Stephen Colbert Connects Chance the Rapper with "Lord of the Rings"

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  • Опубликовано: 28 авг 2018
  • 'The Late Show' host Stephen Colbert breaks down how Chance the Rapper's "Favorite Song" feat. Childish Gambino are connected to J. R. R. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings".
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Комментарии • 709

  • @flutechannel
    @flutechannel 5 лет назад +1697

    I've reached peak nerd and its glorious

  • @philhenderson6510
    @philhenderson6510 5 лет назад +1597

    Wouldn't it be amazing if Chance the Rapper and Childish Gambino teamed up with Stephen Colbert to do a rap version of the Song of Eärendil?

    • @ImminentGlory
      @ImminentGlory 5 лет назад +19

      nah bro that shit would be wack as hell

    • @narsil0420
      @narsil0420 5 лет назад +46

      Dude, I need that now

    • @whatuppicalo
      @whatuppicalo 5 лет назад +3

      Phil Henderson that’d be fucking awesome. You’re genius

    • @Chesirecat111
      @Chesirecat111 5 лет назад +1

      Phil Henderson No.

    • @RitaSuszekTV
      @RitaSuszekTV 5 лет назад +2

      WANT.

  • @irondjangus2166
    @irondjangus2166 5 лет назад +2174

    Colbert is f***ing brilliant.

    • @Fibbar
      @Fibbar 5 лет назад +19

      I love this info about the rhyme scheme, but Colbert doesn't even touch on the content.
      In '92 the classic album The Chronic by Dre dropped and it was right in the middle of the Bull's 3peat.
      Plus the album is Acid Rap and he says "Chance on acid now, crusin' on that LSD" which is means acid but is also a reference to Lake Shore Drive

    • @drunkenmasterii3250
      @drunkenmasterii3250 5 лет назад +10

      Phillip Monk And what's so special about this content? Why would he even talk about that? It add nothing to the subject and it doesn't have any meaning in the context of what he's talking about. It's not particularly clever or special either.

    • @drunkenmasterii3250
      @drunkenmasterii3250 5 лет назад +3

      ohmytin dude I was talking about the content as in the lyrics which OP Phillip said he didn’t talk about in the video like he’s implying that there was something to talk about. The lyrics are not clever not the content of this video, this if fucking clever. Did you not see that my comment was an answer to something?

    • @zaha4193
      @zaha4193 5 лет назад

      he a LORweeb

    • @joanneweiss3864
      @joanneweiss3864 5 лет назад +6

      I can no longer call myself a nerd.. I'm not worthy👋👋👋👋👋👋

  • @tonematrix
    @tonematrix 5 лет назад +1786

    Stephen needs a separate "Talking Tolkien" show. :)

    • @jenng7389
      @jenng7389 5 лет назад +10

      yeah he does

    • @lynnshort1635
      @lynnshort1635 5 лет назад +11

      I'D WATCH IT!!!!!

    • @jjanderson1691
      @jjanderson1691 5 лет назад +3

      shoot 2 the top 2 make it happen!

    • @Akaruan
      @Akaruan 5 лет назад +6

      tonematrix or maybe just a podcast

    • @tonematrix
      @tonematrix 5 лет назад +6

      Works for me, then he could do it in his bathrobe and nobody would know! I tweeted at him to start this, so everyone else should too maybe he'll take it seriously :) Just wishful thinking over here.

  • @antonioholbert642
    @antonioholbert642 5 лет назад +1276

    The nerdiness here is on a while other level

    • @Eusantdac
      @Eusantdac 5 лет назад +15

      He blew it out of the galaxy lmfao

    • @oogachaka3447
      @oogachaka3447 5 лет назад +16

      Colbert is what happens when you mix nerdiness, acid and LoTR

    • @LadyTanyaNY
      @LadyTanyaNY 5 лет назад +3

      @@oogachaka3447 and hip hop!

    • @faizarizwan9986
      @faizarizwan9986 5 лет назад

      Antonio Holbert mkk

    • @faizarizwan9986
      @faizarizwan9986 5 лет назад

      Lady Tanya jkolkk

  • @adrienrodriguez250
    @adrienrodriguez250 5 лет назад +453

    *Hearing Colbert spit Chance's verse causes pure audiophile satisfaction. And it makes me extremely happy to know he likes that song*

    • @nicolesong6199
      @nicolesong6199 5 лет назад +7

      Especially since his voice is this really nice timbre

    • @claudiosvalutomoreolo9246
      @claudiosvalutomoreolo9246 4 года назад +2

      @@nicolesong6199 Do you mean timber? like the one earendil felled?

  • @oxiary
    @oxiary 5 лет назад +582

    *Genius should hire Stephen Colbert.*

    • @sassyest8292
      @sassyest8292 5 лет назад +9

      Every song will be connected to LOTR 😂

    • @MrCTruck
      @MrCTruck 5 лет назад

      It’d be better than the garbage show he currently hosts

    • @andrewf6287
      @andrewf6287 5 лет назад

      MrCTruck Sad salty sack.

    • @GENIUSGT
      @GENIUSGT 5 лет назад +1

      Nicky Chan What?

    • @rusherko
      @rusherko 5 лет назад

      yes

  • @bradleyjohnson6107
    @bradleyjohnson6107 5 лет назад +900

    This guy's brain is next level

    • @SomethingSeemsOff
      @SomethingSeemsOff 5 лет назад +8

      exactly what I was thinking

    • @taragold1036
      @taragold1036 5 лет назад +4

      Too bad he only uses it for entertainment

    • @hectorcordova6901
      @hectorcordova6901 5 лет назад +7

      Yes! He is a fun human being. His brain works

    • @clifffton
      @clifffton 5 лет назад +4

      Saw him at Second City in the 90's. He as next level back then too. There was some other guy named Steve too.

  • @Barebittelitt
    @Barebittelitt 5 лет назад +655

    Damn it, Colbert! Everytime I think: "My love for him could not possibly grow stronger" - he do stuff like this. For the first time in my life, I love a man more the more I learn about him.

    • @janetownley
      @janetownley 5 лет назад +5

      Exactly! He's a charming, genius leprechaun who make my life so much better just by being alive :-)

    • @Barebittelitt
      @Barebittelitt 5 лет назад +5

      I admire his intellect, but I adore his immense empathy and kindness. Watch any interview with him when he's not in "entertainment modus" and the sincerity, insight and kindness radiating from him is so heartwarming. Then interview he did at Christmas 2016 is an example of this: ruclips.net/video/pf-BpvfTSKQ/видео.html. I think since he experienced so much grief and pain as a child, he is very sensitive to other people's pain. What a lovely man!

    • @clifffton
      @clifffton 5 лет назад +1

      Trump makes new jokes every darned day buddy. Colbert just tells them.

    • @yoursjuli
      @yoursjuli 5 лет назад

      _BIG_ MOOD

    • @MissRico5286
      @MissRico5286 5 лет назад +3

      He is my husband goals

  • @elizaheathen
    @elizaheathen 5 лет назад +487

    Can Stephen do a recurring internet show or something that is solely about LOTR???
    it's what the people want

    • @Cara-nl6bd
      @Cara-nl6bd 5 лет назад +9

      moiraine_damodred it’s what the people need

    • @Num43
      @Num43 5 лет назад +2

      It is known.

    • @nikkisilva9682
      @nikkisilva9682 5 лет назад +8

      Why are my tax dollars not funding this???????

    • @LrnecBuma
      @LrnecBuma 5 лет назад +3

      This would be the number 1 podcast. Stephen with Tolkien based guests discussing their favorite parts about the lore and history.

    • @elizaheathen
      @elizaheathen 5 лет назад +2

      +Chris Pole omfg yes it would. Holy shit. I hope Stephen sees this!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @HomageBeats
    @HomageBeats 5 лет назад +533

    THIS IS BRILLIANT

  • @curryking1
    @curryking1 5 лет назад +169

    Damn his memory is crazy

  • @pamdemonia
    @pamdemonia 5 лет назад +308

    Wow. Just wow. As many others are also saying, I think I'm at max Colbert adoration, and he goes and does something completely out of left field and it gets deeper. Thanks Rolling Stone! Thanks Mr. Colbert!

  • @xxMrJCxx
    @xxMrJCxx 5 лет назад +190

    I demand a response from Chance

    • @tazmon122
      @tazmon122 5 лет назад +6

      interviewer after showing this clip: Chance, how'd you write Favorite Song
      Chance: "trapped in the middle of the map//with a little bitty rock and a little bit of rap//that with a literary knack// and a little shitty Mac//and like literally jack"

  • @devi616
    @devi616 5 лет назад +366

    Does he teach a Tolkien class? Where do I sign up for it?

  • @RustleXer
    @RustleXer 5 лет назад +558

    damn. Colbert be more in touch with rap than all these fake mumble rappers out on the market.

    • @samguy7654
      @samguy7654 5 лет назад +2

      Huh ?

    • @bigol9223
      @bigol9223 5 лет назад +3

      Colbert be?
      Do he be?
      Does he is?

  • @nickelpasta
    @nickelpasta 5 лет назад +120

    I didn't think I could like Colbert any more than I already do... He just proved me wrong!

  • @GtotheK
    @GtotheK 5 лет назад +139

    This is the greatest thing I've ever seen in 21 years of being on this earth

    • @joanowens7941
      @joanowens7941 5 лет назад +1

      Saul--I know, right?

    • @janetownley
      @janetownley 5 лет назад +2

      And this might be the best RUclips comment in the history of the universe :-)

  • @joelaxume2066
    @joelaxume2066 5 лет назад +206

    Colbert is f****ng amazing. I had to replay it. I like it a lot.

  • @myrarolston
    @myrarolston 5 лет назад +142

    Just take my entire heart

    • @oogachaka3447
      @oogachaka3447 5 лет назад

      Too far. How about a kidney for starters?

  • @WigglyTuffStuff
    @WigglyTuffStuff 5 лет назад +9

    This guy is incredible. Knows LOTR, retro and current pop culture, Hosts a late night show, has time to read entire books, and looks good doing it. I gotta step my game up.

  • @edwnx0
    @edwnx0 5 лет назад +345

    this is so nerdy lol i love it

  • @pilouuuu
    @pilouuuu 5 лет назад +69

    Damn, he's such a likeable and smart guy!

  • @SaintDre7
    @SaintDre7 5 лет назад +40

    This is so awesome. I love that Colbert stays in touch with pop culture. And finds a away to connect it with his own interests.

  • @Alice-sp5jd
    @Alice-sp5jd 5 лет назад +6

    that section from 0:16 to 0:32 is like my favourite thing ever

  • @Olhado256
    @Olhado256 5 лет назад +38

    This is one of those videos where I wish RUclips had a "really like" button.

  • @Nat-to2rx
    @Nat-to2rx 5 лет назад +14

    I love this man more than words can express. Getting to see him live this year was such a highlight! Brilliant and hilarious.

  • @_ten
    @_ten 5 лет назад +25

    COLBERT, KING OF GEEKS.

  • @ltaylortaylor3017
    @ltaylortaylor3017 5 лет назад +10

    Colbert rapping. He really never stops, King of knowing. I crown thee.

  • @leonardogoncalves7
    @leonardogoncalves7 2 года назад +3

    eärendil’s song as written by bilbo baggins the correct line is
    “he built a boat from timber felled in nimbrethil to JOURNEY in”
    not to *SAIL HER* in.
    but yeah. this video is AMAZING!

  • @BenjHouston
    @BenjHouston 5 лет назад +67

    I have no idea what he’s talking about but I agree.

    • @nooneever593
      @nooneever593 5 лет назад +2

      :D you should read silmarillion (or audibook) if you like LOTR. There are some other really cool stories

    • @fygtree
      @fygtree 5 лет назад +1

      I think this comment sums up almost all of the comments here....no one has checked to see if Colbert is being accurate or not (he's not) they're just claiming that it's genius.....whatever I guess.

    • @jamersbazuka8055
      @jamersbazuka8055 5 лет назад +1

      Fygtree Is he not being accurate? What part?

    • @fygtree
      @fygtree 5 лет назад

      @@jamersbazuka8055 no he's not - check my longer comment.

    • @delucksedition
      @delucksedition 5 лет назад

      @@fygtree how are you not being accurate when you connected and demonstrated your claim? He showed that the rhymes' syllables follow the same quantitative iamb and meter in poetry- it's like an iambic tetrameter inside of a single line of a verse

  • @Afinati
    @Afinati 5 лет назад +13

    I am the very model of a scientist salarian,
    I've studied species turian, asari, and batarian.
    I'm quite good at genetics (as a subset of biology) because i am an expert (which i know is a tautology).
    My xenoscience studies range from urban to agrarian, I am the very model of a scientist salarian!

    • @idontwantahandlethough
      @idontwantahandlethough 3 года назад +1

      Dude, I know I'm not the first person to think this, but I figure somebody needs to tell you..
      That was neat. You are neat.

    • @bonethugsfiend
      @bonethugsfiend 2 года назад

      Underrated comment right here

  • @axellofgren7679
    @axellofgren7679 5 лет назад +101

    Holy shit this is awesome

  • @3herenow
    @3herenow 5 лет назад +76

    There is an excellent series of books about how Tolkien wrote The Silmarillion and LoTR. It's the History of Middle Earth. Tons of obscure writings and drafts compiled by JRR's son, Christopher. Also there is an amazing podcast by The Tolkien Professor that covers all that material. Everything Colbert said is covered in these podcasts. Did you know that Strider was originally a hobbit with wooden feet named Trotter and that Frodo was to be called Bingo!?

  • @caraboo6812
    @caraboo6812 3 года назад +3

    The editing is spectacular

  • @CynAnne1
    @CynAnne1 5 лет назад +2

    Just when mine love for Mssr. Colbert could climb no higher...he gives us this. ❤
    "His nimble wit doth spring forth anew, with bedazzling words of heft and hue..." 🍃🍂🍃
    C. - 2018

  • @benm5221
    @benm5221 5 лет назад +5

    OMG, not just genius, but one heck of a memory too.

  • @inkoftheworld
    @inkoftheworld 5 лет назад +1

    This was so amazing I could hardly pay attention anymore like halfway through cause my mind was blown. Will watch again.

  • @noelle5745
    @noelle5745 5 лет назад +55

    Nothing is sexier than this. Nothing.

  • @TeamTwiistz
    @TeamTwiistz 5 лет назад +1

    This is also my favorite Chance song. Damn so awesome hearing Stephen rapping it. !!!!

  • @TheMeatballMen
    @TheMeatballMen 5 лет назад +3

    This will forever be one of my absolute favorite videos. I adore when people have this much passion. Its incredibly endearing

  • @louistalbot1062
    @louistalbot1062 5 лет назад +4

    Never stop being you Mr Colbert, you special magical being.

  • @joelman1989
    @joelman1989 5 лет назад +2

    I freaking love Stephen Colbert. He restores my faith in humanity.

  • @andreaslindblom9140
    @andreaslindblom9140 5 лет назад +14

    Gotta love the nerd that dwells within mr.Colbert! Cheers!

  • @antonioholbert642
    @antonioholbert642 5 лет назад +10

    Great I just got that song out of my head a week ago and back in it goes

  • @CynthMiddlehorn
    @CynthMiddlehorn 5 лет назад +3

    Omg I could not have found a better video to start my day with

  • @Exodius101
    @Exodius101 4 года назад +1

    i had to watch this video in class. And i was soo happy it was Stephen Colbert.

  • @banangiepants
    @banangiepants 5 лет назад +2

    Colbert has my entire heart

  • @sualpozel1
    @sualpozel1 3 года назад

    This is simply brilliant. I was on a Tolkien search and this video shows up and I am like what does Colbert have to contribute to this and then I watched him break it down. And then I had to watch 2 more times in amazement. Then I had to have my wife watch it. He is just amazing…

  • @micah4029
    @micah4029 5 лет назад +1

    Very simply put, Stephen Colbert is awesome.

  • @giabit
    @giabit 5 лет назад

    I really enjoy it when Colbert geeks out. He's awesome.

  • @Stuie299
    @Stuie299 5 лет назад

    Colbert is just an absolutely wonderful human being!

  • @joanmathis6541
    @joanmathis6541 2 года назад

    Loved this!

  • @rooz800
    @rooz800 5 лет назад +4

    I love him too much ❤

  • @oross504
    @oross504 5 лет назад +1

    THIS is why I LOVE Stephen Colbert...

  • @grumgre
    @grumgre 5 лет назад +2

    I love everything about him❤️

  • @etfjordan3473
    @etfjordan3473 3 года назад

    I now love him even more🙏🏽➕

  • @femmeaniketos
    @femmeaniketos 4 года назад +1

    OMG, is it possible to love this dude more???

  • @VirtualVisitor999
    @VirtualVisitor999 5 лет назад +25

    What extraordinary fun. Well done, Stephen!

  • @fluffheadable
    @fluffheadable 5 лет назад

    Chano and Colbert. Two of my favorite peoples

  • @camrnjurena
    @camrnjurena 5 лет назад +1

    I love listening to people geek out.

  • @Jemppu
    @Jemppu 3 года назад

    Oh, my goodness, how I *love* this! Brilliant.

  • @Haneywood
    @Haneywood 5 лет назад +1

    Cobert never ceases to amaze me.

  • @Pratalax
    @Pratalax 5 лет назад +2

    Took me too long to realise this but i love how he's like "i'm gonna breakdown a verse in chance the rapper's song" and instead was like "lemme tell you about this cool book i know called the lord of the rings"

  • @laporziuncula
    @laporziuncula 3 года назад

    He needs to do more of these.

  • @donh7909
    @donh7909 5 лет назад +2

    Now that was fantastic..!

  • @KidJaeProductions
    @KidJaeProductions 5 лет назад +3

    This is why I love you man

  • @CharisMarieTV
    @CharisMarieTV 5 лет назад

    Love this man!!

  • @JaylinAAllen
    @JaylinAAllen 5 лет назад +43

    U wot m8?
    Stephen was already awesome; he's a legend for this

  • @justicerice3589
    @justicerice3589 5 лет назад +2

    Such a huge nerd, and I fucking love him so much

  • @debra.wheeler2206
    @debra.wheeler2206 5 лет назад +1

    GEEK!!!!! Couldn’t love this more!

  • @puppylovergirl303
    @puppylovergirl303 5 лет назад +5

    There are very few celebrities who are nerdier than the vast majority (if not all) of their audience.
    Stephen Colbert is one of them.

  • @careen4846
    @careen4846 5 лет назад +14

    THIS IS AMAZING

  • @pentagramparsons
    @pentagramparsons 5 лет назад +23

    Instant classic

  • @carminaacarmine3292
    @carminaacarmine3292 5 лет назад

    When dose Stephen Colbert come back I'm tired of reruns I need Colbert 💙🔥😈

  • @__Haleigh__
    @__Haleigh__ 5 лет назад +1

    This is also the rhyme scheme of Tom Lhere’s The Elements song. Love you Colbert!

  • @j.m.waterfordasxiphanex3738
    @j.m.waterfordasxiphanex3738 5 лет назад +2

    This is quite brilliant Mr. COLBERT. :)

  • @marthamagee2055
    @marthamagee2055 5 лет назад

    Absolutely brilliant.

  • @idontwantahandlethough
    @idontwantahandlethough 3 года назад

    This is... just perfect.

  • @wlcoston
    @wlcoston 5 лет назад

    WHAT!!! That was Kinda awesome!

  • @namegirl12
    @namegirl12 5 лет назад +8

    I love him

  • @januarybaby1063
    @januarybaby1063 5 лет назад +2

    I love you Stephen

  • @eleanorsvenson2958
    @eleanorsvenson2958 5 лет назад +188

    His intelligence must be exhausting

    • @mmorales5696
      @mmorales5696 4 года назад

      enlightenment, not exhausting

  • @lisadee4490
    @lisadee4490 5 лет назад +1

    his that hilarious and brilliant miss ya!
    when will you be back on the Night Show ?! ❤️

  • @BigCon55
    @BigCon55 5 лет назад

    Pure joy

  • @LYbmtUdpyvI1JVBN
    @LYbmtUdpyvI1JVBN 5 лет назад

    My mind. It has been blown so hard.

  • @oliviannejb1318
    @oliviannejb1318 5 лет назад +2

    I love this man!

  • @michaelchiu9310
    @michaelchiu9310 5 лет назад

    I want more!!

  • @Doomfruit
    @Doomfruit 5 лет назад +21

    My three favorite things right here. Tolkien, Chance, Colbert.

  • @Tmb1995
    @Tmb1995 5 лет назад

    This was magical

  • @whychoooseausername4763
    @whychoooseausername4763 5 лет назад +6

    I have such a crush on Colbert.

  • @jidealaga8434
    @jidealaga8434 5 лет назад

    I love stephen colbert!

  • @imperialadvisoraremheshvau3788
    @imperialadvisoraremheshvau3788 5 лет назад +1

    I LOVE THIS!

  • @NathanTAK
    @NathanTAK 5 лет назад

    godblessit stephen.
    This is why we can have nice things.

  • @mrawesome7175
    @mrawesome7175 5 лет назад +2

    Lil Colbert spitting bars 🔥🔥🔥

  • @KimchiMaster
    @KimchiMaster 5 лет назад

    I love this guy!!!

  • @Valmtg
    @Valmtg 5 лет назад

    This was fucking amazing! Absolute unit of awesomeness!

  • @jacobmclaren6625
    @jacobmclaren6625 5 лет назад

    This is why we love Stephen Colbert

  • @imperialadvisoraremheshvau3788
    @imperialadvisoraremheshvau3788 5 лет назад +3

    Stephen for President! For Life!

  • @dystopiadream
    @dystopiadream 5 лет назад +39

    This is the level of Nerd I aspire to.