SNL 50th Anniversary closing

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Sir Paul McCartney

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[FalloutShelter]

1. That was an amazing way to close.

It really hit me...what we've had and what we stand to lose.
When life was fun, eh?

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2. We've had a good run, seen a lot of weird stuff, survived some awful shit, heard a lot of great music,

..but it's getting a little too crazy here at the end.

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3. I tend to not expect much from the show these days...

...and while Sir Paul's closing was nice, Meryl Streep and Kate McKinnon stole the night in the UFO sketch.

[highplainsdem]

4. surfered, I'm sorry to tell you this, but that's a cover, not Macca. I made the same.mistake last

fall when I copied the URL for the top YT result looking for that medley. Here's my thread then where I was corrected:

Beatles' Abbey Road released 55 years ago today - NEW article on recording + Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1034127943

I replaced that video of the medley covered by AndyBoy 63 with videos of the three songs from the Beatles' YouTube channel, plus video of Paul doing that medley live in 1997:

[highplainsdem]

5. A short clip from tonight's performance:

Link to tweet

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6. Another clip from tonight longer, the end of the medley, faint audio. I'm looking formore videos.

Link to tweet

[highplainsdem]

7. Btw, I saw some tweets complaining that some NBC stations cut away from SNL, which ran long,

and their viewers didn't get to see Paul.

[Srkdqltr]

8. Detroit chan 4 cut early for the news. Apologised at the and , blamed it on a glitch.

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9. Thanks. We were lucky. Our channel didn't cut away

[highplainsdem]

10. I'd started watching on Peacock an hour early since Leslie Jones was doing red carpet interviews, so

I didn't know any NBC stations had cut away till I checked Twitter after the show, and I have no idea if either of the NBC affiliates in my area cut away.

But at least SNL uploaded video of Paul's performance to YouTube later. You might want to add this to your OP:

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11. You've done it for me. Thanks

[highplainsdem]

12. A lot of people never look past the OP to the replies (which we see every time an OP on DU gets a lot

of recs even if factually wrong and fact-checked by a lot of replies). Would it be possible for you to switch that video from SNL last night for the AndyBoy 63 cover of the Beatles - the video that also fooled me last year - that you have in the OP?

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13. Sure will. If you'll tell me how do to it

[highplainsdem]

14. Happy to help! The old Edit link is kind of hidden now. It's under Options, which you'll see in the

lower right corner of each post.

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15. I think I did it

I went to YouTube and found the SNL Anniversary closing with McCartney and copied.

Then edited my post, deleting the old one, and posted the new one.

Hope it worked

[highplainsdem]

16. Yes, you did! Thank you!

I love that video. I know Paul's voice isn't as good as it once was, plus he probably wore himself out doing three concerts in NYC last week (he'd originally planned only one, then added a second because so many people wanted tickets, and I hadn't even heard he'd done a third show at the Bowery, on Friday, before last night). Those shows were fairly early in the evening, too, and I'd guess Paul's usual bedtime these days is quite a bit earlier than his appearance last night. He looked tired. But it was a very moving performance anyway. I had tears in my eyes watching him. So did a lot of other people.

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17. Side 2 of Abbey Road is one of my favorites

And when he did it last night for the closing, I just had to share it, but I was to quick and it wasn’t on You Tube yet, I just posted an album version instead. I should have waited longer.