After making <a href=\"http://pitchfork.com/news/45321-bon-iver-turned-down-playing-the-grammys-we-kind-of-said-fuck-you-a-little-bit/\">a bit of news last week</a>, Bon Iver performed on "Saturday Night Live" this weekend, and the performances were neither remarkable nor disastrous (which for purposes of Internet buzz, at least, makes it a failure). The show\'s legendarily crappy sound didn\'t do Justin Vernon any favors, though neither did Vernon\'s decision to close the show with "Beth/Rest," the audaciously soft closer from last year\'s self-titled album. You can stream the performances below; there are moments at about the 3:40 mark in both videos where the band almost seems to be competing to out-quiet each other.<br /> <br /> <embed height=\"301\" width=\"500\" src=\"http://static.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid1089.photobucket.com/albums/i359/dg11469/January%2030%20-%20February%205%202012/boniversnl1.mp4\" wmode=\"transparent\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" /><br /> <br /> <embed height=\"301\" width=\"500\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" wmode=\"transparent\" src=\"http://static.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid1089.photobucket.com/albums/i359/dg11469/January%2030%20-%20February%205%202012/boniversnl2.mp4\" /><br />
