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Re: SNL (S45S01) -- 09/28/19 -- H: Woody Harrelson -- MG: Bilie Eilish (Season Premiere)

Originally Posted by Obi-Wan Jabroni
Half of SNL's sketches can't be seen by the live audience except on video. They're working with multiple sets in limited space, and often times aren't actually facing toward the audience.
Precisely. It has a live audience, but the intended audience is the tv audience.
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Re: SNL (S45S01) -- 09/28/19 -- H: Woody Harrelson -- MG: Bilie Eilish (Season Premiere)

The live studio audience for SNL is basically the same thing as the "live studio audiences" three-camera sitcoms are recorded in front of. SNL isn't like vaudeville; it's done for the tv audience, not the one hundred or so sitting in the studio.
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Re: SNL (S45S01) -- 09/28/19 -- H: Woody Harrelson -- MG: Bilie Eilish (Season Premiere)

The Downton Abbey skit was hilarious.
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Re: SNL (S45S01) -- 09/28/19 -- H: Woody Harrelson -- MG: Bilie Eilish (Season Premiere)

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No one mentioned the rotating room!?!?

But my praise goes to her ability to do the old rotating room bit. She nailed that thing, and actually did the best job of it I’ve ever seen. The tricky spot that so frequently fucks up the illusion is that moment where you step off one plane onto the next. She found poses and held her body in ways that accented the illusion. It was very cool. And while it’s an ancient trick, I bet most 12 year olds haven’t seen before and it blew their minds.
I think Fred Astaire's was better


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Re: SNL (S45S01) -- 09/28/19 -- H: Woody Harrelson -- MG: Bilie Eilish (Season Premiere)

Yes, there are substantial segments of SNL that are not accessible to the studio audience (anyone remember the early early days when the camera would pull back after a sketch, and there was that section of seats over the top and behind the set? There was no way those people were able to see the sketch unless it was a monitor). Also agree that the intended audience is the millions watching on TV, not the hundred or so in the studio.

That said, I still believe the musical performance should not rely on any camera or video manipulation. From the beginning on, that was a hallmark of the show; other shows with musical guests like variety shows, American Bandstand, etc, all relied on lip-synching. SNL always insisted on a real live musical performance. Not anymore, I guess. With this Bilie Eilish precedent, now it's just music videos. Hell, they should save some money and not even have the musical guest there, just play their video. Pretty much the same thing now.
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Re: SNL (S45S01) -- 09/28/19 -- H: Woody Harrelson -- MG: Bilie Eilish (Season Premiere)

Well whatever you do don’t watch Kanya West’s SNL appearances.
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Re: SNL (S45S01) -- 09/28/19 -- H: Woody Harrelson -- MG: Bilie Eilish (Season Premiere)

Done and done.

Hell, I know I'm old-fashioned, but I just miss the spontaneity of stuff like John Belushi mimicking Joe Cocker, Chris Kattan pretending to be Ricky Martin, Will Ferrell playing cowbell with Queens of the Stone Age, Elvis Costello stopping the song to do Radio Radio, Billie Joe Armstrong running up into the crowd, Fear trashing the studio, The Replacements being totally sloshed, or U2 busting out I Will Follow during the goodbyes. None of that required anything but the cameras to catch it.
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Re: SNL (S45S01) -- 09/28/19 -- H: Woody Harrelson -- MG: Bilie Eilish (Season Premiere)

Originally Posted by Paff
That said, I still believe the musical performance should not rely on any camera or video manipulation. From the beginning on, that was a hallmark of the show; other shows with musical guests like variety shows, American Bandstand, etc, all relied on lip-synching. SNL always insisted on a real live musical performance. Not anymore, I guess. With this Bilie Eilish precedent, now it's just music videos. Hell, they should save some money and not even have the musical guest there, just play their video. Pretty much the same thing now.
When SNL began, there was no MTV or David Letterman yet and, except for The Midnight Special and Rock Concert, there were almost no outlets to see rock acts on TV. So just a live performance on SNL was an exciting chance to see rock acts perform.

In 2019, you can see a popular music act perform on late night shows, morning shows, prime-time concert specials and award shows, in addition to the internet.

All of Billie Eilish's video work features a strong artistic visual presentation, including fashion. So while some old folks might criticize her, I am certain that her artistic choice thrilled her fans who wanted to see what she would do.

If you think she did not prove her musical chops, then you must not have watched her second performance, where she did exactly what you all wanted: she sat on a stool and sang. And she proved she could sing live, and beautifully.
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Re: SNL (S45S01) -- 09/28/19 -- H: Woody Harrelson -- MG: Bilie Eilish (Season Premiere)

Taylor Swift this week will be upgrade over Eilish and her legs will be the attraction.
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Re: SNL (S45S01) -- 09/28/19 -- H: Woody Harrelson -- MG: Bilie Eilish (Season Premiere)

Originally Posted by JeffTheAlpaca
Taylor Swift this week will be upgrade over Eilish and her legs will be the attraction.
Yeah, that crazy Eilish thinks she needs to dress in baggy clothes because people will sexualize her!!
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Re: SNL (S45S01) -- 09/28/19 -- H: Woody Harrelson -- MG: Bilie Eilish (Season Premiere)

Originally Posted by Count Dooku
If you think she did not prove her musical chops, then you must not have watched her second performance, where she did exactly what you all wanted: she sat on a stool and sang. And she proved she could sing live, and beautifully.
That’s for sure.
I’m aware of her but never heard her. The room thing was interesting but I was very distracted by the room spinning gimmick.
Her second song was terrific.

As for Swift and her legs. Yeah they go all the way up.

To her her arms because there really isn’t anything else between there.
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Re: SNL (S45S01) -- 09/28/19 -- H: Woody Harrelson -- MG: Bilie Eilish (Season Premiere)

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Re: SNL (S45S01) -- 09/28/19 -- H: Woody Harrelson -- MG: Bilie Eilish (Season Premiere)

Hey, fuddy duddies! Billie Eilish just won the four big Grammy Awards and is now the youngest solo performer to win Album of the Year.
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Re: SNL (S45S01) -- 09/28/19 -- H: Woody Harrelson -- MG: Bilie Eilish (Season Premiere)

^ So what's your point that you needed to bump a 3 month old thread?
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Re: SNL (S45S01) -- 09/28/19 -- H: Woody Harrelson -- MG: Bilie Eilish (Season Premiere)

Haven’t you heard the Grammys are fixed?
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Re: SNL (S45S01) -- 09/28/19 -- H: Woody Harrelson -- MG: Bilie Eilish (Season Premiere)

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^ So what's your point that you needed to bump a 3 month old thread?
I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that the point was to call out the "fuddy duddies" who, just four months ago, were wondering who she was, and were criticizing her performance, because now The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences has certified her as a great and important artist.

Think about it. She's now in the rarest air with Christopher Cross!
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But not important enough to get her name spelled correctly in the thread title
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Re: SNL (S45S01) -- 09/28/19 -- H: Woody Harrelson -- MG: Bilie Eilish (Season Premiere)

I’ll be damned if anyone is going to say one bad word about Christopher Cross. The man created the single smoothest song ever recorded.
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Re: SNL (S45S01) -- 09/28/19 -- H: Woody Harrelson -- MG: Bilie Eilish (Season Premiere)

Well I guess we know who is definitely getting tix for the 40th anniversary tour!
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Re: SNL (S45S01) -- 09/28/19 -- H: Woody Harrelson -- MG: Bilie Eilish (Season Premiere)

I have no idea who Christopher Cross is.

Makes me feel... young.
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Re: SNL (S45S01) -- 09/28/19 -- H: Woody Harrelson -- MG: Bilie Eilish (Season Premiere)

Originally Posted by Josh-da-man
I have no idea who Christopher Cross is.

Makes me feel... young.
And in 40 years, people will be saying the same thing about Billie Eilish. Now, I could be wrong about that, but I doubt it.
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Re: SNL (S45S01) -- 09/28/19 -- H: Woody Harrelson -- MG: Bilie Eilish (Season Premiere)

Originally Posted by Josh-da-man
I have no idea who Christopher Cross is.

Makes me feel... young.
Me neither. I looked him up. That song that won all the Grammys is pretty terrible, IMO. Sounds like the kind of shit I'd hear in the dentist's office.

What about Kris Kross??
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Re: SNL (S45S01) -- 09/28/19 -- H: Woody Harrelson -- MG: Bilie Eilish (Season Premiere)

Originally Posted by dex14
What about Kris Kross??
What about Redd Kross??


I know who Christopher Cross is, I'm old.
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Re: SNL (S45S01) -- 09/28/19 -- H: Woody Harrelson -- MG: Bilie Eilish (Season Premiere)

Originally Posted by cultshock
What about Redd Kross??


I know who Christopher Cross is, I'm old.
Yeah? Without Wikipedia, can you name more than one song by him? I came up with two...
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Re: SNL (S45S01) -- 09/28/19 -- H: Woody Harrelson -- MG: Bilie Eilish (Season Premiere)

A forum dedicated to an obsolete format doesn't know the theme to the movie Arthur?
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