SNL musical guest compilation from their 15th anniversary

A montage of musical guests taken from the Saturday Night Live 15th year anniversary special. Amazing clips from Ray Charles, James Brown, Elvis Costello, David Bowie the Clash and many more.
Sorry about the Audio being a little off, I'm new to this and working on it :)

[@kljhadfdhafklj]

I recorded this on VHS when it was broadcast, and watched the hell out of this whole special for years.

[@rafterman40]

Me too! Flashback.

[@waiting4theman]

Same here!

[@BlueBrainMountainStream]

Me too!

[@FAITHandLOGIC]

Same

[@nickattanasio]

Same!

[@inkskratch]

Had some free time, so came up with a (hopefully) correct list of performers: 0:00 fine young cannibals - she drives me crazy 0:14 cowboy junkies - sweet jane 0:24 bobby mcferrin - drive 0:30 tracy chapman - mountains o'things 0:47 edie brickell - what I am 0:53 randy newman - it's money that matters 1:02 keith richards - struggle 1:08 10,000 maniacs - like the weather 1:14 randy travis - forever and ever, amen 1:23 cher - I found someone 1:30 simply red - the right thing 1:34 sting - we'll be together 1:39 roy orbison - pretty woman 1:49 los lobos - is this all there is? 1:55 suzanne vega - luka 2:01 anita baker - i love you just because 2:12 eddie van halen with GE smith and the SN band - stompin 8h 2:14 the pretenders - dont get me wrong 2:23 buster poindexter - fool for you 2:29 paul simon - diamonds on the soles of her shoes 2:35 laurie anderson - the day the devil 2:41 al green - going away 2:47 simple minds - alive and kicking 2:52 the cars - drive 2:59 spinal tap - big bottom 3:07 huey lewis - i want a new drug 3:09 men at work - who can it be now 3:13 stevie wonder - go home 3:20 joe cocker - up where we belong 3:23 squeeze - pulling mussels (from the shell) 3:28 the clash - should i stay or should i go 3:32 johnny cash - i walk the line 3:36 miles davis - jean pierre 3:42 rod stewart and tina turner - hot legs 3:49 prince - partyup 3:52 james brown - rapp payback 4:01 aretha franklin - united together 4:16 grateful dead - casey jones 4:25 david bowie - tvc15 4:31 tom petty - don't do me like that 4:38 bob dylan - gotta serve somebody 4:48 blondie - dreaming 4:56 bette midler - married men 5:03 linda ronstadt and Phoebe Snow - The Shoop Shoop song (it's in his kiss) 5:12 Ricki lee jones - chuck e's in love 5:21 the chieftans - maggie in the woods 5:30 eubie blake w/ gregory hines - i'm just simply full of jazz 5:36 talking heads - take me to the river 5:46 peter tosh with w/ mick jagger - (you gotta walk and) don't look back 5:55 devo - i can't get no satisfaction 6:02 mick jagger - beast of burden 6:16 billy joel - only the good die young 6:28 elvis costello - radio radio 6:45 willie nelson - whiskey river 6:52 ray charles - i believe to my soul 7:06 tom waits - eggs and sausage (in a cadillac wth susan michelson) 7:13 randy newman - sail away 7:32 leo sayer - you make me feel like dancing 7:42 the band - the night they drove old dixie down 7:58 james taylor - shower the people 8:07 leon redbone - ain't misbehaving (I'm saving my love for you) 8:15 simon & garfunkel - scarborough fair

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

Eric Kim Actually that was The Rolling Stones and not just Mick!

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

Eric Kim Actually that was The Rolling Stones and not just Mick!

[@mwduck]

3:20. Don't forget Jennifer Warnes

[@cpcattin]

Thank you !

[@ewkwil]

Eric Kim mmh g

[@alexthompson9516]

Had this on recorded VHS for years. Watched it a lot in '99, circa 7th grade. Great memories.

[@Kylefassbinderful]

That was the 25th season episode that aired in '99. It had a bit where Laraine Newman and Dan Aykroyd paid tribute to Belushi and maybe a joke about buying Belushi memorabilia on ebay by going to stuffbelushileftatmyhouse[dot]com lol

[@tarah225]

Same! My friends and I would watch it over and over!!!

[@tanyanelson8780]

Thank you for whoever posted this. God bless you. Had a vhs copy of this when I was 15. Long lost. Beautiful

[@michaelmcdonald8452]

Exactly the same for me

[@eltravo2112]

Recorded this on VHS in 90 and there were a handful of artists who I had no idea were. Thank you for this post and to Eric for the time stamps of names and song titles.

[@coreytrevorlayhey1528]

I used to watch this when I was a kid at the joint man! Feels so good to hear this! Thank you

[@artdeco64]

Thank you so much for posting this. Last time I saw this was 1990. Most of the skits they showed - from this special - I've forgotten; however, not the musical montage. In fact, I remembered it enough, obviously, to look it up in the hopes someone had it. Thanks again.

[@joewestbrook]

I don't know if it's the same special but I have a VHS tape of "SNL: Wayne and Garth's Saturday Night A-go-go". It's got Wayne and Garth doing some bits mixed in with clips of the other songs these artists played and a few more great performances. Hoping to upload it as soon as I find my old converter hookup for a vhs player haha.

[@michaelmcdonald8452]

👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 watched this over and over the year this was on ! Looking for years! Thanks!

[@artdeco64]

Seeing Spinal Tap always makes me smile.

[@Mountlougallops]

art deco me too. A lot smiles in this lineup though 🙂

[@maniptipsfromtheosteopathi1666]

This special is where I first encountered “The Band” and just thought they were amazing. Took my VHS copy to my HS English teacher to help me identify everyone. Thanks for posting.

[@brendonrausch5894]

Thanks for posting that great compilation! Now I'm gonna spend 2 hrs watching the original videos...love Youtue

[@artturnerjr]

Holy shit. More musical geniuses than you can shake a stick at. Thanks so much for uploading.

[@kenmtb]

Fantastic! Cheered me up!

[@mathensful]

Great compilation... Great editing!!!

[@michaelmcdonald8452]

Now if someone out there only has my favorite live tv performance ever: Sinead doing Last Day of Our Acquaintance

[@jeoffkelly]

Awesome

[@genghis_connie]

Wasn't there an entire special about the music of SNL? If SNL made them available, I would definitely buy. I would like to see the entire 15 and 25 year specials. Can't recall if the 40th had one.

[@tomservo75]

6:35 CLASSIC moment! Got him banned for 12 years.

[@KBTime]

SNL25 did a good job adding some acts that were somehow forgotten here (Hall & Oates, Billy Preston, Chuck Berry, Meat Loaf, ABBA, Kinks, Patti Smith), but also made some odd omissions from this (chiefly, Bonnie Raitt and Stevie Wonder?!). Neither the 15th or 25th included the following, and unfortunately SNL40 didn’t have any music montages. If they had, I bet they might have added some of the following that were overlooked from 1975-89: Captain Beefheart, Allman brothers, cheap trick, Lionel Richie, Chicago, Santana, Ringo (he was goofing with Billy Crystal, but still!), Carly Simon, Zappa, Van Morrison, Duran Duran, George Clinton, Run DMC, Dolly Parton

[@Kylefassbinderful]

the 25th music montage is the best. I have a VHS recording somewhere.

[@BenBrislawn-xd2iz]

@@Kylefassbinderful Is there any way to upload that? I would love to see that one again.

[@GuitaristDog87]

@@Kylefassbinderful My VCR ate my SNL 25th tape recording, I was furious when the DVD release omitted the music montages! 😡

[@Ckom-Tunes]

You notice how there’s all that natural, diverse, talent up there that in no way seems forced or artificial? Kudos to the musical bookers from SNL from that time!

[@HenryFrederick]

8:56 "Drive" by The Cars with Benjamin Orr (vocals) and Ric Ocasek...

[@MrMark1325]

Gotta give FYC some love

[@jimleads8619]

Jerry 👌

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

And THAT is just from the first 15 years!

[@RayNDeere]

I remember watching this when it originally aired. Shame they didn't show the musical guests from the debut episode: Billy Preston and Janis Ian

[@Kylefassbinderful]

That was in the 25th anniversary I believe

[@Kylefassbinderful]

I wish someone would upload the music montage for the 25th anniversary cause that one is also good if not better. It kicks off with Billy preston doing "Nothing from Nothing".

[@BenBrislawn-xd2iz]

I am still looking for that one. I think they did that in three different installments.

[@Kylefassbinderful]

@@BenBrislawn-xd2iz yea it might've been 70's then 80's then 90's

[@heathinvaderstudios]

Hey, this isn’t on the VHS release of the 15th Anniversary special that I have!

[@kylej.mcelravy]

It was removed due to copyright issues.

[@fossefan]

Rewatching and noticed something interesting: every season but 1984-85 is represented. I guess when you've only got nine minutes ...

[@matthewpaluch777]

Where's Frank Zappa &the Mothers of Invention??? They were on the 1st episode!

[@thebookwasbetter3650]

SNL music is so good when its good bc its got that hole in the wall rock club sound. And the stage really is tiny. They use long lenses and careful editing to mask how small it is.

[@Kylefassbinderful]

5:54 still so funny

[@pseudonymBOB]

This is your personal collection of vhs recordings?

[@eltravo2112]

This was the compilation presented during the live air 15th anniversary on NBC.

[@DelEngen]

K-tel presents! The original hits! By the original artists!

[@drewdemien481]

Bilge!

[@BenBrislawn-xd2iz]

That 9 minute compilation is better than the last 20 years of music on SNL. Just goes to show you how far popular music has fallen.

[@Snoopygirl353]

Who was the second performer? The woman singing la la la.

[@smichelle65]

Cowboy Junkies is the band, lead singer is Margo Timmins

[@hunterdaniels1790]

Young randy Travis

[@tdryther]

Why is the sound out of sync?

[@passthesause3557]

7:10 who is this performer? Sounds like Captain Beefheart.

[@artturnerjr]

Tom Waits.

[@louisburch1930]

tom waits

[@pandoraish]

no Billy Preston? wasn't he the 1st music guest?

[@libragirl4471]

who was the second singer?

[@smichelle65]

Margo Timmins, the group is the Cowboy Junkies

[@tonyyoung3985]

Who's the woman with the devil voice?

[@smichelle65]

Laurie Anderson

[@vincentcarotta3355]

The Blues Brothers???

[@priscillawilson2634]

They WERE SNL.

[@efan2012]

As fun as this was to watch it sadly missed some good and unique performances for mainstream people instead. It woulda been awesome to see a couple more of season 6's eclectic acts like Beefheart or the broadway people who was on the Christmas show. They also coulda put Queen Ida on since she's the only zydco act ever on the show. The only non conventional musical guest they included was Laurie Anderson for some odd reason.

[@tomservo75]

I was just looking for this exact thing. I was hoping to find one for the 25th or 35th anniversary. But the best musical guests were from this time anyway. Now it's all hip-hop crap.

[@niceguy999918]

Wow music fell off the map.