by Ben Butler Contributor

Tags: The Roots 

The Lonely Island perform hilarious 'I'm On a Boat' with kids' instruments

It's hysterical rapping, with a tonne of kazoos

 

The Lonely Island + The Roots perform 'I'm On a Boat' on Jimmy Fallon Photo:

Andy Samberg and the Lonely Island dropped by to perform the troupe's classic, 'I'm On a Boat' with children's instruments alongside host Jimmy Fallon and the Roots.

Everyone donned pretty exceptional sailor outfits, except Lonely Islander Jorma Taccone, who wore a dunce cap while reading a book. And, with the tiny instruments in full-flow, it sounded almost like a rag-tag sea shanty meets slam poem.

Whatever it was, 'I'm On A Boat' remains a classic, of the very difficult to produce genre - actually funny comedy songs.

Formed in 2001, members: Akiva Schaffer, Andy Samberg, and Jorma Taccone have released three incredibly successful studio albums. The group are now promoting their brilliantly titled Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping film, which is out on 3 June. 

And, if any of the tracks from the film come close to matching The Lego Movie's 'Everything is Awesome' then we are in for a treat.


Ben Butler

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An unapologetic lover of everything from UKG to garage rock, to anything indie or emo-orientated; Ben has been making up for lost time by going to just about any festival or gig he can sneak into since graduating from University. Having cut his teeth writing for forward-thinking publications like 1883 Magazine, The 405, Gigwise, Public Pressure, and Haptic World he has relished writing on music culture's most ridiculous, asinine qualities to its stratospheric heights. He can be found @Benjaminabutler where he'll be spouting nonsense on anything from the state of modern house music, to the UK festival scene and pop-punk bands or how bar tokens are the worst thing that has happened to live events, ever.

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