Hahaha...is that true? I can't think of a more sure-fire way to actively discourage me from buying a CD.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 21 February 2004 21:17 (twenty years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Saturday, 21 February 2004 21:25 (twenty years ago) link
― Mr Deeds (Mr Deeds), Saturday, 21 February 2004 21:35 (twenty years ago) link
You know, I mill the drug. I don´t use the drug.
I have this feeling Ryan Adams wishes he was John Mayer now.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 21 February 2004 21:50 (twenty years ago) link
― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Saturday, 21 February 2004 21:59 (twenty years ago) link
― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Saturday, 21 February 2004 22:02 (twenty years ago) link
What song will they play?
― Aja (aja), Saturday, 21 February 2004 22:03 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 21 February 2004 22:04 (twenty years ago) link
― Aja (aja), Saturday, 21 February 2004 22:06 (twenty years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 21 February 2004 22:14 (twenty years ago) link
― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Saturday, 21 February 2004 23:08 (twenty years ago) link
― Scott, Saturday, 21 February 2004 23:12 (twenty years ago) link
uhhh
hear anything, rather.
― Scott, Saturday, 21 February 2004 23:13 (twenty years ago) link
They don't commit that much, the vocals a little bit. Possibly the dreaded Jam. meets John Mayer.
Early copies of Maroon 5's album came w/ wee stickers with praise from John Mayer
This type of thing happens all the time - I've seen 'indie' albums praised by the likes of that dude from 3 Doors Down and that dude from Creed. etc. And as Alexn'NYC this allows me to save time by immediately throwing said CDs into the I will never listen to this so long as I live and don't get a bad case of amnesia which would make me forget any music knowledge I might otherwise have accumulated pile.
― christhamrin (christhamrin), Saturday, 21 February 2004 23:34 (twenty years ago) link
This is how The Strokes got popular, now.. remember, folks.
― donut bitch (donut), Sunday, 22 February 2004 00:13 (twenty years ago) link
― christhamrin (christhamrin), Sunday, 22 February 2004 00:53 (twenty years ago) link
― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Sunday, 22 February 2004 01:17 (twenty years ago) link
― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Sunday, 22 February 2004 01:18 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Sunday, 22 February 2004 01:20 (twenty years ago) link
So many times I've gotten those two confused.
― Aja (aja), Sunday, 22 February 2004 01:21 (twenty years ago) link
― christhamrin (christhamrin), Sunday, 22 February 2004 01:28 (twenty years ago) link
― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Sunday, 22 February 2004 02:04 (twenty years ago) link
1) Maroon 5 were about as forgettable a band as has ever existed, and
2) SNL's humor comes from the rare moments it veers off formula, which isn't often. The female stars on the show SUCK, and the men aren't much better.
― Baked Bean Teeth (Baked Bean Teeth), Sunday, 22 February 2004 05:36 (twenty years ago) link
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Sunday, 22 February 2004 06:10 (twenty years ago) link
That one Maroon 5 song, the new single "This love" is actually, surprisingly good. His voice is really good and the song is super catchy, and R&B based and just sounds like a great pop-rock song.
― David Allen (David Allen), Sunday, 22 February 2004 06:14 (twenty years ago) link
Everything Will Forte did was very funny, but that's not shocking. That guy needs to step up and take over the show, Ferrell-style.
― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Sunday, 22 February 2004 20:11 (twenty years ago) link
Amy Poehler, Fred Armisen, Will Forte, Tina Fey, Chris Parnell, and Seth Meyers can all be really great when they are allowed to shine.
― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Sunday, 22 February 2004 20:14 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Sunday, 22 February 2004 20:20 (twenty years ago) link
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Sunday, 22 February 2004 20:20 (twenty years ago) link
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Sunday, 22 February 2004 20:22 (twenty years ago) link
― Bryan (Bryan), Sunday, 22 February 2004 20:25 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 22 February 2004 20:56 (twenty years ago) link
― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Sunday, 22 February 2004 20:59 (twenty years ago) link
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Sunday, 22 February 2004 21:02 (twenty years ago) link
― Al (sitcom), Sunday, 22 February 2004 21:05 (twenty years ago) link
They really need to get some surefire good hosts, because that's half the problem lately. They need to pull out the big guns and book Christopher Walken again. It'd be good if they got Ray Romano too, since both times he's hosted were well above average.
― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Sunday, 22 February 2004 21:06 (twenty years ago) link
What are you talking about?
I like "This Love" more, but I don't even really like that.
― Aja (aja), Sunday, 22 February 2004 21:07 (twenty years ago) link
And they should make Forte the new full-time Bush impersonator (Oh my fucking GOD Hammond is bad at Bush!), and get back to harshly mocking Bush as they did when Ferrell had the role.
― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Sunday, 22 February 2004 21:08 (twenty years ago) link
I also think I've decided that the current SNL News might be my favorite ever. (Tina Fey is so great on that).
OTM about Hammond's Bush sucking (which is wierd becaue he's usually such a great mimic --- His Donahue on the Xtina episode killed me)....
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Sunday, 22 February 2004 21:11 (twenty years ago) link
The cast is the best it's been in years. The problem is that they've been hiring awful hosts and writing the entire show around them. Every sketch is about Xtina or Nick and Jessica or whoever, they aren't writing regular sketches.
― Colin Beckett (Colin Beckett), Sunday, 22 February 2004 21:15 (twenty years ago) link
An aquaintance of mine who writes for the show said JT was one of the funniest people he'd ever met.
― Colin Beckett (Colin Beckett), Sunday, 22 February 2004 21:17 (twenty years ago) link
― Aja (aja), Sunday, 22 February 2004 21:18 (twenty years ago) link
― Al (sitcom), Sunday, 22 February 2004 21:18 (twenty years ago) link
Baldwin's been on a few times (in the mid 90's) and he was always hilarious.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 22 February 2004 21:19 (twenty years ago) link
I think that if for some reason Jon Stewart leaves the Daily Show, they should get Tina Fey to be the new host. She'd be great on that show.
Forte and Meyers are definitely the future of this show, though. They need to push them in the spotlight more. Forte's bit last night on Weekend Update was especially funny. His comedy style is strange and somewhat unique, which is what the show really needs right now.
Jimmy Fallon has his moments, but he's more often than not very annoying. Hopefully he'll be gone in a season or two and he'll start making awful movies. Horatio Sanz can be very funny, but any time he is paired with Fallon, you are guaranteed that it's going to be embarassing and unfunny. Chris Parnell has a narrow range, but he's great at what he does. Maya Rudolph and Rachel Dratch can be funny, but too often they rely on silly voices and exaggerated facial expressions to get across a joke, which is a setback.
Fred Armisen is a funny guy, but I get the sense that he is on the wrong show. His best stuff is very subtle and plays off of detail - he's style is a bit like a cross between the Best Show On WFMU and Christopher Guest movies, and I don't think the mainstream is necessarily the most comfortable place for him to be. Sometimes he can do stuff on the show which fits in well - his Prince impression was really funny and accurate - but I think he'll do much better things later on in his career.
― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Sunday, 22 February 2004 21:22 (twenty years ago) link
― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Sunday, 22 February 2004 21:25 (twenty years ago) link
Matthew, I do like Fallon on the News, but if he does one more sketch (like the White Stripes one on the Barrymore episode) where it's like "HEY EVERYBODY! I PLAY GUITAR!!! I CAN SING!! HEE HEE HEE!" I'm going to puke....I never thought I'd say "poor-man's Adam Sandler" but there you go...Yeah, and your right about him and Horatio...it's like nobody thinks you guys are as funny as you do....quit cracking up fer chrissakes.
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Sunday, 22 February 2004 21:25 (twenty years ago) link
Compared to the high school talent show garbage they air today (which borders tenuously on poop jokes), the earlier incarnations (especially the over-celebrated "golden age" of Belushi/Ackroyd) are high art.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 22 February 2004 21:29 (twenty years ago) link
Fallon's Irish guys sketch is basically a variation on Meyers' shitty Scottish jokes, his stoner webcam tv thing with Horatio is a variation on Wayne's World. It goes on and on, really.
Jimmy's funny when he's being himself, but he's so often aping other people's bits or doing unfunny lcd jokes that he rarely gets a chance to do that anymore. Fallon just strikes me as a guy who is desperate to be loved and popular, and that fucks him up more than anything else.
― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Sunday, 22 February 2004 21:30 (twenty years ago) link
That was funny.
― Aja (aja), Sunday, 22 February 2004 21:31 (twenty years ago) link