Watch Pearl Jam & Stephen Colbert Cover Neil Young
Pearl Jam was only scheduled for one tune on Wednesday night on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, but when the cheering, dancing crowd filled with PJ fans began chanting “one more song!” the host and the band decided to launch into an impromptu cover of the Neil Young classic “Rockin’ in the Free World.”
During the six-minute rock out, Colbert shared a mic with frontman Eddie Vedder on the choruses, and spent much of the rest of the song dancing and even headbanging as the audience went wild.
By the end, Vedder had climbed several rows into the seats to shake hands with fans, and the normally freezing-cold Ed Sullivan Theater had been transformed into a steamy, intimate rock club.
“Does my hair look anything like it’s supposed to?” Colbert quipped once he was back at his desk after the surprise jam was over. Nope, not at all.
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