A shameful “rebellion” on Saturday evening explained

Saturday evening live was a share of scandalous Musical performances Over the last 50 years, but the appearance of one punk -but 1981 remains unforgettable.

Los Hardcore band -Angeles Agel Musical Performance reached almost mythical proportions among Snl Over the past three decades fans but a new documentary NBC and Paulina Ladies and gentlemen … 50 years of music SNL Seeks to separate the fact from the fiction of the alleged rebellion in the studio.

In joint directors Questlove and Oz RodriguezDOC that took place premiere on Monday, January 27 Li Wing and Snl Staff told how a legendary actor participant John Belush Developed one of the most contradictory moments of the 1980s shows.

Belushi is gone Snl In 1979, but executive producer Dick erber He wanted the cameo comedian to establish a connection between the original acting and its updated era. Belusha agreed to make a silent look opposite Then the cosmic member Eddie MurphyBut only if Ebersol booked his favorite punk band in return.

“John Belusha learned about us. He liked our music. He became our supporter of ours, “Li Wing explained in the documentary.

Murphy, 63, recalled as Snl The roles and crews were embarrassed by ebersol, which allowed the hardcore -pank -root in the air just to secure Belush.

“We thought it was insane – that John Belusha made them fear on TV,” Murphy said.

This sad famous episode of 1981, which took place on Halloween, was filled with an extremely dark image and tabo -hum – certainly Halloween star Donald honoring. The viewers watched the blood from Jack’s lantern in one stage and the actors’ participant Christina Eber Another sketch was about a murderous housewife.

Not even horrific sketches could prepare the audience for a loud and cruel musical set of the night. The band brought with him his own dancers for the front of the scene filled with future punk boosts as Jan MakeiA minor threat, from Washington and broke through four songs.

“John felt that in order to let (fear) look the way it looks like, this contingent (from the dancers) had to be,” Ving explained.

Because fear performed songs with moody titles such as “New York is good when you like saxophones” and “Let’s war”, shocked viewers across the country for the first time.

“Mr. and Mrs. Normal America, which usually goes look Saturday evening liveThey look like punk -rockers, interested in what the hell is, – Li Ving recalled before reminding: “Mr. and Mrs. Tourist America returned (spectators), looking at (us) like:” My God! What is this? Jesus, we will die! “

NBC eventually cut off from fear in the middle to return control over the studio. Later producer Dick Eberber 50 years of music SNL The fact that he did not “really realized what a dance” slam “was before he allowed punk in the studio for 8 hours.

Were widespread rumors about rebellion as well as harm Snl The studio in the next decades, but nothing like this has actually happened.

“There was no rebellion,” Hal Wilnerformer Snl The music coordinator explains in the documentary. “They did not destroy the equipment. It was a good story, but (fear) were quite pleasant people and acted quite professionally.”

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While mythology is around fear Snl Appearance may have been exaggerated over time, rock legend Jack White The chaotic segment as a watershed for the show.

“It was a chance for this truly hardcore punk on nationwide television that most people have not seen before,” Jack White said in the document. “It was some dangerous step.”

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