Dear Conan: Please Say "I'll Be Right Back"
Posted at 7:47 AM on January 22, 2010
by Steve Seel
(45 Comments)
Filed under: 9:30 Coffee Break
So tonight is Conan O'Brien's last night as host of The Tonight Show. For a lot of folks (myself and Jill included), that's a drag. Make all the arguments that you like for or against NBC's move, it's still hard not to feel like Conan got a severely raw deal (well, aside from that 45 million dollar severance package, of course).
We eagerly look forward to seeing what Conan has in store for his final show this evening, but in the meantime, got anything you'd like to say to Conan in song? Let's put together a set for Conan this morning for the 9:30 Coffee Break. Songs that might be appropriate as we bid farewell, and hopefully, "see you again real soon" - like perhaps on another network?
Comments (45)
Ben Kweller - I need you back
Left of the Dial by The Replacements.
While I think NBC screwed up with the whole thing Conan seems to be acting like a crazy jilted lover with his ex's credit card...just sayin.
I'll be glad when he is on another network doing his show so we can all get past this and I can enjoy his sense of humor again.
Redheaded Stepchild - Golden Smog
Talk Show Host - Radiohead
Funny Funny Me - Altered Images
Good Days, Bad Days - Kaiser Chiefs
Take This Job And Shove It - Johnny Paycheck
I Will Survive - Cake
Got Nuffin - Spoon
Making Me Go - Paul Westerberg
You Can't Always Get What You Want - The Rolling Stones
I thinkin more like:
Good Riddance - Greenday
The Dillinger Four version of Sally Macleannane
Backstabbers -- O'Jays ['They smile in yr face/All the time they wanna take yr place']
Let Them All Talk -- Elvis Costello
How Can I Miss You If You Don't Go Away -- Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks
I second "Take This Job And Shove It", but advocate for the Dead Kennedys' version.
"So Long" - X (from Live At The Whiskey A Go-Go) or the original Woody Guthrie version.
"Let's Build a Home"- The White Stripes
The White Stripes did a weeklong stand on his Late Night program. The last night of this stand, they sang "Let's Build a Home"- and Jack White played guitar on Conan's desk. GREAT TV moment.
Other suggestions would be "The Denial Twist" (Conan appears in the video) of "We are Gonna be Friends"(last Late Night w/ Conan episode)
Tears of a Clown by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Even though Conan's going out in a giddy display, you know he's got to be crying on the inside.
i want you back -- jackson 5
will you be there --mj
Rod Stewart's "Tonight's the Night"
I don't know.
Talking Heads-Road To Nowhere
Hit the Road Jack - Ray Charles / Stampeders
For old times sake - The Johnny Carson theme song
I remember an NBC special, I can't remember what it was for, but Conan played "Walk on the Wild Side" with Lou Reed... so that would be sweet.
Or how about some E-Street band love for Max!
So Long, Farewell - The Sound of Music
For Jay Leno - Fool on the Hill. The man with the foolish grin. Nobody seems to like him.
I was thinkin about Max Weinberg too:
Prove It All Night - Bruce S. & E Street Band
Hello, Goodbye - The Beatles
The Boy with the Thorn in His Side - The Smiths
Oh, Conan...
How do you start (over)?
Where do you go (FOX)?
When Will You Come Back Home - Ryan Adams and the Cardinals
Imogen Heap - Goodnight and Go
"My Funny Valentine,' by the Velvet Underground.
Quirky, I know ...
"In Between Days" -- The Cure
"It Takes a Lot to Laugh ..." -- Bob Dylan
"Laugh Now, Cry Later" -- Ice Cube
"I Started a Joke" -- Paul Anka
Goodnight and Go - Imogen Heap
Readheaded Stepchild is a really good suggestion!
I'm sad I won't see Conan for a while. I've been watching him for over 10 years. I know he'll be back in some form or another, but I don't look forward to the break. It'll be as excrutiating as waiting for LOST.
I Want You Back - Hoodoo Gurus
Didn't even think to suggest something from E-Street..."Independence Day" off of The River would be fairly appropriate...
The Godfather Theme has always been the best farewell soundtrack. Txs
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - So-Long-Farewell-Goodbye
Shut Up & Let Me Go - Ting Tings
a galaxie 500 song....as wiki states...
In their early years, Krukowski didn't own a drum kit, so he borrowed one from his Harvard classmate Conan O'Brien, who'd bought a kit but had recently given up playing it. This drum kit can be heard on many of Galaxie 500's early recordings.[5]
Conan always had the best musical guests, The Strokes being on of my favorite “new band” at the time and it was so sick to see them “live” as they weren’t on their way to Minneapolis anytime soon. I’d like to ask Conan ,”Is This It?” a request from The Strokes :)
Conan's favorite band is the White Stripes, and they were his last guests on his last Late Night. "I Just Don't Know What to do with Myself"? "I think I Smell a Rat"? "Truth Doesn't Make a Noise"...
"Why Can't You Be Nicer to Me"!
No Speak No Slave - The Black Crowes
The Song Remains the Same - Led Zeppelin
Guys! I am Not interested in Conan or NBC or what evere is going on with them...
Change the subject please, I am sure you can find more interesting topics!!
thanks!
Jessica - I remember that Strokes performance on Conan. That was my first exposure to The Strokes and I was hooked.
When Irish Eyes are Smiling - John McCormack
And as a sidenote.... I think Johnny Carson would be really dissapointed in Jay and NBC
You better play sone white stripes. He loves them.
gonna miss conan on lat night. i would rather stick a sharp knife in my eyes than watch craig ferguson. he is not funny at all. guess ill have to watch letterman, he is pretty good.
Well, should he go to FOX, maybe he can get back together with Matt Groening. "Little Conan" cartoon shorts during his show, or something.
it's hard to feel sorry for someone who is getting 4o million.there is plenty of unemployed workers that would like to change places.
House of Hain - Top o the morning to ya.....
or House of Pain - When Irish eyes are smiling.
Its funny to say this but its true: today is also my last day at my current job after 7 months! I dont feel screwed or have any severeance money coming to me but the sadness of leaving a good place is definitely there. I've listened to this show in the mornings while here and Ive loved it and hated it but now it feels like its over. My two cents are you guys r entertainers n your topics are lighthearted and silly but keep in mind that you are also socially responsible to your community and watching American Idol or promoting escapist activities like drinking and watching stupi television is educating your listeners. Everything you do is important from your words to the music you play and the causes you support. You are public figures now and have a lot of responsability for that. Good luck.
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