Haim Knows How Not To Make Them Laugh

      

Photo by Pooneh Ghana

            Pop rock starlets, Haim, are a class act case of a love-hate relationship. Musically, the all-girl rock trio play it well when they play it safe. Catchy lyric hooks, big stomping beats, positive vibes, and a heavy dose of seductive R&B sensuality sets Haim up to be the perfect crowd pleasure or the pleasant find on your modern indie rock Pandora station. To top it off the girls’ look is just as tight. The smug pouts, the shades, and the ensembles that look like they’re straight off the Urban Outfitters’ mannequins have become signature for the triad. They’re marketable as all heck. You can hate them for all of this but, the one thing you can’t hate them for is that when they perform on Saturday Night Live, it’s about the talent and not the sex.

The Trending Bore of Female Live Performances

        This past Saturday, Haim performed on SNL. It’s a pretty big achievement when you take into account that their hugely successful Days Are Gone is a debut album. It’s not like they’re bombastically sporting themselves as the next Madonna or the next unhinged Brittany. That would be more along the lines of Lady Gaga or the newly re-imaged Miley Cyrus. Both ladies have also appeared on SNL recently and made quite a buzz in live tweeting and overall blog chatter. Of course we can applaud Gaga and Cyrus for being successful female pop stars. That is what they are. Yet, one just doesn’t get the same amount of satisfaction from publicly seeing Lady Gaga assert to R. Kelly that she enjoys a good romp just as much as he might want it. The reason why is because that battle has been won. Our culture no longer ignores the fact that women can enjoy sex just as much as any guy.

Haim Bringing Something Refreshing To SNL

      Haim may not have gotten as much buzz on social media as Gaga or Cyrus, but they did pretty decent. The Village Voice has compiled a few of the live tweets from last Saturday’s performance. If you read through the tweets (and The Village Voice’s article about the performance) you’ll notice that the conversation is not about any outlandish sex appeal. There was no outlandish sex appeal. That wasn’t a part of Haim’s act. The article is about three musicians and how well they played their instruments, carried a note, and performed on stage.