After Derek Smalls says that people should be envying them David St. Hubbins says that he envies them. Just said "Shit Sandwich." He explains that he's not so much a visionary as he is a kind of goldilocks of a bandmate:During the credits, Di Bergi asks the band a series of one on one questions that are meant to give us insight into their lives, but when singer David St. Hubbins is asked to write his own epitaph the best he can come up with is "Here lies David St. Hubbins... and why not?" And that’s, that’s my childhood up there on stage. Di Bergi asks if that's really the case, after all the two have been friends since they were children.
One of the most cutting reviews reads:After Spinal Tap decide to call it quits Derek Smalls and David St. Hubbins convince themselves that not only are they doing the right thing but that they're actually very lucky in that they get to break up their band.
That moose, you know.After playing one of the worst shows of their career to a group of uncaring attendees at an Air Force base Nigel Tufnel throws down his guitar and walks away from the band for good. The only thing they have to do is pick up a gig on an Air Force base performing for a group of people who have no idea what they're getting into. Add a Quote. This is important for a few reasons: not only was this the first Christopher Guest movie, but it was the first faux-documentary that had ever been presented as a work of non-fiction. David St. Hubbins: Where did they print that? That may not be the most rock n roll thing that a band has ever done but at least we know that the band can get onstage at the right time.Manager Ian Faith explains that the version she's talking about is way more tame than the original version because on the original version "wasn't a glove. Shark Sandwich Marty Dibergi: The review you had on Shark Sandwich which was merely a two word review.
The Gospel According to Spinal Tap: This pretentious, ponderous group of rock psalms prompts the question "On what day did God create Spinal Tap, and couldn't he have rested on that day too?" The review for "Shark Sandwich" was merely a two word review which simply read "Shit Sandwich".
Their first man behind the kit passed away in a bizzare gardening accident but what makes it even stranger is the way the police thought to deal with it.
In fact, they both envy each other.Bassist Derek Smalls may not be the important member of the band but he holds everything down with the bass (and a killer mustache) but his quote about how much acid he's dropped gives you some insight into why he's a little out of it regardless of what scene he's in.The end of the film puts a very real spin on the ridiculous world of Spinal Tap by asking what guitarist Nigel Tufnel would do if he weren't a rock star -- something that he's likely thinking of because of the band's falling star. Reiner's straight forward explanation of the band is necessary so we can figure out just who we're going to be seeing but it also cements the fact that the whole thing is a goof -- especially when he explains that Spinal Tap is one of Britain's loudest bands.Early in the film director Marty DiBergi reads some of the bands reviews to them and they're absolutely devastating, although the band just thinks that the reviewers who don't like them are just splitting hairs.
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As off the cuff as many of the lines are in this film it's cool to see that the guys were cognizant of how jokes would play out later. Nigel Tufnel explains:The opening of the film features Rob Reiner as director Marti Di Bergi explaining what the audience is about to see. He puts together an answer that shows just how lost he is without his guitar, the stage, or the audience:"It's really quite frightening, the size." Enjoy these 30 quotes from the first mockumentary, and one of the funniest movies of all time. Here are the best Spinal Tap quotes from the classic 1984 film.
This Is Spinal Tap (1984) is a rockumentary from director Rob Reiner … I feel it’s like, it’s more like going, going to a, a national park or something. St. Hubbins answers that he'd feel bad about the whole thing if he weren't so high. Their longtime manager is gone, leaving David St. Hubbins' girlfriend in his place, and one of their major shows has been canceled.
It seems like a tossed off moment but it's a really funny insight into the character who drives much of the drama of the film.Towards the end of the film the bands finds themselves in dire straits.