Conan O'Brien Says Goodbye To The Tonight Show With Will Ferrell - Free Bird

[chrisnotname]

Conan fan for life! He's doing great on TBS.

[buck2239]

Another sad day in TV history. Was bitter sweet.

[bluecrystalcastles]

Did you know that Will's wife, Viveca Paulin, shown with him in this video, had their baby boy, Axel, just HOURS after this performance?!? :-)

[bustybluth]

conan's tone leaves much to be desired

[crazywhitedude69]

Did Wil get permission from Lynyrd Skynyrd to dress up like Ronnie Van Zant and sing Free Bird

[mcgurkryans]

Free Bird is nice, but a better song selection would've been Badlands! The lyrics and tone of that song would've been a better fit: the anger, bitterness, but also faith to pull out of the dark situation. Plus, you had Max - he knows the song!

For the ones who had a notion, a notion deep inside

That it aint no sin to be glad you're alive.

I wanna find one face that aint looking through me

I wanna find one place, I wanna spit in the face of these... Badlands!!

[illyria0plastik]

beck?

this vid just got even better...

[EricW1063]

Great song... for a great ending... to a great show... hosted by a great man.

[EBChrispy]

I still consider this one of the most epic moments on television, as well as the true end of The Tonight Show franchise.

[DanielLeaveHome]

This video has Billy Gibbons. Billy Gibbons is the Chuck Norris of guitars

[BlinkBeer]

This is what Chris Walken was talking about when he need more cow bell. Finally More Cow Bell

[HarveyManchesterEM]

Robert Randolph? Ben Harper. They didn't give him even the time of day to proove that he was, I don't know, an incredible musician who has been putting out some of this generations best music. The man has been singing the blues on Virgin Records since '91. He's come out with hit album after hit album, sold out shows across the globe, led several phenomenal artists to success, and had his heart broken more times than any of us can imagine. No solo. Nothing. Needs less crap.

[adamclark52]

Does inverting the video to make everyone play left-handed negate copyrights or something. At first when I watched this I was like "I remember the stage being to Conans left", then I was like "wow, there's a lot of left-handed guitar players there", then it hit me.

[Jrosedobroplayer]

@adamclark52 I noticed that too Even the horn section is backwards

[rutgers1961]

@adamclark52 yeah, that and the low resolution are the reason why it's the only copy available to watch on YT, the only way to avoid NBC Universal and YT to issue a strike and endager this uploader's account. It still may get taken down, go figure, a show on broadcast (free) TV, not allowed to be re-watched on the internet.

[Fmaack]

Fuck Leno Stay Cynical!

[wookiewhat]

is that robert randolph on lap steel?

[chrlsglenn]

@wookiewhat i think it's ben harper.

[MMaukas]

@wookiewhat

I think he is Ben Harper

[TheP00pBandit]

haha will ferrell is legendary

[LMFAOshufflin]

wats the song

[morningwood1985]

Conan f***ing SHREDS!!!

[SMOKINMAXXMUSIC]

if you cant laugh at this you are an inbread fucktard,dont take it personal.Im sure Ronnie is looking down with a smile.

[bwmcreynolds]

1)Conan has skills 2)Ferrell probably likes Skynyrd too so shut up 3)Billy Gibbons is a badass 4)I dont care about this number because Billy Gibbons is such a bad ass

[MABmusic11]

MORE COWBELL!!!

[Valyn66]

Rock on Billy Gibbons. Will Ferrell's a funny guy but all he did here was sing badly. Nothing like the Cowbell skit; now THAT was funny.

[ghostridercfh]

Fuck u ronnie van zant was the best at makeing up a song and singing it. Would a fag nut will ferrel come to help your fuck ass no ronnie van zant is dead sorry to say. He made songs that are forever movies tv cover songs fuck u will ferrel sucks.

[qounqer]

@ghostridercfh LOL

[XenaAmazon]

@ghostridercfh Well, someone has no sense of humor, and obviously a twitard troll.

[dsmith215]

If that Billy Gibbons??

[ghostridercfh]

fuck this shit ronnie van zant was a legendary singer songwriter and will ferrell is an asshole for this not cool at all skynyrd forever.

[islasadri012404]

@ghostridercfh It's comedy, Tonight show moron. Obviously they had to get Lynyrd Skynyrd's permission to perform this song. Let me make it simple : Shut up and enjoy the Greatest Man On TV do what he loves to do best..... PERFORM :) - Team Coco

[thornatron]

Billy gibbons FTW!



[MRNTV]

It still bothers me what they did to Conan. Conan's dream was to host the tonight show (yeah he did it but the way they kicked him off pisses me off)

[IIIuidn7]

Best ending to a final show ever.

[l008comm]

Why is the video a mirror-image?

[timbo177]

@l008comm So it wouldn't be automatically taken down I guess.

[KarazFrankyy]

This is awesome! Will is so funny, of course he'd get that cowbell in there somewhere. And another thing too, hours later, his wife gave birth. (the one in thr back 'with child') haha.

[BullCricket75]

Will Ferrell is inFREAKingsane! I love u, Conan! :)

[Neckrowlawd]

jay leno is a faggot



[Belenor]

Jay Leno would never have gotten this kind of good-bye.

[Asams93]

Why can't I see Will Ferrell playing any other instrument other than CowBell.

[ttttrigg3r]

Is it me or is everyone left handed?

[ekmad]

@ttttrigg3r he's mirrored the image to avoid it being taken off

[TehGodlyDevil]

@BabyBerlin

The uploader is smart, he mirrored the video so it couldn't be taken down as copyright. That's why they all appear to be playing lefty.

[BabyBerlin]

@TehGodlyDevil VERY smart. I'll have to remember to use that for my own purposes.

[kellyberry]

i hosted a show in january it was a dream come true too bad it was a one night gig it was a lil like the tonightshow but it had no intewrview desk id crack jokes at the band fduring my monologue i even walked out waving saying welcome to our biggest fund raiser of all my medical bills and possibly finding me a wife. i didnt want the night to end i stillhave tears when i look back at my one chance to be a star i thank the guy who stepped aside for me and to everyone else who made it possible

[aedtheguy]

its the worst version of this song i've ever heard the band members are interesting though.Will Farrel althought he can normally sing for some reason sang it like he had throat cancer.The guita which was loud basically was retarted the one zz top had was playng smthning good at the late parts but i could barely hear it i dont like conan o'brien anywy so and btw they have a american flag backstage i donno if they always do but lynyrd skynyrd is a pretty confederate band i thnk they make fun of em

[wrjuniper]

I have a fever and the only cure is more cowbell!

[djpuppy28]

Conan . Stick to rythm. Your leads are choppy and , just bad!

[lovesauce13]

get some ben harper

[Clivemoss76]

is that elvis costello middle guitarist?

[TheHoleBag]

@Clivemoss76 That's Jimmy Vivino

[ACDCFan15Swe]

The slide guitar is supposed to be on a regular guitar not that sitting steel guitar shite >.<

[mattc867]

@ACDCFan15Swe

Ben Harper is the man and can play what he damn well pleases!

[HarveyManchesterEM]

@ACDCFan15Swe It's an interpretation, and that's Ben Harper. He's pretty good too, check him out.

[masonator84]

Will Ferrell is to the cowbell as Billy Gibbons is to the guitar. And you know it.

[valjoedg]

Could you make it NOT backwards! It looks like they're all left handed guitarists.

[mattc867]

@valjoedg

don't know if anybody else already pointed this out, but the backwards image was done on purpose. Youtube has computer filters that search uploaded files for copyrighted material. Making the image a mirror of the original prevents the filters from catching the file. So if it wasn't backwards it would probably have already been taken down.

[rivermandan9]

I bet Ronnie Van Zant got a kick out of this and you bet we still remember!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dickysipper]

billy gibbons fuckin aye!

[jasonmpack]

i wonder if the guy playing the slide is Robert Randolph, that'd be pretty cool...

[sachuck]

@jasonmpack Ben Harper

[justinhighest]

Needs more Conan

[robvicious]

Are they all left-handed or is there some kind of mirror effect?

[leukocyte0325]

@robvicious the words in the corners are backwards too

[leukocyte0325]

@robvicious the words in the corners are backwards too

[leukocyte0325]

@robvicious the words in the corners are backwards too

[SeanKing121]

@robvicious It's mirrored to avoid copyright.

[SupaPepsi]

Beck 1:24 with his epic 12 string

[LeKerstman]

will is too fat to be ronnie van zant haha

[GUNSNCOWS]

did anyone else notice that beck was playing guitar here?

[75Scout2Man]

I gotta say as a diehard Skynyrd fan, who's heard Freebird pretty much daily... this is pretty damn good!!! TEAM COCO!!!

[SaltpeterTaffy]

It's probably mirrored to keep it from being taken down for as long as possible.

[NoodlesNDM1]

Why is it mirror image?

[evelchef2]

i like how they got all the left handed people they could (go leftys!) some day we will rule the world

[Devzilla98]

@evelchef2 This video is a mirror image. Notice the backwards flag and the backwards small writing in the upper left corner of the clip.

[LuderePiano]

@evelchef2 It's mirrored dude, they're all right handed.

[MistaGrieves]

I hate this song so damn much. Fucking Conan had to make me like it.

That was meant to sound way more positive than it seems.

[BenFlexin]

i remember watching this on tv. fucking awesome

[dokeyjam]

Billy gibbons is playing left handed

[ultrachronic]

Why is this video flipped horizontally? Billy Gibbons doesn't play left handed... neither do a majority of the players there, come to think of it

[gascap777]

@ultrachronic look at the flag, that should answer your question.

[FezTickle]

awesome cover!

[fredmomma]

I thought this was weird that all the guitarist were left handed but now I realize the video is mirrored.

[xLoveForConan]

this makes me soo sad :( he is so much better than Leno. This is amazing. I'm so glad he's with TBS. NBC can go away forever for all i care.

[skynyrd0110]

I'm glad they used such an epic song to end the show, but it seems to me that they were making fun of Skynyrd. And that don't hold with me.

[OropherThranduil]

@skynyrd0110

They're more making fun of southerners overall.

and skynard happen to be southern rock, so it's perfect for will to make those dukes of hazzard style parodie.

[skynyrd0110]

@OropherThranduil I myself am a southerner, and I take personal offence to that.

[OropherThranduil]

@skynyrd0110

who cares,. i'm german, or how you say it a kraut.

i mean most americans think that we all look like fat bavarians.

[skynyrd0110]

@OropherThranduil I personally have never heard the term "kraut," nor used it. And I am not "most americans."

[Belenor]

Best possible way of ending Conan at NBC, screw them. Hes much better of at TBS were they know how to appreciate a genius like Conan O'brien

[Belenor]

6 ppl doesnt believe in freedom

[kl990]

@Belenor your comment made my day

[soyeldiego86]

BEST EPIDSODE EVAR!!! LOL, seriously though i saw this live and like most fans i was so pissed conan was leaving, but this has to be the best final episode every, and an epic way to say "good bye"

[audrey666girl]

this makes me want to play this song on guitar hero 2 now. xD

[100AngryVikings]

This is absolutely epic. Glad to see Conan back on TV!

[sogz11]

I remember while watching this I was weeping so hard....Love Coco hard :-*

[19torento]

Will Ferrell sounds like a drowning cat, but I still think this is an inspiring end for Conan O'Brien's show.

[SpeedbeetleV2]

They carry on the legacy well... I would be sick if conan was on slide guiatar

[THElluis1]

I've got a fever...

[19torento]

@THElluis1 Is it Catscratch Fever?

[TheSpawnofSkynyrd]

@19torento - WHAT??? NO!!! It's "Free Bird" by the greatest group to EVER walk the face of the earth. LYNYRD SKYNYRD

[19torento]

@TheSpawnofSkynyrd Dude, Catscratch Fever is an epic song. Where the hell did the fever part come from? It wasn't in Freebird.

[THElluis1]

@19torento no i got off your mum

[19torento]

@THElluis1 How does that make sense? o_0 So many trolls are fans of Lynyrd Skynnyrd... It's unbelievable.

[THElluis1]

@19torento dunno ask ur mom, she's the one with it

[ibgamer]

I was there!

[Jefthenaturecallscoh]

@ibgamer you good sir are a very lucky person

[guitarconasor]

The ending jam needs to go on for 2 more hours.

[unholymassacre86]

needs more cowbell i think

[darodaro9]

will ferrells not ... terrible

[valjoedg]

Kinda backwards ain't it?

[Toboe1010]

Beck. Enough said. :)

[voidedidentity]

Love Conan and love this song. I usually like Will Ferrell too but his vocals sucked in this. Would have been much better if he actually sang it better for Conan's goodbye show. He just made it more his thing than Conan's, imo.

[trpd013]

It needs more cowbell.

[Rystel08]

@trpd013 It needs nothing!

[bamaalexp]

will sounds more like a jim morrison

[KinGkWeEzy]

damn it gave me the goosebumps ...

[deathproof200]

I love how everyone is just like "what? Oh yeah were just jammin on free bird with Billy fucking gibbons. No big deal."

[NeuroHead]

"Dawn" is actualy his swedish wife Viveca Paulin who is actualy pregnant for real haha!

They had their 3rd son Axel ferrell very shortly after this.

Viveca and Will met in an acting class so she is no newcomer to performing.

[pancaikmix45]

FREEBIRD A Lynyrd Skynyrd Song Will Ferell plays Ronnie Van Zant Lead Singer Of Lynyrd Skynyrd untill 1977 when...................Their Charterted Convair240 palne crashed into a densly wooded area Killing Lead Singer Ronnie Van Zant Guitarist Steve Gaines and Gaines Sister Cassie Gaines and Assistant Manager Dean Killpatrick

[sixshooter500]

The reason it's mirrored is so Youtube don't pull it.

[rawkus1167]

Max Weinberg is an awesome drummer!

[Aaronfifty8]

@ nobraves I noticed the same thing!!! That was actually the first thing I noticed.

[TehGodlyDevil]

Beck! Beck! Beck!

In case you didn't know, Beck backed up Conan and Will, you can see him at 1:25 :D

[BabyBerlin]

@TehGodlyDevil Yep, that's Beck. What throws me, though, is why he's playing leftie ...

[gageking97]

This is awesome!!! why does Leno have to host The Tonight Show hes not funny anymore i miss Conan!:(

[jackirkh]

good tv...... thats what i say. brought to you by your local network television. thats right boys

[hbk2hhh]

we need more cowbell

[nobraves]

anyone notice that they'll everyone playing guitar is left handed?

[Brain1ndustry]

@nobraves The video is backwards. People upload videos like this to avoid copyright issues.

[geoneo01]

I agree with stain2004 this has to be the best moment in tv ever damn when I saw this live I swear it brought tears to my eyes. Conan is absolutely the best!

[gerardLUULZ]

#imstillwithcoco

[Berserkedy]

billy gibbons man crush <3

[nessfill]

what a mess - good riddance. 7:14 minutes of wannabee super tune sounding worse than garage jam, and ferrell and his wife gagging us with there woodstock cover tongue sucking. ferrell's got the physique of a beer can.

[KurtVachon]

@nessfill 2/10 Try again TrollFail

[iBombBigHills]

@nessfill he also has more money than God and doesnt give a shit if u talk shit on youtube

[thSubliminalCriminal]

@nessfill i suppose you're one of those cunts that thumbs down anything they dislike. what a pussy you can't think of anything better to do than to come on here and give the business to hard working decent guitar playing people like this? you oughta be shot in the skull and fucked in the whole by a badgers penis

[TheShadowPantha]

For a second, I thought "Why are they all playing lefty?"

[1985lsf]

it's mirrored to protect it from being removed by copyright claims. :) SUCK IT NBC!

[stain2004]

This was the best moment in tv history in my opinion.

[kenkanif21]

@stain2004 ya, it's definitly much better than the beatles on ed sullivan, or the moon landing(fake or not)



[Jefthenaturecallscoh]

@stain2004 saddest yet so so happy 

[Lucario1121]

@stain2004 Not to sound like a jerk buutt... I'm the 100 liker that should be good right

[MrDeletedimage]

I got a fever

[reversethecurse246]

@MrDeletedimage wrong song

[btmacie]

Whoever decided to include Billy Gibbons needs a promotion.

[bluegrassman776]

I LOVE THE MIRROR LEFTY THING LOL I DON'TKNOW WHY

[JCMaldonado13]

I miss the old Conan!

[chiloecko]

they're all lefties! haha

[rizacat]

Beck, ZZ-Top, WIll Ferell and Conan O'Brien: Together at Last!

[imtallhaha]

im an idiot lol i was like wtf the dont play guitar that way lmao FUCKN MIRROR

[JarrydGothix]

COWBELL YES

[55centerstage]

Pretty funny and I hope everyone is smart enough to realize those are all right handed musicians and the flag is the right way but somehow it's like it was flipped like a mirror. All the sponsors or whatever on the screen ate obviously backwards

[19torento]

Will Ferrel reminds me of Sammy Hagar. ^_^

[19torento]

Beginning of 2010, I listened to this song and Conan O'Brian's final speech on how "if you believe in yourself and work hard, you can accomplish your goals". I took that message to heart, changed my life around and this whole year I've worked on and accomplished my goals. Now that it's the end of the year, I had to listen to this song again and look back over this interesting year. I've become a Freebird living my own life and not what other people tell me to. Thanks, Conan, for inspiring me.

[Carthsgtr]

@19torento

Dude you probably live in your mums basement you fag.

[19torento]

@Carthsgtr Actually, I live in a dorm room while in college and my bedroom while at home, because I can't support myself, since I'm just a student. Why would I live in my mom's basement? o_0 It's cold down there.

[Carthsgtr]

@19torento

Good point man :)

[19torento]

@Carthsgtr Thank you. Incidentally, good song choice for your guitar cover. Sultans of Swing is a good song.

[flargmuffin92]

oh my god lol hes dressed as ronnie xD

[19torento]

@flargmuffin92 Who's Ronnie? o_0

[flargmuffin92]

@19torento Ronnie Van Zant lol, he was the original lead singer to Lynyrd Skynyrd.

[19torento]

@flargmuffin92 I don't know much about Lynard Skynnard. Just this song.

[MisterAkJonny]

I got a fever, & the only prescription is.... MORE COWBELL!

[jmc1995]

Conan rulled on that solo he did!!

[19torento]

@jmc1995 Thank you, Yoda, for pointing that out to us.