Wednesday, December 20

Colbert, Decemberists square off tonight


One of my favorite bands, The Decemberists, has its much-anticipated guitar duel with Stephen Colbert tonight (Weds., 12/20) on The Colbert Report. Guitarist Chris Funk will take on Colbert, and I'm expecting hilarity to ensue. I thought Stephen would be overmatched, but then I saw his classic video for "Charlene" by Stephen and the Colberts. Impressive.

The events leading up to tonight's rock mayhem have been well chronicled. Here's a synopsis from (of all places) the Washington Times:

The trouble began brewing Nov. 29 when Mr. Colbert used the debut of his "Look Who's Riding My Coattails Now" segment to denounce the band for running a contest that invited college students to create their own animation for the backdrop of the band's latest video. Mr. Colbert had a recurring segment in his news-show parody in which he let viewers animate the backdrop while he flashed around a "Star Wars" light saber.

"Let's see how they perform their trademark brand of hyper-literate prog-rock when I'm slicing off their legs at the knee," Mr. Colbert declared.

The Decemberists, whose latest album "The Crane Wife" has received rave reviews, responded with a counter-counter challenge. If nothing more, viewers who tune in for tonight's musical showdown are promised "guitar mayhem and pyrotechnics"....


For more info, check out this article at Spin.com. The showdown airs at 11:30 EST on Comedy Central, right after The Daily Show. As a total fanboy of both The Decemberists and Stephen, I'm hyped.

5 Comments:

Blogger Mark Weaver said...

This is going to be one helluva showdown.

10:50 AM

 
Blogger Leah [Not Basic] said...

That looks like fun.

12:36 PM

 
Blogger Rich said...

I don't know who all caught this, but it was awesome. Colbert weaseled out of the guitar contest, but he did have Robert Schneider (!!!) play a song about him. There was also Henry Kissinger, Eliot Spitzer, Peter Frampton, and Rick Nielsen along with Chris Funk from The Decemberists. Nuts!

2:17 AM

 
Blogger Unknown said...

I don't get it, why isn't anyone talking about the Colbert Report?

Is the American Idol of whacky news meets indie math rock over?

Maybe not:

http://www.indierockcafe.com/2006/12/colbert-decemberists-green-screen-is-it.html

8:21 AM

 
Blogger The Falconer said...

OMG I just watched the show on the morning replay on Comedy Central. One shocking guest appearance after another. The staff of the Cobert Report really outdid themselves lining up the talent for their final show of the year. Wow!

4:59 PM

 

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