This Song’s Joy is viral: Jimmy Fallon, Carly Rae Jepsen & The Roots sing “Call Me Maybe.” (with Classroom Instruments)
Singing is Joy, Singing is Community, Singing is Smile, Singing is Relaxation.
Not to over-sell it, but…seeing a bunch of people sing and smile together…made my day. It might make yours, too.
Via Reddit: “The guy on the far right looks like he’s saying “F*ck yeah rainbow xylophone mother f*cker!”
“Music Room”: Backstage before the show, Jimmy, Carly Rae Jepsen, and The Roots grabbed some instruments you’d find in an elementary school classroom and performed “Call Me Maybe.”
Carly Rae Jepsen – vocals, triangle
Jimmy Fallon – wood block, tambourine, bass drum
Questlove – washboard stick, kazoo, recorder
Tuba Gooding Jr. – kazoo, recorder
Frank Knuckles – bongos
Captain Kirk – ukulele
James Poyser – melodica
Mark Kelley – toy xylophone
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Four watches later, I still love it. Made my day.
This is awesome! I had to come back to this post and re-edit it. To say that I read this post earlier in the day on Saturday and then I heard this song when I was out later in the night and I almost started doing cartwheels because I was so happy.
So fun! Thanks for the fun this morning!
I actually like this version better than the original…
Guess I'm out of it…I didn't know the original. Having listened to it since, wayyyy prefer this one.
I freakin' love the rainbow xylaphone!!!
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This just proves that you can use just about any kind of instrument to make great music. Kudos and two thumbs up to the guy with the rainbow xylophone.