S50.E05: John Mulaney / Chappell Roan

[One Imaginary Girl]

Pretty good that they had a bit during WU about unexpected couples, introduced by Colin, but no winking about him and his wife.

[Crashcourse]

I had heard of Chappell Roan but had never seen her perform until last night.  She and that loud band behind her gave me a headache.

[iarwain]

11 hours ago, Joimiaroxeu said:

I dunno, Chappell Roan came across to me as trying too hard to be extreme. I did appreciate her actually singing instead of lip syncing.

I feel like the gimmick detracts from her singing.

I liked the Beppo sketch and the sitcom with Little Richard.  Plus maybe What's That Name?, the Harvey Epstein bit, and parts of the Duane Reed musical.

[Tiggertoo]

I agree that Mulaney looked a bit rough.  If he trimmed his hair and shaved, it might have been a bit better.  But I always enjoy him. 

[peeayebee]

I listened to Biden's Rose Garden address and couldn't help but hear Dana Carvey

[SnarkShark]

On 11/4/2024 at 5:34 AM, iarwain said:

I feel like the gimmick detracts from her singing.

I don't think the outfits hurt her vocal strength (which is far above average compared to most).

I guess I'd have to ask if you had the same objections in the long ago days when Gaga did it.  If so?  Fair enough.  If not.. why not?

On 11/3/2024 at 7:08 PM, Crashcourse said:

I had heard of Chappell Roan but had never seen her perform until last night.  She and that loud band behind her gave me a headache.

Those young kids and their Rock and Roll!  (Shaking fist)

[iarwain]

5 hours ago, SnarkShark said:

I guess I'd have to ask if you had the same objections in the long ago days when Gaga did it.  If so?  Fair enough.  If not.. why not?

I think the main difference there is Gaga had stronger material.

[heatherchandler]

I think Chappel Roan is a lot like Gaga where they are so original, creative and dramatic with their wardrobe but then they sing and it’s like bubble gum pop.  I’m not a fan of Gaga mostly because I just don’t like her songs.  I don’t like Chappell Roan’s songs either, except I do kind of like Hot-To-Go.  I thought for sure she would sing that.

[SnarkShark]

1 hour ago, heatherchandler said:

I think Chappel Roan is a lot like Gaga where they are so original, creative and dramatic with their wardrobe but then they sing and it’s like bubble gum pop.  I’m not a fan of Gaga mostly because I just don’t like her songs.  I don’t like Chappell Roan’s songs either, except I do kind of like Hot-To-Go.  I thought for sure she would sing that.

 

That's odd, because Hot To Go is the song in her catalog that's the most bubble gum pop in nature (what you object to).  It's actually very atypical of her music (which tends to be a lot more musically and lyrically complex than Hot To Go is). 

As for Gaga?  I'd never peg her as Bubble Gum.  There are different periods in her career with different types of music, but they're pretty far from Britney Spears or Tiffany or The Monkees or The Spice Girls or whatever else you might normally label that way.  

Here's her latest.  This definitely isn't Bubble anything.   In fact, I'll give an explicit content warning for anyone clicking on this (more for how unsettling and bizarre it is than sex or violence).

 

 

Edited November 9 by SnarkShark