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Got a new fan; love her voice - so clear and captivating. Also - she’s wearing nothing but a guitar and boots. Wow.



They did a nice tribute to Norm Macdonald on Weekend Update and took some well earned shots at Dems in the opener. Sucks that Beck Bennet left but new guys seem pretty good. Owen Wilson was solid too. Looking forward to Ashley Nicolette Frangipane next week…

 
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Midnighter2 said:
Got a new fan; love her voice - so clear and captivating. Also - she’s wearing nothing but a guitar and boots. Wow.

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They did a nice tribute to Norm Macdonald on Weekend Update and took some well earned shots at Dems in the opener. Sucks that Beck Bennet left but new guys seem pretty good. Owen Wilson was solid too. Looking forward to Ashley Nicolette Frangipane next week…

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You may like her with John Prine, Midnighter.

 
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Roar More said:
All I will watch next week is the opening and Weekend Update. I see no reason wo start watching a Kardashian now.
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You never know what skits or people will work. I remember thinking the same thing when Timberlake first hosted years ago....now IMO he's a top 5 host all time with some crazy good skits. This week was ehhhh for me, but you just never know. If I see a skit is a dud, I just FF through it.
 
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You never know what skits or people will work. I remember thinking the same thing when Timberlake first hosted years ago....now IMO he's a top 5 host all time with some crazy good skits. This week was ehhhh for me, but you just never know. If I see a skit is a dud, I just FF through it.
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Agree. I thought Owen Wilson was solid (the Bezos in space short, the Cars 4 script reading, and the HS teacher who segregated his class by race for Covid reasons were the best of the night) - He mostly stayed in the background but didn't flub any lines and was really comfortable out there. The NFL on Fox skit with him as Troy Aikman was probably *the* standout. I did like his monologue though about only reading good reviews of his work). A Loki skit seemed like an obvious missed opportunity.

New guy James Austin Johnson did a lot of heavy lifting this episode (Biden, Mater, Joe Buck).



 
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Or so they'd have you believe.
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Midnighter2 said:
Got a new fan; love her voice - so clear and captivating. Also - she’s wearing nothing but a guitar and boots. Wow.

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They did a nice tribute to Norm Macdonald on Weekend Update and took some well earned shots at Dems in the opener. Sucks that Beck Bennet left but new guys seem pretty good. Owen Wilson was solid too. Looking forward to Ashley Nicolette Frangipane next week…

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I run with a group of 35 to 55-year-olds who have really switched from top 40 and contemporary to country music. A lot has to do with having teenage kids. I've never been a fan of country but it has grown on me as they lose the "twang" and go more pop with a message. There has been a lot of really good country put out in the last ten years or so.
 
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I run with a group of 35 to 55-year-olds who have really switched from top 40 and contemporary to country music. A lot has to do with having teenage kids. I've never been a fan of country but it has grown on me as they lose the "twang" and go more pop with a message. There has been a lot of really good country put out in the last ten years or so.
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If you say you like this song you are dead to me.

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Midnighter2 said:
Got a new fan; love her voice - so clear and captivating. Also - she’s wearing nothing but a guitar and boots. Wow.

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They did a nice tribute to Norm Macdonald on Weekend Update and took some well earned shots at Dems in the opener. Sucks that Beck Bennet left but new guys seem pretty good. Owen Wilson was solid too. Looking forward to Ashley Nicolette Frangipane next week…

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Kacey Musgraves is great. She had me at “Slow Burn”.
 
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Kacey Musgraves is great. She had me at “Slow Burn”.
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Looks like I have a back catalog to catch up on.

I really gravitate to female performers (especially singer/songwriters - Fiona Apple, Tori Amos, Bjork, Portishead, etc.). I like more traditional country music when I listen to it (mostly stuff my Dad likes or liked when I was younger - George Strait, Crystal Gayle, Dolly Parton, Hank Williams, etc.). I also like the women who blur the line a bit (like Taylor Swift). Musgraves has a more traditional country sound and more authentic songwriting (I can't stand the FloriBama bro sound that is so popular and/or female artists who only sing about trying to land a man).
 
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Midnighter2 said:
If you say you like this song you are dead to me.

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I took my daughter to her hair dresser (for a competition) and we sang to this on the way home. I am not sure of the song, but I like the message: the enjoyment of simplicity. Applebees and a 'natti in a styrofoam cup. "Fancy Like". It isn't the dressing, its the turkey.
 
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I run with a group of 35 to 55-year-olds who have really switched from top 40 and contemporary to country music. A lot has to do with having teenage kids. I've never been a fan of country but it has grown on me as they lose the "twang" and go more pop with a message. There has been a lot of really good country put out in the last ten years or so.
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Who are some of these artists that have more of a message?
 
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I run with a group of 35 to 55-year-olds who have really switched from top 40 and contemporary to country music. A lot has to do with having teenage kids. I've never been a fan of country but it has grown on me as they lose the "twang" and go more pop with a message. There has been a lot of really good country put out in the last ten years or so.
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There is some really excellent music being done right now. I love some of the neo-soul and neo-R&B thats being done.
 
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Obliviax said:
it is directional. At least it isn't "WAP".

www.billboard.com

The 35 Best Country Songs of the 2010s: Staff List

From Pistol Annies to Luke Combs, Luke Bryan, Dan + Shay, Ashley McBryde, Dan + Shay and Carrie Underwood, country artists left us with a treasure trove of great songs over the past decade.
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Well, I saw at least four songs about drinking/partying :). One of my issues with country is the popular stuff is contrived - almost churned out factory style by a stable of songwriters who are very, very good at tugging on heartstrings and/or celebrating country/redneck culture. The artists, for the most part, do not write songs, read music, or play instruments (as you can see with a lot of 'talky' country artists). They're pre-packaged with blueblood names and rugged good looks (and the women often have to group up for success unless you are country royalty like Miranda Lambert). There are exceptions for sure, and the mission of country music is different than what Bjork is trying to accomplish for example, but Musgraves struck me as talented and endearing, which is pretty rare for me and country.

Did your daughter win?!?
 
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Midnighter2 said:
Well, I saw at least four songs about drinking/partying :). One of my issues with country is the popular stuff is contrived - almost churned out factory style by a stable of songwriters who are very, very good at tugging on heartstrings and/or celebrating country/redneck culture. The artists, for the most part, do not write songs, read music, or play instruments (as you can see with a lot of 'talky' country artists). They're pre-packaged with blueblood names and rugged good looks (and the women often have to group up for success unless you are country royalty like Miranda Lambert). There are exceptions for sure, and the mission of country music is different than what Bjork is trying to accomplish for example, but Musgraves struck me as talented and endearing, which is pretty rare for me and country.

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fair enough...there are performers and artists. I don't know about Kacy, specifically. But on the drinking, if you listen to the songs, most are about dealing with a breakup. Getting Drunk on a Plane, for example, is that a chick breaks up with a dude before he is taking her to Cancun on a nonrefundable vacation. It isn't to get a chick drunk and screw her. Drink a Beer is from a songwriter writing about having a beer to two siblings who died before him. Drunk Girl is about a gal getting drunk and a guy helping her out and not taking advantage of her.

My daughter's competition is next weekend. If I knew how to post a photo from my phone I'd do so.
 
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Thomas Rhett (Life Changes) and Brett Young (Lady) have some good ones with a nice message. The two songs referenced were written about their own lives.

A close friend of mine, who was a big fan of late 80s early 90s rap, got into country music in the last 5 years. He said it was because there was a message and storyline in the songs that has disappeared from other musical styles recently.
 
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I run with a group of 35 to 55-year-olds who have really switched from top 40 and contemporary to country music. A lot has to do with having teenage kids. I've never been a fan of country but it has grown on me as they lose the "twang" and go more pop with a message. There has been a lot of really good country put out in the last ten years or so.
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lol they both suck!!
 
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You've gotta love the hypocrisy. They fire him over the OJ content and then play it as a tribute to him after his death.
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Was it the OJ stuff? I remember him ‘slipping’ in curse words every now and then. Either way, Lorne Michaels liked Macdonald and fought to keep him. It was an NBC exec who overruled him.
 
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Was it the OJ stuff? I remember him ‘slipping’ in curse words every now and then. Either way, Lorne Michaels liked Macdonald and fought to keep him. It was an NBC exec who overruled him.
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That’s right. Don Ohlmyer. Speculation is that ohlmyer was good friends with OJ and the dream team
 
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You've gotta love the hypocrisy. They fire him over the OJ content and then play it as a tribute to him after his death.
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He was asked to cohost 18 months after being fired. In his monologue he wondered why they fired him for not being funny enough then asked him to cohost. You don’t just get funny in 28 months! Then he realized it wasn’t that he got funny, it was that SNL became un-funny!
 
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Chickenman Testa said:
This guy’s website, Saving Country Music, is awesome - he regularly savages Bro Country. Here, he just goes off on this Walker Hayes character:

“I’m embarrassed to be a part of the same animal species that would produce such an audio abortion and proffer it to the public for consumption.”

https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/...rst-album-in-country-music-history-full-stop/
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Man - that is HARSH. But, not untrue. The stuff about having seven kids didn’t age well though - Walker’s seventh child died not long after childbirth unfortunately.
 
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