I hadn't seen these.
You like them?
I like the, those are the Mike Nesmith Monkees,
what, 1968 mutton chops.
I don't know, they're kind of
the redneck sort of Cletus Zeke kind of vibe.
(laughs)
Do you like them?
I think they're kind of cool.
I think those look good.
Yeah. It works.
(audience applauds)
See, everyone I know isn't,
not many people I know are into them.
[Conan O'Brien] Really?
Yeah.
Yeah. No, I, I think they look, I think they work.
You think so?
They could come back around.
Yeah. People are into that.
I brought a pair for you actually.
Seriously?
Yeah, I did.
Great. Here we go.
There you go.
Oh, wait, they're actually
matched my hair coloring.
I think the people in the back made them
to shape your head.
They actually stick on.
This is so thoughtful of you.
Try it out.
This is so cool.
Chicks dig it, man.
(audience laugh)
I so need the help.
Here we go.
Oh, I'm assuming I am doing this right.
Is it right there?
[Andy Richter] Yeah, it's upside down.
Oh, upside, are you sure?
[Andy] Yeah. I think it goes on the other side.
Oh God, I guess the expert over here.
It could work as a stache too actually.
Like that.
Yeah.
There's that
And then on this side, over here.
I'm President James Buchanan.
(audience applauds)
The Louisiana purchase was the
biggest mistake of your administration, sir.
Now you do feel like
fighting a duel when you wear these.
These are great.
We should go for it.
You know, I had, I had sideburns on the show,
not like this but I had sideburns
on the show like a year and a half ago
and some critic wrote this review and he said, yeah
I kind of like the show
but Conan looks like a riverboat gambler.
(audience laughs)
Next day, shaved them off.
Maybe I should,
I'll lose them then if it's not a good idea.
See to me, it's like, it's the Elvis rock trip.
Of course. It's great.
Yeah.
Yeah. It's very cool.
Let's talk about what you did last night
cause that's very unusual.
You worked the cash register
At Tower Records
At Tower Records as like a promotional thing,
Which I had done 10 years ago.
You did it for, 10 years ago you did it
to make money, to make a living.
To try to make money.
Right. And was that, was that cool?
Did it work out?
Last night?
Yeah.
It was pretty fun.
Same supervisor that I had when I was working
in DC 10 years ago.
(audience groans)
And you know what, I showed up five minutes late.
I hadn't seen this guy in 10 years and I said,
Tim, and he goes, you're late.
(audience laughs)
I was like, oh my God, I couldn't believe it.
You didn't say I'm a rock star now.
And have some people beat him up.
Of course. I had my security beat the
hell out of him. Absolutely, yeah.
What kind, is when you really worked at Tower Records,
what kinds of things would you do
to just pass the time, have fun?
(audience laugh)
I'm kidding, no, no, no, no, no.
Your actions disgust me, sir.
No, what would we do?
Oh, well, you know what we used to do?
Wait a minute, I'm just looking,
I look like General Zaius, I'm realizing
from Planet of the Apes.
You know, that's interchangeable too.
Ape must not kill ape. What?
You can do like Mr. Potato Head and
kind of do
Oh, there you go.
that or maybe
that.
(audience applauds)
See.
I look like I've been in an explosion.
You look like you're in Oasis actually.
Anyway.
I'm Liam Gallagher, yeah.
We used to take the little security strips
that you put on CDs and
put them in the Pulse magazines,
which are
free.
So that
old women,
children,
oh a Pulse magazine and then kind of step
through the (security alarm imitation)
and now the security guy would go like (beating and kicking)
And start pounding on an old lady.
Wow.
(laughs)
You were a nice guy.
We have to talk about this video for a second,
Learn to Fly, because it's kind of interesting.
Let's look at some stills here from the video.
You're all over this place.
This is you of course.
[Dave Grohl] That's me.
[Conan] I think looking very nice.
Let's keep moving here.
[Dave] That's my safety demonstration.
[Conan] There you are.
[Dave] That's me and Taylor, our drummer,
is right behind me.
[Conan] That must've felt nice.
And here, I think this is who you are as Dorothy,
I think this is very nice.
And they put, what they put braces
on you for that, is that right?
Yes. I've always wanted braces.
You haven't said one truthful thing here tonight.
No swear to god, when I was a kid,
I wanted braces.
I wanted glasses.
I wanted to accessorize, headgear the whole nine.
I'm sure.
I hope I get horrible acne. Please.
Why can't I have it?
I did want braces so badly though.
So that was a fantasy come true.
And I'm really bummed
they didn't show the whole outfit.
It was waist up.
I had this cute little blue denim skirt
with white stockings and these huge fluffy like rave boots.
It was hot.
You're frightening us now.
What was this move right here?
What are you going to go to a hoedown?
Exactly. That's why I grew the burns.
Well, there is ah,
There is Nothing Left to Lose is in stores now.
And you know what I've wanted to have you come
on the show for quite a while now.
It's very cool to have you here.
You know what?
This is the first time I've ever gone
on to a talk show just to talk,
just to be a guest.
So I have to say hi to my band. Hi guys.
[Conan] Okay, great.
Sorry that I'm the lead singer, but
(audience laughs)
[Conan] Nicely done. Dave Grohl.
Thanks a lot for coming Dave. Good to have you here.