Spinal Tap 2 ...

[godathunder]

19 hours ago, Piers_Williamson said:

Well I'll give it the benefit of the doubt.  I've always wanted a little door in the back of my cab to keep my house-keys.  Alex from Bareface if you are tuned in...please note!

I remember around 25 years ago part of the midas rep's sales pitch for the easy tilt console stand mentioned the presence of discrete compartments - Im not sure the keys he had in mind were the household kind though..............

[thodrik]

16 hours ago, TheLowDown said:

Well I'm another who wants to give it the benefit of the doubt. I'm quite looking forward to it but with realistic expectations.

This how I approached the last Tool album after hearing the first single.

[tauzero]

9 minutes ago, thodrik said:

This how I approached the last Tool album after hearing the first single.

 

And?

 

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[thodrik]

3 minutes ago, tauzero said:

 

And?

 

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I quite liked it. Probably a solid 7/10 for me. 

[Maude]

Is this a good time to admit I've never seen 'This Is Spinal Tap'? 😬

[paul_5]

55 minutes ago, Maude said:

Is this a good time to admit I've never seen 'This Is Spinal Tap'? 😬

There’s never a good time to admit that!!

[wolfninefingers]

As good as the first Tap film was, BBC comedy series Brian Pern I think is the pinnacle of music comedy.

[MichaelDean]

I went to see it tonight, and I wasn't disappointed. Short but sweet and lots of big laughs. I feel like they edited it quite ruthlessly. I want to watch it again!

[Norris]

I will be watching it, probably next week. I just hope I'm not too disappointed, but I'm prepared to be delighted.

[NickA]

It's good, it's fun, it's worth a punt.  The McCartney cameo is odd, but doesn't spoil it.  More constant smiles than big quotable jokes, but came out happier than when I went in.  Count the number of Derek Small's ( identical ) basses. And the new drummer is great.

 

 

[Quatschmacher]

On 11/09/2025 at 18:12, Maude said:

Is this a good time to admit I've never seen 'This Is Spinal Tap'? 😬

You must see it!

[itu]

16 hours ago, NickA said:

And the new drummer is great.

What, one, and one only? 

Edited September 15 by itu

[Maude]

18 hours ago, Quatschmacher said:

You must see it!

I know. Late 80s to late 90s TV and film largely passed me by as that was my serious drinking period. No time for frivolities like TV. 😁

[Norris]

OMG! My drummer has never seen the first one! I'm going to have to lie down in a darkened room until I come to terms with that revelation

 

Edit: I've offered him the loan of my special edition BluRay

Edited September 15 by Norris

[Hobbayne]

It suddenly dawned on me that 2 members of the group appeared in the Breaking Bad spinoff 'Better Call Saul,.. Ed Bagley Jr and Michael McKean. 

[NickA]

On 15/09/2025 at 15:39, itu said:

What, one, and one only?

No spoilers.... But Lars Ulrich and several others turned down the opportunity.

[Cliff Edge]

On 11/09/2025 at 00:54, super al said:

Late August a stage was seen being set up at Stonehenge and there was much speculation as to who it was for. Apparently it was Spinal Tap and Shania Twain filming a performance, I guess this is promotion for ST2 but I've not seen anything online yet.

With all the old rock bands out there touring these days, the Stones, Def Leopard and Metallica I'm sure the film will lampoon some of that geriatric rock scene. 

 

Excuse me but I’m guessing a major percentage of basschatters including me are bordering on geriatric. No need to be famous. 

[Piers_Williamson]

Well, anyone with a pedal-board should go and see it and/or cheese loving guitarists.  Not as good as the first one, but our singer was crying with laughter through most of it.  Great band outing.....

[itu]

45 minutes ago, NickA said:

...Lars Ulrich and several others turned down the opportunity...

...to burst to pieces? 

[ezbass]

I have a friend who went to see it, who loved the original and this is what he had to say about it, “Just seen Spinal Tap 2. I laughed about 10 times but all in the last 10 mins. Elton John v good. I had to see it but set the bar low and you will be ok!!” pretty much echoes what Mark Kermode said, except for EJ.

 

 

[Norris]

I was pleasantly surprised. I chuckled quite a lot.

 

If you were in two minds but haven't gone yet don't hang about. Our local Vue cinema are showing it for the last time tonight. We went to a local independent cinema to watch - much nicer place, sound wasn't deafening and they showed it at a much more sociable time. Anyway it might not be long on the big screen going by the very small audience