The Foo Fighters were the music guests on this past weekend’s episode of Saturday Night Live, which saw Oscar award winning actress Helen Mirren as host. The American rock band took the stage to perform some tracks from their album “Wasting Light”, namely the lead single “Rope” and “Walk”. It was a solid effort and it looks like their appearance on SNL has paid off as their album has since gotten back in the top 10 on the US iTunes. I’ve always been a fan of the Foo Fighters so I’m really happy that they’re garnering success for their current record.
Foo Fighters – Rope – SNL Performance Video
Foo Fighters – Walk – SNL Performance Video
Miley Cyrus poked fun at herself and a few other headline-making celebrities during her opening monologue on Saturday Night Live this past weekend. The Disney singer/actress addressed her previous controversies singing “There’s a photo of me being kissed by some dude and [photographer] Annie Leibovitz trying to get me nude. For those of you who think that’s very crude, I’m sorry that I’m not perfect.” In another verse, she pokes fun at Lindsay Lohan and Tiger Woods, singing “I never stole a necklace or got a DUI. Never cheated on my wife like that golfer guy. So what you can see a little boob from the side? I’m sorry I’m not perfect.” Kristen Wiig and Bobby Moynihan also chimed in, saying “You didn’t make a dirty tape and pass it along. You didn’t text a photo of your dong.” To which Miley replied “Don’t both of these things seem worse than a bong?” Epic. She also did an impersonation of Justin Bieber in a skit.
Kanye West is back with a new song called Power which features soul singer Dwele. The song is off of the rappers forthcoming album, tentatively called Good Ass Job. In the song, Kanye attacks Saturday Night Live for mocking him after his infamous interruption of Taylor Swifts win during last years MTV VMAs. The lyrics go Fk SNL and the whole cast, tell them Yeezy said they can kiss my whole ass / More specifically, they can kiss my ahole / Im an ahole? You nas got jokes. They say I was the abomination of Obamas nation, well thats a really bad way to start the conversation / At the end of the day, God Dammit, Im killing this st, I know damn well they feeling this shit / I dont need your py, bch, cause Im on my own d**k.
The MacGruber soundtrack will hit store shelves on Tuesday, May 18, and Kristen Wiig is lending her vocal chops to a couple of the songs. I especially love the track ?Champion?. It?s 80s style music that?s guaranteed to stay stuck in your head for a long while. The Saturday Night Live comedienne is actually featured in three tracks total. Other songs on the soundtrack are from Toto, The Hives, The Black Keys, Michael Bolton and many more. There are a total of 15 tracks on the album. Go and grab it when it comes out! Kristen?s songs are enough to make you say that it?s worth it.
According to sources, rapper Jay-Z will be the musical guest for the special Mother?s Day episode of Saturday Night Live on May 8. Former ?Golden Girls? actress Betty White will be co-hosting the night with 6 former female SNL cast members ? Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Molly Shannon, Maya Rudolph, Ana Gasteyer and Rachel Dratch. Betty was recently asked if she knew that Jay-Z was going to be the musical guest. She said ?I really didn?t, in all honesty. I was just so thrilled when I heard that Tina and the girls were going to do it, I have tried not to have anything to say [on the creative end]. It?s their show. All I have is veto power. If anything comes up that I don?t feel comfortable doing, I can say, ?Can we go in another direction?? They know what they?re doing far better than I do, so I didn?t even get into the musical end of it.?
If you missed out on Taylor Swift?s guest hosting gig on Saturday Night Live, you pretty much missed on one of the greatest episodes of the comedy show ever. The country singer sang and played guitar to ?Monologue Song (La La La)?. She killed it! Here are some sample lyrics: ?You might think I?d bring up Joe [Jonas], that guy who broke up with me on the phone, but I?m not gonna mention him in my monologue. Hey Joe, I?m doing real well. Tonight, I?m hosting SNL but I?m not gonna brag about that in my monologue. La la la. Ha ha ha. La la la.?; And if you?re wondering if I might be dating the werewolf from Twilight. Hey Taylor [Lautner]! (blows kiss, winks) But I?m not gonna comment on that in my monologue.?; and ?You might be expecting me to say something bad about Kanye [West] and how he ran up on stage and ruined my VMA monologue. But there?s nothing more to say cuz everything?s okay. I?ve got security lining the stage. It?s my SNL monologue.?
There are rumors going around that producers at Saturday Night Live are working overtime to book a surprise cameo by Kanye West when Taylor Swift hosts the comedy show in November. Sources are saying that the plan is highly likely to take place. I think that the country singer would have a very good sense of humor about the whole VMA thing after all this time that had passed and it could prove to be a great career move for the rapper who I?m sure has had his fair share of the backlash from his douche bag actions last month.
If you remember, Saturday Night Live has let one of the seven words you can?t say on television slide right on past the censors for two weeks in a row. Lady Gaga?s performance last week was off the hook but she also belted out ?shit? during the show and it wasn?t bleeped on the East Coast. The week before that, newcomer Jenny Slate dropped the f bomb. Here?s the thing though, neither SNL nor NBC will have to pay a single cent to the FCC for the cursing because it happened during a designated safe harbor time period. The FCC website explained ?Indecent or profane speech that is broadcast between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. is not actionable.?
Lady Gaga will be performing a brand new single off the upcoming ?The Fame Monster? release, which comes out this November, on Saturday Night Live. The singer is scheduled to take the comedy show?s stage on October 3 so don?t forget to tune in if you want to get your Lady Gaga fix. I think that the show is going to be epic because of her. I can?t wait to see how she?s going to bring her uniqueness to that stage. I?m also wondering if they?re going to have some skits revolving around her. I think that they should have some Gaga skits in there.
Reports are saying that Madonna will be making a return to Saturday Night Live some time this season. The Queen of Pop is apparently set to make her return after 16 years and word has it that she?s also likely to be performing. However, execs of the show are trying to have her do both ? perform and host, that is. I think that the singer should do it all! I just hope that she doesn?t give current boy toy Jesus Luz any cameos unless he?s shirtless and he doesn?t talk at all. However, I do welcome cameos from her daughter Lourdes and her son Rocco.
