Jeff Tweedy Talks With Stephen Colbert, Premieres "Wilco The Song"

Last night Stephen Colbert welcomed Jeff Tweedy to his guest stool for a hard hitting interview in which he proposed new and more rocking names for the Wilco frontman (Jeff Silky or even better, Joffrey Velvet) and also questioned the political propriety of offering free MP3s on the Wilco site. ("Are you a socialist? ... That sounds like 'Let's spread the songs around.'") Jeff explained that no, they are just really lousy capitalists, and went on to share Wilco's relatively deep history with Senator Obama and their request in '05 to play the forthcoming Presidential Inaugural Ball. (Barack's response is definitely pre-Audacity Of Hope.) And not to be outdone by Joe The Plumber's pending music career, the band joined Jeff on stage for the world premiere of the spirit-of-the-times rocker, "Wilco The Song." Which should probably be named "Wilco The Band," but still, good zing, Joffrey Velvet.

And the premiere of the Colbert-referencing "Wilco The Song":

(Thanks, chicagoismildlyinteresting.blogspot.com)

UPDATE: "Wilco The Song' will be on Wilco (The Album). Makes sense.

Posted at 9:33 AM by amrit in Video
Tags: Jeff Tweedy | Joe The Plumber | Stephen Colbert | Wilco

10 Comments

I love the Colbert report. Great interview as usual

Posted by: HipHop is Alive at 10/31/08 9:47 AM | Reply
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great performance.

Posted by: d at 10/31/08 10:11 AM | Reply
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I love the song, but am I the only one who can't shake the similarity to Werewolves of London?

Posted by: Rich at 10/31/08 11:07 AM | Reply
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Yes... yes you are

Posted by: dan in reply to Rich's comment at 10/31/08 12:23 PM | Reply
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Well...good I guess

Posted by: Rich in reply to dan's comment at 10/31/08 2:30 PM | Reply
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You're not alone, I heard it too.

Posted by: Totally in reply to Rich's comment at 10/31/08 3:17 PM | Reply
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thats a fuckin great song way cool

Posted by: PANTHER at 10/31/08 2:00 PM | Reply
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this def similar to Kid Rock - All Summer Long

Posted by: Frat Douchbag at 04/28/09 5:27 PM | Reply
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fantastic pop song

Posted by: chris Coomey at 04/29/09 5:12 PM | Reply
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Sounds a bit like Kamera, but more than that it reminds me of Pavement, especially the beginning.

Posted by: historyman68 at 05/13/09 9:04 PM | Reply
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