The Reel Rejects - THIS IS SPINAL TAP (1984) GOES TO ELEVEN!! MOVIE REVIEW!!

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Starting point is 00:01:27 All right, this is Spinal Tap. Here we go. That is crazy. The sex pistols, like, we'll get into all the unbelievable references, but oh, my God, we just watched this is Spinal Tap. I can't believe it. That was so fun. We just saw it for the first time.

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Starting point is 00:02:04 always. Okay, so we're going to get to the Patreon questions, the Patreon questions at the end. And thank you to the patrons who do submit those. We're so grateful for you guys and we already have a few of them pulled up so you guys rock and we will get there. But because we just watched

Starting point is 00:02:20 an absolutely truly iconic movie and we have been, we're 50 years behind. So Yeah, crazy. Well, when did this come out? 84? 804. 40 years behind?

Starting point is 00:02:31 Yeah, that's that. We're 42 years behind. 41 years behind. We're 41 years behind. So I think we should just talk about it for a second. Coming to you first. Obviously, the two of us come from completely different. Can you get the space behind that?

Starting point is 00:02:46 Oh, I think it's this thing. Thank you so much. The two of us come from completely different places on this, all the, because, and this has happened before when you and I do reviews. rock and roll is like my life I love rock and roll music but you're more of a comedy person than I am so I think that like

Starting point is 00:03:04 there was two different angles going into this of why Greg wanted the two of us to team up on this is that you've been on a lot of comedies recently I'm a big I have a music background and absolutely love this kind of thing so the two of us merging together like I noticed when I was laughing versus when you were laughing versus when I was invested it's like different moments

Starting point is 00:03:20 how do you feel about the movie in general though I had a lot of fun with it someone who's not super versed in the rock world I think I did a really good job of just being really funny by having engaging characters in the way that they would set up their scenarios, but also just making fun of the culture that is the rock scene and just like what it means to be a celebrity or someone on tour in general. So I think a lot of that stuff really worked for me,

Starting point is 00:03:43 even if I didn't know a lot of the stuff that they were kind of referencing and sort of homageing. So just some of the bits and just the awkwardness and just the long, dry humor of it really worked for me because I just love that kind of stuff like the office. or like Nathan for you. So mockumentary type of things really get me. Yeah, I'm so with you on that. You just named two shows that I absolutely love because of that.

Starting point is 00:04:05 Yeah. And I think that what's cool is that this was general enough that you actually, you didn't miss anything. No. It's not like this was like exactly the Beatles. And if you don't know about the Beatles, then you would have missed every reference or whatever. Because it borrowed from so many different icon.

Starting point is 00:04:26 rock bands, including like with people fighting, with a lover coming in, with the drugs, sex, rock and roll, with the manager being an issue, with the tour being canceled in different locations, with the United States

Starting point is 00:04:42 looking very different than Europe tour, like, then the band coming back together, the fights being so small, the set piece is not working, malfunctions on stage, the costumes, with all of those things, it was 50 bands. so in that way it was just it was made as much for me as it is for you because like you know what rock music is and you know the tropes of things like that so i think it's really cool that it it was for everybody but then there was also like little things like um viv savage being like sid vicious and then me thinking about the sex pistols the whole time or like um specifically right now and obviously this isn't uh they were still around in the 90s and 2000.

Starting point is 00:05:26 but I'm thinking about Oasis and the reason that they broke up and Oasis is now finally back on tour and like the bands that come back together that it's like that you just go crazy over what happened and like watching all of the humor in the Samdwich moment like because you guys are just such divas you're so you're such divas for those of you guys who don't know I come from a rock and roll background my dad was in the rock and roll industry so I grew up hearing like all of these crazy stories my dad um put back together the band Aerosmith. And so, and then promoted for Guns and Roses, ACDC, run DMC, like, all of that. So growing up, like, being in the rock and roll industry and knowing about rock and roll and hearing all these stories, that was my, that was my dad's life. So you would hear about, like, crazy things about artists throwing a couch out of a window for no reason other than that they could. So they just would, like, do things like that or, like, crazy things with women and drugs and whatever. And so understanding that Rob Reiner, like, truly got that. And Christopher Gess and all the other writers that worked on this got that and then realize how ridiculous that is.

Starting point is 00:06:37 Like, why did you do, why do you care that the sand, the bread is smaller? Just fold the goddamn meat. Like, just do that. Or, like, what are you guys fighting about? Like, why did you end up playing at the military base? Like, all those things. just like what is happening. I just think that it was so funny

Starting point is 00:06:59 because there's such humor in there was such humor in the fact that this movie wasn't trying so hard to make like, joke, joke, joke. It just is like, this is ridiculous. Yeah. This is ridiculous. Yeah, the comedy comes from

Starting point is 00:07:12 the characters in their ridiculous perspectives but also the settings that we find those ridiculous characters in. And it's not played up with like a sort of like tongue in cheek or like a wink wink wink kind of thing. I feel like the fact that it is more dry and it is more, I don't know, rooted in reality,

Starting point is 00:07:32 like you could show somebody this. And maybe they would know it's a mock commander. Maybe it's not. But I think even watching them watch something that is just ridiculous of these people makes it inherently funny. It felt real. It really felt real. It felt very natural.

Starting point is 00:07:48 Yes. And that is where the humor comes in where it's just like, you know, have you ever heard the expression like, we make the wrong people famous? like this is like we make the wrong people famous like the people that we as people as society decide to make famous are sometimes end up like actually they're not jobs like insane and like there's a couple band members who are at someone I'm like we're hearing less from them and that always happens right like of any band even if it's your favorite even if it's a band you love um but like it's not your number one most obsessed usually you could name two band members you usually can't name all the band members you usually can't name all the band members You know, like other than the Beatles, most people can't name every member of a band, like, unless it's your diehard obsession. And so, of course, there's going to be people who, like, who is the brunette guy in this with the longer hair? A mustache? Yeah, and the mustache.

Starting point is 00:08:40 Like, of course we know less about him. Yeah, because it's really the main two there. It's the main, too. And I think they're making a joke towards the end that they replaced the drummer when they got to Japan because they said they had like 37 members. Totally. Totally. Because, like, other than that, it doesn't matter. If you're, like, the jokes of not, if you're not the Mick Jagger of your band, if you're not the Paul McCartney, if you're not the frontman, if you're, if you are just like trying to do your job, you are not noticed, you're not a deal.

Starting point is 00:09:10 You're just like showing up to work. You're replaceable. But like the bigger scene you make, the more famous you are, the more like it was, the band was the two of them. Like, even to the joke of like somebody else gets stuck in the pod and they just keep going. That was so bad I feel so bad for that dude And then he tries to get it at the end When there's already open

Starting point is 00:09:31 Right But you know when you don't keep going You don't keep going if Ozzy Osbourne is stuck in the pod You don't keep going if McJaggers stuck in the pod You don't keep going if Stephen Tyler is stuck in the pod But if like They're expendable If like other band members stuck in the pod

Starting point is 00:09:48 They're kind of like whisper on stage But it's like well I guess we'll just keep going because Joe Schmo is stuck in the pond That stuff is so That was so funny to me Like this was truly You know

Starting point is 00:10:01 You know when you're watching a stand-up That is really smart And so you're not like Ha ha ha ha ha ha But the whole time you're kind of like That was the whole movie I was kind of like Yeah

Starting point is 00:10:12 That's funny Like Yeah Yeah totally That really lived up To the expectation for me Should we get to some patron questions? Yeah, let's do it. Okay, I need your help because I'm short.

Starting point is 00:10:27 I got you. Say less. Okay, I'll say nothing. Put me in the pod. Put her in the pod, no. Oh, again, this is... Hell yeah, to our patrons. Thank you guys for keeping the lights on and for asking us great questions. Here we go. Kev, be in the house. If you had the chance to interview Spinal Tap in the universe of Spinal Tap, what's the first question you throw at them. Okay, you ask really good questions in life. So I feel like, not to put the pressure on you, but I feel like you would come up with something good here.

Starting point is 00:11:01 Okay. Well, what would I ask them? Oh, my God, there's so many possibilities. Yeah. So am I asking, after I've seen the original, am I the first person to interview them? That's so tough. Okay.

Starting point is 00:11:13 Yeah, like, okay, so we know that there's a sequel coming out. So, like, you are the new Rob Reiner doing the doc, the mockumentary but the doc of them what are you asking them first okay let's see what drugs are you currently on what drugs are you currently on no I don't know I ask like introspective questions I know you're very good at that I don't know if they want to hear that or yeah who cares who cares um why are you like this how many yeah what what is it about you know that this art form that just keeps you invigorated? I don't know, man.

Starting point is 00:11:57 Like, what does true happiness look like to you? Yeah, what is the perfect sandwich for you? That's the perfect bread size, bro. That scene was, I mean, we just kept looking at each other, like, oh, my God, you're kidding me. You're ridiculous. Fold the meat. Fold the meat. It's like, you hear the story that people were like, I only want the green skittles.

Starting point is 00:12:17 Yeah. Just the green skittles. They had like half. Oreos on there. Did you see that? I know. I know. It was so good. What do you think you would ask them? I think something about like, why do you do this? Like, what's the real reason you do this? Is it about the fame? What are you running from? What are you? So afraid of. Rejection. This shirt, you can find it at Rejectnation shop. com, along with many of our other apparel. And I'll tell you when we first launched that merch shop, we weren't then and we're still not.

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Starting point is 00:13:59 rejects. Thank you. Trivia also coming from Kev B. He said almost every line of the movie was improvised not scripted, the cast, rift and played off each other so much that the editors had to sort through a staggering 100 plus hours of footage what made the final cut is just a fraction.

Starting point is 00:14:16 I'm honestly not surprised by that because what was that one scene where you and I were both dying about turning it up to 11. Yeah. And like, it just felt so improvised because he was like, why don't you just stop at 10? And he just pauses. I felt like it was an actor moment where he was like,

Starting point is 00:14:34 what's the real answer to that question? Like, let me really give an answer. And he was like, because it goes to 11. That was one of my favorite scenes. It was so good. So that felt improvised. But the fact that there was also. five writers listed credited or whatever made me think like did they just credit the actors as the

Starting point is 00:14:54 writers because it was so improvised i mean yes if they're making it up on the spot they would technically be the right right uh we got to look more into that j rushden thank you j rushden speaker only speaker only go up to number 10 which is great reference which is the loudest concert event you've been to mine was dragon force blown from the stage um i don't know dragon course is that a hair metal band it sounds like it either that or like punk rock yeah uh how does concert you've ever been to oh do you know i've been to too many concerts to be honest kind of a concert baby being real really yeah i wish i would like to go to more concerts um so if i had to pick off the top of my head uh i went to go see this band called sorority noise

Starting point is 00:15:44 a few years ago and i was oh they're really good they're yeah i got tickets It's probably like alternative rock. Cool. I don't know any band of the last 10 years. I'm so lame. That's okay. I got you. I'll send you some stuff.

Starting point is 00:15:57 Thank you. Yeah, please do. Yeah. So then, and then it was pretty high up, but I imagine if I was lower, my ears would be blown out. What was the venue? Like small, big, indoor, outdoor? It was an indoor venue. And, oh, man, I think he was like, someone west Hollywood.

Starting point is 00:16:17 I genuinely don't remember. I have to look at the tickets. Because I wasn't even a band I was a fan of. My friend was a big fan of this band. He had an event. He had to work, so he gave me the ticket. So I just, like, kind of went in blind. There was a balladium or the Greek.

Starting point is 00:16:30 Potentially. I don't know. But I would say the loudest one, the biggest one I've been to, was I went to go see Billy Joel a couple years ago. Was it loud? I mean, I had some, like, nosebleed seats, so it wasn't, like, crazy loud. That's such a cool show that I've never seen Billy Joel. Oh, it's awesome.

Starting point is 00:16:48 I mean, if he goes back to L.A., like, you'd definitely... Really? Yeah, if I had, like, floor seats, I imagine you'd just be, like, booming, but I actually know when people were singing all around, it wasn't necessarily the sound system, but since everybody was a huge fan of Billy Joel, it was probably just, yeah, it was extremely loud, so everyone was just all-encompassing and all the songs they loved. So that was pretty cool to be a part of. I have been to a lot of shows of, like, up-and-coming artists, tiny venues as loud

Starting point is 00:17:16 to like bleed your ears are bleeding shows at places like um that are maybe a thousand people or under so at like all those sunset bars like um whiskey or roxy or any of those or house of blues when that was there or the one back in boston one time i went to go see um a pink floyd cover band i remember thinking holy crap my ears are going to bleed i saw the surviving members of the Doors play House of Blues and that was like so so so loud I remember thinking wow this is like my eyes are tearing it's so loud in here oh that's wild so usually it's for me the smaller venues that are just do you mosh roxy no I should I'm so little I'd protect you I wouldn't I'd make sure yeah I would need to go with someone like you because honestly I think

Starting point is 00:18:14 I would get destroyed like yeah they push around through you how know i like sometimes get tossed at like sitting in a seat at a concert like so really i'm small i'm small people like to get in there yeah i like to but like i get hurt pretty easily i want you to get hurt thank you thank you friend uh all right k t if aaron roxy enjoy this is spinal tap we did you did can you please do reactions to the christopher guest mockumentaries waiting for guffman and best in show or two of the best comedies yet Okay, so we need to look this up. I've not heard of these, but I'll be down.

Starting point is 00:18:50 Well, Best and Show is, like, extremely famous. Really? And waiting for Guffman, I've heard of also. But I didn't realize those were both Christopher Guest mockumentaries. I'm kind of curious about that because I don't know. Are they also from the 80s? I've not heard of these movies before. Let's see. Waiting for Guffman's 96 and Best in Show is 2000.

Starting point is 00:19:11 Oh. Best in Show I've heard so many people reference. Christopher Guest, yeah, he was. looks so different now and I I've seen him this is what he looks like now oh okay okay I didn't know back again I did not recognize him

Starting point is 00:19:26 so okay let's see waiting for Guffman 96 an aspiring director and the marginally talented amateur cast of a hokey small town Missouri musical production go overboard when they learn that someone from Broadway will be in attendance oh that sounds hysterical

Starting point is 00:19:43 that sounds fun and that is with also Fred Willard so oh nice wow the fact that i couldn't pull fred willard and you were like fred and i still didn't get there and he's i knew his face i know because i think i think of him like this i don't know something about his face and voice you pulled it you did a great job you were like it's fred and i still was like i still don't know who it is um that's also uh katherine o'hara and parker posy so that's cool best in show um i think this is a dog movie let's see uh behind the scenes look into the highly competitive and cutthroat world of dog

Starting point is 00:20:16 shows through the eyes of a group of ruthless dog owners. I've never seen that either. And that's starring Fred Willard also, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Jennifer Coolidge, Parker Posey. Okay, so he works with a lot of the same people. Damn, damn, dude. Hell yeah. We answered the questions.

Starting point is 00:20:36 We did the thing. I'm just looking really quickly just because I feel like this is the kind of movie that would have a lot of trivia. So I just want to see if there's anything really interesting about this. uh the the actors are all confident musicians and they are actually playing on the soundtrack that's crazy okay i did not realize that's dope um michael sheer rob bryner christopher guest and michael mckeon were given ten thousand dollars to write a script they made a 20 minute version of the film to better demonstrate the improvisation they had in mind several scenes from the demo are in the finished movies oh no way that's awesome i would love to watch a documentary on the making of this mockumentary that would be crazy After the film opened, several people told Rob Reiner that they loved the film, but he should have chosen a more well-known band for the documentary. What?

Starting point is 00:21:24 They're a god, they're a fake man. That's crazy. That's amazing. That's so good. During the metal detector scene, the background voices making announcements over the PA are the band members without their English accents. Oh, they're all fake. Oh, wow. That's a lot of fun.

Starting point is 00:21:40 Several rock stars have commented on what an uncannily accurate spoof of the rock and heavy metal world this film was Ozzy Osbourne said when he first watched the film, he was the only person who wasn't laughing. He thought it was a real documentary. Oh, my God. You two guitarists, The Edge, said, I didn't laugh. I wept. It was so close to the truth. Oh, my God.

Starting point is 00:22:03 Oh, my God. That is crazy, dude. That's crazy. When Nigel rubs a violin against the guitar during the solo, it's a parody of Led Zeppelin guitarist, Jimmy Page. is one of the absolute greatest of all time like truly one of the greats who used a violin bow to play his guitar during many concert performers

Starting point is 00:22:21 really oh wow I don't know he can do that I think at that moment I said like Led Zeppelin but but just the bow not he didn't use the violin right like that's that was even crazy yeah that that's really wild this is the only film on IMDB with a rating out of 11 instead of 10 that's so good

Starting point is 00:22:42 I didn't see that. Oh, my God. That's amazing. Okay. Early home video versions of the film, which included the music video, Hellhole, and other extras, had a disclaimer at the very end

Starting point is 00:22:57 stating that the band did not actually exist. This is so good. Spinal Tax sings Heartbreak Hotel when they are at Elvis Presley's grave because that was the only Elvis song which producer Karen Murphy could get the rights to you. Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

Starting point is 00:23:15 You know who else is a mime alongside Billy Crystal? Who? Dana Carvey. What? We didn't see. Wow. Wow.

Starting point is 00:23:23 They didn't lie. All right. I know that we have to get out of here, but, like, I need to look at every single thing. That's just, that's crazy. Okay, Kiss, vocalist and bassist, Gene Simmons, has said that a lot of the film was based on the band, and that I said kiss a couple times, especially the tongue stuff,

Starting point is 00:23:44 and that they themselves once experienced a moment like hello Cleveland scene, they were playing in a theater and their dressing room was on the fourth floor. They went down to the first floor and found nothing, second floor, nothing. Then they could hear themselves being introduced since it turned out. The stage was on the third floor. Oh, my God. I felt like it was based on everybody.

Starting point is 00:24:02 Oh, my God. Huh. Wow. Okay. Did you see it? Is it out of 11? It is out of 11. That's amazing.

Starting point is 00:24:11 I love that. That's amazing. How did I have to be do that? That's incredible. What does it say on the poster? The funniest rock movie ever made, hilarious, sends up what the Beatles started with, a hard day's night. Don't miss it. One of the funniest movies.

Starting point is 00:24:27 It was truly, that was so good. It was great. What a way to make a movie. Also, it did really well on the MBB. Obviously, I mean, people weren't around in the 80s, but 96 critics and 92 audiences. I mean, what more could you want in a mockumentary style rock and roll movie? Like, this is exactly, they must have done so much research, like, and known people, the sandwich-holding scene. Oh, my God, I can't.

Starting point is 00:24:52 I cannot. Aaron, should we get out of here. We should. This was everything I didn't know I needed. I am forever changed. I love this, and I hope we get to react to the sequel. I really, really want to, yes, hope that we react to the sequel. I really want to do a mockumentary tear with you now.

Starting point is 00:25:06 Oh, yeah, please. Can we? The Best in Show, waiting for guys. and those are movies that we should be watching. Yes. So let us know be that you should. Let's do a mockumentary trilogy. Hell yeah.

Starting point is 00:25:17 All right. Thank you guys so much for being here. Leave us comments on what mockumentary we should watch next. And we'll see you later. Bye, Rejects. Duceus.

The Reel Rejects - THIS IS SPINAL TAP (1984) GOES TO ELEVEN!! MOVIE REVIEW!!

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