These are the notes I took during the show that I email to a friend who doesn't have a TV-- a little rough but for those who can't see SNL maybe useful.

I am in California, and the show ended an hour ago.

I thought Mick was fantastic! He is in strong voice, he is very fit, was having fun, his dancing was awesome and not silly or over the top, at times he was just really good, and at other moments he sizzled.


synopsis
Opening sketch feels extremely stale, like Steve Martin or Dan Ackroyd had something to do with the writing. Very old school. It was a spoof of the Lawrence Welk Show(?!), and the whole emphasis of the jokes was on horny Italians----which is a very Baby Boomer things to joke about----very post WWII, Germans and Italians do not have the same comedic resonance (of course) in America in 2012 than they might have had in 1979, so this sketch is just corny and not funny---not relevant. Again, felt like written by writers who still think it's post WWII.

Monologue by Mick - unremarkable contentwise, but Mick looks very good, tho it looks like he might have stuffed his pants to counter the "TT" accusation The monologue didn't suck terribly and Mick tried to makes a few modern-flavor jokes that about 87% worked. For example, Mick says something like: "So, people are always asking me---when I'm on stage and I say 'How you doing?' and they yell and scream and I say 'I can't hear you'---'Can you really not hear us?' and I tell them 'Yeah, I can hear you. I just don't care how you're doing'."

2nd sketch----game show taking place in 1964, but it's SO off----more like 1968 or 1969. Mick playing a 1960s over-the-top stock "campy gay" character, like Charles Nelson Reilly, replete with ascot -- Mick just uttered a very funny line in a very stereotypically gay drawl with quite funny mannerisms and eye rolls: "Oooooh, you should see me by the pool I'm FULL of shenanigans!!" Other memorable and funny lines by Mick: "I am FULL of CRAZY secrets!!" and "They won't let me wear my bottom lashes in my films!" and "You're TERRIBLE, but I love it." Sketch closes with guy next to Mick on the game show dancing really badly and stiffly -- the most authentically 1964 thing about the sketch -- while Mick dances foppishly.


3rd sketch----a bar featuring karaoke of Rolling Stones songs. All people singing are trying to be Mick Jagger-----and the crowd is stupid and undiscerning. Mick plays a lonely loser nerd sort of guy with a "gay affect" again. He is the only one at the bar who knows that everyone is doing very lame impersonations of Mick Jagger. Everyone else thinks these karaoke singers and dancers are great. The singers/dancers her worse and worse, and people give them more and more kudos, and Mick's character is very dejected. Everyone thinks Mick's character is a lameass because he refuses to praise the horrible karaoke people, and so all the people with whom he went to the bar leave and tell him not to come with them because he is no fun. At the end Micks character, alone in the bar, sings a funny melancholy off-key version of "Satisfaction."


musical interlude #1: Mick+ Arcade Fire
The Blind Boys of Alabama(?) or some group of like 8 black men open the musical segment. They sing in a circle, a capella, under blue lights, and it is rather strange. Then Mick starts singing "Last Time" -- Arcade Fire backing him up. Win Butler looks like a giant, at 6'4" standing next to Mick. Win is playing electric 12 string ---- Regine is playing accordion, singing her piercing harmony. Mick dancing is not too over the top---he is in very good voice! Mick kisses Regine at the end. Win is clearly thrilled to be sharing this experience with Mick Jagger.


Sketch #4---TV show/competition featuring people who dance at summer jamband music festivals --- the concept is funny -- execution is very lame and thrown together. Mick plays Steven Tyler who is one of the judges of the show--he is pretty funny as Steven Tyler, but not hilarious. Mick DOES do a good job of impersonating him tho. Looks like him. In fact, Mick as Steven Tyler looks better and younger than Steven Tyler these days.


musical interlude #2: Foo Fighters + Mick
"19th Nervous Breakdown" --- Mick looks hip, and really pretty damn good. Singing is quite good. Dave sings harmony, wails away on guitar with spirit if not enormous musical charisma. Mick hits high notes very well. They segue Breaks into "It's Only Rock n Roll" -- Dave sings/screams high notes on "I know it's only rock n roll but I like it" refrain. Mick's singing is the best so far this night--- very fine. I don't 100% get from this performance that Mick LOVES the rock n roll he's singing about in the song---and he never gets down in that sort of darkly evil or gloweringly angry and defiant in this performance---which, to me, is the emotional temperature of this song---but he is adamant about something. His dancing here isn't at all silly. It's more restrained than it's been in recent years. And definitely fun to watch him move. Overall----good job!! Dave Grohl is clearly glad to play with Mick, and Mick at one point gets VERY charged up playing with Dave.


Sketch -- The Californians
Fred Armison is SPOT on in depicting a Californian. Mick plays someone named Timothy who runs the ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier--character seems "gay" again, in a pink blazer and swishy ways, but he is supposedly marrying some chick and has fathered a whole bunch of kids. Really stupid sketch. Like the opening sketch this felt unbelievably stale, the points of reference are all like from the 1980s----made me wonder, once again, whether maybe Mick requested Dan Ackroyd or Steve Martin write for this episode of the show? because usually SNL gives you an idea of what people find funny NOW, and this sketch and the first one were so backdated ("Baby baby baby you're out of time..." )

musical interlude #3: Mick + Jeff Beck
I typed as fast as I can -- maybe missed some of the lyrics but believe this is mostly right. Mick says he just wrote this song about the upcoming presidential election. Not sure what he's trying to say. Jeff Beck kicked ass, of course.


If you wanna sleep in the west wing
you gotta strategize a bit
If you wanna keep that bowling alley
you gotta start strategizing a bit
you gonna have to raise about 100 million dollars
or you're going to end up so deep down in the shit

Mr Romney he's a match but he always plays it straight up
Mr Romney is a hard working man
and he always says his prayers
But the one little thing about him
Don't ever let him touch your hair

Who be the pres come November
well it's anybody's guess
who be sitting in oval office
I must confess
in 6 months I bet you'll be screaming
"honey, won't you let me out the mess"


FINALE
Somewhat odd goodbye to Kristin Wiig, who is completely awesome -- Mick plays a commencement speaker who says Kristin is graduating SNL after 7 years. "She's A Rainbow" gets performed and sung by Arcade Fire ----not by Mick----with the whole cast and Lorne Michaels all dancing with her in turn [awful awkward and embarrassing] and then everyone in the cast and musical guests singing Ruby Tuesday.
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-swiss



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2012-05-22 09:02 by swiss.

Thanks for posting this swiss...Sunday morning here in the Uk and the first thing I did when I woke up was wonder how SNL had gone so it was good to get a summary as soon as I turned on the laptop. Sounds like Jagger did ok...and of course, no mention of the Stones!



'some things, well, I can't refuse'

Swiss, thank you very much for your report and sympathy to us who couldn't watch this

Satisfaction skit - think it was pretty funny - these sad moans "I try and I try" - Mick looked hilarious with this hair and glasses
He has a rare ability to laugh at himself

The Last Time with AF - it was really great and they clearly enjoyed playing with Mick

thanks, Swiss, very much

When I get a chance, I hope to write up my own revvy-style blow-by-blow of this
entirely wonderful show, a clear pre-announcement of the Stones farewell festivals.

Anyway, I'm just starting to re-watch bits and pieces as I find them, and all
I want to say at the moment is "Wow! Them Foos really set the bar high for the
Stones with THAT version of 19th Nervous Breakdown! That was so freaking cool!"

Ditto Arcade Fire The Last Time!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2012-05-20 14:27 by superrevvy.

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superrevvy
thanks, Swiss, very much

When I get a chance, I hope to write up my own revvy-style blow-by-blow of this
entirely wonderful show, a clear pre-announcement of the Stones farewell festivals.

Anyway, I'm just starting to re-watch bits and pieces as I find them, and all
I want to say at the moment is "Wow! Them Foos really set the bar high for the
Stones with THAT version of 19th Nervous Breakdown! That was so freaking cool!"

SR, I doubt the Stones will ever do a 'Farewell' thing. It's not their style.

Torrent links over at Hot Stuff



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First, because we are positive people, let us first look at all the positives...

But secondly, y'all better hope that my rosy festival scenario is correct,
and that Mick and Keith have worked it all through already, and that all
the strange things about this SNL show are just to heighten the drama, and
are not reflective of an ongoing dispute between Mick and Keith about who the
Stones are or should be at this point. Mick's position I think is clear, "Yeah,
I'll do it one more time, Keith, but you can go hard or you can go home."
I really believe, or at least really want to believe, that Keith has already
acceded to this demand, and toughened himself up, and is ready to RAWK for
the youngsters. Because otherwise...

Anyway, let's not think about that. Let us think only happy thoughts:

1) As anticipated, it was an all-Stones Big Hits show (except for the one new
one), this thus constituting both a pre-announcement of the impending Stones
tour, and a pre-announcement that the tour will be mostly a Big Hits one.

2) As anticipated, Arcade Fire performed The Last Time, this thus constituting
a pre-announcement that the tour will be advertised as a "farewell" tour.

3) As anticipated, Mick performed at the end of the show outside on Rockefeller
Plaza. More Stones hits. Thus re-confirming the outdoor festivals/hits
pre-announcement.

4) As previously discussed, Mick yet again reinforced his teacher/student
relationship with me and y'all in the closing graduation skit with Kristen
Wiig. As I have pointed out, SOMEBODY has to be the validictorian. Kristen at
comedy school. Me at the institute of jaggerist studies.

5) As previously discussed, I was really wishing for a comedy bit that made
fun of internet Stones geeks, and me in particular. Wish granted! C'mon, who's
a bigger Jagger geek than me, or more shy? And to have Mick playing me...
What an honor!

6) A new song! That PREDICTS! That validates prediction itself as a valid
art form! Further, that validates my analysis that Mick thinks it doesn't matter
who you elect, its all bullshit!

Wow swiss, what a wonderful contribution you have made to this board with this thread. I am blown away by it. Thank you dearly! Some of my friends were in that happy bunch last night and I was proud as a new papa seeing them perform. What great entertainment (even though I don't own a TV and had to plant myself at a girlfriends house to catch the action). Thanks sister, you rock! peace

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superrevvy
2) As anticipated, Arcade Fire performed The Last Time, this thus constituting
a pre-announcement that the tour will be advertised as a "farewell" tour.

Yeah or maybe Arcade Fire has played "The Last Time" before and already knew the ins and outs of the song. During a time crunch, why bother learning a new song when all the members know another Stones song they could perform? It's easier for one guy (Mick) to relearn a song rather than five people in a band.

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superrevvy
3) As anticipated, Mick performed at the end of the show outside on Rockefeller
Plaza. More Stones hits. Thus re-confirming the outdoor festivals/hits
pre-announcement.

What are you talking about? At what point did Mick step outside the studio into the plaza to perform?

As anticipated, you're coming off this as right all along (even though you were completely off). As anticipated, you wasted a lot of your (and our time) posting this stuff. As anticipated you never really went away even though you promised you were staying away from the board. And as anticipated: I'm dissappointed.

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superrevvy
2) As anticipated, Arcade Fire performed The Last Time, this thus constituting
a pre-announcement that the tour will be advertised as a "farewell" tour.

Yeah or maybe Arcade Fire has played "The Last Time" before and already knew the ins and outs of the song. During a time crunch, why bother learning a new song when all the members know another Stones song they could perform? It's easier for one guy (Mick) to relearn a song rather than five people in a band.

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superrevvy
3) As anticipated, Mick performed at the end of the show outside on Rockefeller
Plaza. More Stones hits. Thus re-confirming the outdoor festivals/hits
pre-announcement.

What are you talking about? At what point did Mick step outside the studio into the plaza to perform?

As anticipated, you're coming off this as right all along (even though you were completely off). As anticipated, you wasted a lot of your (and our time) posting this stuff. As anticipated you never really went away even though you promised you were staying away from the board. And as anticipated: I'm dissappointed.

Apparently this actually did happen after the show...at least it was being tweeted about well into the night.

voice your opinion all you want, justin. don't voice mine. i never promised
or threatened to stay away from this board. you are correct that there was
no stones festival tour announcement. i am correct that there was a stones
festival tour pre-announcement.

i hope. otherwise its over. and i dont want it to be over.

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Apparently this actually did happen after the show...at least it was being tweeted about well into the night.

Yeah but not one second of that appeared on the broadcast. I don't see how a mini/private concert for a few hundred people proves a tour announcement. Then again, in Revvy's twisted mind anything goes.



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Justin
Yeah but not one second of that appeared on the broadcast. I don't see how a mini/private concert for a few hundred people proves a tour announcement. Then again, in Revvy's twisted mind anything goes.

there is no argument about the "twisted mind" thing. however the "anything goes"
accusation is strongly denied.

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superrevvy
i am correct that there was a stones festival tour pre-announcement.

Yeah, OK.

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superrevvy
i am correct that there was a stones festival tour pre-announcement.

Yeah, OK.

What the hell is a "pre-announcement"?...Maybe during his performance Mick was beaming secret messages directly to supperrevvy.

Believe it, erik...Revvy has to say it was a pre-announcement (whatever the hell that means) so that when the time comes when they actually do announce whatever performances they'll be doing---Revvy will say he was right that the SNL thing was just a prelude to the big event. It could be six months, a year or two years, he'll still say the two events were related. This is the kind of immaturity we're dealing with.

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Justin
Believe it, erik...Revvy has to say it was a pre-announcement (whatever the hell that means) so that when the time comes when they actually do announce whatever performances they'll be doing---Revvy will say he was right that the SNL thing was just a prelude to the big event. It could be six months, a year or two years, he'll still say the two events were related. This is the kind of immaturity we're dealing with.

Sort of like the individual famous for saying "DONE DEAL". It was a done deal in 2010, 2011, 2012...Maybe eventually the deal really will be done, finally "proving" this person right. Even a stopped watch is right twice a day.

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superrevvy
voice your opinion all you want, justin. don't voice mine. i never promised
or threatened to stay away from this board. you are correct that there was
no stones festival tour announcement. i am correct that there was a stones
festival tour pre-announcement.

i hope. otherwise its over. and i dont want it to be over.

Well you're in for a reality check.

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superrevvy
voice your opinion all you want, justin. don't voice mine. i never promised
or threatened to stay away from this board. you are correct that there was
no stones festival tour announcement. i am correct that there was a stones
festival tour pre-announcement.

i hope. otherwise its over. and i dont want it to be over.

Well you're in for a reality check.

Let's just let Nurse Ratched take care of him shall we?





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7) Mick/Steven served as one of the judges on the "How well do you dance
at music festivals" bit!

You bickering guys----will you GODDAMN please get off this thread?

I started this thread to get AWAY from you, and allow people who hadn't seen the fricking show to get one person's take on it, and discuss it.

Please take your bollshit somewhere else---like go over to that 48-page screed/thread yall already dominated?

thanks
swiss



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Thanks for your comments, Swiss!

Re.: The Last Time

I really like the intro, I think it's a nod to the "original" version by the Staple Singers

Glad people found the synopsis useful.

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proudmary
Swiss, thank you very much for your report and sympathy to us who couldn't watch this

Satisfaction skit - think it was pretty funny - these sad moans "I try and I try" - Mick looked hilarious with this hair and glasses
He has a rare ability to laugh at himself

The Last Time with AF - it was really great and they clearly enjoyed playing with Mick

proudmary---you're welcome. Great call on Mick's rare self-deprecation! I loved the sad moans of "I try and I try" too -- Mick truly is very funny!

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crumbling_mice
Thanks for posting this swiss...Sunday morning here in the Uk and the first thing I did when I woke up was wonder how SNL had gone so it was good to get a summary as soon as I turned on the laptop. Sounds like Jagger did ok...

My pleasure, C-mice Mick did great, in my opinion. The material was a little weak, but this will be an epic piece of history someday. I loved how unselfconscious Mick seemed throughout it all, able to be funny and laugh at himself, and if maybe not knock it totally out of the park do a great job with the musical numbers, and maybe give an indication of how he might look if he were to adapt his huge over-the-top stadium moves back to more human-scale dancing and movements. He still can move, that is for sure.

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Naturalust
Wow swiss, what a wonderful contribution you have made to this board with this thread. I am blown away by it. Thank you dearly! Some of my friends were in that happy bunch last night and I was proud as a new papa seeing them perform. What great entertainment (even though I don't own a TV and had to plant myself at a girlfriends house to catch the action). Thanks sister, you rock! peace

Your welks, N-lust. Glad you were able to watch at a friend's house. It certainly was a happy bunch playing, all night, it seemed---the whole bunch of peeps associated with last night's show seemed really turned on.

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superrevvy
thanks, Swiss, very much

When I get a chance, I hope to write up my own revvy-style blow-by-blow of this
entirely wonderful show, a clear pre-announcement of the Stones farewell festivals.

Anyway, I'm just starting to re-watch bits and pieces as I find them, and all
I want to say at the moment is "Wow! Them Foos really set the bar high for the
Stones with THAT version of 19th Nervous Breakdown! That was so freaking cool!"

Ditto Arcade Fire The Last Time!

evvy, de nada Hope you do in fact write up a blow-by-blow in your own thread, or the other one you started, maybe!

-swiss

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Rank Stranger
Thanks for your comments, Swiss!

Re.: The Last Time

I really like the intro, I think it's a nod to the "original" version by the Staple Singers

Wow--Rank Stranger, had no idea that's what it was. Extremely interesting. Wonder who made the decision to curate it thus on SNL? would be extremely cool if it were Mick's decision/suggestion.

Here is the original---which I had never heard tilright now! I have chills up n down my spine. Thank you so much, Rank Stranger.




-swiss

Mick needs to work on his American Accent. You'd think with all the different voices he has used over the years in his songs he'd be better at it.



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ryanpow
Mick needs to work on his American Accent. You'd think with all the different voices he has used over the years in his songs he'd be better at it.

ryanpow, true! tho he sure nails the parody of a particular American "gay" affect and accent.

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Rank Stranger
Thanks for your comments, Swiss!

Re.: The Last Time

I really like the intro, I think it's a nod to the "original" version by the Staple Singers

Wow--Rank Stranger, had no idea that's what it was. Extremely interesting. Wonder who made the decision to curate it thus on SNL? would be extremely cool if it were Mick's decision/suggestion.

Here is the original---which I had never heard tilright now! I have chills up n down my spine. Thank you so much, Rank Stranger.




-swiss

Impressive.

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swiss
You bickering guys----will you GODDAMN please get off this thread?

I started this thread to get AWAY from you, and allow people who hadn't seen the fricking show to get one person's take on it, and discuss it.

Please take your bollshit somewhere else---like go over to that 48-page screed/thread yall already dominated?

thanks
swiss

Agreed!

Very good recap, Swiss! The song with Beck was poking fun at Romney, and the line about cutting the hair is putting him down for the incident when Mitt was in High School and chased down a gay boy, cutting his hair...a cruel, sadistic act that the press is having a hay day with...apparently Mick couldn't resist sticking it to Mitt either! The skits were OK, I think the writers overdid the gay bit with Mick...enough already! Mick did a good job with lousy writing.

What a pathetic mess. Every time they/he tries to be "political" he/they look like fools. Well, at leastin the last 10 years. What a disappointment . Maybe he should clean up the mess in the UK