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Post by matsrule on Feb 10, 2015 21:56:04 GMT -5
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Post by matsrule on Feb 10, 2015 21:57:18 GMT -5
Crazy performances
But nonetheless
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Post by nyc1lkg on Feb 11, 2015 14:44:14 GMT -5
thanks for posting this. as I was scrolling down the list I was starting to boil.....until I reached #10!
10) The Replacements (1986)
It's hard to remember, but in its heyday, “SNL” didn't just hire musicians at the top of the charts. Instead, it acted like a curator, giving sounds at the margin the broader airing they deserved. Unfortunately, the famously drunken Replacements brought a bit too much edge (and God knows what else) to their shambolic performance of "Bastards of Young" on “SNL.” They fumbled around, missed vocal cues and generally acted like brats. Even so, their memorably "loose" performance gave the '80s most underappreciated rock band a cherished national shot.
Bratty, fumbling around, missing cues? Sounds like a summary of The Replacements’ 1986 appearance on ‘SNL.’NBCBratty, fumbling around, missing cues? Sounds like a summary of The Replacements’ 1986 appearance on ‘SNL.’
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Post by ClamsCasino on Feb 11, 2015 22:19:02 GMT -5
Crazy performances But nonetheless Yeah, it's not actually a top ten. It's a "most talked about" list. So it actually includes the most notoriously awful performances. |
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Post by watts on Feb 14, 2015 4:57:53 GMT -5
The myth that the Mats were very drunk and their performance was 'shambolic' is complete and utter bullshit. The performance was taut, impassioned and tight.
Bet you a dollar to a dime most people who've written about the SNL performances - all those little blog hipsters and whatnot - have never seen the clips.
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Post by anarkissed on Feb 14, 2015 22:37:48 GMT -5
The myth that the Mats were very drunk and their performance was 'shambolic' is complete and utter bullshit. The performance was taut, impassioned and tight. I've always thought the same thing..."Bastards of Young" is just about everything I would ever hope to see from them...I think maybe it was just shocking to the uninitiated, who were maybe used to seeing something a little more polished, and I think sometimes even more knowledgable people just wanted to play up the "drunk, shambolic" aspect because it made a better story...It's loud and anarchic, but that's the whole idea, isn't it? And out of the very near chaos, Bob and Paul do that twin lead guitar thing...Also supports my longstanding theory that Chris really was the glue that allowed the other three to be all over the place and over the top: he is spot on here...A severely underrated drummer...And Tommy? That may be the most real punk rock guy I've ever seen... |
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Post by wiser's deluxe on Mar 6, 2015 3:38:53 GMT -5
The myth that the Mats were very drunk and their performance was 'shambolic' is complete and utter bullshit. The performance was taut, impassioned and tight. I've always thought the same thing..."Bastards of Young" is just about everything I would ever hope to see from them...I think maybe it was just shocking to the uninitiated, who were maybe used to seeing something a little more polished, and I think sometimes even more knowledgable people just wanted to play up the "drunk, shambolic" aspect because it made a better story...It's loud and anarchic, but that's the whole idea, isn't it? And out of the very near chaos, Bob and Paul do that twin lead guitar thing...Also supports my longstanding theory that Chris really was the glue that allowed the other three to be all over the place and over the top: he is spot on here...A severely underrated drummer...And Tommy? That may be the most real punk rock guy I've ever seen... you're right, this was something different to the uninitiated at a time the audience was expecting, what?, a lipsynching milli vanilli bridge between one forgotten skit and another. from what i saw, the band was so tight and rollicking to open it's initial set that it was unnerved of how good the initial vibe was. it seems to me that about two minutes in, Paul realized this and, as if on cue, the "mats-like" unraveling began more purposefully than by accident. what followed was something we fans can truly cherish, a disdain for what counts as perfection, sober, drunk or inbetween. oddly enough, that's what has always made the 'mats count with me. 1, 2, 3, 7. |
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Post by Chris on Mar 6, 2015 6:36:54 GMT -5
Agreed. Most listeners today aren't accustomed to such raw performance, and to think this was 1986, the year that gave us "Papa Don't Preach," "Rock Me Amadeus" and the chart topping hit by Eddie Murphy "Party All the Time".... Some bands still played rock music, but these guys breathed it, and that performance exudes it in naked and glorious fashion.
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Post by Otto Jr. on Mar 6, 2015 8:51:02 GMT -5
So, did anyone who actually has VH1Classic bother to record anything?
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