# Jimmy Fallon channels Jim Morrison **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 14, 2011, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-channels-jim-morrison/602884 "2011-11-14T13:09:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-channels-jim-morrison/602884/21 "2011-11-17T21:05:16Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Has anyone compiled a list of all the pieces referenced in the history of rap sequences? The first one goes Sugarhill Gang - Rapper’s Delight Peter Piper - Run DMC Beastie Boys - Paul Revere A Tribe Called Quest - Award Tour Digital Underground - Humpty Dance Snoop & Dr. Dre - (Mangled) Nuthin but a G Thang Tupac & Dr. Dre - California Love Notorious BIG - Juicy The Roots - The Seed Eminem - My Name Is Missy Elliot - Work It Soulja Boy - Crank That T.I. - Live Your Life (both the song and the reference start with a sample of Mi Ya Hi) Kanye West - Gold Digger Jay-Z & Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind Rapper’s Delight again I’ll try to look at the second one in a bit, but if they pick up where they left off I might not know the newer stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-channels-jim-morrison/602884/22 "2011-11-17T21:33:48Z")
Cool. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-channels-jim-morrison/602884/23 "2011-11-17T22:31:32Z")
My pleasure. It’s like one of those quiz sites where you have ten minutes to identify 100 songs or whatever. The second one: Kurtis Blow - The Breaks Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - The Message NWA - Express Yourself (samples the original) Public Enemy - Bring the Noise Rob Bass - It Takes Two Salt & Pepa - Push It Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby Black Sheep - The Choice is Yours Cypress Hill - Insane in the Brain DJ Kool - Let Me Clear My Throat (samples Hollywood Swingin and then The 900 Number) DMX - Party Up Nelly - Hot in Here or Herre or whatever 50 Cent - In the Club Outkast - Hey Ya Lil Wayne- A Milli Then I had to look the autotuned one up. All I Do is Win, DJ Khaled, apparently. And in finding that out I realized that people have already [done this.](http://www.uproxx.com/music/2011/07/justin-timberlake-and-jimmy-fallon-break-down-the-history-of-rap-part-2/) Fuck those guys. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-channels-jim-morrison/602884/24 "2011-11-17T23:07:05Z")
Sorry, man. Didn’t mean to make you do unnecessary work. By the way, was there a subtle dig in the way they cut the “Ice Ice Baby” part short? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-channels-jim-morrison/602884/25 "2011-11-18T02:21:25Z")
As a Doors fan, I endorse that parody. Very well done. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-channels-jim-morrison/602884/26 "2011-11-18T02:44:10Z")
I never liked Fallon as a performer when he was on SNL or in any of his movies, but he was always a great impressionist (unlike the utterly devoid of talent Carson Daly) and he’s managed to create the perfect venue for himself. That was awesome. He also makes the lyrics _Butterfly in the Sky_ sound more like a Morrison song that got turned into a kid’s show theme than a kid’s show theme being sung by Morrison. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-channels-jim-morrison/602884/27 "2011-11-18T14:00:05Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > He also makes the lyrics _Butterfly in the Sky_ sound more like a Morrison song that got turned into a kid’s show theme than a kid’s show theme being sung by Morrison. I liked the way he made the end of _Good Night, Moon_ sound exactly like Morrison had blatantly ripped it off of a marginal native american poet. Inspired! ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-channels-jim-morrison/602884/28 "2011-11-18T14:42:13Z")
I’m not familiar with the Reading Rainbow theme song and wasn’t paying attention when I clicked over so didn’t realize he was doing the theme song in a Doors impersonation. So the first time he said “Reading Rainbow” I thought “huh, I did not know they took that title from a Doors song.” ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-channels-jim-morrison/602884/29 "2011-11-18T16:20:57Z")
Jimmy was on The Tonight Show last night as a guest, and they showed the Morrison bit, then he did a snippet of Neil Young and Bob Dylan - with guitar and harmonica. All three were spot on. Jimmy has a great ear and a great talent at impersonations. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-channels-jim-morrison/602884/30 "2011-11-18T16:25:06Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Jimmy was on The Tonight Show last night as a guest, and they showed the Morrison bit, then he did a snippet of Neil Young and Bob Dylan - with guitar and harmonica. All three were spot on. Jimmy has a great ear and a great talent at impersonations. Even his Barry Gibb is pretty much perfect, despite the fact that he only ever seems to do it as an easy joke. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-channels-jim-morrison/602884/31 "2011-11-19T02:11:31Z")
My favorite thing about this is that it’s just such a bizarre idea. How on earth does someone come up with it? I mean it’s not like someone could listen to the theme from “Reading Rainbow” and go “Hmm, reminds me of the Doors!” I’m equally in awe of people who can do mashups. How on earth did they notice song A can be laid over song B? Especially if they’re from completely different eras or something. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-channels-jim-morrison/602884/32 "2011-11-19T02:20:15Z")
> [@voguevixen](#): > > I’m equally in awe of people who can do mashups. How on earth did they notice song A can be laid over song B? Especially if they’re from completely different eras or something. Excuse to link to this Crazy/Rolling in the Deep mashup which blew my mind last night. Incredible. Sent with my fat fingers using Tapatalk. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-channels-jim-morrison/602884/33 "2011-11-19T02:22:48Z")
> [@Larry\_Mudd](#): > > Excuse to link to this Crazy/Rolling in the Deep mashup which blew my mind last night. Incredible. > > Sent with my fat fingers using Tapatalk. I’m speechless. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-channels-jim-morrison/602884/34 "2011-11-19T02:34:56Z")
> [@Larry\_Mudd](#): > > Excuse to link to this Crazy/Rolling in the Deep mashup which blew my mind last night. Incredible. LINKY NO WORKY! I totally want to hear it, but in the mean time enjoy this also mind-blowing Beatles/LMFAO mashup: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ODQSP5Eu00Q/maxresdefault.jpg "LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem Mashup vs. The Beatles - DJ McFLY") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODQSP5Eu00Q) ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-channels-jim-morrison/602884/35 "2011-11-19T02:44:43Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I’m speechless. **Leaffan** , what browser are you using? I get nothing in Firefox, Chrome OR IE. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-channels-jim-morrison/602884/36 "2011-11-19T02:47:15Z")
> [@voguevixen](#): > > **Leaffan** , what browser are you using? I get nothing in Firefox, Chrome OR IE. I don’t get anything either; that’s why I’m speechless. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-channels-jim-morrison/602884/37 "2011-11-19T02:47:46Z")
> [@voguevixen](#): > > LINKY NO WORKY! Never mind, I searched and found it - good stuff! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-channels-jim-morrison/602884/38 "2011-11-19T02:56:49Z")
Sorry - [fixed my link](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuQCqCdZZ-s) (a bit ambitious to try fancy links with my phone, it seems.) ETA: No, really, I fixed it. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-channels-jim-morrison/602884/39 "2011-11-19T03:07:52Z")
> [@Larry\_Mudd](#): > > Sorry - [fixed my link](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuQCqCdZZ-s) > > (a bit ambitious to try fancy links with my phone, it seems.) > > ETA: No, really, I fixed it. I assume that’s two songs: mixed together? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-channels-jim-morrison/602884/40 "2011-11-19T05:06:47Z")
If I might re-rail this thread back to the original Fallon video, can anyone tell the last thing he sings? It sounds to my ears like “Geo lightning”. I assume it’s the name of another book but I can’t make it out. By the way, some really enthusiastic “Very Hungry Caterpillar” fans in the crowd! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-channels-jim-morrison/602884.md?page=1)