Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Musical Performances, Vol. 2 [Live]

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While Volume 2 of Saturday Night Live: The Musical Performances claims to draw on 25 years of history, all but one track is taken from the 1990s. The exception is Neil Young, who performed "No More" all the way back in 1989. A rundown of the rest of the tracks reads like a roster of the 1990s always-on-the-radio club. The delights on this disc are few and far between. Beck's George Harrison impression on "Nobody's Fault But My Own" is a great turn for the man associated with funky stoner grooves, but longtime fans of the show will remember George Harrison dueting with Paul Simon in the late 70s. That moment is neither here nor on Volume 1. If the companion volume strove for a bit of balance between the past and present, Volume 2 is shamelessly tailored for sales, and not as an archive. --Jason Josephes

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Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Musical Performances, Vol. 2 [Live]

Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Musical Performances, Vol. 2 [Live]
Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Musical Performances, Vol. 2
Average customer rating: 2 out of 5 stars
  • excellent live material although not SNL's best
  • FIRE THE CLOWN, THAT DID THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Attention: Neil Young Freaks
  • YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDIN' ME
  • A rare set of performances
 Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Musical Performances, Vol. 2
Various Artists
Manufacturer: One Way Records Inc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00001QGNV
Release Date: 2001-10-15

Tracks:

  1. Rape Me - Nirvana
  2. No More - Neil Young
  3. Losing My Religion - R.E.M.
  4. Doll Parts - Hole
  5. Sabotage - Beastie Boys
  6. Been There Done That - Dr. Dre
  7. Creep - TLC
  8. Tennessee - Arrested Development
  9. Acquiesce - Oasis
  10. When I Come Around - Green Day
  11. Nobody's Fault But My Own - Beck
  12. I'll Stand By You - Pretenders
  13. One Hand In My Pocket - Alanis Morissette
  14. Reminisce - Mary J. Blige
  15. Any Time, Any Place - Janet

Amazon.com

While Volume 2 of Saturday Night Live: The Musical Performances claims to draw on 25 years of history, all but one track is taken from the 1990s. The exception is Neil Young, who performed "No More" all the way back in 1989. A rundown of the rest of the tracks reads like a roster of the 1990s always-on-the-radio club. The delights on this disc are few and far between. Beck's George Harrison impression on "Nobody's Fault But My Own" is a great turn for the man associated with funky stoner grooves, but longtime fans of the show will remember George Harrison dueting with Paul Simon in the late 70s. That moment is neither here nor on Volume 1. If the companion volume strove for a bit of balance between the past and present, Volume 2 is shamelessly tailored for sales, and not as an archive. --Jason Josephes

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars excellent live material although not SNL's best.......2007-01-18

If you're a fan of any of these artists, get this CD. Sound quality is superb.

1 out of 5 stars FIRE THE CLOWN, THAT DID THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2006-02-20

NO FEAR, NO SPECIALS, NO DEVO, NO LEON REDBONE, NO ZAPPA, NO B-52's, NO PRESERVATION JAZZ HALL, NO FULL BOWIE COVERAGE, NO BLUES BROTHERS!!!!!

RAP & OTHER WATERED DOWN CRAP FROM THE LATE 80's can take a flying LEAP!!!
WE WANT the AVANTE-GARDE/DADA PUNK/NEW WAVE of L.A./N.Y. during the reagun dictataorship!!!!

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JUST ANOTHER CASE WHERE SOMEBODY WHO DOESN"T DESERVE TO BE IN THE POSTION THEY ARE IN, IS GIVEN AN OPP TO DO SOMETHING THEY HAVE NO IDEA of WHATS GOING ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3 out of 5 stars Attention: Neil Young Freaks.......2005-07-27

Rockin' In The Free World may have been the more incendiary performance but No More is a very, very cool song from the Freedom record that seems to have fallen through the cracks. This is a nifty live version.

I picked this set up used for about 2 bucks, I certainly would not have paid full price but I sure have enjoyed putting this Neil Young song on mix tapes.

1 out of 5 stars YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDIN' ME.......2003-10-08

One of the greatest if not the greatest live performance I've heard or seen is not presented on this CD. That's right the greatest. I don't know or have ever really know anything about Neil Young, but his live performance of ROCKIN'IN THE FREE WORLD on SNL almost put tears to my eyes. Utterly speachless. It was'nt that it was such an emotional performance or anything, but that the fact was that this old fart would have rocked Kurt Cobain's or anyone elses young butt. Trully a powerful and insperational song.

Get the DVD it's the only official release of the song.

4 out of 5 stars A rare set of performances.......2002-09-08

Sorry that the majority of other reviewers focused on what performers were NOT included vs. reviewing the actual merits of this compilation. There are some excellent performances here. Neil Young, Pretenders, Beck, REM and Alanis are superb...all very well recorded. I like the incredible variety-there is no better CD for a long car ride. Highly recommended.

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