Odds and Ends (What the Fluffs and Other Stuffs)

Hey folks!

Welcome back.

Where the fuck have you been.

Ok, so anyways, as you can see by the title, this one is going to get a little out there.

So, you know how my blogs are all full of hyperlinks and random shit, or just the occasional jimmy fallon video?  Well, today is a day that is just plain out dedicated to that stuff.  I am going to just ram your throat with videos that I want you to see. 

My goal is to have no random links or anything

A lot of the videos will just be still pictures accompanying music, give it a shot.

I’m going to explain some of them, but not all of them, because some of them need to be seen on their own.   Many of them are just “other” versions of stuff that I just couldn’t figure out a way to squeeze in.  There’s going to be some covers some alternate takes and just whatever. 

There is no reason for any of these videos to be shown together.  But here they are. 

Why am I doing so much prefacing, I don’t have to explain myself to you?  But I do love you, despite what you think.

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes – Hava Nagila

If you know the Gimmes, then you know that I could have just done a whole blog of all their covers, because that is all they do.

So, for those of you that don’t know the band, Who the hell are you? 

The Gimmes are a punk supergroup featuring members of Swingin’ Utters, NOFX, Foo Fighters, Lagwagon and, No Use for a Name.

Oh, you only recognized Foo Fighters?  You must be that also trying to kill punk, but as everyone knows Punk’s not dead!

But seriously, check them dudes out.

Ok, so anyways, sometime in 2004, the band played a real Bar Mitzvah, If I remember correctly, there was a contest, or maybe he was just related, clearly, I don’t remember correctly.

The released an album called – Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Ruin Jonny’s Bar Mitzvah

Anyways, they played a Bar Mitzvah, the adults and most of the kids didn’t get it but they all indulged.  The CD that came from it was also incredible as it was just a straight beginning to ending recording, including false starts, fuck ups, and whatever else happens in a live setting.  They even left the tape going as they took a break, so you get like 15 minutes of people mingling and shit. 

So they play a bit of everything, and I mean everything!

But I want you to hear is their second take of Hava Nagila, they do a traditional-esque version and then they do their new version.

So here is some actual video of the gig, including the first version of Hava Nagila.

Here is their second more “original” version of Hava Nagila.  This is what you’re here for.  Stay for the banter after the song.

Weezer – Brain Stew

Again, I could do a whole blog on weezer’s covers and alternate takes, and everything else they’ve done.  But I will try to not overburden you with too much weezer.  But I can’t make too many promises.

So, really, this can’t be considered a weezer song, but it is.  It’s really just Rivers, some random dude on Piano and Josh Freese on drums.  First off, I honestly have no idea who is playing piano.  Josh Freese on the other hand became a touring member of weezer, when Rivers decided to just be a singer and had Pat play guitar. (Hence the line in Back to The Shack where Rivers says, “Maybe I should play the lead guitar and Pat should play the drums”  

So, anyways, the boys in the =w= camp always do like some sort of AOL session, or Shazam or Yahoo or whatever whenever they put out a new album.  So that is where this came from.  You can find other songs from this session all over the internet.  The band (except for Rivers) all where the same jacket that Freese is wearing.

This song was on none of their albums, and if you didn’t know, it is a Green Day song.  But it is so stripped and slowed down in this that it becomes a completely different song.

Hey remember when this was in an episode of Supernatural?

Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin – Me and My Shadow and Sam’s Song – Live

So, if you have never seen the picture, the sign at The Sands in Vegas; it said Dean Martin Maybe Frank Maybe Sammy.

They all did their small residences there; sometimes Joey Bishop would be there too. Basically it was their own little playground to do whatever they wanted.  It didn’t hurt that Sinatra was a small but partial owner of the place.

So the guys would just be there and perform and by the end, they would all be on stage, drinking and smoking and going on.   The shit was awesome.  Sadly I was born 40 years too late, but hey at least someone was smart enough to record it.

These were songs that they had already recorded these in the studios, hell; they were old songs by the 60s.   Still they put a new spin on them.

The guys played with the lyrics and had fun with each other.  They all truly loved each other and were very liberal and made fun of each other. I don’t know how else to explain it,

Also, if you have ever wanted to know more about, melody, harmony, counter melody and the such…

This is a decent starting point.

Me and My Shadow

Sam’s Song (I apologize that the audio clicks, it’s old)

Elvis on Elvis

So, I was originally looking for something else, someday I will find it and give it to you.   Somewhere there exists a video of Elvis Costello playing Alison, but he gave the words a new melody.  But that’s what I couldn’t find so fuck it, here’s this instead.

This has no reason being on this page at all, but it might just be the best thing you see today

The Blues Brothers – Rubber Biscuit

What’s that?  You don’t know The Blues Brothers?

Take that rock you’ve been living under and smash yourself to death!!!

Was that too harsh?

So, this, like all the other Blues Brothers songs was a cover. 

This is not the version that they recorded for the Briefcase Full of Blues album.  Remember, today is about other versions of stuff.   The cool thing to think about is that this was recorded about a year and a half before the movie.  And the single version cracked into the top 40 chart.  Not bad for a band comprised of session musicians and comedians. 

So take this for what it is, miscues, feedback issues. And all that other fun stuff.

Hozier – Take Me to Church

Acoustic backstage at The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon

So, I promised the wife she could pick a song, clearly, I shouldn’t have.

It’s not that I dislike this song; it’s not that I dislike my wife, sure, she has a crappy taste in music, and maybe she’s right and I am a music snob. 

That wasn’t a question.

Also, this is a 3 year old song that was rereleased so, I mean, I didn’t know about it then.

Speaking of which, how did the hipster burn his tongue?

He ate his soup before it was cool!!

Ok, so my lady’s taste in music isn’t crappy. Realistically, she’s recommended great songs for me, that I have enjoyed, but at the same time, I think music itself has changed and become crappy.  The problem is that in the end it’s a business and it is a product of supply and demand.

To prove my point; the top songs of 2006, so just 10 years ago, were:

1              Daniel Powter - Bad Day

2              Sean Paul - Temperature

3              Nelly Furtado feat. Timbaland - Promiscuous

4              James Blunt - You're Beautiful

5              Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean- Hips Don't Lie

6              Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten

7              Gnarls Barkley- Crazy

8              Chamillionaire feat. Krayzie Bone- Ridin'

9              Justin Timberlake - Sexyback

10           Beyonce feat. Slim Thug - Check on It

Ok, so how many of these artists are still around 10 years later. And by around I mean relevant.  When you look at it like that, it’s dreary; I mean really, only Beyonce and JT are still making it big. And they came in ninth and tenth.

So my issue with modern music is that everyone is so quick to jump to the next big thing, that so many great artists are being swallowed up and not being given a proper chance.  

So it’s not that I hate my wife or music, I just don’t want to get behind something that will end. Television has taught me that. I mean, I always like a show and it fails.

Speaking of which, remember that show Arrested Development, That guy Michael Cera was on that show. 

Later he was mistaken for Jimmy’s brother the sing-ger

Puddles Pity Party and Haley Reinhart – Mad World

So, we saw Puddles very recently on my Happy Songs post.  Remember, he’s the 6 foot 8 clown with a voice that is as golden as his sad crown.  

That wasn’t supposed to rhyme, but that happens on accident from time to time.

Haley Reinhart, I can’t say I know who she is outside of this video, but I love her voice. Apparently she was on American Idol some while ago. 

The song Mad World was originally a hit for Tears for Fears, at that time it was like a synth prog pop sort of number and sounded nothing like it does now. 

Later on, it was covered by Michael Andrews and Gary Jules. They slowed it down and made into a much more beautiful song for the movie Donnie Darko, I never saw the movie, but I have liked this song since then.

So now fast forward to present day, but not quite, because present day is today, everything else is in the past. In fact this sentence you are reading is right now present day but it is past or history as soon as you read to the period. 

I have officially gone deep into the rabbit hole,

So anyways-

In the recent past Puddles got together with Haley and they put a vaudevillian spin on the whole thing. Vaudevillian like as in harkening back to Vaudeville, not the wrestling duo.

So here it is

I would keep posting Puddles’ videos if I could, but too many people are afraid of clowns.

I mean, what’s next, a singing spider?

Truthfully, they exist, but since I have to kill spiders for half the people I know, I won’t do it. But try googling it sometime.

 That’s some pig!

Speak of the devil.

Weezer – I’m Your Daddy

So, first off, it’s not as weird as you think.  This is actually from the same session that the Brain Stew video came from before.  Note the matching track jackets.

Now here’s the thing, I don’t remember this being a single, so I don’t know why they did this.

Not to mention they added another person who was not a part of the original recording, as you will see. It really and honestly makes no sense

But that’s also what makes it so cool. Like when a joke goes full circle and comes back out from the person the joke is about.

Like when Deadpool disses Green Lantern.  Or when Rick Astley shows up in the middle of a parade float to rick roll a shit ton of people.

So here you are.

Justin Timberlake – (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay

First of all, had he not had already brought Sexy Back; this certainly would have done it.

I mean, what do you have to do to get invited to sing for the president? I mean, how many people can say they’ve done that?  I mean Elvis and Nixon had that weird relationship, but that’s a whole other story.

The band that is backing JT up in this is iconic in its own way. Just a great jam band, including Steve Cropper of Booker T and the MGs or of course the aforementioned Blues Brothers Band.

When JT hits the falsetto…

I mean Come on…

Seriously, ladies be careful, you may pass out, or at the very least have to change your undies, I know I did the first time I saw this.

Of course the original is great too, but Timberlake really takes this and makes it his own.

Speaking of the President

Bayside – Megan

One of my favorite Smoking Popes songs, done by Bayside a really great band that you should really devote more time to.  Their singer Anthony Raneri has a very unique and good voice, he has a great range and just.. I mean he’s not JT but he has his own greatness.

Then you add the fact that Josh Caterer stops by to sing the second verse.   I mean I love that. Whenever an original artist shows up in the middle of a cover it’s always a good thing.  At the very least it counts as a blessing to the cover

Jimmy Fallon and a Bunch of Famous People – Any Damn Thing They Want

So, here’s the thing, I tried to choose just one, I really did, but how can you?

That’s why I saved this for the end.

Don’t think of it as a cop out, think of it as, I love Jimmy Fallon; you would know that if you have been reading this thing since the beginning.

And. You know all the old posts are right there at the side or in some spot, you can read all the old ones too you know. 

It would really make me happy. 

I don’t want fame or popularity, ok maybe a little, but I want a chance to talk to more people.

Hey do me a favor recommend me to a few of your friends.

So this is it, here’s where it ends  Thank you for reading today, I don’t know when I will be back, but in the meantime, here’s a shit ton of Jimmy Fallon videos. 

The Ragtime Gals

Hello

Russel Crowe, Balls

We Can’t Stop

Ice Cream

Impressions with Jamie Foxx 

On a Boat

Slow Jamming the News

Iko Iko with Queen Amidala

That Bass

Ok, if you are still with me, here’s one that’s not Jimmy Fallon, it’s not safe for work, and definitely not safe for small children or Mothers or Fathers- in- law,

Really, you might find this offensive, seriously

I can’t believe I am showing you this after having shown you The President.

Quack like a Duck

Ok, that’s it, We’ll see you later. I love you. 

Live From New York- It’s Christmas

Live From New York- It’s Christmas

So This is going to be fun. And No I won’t change the title to It’s Holiday.  Fuck You.  It is Christmas time.  

So I wanted to get in all of the holiday moments of SNL . At least all of the musical moments.  So here are some of SNL’s best Holiday hits.

There are not too many but I got what I could up there

Dysfunctional Family Christmas

This is the classic early90’s late 80’s era Saturday Night Live. This is when I really started to get into the show. 

And this is a Christmas album that everyone can understand. It makes sense and it makes you realize that you are not alone. 

God I have had some awful Christmases, but I have also had some great ones.  So I know how this feels, but I know it is not like this. 

By the way I love this whole scene but when Carvey starts singing.  That shit is hilarious.

Saturday Night Live: "Dysfunctional Family... by felipekusnitzki

Winter Wonderland

This is classic and from season 1  and is a beautiful moment for what it is and for what it isn’t.

It is serious for the first half but isn’t for the second. It is Hilarious for the final part but not initially. It is the beginning of the end for Chevy for me.  (I have watched all of the episodes from the first 2 seasons, and you can clearly look at this episode as one where Chevy seemed distant from the cast. This scene as well. He seems less affectionate and into it than everyone else.  Fuck Him!)

I love the Bass sax even though you can’t really hear it.  I love the girls, who included Candace Bergen, as one of their own.  (She hosted so much I actually thought she was a member. ) 

Most importantly I think that Garret Morris is an incredible singer (and the original token Black guy)  and  all of their outfits are crazy hilarious. 

Winter Wonderland by kapann

A Holiday Treat For All

This is not the version that you usually see, and I don’t know why, because to me this is the best version of all.  If you have seen this before, watch it again. It is so worth it.

Horatio Sanz to me is one of the most underrated  SNL cast members of all time. I always thought he was hilarious, and anytime I saw him and Fallon together I knew it was gonna be good. 

Now Oddly enough though this clip to me is extra hilarious because of Tracy Morgan and Chris Kattan.  All of Kattan’s characters were vaguely childlike and gay, and how he is able to portray that just by moving his head, is beyond me, but he does. 

And Morgan is just there to dance, and  be Token Black. But his dancing is so infectious.  Sometimes I do it on accident and just laugh my ass off.

My understanding is that this song was written because Sanz  got that weird instrument, (oddly I don’t remember the name, and when someone tells me, I am going to shoot myself in the foot)  So him and Fallon wrote this song, and just kept doing the sketch over and over, but this version is my favorite.

Little Drummer Boy / Sleigh Ride

This is one that we get to see so often but we somehow also forget about.

Rosie O Donnell and Penny Marshall are hilarious and the whole episode that this is from is great.  But on top of that we have the great and incredible Whitney Houston, a voice and a style that can not be matched. Yes she died a tragic death, but She was awesome.

And then in the thick of things is Mary Catherine Gallagher.  My favorite Molly Shannon character that there is worth enjoying. (I don’t remember how many she had) But this whole scene is hilarious, and makes laugh my ass off .

It helps that these are two of my favorite Christmas songs and I love a good pratfall

Seriously, this needs no long introduction other than to say “ Your drumming for Jesus Christ not Judas Priest”

Whitney Houston - Little Drummer Boy (Saturday... by Fabrcia_Vieira

Last Call

I can not find a clip of this anywhere, but it is one the greatest things in the world.

Tracy Morgan and Maya Rudoloph are 2 drunks and sitting at a bar on Christmas Eve, and the bartender calls last call, and asks them to get going, and then tells them they can have one more drink on him, and they go into one of the cutest most adorable songs I have ever  heard.  They both play good drunks, Rudolph reminds me of so many drunk ladies.

In the end they just have their usual.

Seriously find this clip. I have it on DVD, but I do not know how to show it to you. 

I tried to reach NBC today, I put a call in, to them, but no one that I asked to talk to was available. So as for now the clip goes on unseen.  But stop by and I will show it to you.

Dick In A Box

Enough said, and yes I consider this a holiday song, but it is also good for all year.

The Lonely Island & Justin Timberlake - Dick In A Box (Subtitulado Español) from JulianaThe319 on Vimeo.

How about I get another one out of the way that needs no  introduction

The Hanukkah Song

Well, really that is all I have for today, but , I don’t need much more.  Merry Christmas everyone.  I might take a few days off for the holidays.  But Monday I plan on highlighting the top ten Christmas songs of all time. So get ready for it 

Oh and because I can, here is a Christmas present for you.

SNL Musicians and odds and ends.

Funny Musicians and other clips I didn’t have room for.

When the musicians or interactions with them are more hilarious than you’d expect

So today’s edition of Satuday Night Live moments is going to have very little music in it, but I assure it will make you laugh your ass off.

Musicians can be absolutely hilarious, or sometimes accept that the joke is on them at least.

Some musicians have served as hosts and offered up complete awesome moments.  For instance, Paul Simon, Gath Brooks, Justin Timberlake, all great Musical hosts, so picking a clip to represent them is the hardest.  But for the musicians that briefly appear their moments had to be hilarious.

Also, because I only have 1 day left and tomorrow is full of songs I am using this as a clean up to throw in some of thevideos, that I know you guys want to see.  just because I have no other way to show Them  to you. Unless I just say Watch This, so I will do that.

Again there is not going to be a top ten, because I am trying to find all these clips and remember everything or find everything.

I feel like I am getting closer to some contact From Jimmy Fallon, I reached out to Conan O brien last night, after all, he wrote for SNL and even appeared in a few scenes. , Plus I know he has a great relationship with the folks at NBC right?

Ok, so here comes some good stuff.

Gath Brooks, backstage with Tracy Morgan

Garth Brooks as I said was always a great Host and I think he will make this list more than once.  Tracy Morgan is also hilarious and off the hook.  And this is old Tracy Morgan, before 30 Rock.

So I will give you some brief back story.  Garth Brooks was the biggest country music superstar in the 90s, and that is just my opinion.

But then in 1999, he became Chris Gaines. A rock singer who looked a little different than Garth and, in a Kaufman/ Clifton sort of way, kinda tried to make you believe they were two people.

For instance, in this episode of SNL The Host was Gath Brooks, but the musical guest was Chris Gaines. So when Tracy caught up with Garth back stage, he let Garth know how he, and a good representation of America felt about Chris Gaines.

So  That is that.  On a side note, I hate NBC for squashing all clips of their shows, but at the same time, love Lorne Michaels, especially in this clip. I mean he is the Big Boss of SNL and the way he lets Tracy treat him is hysterical.  I wish I could talk to a boss of mine like that and not get fired.

I have had video issues so try this link if the video does not work

http://www.frequency.com/video/tracy-confronts/71473225

Behind The Music

Ok, so I have to get this out of the way right away:

Ok, there it, is.  A hilarious moment that I know everyone was waiting to see. Couldn’t figure out a way to get it in without forcing it on you.  Walken is hilarious,  Ferrell is great Fallon is fucking crying . I have never been able to listen to that song the same again. and I got a fever!!

Beyonce gets some new Dancers

 Why is this hilarious, because it is the single ladies video. And Beyonce is a star and it is awesome . Dare I say more and ruin the surprise?

Ok so This is at the shoot for Single Ladies, and Paul Rudd is apparently the director of the video, and he hired some new dancers, who are not quite what Beyonce wanted.  There is an awesome cameo by someone who wasn’t even supposed to be there.  They play 1 of the dancers. Check it out

Justin Timberlake parodies Beyonce by LeNouvelObservateur

The Chris Farley Show with Paul McCartney

So The Chris Farley show was an awesome recurring sketch where Chris Farley would interview people, but Chris seemed to be portraying like a 7 year old version of himself.

All of his guests were so nice to him, and it is so hilarious, He talks to them about ridiculous things and then asks them ridiculous questions and it just gets out of control. Usually he is talking to tv stars or movie stars.

But, this time he got Paul McCartney as a guest. That is just awesome. A good boy from Wisconsin interviewing Sir Paul. And very childlike. 

Oddly enough I think if I ever got to interview Paul McCartney , I might be so in awe, and act even dumber than this.

Ok, so really quickly, I know the original interview was longer but this was all I could find.  I searched deep, and I think I downloaded a virus to my laptop , so you get just the ending of it, but hey its still great. 

Chris Farley - Interview Paul Mc Cartney (SNL) - MyVideo

The Protest Song

Ok so here is another thing that fits in nowhere, So I force you to watch it . it is from SNL but did not originate there, but is funny, aweseome and great all at once. 

Dr. House is British and funny as fuck, but did you know he can sing and play guitar and harmonica.  You do now!!  I love this song too, it fits in with so many things happening. And it is a funny view  of both sides from an Englishman’s perspective.

Paul Simon is a Turkey

This was season 2 and the show was still getting going. Paul Simon was always hilarious in the show. 

However this came about I have no idea. I mean it was Thanksgiving, and who doesn’t want to see a turkey , and especially one that is Paul Simon.

This scene is 37 years old, and I can’t stop laughing when I watch it.  It is still relevant and great. Paul Simon is fucking hilarious. I have no Idea who Jan Micheal Vincent is, or why he references him, but that part makes me laugh too.

Lorne Micheals is again a great sport as he is being ridiculed and yelled at.  I love it.

“I  Can’t fit through the door”

Paul Simon - Thanksgiving Skit, SNL 1976 from Simon and Garfunkel News on Vimeo.

Lazy Sunday

Can I show you something else, that not only is funny but is also important in so many ways. This helped launch so many careers and is just hilarious.

To me, I think this helped the Digital shorts last, it was the second one.  The other thing this did was help The Lonely Island gain recognition , So for me this moment was awesome and so perfect

Also this video and clips of it helped YouTube become extra successful and get sold to Google supposedly.

The Culps

I always loved the Culps, and really, anytime you get to see Will Ferrell doing comedy it is so worth it.

 That meant that on  this night when Ferrell returned as host I knew it would be an incredible, moment, but I never thought that he was going to bring Ana Gasteyer  back with him to revive the Culps.

So for me it was a hilarious funny moment that really got me rolling . If you can find other old Culps clips I applaud you and want to see them.

Mick Jagger talks to the Mirror

Mick Jagger is a rock star and a legend but apparently still gets nervous  before shows and talks to himself in the mirror.

So Jimmy Fallon and Mick Jagger go out and do a great routine together, and it is a really good scene, and honestly the mirror game is just an improv warm up game that usually no one gets to see.

Fallon does a great Jagger, and Jagger plays right along.  I don’t know if at any point they are reading off cue cards. Because they are looking right at each other the whole time.  And if I am right about that then it is absolutely hilarious

Jagger cuts up and laughs a little and I love the tea bit, but this is Jagger showing that maybe he should have been in Pirates of the Caribbean.

Speaking  of Pirates of The Caribbean

Yo Taylor, Im really happy for you , Im’ma let you finish but….

Michael Bolton had  one of the best videos of all time…                  

Michael Bolton revitalized his career with this appearance. At least in my opinion.  Yes this is awesome and unedited but it debuted as a music video on Saturday Night Life. 

Please if you have a drink put it down, cause you will spit it at your screen .  This might be the only time that I fucking recommend Michael Bolton, so enjoy. 

One of the best videos of all time…

Bring It On Down to Liquorville

This is one of the best recurring sketches that Timberlake does, and this was probably the best version.

Kristen Wiig is hilarious as a tea bag who cant stop saying inadvertently dirty things. But come on why Timberlake loves to wear these suits is beyond me.

Then when the actual music guest shows up the sketch goes crazy, and I just about shit my pants when I first saw this one.

But seriously look any of JT’s bring it on down sketches up, side splitting humor ensues.

So I just thought you would enjoy these clips that are all musical in many sorts of ways. And are all from Saturday Night live.   At this point if I forgot anything please please let me know because tomorrow is the last day of SNL material, and I do have a theme for it, but I will try to add it.

So thanks for reading, and watching, and please comment and share this.  The only way love is spread is through sharing and caring.

And as an extra gift for you hear is a present for you,

Justin Timberlake 5-timer club by maxspeaker

Saturday Night’s Best Musical Impersonations

Saturday Night’s Best Musical Impersonations

Now this is the stuff that dreams are made of. These are some of the coolest moments in Saturday Night Live history. 

These are the moments when the stars of the show, and the hosts get to be other people. In my mind, it is one thing to act , it is another thing to do impressions, and when they are done good, then it is a thing of beauty.

Really quickly, I want to point out, that I use the words imitation, impression, and impersonation, freely, and to mean the same things.  I know that there are slightly different meanings to the word, but I am not a God Damn dictionary or thesaurus, so just accept it.

These are great moments because, in some of the instances, you get to see a musician portray a different one, in other instances it is just an SNL cast member, and sometiomes the parodies even cross over,  and the artist is actually involved in their parody.   

I once again decided not to make a top ten, ranking these is near impossible. But here are my favorites

Also, Not that I am lazy, but some of these occur multiple times, and what not, so I am not adding dates or long lengthy details. In fact I may be very minimalistic today, as an attempt to highlight what I find as good music and comedy

Doggie Duty Soundtrack

This one is kind of recent, but it is hilarious nonetheless. It is a compilation of sorts.  It is a commercial for a fake movie, called Doggie Duty.

But then it also highlights the soundtrack to the movie, with great spins on some classic songs and great artists.  They basically take cool songs and make them about Dogs.  Some of the shit is so obscure and weird that, you have to be a music lover to get it.

That is why it works for me. Like I said, this was really recent, but the only recent song parody you hear is at the end. They keep it fresh and dig back.

For me, the moments that are hilarious are Fred Armisen as Randy Newman, He fucking hits it spot on,  I love the Spin Doctors reference, because I loved the Spin Doctors, and everyone should remember them, and that really is what the guy looked like. 

Also, Bill Hader as Clint Eastwood, makes no fucking sense, but I have heard Eastwood sing, and Hader is Spot on.

Finally, I will tell you the last singer is indeed Katy Perry, doing an awesome imitation. I love it.  I won’t tell you who she does I will leave that as a surprise.

Van Morrison Salutes St Patrick’s Day

First let me say that this is just the beginning of the Jimmy Fallon bits, for those of you that don’t realize it yet, I think he is a comic and musical genius.

At the same time, I love Van Morrison and as I have said before Van Morrison is one of the few artists that my father and I agree on. So there is a weird connection there for me.

Top it off now with the fact that I met  The woman of the house at a St Patrick’s Day Celebration thing(where I had more drinks than Fallon does in this clip) and not to mention The Woman is Irish (yes she is a mean drunk) ( No- Not really, but she swears a lot)(Only when she is drinking) (Which is constantly) (No that’s a joke, but you would think living with me would drive her to drink constantly) (I love you sweetie)

I used enough parenthesis in that last sentence to skin a cat.

Ok so put all that stuff together and what do you get, A jimmy Fallon masterpiece that is so fucking spot on it is unbelieavable.

One last note,  Even though the sketch is claimed to be sponsored by Guinness, Jimmy is drinking Light Beer, My understanding of why this happened was that they had tried various ways to make the guiness look full in the glass, without jimmy having to down full glasses of Guinness (Hey I like it too, but not 4 gallons in ten seconds)  So because they couldn’t do it, they cancelled the sketch, and the guys drank all the Guinness.   So then, someone realized they had extra time in the show, and the damn thing is live, so they added back last second  and grabbed whatever beer that they could.

So here man, and Happy early  St Patrick’s Day

Stevie Nicks’ Fajita Round Up

Ok, this brings up so many cool things. , First of all, If you have been playing along at home, then you are aware that I think Stevie Nicks is the shit.

So move along then.  Portraying Nicks is Lucy Lawless.  Who the Fuck is Lucy Lawless you ask?  She was Xena, from that Show Xena the warrior. Yeah it was a huge popular show.   Now she is in many different shows and movies.  But that is who she is.

On top of that she really is a singer with her own music career and she is not bad at all. Honestly it makes no sense how good she is at singing, when she is such an ass kicker.

She also does an incredible Stevie Nicks impersonation. It is hilarious, and funny as all hell. Andd it makes me hungry.   Oh and yes that is a young Jimmy Fallon playing the piano

lucy lawless by dummy-account

Stevie Wonder and Frank Sinatra write a hit!

As I explained yesterday, Saturday Night Live in the early 80’s  wasn’t in its prime.  But this is probably one of the funniest and best things that came out of that era.(ok maybe not but pretty damn close)

Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo were basically the stars of the shows in the 80s and everyone thought they would both become great stars. Well, people were half right.  I have no idea what became of Joe Piscopo, and we all know what happened with Eddie.

But in this scene they play Stevie Wonder and Frank Sinatra, and they both are god damn incredible.  I love Frank Sinatra and think that he is a great artist.  (I like Dean better but Frank will do)  I also appreciate  everything that Stevie Wonder does. Well most of it.

Honestly Piscopo does a great Frank, one of the best by a comedian. But Murphy’s Wonder is through the roof, and so spot on. He was a god damn star.

The song they do is also hilarious, as are their conversations. Really is a great thing.

Parodie Eddie Murphy & Joe Piscopo by PeteRock

Devin the Pandora Intern

This is another pretty recent one. And the premise behind it is completely ridiculous, but that is what makes it even more hilarious.

So we are sent to this make believe world that is the office of Pandora. I have no idea how Pandora actually works or what their offices look like, but I am pretty sure this is not it.  This looks more like a Star Trek set than anything else. But again that adds to the hilarity.

So then the power goes out, and Pandora loses its vocal feed, so in order to fix it, they have Devin their intern come in and sing the vocals of peoples different songs.   He is good

So it is Bruno Mars doing the imitations, and he doesn’t just do voices, he does mannerisms and singing styles.   I will tell you right away the first one is the worst. And it gets better and better.

Surprisingly he doesn’t do Elvis, which is weird because he got his start as an Elvis Impersonator.

I don’t want to spoil it, but when he grabs Jason Sudeikis’ hand for one of the legendary dance move I just about pissed myself.

So check it out, let the whole thing play through. Totally worth it.

With A Little Help From My Friends

We discussed Joe Cocker yesterday, so it should come as no surprise that John Belushi doing his impersonation  all alone has made the list.

Belushi does everything, vocally  mannerisms  over the top antics, beer everywhere.

This set the bar for all other musical imitations,  Belushi did this on the third episode of the show, at the request of Rob Reiner, the guest host of the night.  

This was the Musical guest performance. I mean that is how great it was, how revered it was that this was the Musical guest; John Belushi doing his old Joe Cocker impersonation. (he started doing it long before SNL existed.)

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The Miley Cyrus show, with guest Justin Bieber

So  this is from 2011, before Miley Cyrus got all crazy, and well Justin Bieber too.

 Vanessa Bayer is the SNL cast member who does a good old fashioned Miley. And she does the Miley Cyrus show every now and then.  (usually depends who is there)

So in this episode Bayer portrays Miley as always , so Miley comes out and portrays Biebs/.

Sure they make the stupid Salvia reference. (get over it Miley gets high. In retrospect some might wish that was the worst she ever did.)

But all in all. I think Miley is Hilarious as Bieber, and that is the point that I really wanted to get across, plus I always think it is cool when  celebrities are present when someone is impersonating them. It also has to be nerve racking for Bayer, to do it right there.

Oh BTW  Jason Sudeikis as Billy Ray Cyrus is Pretty Cool.

James Brown’s Celebrity Hot Tub Party

That title alone tells you how fucking Hilarious this is. I mean, seriously  who came up with this shit?

Eddie Murphy is undeniable as James Brown.  But what I really want to know is how they set up a God damn hot tub in the midst of a studio?  

I love that the band is ready for the whole thing and just wearing robes. Nothing looks as good as Murphy’s gold speedo.  His dancing is pretty killer as well . And the guy that gives him the cape, in perfect James Brown fashion.  I love it.

He dips his toe, then does the James Brown Heyyy.  Come on this whole thing is genius

Just watch!!

James brown celebrity hottub by codordog

Beyoncé and Jay Z introduce Blue Ivy

Maya Rudolph is incredible as Beyoncé  but  Jay Pharoah -the guy that does Jay Z  is fucking incredible. He looks nothing like him but he has the voice down so beautifully perfect.

Then the whole line of celebrities come in, Fred Armisen is Hilarious as Prince. Nicki Minaj is done by a girl that I don’t even know her name, but she is pretty good.

Well you know what, I don’t want to give it all away the whole thing is incredible, wait until you see Justin Timberlake.  It still makes me fall off my chair.  Seriously I love it.

“Did he just say don’t be a muggle?”

“I don’t know but White Butler is really into it!”

Check it

The Barry Gibb Talk Show

There are multiple multiple versions of this, and every time I find out Jimmy and/ or JT is going to be on the show, I get excited for the prospect of the  Barry Gibb talk show.

Typically Jimmy Fallon is known for his inability to get through sketches without cracking up. But when you get these two together on the Barry Gibb Talk Show  Justin Timberlake can’t control himself.

It is just a complete nonsense sketch revolved around Barry Gibb having a political talk show with his brother being his side man, and the two just sing everything. 

This is why I am so excited for this week’s episode. I can’t wait. Oh and BTW I haven’t gotten any RSVP’S for Saturday night, what’s the deal?

Ok, so  Those are the ten moments in SNL history that I believe are the greatest musical impersonations, as always, If I left something off let me know.

Again I hope that the clips last.  They were hard to find, but also the BG talk show was easy to find. NBC must want me to promote this week’s show for them.  Well I will. 

Memorable Musical Performances, From SNL

Memorable musical guest moments of Saturday Night Live.

So I tried to make Two separate lists for today; one was going to be sort of WTF moments, and the other were going to be OMG moments.  I thought it would be cool to title them “WTFSNL” and “OMGSNL”!

Well the problem was that there were too many moments that blurred the lines of both (Ev’ryBody Get Up!)  So I didn’t know where to put them.  Plus then I realized ranking them or doing them in any sort of order was going to be difficult as well.

So what I have decided to do was give you just a big pile of memorable moments in Saturday Night Live musical history.  Some are “good” some are “bad”. Some will make you say” hot damn” I love that, and some will make you cringe, and say “ oh no, don’t do that”  some will make you say  “I don’t understand why this is on here, that’s not cool at all” and all of them will make my dad say “Don’t you have anything better to do dammit?”  (On a side note of that, if anyone reading this comes in contact with my brother; please make him read this! I have called him and talked to him about it on numerous occasions, and he still hasn’t read any of my posts)

So hey I hope these make you laugh, and I hope all the links work. Again it is hard to find Saturday Night Live footage without the vultures of NBC picking it off the intraweb.  Still trying to reach Jimmy Fallon. I put a tweet out to Tom Hanks hoping maybe he could help. I mean Shit I gave That thing you Do the number 3 spot in my Fictional bands post.

Keep in mind again that these videos are hard to find.

Ok so here comes a trip down old memory lane…

Ashlee Simpson – October 23, 2004

I figured that if I didn’t start here you all would just be waiting for it the whole damn time.  Ok we all know she lip synched and then did a shitty jig for us all to watch; before sauntering off the stage totally embarrassed and leaving her band there to just keep playing for another half minute.

But what pissed me off was that she then blamed her band for playing the wrong song.  Come on Bitch you aren’t even that good of a singer and if your sister wasn’t so hilariously stupid, and you weren’t fucking Pete Wentz you would have never even had a career.

 Don’t you ever blame it on your band. Those are the underpaid motherfuckers that make your music at least half worth listening to.

She then called MTV on the following Monday and said that she had “severe acid reflux disease and had completely lost her voice and was advised not to sing by her doctor”   Well that doesn’t make sense, because your voice was working 100 percent fine when you threw your band under the bus; Bitch!

But she then said “her father made her use a vocal guide track for the performance, but her drummer hit the wrong button, which caused the wrong track to be played. “   Listen Sweetie, I have daddy issues to, but when I fuck up or make a fool out of myself I don’t blame him.  And, leave your drummer alone maybe he did hit the wrong button, but that was not a guide track. I have heard guide tracks, they aren’t usually that loud and clear.

And then she said “ I made a complete fool of myself”   Hey she got one right.  Her dad probably told her to say that though.

Ok, listen I am not against vocal guide track’s or lip synching due to illness or something like that.  In fact in some cases it makes concerts sound a little better, and also, it is better than cancelling last minute. 

So I don’t put her at fault for that, but to just leave the stage, and then all the different excuse, that is what bothers me and shows a complete lack of professionalism. (It’s  like a waiter who blames the cook, even though the waiter actually forgot to ring in your order and that’s why it’s taking 25 minutes for your fucking Mozzarella Sticks- Fuckin Applebee’s)

So here, enjoy, your order is up. 

Sirvana -  December 15, 2012

If you don’t know about this then where the fuck have you been?

Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Pat Smear, and Krist Novoselic

The final line up of Nirvana, plus Paul McCartney, are you shitting me. And you didn’t watch this.

Paul is left handed too!!!

I forgive the fact that Martin Short only introduced them as Paul McCartney, that is totally ok.

So they were doing a song that they had written together. They originally got together for the Hurricane Sandy relief concert. And they made this song for a movie that Grohl was making. But seriously this is totally awesome shit

Paul Mccartneys vocals are beautiful and a little more higher pitched then Kurt was, but the song has a totally frenzied Nirvana feeling to it. And Mccartneys slide guitar playing on that kick ass Cigar Box Guitar is fucking incredible. 

I always loved when McCartney screamed or had some growl in his voice like Helter Skelter  or Lady Madonna. And Grohl rocks the drum like he is god damned Animool from the Moopets

And Smear, well he just does his thing, and I have always thought he was solid, and he is just projecting so much fun into the thing. Novoselic meanwhile, has the same aloofness he had in the 90’s and I love it. But what I don’t know is what he is thinking at the end. To me he is either thinking, “ I wish Kurt was here for this” or “that was so good, I am saddened by it” I mean either way I admire both of those thoughts and maybe he was thinking both.

Anyway about it this is a cool moment that blew my mind

Cut Me Some Slack - McCartney, Grohl, Novoselic, Smear (SNL 12-15-2012) from Alan Queenero on Vimeo.

Simon and Garfunkel -  October 18, 1975

Under normal pretenses a Simon and Garfunkel performance would be totally cool as is, but this was even more special.

You see, Garfunkel, wanted to be an actor(with that face and hair?) And realistically lets be honest you are not supposed to mix business and pleasure.  So the group broke up once in 65 but got back together and then in 1970 called it quits indefinitely .  

So at this point they had gotten together once in 72 briefly,  so this was their second time together in the public eye in like 5 years.

So this was truly an amazing moment.  To put it into perspective folks, for me and weezer fans, it would be as if Rivers Cuomo and Matt Sharp appeared together, or  as if Andre 3000 and Big Boi got back together and did Bombs over Baghdad.  Or if any fucking band that you loved that broke up and then got back together.  Get it?

So the tension is so fucking heavy when Art walks in, the crowd is pissing their pants Paul doesn’t seem to be as excited as they are. Doesn’t even stand up, then he fucking starts jabbing at him,  I seriously think he was trying to make him feel dumb. Garfunkel doesn’t respond at all.  Then they just pick that shit right up where they left off.

After the first song they awkwardly touch each other and have a weird 2 part harmony conversation. That shit is so uncomfortable, the audience has no idea how to react  But the songs are still good, their harmonies are incredible(they always were)

After this performance they  stayed away from each other for 6 more years, when they played a concert in Central Park for over 500,000 people.  That’s a lot of people. 

But this night this was a memorable night.

Simon & Garfunkel - SNL, October 18, 1975 from Simon and Garfunkel News on Vimeo.

Beck – October 28, 2006

Ok, this was a great episode all around, and was the night that Dr. House was the host. There will be a moment from that coming up at some point in the next few days, but this performance by Beck was off the fucking chain.

Let me first say that I love Beck and think that he is one of the coolest guys in town, also, putys on the meanest awesomest live shows.  That being said this performance was no different.

 This is a rare Beck song that appears on the remix album he made called Guerolito.

This is such a great musical performance and seriously when I saw it I was so fucking taken aback. I mean the song is so dope to begin with, but sit your band at a dinner table and have them play every fucking thing on it , now you are thinking outside the box. 

And speaking of boxes, they got those god damn marionettes of them selves doing exactly what they are doing.  That is so cool, it’s like extra  art for your eyes.

And the breakdown with the extra percussive shit, Beck plays a roll, then does a kick ass harmonica solo, and yells as he plays, and adds extra words and gets all crazy.

Maybe you won’t appreciate this the way I did, but I thought it was the coolest thing that I had ever seen the moment I saw it, Obviously it really isn’t but at the time.. .

This is a link to a Japanese video so don’t be alarmed by the ads or letters you might so, but feel free to question why it is subtitled in American English, I don’t get it either. Also you have to click on it for it to become a video. it works it is not crazy I promise .

Joe Cocker - October 2, 1976

If anyone in my immediate or very close family says they watched this live and remember it, I will call bull shit, because I don’t think my parents  were showing SNL at their Wedding Reception!!

By The way, Happy belated anniversary Mom and Dad,

So this was an incredible performance, and you know what this time I am not going to explain, other than to say that No The dapper man playing the saxophone is not Muhammad Ali .

Ok so watch the video then I will tell you more.

See what I  am talking about.  That was fucking awesome and incredible. Is it comedy, maybe, is it imitation, of course, but isn’t that the best form of flattery . I mean realistically Joe Cocker made himself famous by doing other peoples songs.

And The best part is that I think Belushi does it a little better, also, I think Cocker purposely toned down his mannerisms  whish makes Belushi look over the top, but I have seen videos of Cocker where he gets wild.

I mean the matching outfits the crazy antics and both of them dropping great vocals. Its awesome.

How about Belushi grabbing a Miller High Life in the midst of the song, and offering it to Joe who refused  even though at that time was a known  severe alcoholic.  But actually it was through his success in 76 he got a new manager and made a great comeback, because the manager made him sober up.

Also,   what is really cool, for me personally is that Joe Cocker’s real name is John Robert Cocker. , which if you don’t know my full name is John Robert Wade. I was actually named after my 2 grandfathers, but it is a cool coincidence.

Oh and this probably isn’t the last you will be seeing from either of these guys this week

And finally for those of you that don’t know - Joe Cocker suffers from expressive language disorder. Which he has had his whole life, which makes interviewing him a bit of a task, and also what helped him make his own style, and also was the reason behind him doing so many covers.

Ok, Moving Along

Fear  - October 31, 1981

Now this is fucking Punk Rock.

It’s the Halloween episode on Halloween, Hosted by the original Doctor Loomis from the Halloween series.   So that is awesome enough. By the way he is just trying to get the audience to give the band a chance at the beginning .

But this was the 80’s when Lorne Michaels was not around.  Look into that on your own time. I don’t have time to tell you about that whole debacle.  So the show was being run by Dick Ebersol. But just so you know, not much good came from that era. For Fucks sake they stopped saying Live From New York Its Saturday Night. I mean come on son, that’s bull shit

So the producers wanted to make the show a little better by putting an old favorite in the episode. One of my heroes -John Belushi.   But you see Belushi was as fed up with the shitty era of SNL as the rest of the world was.  (really quickly, in my opinion, had they not had Eddie Murphy the show would have died by 1982. )

So Belushi agreed he would do the show, but only if his favorite punk band from LA was the musical guest. Well, SNL agreed and we were given the gem that you see here.

The band brought in it’s own mosh pit which included Belushi, and Ian MacKaye(Fugazi) and like 25 to 40 other dudes, they tore shit up.  I mean tore shit up, they had just a crazy ass mosh pit, fucking stage dives and craziness.

I mean the performance isn’t nessicarily the best, the rest of the crowd hated it, It was so beautiful in the way it was opposite anything that SNL ever was.  The studio Audience just hates it and screams you suck during every break. The band eats it up and just tries to be friends, they offered the crowd money to be their friends

Fear by the way is led by lead singer Lee Ving, who played Mr. Boddy in the Clue movie if you ever saw that. Ving at one point says, “It’s nice to be in Jersey” which just pisses off the crowd more.

This was just one of the most craziest ruckus events that has ever happened at 30 rock, by the time they got to their 3^rd song they just went to commercial.  But by that point the damage had been done.  I have seen estimates on differernt accounts that range from 20,000 dollars all the way to 500,000.  If I ever get in contact with SNL, I will attempt to find the real price.

 So here, check this out. It doesn’t get more punk than this.

Frank Zappa -  1976 December 11,1976

Really quickly I just want to say that I learned about Frank Zappa after seeing this video  from my Aunt Karen and my Uncle Mark. I have never publicly addressed this, but those two people taught me about music, life , acceptance, and just all the coolest shit, that you could want to learn about.  I miss them very much.  Very much. Even though my Aunt lost the battle to cancer, I still consider Uncle Mark my uncle, even if he never was my dad’s brother in law. My aunt Karen is the person in my life who taught me that it was ok to question everything.   I mean they had a giant Beatles poster in their basement. And a loud stereo in every room. So fucking cool!!

I will be totally honest with you, this is the reason that I like Frank Zappa, and if you are not into Frank Zappa, I will totally give you a pass on that one.  It is an acquired taste.

That being said, I think this will totally make you want to check out more of frank Zappa.  I mean he is a fucking performer  for the sake of performing, and this a great performance.

He modulates his vocals, he appears in the drum set, yeah that is a cool moment.

My favorite part is when Don Fucking Pardo , the man that has been SNL’s announcer forever  speaks a verse of the song, and not only that but as he is doing that, Frank displays the lyrics on a chalkboard and just teaches them to the audience.

Then out of nowhere the song takes a literal turn and the tv actually gets covered with slime.

One thing to remember too, about this whole thing was that Frank Zappa didn’t do drugs.  Seriously.  He didn’t hate them and was against the “war on drugs” but he, himself did not do them.

It is seriously one of the coolest odd ball performances that there is out there. I love it.  Please watch this and enjoy it.  It is so worth it.

Frank Zappa - I`m  The Slime - 1976 by gyrgyl25

Sinead O Connor – October 3,1992

There it is, the elephant in the room that everyone has been waiting to talk about.

In my opinion, the most controversial musical moment in SNL history.

Was it good, The fucking song was incredible, an awesome a cappella version of Bob Marley’s War. It was really good, I don’t think that you can deny that at all. It was raw and full of emotion.

We thought she was singing a nice song and she was then all of a sudden it happened.  First she changed a lyric to fight child abuse, no big deal, Child abause is bad, but then as she sang the word evil…. Ok just watch, I will see you when it’s done

War - Sinéad O'CONNOR ( a cappella) on TV in 1992 by Petite-Pince-Sans-Rire

Ok, that’s some deep shit, What did you think?

Me personally I fucking loved it. For those of you that do not know I am atheist, and proud of it, but that has nothing to do with why I loved this. (Hell I was an altar boy in my younger days…..No nothing happened it, it was actually an enlightening experience)

She was out there speaking of the child sex scandals of the Catholic Church, and at that time, that shit was taboo.  We now know that the church was hiding a lot of things, so maybe Sinead had a point.

Look, first thing you should know is that the guy in charge of putting on the applause sign purposely did not. NBC did not want to be associated with this at all. So that created a lot of awkward silence in the room, and at home.

Sinead stuck to her guns and never regretted it, and always spread the same message, and that is not something you see everyday, even when people were smashing her albums she never apologized.  That is some balls

I seriously think it is a cool performance and totally drives the point home.  Sorry if you disagree, but shit, it got people talking, and she is a good singer.

And, that’s all I have to say about that (Forrest Gump Voice)

Nirvana - January 11, 1992

This was the moment that made me forever love Nirvana.  Forget the fact that they performed Smells like teen spirit, forget the fact that they made out at the end of the show, My moment was when they performed Territorial Pissings

Territorial Pissings is still one of my favorite Nirvana songs.  And this particular night they performed the shit out of it.

They looked cool as hell. Novoselic was much more into this performance than he was with Paul, I mean He does the cool intro part which is one of the things that I love about the song.

Dave Grohl plays a giant minimal  drum set at the fucking speed of light, he pounds the shit out of that stuff.

But then when they finish that is one the fun begins. They take out all their angst on their equipment.  Cobain jams the head of his guitar into his speaker. Novoselic chucks his bass into the air, and Grohl treats his drumset like it owes him fifty bucks.  At one point Novoselic throws a cymbal back towords Grohl, that looks like it hits him.

Seriously it is an awesome moment.  Please enjoy it.

territorial pissings - Nirvana live @ sarurday nig… - MyVideo

Elvis Costello – December 17, 1977

This is an event that to me is one of the coolest ever.  

First things first, I love Elvis Costello, and think he is one of the coolest guys ever.  To top it off, this is one of my favorite Elvis Costello songs so this is the shit.

It was a normal night Costello sang Watching The Detectives first,  which was awesome, then for his second song, He started playing Less than Zero, which was the song Lorne Michaels wanted him to play, but the problem was, Less than Zero is about Oswald Mosley, A british Politician. Costello felt the song meant nothing in America.

So Costello played Radio Radio, an anti-commercialism, anti-Radio, anti-broadcast and network establishment song, that Lorne Michaels did not want him to play.

The song kicks ass and is so good, why the Fuck would you not want him to play it.

Well needless to say Lorne Michaels was not impressed and banned Costello from the show. (there are also some reports that say Michaels gave Costello the finger through the entire performance.)

Come on this is a gem, and seriously ban Elvis Costello? Fuck you.  Check it out

The ban did not last forever, and one night this happened which is equally if not 10 times fucking cooler than the original….

So there it is after much debate There they are.  I don’t know how many subjects I covered looks like 10 or so, I don’t know, and I just re watched the Fear video, so I don’t fucking care. 

I hope you are enjoying this and let me know if you remember something I didn’t .

Ps. Still haven’t heard back from Jimmy Fallon or Tom Hanks  :-(