The chimes they are a changin'! Jimmy Fallon performs ultimate crossover of Bob Dylan singing Drake's Hotline Bling
If Bob Dylan was pilloried when he tried to switch to electric guitar, how would his fans feel about an R&B cover?
However it wasn't the 74-year-old folk legend singing Drake's Hotline Bling on Wednesday's Tonight Show - it was Jimmy Fallon.
Fans could be forgiven for the confusion after the 41-year-old host performed a pitch perfect rendition of the Canadian rapper's smash hit in the style of Dylan.
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The chimes they are a changin'! Jimmy Fallon performed the ultimate crossover of Bob Dylan singing Drake's Hotline Bling on Wednesday's Tonight Show
Rocking a face-obscuring wide-brimmed hat, a scarf, and even some long scraggy black hair - and utilizing some very dated camera filters - Fallon crooned Drake's hilariously mismatched chorus, but oddly fitting verses.
'Ever since I left the city, you and me we just don't get along, you make me feel like I did you wrong, going places where you don't belong,' he sang, flawlessly matching Dylan's unmistakable sound, before breaking into 'I know when that hotline bling, it can only mean one thing'.
Jimmy even snubbed his beloved Roots for the gig, replacing them with a very 70s looking hirsute backing group.
Uprooted: Jimmy even snubbed his beloved Roots for the gig, replacing them with a very 70s looking hirsute backing group
I know when that hotline bling: Rocking a face-obscuring wide-brimmed hat, a scarf, and even some long scraggy black hair - and utilizing some very dated camera filters - Fallon crooned Drake's hilariously mismatched chorus, but oddly fitting verses
To complete the illusion, he strapped on a guitar which he played himself, and of course the ubiquitous harmonica.
'Wardrobe, hair and make-up plus writing and directing equals #dylansingsdrake #fallontonight#,' he tweeted before the show.
And for any of the doubters he added: 'Our performance tonight was LIVE. For real - this was live. Hope you like it. #DylanSingsDrake'
That's all folk: To complete the illusion, he strapped on a guitar which he played himself, and of course the ubiquitous harmonica
Handy: Equally impressive about Fallon's performance was how he appeared to handle his guitar, showing no lack of dexterity following his double hand injury last year.
Equally impressive about Fallon's performance was how he appeared to handle his guitar, showing no lack of dexterity following his double hand injury last year.
In July he almost suffered a complete ring avulsion when he tripped and caught his wedding band, almost stripping the skin from his finger to the bone.
The months later he lacerated his other hand when he fell while holding a bottle of Jegermeister.
Drake's Hotline Bling is fast becoming a go-to parody favourite: most recently presidential hopeful Donald Trump recreated the video in a skit during his hosting gig on Saturday Night Live.
Mashup: Fans could be forgiven for the confusion after the 41-year-old host performed a pitch perfect rendition of the Canadian rapper's smash hit in the style of Dylan
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