Saturday Night Live has been the home of many great performances. Some of the most popular artists in the music industry get to share the stage with brilliant comedians and actors. Even though SNL might not have the same charm that it did a few years ago, one cannot forget the legacy this show left on the world.
Here are the best performances that the SNL stage has hosted:
In this performance, Kanye gives it his all combining rap with a gothic style. Off of his Yeezus album, he shows us why is one of the greatest rappers in the game.
Sia had an amazing performance which brought her music video to the stage. She nailed it and made the audience truly become entranced with her vision for this song.
This performance showed that Miley Cyrus was extremely versatile and she wasn’t just her “Wrecking Ball” image. She has a great vocal range and showed it off. She is going to go down in history books.
At a time of great loss for America, R.E.M. managed to produce a happy song that made everyone forget about their troubles. The performance was a fun one.
Elvis Costello sent a huge “screw you” to his record company by performing a single that they didn’t want him to play. This act of rebellion truly sent him to the top of the list.
What are your favorite performances? Do you agree with my list?
I’m happy Kevin Gates is back. I expect him to pick up where he left off and give us great tracks to fall in love with. He might not have two phones after his time in jail, but I’m sure he’s going to give us all a wake up call.
Justin Bieber is a celebrity who certainly has a huge ego. Not only does he have a DUI, he is known to have public outbursts that really contradict his stage performance of someone who is a loving guy who wants to treat his girlfriend right. The “Baby” singer is not afraid of being a complete asshole due to his money and fame. But his fans are still strong and are willing to spend hundreds of dollars on tickets. His music is still pretty good so I wouldn’t mind buying a ticket to see him, especially since Post Malone was his opening act for his Purpose tour.
If Justin continues to treat his fans like this, they are going to start falling off. People can only tolerate an asshole for so long. It might be too late to say sorry.
He told sources that the lyrics only took a half hour to write while he thought deeply about his loneliness. In the song, he expresses his regret for leading women on and realizes now that it was the wrong path to take. What goes around comes back around, and now he is the one who is lonely. In contrast, his other songs objectify women, but in this one, he takes a step back. He might be a womanizer, but some can steal his heart.
He sings:
“Although I often reminisce I can’t believe that I found A desire for true love floating around Inside my soul because my soul is cold One half of me deserves to be this way till I’m old But the other half needs affection and joy”
Overall this track is not only legendary but it opened up the rap genre to explore more slowed down tunes about love and relationships. Without this song, we might not have seen rap open up their hearts to talk about more personal struggles.
This Valentine’s Day we don’t want to be bitter but celebrate the joy that love brings into our lives. Music is one of the biggest unifiers in the world and helps us connect with others on a much powerful level. Music not only makes us feel love, but it could be the cause of finding love. There have been many romances in the music world but I want to take this time remember the crazy romance of John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
Not only were they were in love, but they were soul mates. They were creatively similar and worked better together to create their vision. It seems like they were put on this world to create music together. There was no breaking these two up, until the unfortunate and sudden death of John Lennon.
