Saturday Night Live: 10 Memorable Performances in the Last 25 Years
Submitted by wheat on Tue, 02/20/2001 - 10:20
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- The McGarrigle Sisters
- John & Yoko (too stoned to take Lorne Michaels up on his $3000 offer)
- Patti Smith
- 10,000 Maniacs
- REM
- k.d.lang
- Nirvana
- Bruce Springsteen
- Spin Doctors
- Dave Matthews Band
Author Comments:
This list is in more or less chronological order, as I remember seeing these acts, all of them live. The second one fits in with an interview I read.
The show was funnier in the 70s, but the music was better in the late 80s and early 90s. I didn't listen to much commercial radio between 1972 and 1987. Did I miss anything?
Elvis Costello breaking in mid-song to switch into a blazing version of Radio, Radio. Classic.
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs