March 22, 2012
jmunney
Fuse Top 20 Countdown, Music, Television
Should Nicki be worried about Neon or Sia?
Original Version
1. fun. ft. Janelle Monáe – “We Are Young”
2. The Wanted – “Glad You Came”
3. Gotye ft. Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used to Know”
4. Flo Rida ft. Sia – “Wild Ones”
5. Kelly Clarkson – “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
6. Adele – “Set Fire to the Rain”
7. Train – “Drive By”
8. B.o.B ft. Lil’ Wayne – “Strange Clouds”
9. Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa ft. Bruno Mars – “Young, Wild & Free”
10. David Guetta ft. Nicki Minaj – “Turn Me On”
11. Gorillaz ft. James Murphy and André 3000 – “DoYaThing”
12. LMFAO – “Sexy and I Know It”
13. Drake ft. Lil’ Wayne and Tyga – “The Motto (Remix)”
14. One Direction – “What Makes You Beautiful”
15. Tyga – “Rack City”
16. Gym Class Heroes ft. Neon Hitch – “Ass Back Home”
17. Calvin Harris – “Feel So Close”
18. Robin Thicke ft. Lil’ Wayne – “Pretty Lil’ Heart”
19. Chris Brown – “Turn Up the Music”
20. Pitbull ft. Chris Brown – “International Love”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Somebody That I Used to Know
2. Sexy and I Know It
3. Feel So Close
4. We Are Young
5. Set Fire to the Rain
6. DoYaThing
7. Turn Me On
8. Wild Ones
9. Pretty Lil’ Heart
10. Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)
11. Rack City
12. The Motto (Remix)
13. Ass Back Home
14. What Makes You Beautiful
15. Glad You Came
16. Young, Wild & Free
17. Turn Up the Music
18. Strange Clouds
19. Drive By
20. International Love
March 17, 2012
jmunney
Saturday Night Live, SNL Guest Announcements Reactions, Television
4/7/12: Sofia Vergara/One Direction: I had an inkling Sofia Vergara might host this season, as she seems to be the IT member of the Modern Family cast. I would have preferred Ty Burrell or a return appearance by Ed O’Neill, but Sofia is certainly a capable comedienne. I do fear, though, that the material may descend into ethnic clichés, but SNL seems to do that more with British folk (although, granted, there have been more British than Hispanic hosts).
One Direction? I can understand booking a boy band – if they’re the biggest thing in the world. One Direction might – might – be headed in that direction. They were assembled on The X-Factor – the U.K. X-Factor! Yeah, I suppose they’re aiming to break into the U.S., but SNL isn’t known for breaking this type of band, and I don’t see why they would want to change that. But I’ve heard their song “What Makes You Beautiful,” and … I don’t hate it.
March 17, 2012
jmunney
Music, Television, VH1 Top 20 Countdown
The world may not be ready for the rest of Gotye.
Original Version
1. Kelly Clarkson – “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
2. Gym Class Heroes ft. Neon Hitch – “Ass Back Home”
3. Pitbull ft. Chris Brown – “International Love”
4. Jessie J – “Domino”
5. Train – “Drive By”
6. Jason Mraz – “I Won’t Give Up”
7. Gotye ft. Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used to Know”
8. Young the Giant – “Cough Syrup”
9. Adele – “Set Fire to the Rain”
10. Andy Grammer – “Fine By Me”
11. Adam Lambert – “Better Than I Know Myself”
12. Safetysuit – “These Times”
13. Graffiti6 – “Free”
14. fun. ft. Janelle Monáe – “We Are Young”
15. Jason Derülo – “Breathing”
16. Foster the People – “Don’t Stop (Color on the Walls)”
17. Ellie Goulding – “Lights”
18. The Script – “If You Ever Come Back”
19. Bruno Mars – “It Will Rain”
20. Monica & Brandy – “It All Belongs to Me”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Somebody That I Used to Know
2. Lights
3. We Are Young
4. Domino
5. Don’t Stop (Color on the Walls)
6. Cough Syrup
7. It Will Rain
8. Set Fire to the Rain
9. Free
10. Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)
11. Ass Back Home
12. It All Belongs to Me
13. These Times
14. Better Than I Know Myself
15. Breathing
16. Drive By
17. If You Ever Come Back
18. International Love
19. Fine By Me
20. I Won’t Give Up
March 15, 2012
jmunney
Fuse Top 20 Countdown, Music, Television
“Little Talks”?! I am freaking out right now! I mean, I know this is just FUSE, but still.
Original Version
1. fun. ft. Janelle Monáe – “We Are Young”
2. The Wanted – “Glad You Came”
3. Kelly Clarkson – “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
4. Gotye ft. Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used to Know”
5. Adele – “Set Fire to the Rain”
6. Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa ft. Bruno Mars – “Young, Wild & Free”
7. Train – “Drive By”
8. Flo Rida ft. Sia – “Wild Ones”
9. David Guetta ft. Nicki Minaj – “Turn Me On”
10. LMFAO – “Sexy and I Know It”
11. One Direction – “What Makes You Beautiful”
12. Drake ft. Lil’ Wayne and Tyga – “The Motto (Remix)”
13. Chris Brown – “Turn Up the Music”
14. Pitbull ft. Chris Brown – “International Love”
15. Tyga – “Rack City”
16. Flo Rida – “Good Feeling”
17. Gym Class Heroes ft. Neon Hitch – “Ass Back Home”
18. Of Monsters and Men – “Little Talks”
19. Jessie J – “Domino”
20. Coldplay – “Paradise”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Somebody That I Used to Know
2. Little Talks
3. Paradise
4. Sexy and I Know It
5. Good Feeling
6. We Are Young
7. Domino
8. Set Fire to the Rain
9. Turn Me On
10. Wild Ones
11. Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)
12. Rack City
13. The Motto (Remix)
14. Ass Back Home
15. Glad You Came
16. What Makes You Beautiful
17. Young, Wild & Free
18. Turn Up the Music
19. Drive By
20. International Love
March 13, 2012
jmunney
Saturday Night Live, SNL Weekly Recaps, Television
Coolio, Coolio 1963-3162, Jonah Hill, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live Season 37, SNL, SNL Season 37, The Shins
Coolio: 1963-3162
Cold Opening – The Rush Limbaugh Show
The gag got old, but there was enough variety such that the laughs had no definitive endpoint. Taran’s Rush was solid; at first, I figured that Bobby would be playing him, and then for about a minute or so, I thought it was Jason. So what I’m saying is, Taran did a good job of playing what I imagine Jason Sudeikis playing Rush Limbaugh would be like. B
Jonah Hill’s Monologue
Jonah does a good job playing pompous. Now that he’s lost weight, maybe he should get fewer lovable schlub roles and more entitled jerks. B
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March 10, 2012
jmunney
Music, Television, VH1 Top 20 Countdown
Wait! I wasn’t done … When are we ever done?
Original Version
1. Jessie J – “Domino”
2. Kelly Clarkson – “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
3. Gym Class Heroes ft. Neon Hitch – “Ass Back Home”
4. Adele – “Set Fire to the Rain”
5. Pitbull ft. Chris Brown – “International Love”
6. Gotye ft. Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used to Know”
7. Train – “Drive By”
8. Jason Mraz – “I Won’t Give Up”
9. Foster the People – “Don’t Stop (Color on the Walls)”
10. Young the Giant – “Cough Syrup”
11. Bruno Mars – “It Will Rain”
12. Andy Grammer – “Fine By Me”
13. Safetysuit – “These Times”
14. Graffiti6 – “Free”
15. Adam Lambert – “Better Than I Know Myself”
16. Jason Derülo – “Breathing”
17. fun. ft. Janelle Monáe – “We Are Young”
18. Ellie Goulding – “Lights”
19. Gavin DeGraw – “Not Over You”
20. The Script – “If You Ever Come Back”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Somebody That I Used to Know
2. Lights
3. We Are Young
4. Domino
5. Don’t Stop (Color on the Walls)
6. Cough Syrup
7. It Will Rain
8. Set Fire to the Rain
9. Free
10. Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)
11. Ass Back Home
12. These Times
13. Better Than I Know Myself
14. Breathing
15. Drive By
16. If You Ever Come Back
17. International Love
18. Fine By Me
19. Not Over You
20. I Won’t Give Up
March 8, 2012
jmunney
Fuse Top 20 Countdown, Music, Television
Obviously, “Is Anybody Out There” was on the countdown only because K’Naan was a guest, and why did “Paradise” suddenly pop back on even though “Charlie Brown” is Coldplay’s current single? And why did “Sorry for Party Rocking” fall off after only one week while “Sexy and I Know It” hangs around? (To be fair, on that last one, “Sexy and I Know It” probably is still getting more airplay in general.)
Original Version
1. fun. ft. Janelle Monáe – “We Are Young”
2. Kelly Clarkson – “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
3. The Wanted – “Glad You Came”
4. Adele – “Set Fire to the Rain”
5. Gotye ft. Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used to Know”
6. LMFAO – “Sexy and I Know It”
7. David Guetta ft. Nicki Minaj – “Turn Me On”
8. Chris Brown – “Turn Up the Music”
9. Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa ft. Bruno Mars – “Young, Wild & Free”
10. Tyga – “Rack City”
11. Jason Derülo – “Breathing”
12. Coldplay – “Paradise”
13. Drake ft. Lil’ Wayne and Tyga – “The Motto (Remix)”
14. Flo Rida – “Good Feeling”
15. Pitbull ft. Chris Brown – “International Love”
16. Jessie J – “Domino”
17. Gym Class Heroes ft. Neon Hitch – “Ass Back Home”
18. K’Naan ft. Nelly Furtado – “Is Anybody Out There”
19. Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris – “We Found Love”
20. Jay-Z and Kanye West – “N****s in Paris”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Somebody That I Used to Know
2. We Found Love
3. Paradise
4. Sexy and I Know It
5. Good Feeling
6. We Are Young
7. Domino
8. N****s in Paris
9. Set Fire to the Rain
10. Turn Me On
11. Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)
12. Rack City
13. The Motto (Remix)
14. Is Anybody Out There
15. Ass Back Home
16. Glad You Came
17. Young, Wild & Free
18. Breathing
19. International Love
20. Turn Up the Music
March 5, 2012
jmunney
Saturday Night Live, SNL Weekly Recaps, Television
Jack White, Lindsay Lohan, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live Season 37, SNL, SNL Season 37
Kristen Wiig!
Cold Opening – Fox Report
After buttering us up for months with all this talk about Mitt Romney’s “human sons,” they finally get their day on screen! In this season’s batch of cookie-cutter Mitt Romney cold opens, the references to his sons have consistently been one of the best moments, so they all shined brightly, whereas Mitt didn’t have much else to talk about otherwise. There was some sort of joke waiting to happen with Kid Rock, but it never did. I must have been too generous to those other Romney cold opens, because this one was better, and I’m giving it about the same grade. B-
Lindsay Lohan’s Monologue
It was quite alarming (pun not initially intended, but accepted) when Lindsay stepped off the stage, and the sirens went off. I really did not know what that was at first. I thought it might have been a fire or a security alarm. Anyway, the references to Lindsay’s past were expected, but the ways in which they went down were surprising and witty. Jimmy’s cameo was expected, Jon Hamm’s was not – thanks for the surprises, and for making them meaningful. A-
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