Anyone see this chick's live performance on SNL? I haven't laughed that hard since "Showgirls"!!

and to to think she won the Grammy that year when India Arie got robbed big time.

Sad.

HeyJude said:

that performance was dreadful.....and have lost a bit of respect for Timbaland as well.....if i ever hear 'promiscuous boy' again i'm going to kill myself..they must have said that line a thousand times and the song realy goes nowhere

ROLLINGSTONE: So, some random questions: What do you think when you see yourself on TV after the fact?

Furtado: It's hard to watch. Supposedly, my greatest performance is when I worked with an aboriginal vocal group from Saskatchewan. And I did it on the Juno Awards in Canada, and I did a rendition of my song "Powerless" with them. It was like a big medley with all these extras carrying signs, and it was really cool. And I still haven't watched it because I don't want to ruin the vision of it in my mind. With SNL, maybe in a couple of weeks, maybe in a couple of months I'll have the courage to watch it. Because when you do watch yourself that's when you become better as a performer. I'm sure all the greats, especially like the Beyonces of the world, watch themselves to get that perfection going. I'm working with the same choreographer that she works with. This whole choreography thing is new to me. I always loved dancing but I was a little shy about it before. Now I'm just loving it.


http://www.rollingstone.c...um_so_loud

wonder505 said:

India.Arie should have won all 7.

yeah it wasn't great. she is not a natural mover. also there were way too many people on stage in the background. kinda messy looking but i thought she sounded pretty good.

i missed it, but i have heard nothing but bad reviews on that SNL performance!

CinisterCee said:

Fair enough.

CinisterCee said:

I think I saw her on that dance contest show, and it was pretty bad too...They're just both really awful rappers (though I like other things about each of them).

pkidwell said:

for real When she first came out I thought she was gonna be just a tad bit different from the other mainstream darlings on the radio at the time. Guess I was wrong

is it on youtube yet?
ok. yeah I found it
http://www.youtube.com/wa...%20Furtado

I haven't watched it yet though.

found it! edit
[Edited 6/25/06 16:11pm]

I just watched it and the performance sucks. Nelly needs more dance lessons for real plus she looks kinda uncomfortable singing this IMO. I love the song though.

OMG...that sucked major ass. Poor child doesn't have an ounce of rhythm in those bones of hers.

How lame is Timberland? An Andre3000 he is not. Makes Pharrell look like Stevie.

purplecam said:

The 2nd SNL performance of the night, "Maneater," was 10 times worse. Hope someone uploads that shit. So bad it was funny.

Almost as bad as Fury, eh? wink

HeyJude said:

Worse than the first performance?

TotalAlisa said:

The problem is that "Turn Off the Lights" wasn't like "I'm Like A Bird", though. It wasn't just about getting commerical. And frankly, it's not just about hip-hop but it's moving more toward pop, which is kind of what "Promicous" is due to her vocals. Hip-hop is getting played due to the fact that people now have more choice with downloads and I would even suggest satelite radio (terstisal radio is so damn boring and predictable).

2freaky4church1 said:

Nelly seemed more interesting back before "I'm like a bird" when she was doing trip hop.

Most annoying voice ever?

didn't see the performance, but i like her.

I just always thought she was just going to be a one hit wonder.

But whatever she was doing on SNL was just dreadful.

Well duh. It's a track that is completely based on heavy use of effects, programming, dynamics processing and editing - of course that kind of material never sounds that good live.

Rule number one, never even attempt to go 100% live with that kind of material. The same goes for all types of electronic music, not just the pop end of it.

Once again the theory is proven:

This place is full of musical snobs!

Musical snob = doesn't share your taste in music

Her music can be okay. It's her voice that doesn't appeal to me.

RipHer2Shreds said:

People judge without listening to the album...that sickens me! If it was some shit a rapper did, you all would be raving about!!