Conan O’Brien sound-checked for the kick-off date of his “Legally Prohibited From Being Funny On Television Tour” with a stumbling, cockney version of Radiohead’s “Creep.” The tour began in Eugene, Oregon, and both he and his sound-checking audience are in good spirits during his “Creep” attempt:
Pretty bad! He wasn’t mocking Thom Yorke though, because O’Brien is — or at least was — a big fan of Radiohead, the first band to perform on his show. From the vault:
Some things to note here: Yorke and O’Brien’s hairstyles were on opposite ends of crazy and normal (respectively). They must have met somewhere in the middle, sometime in the late ’90s. Yorke’s gotten more expressive, but a lot less melodramatic in his live performances. And this was also Radiohead’s US network TV debut, if memory serves. It would be great if Yorke and Co. (whether that Co. is Radiohead or Atoms For Peace) could perform for his first TBS show.
EDIT: Here’s Spoon doing “I Summon You” at the Eugene show:
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That would be rad if Radiohead was his first musical guest on TBS. Good thinking Jessica.
Im glad he picked a Radiohead song also… but it is very creepy!!
a pitchforky excuse to post about radiohead
<3 coco
No tour dates? For shame!
Oh Coco is so nervous and awkward!
Ed O’Brien…so hot with his unbuttoned shirt!
i’d have to assume the White Stripes would be the first to play the new TBS show
I love Conan has never been able to say the word “musical”! He kid of slurred the word on the Tonight Show, but it’s improved over the years – he butchered the word for his first musig-g-gul guest. Go back and listen!
It’s a song about Jay.
This video was done some time right before Leno got back to “Tonight”. Does anyone think there’s a connection to why Conan did this song or just coincidence?
http://consumerist.com/2010/02/hey-leno-team-coco-fixed-your-tonight-show-commercial-for-you.html
Just sayin’…
The lyrics are pretty clever considering Conan’s reason for the tour. I think the song is a good pick. (Plus it’s a great melody.)
Seeing him at Bonnaroo. I have no expectations.