A playlist for SNL fans
/No review this weekend; I'm at a break in my notes, so I have to sit down and watch the last nine shows of the season soon. In the meantime, I made a massive Spotify playlist of the recorded versions of nearly every song that's been performed on SNL over the last 40 years. There are a few artists and songs that had to be omitted due to them not making their work available on Spotify (looking at you, Neil Young and Prince), but this is still well over 1500 songs, mostly in chronological order.
One thing I noticed: the quality of the musical guests really bottomed out in the late 90s and early 2000s. Never forget: at one time, SNL found it appropriate to book Creed on the show.
There’s a podcast called The Loudest Girl In The World, hosted by Lauren Ober. The show concerns Ober’s autism diagnosis at 42, as well as her experience dealing with this information and opening up to others about it. When I listened to it last summer, I related pretty heavily to what she was talking about. I’ve also started to make peace with how my own brain works in the last few years. It’s been a rough road, though.