SWEDISH BAND WATCH SPINAL TAP (1984) | FIRST TIME | Movie Reaction & Commentary 

"Sorry for bad English, we are not drunk yet." Fantastic.😂

Nothing better than seeing band guys react to a movie about band guys. May your amps forever go to 11.

Fun fact: on IMDB people can rate all movies on a scale of 1 to 10. Except for This is Spinal Tap, where the rating scale goes to 11. Not a joke - they actually implemented that exception into the website.

This movie was so great. That afterwards the actors started touring as the band, Spinal Tap. ✌️

"You can't really dust for vomit" 🤣🤣🤣 Man . . . I'll never get tired of that line.

When he tunes the violin, lol I die laughing every time.

The algorithm gods brought this video to my attention and I'm glad it did. Since this is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen and it never gets old I had a beer and watched it with you. You guys are fun. 🤘🎸🖤

Fun fact about the tiny Stonehenge: that actually happened but in the other direction. Black Sabbath (I'm pretty sure it was) ordered stage-props of Stonehenge, but whereas in the movie, they mixed up feet and inches, in reality, they mixed up feet with metres, and the damn things were absolutely gigantic.

I saw 'Spinal Tap' perform on the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury Festival a number of years ago. ( I used to work at the festival as a stage manager/compere, but only on one of the smaller stages). It was great. Thanks for sharing your reaction,

Good to see the boys all together doing the two things we all love: Drinking and Elton John

I enjoyed watching the band drink.

The White Album did have something on the cover, something very important to sales. In large capital letters it said "THE BEATLES"

The Stonehenge gag came from Black Sabbath, for their upcoming 1983 Born Again tour they ordered a Stonehenge set and used meters instead of feet, it was so massive they couldn't fit it on the stage and had to have a new set made from scratch. I was going to see the Born Again tour with my dad in Vancouver, sometime about September, Ian Gillan's only album taking over from RJD, Quiet Riot was the opening band. They cancelled that show because Geezer had bronchitis, by the time the tour started up again they were scheduled for Vegas so my dad took his girlfriend and left me in Vancouver because of school. I never got to see Sabbath live but I saw Quiet Riot with Kickaxe and Whitesnake in October, 1984.

You have to do more of these. Please.

Only musicians laugh when he tunes his violin.

I miss that, hanging with my old band , getting buzzed and riffing. Keep playing music guys.

Never realized how much Elton John is in this movie.

This was excellent, boys. If this is your only journey into movie reactions, then it was definitely the best movie to end with.

That was so much fun watching a band react to this movie! John Elton! 🤩 PS: Your music sounds great! Loved the track at the end of the video!

Nice to see caught when they were about to crack up after the "...dust for vomit..." gag!

Fun fact: The bassist has been a regular voice actor on The Simpsons since the beginning of the show.

Bald guy with the glasses who was the band leader for Dave Letterman was Paul Shaffer, he was the keyboardist and musical director for Thin Lizzy when they were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. They played along with a full orchestra and Paul wrote their parts. The band leader for Conan O'Brien was Max Weinberg from Bruce Springsteen's E-Street Band, his son is Jay Weinberg, drummer for Slipknot.

You guys are hilarious, reminds me of high school days watching this with my friends 🤟🏼

Goa editing skillz, grejt kåntent! 🤘

After not seeing this movies for many years, it was cool to see some of the stars: Harry Shearer - Ned Flanders Fran Drescher - The Nanny Paul Shaffer - Letterman Show Of course Elton John.

I think this is one of the best reactions to this movie because you guys got all the music and gear jokes.

If you guys enjoyed "This is Spinal Tap", then you might like "A Mighty Wind". It's the same guys from the band, but it's a folk band this time. It's another mockumentary that captures the reunion of 1960s folk trio the "Folksmen" as they prepare for a show at The Town Hall to memorialize a recently deceased concert promoter. Other cool things about the actors in the band: -Harry Shearer (bass) provides many voices for "The Simpsons" such as Principal Skinner, Kent Brockman, Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Ned Flanders, Reverend Lovejoy, formerly Dr. Hibbert until 2021, Lenny Leonard, Otto Mann, Rainier Wolfcastle, Scratchy, Kang, Dr. Marvin Monroe, and Judge Snyder, among others. -Michael McKean (guitar and lead vox) was most recently in "Better Call Saul" as "Chuck" and was amazing in it. -Christopher Guest (guitar) has been in many things as well, like "Stanley S. Squarepants" in SpongeBob, and an evil 6-fingered man in the 80's classic "The Princess Bride".

Spinal Taps influence on Elton John cannot be overstated

♫ Elton John, what's that flower you've got on... ♫ You guys are the first reactors to notice that everyone was playing a bass, for Big Bottom. You were also the first to recognize Paul Shaffer. In addition, you caught that Hubbins was just playing chords, and the song was pretty flat, without Nigel's lead. This film is always a treat to watch, and I'm glad that even after all this time, it's still recognized as a parody. Perhaps, in ten more years or so, that might not be the case. There is a similar movie that deals with folk music, and stars the three main guys, in a folk band. It's called "A Mighty Wind". It's a documentary, if you will, a mockumentary of Folk Music. Another good film, with music as the topic is "Rock of Ages". It's a musical, and it's not quite as organic. It has Tom Cruise in it. It's kinda like a cross between Grease & Zoolander, except musically themed.

My favorite line, which wasn't shown here, was "As long as there's, you know, sex and drugs, I can do without the rock and roll."

Hopefully your drummer lives longer than theirs.

20:22 I believe this scene was film at the Airport in Fargo, ND. It is an international Airport and is used by dignitaries to the US without hubbub. If you listen to the background intercom, you'll hear of flight a flight coming in to Fargo, ND.

Right on. Thanks for sharing.

Best reaction to this movie I've ever seen!

Bästa Disneyfilmen någonsin! Kul att ni tyckte om dem. De turnerar fortfarande…

That might’ve been the best reaction to this movie I have ever seen.😂

Swedish death metal is the greatest thing in the history of ever. I’m so happy I’ll dig this movie.

Well shit. Came to watch you guys watch Spinal Tap and left a fan. I like the music. Def a Good Jam. Hope to see and hear more. Sorry it took so long to find you. 🤘😈🤟

Tons of great scenes in this movie, especially if you are knowledgeable about music, guitar playing, Classic Rock and everything surrounding that era. IMHO the best of the best - according to me and my music/classic rock loving and devoted hobby musician buddies - is Nigel's "trademark" solo. Specifically, not the ridiculous cliched triplets and horrible bending early on, not playing a second guitar sitting on a stand with his foot, and not playing the strapped-on guitar WITH a violin (they probably had to resuscitate Jimmy Page when he saw that), though all of that was brilliant and hysterical). It's when he takes a moment to tune the violin. That killed me and my hobby musician buddies, and it got the biggest reaction from the guys in Venegence. I just don't get the references to Elton John - my first "musical love" - I graduated from early '70s pop crap to real music when I got his first Greatest Hits album in 1975 when I won a radio contest.

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*New Subscriber* : That was very fun. Great interaction and reactions from you all, and the video editing was superb ! More please. Just watched your song "Electric Giant" Lappland Woodstock 2018 - it's great ! More songs and videos please. I'll watch your back catalogue here. Greetings from this Irish guy living in Prague, CZ !

In 1985 I saw Spinal Tp in concert in San Francisco They do play really good for a big band. They actually released an album with these tracks and it was called break like the wind Tour

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sweet RED FANG shirt !

Would Nigel have used the "armadillos" reference, since those are only new world animals? That'd be like somebody from the US talking about hedgehogs.

Only 3 parts of the movie are live. The rest are done in front a of a screen in a studio. Limitations in budget and tech.

Fun Fact: Spinal Tap was originally supposed to be a 50s rock band called Lenny & The Squigtones from the tv show Laverne & Shirley, they were already a fictional band with singles and an album and performed live shows as well as television appearances throughout the 70s and early 80s. Lenny & The Squigtones was Squiggy (David L. Landers) the lead singer, Lenny Kosnowski (Michael McKean) guitar, Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) guitar, Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer) on bass although Dwight Knight played bass on the album, Lars Svenki (Murphy Dunn) on keyboards (He was Murph, the keyboard player for The Blues Brothers too), and Ming The Merciless (Don Poncher) on drums. David L. Landers wasn't on board to make a movie so the rest of the band, minus Lars and Ming renamed themselves Spinal Tap and got a 80s metal image, Lenny also had to change his name to David St. Hubbins since Lenny Kosnowski was a trademarked name.

You know the legend- now you must learn the music! Start with "Big Bottom" 🎉❤

The Blonde girlfriend is depicted as being a "Yoko Ono" creating division amongst the Band members.

You have to look at the video of Spinal Tap in concert with David Gilmour playing bass.

So let's see... Mick Shrimpton exploded on stage, Joe "Mama" Besser "Got tired of this four-four shit" and went off and is presumed dead or playing jazz, RIC Shrimpton joined for the Break Like the Wind tour (Mick's twin brother that no one knew about, both portrayed by Ric Parnell who actually passed away of natural causes not too long ago), he allegedly sold his dialysis machine for drugs, no one knows what happened to Skippy Scuffleton, though as I recall he looks an awful lot like their current, most long living drummer, Greg Bissonnette (but I cannot find anything confirming that Greg played Skippy AND himself anywhere online)... and Viv allegedly got killed while visiting Mick's grave which exploded (of course) and was replaced by CJ Vanston (under his real name) from Break Like the Wind forward, so honestly you could say that the 2009-present lineup is the most stable Tap's ever been. Kind of like the Steve Morse versions of Deep Purple or the post-Bill Wyman, pre-Charlie Watts-death lineup (including touring/unofficial members like Daryl Jones) of the Stones. And like Deep Purple and the Stones it just feels WRONG somehow...

I did not know Elton John was so big in Sweden.

One of the best films ever made. Turn it up to 11!!

1:48 Notice that the umlaut is over a consonant.

The drummer is the voice of a large chunk of characters on The Simpsons and the main singer you would know from Better Call Saul (Not Saul)

hey lads this movie was mostly improvised. except for the songs of course which the group wrote. This was also the first time a backstage look at rock and roll life was shown and many bands of the day thought they had a spy amongst them that exposed how moronic and debauched they were...and they felt extremely THREATENED. lol

The first time I watched this movie, I thought it was pretty good. The second time I watched it, it became a permanent fixture in my top five.

Spinal Tap actually released a second album called Break Like the Wind

Hello Cleveland!!

I love the fact you thought that might be a Tre Kronor shirt, which is understandable being as Ibra would've been great in this band, but it's Shrewsbury Town I'm afraid

The fact that none of them knew how to play any instruments is just mind blowing

The original "THIS IS SPINAL TAP" was an incredible "tour de force" in the genre of SATIRE.. So many people did not get it.. I did.

26:00 My solos are my trademark lol.

The reactors probably had no idea how many famous American comedians showed up for this movie. Also fun fact, Paul Schaeffer was also the musical director for the movie "The Blues Brothers" His reputation goes much further than "David Letterman".

if you like this you have to check out the Rutles a brilliant sendup of the Beatles.

11 is great, but Stonehenge is over the top

You gotta do more!! I suggest The Return of the Living Dead,Smoke 'em if you got 'em(Australian film) and Magma Trianon 2000.❤

let me know when you play bavaria. i will be there

the electric bannana was a real place in pennsylvania

I think the football shirt is Shrewsbury Town, not Sweden. 🤘

I don't think these guys got a lot of the jokes.

You should probably do another movie. You all were fun to watch!

5:59 Are there any other rock band that uses 4 bass guitars for one song? (Derek got a double bass neck just sayin') Peace Out

Probably coincidental that you reference tim and Eric but two spinal tap actors are in Tim and Eric the guy who plays stumpy Pete is ed begly jr and does the Cinco phone ad. And I just forgot his name rip but the air force guy making the jokes does the traggs trough bit

Reportedly, Aerosmith thought that the movie was based on them.

Sorry for bad English we are not drunk yet is a line that should have been in the movie.

Interesting that a reaction recognises Paul Schaefer. None of the American reactors I've watched seem to know who he is.

Please react to Some kind of Monster, Metallica.... It's ace. Great reaction guys. I also checked some of your tracks... Great stuff.

Skal From New England US and A's ( worse than ole England) Had me crackin up

Is vengeance deliberately misspelled?

That moment you realize that a made up, farcical band from the 1980s is better than most real bands today.

The movies "Bad News" and "More Bad News" are even better than Spinal Tap Check them out

3 American comedians doing British accents. A lot of ad libs.

Metallica actually got the inspiration for their Black Album from this lol

Artie Fufkin is played by Paul Simon

So a consensual femdom malesub cover for Smell The Glove is fine, but a consensual femsub cover isn't. Yeah, that actually is sexism.

How are you in a band and you've never seen Spinal Tap? That's just unnatural. It's like a sunset that's not beautiful or a straight rainbow or like a really good bass player. Only kidding. Relax.