Lily Allen’s music reminds us of last summer, so braving the cold to 30 Rock was a no brainer. YES, we just returned from the dress rehearsal for Saturday Night Live, which should be around 50% funny once they cut some slack for live. You’ll enjoy The Dakota Fanning Show (with Drew Barrymore as Abigail Breslin), an ’80s-tastic Digital Short, and a cameo from Horatio Sanz as Elton John in a painfully laugh-free Versace Super Bowl Party sketch. We’re curious what’ll get the axe (fill ya in later!).
Lily did “Smile” and “LDN,” and man we are just not sick of this girl yet. Plus, it’s fun to watch her brass boys recreate that Supersonics lick live. In fact, we’ll be at Webster in one week for her show.
We imagine Drew and Lily getting trashed at the afterparty tonight, dissing boys and complimenting each other’s trainers. Also worth noting: Drew wore a Peter Bjorn And John T-Shirt during the end credits.
Finally, here’s the vid for “Alfie” (thanks Samuel) in which Lil’s lil’ bro is played by a creepy puppet.
Thanks for your patience while we work out the commenting bugs. (We’re getting the hang of this fcgi shit.)
The most interesting difference about dress rehearsal and live: in dress, the American Idol sketch had Jason Sudeikis playing Ryan Seacrest and Bill Hader as Simon Cowell. For the live show Seth Meyers did Seacrest, and Sudeikis did Cowell. Fascinating!
Also, Drew wore a different wig in the Target sketch … which didn’t make it funnier. But she seemed nice like a nice gal.
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It was really, really, REALLY painful to sit through that ep just for Lily Allen. Though I will say I thought she was good and I’m glad she didn’t lip-synch. But honestly, what the hell happened to SNL?? It’s now officialy worse than MADTV.
The 80′s workout video was a riot, if only for the fact that it looked so damn authentic! VHS tape hiccups and all.
The rest of the show… well, Mrs. Blu was digging on Lily’s music.
i can see the idiot route she was going for with this release and video, but “everything just wonderful” would be a lot more ear-friendly.
The only sketch I really liked was Drew’s job interview. I think Lily sounded very nervous — it’s always pressurising to try to break America on SNL (I think Natalie Imbruglia was the last to do it successfully, and that’s mainly because she is so smokin’ hot).
You know who didn’t do it successfully? Ms. Dynamite. And rightfully so — she kinda sucked. Loved the job interview sketch and the Weekend Update joke about Barbaro. “We’ll miss you, Barbaro. Not you, Grandma. You were a loser til the end.”
lily allen is amazing. I’m glad that the Alfie video is up!
The Purple One was amazing.
Umm….not to be particular, but wtf was Lily wearing? That number looked like something Bjork would pass on.
And they put her in heels, which noticeable limited her mobility. If they really wanted to sell her they should have fixed her up in her beloved Nikes and let her parade around to “Knock ‘Em Out.”
Any idea who directed the Alfie video?
guys I uploaded Hey Rosetta’s album Plan Your escape cause I haven’t seen it anywhere, worth listening to! Not unlike Guillemots-sounding, they’re nominated for a bunch of awards here in Canada.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/zow99m
Off topic: getpeel.com
DD
Lily’s SNL appearance wasn’t bad, but it was dull. Her voice isn’t bad, but it isn’t very strong, either.
And they did some fudging with her high notes in “Smile.” My guess was they added a low, subtle recording of the high notes. My tech-savvy roomie says they clipped her voice to even out her notes. Any opinions on this, folks?
Anybody else think “Alfie” sounds like the Wallace and Gromit theme song?
I don’t get Lily. Both songs had about four notes in them. She’s not a very good singer, her dress was bad, it was all really boring. What am I missing here.
i absolutely adore lily allen. she’s irreverent and clever, and she has a great voice. her performance was great–i thought she sounded clear and perfect!
i could swear up and down she was lip syncing!
I think lily allen is amazing i think her alfie song is the best
My four year old daughter Corey, loves your new song and video alfie. Well done lilly!xxx