"Maroon 5 is band you're going to be hearing a lot of for many years to come!"

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Pot. Lots of it.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 21 February 2004 18:34 (twenty years ago) link

I think it has something to do with Friends.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 21 February 2004 18:35 (twenty years ago) link

Regarding their slow and steady rise to stardom, "Harder To Breathe" was being played on WLIR in Long Island around Spring of 2002, and I don't think it got picked up by pop radio until Fall 2003.

― billstevejim, Saturday, 21 February 2004 18:36 (twenty years ago) link

To put them into context with 3EB, I'm pretty sure "Semi-Charmed Life" became a hit immediately upon its release.

― billstevejim, Saturday, 21 February 2004 18:39 (twenty years ago) link

I like "Graduate" more though.

― Aja (aja), Saturday, 21 February 2004 18:40 (twenty years ago) link

Come on. They're touring with John Mayer. You've got to take them seriously. Heh.

― Mr Deeds (Mr Deeds), Saturday, 21 February 2004 21:08 (twenty years ago) link

They are?

OMG!!

That's awful!! I dislike them even more!

― Aja (aja), Saturday, 21 February 2004 21:12 (twenty years ago) link

Early copies of Maroon 5's album came w/ wee stickers with praise from John Mayer

Hahaha...is that true? I can't think of a more sure-fire way to actively discourage me from buying a CD.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 21 February 2004 21:17 (twenty years ago) link

I saw these guys hanging out at a bar. I only noticed them because they had some very attractive women near them - that won't last.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Saturday, 21 February 2004 21:25 (twenty years ago) link

OK, OK, I promise not to do this again, considering this is the second time I've linked myself, but considering that many John Mayer fans are on this site, you may enjoy this interview (especially the porn part):
http://www.michaeldeeds.com/cgi-bin/getPage?features/johnmayer.html

― Mr Deeds (Mr Deeds), Saturday, 21 February 2004 21:35 (twenty years ago) link

It´s not like back in Journey days when they put the band name on the front of the bus and the girls come on in roller skates.

You know, I mill the drug. I don´t use the drug.

I have this feeling Ryan Adams wishes he was John Mayer now.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 21 February 2004 21:50 (twenty years ago) link

I saw this on VH1 this morning too! It was during their countdown show. It made my head spin a bit too, but I guess I shouldn't be too surprised. It's all just a bunch of flacks and hacks shooting off sound-bites while the music plays, so it's to be expected.

― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Saturday, 21 February 2004 21:59 (twenty years ago) link

They are on SNL tonight, by the way. With host X-Tina. Why they didn't just have her be the musical guest a la Justin and Britney is beyond me.

― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Saturday, 21 February 2004 22:02 (twenty years ago) link

Oh God.

What song will they play?

― Aja (aja), Saturday, 21 February 2004 22:03 (twenty years ago) link

evidently they wanted to create the rare scenario where I actually am inspired to say "why don't they just let Christina sing?"

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 21 February 2004 22:04 (twenty years ago) link

Could just watch MadTV instead.

― Aja (aja), Saturday, 21 February 2004 22:06 (twenty years ago) link

why is xtina hosting and not singing? that makes no sense

― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 21 February 2004 22:14 (twenty years ago) link

I think Xtina may have been the one to decide not to sing - she might want to show a new side of herself, or whatever. It's probably a career move sort of thing.

― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Saturday, 21 February 2004 23:08 (twenty years ago) link

I am surprised at a lot of the comparisons to Third Eye Blind, John Mayer, etc. on the board here. I don't here anything but a Jamiroquoi (sp?) knock off, which is to say, another band that desperately wants to sound like Stevie Wonder. And really, they are not awful. Not inspired, certainly, and I wouldn't pay to hear, but it's at least fun.

― Scott, Saturday, 21 February 2004 23:12 (twenty years ago) link

here anything

uhhh

hear anything, rather.

― Scott, Saturday, 21 February 2004 23:13 (twenty years ago) link

don't here anything but a Jamiroquoi (sp?) knock off

They don't commit that much, the vocals a little bit. Possibly the dreaded Jam. meets John Mayer.

Early copies of Maroon 5's album came w/ wee stickers with praise from John Mayer

Hahaha...is that true? I can't think of a more sure-fire way to actively discourage me from buying a CD.

This type of thing happens all the time - I've seen 'indie' albums praised by the likes of that dude from 3 Doors Down and that dude from Creed. etc. And as Alexn'NYC this allows me to save time by immediately throwing said CDs into the I will never listen to this so long as I live and don't get a bad case of amnesia which would make me forget any music knowledge I might otherwise have accumulated pile.

― christhamrin (christhamrin), Saturday, 21 February 2004 23:34 (twenty years ago) link

Haha, well ironically, Alex, if you didn't start this thread, I never would have heard of them. Now I do.

This is how The Strokes got popular, now.. remember, folks.

― donut bitch (donut), Sunday, 22 February 2004 00:13 (twenty years ago) link

I heard the Maroon 5 all went to prep school and their daddies got them their record contract, but I don't care because they are so dreamy.

― christhamrin (christhamrin), Sunday, 22 February 2004 00:53 (twenty years ago) link

we should just have all-purpose Coppola family punch cards that we can use for interchangeable events including Spike Jonze flicks, 'cause he'll always be one of the family, y'know

― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Sunday, 22 February 2004 01:17 (twenty years ago) link

John Mayer!!!!!!! that'd make me run far away...wait, they ARE dreamy! no wonder you can only see their video AFTER HOURS

― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Sunday, 22 February 2004 01:18 (twenty years ago) link

I'd like to note that I've recently realized that I too hate John Mayer. Oh he may spout the occasional witticism, but far too often the radio I've heard shit that might not even be him, but sounds like shitty John Mayer. He's dangerous.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Sunday, 22 February 2004 01:20 (twenty years ago) link

The stuff that sounds like John Mayer is Jack Johnson.

So many times I've gotten those two confused.

― Aja (aja), Sunday, 22 February 2004 01:21 (twenty years ago) link

Ben Stiller deserves to be mentioned as an asshole for his role in the new Jack Johnson video as well.

― christhamrin (christhamrin), Sunday, 22 February 2004 01:28 (twenty years ago) link

That dude from Third Eye Blind looks hideous now...a bloated coke whore who just got beat up by his pimp or summat. We can only pray the same happens to Mayernnaise

― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Sunday, 22 February 2004 02:04 (twenty years ago) link

Maroon 5 were on Saturday Night Live tonight, which I happened to be watching for the first time in eons, because my wife said she'd heard the show had been funny lately.

1) Maroon 5 were about as forgettable a band as has ever existed, and

2) SNL's humor comes from the rare moments it veers off formula, which isn't often. The female stars on the show SUCK, and the men aren't much better.

― Baked Bean Teeth (Baked Bean Teeth), Sunday, 22 February 2004 05:36 (twenty years ago) link

Tonight's SNL was great, what are you talking about? "Jesus horses"! I made a snack during Maroon 5's set.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Sunday, 22 February 2004 06:10 (twenty years ago) link

Tonights SNL made me so sad. All of the skits went on for a million years, and when Amy Poehler came on screen I kept saying "God Amy, look what theyve got you doing. Why cant they use your genius to its fullest ability and just let you write the entire show?!"

That one Maroon 5 song, the new single "This love" is actually, surprisingly good. His voice is really good and the song is super catchy, and R&B based and just sounds like a great pop-rock song.

― David Allen (David Allen), Sunday, 22 February 2004 06:14 (twenty years ago) link

Christina was pretty good, though most of the skits were very weak (this has been a bad year for SNL, in spite of having some genuinely talented performers in the cast). Christina did a really, really good impression of Samantha from Sex In The City, which was kind of surprising because it had never occurred to me how distinctive Kim Catrall's speech patterns were to begin with.

Everything Will Forte did was very funny, but that's not shocking. That guy needs to step up and take over the show, Ferrell-style.

― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Sunday, 22 February 2004 20:11 (twenty years ago) link

David, you're right about Amy - she's under-utilized, even when she's in five or six sketches in one episode.

Amy Poehler, Fred Armisen, Will Forte, Tina Fey, Chris Parnell, and Seth Meyers can all be really great when they are allowed to shine.

― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Sunday, 22 February 2004 20:14 (twenty years ago) link

SNL inspires me to be all Ian MacKaye: "are their good moments in recent SNL's? sometimes. but it's really not worth the pain of finding out. There's power in saying no."

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Sunday, 22 February 2004 20:20 (twenty years ago) link

I actually like most of the women on the show. I think this cast is pretty strong, esp. because they seem to be ceding notalent Jimmy Hotboy's time to more talented guys like Will Forte and Seth Meyers....

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Sunday, 22 February 2004 20:20 (twenty years ago) link

Maroon 5's first song genuinely reminded me of Supertramp, which is odd because I think it might be the first band to ever evoke 'Trampiness in that way.

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Sunday, 22 February 2004 20:22 (twenty years ago) link

To Maroon 5: Wide Mouth Mason would like their sound back (though they're not sure why)

― Bryan (Bryan), Sunday, 22 February 2004 20:25 (twenty years ago) link

Last Night's SNL was the poorest I've ever seen it. Raise your standards, Sundar.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 22 February 2004 20:56 (twenty years ago) link

I've been watching this whole season, and I've got to say that last night's episode was middling in the context of this season so far. There have been much, much, much, MUCH worse episodes. The Jennifer Anniston episode from a few weeks back was probably the worst episode of SNL in seven or eight years, and the Halle Berry one was almost as awful.

― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Sunday, 22 February 2004 20:59 (twenty years ago) link

Halle's was terrible...Timberlake's was great though! I like teen pop idols as SNL hosts.

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Sunday, 22 February 2004 21:02 (twenty years ago) link

"Harder To Breathe" is good, i'm not feeling "This Love" so much, though. has anyone who is not overflowing with Alex-in-NYC-style bile for them heard the album? how is it?

― Al (sitcom), Sunday, 22 February 2004 21:05 (twenty years ago) link

The better-than-average episodes (in the context of the 03-04 season, mind you) were, in my opinion: Timberlake, Alec Baldwin, Kelly Ripa. Jack Black's episode had some good skits too, but too much of it was awful. Ditto Drew Barrymore's episode. The Baldwin episode was by far the best, which is no shock, since he's always a good host.

They really need to get some surefire good hosts, because that's half the problem lately. They need to pull out the big guns and book Christopher Walken again. It'd be good if they got Ray Romano too, since both times he's hosted were well above average.

― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Sunday, 22 February 2004 21:06 (twenty years ago) link

"Harder To Breathe" is good, i'm not feeling "This Love" so much, though.

What are you talking about?

I like "This Love" more, but I don't even really like that.

― Aja (aja), Sunday, 22 February 2004 21:07 (twenty years ago) link

Will Ferrell and Bill Murray would be good choices for guest-host too.

And they should make Forte the new full-time Bush impersonator (Oh my fucking GOD Hammond is bad at Bush!), and get back to harshly mocking Bush as they did when Ferrell had the role.

― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Sunday, 22 February 2004 21:08 (twenty years ago) link

Baldwin is so money on SNL. John Lithgow used to be great too.
I like that "Klinger the Zinger" sketch that Seth Meyers has now, he was good on that with Baldwin. Although, like all those things, they'll run it into the ground very soon though.

I also think I've decided that the current SNL News might be my favorite ever. (Tina Fey is so great on that).

OTM about Hammond's Bush sucking (which is wierd becaue he's usually such a great mimic --- His Donahue on the Xtina episode killed me)....

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Sunday, 22 February 2004 21:11 (twenty years ago) link

2) SNL's humor comes from the rare moments it veers off formula, which isn't often. The female stars on the show SUCK, and the men aren't much better.

The cast is the best it's been in years. The problem is that they've been hiring awful hosts and writing the entire show around them. Every sketch is about Xtina or Nick and Jessica or whoever, they aren't writing regular sketches.

― Colin Beckett (Colin Beckett), Sunday, 22 February 2004 21:15 (twenty years ago) link

Halle's was terrible...Timberlake's was great though! I like teen pop idols as SNL hosts.

An aquaintance of mine who writes for the show said JT was one of the funniest people he'd ever met.

― Colin Beckett (Colin Beckett), Sunday, 22 February 2004 21:17 (twenty years ago) link

I like to watch the reruns of SNL on Comedy Central. Much funnier. Plus, that's how I got to see the episode with Nirvana.

― Aja (aja), Sunday, 22 February 2004 21:18 (twenty years ago) link

I didn't see the last time he was on, but Alec Baldwin is probably the most underrated SNL host ever.

― Al (sitcom), Sunday, 22 February 2004 21:18 (twenty years ago) link

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