NIGEL: Flower People! DAVID: We toured the world, we toured the States... DEREK: We toured the world and elsewhere. DAVID: It was, it was a dream come true.

This is something you wear around your arm, you don't put this on your fucking turntable.

DAVID: Do you mean pretend die? PROMOTER: I think that would complicate matters.

<garden interview III> MARTY: In 1967, uh, you... that was the first time Spinal Tap came into existence? DEREK: Well, the whole world was changing in those days. DAVID: And, and we also has the world's ear. DEREK: We were changing the world.

IAN: David. David. David. Wait, please, wait a minute. Have you any idea what it will cost to dress up the band as animals?

DIDI: I just, I can't believe... Oh, my God. Speaking of playing together, this is my girlfriend.

♪ When we die, do we haunt the sky? ♪ ♪ Do we lurk in the murk of the seas? ♪

NIGEL: May I make a suggestion? May I make a suggestion? I've got one other suggestion. DAVID: Well let's hear yours. Let's hear your suggestion. NIGEL: Stonehenge! Stonehenge. It's the best production value we've ever had on stage.

DAVID: You know exactly what I'm talking about. You fucked my wife.

MARTY: The review you had on 'Shark Sandwich'...which was merely a two word review - just said "shit sandwich." Umm... DEREK: Where'd they print that, where'd they print that? DAVID: Where did that appear? NIGEL: That's not real, is it? DEREK: You can't print that!

IAN: Okay. Thank you darling. BOBBI: You're welcome....yeah. IAN: Hello Sir Denis. Hi, how are you? (off phone) Oh, fucking old p******! (in phone) But it's really not that offensive Sir Denis come on. Okay. I'll call you absolutely first thing in the morning.

MARTY: When he passed away, were you surprised that he... HOPE: Died?

DEREK: It's a great genre.

JEANINE: Hi, Martin. DAVID: This is Jeanine. MARTY: Hello. JEANINE: Hello.

DAVID: No, we don't believe it either, but...that message should be clear anyway. NIGEL: We're anything but racists.

♪ Little girl, it's a great big world ♪ ♪ But there's only one of me ♪ ♪ You can't touch 'cause I cost too much ♪

MICK: Nige.

♪ Each religion, race, and creed ♪ ♪ Gets exactly what they need ♪ ♪ God bless Johnny Appleseed ♪

MARTY: Do you have a philosohpy, or creed that you live by? MICK: Well...like, personally, I like to think about sex and drugs and rock'n'roll, you know, that's my life... MARTY: Yeah. DAVID: yeah...

♪ There'll be no Father Christmas ♪ ♪ 'Cause it's Evil's holiday ♪ ♪ (Christmas with the Devil) ♪

NIGEL: Eleven...eleven...eleven...

JEANINE: Well, you were reading, you can, you can read here... DAVID: Yeah, but...they, they've got a game back there, thought I'd maybe have a look at the new game, it's like a submarine thing. JEANINE: You've got, you've got all stuff over you again.

DAVID: I don't know why I keep wanting pancakes.

DEREK: I mean, I feel a little guilty about this. I got David and Nigel to invest in [crypto]. MARTY: Oh. DEREK: And maybe there's some bad feeling about that because it went...It's worth zero.

This is a top to a, you know, what we use on stage, but it's very...very special because if you can see... MARTY: Yeah... NIGEL: ...the numbers all go to eleven. Look...right across the board. MARTY: Ahh...oh, I see... NIGEL: Eleven...eleven...eleven...

<Dressing Room, last gig of the tour> DEREK: We'll make 'em miss us. VIV: Last stop. DAVID: I'm in, I'm in tune...the last tuning DEREK: Last tuning...

DAVID: Alright! Thank you. Thank you very much. Rock 'n roll! Rock and roll!!! VIV: Let's get it! Let's get it! DAVID: This way? DEREK: No, this way.

NIGEL: He's got this much talent -- this much if he's lucky. DAVID: We carried him. We had to apologize for him with our set. DEREK: That's right. MICK: That's right, yeah. DAVID: People were still booin' 'im when we were on. It's all hype. It's all hype. It's all bought.

NIGEL: It's like someone singing through a duck. MARTY:And you need that duck sound? NIGEL: No. No, I don't need it, but I love it.

there's something Spinal Tap about this behaviour

MARTY: I can't believe that, you're lumping Nigel in with uh you know these people you've played with for a short period of time...

♪ How sad it must end ♪ ♪ But I'm glad I've a friend ♪ ♪ Sharing cups and cakes with me ♪ ♪ And cakes with me... ♪

we are such fans of your music, and all of your records. DEREK: That's great HOOKSTRATTEN: I am not speaking of yours personally, but the whole genre of the rock and roll... DAVID: I can understand that. DEREK: It's a great genre.

IAN: I have a small piece of bad news. Although it may not be that bad. MICK: For a change, you mean?

Seventeen years and fifteen albums later, Spinal Tap is still going strong, and they've earned a distinguished place in rock history as one of England's loudest bands.

♪ Touch down, plane's on the ground ♪ ♪ Look for the drummer, he's nowhere around ♪

MARTY: It wouldn't be green, though?. NIGEL: It is green! You know, see, see how your blood looks blue? MARTY: Yeah, well, that's just the vein, I mean the color of the vein, the blood is actually red.. NIGEL: Oh, mabye it's not green...anyway, this is what I sleep in sometimes.

IAN: You're right, Nigel, Nigel calm down, calm down. NIGEL: Calm d...good, no it's not a big deal, it's a joke, it's really, it's...

PROMOTER: If you think about the age of your audience, we should actually be trying to partner with, say, companies that do stairlifts and walk-in showers. You know, those hammocks that lower you into a bath.

♪ That I loved his daughter so ♪ ♪ I did not mean to see her go ♪

♪ We came like babies ♪ ♪ From our home across the sea to see America ♪ ♪ And the people opened up their arms ♪ ♪ To welcome us... to America ♪

MARTY: What happened to Stumpy Joe? DEREK: Well, uh, it's not a very pleasant story..but, uh, DAVID: He's passed on.

♪ I ride cross the desert on my camel ♪ ♪ Over hills of sand ♪ ♪ What's that, I see in the distance? ♪ ♪ Only hills of sand ♪

♪ Your face is okay But your purse is too tight (gimme some money, gimme some money) ♪ ♪ I'm looking for pound notes, loose change, bad checks, anything ♪ ♪ Gimme some money, gimme some money ♪

VIV: I'd probably get a bit stupid and start to make a fool of myself in public, 'cause there wouldn't be a stage to go on.

DRIVER: You know, it's just that people like this...you know...they get all they want so they don't really understand, you know...about a life like Frank's. I mean, you know when you've loved and lost the way Frank has, then you uh...you know what life's about.

DIDI'S GIRLFRIEND: My grandpa took me to see y'all when I was a little girl. DAVID: Yeah. DIDI'S GIRLFRIEND: Oh, yeah, it was a good time.

♪ Cups and cakes ♪ ♪ Cups and cakes ♪ ♪ Oh, what good things mother makes ♪

♪ The crowing of the cock ♪ ♪ The running of the foal ♪

REBA: What's the problem, sir? SMITTY: Can you give me a hand, please? IAN: Yes. I'll tell you what you can do. OK? This...twisted old fruit here...tells me that you have fucked up my reservations. SMITTY: I'm just as God made me, sir.