Fred Armisen was obviously a Johnny Rotten-type character here, but as a friend correctly observed, he was talking like Joe Strummer during the live stuff.
Fred w/ MJ post-B.A.D. Roseland 2011 gig...
Fred the punk back in the day. I think his t-shirt reads "Know Your Rights."
I think this might have been it. Not a single release, so I don't know. They tend to play popular, safe-friendly music that's on the radio, in the lobby, not just your normal safe-friendly music.
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Total shit.
That skit was basically directed at us. Not sure others will find it quite so funny.
"Oy! That's the prime minister you're talking about. Be deeecent."
"She works every day of the week. Including Saturday!"
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
That skit was basically directed at us. Not sure others will find it quite so funny.
"Oy! That's the prime minister you're talking about. Be deeecent."
"She works every day of the week. Including Saturday!"
That was definitely my favorite part. And you're absolutely right -- I howled at that and VH didn't get it. He thought the skit was funny overall, but he has no idea who Bill Grundy is or about John Lydon's speech patterns.
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Chuck Mangione wrote:I think this might have been it. Not a single release, so I don't know. They tend to play popular, safe-friendly music that's on the radio, in the lobby, not just your normal safe-friendly music.
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Total shit.
I'm surprised you hadn't heard that. It's on the Burning London tribute album from the late-90's.
As far as current SNL'ers go, Bill Hader is my favorite. Oklahoma boy who loves Niel Gaiman. I respect that.
I'm so punk, I don't even take my leather jacket off when it catches fire. Which it does frequently, because of how fucking punk I am.
Chuck Mangione wrote:Don't believe I've listened to Burning London yet, and if I did I probably skipped over it.
It isn't very good. I like Radio Clash, the rest is either very bad or ordinary. The cover of London's Burning is one of the most wretched things I've ever heard.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
Chuck Mangione wrote:Don't believe I've listened to Burning London yet, and if I did I probably skipped over it.
It isn't very good. I like Radio Clash, the rest is either very bad or ordinary. The cover of London's Burning is one of the most wretched things I've ever heard.
I remember being disappointed when I read that Joe liked Silverchair's version. They must have been tickled by the news though.
Conan: Did you like the Clash? John: No. Isn't that good enough? No, no, no. Conan: Oh Come on, elaborate. Why, did you guys think you were trying to do different things? John: Well, their kind of songwriting really was just a few quotes from Karl Marx around a merry little melody. Conan: With a driving back beat that just wouldn't quit!
Chuck Mangione wrote:Don't believe I've listened to Burning London yet, and if I did I probably skipped over it.
It isn't very good. I like Radio Clash, the rest is either very bad or ordinary. The cover of London's Burning is one of the most wretched things I've ever heard.
Chuck Mangione wrote:Don't believe I've listened to Burning London yet, and if I did I probably skipped over it.
It's useless. Only the Mighty Mighty Bostones cover of Rudie Can't Fail is enjoyably. With an exception: how much do you enjoy Rancid? I like them but there are a million better choices for them to cover rather than Cheat.
I'm so punk, I don't even take my leather jacket off when it catches fire. Which it does frequently, because of how fucking punk I am.
