Do you think they do a cover of "Aktuh and Maylota"? (Seriously, tho - that was an uncanny recreation of Studio 6B...) On Tuesday, December 23, 2025 at 11:53:37 AM UTC-5 Tom Wolper wrote:
> That musical performance was awesome. That was maybe the best new music > I’ve heard all year. The band was only some facial latex away from being a > Klingon band. > > This reminds me of something I learned in a Latin American music class. > When radio became widespread in Central and South America after WWII the > new stations needed recorded music to broadcast and they used a lot of > American music. So jazz, big band, crooners, etc became popular in Latin > America and influenced songwriting there. Then some of that music, like > Brazilian boss nova, found its way to the US and in turn influenced > American songwriters. The Mongolian band did a great job of mixing > traditional Mongolian and rock music. > > > On Tue, Dec 23, 2025 at 2:23 AM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> The link below is to a musical performance of the Mongolian band The Hu >> on The Tonight Show Starring Ankhbayar. No, I hadn't heard of the show >> either, but it's from Central Television in Mongolia. What grabbed my >> attention is that the set visuals, show title graphics, and even how the >> host introduces the band borrow heavily from East Coast Jimmy's version of >> The Tonight Show. I don't think we have something along the lines of Craig >> Ferguson and Arthur or David Letterman and Harald Schmidt, but it's in the >> ballpark. >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQk99tIy3n4 >> >> Based on this promo video (with a blink and you'll miss it shot of Radio >> City Music Hall) that has an NBCUniversal logo at the end, this was >> probably licensed. >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWG1EAUOFUo >> >> FWIW, one of Fallon's many forgettable game shows, "That's My Jam" was >> sold to Central Television a couple of years ago, and Fallon even did a >> promo video for it. >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEzQ37mTShM >> >> Best, >> David >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/513968862.1927279.1766474626133%40mail.yahoo.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/513968862.1927279.1766474626133%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/cc891dd3-c4c1-4782-80f6-371bdc893dbdn%40googlegroups.com.
