This is the indie rock "Rich Men North of Richmond."

losthighway wrote: Tue Jan 27, 2026 10:58 am

Lu Zwei wrote: Tue Jan 27, 2026 10:31 am

Krev wrote: Tue Jan 27, 2026 10:02 am I watched some of that SNL performance, and it sounded like a Black Keys cover band attempting Captain Beefheart.

I was thinking more like Audioslave cover band attempting US Maple.

Hilarious.

"We're really trying to find the space where Creed connects with the Van Pelt"

Like Pile being covered by Blueshammer.

If Jet tackled Pylon.

If Wilco wanted to be Black Midi.

Good lord that shit sucked. Watch both songs.

Yeah, this is a fucking psyop of some sort, pretty sure. Abortion music.

They played two songs on Saturday Night Live. One was the Tropical Fuck Storm sounding one, the other definitely wasn’t. Did everyone watch both?

Don’t know, don’t care, but it varied a lot in a couple different ways. The more traditional one it seemed the singer was a little behind or something, who cares. If you have watched a band play live before then you have seen a singer do this, whether intentionally or not. Probably not, but maybe they’re late on a change and lean into it. They’re not playing drums and lines don’t always start on the ‘1.’ Normies getting upset.

The other one rocked, but it’s one of those noisy songs where the freakout chorus is one of the only solid parts of the song, and it’s almost six minutes long or something. Everything else is kind of swirling and bashing around those sections. Normies real upset now, it’s war.

I still think caring that much about singing or singing technique within reason is kind of dorky. I get being turned off by a voice, but a lot of my fav records have kinda bad singing on it ( you are welcome) if you’re comparing it to whatever normies will tolerate in the car. Like, who fucking cares if they can play guitar or not, is the record good?

And Rufus Wainwright, whatever, his family is talented but speaking of nepo babies…? Rufus Wainwright is not rock and roll, not even a little bit. He is playing music that is literally intended to be played to well heeled elites and it sounds like it could go on a fuckin’ Disney soundtrack. Not a diss actually, it just is what it is.

losthighway wrote: I have to conclude that big hype might really hurt this band's trajectory. I suppose that's a classic equation in rock music.

Lana Del Rey had a terrible reaction to her SNL performance and she’s still at it. People are talking about a media event that doesn’t really mean anything (except to those into it maybe) to such an extent that it doesn’t really matter what they’re saying, it’s just noise.

I watched the Trinidad clip from SNL. Music was decent in parts but the lyrics were bland utter shit. Navel gazing junior high rhymes. No turn of phrase, pun or reference to anything. Nothing clever, insightful, revealing or poetic. Failed.

enframed wrote: Tue Jan 27, 2026 11:19 am

losthighway wrote: Tue Jan 27, 2026 7:44 am Some people can't stand cilantro.

That's very often genetic.

I have it with olives. All olives taste just like soap to me. Olive oil, for some reason, does not.

handsbloodyhands wrote: Tue Jan 27, 2026 1:27 pm I watched the Trinidad clip from SNL. Music was decent in parts but the lyrics were bland utter shit. Navel gazing junior high rhymes.

?!

Cameron Winter wrote:
I tried
I tried
I tried so hard
I tried

There’s a bomb in my car

I have heard the music the PRF likes. I have seen what is passed off for lyrics on the best of them. I’m sorry but those are not that fucking bad.

I was a high schooler in 9/11, post Columbine, and don’t even feel that comfortable typing that chorus line tbh.

penningtron wrote: Tue Jan 27, 2026 11:44 am

losthighway wrote: Tue Jan 27, 2026 10:58 am

Lu Zwei wrote: Tue Jan 27, 2026 10:31 am

I was thinking more like Audioslave cover band attempting US Maple.

Hilarious.

"We're really trying to find the space where Creed connects with the Van Pelt"

Like Pile being covered by Blueshammer.

Geese seems like the mersh version of Pile in my respects.

Man, Pile on SNL, that would be an awesome thing that'll never happen.