Alabama Shakes and Saturday Night Live go together better than any pairing the series has had in months. SNL the limping beaten dog of a show is paired up with a Q Award winner for best emerging artist. And not only does Jesus weep- but the Pope quits.
Alabama Shakes got footing from their song "Always Alright" scoring a spot on Silver Lining Playbook. The song starts all well and good until the singing starts. Here is a fucking tip CALL is not pronounced caAAHwwl, and any half ass shit singer who does that (hello neon trees?) should be duct taped to a bee hive.
Now before you circus freak flipper boys come at me swinging the jacks from your trailer homes hear me out, Brittany and her Shakes are all well and good if you have no ears or eyes. That being said I have both, so they simply are not for me. Putting them on SNL made all their mama's so proud and I bet there is a viewing party at the VFW hall but honestly- no.
I admire (no I don't) SNL for giving different genres some airtime, I mean what the hell why suck on your own when you can suck with new friends?
Iman writes: "Alabama Shakes will be relieved to know that Helen Bach's cable is down, and so I was left dashing from Maroon 5 (a band Helen hates and I like) to catch Alabama Shakes (see earlier parenthesis). I do like Alabama Shakes, they are an old fashioned Southern style rock band with a great song "Hold On' that shakes, rattles and rolls like the Black Crowes meets Janis Joplin and a John Popper lookalike lead singer who is kinda hard to take your eyes off in Brittany Howard.
Not for nothing but if Brittany opens her mouth any wider she can swallow the bassists head.
Still, if it makes her happy and the band is really good…
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