That first link isn't working for me. I really want to see this.

me too.
there is a link in the off topic on tapeop i can't get to work either.

nevermind here it is. enjoy
http://onetrick.net/Ashlee_Sax.mpg

another here with the cop out.
http://www.stereogum.com/ashlee.wmv

That was hillarious, thanks for posting!! I don't know when the last time I saw SNL was, it's usually lame, but I wish I was watching last night. If they had more no talent pop stars on that flubbed thier cues, maybe it would be worthwhile...

Chicago Sun-Times headline calls it a "talent malfunction"- awesome.

http://www.suntimes.com/output/rock/cst ... lee25.html

here's a good link to a clean (non-benny-hill) version of it

http://media.ebaumsworld.com/ashlee-snl.wmv

I've been analyzing this clip all day (it's really slow at work) and The Sun-Times has it wrong (go figure). The band is actually live, and trying to salvage the fuck-up, but she can't do anything without being told to, so she ditches.

Tmh, what's the Metallica thing you're referencing?

i wanna say it was the MTV video awards show, though that may not be it. they're performing "Enter Sandman" and there are two really atrocious qualities to it. the lesser of the two is the "now i lay me down to sleep" section, where james steps back from the mic and a recording plays the exchange between him and a kid, just like the album would. the problem is not that he steps away from the mic, but rather i find that commendable. the problem is the pacing. the section of the song ends and they've gone into the next part before the recording has reached its end. so it just comes across as kinda stupidish.

the really bad part was the vocal "harmonies" during the pre-chorus (the "sleep with one eye open, gripping your pillow tight" line). everywhere i've seen it written about, they claim that newsted's vocals were horribly out of tune, and eventually his mic just had to be turned off. the way i remember it, newsted is alright (though not perfect) but hetfield has moved to some very odd register to sing his part in, a place where there are mostly non-notes. it seemed to me like hetfield was the one who was destroying the "harmony". regradless of who was at fault, it sounded *terrible*. painful.

toomanyhelicopters wrote:regradless of who was at fault, it sounded *terrible*. painful.

this could be due in part to the fact that it was metallica.

Hee hee. Metallica.


The Ashley Simpson message board:

http://www.ashleesimpsonmusic.com/Commu ... +videos%2E

Ok you people know the internet, I'm going to get rid of all these videos posted on other websites, how do i delete them?

This was my favourite:

Ashlee Simpson wrote:How do I get rid of all these videos.(sic)

to which some brilliant chap/ette replied:

click "start" select "shut down" and then run as fast as you can into the wall.

ha!


Faiz