Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Musical Performances, Vol. 2
While Volume 2 ofSaturday Night Live: The Musical Performancesclaims to draw on 25 years of history, all but one track is taken from the 1990s. The exception isNeil Young, who performed "No More" all the way back in 1989. A rundown of the rest of the tracks reads like a roster of the 1990s always-on-the-radio club. The delights on this disc are few and far between.Beck's George Harrison impression on "Nobody's Fault But My Own" is a great turn for the man associated with funky stoner grooves, but longtime fans of the show will rememberGeorge Harrisondueting withPaul Simonin the late 70s. That moment is neither here nor onVolume 1. If thecompanion volumestrove for a bit of balance between the past and present,Volume 2is shamelessly tailored for sales, and not as an archive.--Jason Josephes