On last night’s “Tonight Show” broadcast, Jimmy Fallon demonstrated the voice-looping iPad app, Loopy HD, to Billy Joel.
Joel and Fallon then used the iPad to perform a mostly a cappella version of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight.”
“Jimmy Fallon’s MacBook may have mysteriously lost its illuminated Apple logo but it seems his love for Apple products hasn’t wavered,” Dan DeSilva remarks for 9to5Mac.
“The host was the first to record his vocals on the looper app. Joel joined in soon after, performing ‘a-weema-weh’ in a variety of keys,” Zach Johnson reports for E! Online. “Fallon then introduced the lyrics to the 1961 classic by The Tokens. The audience clapped in unison as The Roots backed the fast friends up from the side of the stage.”
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Absolutely outstanding!
Love it! 1000 times better than Samsung latest idiotic ad!
When I’m watching something on DVR and see a Samsung commercial, as I fast forward, I’ll continue fast forwarding. If I see an Apple ad I’ll usually stop to watch it even if I’ve seen it before.
Samsung couldn’t buy this type of advertising for any price.
Wow, that app going get some sales. Nicely done.
But, I thought the iPad was only a consumption device!?!?
Very cool.
Wow! A lot of music teachers just got an eye opener.
He’s so much better than Jay Leno I couldn’t ever imagine Jay Leno doing that
Yeah, Leno was kinda one trick.
Fallon is blessed with more than just comedic chops. He really is an all around entertainer. But then I’m just glad that Leno is finally gone. He got boring and mediocre the minute he stopped making appearances on Letterman’s show and got his own.
Maybe it’s just me, but I always considered Letterman a smirking creep. Even before proof of same.
Not so much when he was early on. But now he’s now a low energy curmudgeonly mumbling creep without a lot of the freshness and things like Larry “Bud” Melman and Velcro jumpsuits to liven up the broadcast, Fallon and his show has all the energy now. Fallon also way better than Leno and I was no Fallon fan when he started out Late Night. Some of these late night guys get to thinking they’re entitled to the job while losing the edge which never happened to Johnny Carson.
Too much!
It brought a smile and a chuckle to my day!
In addition to the iPad…there was a $1,500 mixer
http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/03/21/inside-the-ipad-rig-jimmy-fallon-used-to-duet-with-billy-joel-on-the-tonight-show
And even Tim Cook tweeted about Fallon/Joel
Tweets by tim_cook
Wow and he even used the M word, maybe Apple is haunted after all
Yeah, but that was probably just so they could utilize 2 microphones at the same time. I would assume they could just as easily used one mac and passed it back and forth.
Don’t let that stop you. Price for that unit is actually 1400. Same company makes a two channel unit for 650 or a single channel unit for 350. Or just a mic for 200.
Did Billy remember the lyrics this time?
The Tokens weren’t the first to sing this classic song, not by decades, nor were they the creator. For the short version of this song’s history, go here:
http://www.neatorama.com/2013/12/12/In-the-Jungle-The-Story-of-Mbube/
For the long version, go here:
http://longform.org/stories/in-the-jungle-rian-malan
Fallon has a pretty good voice. I’m sure they rehearsed it at least once before doing it “live.”