I can't believe I'd never seen This Is Spinal Tap before today. What kind of a music fan am I? One that claims to also be a fan of movies and hilarious parody? Mockumentaries and deadpan humor are my favorites! I am ashamed of myself.
Spinal Tap lived up to all my lofty expectations. (It reminded me constantly of my hair-metal-loving friend, Claire, and our Rock Band band, Motorknife). This film is brilliantly written, both in the dialogue and the songs. "Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight," even though it's a parody song, is a great song! And consequently, is still stuck in my head. It's like Shaun of the Dead or Hot Fuzz, it's a parody film, but it loves what it's parodying, and it actually is what it's parodying. Spinal Tap is a band with a set of legitimate, if slightly ridiculous, songs. It's not hard to believe why people thought this movie was a real documentary.
So, thank you vh1 classic (and dvr) for finally making it possible for me to see This Is Spinal Tap. My life will never be the same.
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"I think that the problem may have been, that there was a Stonehenge monument on the stage that was in danger of being crushed by a dwarf.
and of course, the quintessential dialog:
Nigel Tufnel: The numbers all go to eleven. Look, right across the board, eleven, eleven, eleven and...
Marty DiBergi: Oh, I see. And most amps go up to ten?
Nigel Tufnel: Exactly.
Marty DiBergi: Does that mean it's louder? Is it any louder?
Nigel Tufnel: Well, it's one louder, isn't it? It's not ten. You see, most blokes, you know, will be playing at ten. You're on ten here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up, you're on ten on your guitar. Where can you go from there? Where?
Marty DiBergi: I don't know.
Nigel Tufnel: Nowhere. Exactly. What we do is, if we need that extra push over the cliff, you know what we do?
Marty DiBergi: Put it up to eleven.
Nigel Tufnel: Eleven. Exactly. One louder.
Marty DiBergi: Why don't you just make ten louder and make ten be the top number and make that a little louder?
Nigel Tufnel: [pause] These go to eleven.
i wish i could take a picture and send it to you... but i lack a camera so just imagine that its me holding all ten fingers up and sticking out my tongue. 11.
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