in Rob Reiner's marvelous rockumentary spoof "This is Spinal Tap" (Spinal Tap is England's loudest rock band), lead guitarist Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) shows Rob the band's top-of-the-line electronic gear, and after explaining that the best amplifiers have settings that top out at ten, exclaims "This goes to eleven!"

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