Tuesday, June 9, 2009
I’ve Been Waiting For You

All the Conan’s greatest hits & retrospectives I’ve seen the past month in anticipation of him taking over Leno’s chair on the Tonight Show failed to include one of my most sentimental & poignant Late Night w/ Conan moments ever. Back in 2003 for TV Thanksgiving hiatus, they reran one of his old episodes but in claymation. WTF? Never would this have made sense anywhere else. I remember being completely engrossed in this half-familiar but half-netherworld episode from beginning to end and then a few minutes before the credits, my personal piece de resistance came on: claymation David Bowie started performing one of my all time favorite romantic rock ballads (and easily one of my favorite Neil Young songs) “I’ve Been Waiting For You.” I was shocked into bliss on so many levels and I don’t think I need to explain why it has remained one of my most favorite and indelible TV moments in history.
And here’s a b-side Pixies version with Kim Deal singing that also made me lose it in college































