I'm Brian Hyatt. This is Rolling Stone Music Now.

So it took 41 years, but on September 12th, a sequel to the greatest music comedy of all time,

this is Spinal Tap, hits theaters. It's called Spinal Tap 2, The End Continues, and it reunites the entire original cast,

including Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, and Harry Shearer as England's loudest band,

as well as Rob Reiner as both fictional documentary director Marty DeBurgey and the film's actual

director. There's a lot of guest stars, too, most notably Paul McCartney and Elton John,

who we get to hear singing Stonehenge. Along with that, there's a book coming out by the band in Reiner called A Fine Line

Between Stupid and Clever, The Story of Spinal Tap, as well as a new Spinal Tap album.

So I'm really happy to bring you a new interview I conducted with Rob Reiner,

where we go deep on the new movie, Spinal Tap history, and a whole lot more.

Here's that conversation.

I knew, my love, want to take my hand. history and a whole lot more. Here's that conversation. So many of us, we'll go back in time.

So many of us, we watch Spinal Tap dozens of times.

In all movies ever made, it's one of the ones I've seen the most times.

It's that kind of movie.

You know, a lot of people say that. And years ago, when I first met Sting, he told me that he

watched it all the time on the bus and tour bus. And a lot of bands do that. And he said,

I've seen it over and over again. Every time I watch it, he says, I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

I thought it was a perfect description for people who are in that world.

How often over the years would you go back to it?

Listen, I spent all the time working on it, nine months cutting it,

and we did DVDs and commentary

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