Best Line from Spinal Tap?

[pklima]

If the best quotes are ones you can put to use by quoting them then "well, what's wrong with being sexy?" is one I use quite a bit. And "dozens of people spontaneously combust each year, it's just not widely reported" is something I've said many times at work when dealing with things that happen infrequently. "Nobody knows who they were or what they were doing but their legacy remains" is one I've used a few times in real life, too.

 

[BigBottom61]

My favourite, mentioned a couple of times, but not the complete scene, and it is needed for context:

"--Nigel plays the piano---

Marty: It's pretty.

Nigel: Yeah, I like it, just been fooling about with it for a few months now, very delicate...

Marty: It's a, it's a bit of a departure from the kind of thing you normally play.

Nigel: Yeah, it's part of a...trilogy really, a musical trilogy I'm doing...in... D minor, which I always find is really the saddest of all keys really. I don't know why, but it makes people weep instantly, you play a..baaaaa...baaaaaa.... it's the horn part.

Marty: It's very pretty.

Nigel: ...baaaa, baaaaa, yeah, just simple lines intertwining, you know very much like, I'm really influenced by Mozart and Bach, It's sort of in between those, really, it's like a Mach piece really, it's...

Marty: What do you call this?

Nigel: Well, this piece is called "Lick My Love Pump"."

 

[zon5string]

Oh, we've got a bigger dressing room than the puppets? Oh, that's refreshing..

 

[yPractice?]

OK, bring it. Have a favorite inspirational nugget from the undisputed best movie and best band of all time? Is it the 2 word review for Shark Sandwich? Eleven? Dobly?
Stole this from an article in Business Insider. Let's see your inspiration.
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This is a quote from Liner notes of the Spinal Tap album, which I proudly purchased way back in the 80’s. “Though neither a critics' nor a public favorite, Spinal Tap continues to fill a much needed void.”

 

[feschyn]

No no no no no. Their appeal has become more selective

You beat me to it!

 

[Fishtude]

From "Sex Farm": Botherin' your livestock - they know what I need.

 

[feschyn]

May I start by saying how thrilled we are to have you here. We are such fans of your music and all of your records. I’m not speaking of yours personally, but the whole genre of the rock and roll.

RIP, Fred Willard.

 

[feschyn]

The next line, "But their legacy remains" is a funny line that a lot of people miss.

(To explain joke if you don't get usually ruins it--but in case someone doesn't get it-if nobody knows who you are or what you were doing, you don't have a legacy)

Actually one of the things I liked the best wasn't a line, but one thing that Nigel did.
When he did the solo withs he violin (Not the bow)--that was funny--but the best part was when he retuned the vision while doing that.

That was pure genius.

 

[micguy]

And if Michael McKean wasn't Lenny?

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That, we could have done without.

 

[stevieg]

Derek Smalls: "Well, that should make for a nice ten minute set."

 

[bbrooks008]

You can't really dust for vomit

 

[feschyn]

My favorite lines not already mentioned:

Ian Faith: "How are we going to get 14 people into a king leisure bed?"

Dave St. Hubbins as Duke Fame and his manager head to the lobby to sit down and wait for the limo: "Wanker."

 

[rockdoc11]

In pretty much every band I've been in for the last 30 years, when we get to the last set and need an extra 10 minutes of music, someone will suggest:

"Jazz Odyessey"?

 

[lyonaudio]

And you're angry on Christopher's behalf?

Not at all. Why ever would you think that?

 

[bigtone23]

Well, I'm sure I'd feel much worse if I wasn't under such heavy sedation.

 

[Mark Hughes]

A friend pointed out the “Isle of Lucy” one, I’d missed it all these years. (I love Lucy)

 

[13monkees]

I do not, for one, think that the problem was that the band was down. I think that the problem may have been that there was a Stonehenge monument on the stage that was in danger of being crushed by a dwarf.

 

[31HZ]

They also did another take on the sustain scene with him talking about the difference between Indian and Indonesia music. He plays the same note. Brilliant!

OMG *that's* my favorite scene. It's done in a roundabout way, perfectly paced for comedic effect, and you don't see the punchline coming. Brilliant.

 

[31HZ]

"Some kind of a bizarre gardening accident..."

With all respect and appreciation for Jeff Porcaro, of course.

 

[Plain Old Barry]

Literally every scene in that movie has lines that are gold. What Caddyshack is to golfers, is what This is Spinal Tap is to musicians and/avid music fans.

Be the ball, Danny!