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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.

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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.

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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.

It's something one normally does as a formality to announce the ejaculation.

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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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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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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.

Wow. Y'all beat me to it! You pre-done dealed me! Pre-dammit!

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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.

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good point, the writing was lousy generally, although there were a few funny bits. The music saved the show I think.

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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

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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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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.

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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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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.

What songs were performed?

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Maybe he should clean up the mess in the UK

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I see your point, Swiss, about Mick kind of saying Obama needs to take Mitt seriously but the hair reference was certainly a jab. Don't pay attention to Mickscarey, he just likes to dis Jagger...and I did not recognize Steve Martin either until it was pointed out to me! That was a horrible skit...so lame!

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I did get the joke reference about the hair (and thought it was pretty funny). But to me, it
seemed Mick wasn't actually picking sides--the song seemed more simply to be commentary on
the upcoming election. On one hand saying to Obama: "Hey, you better get your shit together
and raise a boatload of money, pal, or you're out -- no more private bowling alley in the
White House."

And about Romney: "He's a straight-up hard-working kind of man, and a worthy opponent [i.e., "match"]
to Obama, but don't underestimate him--he can be more formidable than you think" (with the
hair-cutting comment)

I've seen a lot worse, tho some of it was painfully bad! AND---the guy I didn't recognize
in the lame "Californians" sketch was Steve Martin.
-swiss

I thought the "match" lyric was actually "mensch".

I was kind of waiting for a lighthearted jab at Obama too but didn't recognize it.

I didn't recognize Steve Martin either, I initially thought it was Colin Quinn. I was wondering why he was getting so much applause!

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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

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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I did get the joke reference about the hair (and thought it was pretty funny). But to me, it seemed Mick wasn't actually picking sides--the song seemed more simply to be commentary on the upcoming election. On one hand saying to Obama: "Hey, you better get your shit together and raise a boatload of money, pal, or you're out -- no more private bowling alley in the White House."

And about Romney: "He's a straight-up hard-working kind of man, and a worthy opponent [i.e., "match"] to Obama, but don't underestimate him--he can be more formidable than you think" (with the hair-cutting comment)

I've seen a lot worse, tho some of it was painfully bad! AND---the guy I didn't recognize in the lame "Californians" sketch was Steve Martin.
-swiss

I thought the "match" lyric was actually "mensch"

I was kind of waiting for a lighthearted jab at Obama too but didn't recognize it.

I didn't recognize Steve Martin either, I initially thought it was Colin Quinn. I was wondering why he was getting so much applause!

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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

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.

very cool. Of course it was Mick swiss, who else in that motley crew is more likely to have Staple Singers records in their collection and their repetoir? peace

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Maybe he should clean up the mess in the UK

Yeah except they would probably try to tax him to do it.

Interesting how the Brits here don't all "get" American humor. I certainly didn't "get" Benny Hill. But those Python guys still have me laughing 30 years later.

ryanpow I notice that some of the best singers of all time are also great mimics of other peoples voices. When Mick does his tongue and cheek versions of American country he sure nails it. Maybe somehow trying to change your voice causes a very listenable element in the recorded output. But Mick would have to spend more time in places like Utah, Texas and Montana if he were to really get the American thing down. New York City people speak a dilect all their own, not the best to represent America.

Thanks again swiss for the blow-by-blow. I got more out of it the second time I read it. sweet. peace