Creativity Quote by Steve Cropper

It reads like a casual backstage recollection, but it quietly captures the moment a sketch became a franchise because an audience demanded it. Steve Cropper isn’t waxing poetic; he’s reporting the blunt mechanics of pop culture ignition: one decisive cue, one instantly legible “thing,” then the room tilts. “Lorne” is Lorne Michaels, the SNL ringmaster whose authority is less about taste than timing. “Finally said” implies hesitation and negotiation behind the scenes - the idea was sitting there, maybe half-formed, maybe risky, until the producer greenlit the bit as a repeatable product.

“Do the Blues Brothers thing” is tellingly vague. It’s not “play this song” or “hit this joke.” It’s a brand directive, a distilled set of signals: suits, shades, stance, the tight R&B groove, the deadpan cool. The subtext is that the performance had already crystallized into a recognizable package, something the crowd could identify within seconds. That’s why the “response was amazing” lands with such force: not because the material was new, but because it was already communal.

Cropper’s perspective matters. As a musician steeped in Stax soul credibility, he’s chronicling the strange alchemy of authenticity and showbiz. The Blues Brothers worked because it wasn’t a parody from above; it was reverence performed at arena volume. “People went nuts” is the simplest possible metric, and also the most honest: culture doesn’t always announce itself with reviews. Sometimes it announces itself with noise.