Like two highschool seniors with senioritis, Robert Plant and Stephen Colbert ignored the task and made a long-lasting reminiscence. Forgetting the Late Present viewers, their bands, their bookers, and the various wonderful press reps who be certain that merchandise are promoted and containers checked, the 77-year-old rocker and the canceled late-night host nerded out over the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien.
Colbert ready one lonely on-topic query, holding up a replica of Plant’s September album Saving Grace with Suzi Dian. Of his Led Zeppelin days, Plant quipped, “I’d by no means considered singing with anyone, as a result of I had all the time been by myself up there, up on the sharp finish. When my voice didn’t work, we had been an ideal instrumental band.” That was the final capital-j Joke of the phase, however a lot of the dialog confirmed off a heat wit.
As Plant talked concerning the West Midlands, his own residence and the place the place Tolkien grew up, the 2 males discovered themselves quoting Center-earth’s Tom Bombadil, geeking out over pubs the place Tolkien had drained cups with C.S. Lewis, and customarily having fun with one another’s firm. “Fancy a drink afterwards?” Plant requested at one level, the album he’d come right here to advertise lengthy forgotten. Take a look at the interview beneath.
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The Late Present was canceled in July, citing monetary causes however beneath a cloud of political stress. In a brand new interview this week, Colbert talked about his personal political opinions, saying, “I’m extra conservative than folks suppose. I simply occur to be speaking a couple of authorities in extremis.”
