Tenacious D – Will F*ck You Gently…
…and do it for Haiti. Last night Jack Black and Kyle Gass once again answered the call and assembled an outstanding lineup of musicians and comedians to entertain all in the name of raising money for Haiti.
During Tenacious D‘s thunderous *acoustic* set, Ben Stiller crashed the party when he rode in on a mega-giant drum kit playing like he was in Cheap Trick live at Budokan.
The D stopped their set and kicked Ben out of the band.
Will Ferrell made an early appearance in the night and apologized for not having time to come up with a routine so he chose to resurrect his sixth-grade performance of the popcorn dance. Enjoy.
We were treated to excellent sets by comics Tig, Bob Odenkirk and Patton Oswalt with the D always present announcing every artist.
One of my most favorite musicians of all time Frank Black of Pixies came out and rocked it. My face nearly melted off when he performed his solo song “Los Angeles” and then went into Pixies “Where is My Mind.” Check it out.
Not only were we treated to a stand-up set by Russell Brand but he came out and joined Jason Segel on their awesome song “Inside of You” which you probably know from Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
The Shins frontman James Mercer performed a few songs using that angelic voice to turn us all into swooning fools.
James Mercer of The Shins performing “Australia.”
There were so many great moments last night and all for a good cause. I elect Tenacious D for an honorary Rock n Roll Nobel Peace Prize.
NickyMacG
February 3, 2010 12:03 pm
Thx for posting these! Was dying to see this event and uber-jealous seeing all the twitter posts–looks like it was phenomenal!!
Renee
February 3, 2010 1:43 pm
I learned that lame ‘Popcorn Dance’ in grade school too! I had no idea it was taught county wide. I remembered most of it but not the complete routine as performed by Mr. Ferrell. Hilarious!! Talk about a flashback!! Oh and thanks for the Pixies today Kat, you rock my world!
Carlos
February 3, 2010 4:58 pm
Sounds like a beyond awesome show. I wish I could of been there.
Scotty
February 3, 2010 5:53 pm
You’re totally right lady! You did squeal out like a little girl! Hahaha that was classic! And so was that solo rendition of one of Frank Black’s masterpieces…Damn! I still beat myself up for not catching their gig last year at the Palladium…Ugh! But kudos to you Kat for capturing a once in a life time piece of history…Squealer!!!