For his final musical guest, Conan O'Brien had Neil Young perform Long May You Run, but perhaps Young saved his best remark for last thanking O'Brien (or at least those in his camp) for championing new bands both on his short 11:30 stint and his far longer 12:30 shift.Radiohead, The Dead Weather, Monsters Of Folk, TheNewNo2, Animal Collective, Bon Iver, Les Savy Fav, Mando Diao, Mastodon and a host of others all made their US television debut on either the Tonight Show or Late Night, making him probably second only to Letterman when it comes to finding and landing new, promising talent. And definitely heads and shoulders above Mr. Leno, who still thinks Lionel Ritchie is hot stuff and thinks safe cookie-cutter bands are the thing most people awake at that time of night wish to see.
Hopefully another Conan show is in the cards down the road, something many bands will be grateful for.
The show also hosted the television debut of this band:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJx9BNbzHKY&feature=player_embedded#
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