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Feist rocks "The Colbert Report"

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First, a disclaimer. The official Feist idolator (I hope that's an actual word) around here was the fondly missed scribegrrrl, as you might remember. Obviously, these are very big shoes to fill, but I'll give it my best shot: I. Love. Feist. Love, love, love. Looove.

Want proof? She's coming to my neck of the woods on June 11 and I have had the ticket for months. And I can hardly keep myself from running to the venue right now and sleeping there to get a front row seat. The only reason I don't do that? I have to blog for AfterEllen.com, obviously! Well, and I'm sane too. (Also, I'm going to a Cat Power concert on May 26, so I'm sleeping there first.)

The lovely Leslie chatted with Stephen Colbert on Monday for a few minutes only, but that was quite enough to make me like her even more. First of all, her outfit. She looked absofreakinlutely fantastic. Seriously, a tie and a vest? No wonder Colbert told her, "So you swing both ways." He was actually talking about her dual citizenship (she's a citizen of both the U.S. and Canada), but we can still dream, right?

Colbert tried to understand what kind of an indie singer-songwriter Feist is, as he said he discovered her "in a little out-of-the-way club I call an iPod commercial." Heh. He then asked her if he should call her Feist or Leslie or Leslie Feist, to which she answered, "As long as you call me, Stephen Colbert, you can call me anything you want." Lucky %#$$&!

Feist and Colbert have a nice interaction, but it's way too short. Still, it's worth watching, so go ahead:


And after the chat, a little bonus: Feist sang an acoustic version of "I Feel It All." (And check out Colbert wearing Feist's "1 2 3 4" outfit):


The only question remaining is: How much do you love Feist?

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    • Submitted by
    Mariana
    on May 1, 2008 - 10:58am.
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    Radical Bradacal's picture

    I feel it all!!

    Submitted by
    Pirategrrrl (1142 posts)
    on May 1, 2008 - 11:14am.

     

    Oh Feist! So much love. So much respect. So much time spent listening to your songs on repeat.

    I saw this Colbert Report - I see most of them - but I made special care to tape it on my DVR...

    Speak what we feel not what we ought to say...

    Hel's picture

    Colbert wearing Feist :)

    Submitted by
    Hel (18 posts)
    on May 2, 2008 - 4:00pm.
    Radical Bradacal's picture

      nice. :)  Speak

    Submitted by
    Pirategrrrl (1142 posts)
    on May 2, 2008 - 8:13pm.

     

    nice. :) 

    Speak what we feel not what we ought to say...

    Twstdtrinity's picture

    Oh isn't she lovely

    Submitted by
    Aj (203 posts)
    on May 1, 2008 - 11:39am.

    Mmmm I heart Leslie Feist.

    itcouldbeplanes's picture

    love love love love

    Submitted by
    itcouldbeplanes (7 posts)
    on May 1, 2008 - 12:57pm.

    i love her so much. i just saw her in concert last week and i kept having these terrible dreams that i would miss it.

     

    but i didn't. and it was fantastic. actually, it was more than fantastic. what's better than the best word to describe gratitude, awesomeness, and extreme satisfaction? 

    anwei's picture

    so talented

    Submitted by
    sexyseed (55 posts)
    on May 1, 2008 - 1:17pm.
    I love feist.  She does a cover of Nina Simone's See-line woman, that is amazing.  Always great to see her perform.
    mossy's picture

    me too me too me too

    Submitted by
    mossy (73 posts)
    on May 1, 2008 - 2:40pm.
    I love Feist. The website can not write enough about her, IMO
    Flower_love's picture

    Love!

    Submitted by
    Mandy (2 posts)
    on May 1, 2008 - 4:28pm.
    I'm in LOVE with Ms. Feist!!!!!!! Can't wait to see her in concert. 
    amandaa's picture

    me too!

    Submitted by
    amandaa (10 posts)
    on May 1, 2008 - 4:50pm.

    i just love her music! she is the best...

    SurfRider's picture

    lyrics?

    Submitted by
    SurfRider (10 posts)
    on May 1, 2008 - 5:03pm.
    She's awesome. Did anyone else notice that she changed her lyrics just a little bit there? Instead of "now I know I wanna win the war" she sang "now I know I wanna stop the war".
    Radical Bradacal's picture

    Nice catch...

    Submitted by
    Pirategrrrl (1142 posts)
    on May 1, 2008 - 5:27pm.

     

    SurfRider! (and I don't mean waves) ... ;) She's sooooo drool worthy.

    Speak what we feel not what we ought to say...

    sortofairytale's picture

    Feist rocks

    Submitted by
    sortofairytale (829 posts)
    on May 1, 2008 - 5:35pm.
    That's it. :)
    xpress's picture

    oohhh fiestttt

    Submitted by
    alexandra (8 posts)
    on May 1, 2008 - 5:38pm.

     

     

     

    i love her a lot. no doubt in that.

    she swings both ways? yeah mariana a girl can dream... can't we? lool

     

     

     

     

     

    pfl's picture

    utterly divine...

    Submitted by
    pfl (84 posts)
    on May 1, 2008 - 5:56pm.

     

    ...that glorious songbird! She just gets more awesome at every turn! I love the bit of genderbending with the clothing - with respect to both Feist & Colbert. And gawd, I do love a gorgeous woman in a tie.

    caroL_br's picture

    oh dear god

    Submitted by
    CaroL (85 posts)
    on May 1, 2008 - 7:22pm.

    that outfit... that tie... omg... i'm in love!!! 

    www.myspace.com/carolconti

    pyc2star's picture

    1 2 3 4

    Submitted by
    K (139 posts)
    on May 1, 2008 - 8:04pm.
    theres no way to love her more
    opelchan's picture

    Hear ya

    Submitted by
    Francis (50 posts)
    on May 1, 2008 - 8:51pm.

    totally agree! Feist is charming! and Colbert is a lucky )*@)#*!

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    FireWontQuell's picture

    Let me just say...   I

    Submitted by
    FireWontQuell (85 posts)
    on May 1, 2008 - 10:11pm.

    Let me just say...

     

    I LOVE FEIST

    mmmGelato's picture

    I could not believe that

    Submitted by
    mmmGelato (4 posts)
    on May 1, 2008 - 10:17pm.

    I could not believe that nobody reacted to the "now I know I wanna stop the war" line!?!?! I was freakin out excited when I heard that line... and not a single cheer from the audience...

    Maybe everybody was just too entranced by those beautiful sounds coming from that beautiful woman

    banan-drea's picture

    A lot...

    Submitted by
    banan-drea (53 posts)
    on May 2, 2008 - 12:59am.

    ...to answer that question.

    Dammit, she's funny. Really good at not getting too flustered by Stephen Colbert, which I feel happens a lot...which is always entertaining...but she totally throws back the wit.

    Ever since I first saw the 1234 video I thought it would be the crowning achievement of my career to participate in one of her big group videos. How much fun do those look? There's gotta be a way

    135792468's picture

    feist in tie <3

    Submitted by
    hellohello (20 posts)
    on June 11, 2008 - 2:23am.

    feist in tie <3

    shi's picture

    Feist I luhv you!!! pleaase

    Submitted by
    bananaf (141 posts)
    on May 2, 2008 - 3:20am.
    Feist I luhv you!!! pleaase come to Vancouver!!!
    Mariana's picture

    check out feist's myspace

    Submitted by
    Mariana (350 posts)
    on May 2, 2008 - 5:02am.

    bananaf,

    You should check out Feist's Myspace, because she is going to Vancouver.

    dont_deconstruct's picture

    ^_^

    Submitted by
    dont_deconstruct (15 posts)
    on May 2, 2008 - 4:24am.
    This makes me smile so much. Ohhh, how I love love love musicians. Really the only people I'm attracted to :-/
    Lebof's picture

    <3

    Submitted by
    Katie (26 posts)
    on May 2, 2008 - 12:20pm.

    I love her also, I missed her when she came to manchester, its my brothers fault he forgot to order tickets :(

     

    damn him

    pollylee's picture

    fabulous

    Submitted by
    pollylee (8 posts)
    on May 2, 2008 - 12:55pm.

    Feist in tie and vest,and the song <3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3...

    carmen_sternwood's picture

    ditto with the Feist love

    Submitted by
    carmen_sternwood (2 posts)
    on May 2, 2008 - 3:41pm.

    I've got to add to the Feist love. I became infatuated after "Let it Die" and while I always liked her version of Ron Sexsmith's "Secret Heart", I didn't love it until I saw this live version from a fabulous session she (and her band -who deserve honourable mention) did in Paris. I stumbled upon it on youtube and each and every track is worth a serious listen:

     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj1w0vxCC2w&feature=PlayList&p=A1152C7FDF5415F2&index=1

    Add the whole of "The Reminder" and her work with Broken Social Scene to the mix (not to mention the fact that she is incredibly sexy!) and...I'm hooked.

     

    saolao's picture

    Feist is absolutely brilliant!

    Submitted by
    Dao (20 posts)
    on May 3, 2008 - 8:28am.

    Feist is an amazing musician! My Canadian friend introduced her to me with My Moon, My Man, and I was hooked forever! She imparts such raw emotion through her songs, I love it. I would give anything to see her live! Go figure, the closest she came to being in my neck of the woods was Fuji Rock and I happened to be in the states at the time, gutted!

    Also, I loved how Stephen Colbert used non gender specific pronouns when talking about loved ones toward the end of the interview. Good on him for not assuming heterosexuality!


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