Post subject: The Onion AV Club's #7 Best SNL Performance
Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 5:42 pm
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I can't post the text because I can't get to the site from work, but last night I saw that the 92 SNL appearance made the list. 94 was noted, but with no mention of the context (Kurt's death). I would' ve thought that would have given it the advantage over 92. Pretty cool nonetheless.
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7. April 22, 1992—Pearl Jam
Nirvana was, appropriately enough, the first of the Seattle grunge bands to play Saturday Night Live, in January of '92, and their storming versions of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and "Territorial Pissings"—along with their 1993 performances of "Heart Shaped Box" and "Rape Me"—are among the band's best broadcast footage. But though it may be rock-critic sacrilege to say so, Pearl Jam's two visits to the show in April of '92 and April of '94 are even better, showing how grunge's debt to '70s arena rock could be honorably repaid. It's tough to choose which night was superior, especially since the '94 set came when Pearl Jam was at a creative and commercial peak, but the band's SNL debut gets a slight edge because of its revelatory power, manifested in the inspiring, heart-stopping version of "Alive." This definitely wasn't punk, and it sure wasn't hair-metal. It was accessible, earnest, and refreshingly un-slick.
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I don't know if I have a preference. They were all so good. I'd love for them to do SNL again.
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welaughindoors wrote:
anybody know when pearl jam is going to do letterman again, or did i already miss it?
you haven't. I'm hoping right before the release but nothing's been said.
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But then you'd have wade through an hour of the worst jokes on TV to see them.
plus, right after WWS finishes, you'd have to listen to the announcer say "Tonight's musicial guest was brought to you by Budweiser."
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punkdavid wrote:
Kesseli wrote:
stip wrote:
I'd love for them to do SNL again.
that wud be cool
But then you'd have wade through an hour of the worst jokes on TV to see them.
not if I wait for someone to post the clip here.
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