Saturday Night Live

maybe best ep period

i'd be really impressed with this arcade fire performance if i've literally never heard music before

lol whiney

The arcade fire lady's "help I'm trapped in a space cube" thing was funny

For the first two mins i thought they brought back the Sprockets sketch

C'mon guys, let's just be glad someone's bringing back the 80s finally.

It's no secret I'm a Kate McKinnon stan, but I want to see them develop her smoking ER doctor from the cold open into a proper character.

― Johnny Fever, Sunday, September 29, 2013 3:34 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yessss that was incredible

I don't always enjoy Arcade Fire's music but every TV appearance I've seen has been hilariously entertaining

Mirrorbox Regine toooootally reminds me of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDMBtQjS1bQ&t=1m50s

Wait that's supposed to load at 1:50

i'd be really impressed with this arcade fire performance if i've literally never heard music before

target audience, tbf

Did anyone get what Strong said at the end, where they both say something at the same time? 'Bite to butt' or something.

In rehearsal, it was "the shoes that say 'look out, world!'/'I eat ass!'" I don't know what they said live. I liked Tina's "I saw you on House Hunters you picked the wrong house bitch" line. I love that sketch

it was "butt to butt" btw

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2012/08/the-15-most-uncomfortable-moments-of-female-nudity-in-movies/requiem-for-a-dream

Fast-forwarding through Arcade Fire on SNL is a beloved yearly tradition for me, like Christmas or juggalo infomercials.

i am confused by who they are for

Rich man's Mumford and Sons.

they seem to be a band for people who pride themselves on liking music, so i would think that such people would have an inkling of what it means to like music?

i don't mean this normatively or anything, or maybe i do. they sort of remind me of better than ezra or the verve pipe or something with this deeply emoted corporalternative enactment of 'rock'

they sort of remind me of a more fun version of Polyphonic Spree

Yeah, but Arcade Fire never made a cameo on Scrubs, thus they lose.

god they're not THAT bad

I liked flamboyant goon tie's hair.

which one was he?
i think arcade fire are fine. i'm not a big fan but they're no lumineers.

fwiw the PSpree comparison has nothing to do with style of music and everything to do with the number of ppl on stage and how much fun they appear to be having

Wasn't everyone in Texas a member of Polyphonic Spree at some point?

"Too many people on stage" is practically a genre.

called "rap"

"Too many white people on stage with mandolins other inaudible instruments" is practically a genre.

Yes there were definitely no poc on stage

Well yeah, but they were up the back providing the 'Haitian rhythms' the white people couldn't figure out how to dance to...

fucking white ppl rite

http://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_losovterVJ1qf7r5lo1_500.gif

eat yr heart out arcade fire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXydX9p_ZxA

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/5244/whiteguys.jpg

adding two drummers from the caribbean for a tour is such an amazingly 80s gimmick. waiting on a red red wine cover.

caribbean drummers amirite

like hello the 80s called

I'd guess the model is I Zimbra/Remain In Light era Talking Heads, with additional disco dub 12"s.

more music should ape "I Zimbra" IMO

^^^^

^^^^

Regine's dad is black Haitian, her mom is mixed, she's the only fair-skinned member of her family, I don't know if she identifies as white or a poc

"Now boarding...all farters."

still cracking up at that

Namely the evil grin Moynihan gave before boarding

kind of want Moynihan and Thompson to get a buddy sketch show

Bobby M's face was precious.

Dear lord I hate arcade fire.

best meta episode of SNL was the Charles Grodin ep from (I think) season 1?

No, third season. See bumped Grodin thread.

Personally I loved the line in the drunk ex-porn stars sketch about "some shoes are flat... they are for nurses." Truth bomb right there.

am I the only person who loved that new guy's "stand up comic" character during Weekend Update? That was some Neil Hamburger shit

haha yeah that was good. loved his "USA" 90s leather jacket