Sabrina Chippie & Paul Simon Open ‘SNL50’ With ‘Homeward Certain’

Sabrina Chippie and Paul Simon carried out a duet of “Homeward Certain” to kick off SNL50: The Anniversary Particular on Sunday evening (Feb. 16). The music used to be initially recorded by way of Simon & Garfunkel and launched in 1966 at the duo’s Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme album, however Simon as soon as sang it with George Harrison on an episode of Saturday Night time Are living.

“Women and gents, that is Sabrina,” Simon mentioned, introducing the Quick n’ Candy pop big name to the are living target market in Studio 8H.

“That is the only and simplest Paul Simon,” Chippie mentioned.

“I sang this music with George Harrison on Saturday evening are living in 1976,” recalled Simon.

“I used to be no longer born then, and neither had been my folks,” Chippie, who would later seem in a cartoon, quipped. (The 25-year-old singer used to be born in Would possibly 1999.)

Simon began the music, with Chippie coming in on the finish of verse one, harmonizing on the lyric “My suitcase and guitar in hand/ And each and every forestall is well deliberate/ For a poet and a one-man band.” They endured to sing in combination in the course of the refrain. Chippie took lead on verse two, however swapped the road “cigarettes and magazines” for a rewrite: “airport lounges and magazines.”

Steve Martin, following their efficiency with a brief opening monologue that Martin Quick popped in to sign up for, joked that SNL50 had front-loaded the display — that includes solid contributors previous and provide, a protracted listing of well-known previous hosts and unannounced cameos — with the entire evening’s large skill.

The 3-hour particular with SNL alumni celebrating 50 years of cartoon comedy aired are living from New York Town on NBC and Peacock starting at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.

Forward of the SNL50 tv program used to be Friday evening’s SNL50: The Homecoming Live performance at Radio Town Song Corridor, hosted by way of Jimmy Fallon. Cher, Girl Gaga, Unhealthy Bunny, Miley Cyrus, Robyn, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Jack White, Backstreet Boys, Jelly Roll, Bonnie Raitt and extra had been at the lineup, with Questlove and The Roots backing up more than one acts.

Watch a clip of the “Simon & Chippie” model of “Homeward Certain” under, courtesy of SNL’s Instagram.