![]() ![]() Two years ago, Jack Harlow's drab, listless SNL debut propelled him to a 19th-place performance (out of 20) on this very list. Jack Harlow, "Lil Secret"/"First Class" and "State Fair" (10/29/22) So by the time he, Jacob Collier and the Jason Max Ferdinand Singers paddled back to the sturdy shores of "Fix You," the damage had already been done.ġ7. "The Astronaut" and "Human Heart," two slabs of Up With People-style inspirecore from 2021's Music of the Spheres, just can't be elevated to the heights he's hell-bent on reaching. But he's often guilty of overreaching in the pursuit of transcendence, and that only works when the songcraft is top-notch. Sam Smith in 2015, but also Coldplay on a stage filled with smiling space aliens and swaying congregants.Ĭhris Martin is a talented and charismatic guy, in spite of it all, and his band's Tiny Desk concert from 2020 - also recorded with a choir! - was legitimately wonderful. In fact, if you were to take Sam Smith in 2023 but extinguish every scintilla of sexuality and mischief, you'd get. ![]() It's remarkable how many ingredients this set shares with Sam Smith's SNL performance just two weeks earlier most obviously, they both deployed choirs, with costumery to spare. If you want the most compelling possible case against Coldplay, watch this SNL appearance, which is corny enough to drown the earth's surface in ethanol. If you want to hear the most compelling possible case for Coldplay, listen to Parachutes and A Rush of Blood to the Head. So, for the sixth year in a row, let's get to it!Ĭoldplay has inspired more than 20 years of fierce online debate, but the argument isn't all that complex. ![]() ![]() (See previous rankings: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018.)Īs always, we've linked to every performance that's still (legally) posted on YouTube, but every one of these sets is also available for streaming via Peacock in case you wish to check my work. So it's once again time to cruelly rank them all: the magnificent, the flawed-but-forceful, the forgettable and the truly, epically misbegotten. Naturally, the vagaries of live performance - and of SNL's notoriously unforgiving Studio 8H, not to mention late-night TV's eternal issues with sound mixing - meant that some musical guests were bound to outshine the rest. The results were a typically mixed bag, with occasionally transcendent results. For the second straight season, SNL leaned away from the safe spaces of guitar-driven rock, opting instead to focus more heavily than ever on R&B and (especially) hip-hop. But at least the musical guests offered some major highlights. It was a rough season for Saturday Night Live, which endured painful cast attrition (Aidy Bryant, Cecily Strong, et al.), mixed reviews and a writers strike that knocked out Season 48's final three episodes. Writer(s): RikkaLyrics powered by his "Rich Spirit" / "N95" medley on SNL, Kendrick Lamar performed with minimal visual accompaniment, perfectly geared for the raw intimacy of his newest material. Am I deluded to conclude that sanity′s a fiction? Tension rising, petrifying Is that a spell or is the truth a lie I cannot tell? I just don't know Still I′m trying In this maelstrom I'm always sinking never drowning Pulled down to the pulsing of the rhythm pounding Through the turning tide I stare at the mirror's complexion There′s no reflection ′Cause light refracts when you're under the surface So hold your breath and please don′t be nervous And let the current drag you away Tick tock Time is on the clock So if you want the rain to stop Won't you say a destination please? Knock knock Time to open up And let the devil on your shoulder Hop down into the driver′s seat High tide Sea's retreating I feel the water at my feet So hold on tight Here comes another tectonic symphony You′d better start believing This life'll drag you down to the deep end Our dreams are gone They drowned in the maelstrom Manipulate ya Assimilate ya Capsizing in the dark with no-one left to save ya Will silence sate ya? Or liberate ya? Capsizing in the dark with no-one left to save ya 'Cause in this consciousness I hear voices coldly calling Ragged round to the rhythm of my heartrate falling In my psychosis I swim towards a silent haven ′Cause I′m escaping Tick tock Time is on the clock So if you want the rain to stop Won't you say a destination please? Knock knock Time to open up And let the devil on your shoulder Hop down into the driver′s seat High tide Sea's retreating I feel like I′ve fallen too deep So hold on tight And pray to God that you don't end up like me You′d better start believing This tide'll turn until you stop breathing Our dreams our gone Three, two, one Jump into the maelstrom High tide Sea's retreating I feel the water at my feet So hold on tight Here comes another tectonic symphony You′d better start believing This life′ll drag you down to the deep end Our dreams are gone They drowned in the maelstrom ![]()
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