Watch Foo Fighters Rock ‘SNL’ With a Very Metal Medley of Holiday Music

Crank it up for the Christmas sweaters.

Maxim Staff

Dec 17, 2017

Foo Fighters on SNL Christmas episode — Screengrab/NBC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIZcaYfrIms

The Kevin Hart-hosted Saturday Night Live Christmas episode wasn’t well-liked on social media. Many viewers had issues with Hart’s opening monologue about the perils of being a dad, and most sketches were unmemorable.

The highlight of the night was Foo Fighters, by a long shot. Of course Dave Grohl and his band killed it in their first set of the night with a recording studio-perfect performance of “The Sky Is a Neighborhood.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4pZikrkkdY

But they probably created a classic SNL musical moment with their second set (first video above.) Grohl delivered a quiet, meditative performance of “Everlong” that segued into a medley of “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” and—hilariously—”Linus and Lucy.”

If Twitter hated Kevin Hart’s bit at the beginning, viewers were there for Foo Fighters, 100%.

https://twitter.com/the_endverse/status/942311749595697153

The Foo Fighters are so great – no other band would go on SNL, take one of their biggest hits, and extent it into a Christmas medley while wearing Christmas gear. A+

— The Darkest Timeline Numbersmuncher (@NumbersMuncher) December 17, 2017

OKAY THE FOO FIGHTERS JUST GAVE ONE OF IF NOT THE BEST PERFORMANCES IVE EVER SEEN ON SNL

— mac (@kenziewadsworth) December 17, 2017

I think a much better Saturday Night Live would have the Foo Fighters playing music for 6 segments and then have 2 segments of SNL skits in the usual musical guest spots.

— The Darkest Timeline Numbersmuncher (@NumbersMuncher) December 17, 2017