AVALON'S REVIEW: JENNIFER LOPEZ ON SNL

After releasing less than stellar singles from her very much delayed seventh album Love? and being dropped from her longtime label Epic, I was looking forward to seeing Jennifer Lopez rise like a phoenix from the ashes with some funny bits and two live musical performances on SNL last night. As soon as 11:30 hit, it was all downhill for Jen. Not only were her skits stereotypical and unfunny, but the performances proved worse. I guess when Lorne Michaels gave her the unfortunate memo that she would have to sing live instead of lip-synching for her life (which she was doing throughout her Love? promo tour), she had to come with a plan b. Jennifer knew if she danced and sang live, she'd sound worse than Sanjaya butt fucking William Hung while Ryan Gaycrest filmed it. So she sang two forgettable ballads and to be honest I don't care to find out what the names are.



The We Are The World skit started off as promising, but the minute JLo tried unsuccessfully to spoof the very fashion forward (and much better singer) RiRi, it was a wrap. The show never recovered shortly after. All I have to say is thank god for a DVR. I was done the the hour and a half SNL in thirty minutes. Not only was Jen's appearance a mess but I'm sorry as much as I understand SNL has been a staple in American pop culture as long as The Tonight Show, I think it's time the grim reaper came along and dragged this unfunny skit show straight to hell where it belongs.



My opinion of her music is like I've said numerous times and that is Jennifer neeeds to stick to her strengths and that would be midtempo R&B tracks, dance/pop, hip hop tracks. I just feel she's trying to prove to everyone that she's as good as a singer as her husband Skeletor that all her ssongs by far have become mediocre and boring. So I ask my fellow readers this question? What does Jennifer Lopez have to do to get people interested in her musically again? It seems that every song released off of Love? by far has been an epic fail.