March 9, 2006

Neil Young On The Daily Show

And what you missed after the commercial break:

JON: Before we go, we're gonna check in with our good friend Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report. Stephen!
STEPHEN: Hey Jon, lemme tell you something. Neil Young is the best songwriter of the last forty years. The man sings it like it is. Remember his great song about Kent State? Where the brave National Guardsmen take on those anti-American peacenik hippies? Great stuff.
JON: Uh. Actually, Stephen, I think you might've missed the point of that song.
STEPHEN: I dunno Jon. Great music can be interpreted in many ways ... although mine is the only correct one. Hey, tell him to say hi to Crosby and Nash for me!
JON: Alright, I'll do that Stephen.
STEPHEN: Not Stills though. Screw that guy.

PREVIOUSLY:

"Nothing against epileptics but come on. Neil Young drew 80,000 people in Italy and he doesn't speak a word of Italian." -Randy Newman

"Every Neil Young Song You Ever Heard" -Dana Carvey

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14 Comments

http://dreamsofhorses.blogspot.com/2006/03/oh-wow.html i dont get the stereogum reference, but this is so hilarious.

Posted by: guda at 03/10/06 4:04 AM | Reply
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Neil's pretty much the greatest American rock musician ever

Posted by: Dave at 03/10/06 5:17 AM | Reply
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Ugh. If you say so.

Posted by: memememe at 03/10/06 7:19 AM | Reply
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Dave - not bad for a Canadian, eh?

Posted by: Yermum at 03/10/06 8:33 AM | Reply
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Does anyone have a video of Neko Case on the Tonight Show? I didn't catch it last night.

And uh...Dave, Neil Young is from Toronto.

Posted by: fido at 03/10/06 9:41 AM | Reply
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I liked the way j-stew was fawning over shakey... He seemed genuinely excited to get the chance to do the interview...

Posted by: Chico at 03/10/06 10:48 AM | Reply
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i like it very much...

Posted by: trifonas at 03/10/06 12:01 PM | Reply
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I completely agree with Chico. Seemed like Stewart was making sure Neil new he was big fan. I thought the funniest part is when Neil apologizes to his dog Carl. Hilarious...

And Neil's right: His best concerts are the ones where he plays a bunch of songs no one has heard. In the middle of his tour with the Bluenotes, he reeled off about half of "Freedom" before it was released, including "Ordinary People," an awesome song we still don't have on a record.

Posted by: sonicdeath99 at 03/10/06 12:16 PM | Reply
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I believe this is one of only a handful of times I've actually seen Jon star struck while interviewing a guest. It's always fun to see who people we'd go ga-ga over go ga-ga over.

Posted by: Pat at 03/10/06 12:39 PM | Reply
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Neko Case was on Leno? That's crazy.

Posted by: Dave at 03/10/06 12:45 PM | Reply
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Any Neil fan will love this movie. The short 30 second banter between songs are incredible.

Posted by: enrico at 03/10/06 1:01 PM | Reply
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Well he's DEFINITELY the greatest Canadian. Not that he has a lot of competition.

Posted by: Evan at 03/10/06 4:26 PM | Reply
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"Neil's pretty much the greatest American rock musician ever"

Last time I checked, Canada was in North America.
Therefore I think Dave's comment is valid.

Posted by: Troy at 03/13/06 12:40 PM | Reply
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Neil is an American citizen if anyone cares

Posted by: damoopies at 12/26/06 10:34 PM | Reply
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