Saturday Night Live – Down the Memory Lane

The Most Memorable Performances

Saturday Night Live has witnessed some fantastic performances since 1975. Here are some of the best of the lot.

  • 2013 saw a beautiful performance by Kanye West. ‘Black Skinhead’ was deemed to be one of the best performances on the show ever. To top it up, Kanye West was introduced by the popular Batman-figure of Ben Affleck, as ‘the man you came to see…’
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Chris Farley, of Saturday Night Live, impersonates Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, left, who looks on. This appearance was an ‘April Fools’ joke orchestrated by the GOP Conference on April 4, 1995. (Maureen Keating/CQ Roll Call)

  • Freddie Mercury of the Queen fame in 1982 gave another enthralling performance with ‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’ being the highlight of the show. This performance was memorable for more reasons than one. Owing to Mercury’s deteriorating health, the band stopped performing four years later. In turn, this was the Queen’s final performance in the United States.
  • Queen’s performance in 1982 was preceded by that of a 22-year old Prince in 1981. The guitar solo performance was forever etched in the minds of the audience.
  • 1992 saw the epic performance by Nirvana in 1992 when Kurt Cobain was at his best! The performance was concluded with Cobain kissing his fellow bandmates!
  • 2004 got the audience excited with the popular band called U2. This performance was brought to an end with the beautiful single of ‘I will follow’ where Bono rushed off into the studio audience.

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