Thursday, December 14, 2006

The Decemberists vs. Colbert

That's one battle I would really like to see.
So Stephen Colbert had a video of him light-sabering Star Wars style with a green screen and he challenged fans to back it up with something. This is before, my pals the Decemberists decided they would get their fans to back up their performance with a green screen for the song "O Valencia". I personally really like this song and the Decemberists and I wouldn't want to see them being accused of something like... riding on Stephen Colbert's coattails! Which is what Colbert did... well, one thing led to another and now (via Pitchforkmedia) the Decemberists have challenged Colbert to something like a guitar solo contest on the 20th. My brother showed me all of this on YouTube (he's a internet video genius). Here's what Colbert had to say...

And here's one of the video entries...

4 comments:

Barbara Bruederlin said...

OH YES!!!! I hadn't seen this update - this is perfect! Two of my favourite men in the entire world duking it out in a guitar solo contest. I have died and gone to heaven!

Thanks for this.

hilary m. said...

Hey, no problem Barbara. Glad to bring in the news. I'm pretty excited about this myself. It is sure to be quite amusing.

Allison said...

I missed the duel last night, and for some reason can't access the video clips with this internet connection. I'm counting on you all to post so I can view the standoff :)

hilary m. said...

I'm planning on watching the taped version tonight, I'll probably post about it and get some clips for you.