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Wilco on SNL tonight!!!

aspoonfulweighsatonaspoonfulweighsaton Posts: 2,055
edited March 2008 in Other Music
With Ellen "Juno" Page hosting.

Here's to the world's other greatest band making their SNL debut!

I'm guessing "Hate it Here" and "Walken", but I would love to see the three-headed guitar attack of "Impossible Germany" on network television.
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  • direwolf74direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    I'm guessing they'll play "What Light" and "Walken". I'd love to hear them do "Impossible Germany", but the song is 6 minutes long and they'd probably have to cut the guitar solo short. SNL used to have a 4 1/2 minute time limit for songs, but maybe they've ditched that rule in recent years. Who knows. Regardless, it should be great show tonight. Ellen Page is fantastic as well.
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  • Bathgate66Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    Fred Armissen is the funnioest cast member going on that show now.\Amy Pohler is good, but still as strong as she is falls second behind Fred !


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  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    who cares about wilco, SNL IS FUCKIN BACK!!! thank god....cant wait to see what is in store for episode 5!!!!
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  • soclosesoclose Posts: 628
    restlesssoul wrote:
    who cares about wilco, SNL IS FUCKIN BACK!!! thank god....cant wait to see what is in store for episode 5!!!!

    I care about Wilco. I expect to do plenty of channel surfing during the sketches. That's if I can stay awake.
  • Brain of mJBrain of mJ Posts: 786
    What'd they end up playin?
  • kdpjamkdpjam Posts: 2,303
    Brain of (M)J wrote:
    What'd they end up playin?

    i dunno, i only caught the ending chords of their second song :(
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  • aspoonfulweighsatonaspoonfulweighsaton Posts: 2,055
    Brain of (M)J wrote:
    What'd they end up playin?

    I actually got it right... "Hate it Here" and "Walken"

    They were amazing as always and really seemed to be having a blast.

    I'm sure it will be on YouTube in a few hours so anyone who missed it should definitely check it out!
  • soclosesoclose Posts: 628
    It was interesting seeing the nudie suit on live TV. SNL went country for a few minutes there.

    I was glad to hear them play "Hate It Here" and "Walken." Aside from "Either Way" those are my two favorite songs on the album.:)

    It's too bad for the people in South Carolina who had their show postponed, but it was such a nice surprise for the rest of us to get to see Wilco on TV so many months after Sky Blue Sky was released.
  • dont_go_on_medont_go_on_me Posts: 877
    Man, they absolutely ripped on those two songs! Such a talented band.
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  • DOSWDOSW Posts: 2,014
    Ahh, takes me back to the time when I saw PJ on SNL in 2006 playing WWS. First time I ever heard that song... I wasn't even a massive fan then but I still thought "wow, that was good."
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  • LukinFanLukinFan Florida Posts: 29,070
    restlesssoul wrote:
    SNL IS FUCKIN BACK!!! thank god....cant wait to see what is in store for episode 5!!!!

    I hope that you're kidding
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  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,240
    Wilco was hitting on all cylinders last night it was awesome
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  • rusheddocrusheddoc Posts: 1
    I hope someone can help me out. In the brief SNL bumper between commercials just before Wilco played "Hate It Here", I swear I heard the chord progression from Rush's "La Villa Strangiato" - I know that sounds crazy, but I am sure I heard this. Did anyone else pickup on this? If I was mistaken, I'd love to know what tune they were playing. Matt (<!-- e --><a href="mailto:rushed@ameritech.net">rushed@ameritech.net</a><!-- e -->)
  • nfanelnfanel Posts: 2,558
    intodeep wrote:
    Wilco was hitting on all cylinders last night it was awesome
    great performance. i love that band more every day.
  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,494
    this band gets better and better
    I saw the 9:30 wed show
    one of the best out there right now
  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    what a horrific episode of snl though. they had all that time to prepare something and thats what we got. ouch.....only one funny part.

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  • hopethatuchokehopethatuchoke Posts: 2,927
    I watched one of the songs on SNL and they could be the most boring band I have ever seen in my life. They were almost as boring as the skits on SNL. To each his own I guess.
  • ZosoZoso Posts: 6,425
    what a great band searching on youtube now for this.. sounds like a great performance.
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  • ZosoZoso Posts: 6,425
    wtf? I found the clip on utube but says they were pulled done due to copyright from a third party! bullshit.
    I'm just flying around the other side of the world to say I love you

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  • HawkshoreHawkshore Posts: 2,161
    restlesssoul wrote:
    what a horrific episode of snl though. they had all that time to prepare something and thats what we got. ouch.....only one funny part.

    nicholas fehn character.

    Have to agree about the skits I thought they could have utilized Ellen much better......The Dakota Fanning skit was brutal!

    As for Wilco that was the first time I had heard them and I thought they were pretty good.
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  • TrixieCatTrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    Hawkshore wrote:
    Have to agree about the skits I thought they could have utilized Ellen much better......The Dakota Fanning skit was brutal!

    As for Wilco that was the first time I had heard them and I thought they were pretty good.
    :o I thought it was pretty funny, but I had it on tivo...:o
    I thought the Dakota Fanning show was hysterical. But I have always loved that part. And the Baby Gap skit...I died! lol
    And when Hillary came on..that was funny.
    I just wish that other guy didn't do the news...just Amy. He is horrible.
    And the movie with the guy that kept popping up??? lol
    And the Obama Files???? rotflmao I couldn't take it anymore...that was hysterical. "what is Pet Stop?" lol

    Yes, Wilco was awesome.
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  • edpearsonedpearson Posts: 331
    I just watched it (Tivo'ed it). Friggin' awesome! Wilco is such a great band. They're very tight and a joy to see live. As for the rest of the SNL show - ugh! This show just isn't funny anymore. Bits and pieces merit a chuckle, but it's just not funny anymore. I'm surprised this show is still on the air, but then again if they took it off the air, they'd probably fill the time slot with something far worse like "Cheaters". At least SNL is worth watching for the bands (sometimes). Remember the episode where PJ was on for the first time (Sharon Stone hosted)? She did the infamous scene from "Basic Instinct" in the beginning dialog with the band looking dazed -- classic! Oh, and so was their versions of "Alive" and "Porch"!
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  • HawkshoreHawkshore Posts: 2,161
    TrixieCat wrote:
    :o I thought it was pretty funny, but I had it on tivo...:o
    I thought the Dakota Fanning show was hysterical. But I have always loved that part. And the Baby Gap skit...I died! lol
    And when Hillary came on..that was funny.
    I just wish that other guy didn't do the news...just Amy. He is horrible.
    And the movie with the guy that kept popping up??? lol
    And the Obama Files???? rotflmao I couldn't take it anymore...that was hysterical. "what is Pet Stop?" lol

    Yes, Wilco was awesome.

    Ok Ill admit I did get a chuckle out of the Obama files ......I have never caught the Dakota Fanning skit before ....all I kept thinking was this woman in now way reminds me of Dakota Fanning .......I think the celebrity parody skits work best when they at least remotely resemble the individual. .....I was just disappointed they didn't have better material for Ellen to work with.
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  • rhinomagicrhinomagic Charlottesville, VA Posts: 2,552
    I consider myself a fairly knowledgeable Wilco fan. It was great seeing them on television. But could someone explain to me the suit Jeff was wearing? Where did it come from and/or does it have significance?

    As much as I enjoy the band's records and live shows, I thought their performances on SNL were only a bit above average. Could be that I've just heard those songs played live a bunch in the past couple of years, but I thought they were a shade less than spectacular. Still solid and good, but it didn't blow me away.

    They're still superb, though!

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