Nigel was and still is at the top of the guitarist heap. Who else would take his volume control and think to go from "10," to "11?" And then have the GENIUS to realize the one-uppers would try to show him up by taking their amps to "12," so he goes straight to "∞?" Tufnel has simply humbled many a great player into submission. In the guitar universe, he is THE black hole!
perhaps he is more like that dog that got sent into space (and died) a pioneer.. yeah, he is definitely the guitar universe version of that now that i think about it.
Satch is very good at what he does, but he never thought of using a violin as a bow during one of his guitar solos like Nigel did. That's a whole different level of genius.
Satriani plays very safe. When you hear him play you're like "that's nice" and forget it the next day. Tuffnel's solos are iconic and 50 years from now will be celebrated as the pinnacle of heavy rock guitar
There's really no comparison. I have only one Satriani album, but with Tap I have -well, I don't have any of theirs but if I did it would be more than Satriani.
Classy and humble comments here by Nigel towards one of his peers. And despite what he’s saying, I feel NT is definitely one of the guitarists of all time. The original GOAT as it were.
once after a concert I asked Nigel to sign my shirt...he said ill go you one better mate and came home with me and mowed my lawn and stayed for a whole week doing my chores for me ill never forget Nigel ...so sad to hear he exploded during his last concert.
I remember seeing Tap on the Intravenus de Milo Tour in ‘74. One of the best concerts of my life. Also, regardless of what the critics say, I thought Shark Sandwich was a great record.
“Oh, yeah, right now there are about 600...guitar gods. Every magazine that comes out has a new one. They have to, to keep the circulation of the guitar magazines going. ‘Cause it can’t just be...the same guy, every week. And then, after 600, they come ‘round again to the first guy.” Truer words have never been spoken.
In the late '90s when bookstores were still doing a healthy business I always went in for my electronics mags and they were near the music mags which I didn't bother with but I couldn't help notice that at least one publication every month seemed to have this same guy's photo or at least his name appeared on the covers month after month - Steve Vai.
Saw these guys back around 84 when I was in the Air Force at the base I was stationed at the time. They played an amazing version of Sex Farm Woman until the guitar player got mad and threw his guitar down and walked off the stage.
I saw Spinal Tap in 1983 in Buggtussle, OK when they were on their “Tap Into Livestock Auctions” tour. Tap fans might recall that this was the concert where their drummer Jackie “Shanks” Slaugh was gored by a Texas longhorn
One of my oldest cousins drove from New Jersey to Cleveland back in 1982 to see them and he felt he was ripped off because they performed,later he would find out that at that time due to drugs and bad management that tour was a disaster,that particular gig they couldn't find the stage,after thirty minutes my cousin went home disappointed. For the longest he couldn't listen to Spinal Tap.
"His fingers move...and I say yeah, yeah....but where are they going????" How many times have I been in this situation while learning guitar???? Jaw dropping in front of every video, instructional session and stuff.....I finally learned my chops but this sentence summarises 25 years of my life!!!!! Still laughing on that one....
Does anyone know if he still owns the guitar with the old tagger still on it? I was recently in his studio but was afraid to ask about the guitar or frankly even look for it.
Actually, the hallmark of Christopher Guest movies (including Spinal Tap) is NO script. Just like I’m sure his comments on Satch are improvised. I would love a proper sequel... my idea would be to see Tap trying to adapt to the trends since we last seen them; grunge, nu metal (rap metal), etc. would be hilarious whatever they come up with.
It’s not just Joe, we are all terrified of Nigel as a guitarist. Spinal Tap was so great they would even occasionally play with two basses just to get the point across.
I am Guitar God # 601. Damnit! I just missed out on my spot in the rotation. Oh, to be in the top 600...and Nigel's coveted spot at 349 is solid. I would be envious, but I can't fathom that kind of volume. So how can you be jealous of something you can't fathom?
It's kind of like Mozart. They told him "There's too many notes. Leave some of them out." Nigel is a master at leaving out some of the notes. Usually the ones he should leave in, but that's a conversation for another day.
My guitars volume knob also goes to infinity, if I plugged it into his amp would we go back in time? We would finally know what those Druids were doing
Some talk about an entity named "god", which I never saw or met... Maybe your setup would bring you to another dimension where you could meet that guy named "god"...
Yes. In fact, the time-portal created by infinite guitar combined with infinite amp is the reason that the Tap's Stone Henge prop was so small. Neolithic druids passed through the portal and took the original full-size model of Stone Henge back in time with them. The artist only had enough material left to make a small one. However, the original of Stone Henge was actually the model of it. When you visit Stone Henge now, that's it, just taken back in time once. Any apparent inconsistencies in this account are 100% attributable to time-warpage caused by the comination of infinite guitar combined with infinite amp.
@@VinceLovechild Our drummer James 'Canned' Peaches left us for Tap and we never saw him again. There were rumours and sightings, but after a while nobody cared.
@@RideAcrossTheRiver I heard that he’d done a collaboration with Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce. You’d have thought that they could’ve come up with a better name than Eric, Jack and James.
His amp goes to infinity 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 his fingers move but they are to fast I can't see where they are going. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Class . Nigel is number 329 in the rock gods 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Spinal Tap are an institution. Stone Henge is an absolute classic.
Brilliant humor, just brilliant. So many little things to point to. I am courious about the concept of "infinity" on an amp dial. There is no end? mmm...interesting idea!
I remember seeing spinal tap down the old Kent road in London back on the shark sandwich tour...tickets were only 40p, and you got your money's worth back then.. Mind you, the new star wars film just came out, so you could hear the Ray guns blasting off, coz spinal were playing next door to the movie theater.... Good days, good days
Saw these guys in '84, in Stockton, CA open for a puppet show. More jazz than I expected.
It was Spinal Tap mark II. Mostly written by Derek Smalls. Hahaha
@@jamiemoll2484 Geez, no wonder.
More blues jazz really
You just didn't get it. Not everyone gets it man....
Dude, they were the headliners, not the puppet show. The billboard was wrong.
"You can't really be jealous of something that you can't fathom." Priceless.
Nigel was and still is at the top of the guitarist heap. Who else would take his volume control and think to go from "10," to "11?" And then have the GENIUS to realize the one-uppers would try to show him up by taking their amps to "12," so he goes straight to "∞?" Tufnel has simply humbled many a great player into submission. In the guitar universe, he is THE black hole!
Don't forget his great knowledge of Indonesian folk music.
it's a bad analogy because black holes suck.
perhaps he is more like that dog that got sent into space (and died) a pioneer.. yeah, he is definitely the guitar universe version of that now that i think about it.
@whoiscarloswho i simply can't play what he plays, i mean don't get me wrong, even if i could, i wouldn't want to but i can't anyway..
@whoiscarloswho all 12 notes of western music are his friends, they share an intimate relationship.
"Sound and tehnique, he has got both. I have...volume.."
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11 years and 69 likes. The Tap would want it to stay just like that.
Nigel Tufnel is the wisest man in rock and roll and a true virtuoso. #349 Guitar God for sure.
Satch is very good at what he does, but he never thought of using a violin as a bow during one of his guitar solos like Nigel did. That's a whole different level of genius.
Except Jimmy Page is the one who did that first
Nate Kyng No Jimmy used a bow. Nigel used the actual violin, and, during the solo, he takes the time to tune the violin!
lol That's right - My bad. I got confused, haven't seen it in a while.
The kicking of the plugged in guitar on the stand is the best.
Lol
I actually tried his Violin technique, except with a Cello. I couldn't lift the Cello. Now I understand why he used a Violin! Brilliant!!!
Nigel open and honest as usual. You gotta love the guy.
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Satriani plays very safe. When you hear him play you're like "that's nice" and forget it the next day. Tuffnel's solos are iconic and 50 years from now will be celebrated as the pinnacle of heavy rock guitar
We can still hear the sustain
@@cjtqukit’s like a dark black
@@cjtqukWe can still hear the flame maple veneer.
There's really no comparison. I have only one Satriani album, but with Tap I have -well, I don't have any of theirs but if I did it would be more than Satriani.
Don't start with Shark Sandwich.
@@sydbarrett5 do you mean shit sandwich? Yeah, definitely not a good one to start with
There is the black album ..... GO GET IT ...IT'S GREAT !!!
You don't have "Break Like The Wind?" Oh man, you're really missing out! (So that's 2 Satch LP's and only one Tap LP for me. Lol)
@@gio9039 You can't comment that!
Nigel... is the greatest guitarist that's ever been. No exceptions.
I gotta chime in here to say that I . . . agree with . . . everything you said here.
I'm sure even Hendrix would have to agree
Nigel Tufnel one of the 600 best guitar players!
He is actually one of the 349 best guitar players
Greatest interview of all time.
Nigel Tufnel is the musical God of humor.
Classy and humble comments here by Nigel towards one of his peers. And despite what he’s saying, I feel NT is definitely one of the guitarists of all time. The original GOAT as it were.
once after a concert I asked Nigel to sign my shirt...he said ill go you one better mate and came home with me and mowed my lawn and stayed for a whole week doing my chores for me ill never forget Nigel ...so sad to hear he exploded during his last concert.
"you can't be jealous of something you can't fathom"... That strikes from the heart.
His voice alone makes me smile:)
I remember seeing Tap on the Intravenus de Milo Tour in ‘74. One of the best concerts of my life. Also, regardless of what the critics say, I thought Shark Sandwich was a great record.
Man, I read a two word review, it was unreal.
It was a shit sandwich.
if you think that's bad then you should have seen the cover that they wanted to use
I saw Tap when they opened for Metallica on the Speed of Sound tour…tap was great, but metallica were a bunch of fuckin assholes…
@@vi0letcr1mesmell the glove
“Oh, yeah, right now there are about 600...guitar gods. Every magazine that comes out has a new one. They have to, to keep the circulation of the guitar magazines going. ‘Cause it can’t just be...the same guy, every week. And then, after 600, they come ‘round again to the first guy.”
Truer words have never been spoken.
And the words get truer every day.
In the late '90s when bookstores were still doing a healthy business I always went in for my electronics mags and they were near the music mags which I didn't bother with but I couldn't help notice that at least one publication every month seemed to have this same guy's photo or at least his name appeared on the covers month after month - Steve Vai.
And they never get updated. Van Halen was on the cover of some magazine at the grocery store yesterday. Last month it was Slash. In 2023.
Nigel is such a humble person.
Wow! That is exactly how I feel about Satriani too. You can't be jealous of what you can't fathom.
Saw these guys back around 84 when I was in the Air Force at the base I was stationed at the time. They played an amazing version of Sex Farm Woman until the guitar player got mad and threw his guitar down and walked off the stage.
Such a great character ! We love you Nigel !
The great Nigel Tufnel...intellect and virtuoso. lol I just love this. Brilliant, as always
Love his comment on the guitar gods and magazine circulation. So true!
Nigel resembles a clerk who assisted me at a haberdashery in Manchester. He asked “what size do you wear?” in a most sincere manner.
It doesn't matter how fast Satriani can play, Tufnel invented D minor! The saddest of all keys, nobody can take that away from him.
I wanted give you a thumbs up but your at 69 likes a number the writer of Lick My Love Pump most definitely does not want disturbed
@@timothyjanis9815Big Bottom , Big Bottom
Talk about bum cakes my girls got em
Big bottom going out of my mind
How could I leave this behind?
@@litedawg barm not bum
@@priesty4783 wrong look it up.
@@litedawg Not wrong, look it up yourself - it's barm cakes, which are a type of bread roll that looks like an arse
I sprang for a meet and greet package for Satriani and spent most of my time talking about Spinal Tap. Joe was very nice and understanding.
Tufnell taught Satriani everything he knows.
Perhaps he taught Satriani all the things he didn't want know? 🤔😉
There’s such a fine line between stupid and clever.
HILARIOUS!! Thanks for this clip. Haven't laughed so much in ages
One of the greats. Always underestimated for his brilliance.
There's Jimi, Jimmy, Clapton, Gilmour, others, and of course... the legend Nigel Tufnel
LOL loved it! The great Nigel Tufnel!
Absolutely brilliant. I hope Satch saw it.
'He wasn't a savage twit."
I would be proud to have that on my headstone.
Mine is gonna say:
Last Words: "God-damned bear spatchcocked me"
If I ever form another band, they shall henceforth be named "Savage Twit".
I saw Spinal Tap in 1983 in Buggtussle, OK when they were on their “Tap Into Livestock Auctions” tour. Tap fans might recall that this was the concert where their drummer Jackie “Shanks” Slaugh was gored by a Texas longhorn
That "Yeah, yeah... but where are they going?" line is brilliant
One of my oldest cousins drove from New Jersey to Cleveland back in 1982 to see them and he felt he was ripped off because they performed,later he would find out that at that time due to drugs and bad management that tour was a disaster,that particular gig they couldn't find the stage,after thirty minutes my cousin went home disappointed. For the longest he couldn't listen to Spinal Tap.
Yngwie J. Malmsteen gets nervous being in the same room as Nigel...
"He puts a J in there so we don't mistake him with another Yngwie Malmsteen."
(David St Hubbins, 1985, recording Ronnie James Dio's Stars)
Yngwie is not fit to lick Nigel’s boots
Yngwie J gets nervous if there is anyone besides him i the same room because he doesn't understand how anyone aside from him can fit.
Just wait until Yngwie reads your comment; he'll really let you know how wrong you are!
...while he eats donuts.
I actually own the DVD this is on, does that make me a huge fan! Seen Joe twice in kitchener Ontario. I love that man
It takes but a few minutes to transcribe any Satriani solo ... but after 57 years I cannot master the unsolved mystery of "Gimme Some Money".
I've been getting quite a bit of Spinal Tap content in my feed lately and I find it to be funny and uplifting. Thank you algorithm!
Puts things into perspective.
too much fucking perspective....
Thanks for posting this classic! It can be found on The Satch Tapes DVD (Satriani's promo for the Extremist cd).
"you cant be jealous of something you can't fathom" - amazing!!
Too funny for words. Really. Nigel Tufnell is a legend :-)
Joe Satriani Artist Profile - “Not a Savage Twit”
Thanks, didn't know there was a special edition!
It's from the bonus disc that comes with "Surfing with the alien".
Was from original VHS called "The Satch Tapes"
"You can't really be jealous by something you can't fathom." That's an all-timer.
"His fingers move...and I say yeah, yeah....but where are they going????" How many times have I been in this situation while learning guitar???? Jaw dropping in front of every video, instructional session and stuff.....I finally learned my chops but this sentence summarises 25 years of my life!!!!! Still laughing on that one....
its all based on a true story, probably a million true stories actually, we all have our 'tap moments' :D
I look at et...his fingers move, an I say yeah..... yeah..... but where are they going?
sums up shredders pretty nicely LUL
@@cheothegeo2742 definitely, all speed no melody
and what were they doing there?
Vinnie Vincent 😂
@@banjoboy01 No one knows...
It's the volume that allows Nigel to tune the violin he's using as a bow on electric guitar mid solo without losing his inspiration...
Most wholesome interview ever
Humble Guy. He's between the 500''s guitar gods
quote for the ages... "you can't be jealous of something you can't fathom"
This video was much louder than I expected....
Nigel will always be number 348 to me.
Saw Spinal Tap play at Stonehenge and they were massive and mighty. They towered over the ruins.
Does anyone know if he still owns the guitar with the old tagger still on it? I was recently in his studio but was afraid to ask about the guitar or frankly even look for it.
It can never be played or looked at
Thus my trepidation, yes.
After watching this I'm certain that they could write another Spinal Tap script... maybe 3 or 4.
They already have
Watch "This Is Spinal Tap" Special Edition.
Turn on the audio commentary and the guys reprise their characters for it. :)
How many drummers would they need?
P Alexander Oh we all wished they did!
Actually, the hallmark of Christopher Guest movies (including Spinal Tap) is NO script. Just like I’m sure his comments on Satch are improvised. I would love a proper sequel... my idea would be to see Tap trying to adapt to the trends since we last seen them; grunge, nu metal (rap metal), etc. would be hilarious whatever they come up with.
Go, Nigel. ROCK ON...
Christopher Guest for ever!
Satriani plays technically. Nigel plays in Dubly!!
Dubly, Ireland... the international home of noise reduction
Such high praise. Satch must be blushing
He's actually right about the new guitar god of the month...it was certainly the case in the late 80's.
Hands downs, Nigel Rules!
"i hear what he's doing, and i like it, but i can't copy it." thats what i think of so many guitarists, including satriani and tufnel
I never knew Jeff Beck was such a fine satirist - RIP.
i think jeff is based on him? :D
It’s not just Joe, we are all terrified of Nigel as a guitarist. Spinal Tap was so great they would even occasionally play with two basses just to get the point across.
Priceless.
You can't feel jealous about something you can't fathom. That's pretty profound
I saw a video of Satch finger tapping behind the chords he was playing. I gave up guitar for a year after seeing that.
I am Guitar God # 601. Damnit! I just missed out on my spot in the rotation. Oh, to be in the top 600...and Nigel's coveted spot at 349 is solid. I would be envious, but I can't fathom that kind of volume. So how can you be jealous of something you can't fathom?
By definition infinity is unfathomable
It's kind of like Mozart. They told him "There's too many notes. Leave some of them out." Nigel is a master at leaving out some of the notes. Usually the ones he should leave in, but that's a conversation for another day.
Chris modeled the Nigel look on Jeff Beck. Jeff got the joke.
Nigel Tufnell. A spirit not seen in the world since Lord Nelson. A thirst equaled only by Eric the Red.
Priceless!!
I have volume. Lol.
My guitars volume knob also goes to infinity, if I plugged it into his amp would we go back in time? We would finally know what those Druids were doing
Some talk about an entity named "god", which I never saw or met... Maybe your setup would bring you to another dimension where you could meet that guy named "god"...
Yes. In fact, the time-portal created by infinite guitar combined with infinite amp is the reason that the Tap's Stone Henge prop was so small. Neolithic druids passed through the portal and took the original full-size model of Stone Henge back in time with them. The artist only had enough material left to make a small one. However, the original of Stone Henge was actually the model of it. When you visit Stone Henge now, that's it, just taken back in time once. Any apparent inconsistencies in this account are 100% attributable to time-warpage caused by the comination of infinite guitar combined with infinite amp.
"It's hard to be jealous of something you can't fathom".
When smart, funny people let their minds wander, we get new wisdom.
We’re still waiting for Tap to find the stage in Cleveland.
Joe played at the Keswick in Philly. It was so loud my clothes were moved around like in a wind. Water danced in the bottle.
From "The Satch Tapes", which I have on DVD.
When we supported Tap on the “Smell the Glove” tour, the crowd were still booing us when they were on.
Nigel Tufnel jammed with us onstage and said nobody knew who they were or what they were doing.
@@RideAcrossTheRiver 😂 Where are they now?
@@VinceLovechild Our drummer James 'Canned' Peaches left us for Tap and we never saw him again. There were rumours and sightings, but after a while nobody cared.
@@RideAcrossTheRiver I heard that he’d done a collaboration with Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce. You’d have thought that they could’ve come up with a better name than Eric, Jack and James.
@@VinceLovechild James' nickname was 'Canned' but we heard David St. Hubbins said he was more like 'Cannoted'.
His amp goes to infinity 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 his fingers move but they are to fast I can't see where they are going. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Class .
Nigel is number 329 in the rock gods 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Spinal Tap are an institution. Stone Henge is an absolute classic.
ian forde Check out Sex Farm Woman
where are these videos coming from? I have to see all the new spinal tap vids
Best part: "And he said 'is this..
what you're going to be doing?'"
Well that’s the best three minutes I will experience today
Today's artists can't understand how wise artists were back then..
Nigel...you da Man
New band needed ; The Savage Twits
I was AT that show. Fucking AWESOME! Alice in chains, pearl jam, thunder, soundgarden, temple of the dog, and SPINAL TAP all on the same night.
I'm glad Nigel finally got his perfect amplifier.
Nigel rocks! 🤘🏼
Brilliant humor, just brilliant. So many little things to point to. I am courious about the concept of "infinity" on an amp dial. There is no end? mmm...interesting idea!
The stop is removed so that the knob just spins around and around, hence infinity
I remember seeing spinal tap down the old Kent road in London back on the shark sandwich tour...tickets were only 40p, and you got your money's worth back then.. Mind you, the new star wars film just came out, so you could hear the Ray guns blasting off, coz spinal were playing next door to the movie theater.... Good days, good days
This is the best thing I've seen all day!!!! 😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣