It's been a year since longtime emo-pop purveyors and Middle Tennessee natives Paramore — "Nashville's first rock band to go platinum since the Reagan era," as
Creamster Adam Gold once put it— released their self-titled fourth album. It's been five months since
their somewhat under-sold homecoming show at Bridgestone Arena, and three months since they released
their locally shot "Ain't It Fun" video, in which they break a bunch of arbitrary world records (before
the thoughthad even occurred to Jack White ... maybe). So then, I guess it's about time their record cycle brings them to the late-night circuit.
Last night, frontwoman Hayley Williams, bassist Jeremy Davis, guitarist Taylor York and a handful of hired Paramore guns played the aforementioned "Ain't It Fun" on Late Night With Seth Meyers. We could talk about the fact that "Fun" sounds more like a, say, Katy Perry or classic Paula Abdul cut than anything you could pop the "emo" tag onto, but that's old hat. Instead, let's talk about that mad-mugging, wild-flailing, floppy-haired ginger drummer* back there. I swear, Meyers' crew cuts to that guy almost more than they do to Williams. Maybe such egregious outbursts are why Meyers has capped musical performances on his show at two per week. Keep on keepin' on, ginger drummer bro. Your antics definitely kept me from changing the channel last night.
* Philip Obenschain points out that the drummer in question is "Nashville resident Aaron Gillespie (The Almost, ex-Underoath), indefinitely filling in for Miles McPherson, on drums."
