# Memorable one-off SNL musical performances **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 27, 2002, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-one-off-snl-musical-performances/121130 "2002-07-27T17:19:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-one-off-snl-musical-performances/121130/41 "2006-03-15T01:23:23Z")
Oops! I just realized that I zombified this thread from a couple of years ago. I forgot for a few minutes that I was looking at the results of a search I did, and not the “New Posts” list. Sorry 'bout dat. ---
**Author:** ![marymargaret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@marymargaret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marymargaret)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-one-off-snl-musical-performances/121130/42 "2006-03-15T03:15:20Z")
Pearl Jam singing and Vedder opening up his jacket to reveal a K on it, soon after Cobain had killed himself. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-one-off-snl-musical-performances/121130/43 "2006-03-16T13:38:03Z")
Blue Lou breaking out of the sarcophagus and doing an amazing sax solo during Steve Martin’s King Tut. Paul Simon’s singing of The Boxer on the first show after 9/11, which was hosted by Mayor Rudy Giuillani: So it’s okay for us to be funny? Hizzhonor: Why start now? LIVE FROM NEW YORK, IT’S SATURDAY NIGHT. Most poignant opening ever. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-one-off-snl-musical-performances/121130/44 "2006-03-16T14:30:17Z")
[Lily Tomlin’s duet](http://www.toughpigs.com/anthgorch06.htm) of “I’ve Got You Babe” with Scred. By far the most charming moment of the entire show. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-one-off-snl-musical-performances/121130/45 "2006-03-16T14:43:12Z")
More cowbell. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-one-off-snl-musical-performances/121130/46 "2006-03-16T15:29:24Z")
Aerosmith on Wayne’s World. Dude, I laughed so hard I almost hurled. Okay, not really. Just the other night I saw a rerun of the show Simon Cowell was on. He joined Horatio and Jimmy on that dopey Christmas song they do, only this time I think it was about Easter. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-one-off-snl-musical-performances/121130/47 "2006-03-16T15:31:48Z")
On the OP’s topic: Garrett Morris singing “Dalla Sua Pace” off topic: The entire broadway cast of “Pirates of Penzance.” I loved both of them. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-one-off-snl-musical-performances/121130/48 "2006-03-16T16:27:55Z")
Four years later… and I still am not too sure what the OP wanted. 😕 I guess Ashley Simpson doesn’t count, eh? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-one-off-snl-musical-performances/121130/49 "2006-03-16T16:48:39Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Aerosmith on Wayne’s World. Dude, I laughed so hard I almost hurled. Okay, not really. Damn, just beat me. I thought it was cool that Wayne & Garth got to play with them. Garth was even on drums (I think Joey Kramer was relegated to the cowbell). ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-one-off-snl-musical-performances/121130/50 "2006-03-16T17:10:38Z")
> [@Troy McClure SF](#): > > Damn, just beat me. I thought it was cool that Wayne & Garth got to play with them. Garth was even on drums (I think Joey Kramer was relegated to the cowbell). Well, considering Garth’s played drums with U2, that’s not surprising. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-one-off-snl-musical-performances/121130/51 "2006-03-16T17:14:15Z")
> [@](#): > > Damn, just beat me. I thought it was cool that Wayne & Garth got to play with them. Garth was even on drums (I think Joey Kramer was relegated to the cowbell). Don’t downplay the importance of the cowbell. I’ve got a feveh… never mind 😃 ---
**Author:** ![marymargaret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@marymargaret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marymargaret)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-one-off-snl-musical-performances/121130/52 "2006-03-16T22:13:03Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Four years later… and I still am not too sure what the OP wanted. 😕 This thread is 4 years old? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-one-off-snl-musical-performances/121130/53 "2006-03-17T00:43:03Z")
Date of OP: 07-27-2002, 01:19 PM Well, 3.5 years old. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-one-off-snl-musical-performances/121130/54 "2006-03-17T00:58:38Z")
The band playing Air Supply’s “All Out of Love”…oh wait, that was Conan O’Brien. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-one-off-snl-musical-performances/121130/55 "2006-03-17T01:17:30Z")
I mentioned this in my recent SNL thread, but [Natalie Portman doing gangsta rap](http://www.devilducky.com/media/42822/) was brilliant and filthy. Best thing on the show in years. ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-one-off-snl-musical-performances/121130/56 "2006-03-17T06:48:44Z")
Eddie VH didn’t play “Eruption”. It was “Stompin’ 8H”. I presume 8H is the studio SNL uses. It basically comes off as “here’s a chord pattern for you guys to start with. Ok, now, how about this, how about that, and leave a couple wide spots for me to go nuts.” ---
**Author:** ![Rachael\_Rage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Rachael\_Rage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachael_Rage)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-one-off-snl-musical-performances/121130/57 "2006-03-17T07:09:44Z")
I was reminded by another thread of Lily Tomlin’s duet of “I Got You, Babe” with a Muppet in one of the very earliest seasons. It was made even more adorable by the Muppet being sort of a [mangy, lizardy thing](http://www.toughpigs.com/anthgorcha00.htm). ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-one-off-snl-musical-performances/121130/58 "2006-03-17T13:23:46Z")
> [@vaderspal](#): > > I was reminded by another thread of Lily Tomlin’s duet of “I Got You, Babe” with a Muppet in one of the very earliest seasons. It was made even more adorable by the Muppet being sort of a [mangy, lizardy thing](http://www.toughpigs.com/anthgorcha00.htm). Or maybe by an earlier post. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-one-off-snl-musical-performances/121130.md?page=2)