The cult rock film, "This is Spinal Tap" beat out The Band's "The Last Waltz," The Beatles' "Hard Days Night, and The Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter" to be voted the best music film of all time, according to a poll by Mojo Magazine.
And the music is fab too which is incredible considering the band was fictitious. The MOCK-umentary beats out all other music films which starred legendary bands such as The Beatles, The Stones, The Who, Pink Floyd, The Sex Pistols, and The Clash.
Rob Reiner directed the parody,"This is Spinal Tap," as a documentary on a rock group in the 70s. If you enjoy rock music and musicians who are full of themselves, this film contains some of the funniest shit you'll ever see.
, Spinal Tap is: Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer) on bass; Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) on lead guitar -- who is the spitting image of Jeff Beck; and David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), the lead singer.
The Tap is followed around on tour which starts out strong but eventually flops. Their North American tour begins in big arenas such as Madison Square Garden, then ticket sales lag and concerts are downsized, and they finish up playing at a dance at an Air Force base. The infamous "Stonehenge" set with the dancing dwarves is a riot, as is their "Bitch School" music video.
They bill themselves as the world loudest rock band. The documentary's director, Marty DiBergi (real director Rob Reiner) interviews clueless Nigel. When Nigel points out that his guitar's amplifier can go louder than the norm because the dials "go to eleven," DiBergi asks him why he doesn't just get a louder amp and call the maximum power "ten." Nigel simply stares at him incredulously and says, "But this one goes to eleven."
The heavy metal music and catchy riffs played by the band rocks as they play classics such as "Big Bottom," "Listen to the Flower People," "Bitch School," and "Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You." The first album, "Smell the Glove," (their "black" album) is the sound track for "This is Spinal Tap." In a scene from the film, the band's manager shows the group the cover for their album, which is completely black and an obvious rip-off of the "Beatle's White Album." The band looks at the cover for the first time and don't know what to think. Nigel; "It’s like a black mirror." David: "It looks like death." Nigel: "How much more black could this be? None. None...more black."
As music films go, This one goes to eleven.
Mojo magazine's Top 20 Music Films of all time:
1. This Is Spinal Tap
2. The Last Waltz
3. A Hard Day's Night
4. Gimme Shelter
5. The Wall
6. Ray
7. The Filth And The Fury
8. Quadrophenia
9. The Clash: Westway To The World
10. Help!
11. Rock N Roll High School
12. Jazz On A summers Day
13. The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
14. The Harder They Come
15. Don't look Back
16. Heartworn Highways
17. Performance
18. Almost Famous
19. 24 Hour Party People
20. The Decline And Fall Of Western Civilisation - Part 2
Spinal Tap is: Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer) on bass; Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) on lead guitar -- who is the spitting image of Jeff Beck; and David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), the lead singer.
The Tap is followed around on tour which starts out strong but eventually flops. Their North American tour begins in big arenas such as Madison Square Garden, then ticket sales lag and concerts are downsized, and they finish up playing at a dance at an Air Force base. The infamous "Stonehenge" set with the dancing dwarves is a riot, as is their "Bitch School" music video.
They bill themselves as the world loudest rock band. The documentary's director, Marty DiBergi (real director Rob Reiner) interviews clueless Nigel. When Nigel points out that his guitar's amplifier can go louder than the norm because the dials "go to eleven," DiBergi asks him why he doesn't just get a louder amp and call the maximum power "ten." Nigel simply stares at him incredulously and says, "But this one goes to eleven."
The heavy metal music and catchy riffs played by the band rocks as they play classics such as "Big Bottom," "Listen to the Flower People," "Bitch School," and "Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You." The first album, "Smell the Glove," (their "black" album) is the sound track for "This is Spinal Tap." In a scene from the film, the band's manager shows the group the cover for their album, which is completely black and an obvious rip-off of the "Beatle's White Album." The band looks at the cover for the first time and don't know what to think. Nigel; "It’s like a black mirror." David: "It looks like death." Nigel: "How much more black could this be? None. None...more black."
As music films go, This one goes to eleven.
Mojo magazine's Top 20 Music Films of all time:
1. This Is Spinal Tap
2. The Last Waltz
3. A Hard Day's Night
4. Gimme Shelter
5. The Wall
6. Ray
7. The Filth And The Fury
8. Quadrophenia
9. The Clash: Westway To The World
10. Help!
11. Rock N Roll High School
12. Jazz On A summers Day
13. The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
14. The Harder They Come
15. Don't look Back
16. Heartworn Highways
17. Performance
18. Almost Famous
19. 24 Hour Party People
20. The Decline And Fall Of Western Civilisation - Part 2
