Can anyone ID the song in the SNL skit "Delinquent Girl Teen Gang"?
December 11, 2023 7:34 PM Subscribe
Is this a real song, or just something they cooked up for the episode? Shazam can't seem to ID it. I set the link to start exactly where the song starts.
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posted by Brandon Blatcher (staff) at 5:13 AM on December 12, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by Brandon Blatcher (staff) at 5:13 AM on December 12, 2023 [2 favorites]
Best answer: This is a pretty straightforward twelve-bar rock / blues progression in E, played on drums, bass, and guitar, with bongos and a sick saxophone solo laid on top of it. If the SNL band has a house style, I'd say that's it. Personally, I think the saxophone playing sounds a lot like SNL bandleader / saxophonist Lenny Pickett's style, too.
My money is on a quick custom job by the SNL band.
posted by Black Cordelia at 9:23 AM on December 12, 2023 [8 favorites]
My money is on a quick custom job by the SNL band.
posted by Black Cordelia at 9:23 AM on December 12, 2023 [8 favorites]
Speaking of money, it seems unlikely the show would want to drop money on rights to music that the house band can totally handle. I also bet the band came up with it.
posted by EvaDestruction at 11:39 AM on December 12, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by EvaDestruction at 11:39 AM on December 12, 2023 [1 favorite]
It sounds like a pastiche of late '50s-early '60s instrumental rock, like e.g. 'Rebel Rouser,' 'Teen Beat,' 'Tequila,' etc. (it is not any of those songs).
For a brief period of time, this kind of thing was pretty popular.
There have been a kajillion compilations--here's one on Amazon, and one on Discogs.
If you wanted to chase down more examples of the genre on a streaming service or YouTube or wherever, that would be one way to continue the search. But, as others have said, I think it's more likely this is something the band worked up for the episode.
posted by box at 1:18 PM on December 12, 2023 [1 favorite]
For a brief period of time, this kind of thing was pretty popular.
There have been a kajillion compilations--here's one on Amazon, and one on Discogs.
If you wanted to chase down more examples of the genre on a streaming service or YouTube or wherever, that would be one way to continue the search. But, as others have said, I think it's more likely this is something the band worked up for the episode.
posted by box at 1:18 PM on December 12, 2023 [1 favorite]
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