Beck Plays The Tonight Show With Sacha Baron Cohen On Cello

Every once in a while, Beck dips back into an old, reliable well and makes an album of bummed-out, heavily orchestrated acoustic music. That's the mode that he was in on Mutations , Sea Change , and Morning Phase — great records all. Last month, he released Ride Lonesome , his latest in that unofficial series. On Tuesday night, Beck was a guest on Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show . He performed " In The Night, " his new LP's lead single, with a full string section behind him, including fellow Tonight Show guest Sacha Baron Cohen on cello.

Did you know Sacha Baron Cohen played cello? Well, he does. In 2020, Cohen told The New York Times that his first TV appearance was playing cello on something called Fanfare For Young Musicians . Cohen was on Fallon to promote his new movie Ali G: Who Iz I? , and I would love to know who asked for that. He did not play cello in character as Ali G, which might've been interesting. Instead, we just got the slightly distracting image of this one famous guy studiously and unfunnily sawing at his instrument during what was generally a lovely performance. Watch it below.

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