5/19/12: Mick Jagger: Whaaa- ???
SNL 5/19 Guest Announcements: Reactions
May 7, 2012
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VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 5/5/12
May 7, 2012
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“We Are Young” kind of deserved to be #1 three weeks in a row, but maybe like a month or two ago.
Original Version
1. fun. ft. Janelle Monáe – “We Are Young”
2. Katy Perry – “Part of Me”
3. Train – “Drive By”
4. B.o.B – “So Good”
5. Nickelback – “Lullaby”
6. Andy Grammer – “Fine By Me”
7. Jason Mraz – “I Won’t Give Up”
8. The Script – “If You Ever Come Back”
9. Gotye ft. Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used to Know”
10. Calvin Harris – “Feel So Close”
11. Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull – “Dance Again”
12. Graffiti6 – “Free”
13. Karmin – “Brokenhearted”
14. K’Naan ft. Nelly Furtado – “Is Anybody Out There”
15. Gavin DeGraw – “Sweeter”
16. Ellie Goulding – “Lights”
17. Drake ft. Rihanna – “Take Care”
18. Usher – “Climax”
19. Daughtry – “Outta My Head”
20. Neon Trees – “Everybody Talks”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Somebody That I Used to Know
2. Feel So Close
3. Take Care
4. Lights
5. We Are Young
6. Brokenhearted
7. Free
8. Part of Me
9. Sweeter
10. Everybody Talks
11. So Good
12. Dance Again
13. Is Anybody Out There
14. Drive By
15. Outta My Head
16. If You Ever Come Back
17. Fine By Me
18. Lullaby
19. Climax
20. I Won’t Give Up
Fuse Top 20 Countdown – 5/1/12
May 2, 2012
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Except for the new videos that debut at whatever random spot (and most likely are gone by the next week), Fuse’s countdown barely changes week to week.
Original Version
1. Gotye ft. Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used to Know”
2. fun. ft. Janelle Monáe – “We Are Young”
3. Carly Rae Jepsen – “Call Me Maybe”
4. Flo Rida ft. Sia – “Wild Ones”
5. One Direction – “What Makes You Beautiful”
6. The Wanted – “Glad You Came”
7. Train – “Drive By”
8. B.o.B – “So Good”
9. Katy Perry – “Part of Me”
10. Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull – “Dance Again”
11. Calvin Harris – “Feel So Close”
12. Kelly Clarkson – “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
13. The All-American Rejects – “Beekeeper’s Daughter”
14. Karmin – “Brokenhearted”
15. Drake ft. Rihanna – “Take Care”
16. Usher – “Climax”
17. Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa ft. Bruno Mars – “Young, Wild & Free”
18. Jason Mraz – “I Won’t Give Up”
19. Ellie Goulding – “Lights”
20. Neon Trees – “Everybody Talks”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Somebody That I Used to Know
2. Feel So Close
3. Take Care
4. Lights
5. We Are Young
6. Wild Ones
7. Brokenhearted
8. Call Me Maybe
9. Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)
10. Part of Me
11. So Good
12. Everybody Talks
13. What Makes You Beautiful
14. Glad You Came
15. Dance Again
16. Beekeeper’s Daughter
17. Drive By
18. Young, Wild & Free
19. Climax
20. I Won’t Give Up
SNL 5/5 and 5/12 Guest Announcements: Reactions
April 30, 2012
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5/5/12: Eli Manning/Rihanna: Guess what? Little Eli may just be the best quarterback in the Manning family. Now, yes, he absolutely has a ways to go to catch up to Peyton statistically, but he does have more Super Bowl rings, and that is no fluke. But … the topic at hand is hosting SNL. Peyton Manning is hands down the best athlete host in SNL history, and Eli has never really indicated that he has the charisma to match his brother when it comes to endorsement deals or television appearances. All I’m saying is, Eli may want to take some pointers from big brother.
RiRi appears for her third time, for the third season in a row. I’m not sure what songs she’ll be peforming, though. “We Found Love” is the only major hit from her most recent album Talk That Talk, and that has already peaked. The best song she is a part of right now is Drake’s “Take Care,” which I would be happy to see a performance of, but that seems unlikely, as Drake was already an MG this season. This seems like a perfect time to dip into the classics and whip out that “Umbrella.”
5/12/12: Will Ferrell/Usher: I keep thinking that Will Ferrell has only hosted season finales, but he has actually hosted one season finale and one second-to-last episode of the season. So, with this third hosting appearance, it will still be true that he has only hosted the last or the second-to-last episode of the season. Anyway, he is the greatest SNL cast member of all time. ‘Nuff said.
Usher (like Will Ferrell the host) has only appeared on SNL in May. During his two previous stints, he was reliable for fun club-bangers like “Yeah” and “Love in This Club,” but if his current single “Climax” is an indication of what he has in store for May 12, then I am not excited.
VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 4/28/12
April 29, 2012
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How is Gotye sliding down the countdown as “Somebody That I Used to Know” keeps getting bigger and bigger?
Original Version
1. fun. ft. Janelle Monáe – “We Are Young”
2. Train – “Drive By”
3. Katy Perry – “Part of Me”
4. Andy Grammer – “Fine By Me”
5. Nickelback – “Lullaby”
6. B.o.B – “So Good”
7. Graffiti6 – “Free”
8. Jason Mraz – “I Won’t Give Up”
9. The Script – “If You Ever Come Back”
10. Karmin – “Brokenhearted”
11. Gotye ft. Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used to Know”
12. Usher – “Climax”
13. Calvin Harris – “Feel So Close
14. Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull – “Dance Again”
15. K’Naan ft. Nelly Furtado – “Is Anybody Out There”
16. Kelly Clarkson – “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
17. Gavin DeGraw – “Sweeter”
18. Ellie Goulding – “Lights”
19. Drake ft. Rihanna – “Take Care”
20. Matt Nathanson ft. Sugarland – “Run”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Somebody That I Used to Know
2. Feel So Close
3. Take Care
4. Lights
5. We Are Young
6. Brokenhearted
7. Free
8. Part of Me
9. Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)
10. Run
11. Sweeter
12. So Good
13. Dance Again
14. Is Anybody Out There
15. Drive By
16. If You Ever Come Back
17. Fine By Me
18. Lullaby
19. Climax
20. I Won’t Give Up
Fuse Top 20 Countdown – 4/24/12
April 25, 2012
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I watched the 100th episode of Top 20 Countdown at the same time as I was reading an article in Sports Illustrated that discussed Wilt Chamberlain, among others.
Original Version
1. Gotye ft. Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used to Know”
2. fun. ft. Janelle Monáe – “We Are Young”
3. One Direction – “What Makes You Beautiful”
4. Carly Rae Jepsen – “Call Me Maybe”
5. Flo Rida ft. Sia – “Wild Ones”
6. The Wanted – “Glad You Came”
7. Nicki Minaj ft. 2 Chainz – “Beez in the Trap”
8. B.o.B – “So Good”
9. Train – “Drive By”
10. Katy Perry – “Part of Me”
11. Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull – “Dance Again”
12. Kelly Clarkson – “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
13. Calvin Harris – “Feel So Close”
14. Shinedown – “Bully”
15. Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa ft. Bruno Mars – “Young, Wild & Free”
16. Drake ft. Rihanna – “Take Care”
17. Drake ft. Lil’ Wayne and Tyga – “The Motto (Remix)”
18. Imagine Dragons – “It’s Time”
19. Karmin – “Brokenhearted”
20. Gym Class Heroes ft. Neon Hitch – “Ass Back Home”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Somebody That I Used to Know
2. Feel So Close
3. Take Care
4. We Are Young
5. Beez in the Trap
6. Wild Ones
7. Call Me Maybe
8. Brokenhearted
9. Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)
10. Part of Me
11. So Good
12. It’s Time
13. Bully
14. Ass Back Home
15. The Motto (Remix)
16. What Makes You Beautiful
17. Glad You Came
18. Dance Again
19. Drive By
20. Young, Wild & Free
VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 4/21/12
April 22, 2012
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It just seems so wrong to have a Nickelback video mixed in nowadays.
Original Version
1. fun. ft. Janelle Monáe – “We Are Young”
2. Katy Perry – “Part of Me”
3. B.o.B – “So Good”
4. Graffit6 – “Free”
5. Train – “Drive By”
6. Jason Mraz – “I Won’t Give Up”
7. Andy Grammer – “Fine By Me”
8. Gotye ft. Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used to Know”
9. Nickelback – “Lullaby”
10. The Script – “If You Ever Come Back”
11. Usher – “Climax”
12. Karmin – “Brokenhearted”
13. K’Naan ft. Nelly Furtado – “Is Anybody Out There”
14. Kelly Clarkson – “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
15. Gym Class Heroes ft. Neon Hitch – “Ass Back Home”
16. Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull – “Dance Again”
17. Ellie Goulding – “Lights”
18. Gavin DeGraw – “Sweeter”
19. Madonna – “Girl Gone Wild”
20. Drake ft. Rihanna – “Take Care”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Somebody That I Used to Know
2. Take Care
3. Lights
4. We Are Young
5. Free
6. Brokenhearted
7. Part of Me
8. Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)
9. Sweeter
10. So Good
11. Ass Back Home
12. Girl Gone Wild
13. Dance Again
14. Is Anybody Out There
15. Drive By
16. If You Ever Come Back
17. Fine By Me
18. Lullaby
19. Climax
20. I Won’t Give Up
SNL Video Recap April 14, 2012: Josh Brolin/Gotye
April 20, 2012
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Fuse Top 20 Countdown – 4/17/12
April 19, 2012
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I don’t think Fuse watches SNL.
Original Version
1. fun. ft. Janelle Monáe – “We Are Young”
2. Gotye ft. Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used to Know”
3. Drake ft. Rihanna – “Take Care”
4. Carly Rae Jepsen – “Call Me Maybe”
5. Flo Rida ft. Sia – “Wild Ones”
6. Train – “Drive By”
7. The Wanted – “Glad You Came”
8. One Direction – “What Makes You Beautiful”
9. Kelly Clarkson – “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
10. B.o.B – “So Good”
11. Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull – “Dance Again”
12. Katy Perry – “Part of Me”
13. Calvin Harris – “Feel So Close”
14. Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa ft. Bruno Mars – “Young, Wild & Free”
15. Drake ft. Lil’ Wayne and Tyga – “The Motto (Remix)”
16. Adele – “Set Fire to the Rain”
17. Tyga ft. Lil’ Wayne – “Faded”
18. Karmin – “Brokenhearted”
19. Gym Class Heroes ft. Neon Hitch – “Ass Back Home”
20. Chris Brown – “Turn Up the Music”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Somebody That I Used to Know
2. Feel So Close
3. Take Care
4. We Are Young
5. Set Fire to the Rain
6. Wild Ones
7. Call Me Maybe
8. Brokenhearted
9. Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)
10. Part of Me
11. So Good
12. Ass Back Home
13. The Motto (Remix)
14. What Makes You Beautiful
15. Glad You Came
16. Turn Up the Music
17. Dance Again
18. Faded
19. Drive By
20. Young, Wild & Free
SNL Recap April 14, 2012: Josh Brolin/Gotye
April 15, 2012
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We need beans, like, yesterday.
Republican Candidates at a Bar
It felt like this sketch could have been written months ago, and SNL was just waiting for everyone besides Romney to drop out before airing it. Humorously keen observations were made about each candidate. The digs at Rick Perry’s propensity for gaffes in this sketch were the best digs at him all season. B+
Josh Brolin’s Monologue
It was nice to see that Josh Brolin was comfortable enough to get through his monologue (mostly) by himself, despite not having much material. I got that he only said one word as Tommy Lee Jones because Tommy Lee isn’t a big talker, but it would have been nice to hear more of that impression, because based on the MIB3 trailer, he has his cadence down well. B-