Jimmy Fallon doing a impersonation of Jimi Morrison.
The original version of the song he covers is here.
Spot on. Hope you like it.
Oh.
My.
God.
That was amazing.
Also Fallon recommended:
Pants on the ground: Pants on the Ground Jimmy Fallon New Version!! - YouTube
History of rap I: - YouTube
History of rap II: - YouTube
History of Rap III: http://www.hulu.com/watch/294772/late-night-with-jimmy-fallon-history-of-rap-3 (commercial - BOO!)
Morrison bonus: Weird Al’s “Craig’s List” "Weird Al" Yankovic - Craigslist (Official 4K Video) - YouTube
That’s Jim Morrison. You’re mixing him up with Jimi Hendrix.
Love Jimmy Fallon, and am liking his show more and more. the musical bits he does add so much.
I am a big fan of The Doors. When I saw this in the comedy section of Huffingtonpost I rolled my eyes thinking that it was going to be awful.
I must say that I am amazed. I’m not a Jimmy Fallon enthusiast, but his impression was so spot on that I am coming around to him; he really does this Jim Morrison thing well. I was curious to see what the dope thought of it.
He pretended to be Neil Young doing “Whip My Hair,” and I thought his vocals if not his look was spot on. He was joined by some guy who sorta looked like Bruce Springsteen. I was thinking that guy did a pretty unrealistically over the top impression, then I found out it was the real guy. I haven’t seen too much of Fallon’s stuff but this is pretty good.
On closer look, haven’t seen the Neil Young mentioned lower in the post yet.
Link: Whip My Hair with Neil Young & Bruce Springsteen - YouTube
Is that the same sketch as in this previous thread?
Fallon seems to be quite the classic rock fan. Good for him, I say.
He plays guitar; same with Conan. Not sure how good Fallon is; Conan is more enthusiastic than good. Nice silverburst Les Paul though.
Jimmy’s a competent guitarist; he’s a better singer though, so I really enjoy watching him do musical impersonations. He did Dave Matthews (playing “Ants Marching” with his own lyrics - if I recall correctly) on SNL one time and I thought it was absolutely hysterical.
I guess other evidence of his musical chops (for any interested?) - he also released a comedy album in 2002, The Bathroom Wall (Allmusic link) which had some memorable cuts and was actually Grammy nominated for the category that year. Allmusic says that he wrote all the songs (half co-wrote with someone else) and played guitar and did vocals.
He does a spot-on vintage Bob Dylan as well.
He did an Adam Sandler impression for the ever-popular Celebrity Jeopardy sketch: it was dead-on when he was merely spouting lines like the guy, but jaw-dropping when he pulled out a guitar and started in with an all-new all-different Hanukkah song: “Robert De Niro – Bela Lugosi – Snuffleupagus – and Parker Posey.”
I saw that linked somewhere (okay, here) earlier and completely accepted it as Neil Young on Jimmy Fallon. (In my defense I am only vaguely aware of Jimmy Fallon as that guy who did Weekend Update in some indefinite period between 1992 and the present.)
I came in to post that. It’s the perfect rebuttal to those who don’t like Fallon. I think he can be hilarious.
Remember when Mick Jagger was the musical guest on “SNL,” and Fallon played Jagger’s reflection in the mirror?
Even Jagger seemed to think it was a hilariously spot-on imitation.
Fallon’s micmicry is amazingly good.
Has anyone compiled a list of all the pieces referenced in the history of rap sequences?
Jimmy Fallon is not the only one exceeding expectations. Justin Timberlake has also, to my surprise, become a very respectable artist.
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The Adam Sandler impression is what won him the gig on SNL in the first place (it was the main part of his audition).
“Merging Threads” A new euphanism for what-Jim-did-not-say.
Not only is this an uncannily good Jim Morrison impression, if it were a real Doors song, I’d rank it one of their three or four best. (OK, I’m not a fan.) I haven’t been a big fan of Fallon’s in the past either, but between this and his version of the French Prince of Bel Air theme song, my estimation of the guy is way higher than it used to be.