For me, it has to be Rob Reiner's response to the British lawyer, who asks why Anvil aren't playing in front of 1000 punters each night:
"I could answer that in one word.. two words.. three words: we haven't got good management."
Priceless.
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LOL, I know. I have to watch this again, this was just so over the top that you knew that no one could write a script for this. I am just shaking my head at it all, such a great documentary. For me, the wedding reception with old-timers sitting there while they are just shredding, f/uckin outrageous! Or the stoned-out metal troubadours that Lips is chatting with at the first big metalfest in Europe. No one would have the nerve to write something this funny/embarrassing.
Everyone gets everything he wants.
Hehe. I was expecting Rob to spontaneously combust on stage at some point. And he's lucky he didn't succumb to the same fate as John "Stumpy" Pepys, who, famously, died in a bizarre gardening accident.
I wonder if anyone offered to buy the turd art.
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1. Their record producer Chris Tsangarides has an amp that goes to 11.
2. Their visit to Stonehedge: not only a tribute to the Tap's song but also reminiscent of the Tap's visit to Graceland.
3. Everything goes wrong on tour.
4. The drummer's name is Robb Reiner.
"A fool and his money soon party!"
Yes, and you've just had your own Nigel 'What's wrong with being sexy?' Tufnel moment, by calling Stonehenge 'Stonehedge'.
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You could make documentaries on 100 heavy metal and hard rock bands, and at least half of them would look like Spinal Tap. If you're into metal, you know that Spinal Tap isn't much of an exaggeration; it's an accurate portrayal of what those kinds of bands are like with a few jokes thrown in. They're almost all loaded with insane stories and over-the-top imagery, and that's part of what makes the genre so awesome.
shareHow can I count the ways? The Tap moments just kept coming. In no particular order:
The little montage of all their albums. (And each has an anvil cover motif!)
The female manager whose incompetence at booking is breaking up the group, while she is romantically involved with one of them.
Getting into fisticuffs with other industry players (Tap manager w. bat, Anvil member w. club owner).
Band breaks up and re-unites. (Although Anvil's breakups only last hours)
People onstage (almost) outnumber the audience.
Huge venue with almost no seats sold, but the band plays anyhow.
Current lineup has a couple of the original key members, with some younger fill-ins for other spots.
Getting hopelessly lost on the way to a gig.
Showing up for a gig to find they are last/worst-billed (ST after puppet show, Anvil opening a rock festival at 11 in the morning).
Casually smoking cannabis on film.
Missing the train, and train sold out - didn't happen in ST, but a very "Tappish" kind of thing to have happen.
"Thumb Hang" written together as schoolboys, not recorded until years later, like "All the Way Home"
The leather bondage gear stage costume: http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/popup?id=7793068
http://www.tapetraders.de/bands/anvil.html
And of course, ending with a big concert in Japan after a previous tour across the pond (except in the opposite direction North America / Europe) fizzles out.
I'm sure there were more that I'll catch when I re-watch this with my wife.
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The female manager and all of her incompetence was the second biggest Tap-moment for me.
The smoking cannabis on film was great, and got a double take out of me.
And, yeah, the leather bondage gear.
A moment that wasn't really a Tap-moment, but at the same time, sad, endearing & chuckle-worthy was Lipps running around at the European monster concert trying to re-connect to the musical vets.
Damion Crowley
"Tomorrow's just your future yesterday..."
That for me, was the ultimate Tap moment in the whole movie. And spoken with complete sincerity.
Damion Crowley
"Tomorrow's just your future yesterday..."
"I could answer that in one word.. two words.. three words: we haven't got good management."
LOL. Yeh, priceless. I'd forgotten about that bit - must dig it out again.
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Oh, man. Practically the whole thing. I almost couldn't believe it was real (in fact I'm not 100% sure it was). Anyhoo, the wedding reception reminded me of the officers' club party with Fred Willard, and during the scene with the manager venting, I heard Tony Hendra as Ian Faith saying, "You want to know what my job is? I find mandolin strings at three o'clock in the morning!"
shareLips using a dildo to play the guitar.
Also when Robb and Lips are discussing what bands they would play in Robbs house near the beginning of the movie, Lips mentions the band Cactus and someone honks their horn a few times, they both wait about 5 seconds, then continue the conversation like nothing happened.
@podwilliams One of my faves that hasn't been mentioned yet happens during their visit to EMI Music Canada.
The director of A&R plays their song and gets up to switch it off after 20 seconds. The look on Lips' face reminded me of the look on Nigel's face when Lieutenant Hookstratten says, "The idea is that we get it on and we get it over with..."