Jimmy Fallon Fits Right In With One Direction

As they are want to do, Jimmy Fallon and The Roots played a Christmas classic on children’s musical instruments, and invited a few children (One Direction) to join them. It sounds a little bit like a kindergarten cacophony, but it is great to see the complete list of instruments at their disposal. From the video description:

Jimmy Fallon – wood block, Casio keyboard

Harry – kazoo, bass drum

Niall – banana shaker

Louis – tambourine

Liam – coconuts

Zayn – triangle

Questlove – hand clackers

Mark Kelley – Fisher Price drum, kazoo

Kamal Gray – xylophone

James Poyser – melodica

Captain Kirk – ukulele

Tuba Gooding Jr. – toy saxophone

Frank Knuckles – bongos

Black Thought – sleigh bells

Side note: I had no idea The Roots added a guy named Tuba Gooding Jr. (real name: Damon Bryson) to perform with them on The Tonight Show.

It’s also notable that Liam from One Direction is on the coconuts, which begs the question of how coconuts got to New York City, it being a tropical fruit. I mean, I get that swallows migrate and could grip a coconut by the husk, but it’s a simple question of weight ratio. A five ounce bird can hardly carry a one pound coconut.

Hmmm…but supposing two swallows carried it together. They’d use a standard creeper held under the dorsal guiding feathers.

Very well.