Vlog 034 - Funeral Party | Stephen Colbert | Elton John | 2011 Juno Awards | Duran Duran

While it isn't a perfect rock song by any means, Funeral Party's "Finale" was easily the best new thing we watched last week, and the members of this Californian outfit are no doubt pleased with their noisy network television debut on the David Letterman show. Singer Chad Elliot's passionate, arresting vocals are just one reason to keep tabs on this band.
At this point, adding anything more to the Rebecca Black -- "Friday" media juggernaut seems beyond redundant, as the raven-haired teeny bopper is so far beyond overexposed as to be in completely uncharted territory. Nonetheless, when funnyman Stephen Colbert showed up on Jimmy Fallon last Friday to perform his take on the world's most annoying pop song, we tuned in, betting the results would put a smile on our face. And indeed they did, as Colbert and Co. pulled off the improbable: making a terrible song highly enjoyable. Watch the full clip here.
We're gonna guess that Elton John watched Paul McCartney hosting Saturday Night Live last fall and decided to try and outdo his fellow OBE recipient in terms of hogging screen time. In short, Elton was everywhere on the April 2nd episode. The funniest moment to our rock-attuned ears was a skit in which he pogoed around Buckingham Palace singing a punk number with the Her Royal Highness the Queen on drums and Prince Philip on guitar. For his "real" performance though, Sir Elton once again teamed up with Leon Russell, and together they performed "Monkey Suit" from their 2010 album "The Union".
The 2010 Juno Awards were chock-a-block full of great musical moments -- check out our Juno Show page, which has a list of all the currently available streams on it. For our money, it was the Robbie Robertson introduced segment that celebrated four Canadian greats -- Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Gordon Lightfoot and The Band -- that proved to be the evening's highlight, drawing together the timeless music of those greats with outstanding performances from relative youngsters like Sarah Harmer, City and Colour, and The Sadies among ...

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