Hey, it’s right in line with the quality of a lot of their skits.

Next week, musical guest William Hung will perform his ten minute version of ” Feelings”.

It wasn’t nearly as bad as folks are saying. I wonder how many of these snipe-happy folks had even seen her before this. Her kind of sultry chanteuse singing doesn’t play that well with the rowdy SNL crowd I suppose (though there weren’t shrieks and boos in the studio audience I might note). Awkward yes, but hardly earth-shatteringly bad either.

Had to turn it off.  The dog was howling.

As usual. Gloves needs to visit his home planet Bizarro to get some perspective on how we earthlings do things here. What color is the sky on Bizarro again. And of course, all the great comedians, writers and visual artists are conservatives, right? riiiiigggght! What a contrarian idiot.

Wow. People are so clueless! 

This reaction is the product of 10+ years of garbage Idol shows. Where would music be if everyone sounded like a crappy pop star…Axl Rose? Mick Jagger? Jim Morrison? Nina Simone?

People used to garbage like American Idol OBVIOUSLY won’t get this girl.

She reminds me of Cat Power. Sexy voice. Distinctive style. Writes her own music. Dig!

to those incessantly defending Lana: artists are allowed to be nervous and make mistakes from time-to-time, yes but, she is a consistently mediocre performer. now, normally that would be acceptable, but let’s remember, she is making more money than most of us will ever see for doing these poor performances. do we really want to keep supporting these types of artists? it’s time we chalk her up to be a one hit wonder and let the real artists step in and entertain us.

dont forget her lies about her plastic surgery and how poor she was spare us the bullshit

to those incessantly defending Lana: artists are allowed to be nervous and make mistakes from time-to-time, yes but, she is a consistently mediocre performer. now, normally that would be acceptable, but let’s remember, she is making more money than most of us will ever see for doing these poor performances. do we really want to keep supporting these types of artists? it’s time we chalk her up to be a one hit wonder and let the real artists step in and entertain us.

dont forget her lies about her plastic surgery and how poor she was spare us the bullshit     

She was only slightly worse than most of the musical guests on SNL. I think they’re usually a joke perpetrated on the audience, who invariably clap at the end of the numbers as though it’s the best thing they’ve ever heard. SNL is just pushing the envelope on how bad they can make the music, and have the seals still applaud.
The one last night sounded like Yoko Ono, and yet, none of the idiots in the room had the balls to point out that the Emperor was naked. I guess they’ll have to find someone worse… I swear, if they had Phoebe from Friends come on and sing Smelly Cat, the idiots would give her a standing O.

Define “real artists” then please name some.

*waiting*

What a dumb article: how can you compare this to the dishonesty and embarrassment of Simpson? She’s not an interesting performer but it’s a long ways from saying it’s a “goof.”

Well, that explains a lot since watching Cat Power is like watching a dead person perform bad songs.

I don’t care enough about this singer to watch the performance, but I’ve spoken with people involved in SNL concerts who said that, for some reason, the music performances are often plagued by poor soundboarding and the bands can’t always hear themselves playing. There have been lackluster performances in recent years by bands otherwise known for good live shows, like Radiohead and TV on the Radio. But Lana may have just been nervous. If she’s really talented, then this is just a minor blip in her career.

Topical as always, champ

You show a stunning ignorance of how the music industry works, how (and if) performers get paid and where the money really goes.

One of the worst things about the backlash is the alternative reflexive defense of this abominable act. Now that people have reacted honestly in horror after seeing her on SNL there are enough people coming to her defense, which might not have happened had half the audience (me included) not run screaming in pain to Twitter. Ah well. The rich get richer, eh? I didn’t need to read that she was a created, privileged brat who wormed her way into pseudo-fame, but it certainly didn’t surprise me that she in fact is that person. 

People used to American Idol? Is the above poster reaching on that one or what? It’s not snobbery, it’s just honestly reacting to something that flat out stinks. No one needs shows like Idol (or even bad live karaoke!) to exhibit some taste. Please.

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This one is so simple to answer how and why she was on SNL with such a mediacore voice and performance. Her real name is Elizabeth Grant and she is the daughter of a millionaire who was a founder of the Internet domain names. Her dad has the money and is pushing it all to have the media make her 100000000x more better then she really is.

Id venture to say the top 100+ of american idol each season is better then her on either the high or low octaves.

Just compare that performance to the album version. This isn’t artistic variation.
And why is she consistently being treated as not mainstream? There is a giantic marketing campaign going on, Video Games gets constant airplay, she’s being covered everywhere, internationally (and it’s not thanks to its high quality, this sort of rotation costs a lot).

There have been worstest.

I liked it.

Please don’t compare this girl to Cat Power. She ain’t Cat Power and never will be.

her performance was bad but many of her songs on youtube are stunning. give them a listen b4 you rip the poor girl a new one. she really does have an amazing voice.

first of all. the tech crew didn’t turn up her mike loud enough nor adjust it during the first song. that’s probably why she was acting so strange. but also it works out with what she’s singing about AND it sounds like her album so it wasn’t nerves. and i don’t know why people are making a big deal out of this when Kanye West bombs every time he performs on there live (if not everywhere). at least she was actually sing not lip-syncing or dancing to her recorded voice. i don’t get people…

I’ve seen her video for “Video Games” She’s not very good there either and sultry is the last thing I
d call her singing.

For those of you blaming SNL: I defer you to the performances of Florence and the Machine. They sounded just as good, if not better, on SNL did they do on their cd. It’s not SNL’s fault when someone can’t sing or perform well. I do think someone should have noticed how bad she was before the actual night of the performance. She acted like she was high on something to me.

I don’t know if the performance merits comparison to Ashlee Simpson, but I’m glad to discover that I wasn’t simply so old and out of the loop that I, alone among all viewers, wondered what the hell was going on.

So … this isn’t the next hit genre?

I didn’t think she was bad – just noticeably nervous. The “Heathers” of the entertainment industry are blowing it out of proportion.
She’s still 1000% preferable to the talentless auto-tuned hacks SNL features week after week.

Yeah, everyone who knocks past SNL musical guests must be forgetting Florence and the Machine who were terrific. Talented people can sing anywhere.

Dude,  I can’t help but notice the avatar!  Is that the pic you intended to show the world?  Don’t get upset if people say it’s “dickish”.

I remember David Bowie doing a number in a dress with a dyed (stuffed) poodle to match its color.   The 70′s, one of those hard to categorize decades.

I’ve seen worse.  If the musical act (on SNL) is’nt really saying something to me, I go and make a sandwich. So, it was roast beef with smoked gouda on a kaiser roll, great sammich’.

Bob, I hate the dehumanizing auto-tuners myself.  A good performer can compensate  for a slight problem with pitch.  A live performance is a “sometime” thing, a million things can go wrong, or right.  It’s a roll of the dice.

sultry chanteuse? LMAO

She wouldn’t last 45 seconds on American Idol.

kill yourself

thanks for reminding me why Bowie has always sucked.

Who?

Whatever this is, I hate it.
Music for comas.
Musical boredom.

True.
I enjoyed Florence a few weeks back.
……and Adele.
Great entertainers.

The way Daniel Radcliffe hugged her during the closing credits, I just assumed that she was his girlfriend and he had told the SNL producers that he wouldn’t appear unless she also performed.

Listening to her gives me a “chill in my vein”.
Next act to perform on SNL:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yCUrj0DYHE

I quit watching SNL when they started bringing on bands of OWS types who had no rhythm, no musical talent and didn’t know how to tune their instruments.

This young woman was obviously nervous. Can you blame her?  But compared to the long list of unbathed and untalented, I thought she was very good, with a lovely voice.

Ah, but then I forget.  These critiques are all leveled by Obamatrons, naturally offended by anything that is not loathing and hate ridden, spewing filth and putrification.

“President Obama is the greatest leader ever known to mankind, and the greatest golfer since Kim Jung Il.”

It’s deplorable that you have to turn this into a political insult and that you assume that anyone who is an Obama supporter has no brain. Grow up and learn how to make an intelligent argument.

With all that’s happening in the world and with a million bloggers who’d like a paying gig, the brain-level of many of the writers here is a surprise to me since in this case, as in many other articles, simple comparisons seem to be mysteries as vast as the Sphinx. The commenters are worse, mostly exchanging childish barbs not as clever as the average 5th grader. By this standard, every crappy performer is Ashley Simpson caught thieving which makes as little sense as possible.

first song was pretty awful but second song wasn’t so bad

I liked the performance.

It was different and interesting.

Made me a fan. I now have your album.

that’s not a post with much chivalry

Let me guess, she’s not a rightwinger

i hate young people.

let me throw out a few names with real talent from my generation. Peter Frampton, The Eagles, The Who. I have seen them all perform live, and to compare Lana to any of them is a joke. How about Norah Jones, or Diana Krall? She is a liar and a pre- processed greasy french fry. She claims to have lived in a Mobile home, to poor to buy cereal, give me a break. Her daddy is a Millionaire. I could put up with the crappy channeling of chris isaak, but not her lies. Just go away!!!!!!!!

BTW, since when are washed-up scientologist actress Juliette Lewis’ opinions considered relevant on anything?
Hail Xenu!

i don”t care what ppl say about Ashlee Simpson, she si really good and she has improved a lot, she was very young and she wasn’t ambitious back then, she was daddy’s littlest girl trying to be a hard rocker, maybe she was but she was also a little good girl 

Honestly her performance wasn’t even that terrible. It was just awkward. But was it the worst performance ever on SNL? No. And this performance shouldn’t be compared or put at the level of Ashlee Simpson’s performance. Did Lana lip sync? Her voice is quite beautiful and enjoyable. It’s unfortunate that people just bash on her based on this one performance. Go check her performance on Letterman, it was fantastic. And what’s the problem whether if she’s poor or rich? We’re listening to the music here. She’s been singing for years and if you check out videos of her singing from a few years ago at some small venue, she’s a lovely singer live. She’s not the best musician on earth, but neither is she the worst. She’s definitely on the talented side, though. I’m not a die-hard fan of hers, but she’s pleasant to listen to. Regardless of this little mishap, I think Lana will continue to please everyone’s ears and get well-deserved attention to her music.