Lana Del Rey on 'SNL': Cool? Nervous? As Bad as Juliette Lewis Thinks?

I love her unique style, her voice and both songs. What annoys me most is when I'm watching a performer sing, I have to see their big fat tongues, which most are scummy looking, all their teeth, and the backs of their throats and they SCREAM their guts out, to make sure everyone notices them.
Lana will totally rise above it and leave the others down there where they belong.

In the world of entertainment sometimes all you need to be is different. Like an artist painting its either your taste or its not. If was palying in my car I would push another button. But..... that's just me

I don't get it! I thought she did a decent peformance. It wasn't bad. She had a melodious voice. Better than a lot of other people could have done live. The way some were saying I thought she was going to trip and fall down or something. Instead, she sang her song quite nicely.

I first heard her song Video Games on XMU and liked it enough to search for it at youtube and then when I saw her, wow she's HOT!

lol @ James... Tom Waits has no talent? And the look that he had going on back then was cultivated carefully. Tom Waits is an artist like literally no other, and hundreds of musicians from every genre have covered his work. Bruce Springsteen even covered "Jersey Girl", which Waits wrote as a parody of Springsteen. This chick is already yesterdays' news. Here's a lesson: If you don't know what the hell you're talking about, just don't talk.

I liked her video. Saw her interviews. She is pretty and there is something eery about her music. With that said, her performance was bad. Really bad. It's ok to bomb, but own it. Don't pretend that it is all part of the mystique. I think that part of the problem is that she is a label generated cut out. Never mind that she came from money. That is irrelevant. But here we see the full product after the plastic surgeries and hair extensions and name change that adds up to a look a straight out of Valley of the Dolls. Doesn't mean she isn't talented, unfortunately you need a gimmick to become famous. Looking and moving like Sharon Tate hers. For some reason it considered chic or cool to go retro. I don't get it. Anyone can dress up and flip their extensions like Cher.

I thought her performance was ethereal and cool. Our ears are so tuned into the recycled pop junk on the radio and from the American Idol crowd, that we cannot recognize a truly genuine performance.
Her work is more like "performance art" similar to Laurie Anderson. She is a storyteller...much to sophisticated for SNL.
And Juliette Lewis and Brian Williams as critics....a has-been actress and a talking head news reader..get back to your "day jobs."

I caught the young lady's performances by accident, as I have not watched SNL for 20 years. SNL was always infamous in the late 70's for introducing unusual/cultural acts that in most cases, I hated. I remember Leon Redbone, and thinking "WTF"? He sucked so bad I was livid. Then there was Tom Waits. The guy looked like he was pulled out of a cardboard home in New York's filthy side, and had no talent.
So, with this in mind, Lana was beautiful, and I heard hints of her vocal range that showed she was neither nervous or lacked confidence, and as I mentioned she looked beautiful. As for Julia Lewis? She is the ugliest hairiest smelly skank on the planet, and needs to re-boot her brain.
Maybe, if SNL was actually funny instead of sickening, I would love to see new artists on the show. In Lana's case- she was a LOT BETTER than most on that show.

Lana dear, you need to just listen to yourself and follow the melody as best you can. Practice is the key. You may want to take voice lessons to hone in on your talent. It's not unusual to be nervous, in front of millions of TV viewers. We all have our ups and downs. That's just life and makes us human.

i thought it was original and good. some people won't get her style or lyrics.