Spinal Tap Interview - Saturday Night Live

Barry Bostwick interviews the band Spinal Tap. Aired 05/05/84

[johnwatts]

'a mans relationship with the devil is his own private affair' brilliant.

[danielfisch]

„Some guitarists have style and technique. I got volume“ (Nigel Tufnel) 😁

[kdub]

I've followed the Tap since the time I was just a sprog in Chiswick, and I have appreciated their intellect and philosophy as much as their music. They are the thinking person's heavy metal band.

[ourcorrectopinions]

Michael McKean's blank "dumb" facial expressions are killing me. Then he spits some knowledge that's Satanically brilliant.

[thirdeye]

I love it when Nigel does this little chewing action while he's waffling on about Mozart :D The subtleties like this are what makes them fkn hilarious :D

[TheRealBit]

This is the reason why Spinal Tap became such a cult movie, this is brilliant comedy. How can they not crack each other up.

[ManAlive]

These are probably the best English accents done by any American.

[DougVanPelt]

Love it. "Mozart! Mozart! Don't play loud! But he would."

[jon-francis]

Absolutely uncanny. Jeff Beck, Rick Parfitt and Geezer Butler. Spinal Tap was brilliant on so many levels.

[ac]

Super professional to not just crack up every time. I sure do.

[debbietaylor]

I'm 59 and still the funniest movie of my Lifetime !

[jamesfetherston]

I don't know how many times Spinal Tap broke up, but there was a period of the 1970s when Nigel played guitar for Lenny and the Squigtones. Even played on Dick Clark with them.

[davefieramosca]

I got to see Spinal Tap in Milwaukee. These guys are great musicians, it was a fun show. The Stone Henge monument was so huge they couldn't get it to come down out of rafters 😅

[williamgraw]

"It's a thin line between clever and stupid". Nigel Tuffnell

[krusty]

Amazing how they kept a straight face during interview

[michaeljohnson-linn]

I have the albums ‘The Gospel According to Spinal Tap’ and ‘Shark Sandwich’ both are masterpieces of rock music. I play them regularly and loud (my stereo goes to 11).

[lookandlisten]

"Satan....sure it's great stuff"
Now that's the Xmas message that we can all relate to.

[BlueMHart]

For those who don't know: that's not a laugh track, that's the Saturday Night Live audience reacting to what they're watching. SNL has always left in the audience laughter when they show pre-taped pieces (except for a few episodes in the first season, when they were finding their footing). It sure would feel funnier without the laughter, but I can't blame the audience for reacting the way anyone would when watching this.

Side note, I've seen every episode of Spin City and yet it completely slipped past me that that's Barry Bostwick interviewing them! He played the Mayor!

[hilmar]

"MOZART! MOZART! DON'T PLAY LOUD!"

[mathiasjonsson]

Go to any Oasis interview after watching this.

😂