Macklemore and Ryan Lewis Take 'Thrift Shop' to 'SNL'

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: 12px;">Seattle hip-hop duo bounce high with their megahit</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><br /><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="288" mozallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="http://www.hulu.com/embed.html?eid=qo-i9tuf-aberwwuast-eq&partner=edp&uri=http%3a%2f%2fwww.hulu.com%2fwatch%2f462771" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="512"></iframe><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia; letter-spacing: 0.012em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Macklemore and Ryan Lewis rolled out some snappy threads and hyperkinetic moves for their musical guest appearance on </span><em style="font-family: georgia; letter-spacing: 0.012em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Saturday Night Live</em><span style="font-family: georgia; letter-spacing: 0.012em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> last night. With vocalist Wanz singing the hook on their YouTube-aided multiplatium hit "Thrift Shop," the Seattle duo (and their horn section) brought a high level of energy to their ode to second-hand treasure. For the second set, they brought on Ray Dalton for vocals on "Can't Hold Us," another track from their 2012 album, </span><em style="font-family: georgia; letter-spacing: 0.012em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/the-heist-20121109" style="color: #003366; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">The Heist</a></em><span style="font-family: georgia; letter-spacing: 0.012em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">.</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span></div>

Macklemore Macklemore and Ryan Lewis Take 'Thrift Shop' to 'SNL'

Seattle hip-hop duo bounce high with their megahit Macklemore and Ryan Lewis rolled out some snappy threads and hyperkinetic moves for their...

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Watch: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis play “Saturday Night Live”

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img src="http://reverb.slideshowpro.com/albums/015/371/album-376009/cache/Macklemore_Glenn_Ross_5.sjpg_640_403_0_95_1_37_56.sjpg?1362359637" /><br /><img src="http://reverb.slideshowpro.com/albums/015/371/album-376009/cache/Macklemore_Glenn_Ross_7.sjpg_640_403_0_95_1_50_50.sjpg?1362359637" /><br /><br /><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The guys were out last night to prove that they’re more than a one trick pony and delivered the goods. Ben Haggerty, aka Macklemore, paraded the stage as an extra in Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band with a red blazer and gold tassels adorning the shoulder pads in commanding fashion. The real question here is, who’s that guy that flows on “Thrift Shop” that looks like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Clarke_Duncan" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #333333; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Michael Clarke Duncan</a> (RIP) that nobody ever mention that really ties the song together?</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The tag team is headlining the mtvU Woodies Tour at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley this evening,<a href="http://www.heyreverb.com/blog/2013/02/14/macklemore-ryan-lewis-colorado/62049/" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #333333; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Macklemore">and yes, they also played here on Friday.</a> Then after that, you can obviously see Macklemore & Ryan Lewis next month in our fair state at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction on….wait for it…. 4 – 20. You smell that smell? It’s Amendment 64 in the air that you’re smelling.</div><h2 style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #5b6a2d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.8em; margin: 10px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Macklemore & Ryan Lewis “Thrift Shop”</h2><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="344" src="http://www.nbc.com/assets/video/widget/widget.html?vid=n33498" style="background-color: transparent; border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="612"></iframe></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><h2 style="border: none; color: #5b6a2d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.8em; line-height: normal; margin: 10px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Macklemore & Ryan Lewis “Can’t Hold Us”</h2><div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="344" src="http://www.nbc.com/assets/video/widget/widget.html?vid=n33506" style="background-color: transparent; border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="612"></iframe></div><br /></div>

Macklemore Watch: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis play “Saturday Night Live”

The guys were out last night to prove that they’re more than a one trick pony and delivered the goods. Ben Haggerty, aka Macklemore, paraded...

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