{"id":1099,"date":"2011-12-24T11:00:15","date_gmt":"2011-12-24T16:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=1099"},"modified":"2011-12-24T11:00:15","modified_gmt":"2011-12-24T16:00:15","slug":"saturday-matinee-just-before-elvis-costello-was-banned-from-snl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2011\/12\/24\/saturday-matinee-just-before-elvis-costello-was-banned-from-snl\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Matinee: Just before Elvis Costello was banned from SNL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On December 17, 1977, Elvis Costello and the Attractions performed on Saturday Night Live, filling in for the Sex Pistols, who were having visa issues. I&#8217;d always wondered what the deal was with Costello stopping mid-verse and launching into a different song. <\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dangerousminds.net\" target=\"blank\">Dangerous Minds<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>Costello\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s record label, Columbia, wanted him to perform \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Less Than Zero\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, the first single from his as yet unreleased (in the U.S.) debut album My Aim Is True. Elvis wanted to perform \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Radio Radio,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d his attack on corporate control of the airwaves &#8211; a punk move that would have been in the spirit of The Pistols. Columbia disapproved of the idea and SNL producer Lorne Michaels allegedly told Costello, on orders from his employer NBC, to not perform \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Radio Radio.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Come show time, the band started playing \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Less Than Zero\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and then abruptly stopped and shifted into \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Radio Radio.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d At the end of the tune, they defiantly walked off the set.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/32051192?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=f06800\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/32051192\">Elvis Costello &#038; The Attractions &#8211; Less Than Zero\/Radio, Radio &#8211; Live 1977<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/user5151889\">docinwestchester<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On December 17, 1977, Elvis Costello and the Attractions performed on Saturday Night Live, filling in for the Sex Pistols, who were having visa issues. 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