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  • Shaindli1
    Shaindli1 MA Posts: 2,604
    mrezooc said:
    It’s being aired tonight on NBC 8-11pm 
    No. Tonight is the SNL special, not the concert.
    #Grievance2025 
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,960
    No that is the actual SNL50 show.
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  • artforbw
    artforbw Posts: 192
    mrezooc said:
    It’s being aired tonight on NBC 8-11pm 
    No, it's not.
  • Travels With
    Travels With Posts: 615
    I’ll check out peacock. We might have that. 
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  • SH46375
    SH46375 Posts: 6
    igotid88 said:
    SH46375 said:
    What song did he start before switching to Corduroy?
    Elvis Costello Less Than Zero. Homage to when Elvis was supposed to do that song but switched to Radio, Radio.
    Thank you! Very cool
  • Spunkie
    Spunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
    I don't think that guy Phantom powered the Heroes lyrics.
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    Animals were hiding behind the Coral 
    Except for little Turtle
    I could swear he's trying to talk to me 
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,779

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  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,086
    Awkward....
    https://youtu.be/ZSCs-VdD4yA?si=Q0lXwW71DmLkUvmJ
  • jh275312
    jh275312 Posts: 99
    Yikes
  • bootleg
    bootleg Posts: 1,209
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    bootleg said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    bootleg said:
    It’s crazy that was considered a big controversy back in the day.
    Why woudnt it be?
    It’s not like he changed to a song that dropped the F bomb a hundred times.  The lyrics to Radio Radio are pretty tame and even if it’s about corporate censorship most of the audience probably would have never picked up on it.  His label was mad cause they wanted him to play a different song but I don’t know why SNL/ Lorne would have cared that much.
    This is obviously not how the world of live television being aired to millions of households (especially in the weird country of bleeping certain words and stuff works. I don't see how one would not think Lorne as the producer would consider it as a serious breech and lack of respect towards the show and him. 
    I get that Lorne might be a little bothered in the moment but to carry the grudge for over 10 years is an overreaction for the “crime” of doing one song vs another.  The two songs are basically the same length in time with the album version of Radio Radio actually clocking in 9 seconds shorter than Less than Zero.  So the change in song would have basically no affect on the blocking of the show.  Second, Elvis was a last minute replacement for the Sex Pistols because supposedly Sid Vicious had visa problems so SNL needed to find a quick replacement.  They first tried the Ramones who declined and then got Elvis since they happened to be in the area.  You would think that since they were helping fill in that SNL would be a little more lenient to let the artists choose which songs they were going to play.  Plus Radio Radio is way less edgy than whatever the Sex Pistols were probably going to do.  I would think that for a show that identified itself as part of the counterculture, Lorne should have recognized the moment for what it was but since he’s a well known control freak he couldn’t let it go for a decade.
  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,086
    He was never banned, that was myth and exaggerated from story retelling.
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,656
    bootleg said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    bootleg said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    bootleg said:
    It’s crazy that was considered a big controversy back in the day.
    Why woudnt it be?
    It’s not like he changed to a song that dropped the F bomb a hundred times.  The lyrics to Radio Radio are pretty tame and even if it’s about corporate censorship most of the audience probably would have never picked up on it.  His label was mad cause they wanted him to play a different song but I don’t know why SNL/ Lorne would have cared that much.
    This is obviously not how the world of live television being aired to millions of households (especially in the weird country of bleeping certain words and stuff works. I don't see how one would not think Lorne as the producer would consider it as a serious breech and lack of respect towards the show and him. 
    I get that Lorne might be a little bothered in the moment but to carry the grudge for over 10 years is an overreaction for the “crime” of doing one song vs another.  The two songs are basically the same length in time with the album version of Radio Radio actually clocking in 9 seconds shorter than Less than Zero.  So the change in song would have basically no affect on the blocking of the show.  Second, Elvis was a last minute replacement for the Sex Pistols because supposedly Sid Vicious had visa problems so SNL needed to find a quick replacement.  They first tried the Ramones who declined and then got Elvis since they happened to be in the area.  You would think that since they were helping fill in that SNL would be a little more lenient to let the artists choose which songs they were going to play.  Plus Radio Radio is way less edgy than whatever the Sex Pistols were probably going to do.  I would think that for a show that identified itself as part of the counterculture, Lorne should have recognized the moment for what it was but since he’s a well known control freak he couldn’t let it go for a decade.
    True. But the real question is - should Martin Lawrence have been blacklisted?
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  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 10,265
    edited February 17
    mookeywrench said:
    He was never banned, that was myth and exaggerated from story retelling.
    I believe they go into this on Questlove SNL doc. Yeah, Lorne said he never banned him. 
  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 12,017
    Interesting the Ramones said no. SNL is very New York as are ^^
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,656

    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 10,265
    Crowd loved that reveal.
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,656
    Celebs starfucking eachother in one giant celebrity snake pit. Ofc they did.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 10,265
    or it’s a comedy show and it’s ok for people to have a good time and not be cynical about it. 
  • Shaindli1
    Shaindli1 MA Posts: 2,604
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Celebs starfucking eachother in one giant celebrity snake pit. Ofc they did.
    Will never forget Ed had a beaded bracelet in 1992 that spelled "celebrities suck." 
    #Grievance2025 
  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 10,265
    I know the world isn’t in the best place, but we don’t have to be miserable about everything. 

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