You probably know that Mick Jagger is hosting this week’s May 19 season finale of Saturday Night Live. Yes, he’s hosting—certainly doing a mumbling, aw shucks monologue complete with those twinkling forever-young eyes and numerous runs of his fingers through that still-luxurious hair, certainly appearing in skits and possibly being funny on occasion. Can we expect much in terms of blowing us away with his comedic acting chops? He’s had a few cracks at an acting career with little success over the years. I guess he’ll play music, too, although Keef says he’s not going to make a guest appearance with his old Glimmer Twin. We’ll see.
Jagger’s going to have to work hard to top Paul McCartney’s appearances in skits on SNL and elsewhere. Considering he was the worst actor in the Beatles’ movies, Paul’s become pretty funny in his advanced age. You know Mick’s gonna be gunning for Paul’s title as Rock’s Funniest Living Legend. He goes way back with the SNL crew, but he’s never hosted. Paul’s been on the show a number of times and killed in skits, but Mick is the first of these living legends to be billed as “host.” I bet he’s psyched.
You know Keef couldn’t care less about holding the title of SNL host or Rock’s Funniest Living Legend. Pete Townshend would be too weird to ever work in American sketch comedy. Can you imagine Bob Dylan vying for the spot? He might be the funniest rocker ever to appear on SNL, but you wouldn’t be able to tell.
Like McCartney, Jagger’s still “in the game”—at least as far as he’s concerned. Mick’s fit and trim. His hair refuses to turn gray. He’s probably hipper than any of our dads. Mick and Paul are the self-perceived Last Men Standing among 1960s pop stars. These days, who’s cooler: modern-day McCartney or modern-day Jagger?
Following my thoughts the other day on how much I would have liked to have chosen Booker T & the MGs as my teammates for a pickup game of hoops, I got to thinking about other pickup sporting events and which musicians I might like on my side. I’ll share my thoughts on the matter as they are fully developed. Meanwhile, which artists would you choose in a pickup game for each of the following sports? Please choose full bands for any team sports (and as many as 2–3 full bands for sports requiring more than a handful of players) and solo artists or duos for sports involving 2 or 3 players per team. No picking the best players from any given band and leaving the weak links off your roster! Remember, you need to play as well; you’re part of the count—no subs. It is recommended that you choose musicians who will compliment your game.
Rough touch football (7 v 7)
Schoolyard basketball (5 v 5)
Doubles tennis (2 v 2)
Small-sided indoor or artificial turf court soccer (7 v 7)
Steve Cropper has announced on his Facebook page that his longtime partner in crime, Donald “Duck” Dunn, died in his sleep this morning, after playing 2 shows in Japan. Man, he did much more on the bass, but no one could lay into that signature 3-note riff at the heart of so many Stax/Volt songs the way he did.
This week’s delayed Sunday morning edition of Saturday Night Shut-In celebrates Mothers’ Day, in which your Moderator discusses the 3 mothers at the root of his world. Our phone lines are down today, so feel free to write about a musical memory regarding your mother in the Comments space for this thread.
Later in the show, the Moderator examines the nature of the group interview and the psychological torment in the backstory of the characters of the blockbuster movie The Avengers. SPOILER ALERT!
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