didn't even miss a beat and it just comes out. I'd kill for that kind of quick wit.

[@comet206]

they are masters at writing these hokey little numbers and it's always perfect lmao. this is very reminiscent of what they did in A Mighty Wind. they could have even used this one for that movie

[@wendyhardin5259]

Spinal Tap can make any day awesome.

[@dirkremmington]

every day

[@Professional-fh1ow]

I think its great that these dudes were actors and somehow got this whole thing together over the years. I even turned my kids into Spinal Tap fans. The only other music typ movies I remember Micheal McKeon in was "Light of Day" and Lenny and the Squigtones from Laverne and Shirley

[@adventuressurvivalinthailand]

The master of triangular breathing, difficult to master

[@AlanCanon2222]

Don't be so obtuse.

[@andrewpulda7969]

Tap is such a legendary band of many eras and genres of rock, and "Clam Caravan" was obviously a huge prog rock influence for bands like Pink Floyd and Yes. LOL

[@AlanCanon2222]

Jon Anderson and Dave Gilmour both suffered hearing loss of the the same third of an octave while seeing the same Spinal Tap concert in Tunbridge Wells in the late 1960s, you may be onto something.

[@ScorpionRegent]

King Crimson took their time listening to "Clam Caravan" before they composed Court of the Crimson King.

[@jamessmith84240]

The suspense before the didgeridoo solo, only for him to make that sound on it! 🤣

[@jobabs]

Reminds me of Squiggy's clarinet solo on Laverne and Shirley 😅

[@gregorymoore2877]

Considering the triangular breathing and the four beats per measure, his didgeridoo playing defiantly went to twelve.

[@professorpsoop]

Love Tap, loved the Break Like the Wind album and I even saw them live twice. Unforgettable.

[@DAMAGEDUNN]

That was unbelievably awesome! Great to see them not in character and speaking to each other by real name. The performance was priceless!

[@theunwantedcritic]

The amazing thing about Spinal Tap is that they’re so funny you actually forget that there are brilliant musicians! They understand the clichés and music theory so well that they are able to find the jokes in musical phrases

[@ScorpionRegent]

It's like listening to Frank Zappa. When you want to laugh, listen to the lyrics. When you want to be impressed, listen to the instrumentation.

[@geneburnett7576]

I found a Spinal tap VCR in a thrift store in Texas, who da thunk that . I also noticed the host of This Is Spinal Tap, the movie , Rob Reiner wears a hat fellow members of the USS CORAL SEA and I wore back in the day . I will always keep this old VCR for the greatness of the band and the fact that I served on the above mentioned ship.

[@johnr4898]

love spinal tap, the very best of bad poetry . I hope they kick out one more album

[@The72challenger]

The legacy of Spinal Tap will be with these guys for a very long time.

[@NxDoyle]

Whether themselves, Spinal Tap or the Folksmen, they're just great.

[@depaola63]

These guys are fantastic! Funny and so talented!!

[@Jwestcott5000]

Awesome. Still looking for "All The Way Home." I sing that sucker at work every day.

[@deliusmyth5063]

Bloody 'ell, they're talented.

[@Tmanaz480]

"By light........ .of dawn" gets me every time.

[@Motters74]

It’s the crew member runnings round the defending ‘monument’ that always gets me. The detail in this is epic

[@StephenS-2025]

I like Nigel's pink period best. His song, " Hardly Hard At All" off the studio album Get Ridgid moved me to tears.

[@RareHarmony]

That guy who plays half the voices of all the Simpsons characters is now even more amazing to me.

[@ClaptonsWig]

Now?

[@sarahtonin4649]

Harry Shearer. Talented funny guy.

[@trevertravis8963]

Handsome Dan in Wayne’s World 2.

[@fredstriker2042]

Did a few voice scenes in Star Wars as well. " According to the log, the crew abandoned ship shortly after take off"..... and more.

[@SgtZaqq]

I thought we were having Clam Caravan? Oh no no, Ham Caravan!

[@spandrel1858]

This is an absurdly good song. Mum's the word!

[@normalentry6917]

Awesome!!! This screams WEEN to me, so incredibly similar! I love these men and their versatility!

[@lucasholmgrenmusic]

This is the best Tap Cover Band I've ever heard. These guys are dialed.

[@williamyehle2137]

These guys all are very talented.

[@gibsondrummer]

All these guys were accomplished musicians which makes the comedy so perfect

[@royswansborough5637]

Fab. So thrilled to have seen The Folksmen and Spinal Tap live at Wembley in '09.

[@tmac6688]

talented guys and i will listen and watch all that they do

[@vintagethrifter2114]

I was listening to them in the 1970s when they were half of Linny and the Squidtones. Christopher Guest was the lead guitarist. There's video of them playing on American Bandstand here on KZbin. Imagine Spinal Tap in the 1950s.

[@canturgan]

Subtle nods to Steve Howe and Crosby Stills and Nash. 😊

[@TheRaNetwork]

wait so these guys became the tribute band for spinal tap? hahaha that's genius!

[@394pjo]

intravenous De Milo and Shark Sandwich are my two favourite albums of all time. Thanks for the music Tap!

[@maestroaxeman]

But the "critics" summed up Shark Sandwich in a 2 word review: "Shit Sandwich" 🤣🤣🤣

[@mcstabba]

I wished they made those fake albums for real. write and record songs in the vein of that eras rock/metal and get that shit out there, would be awesome. At least "Derek Smalls" released a solo album a few years back, never thought that would happen.

[@BillLaBrie]

Smell the Glove. That was their masterpiece.

[@CirclingtheFringes]

I would have loved to see this live.

[@zazuzazz5419]

Lovingly crafted - Brilliantly observed. And it gets better and more significant with each passing year. A sweet piece of history pie. ❤ 🥧

[@aronmeza]

Man, they're amazing. It sounds great. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@Ristoraven]

Satire is the hardest of all art.

[@claudehopper9813]

No shit, these guys can really play . A bucket load of talent .

[@UsernameWitheld]

Im going to ask for this to be played at my funeral. Beforehand.

[@arkady714]

One of the most influential groups of their day. That they're not yet in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame is an abomination to all music.

[@Ezekiel_Lezama]

i been waiting for their reunión the last 25 years, i see they are now exploring more with instruments and also mantras. ahead the Spines¡¡

[@billystar1306]

This is Golden and beyond satire.. This is love for the music that inspired the satire..

[@elvisparker4691]

Kashmir, Horse with No Name & Clam Caravan. It doesn't get better.

[@jeremiekonegni4957]

I love how it's essentially a song about the weather being bad and he's basically gonna stay in

[@The1nsane1]

The harmonies are next level. They should have recorded more music as they have gone way beyond parody.

[@sevadaj]

I guess they did not play with a drummer, because they are all dead!!!!! :-P Turn it up to 11 Nigel!!!!!! :-P

[@stflaw]

They couldn't convince their current drummer to play acoustically.

[@cambodiaremyzero]

drummers die- but first they make make everything Confusing....

[@pierrearonnax3100]

Too soon.

[@AlanCanon2222]

Actually they just hired me to be their dru

[@charlesbyrd1957]

Man that is well done...I suppose it’s a riff on Planet Caravan which is actually a cool song

[@mcpivSC]

Was that a Type O Negative reference at 0:48?

[@ebbhead20]

What i find amazing is they get the whole british punk vibe from the late 70s early 80s.. the What you looking at mate ? That young London students would throw about.. But at the same time know all about the vibes from the older prog rock guys in their vans with their books of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, drinking Tea and discussing Hawkwind and so on.. They understood britain so well that they must have family over here. When i listen to Clam Caravan it reminds me so much of being on holiday in England back in the 70s.. i can almost hear my nan go, do you want some Weetabix Simon ? Remember to watch Doctor WHO later.. you always liked that didnt you ? It cant get more English if it tried.. love it. 😎

[@destonlee2838]

Best Sabbath cover ever. Geezer would be proud.

[@PSUPhysicsStudent]

Wow, that was just fantastic!

[@acidicmen3882]

It's so weird hearing them in their American accents. They fooled me to do long with their English accents I thought they were British.

[@carlmorgan4772]

Opiman607 They are British ....live interviews from Glastonbury .....good actors

[@andrewzinner5402]

they are all american....

[@pen64]

Andrew Zinner Christoper Guest is Canadian...

[@hanswanker1283]

MadelineTopper he actually holds dual citizenship, American and British.

[@ourcorrectopinions6824]

They’re English pretending to be American pretending to be English.

[@Professor_Bugs]

The tightness of their playing is unbelievably tight.

[@wyrdingroom6081]

omg these guys are gifted!🤯

[@charleslaine]

4:28 I really like the way that song resolves! Interesting choice.

[@martinmills135]

ah, the good old Picardy third…

[@JohnnyBeane]

These guys rock!

[@Twinsdad6]

There's a couple of chord changes that remind me of "Guinnevere", off the first Crosby, Stills and Nash LP.

[@MeMeDaVinci]

This blows my mind...that i wasn't there. I was living an hour north of Milwaukee at the time...

[@damamae950]

OMG. I was in a band once where I played a rain stick. The digeridoo is perfect

[@ricarleite]

SO talented

[@WilliamMignoliTheArchivist]

beautiful Martin Guitars!

[@sincman]

Chris(Nigel's) isn't a Martin. Can't quite make out what it is, but it's not the Martin logo on the headstock. Whatever it is it's nice though.

[@herseem]

I love the superlative comedy of the fake bands they have been and the jokes in all the different genres of music they've portrayed, and yet.... even though there are musical jokes IN the music, I still find that whatever they're playing, I can't help but enjoy it for it's genuine musical qualities that I can still enjoy even when I know the jokes. I bow down to their outstanding songwriting ability and musicianship as well as comedy. They're really off the scale. And to point out, they've been playing music together for way longer than most bands last.

[@heyitsword]

Thanks for posting this. It's one of my all-time favorite Spinal Tap songs.

[@XSLUDGEYX]

I was hearing shades of Greg Lake in that, something along the lines of “ in the beginning “

[@ianx-cast6289]

I actually enjoyed this, from a purely musical perspective.

[@busterakrey6659]

Amazing musicians

[@FranktheDachshund]

Really love how they misquote the chorus every time.

[@daviddennison4201]

Love these guys! Never actually saw the movie

[@markread7333]

Love the subtle fact that the callbacks are all different than Chris’s lyrics.

[@oystertoadfish1149]

Impeccable tuned instruments.

[@heyidiot]

Rick Beato needs to have these guys on his series, "What Makes This Song Grate."

[@pabdiary]

😂😂😂😂

[@Jimmybarth]

Beat-o sucks

[@countstoneula]

When they played that final chord in this song it really surprised me. It made me think about something Rick Beato said in a recent review video of the Top 10 music charts. About how the modern songs don’t have any surprise in them. They’re incredibly predictable and boring. I think Rick would really enjoy this song. I know I did.