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Pants on the Ground Jimmy Fallon: Late-Night Host Performs as Neil Young
The internet is abuzz for its latest unlikely sensation- 62-year-old Larry Platt, who was just slightly over the age limit of 28 to audition for American Idol. Despite his age, Platt bravely decided to go ahead with the venture anyway and do his original song “Pants on the Ground” for Simon Cowell & Co.
This video of Platt performing the song has already exploded on Youtube, amassing nearly 1.2 million views in less than 48 hours:
What’s an internet video sensation without getting further mentions on television? Jimmy Fallon is the most notable celebrity so far to honor the instant classic clip. The host of Late Night donned a wig, brown jacket and cowboy hat, grabbed a harmonica and turned “Pants on the Ground” into a Harvest-esque acoustic ballad.
The performance by Fallon, known for doing great impressions, actually sounds strikingly like the real thing. If one were to only hear the audio of the song- not including the laughs from the audience- this might actually come across as an actual work by Young himself.
The performance is so uncanny, blogs like The Huffington Post are actually referring to Fallon as Young in their headlines. And in all honesty, there probably won’t be a better parody of the video than this one.
