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Stephen Colbert Hits Rock Band
Posted by Mike Fahey at 12:40 AM on September 12, 2008
Oh Stephen Colbert, is there anything you can't do? TV personality, actor, author, presidential candidate, and of course, 80's rock icon, or at least Harmonix seems to think so. They've just released a new free song for Rock Band, featuring a flashback to Stephen's earlier years when he was the front man for Stephen and the Colberts. The band's hit single "Charlene (I'm Right Behind You)" is an epic ballad of unrequited love, more unrequited love, and what a man must do in the face of so much unrequited love, and it is now available for free via Xbox Live. Didn't have time to check the PlayStation 3, but I'm sure it'll make it up there as well if it hadn't already.
While you wait to try and mimic Stephen's dulcet tones, we present you with the music video for the song, which we've placed after the jump in order to minimise screaming and swooning.
New FREE DLC UP! Stephen and the Colberts - Charlene (I'm Right Behind You) [Rock Band Forums - Thanks TRTX!]
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Daisuash
Posted 1:23 AM 12/9/08
Since his showdown with Rain, his show and now this, i´m now convinced he should be running for president XD...I wish his show was available here in México, i guess i´ll have to see only the Daily Show...
Daisuash
Coxswain
Posted 1:19 AM 12/9/08
Free rock band tracks are awesome.
I wish they had released more Vesuvius, I'd pay for that shit.
Coxswain
Lazlo
Posted 1:19 AM 12/9/08
....hehe, bitchin'
Lazlo
Mommar
Posted 1:17 AM 12/9/08
Amusing, but not something I want coming up in playlists all of the time. I'll skip.
Mommar
shintobreak
Posted 1:12 AM 12/9/08
FUCK YES THIS IS AWESOME!!! THIS IS WHY HARMONIX AND ROCK BAND ARE THE SHIT AND ACTIVISION AND GUITAR HERO ARE SHIT. Caps were because I'm so excited, not because I was unaware I was typing in caps lock.
shintobreak
liquid_kore
Posted 1:11 AM 12/9/08
Here is the video for anyone in a country that Viacom deems unworthy.
+ Watch video
liquid_kore
austinhavican
Posted 1:11 AM 12/9/08
"ass well" gives me a very strange mental image.
This looks great. His hair is amazing.
austinhavican
Human Bomb Committed Solaricide
Posted 1:07 AM 12/9/08
@dsmx: I think he wanted us to remember the fifth of November, but maybe that's just me...
Human Bomb Committed Solaricide
LandMineLandSnake
Posted 1:06 AM 12/9/08
Not in Canada yet :(
LandMineLandSnake
pinoyunggoy
Posted 1:05 AM 12/9/08
OMG GET NOW. Stephen Colbert for President!
pinoyunggoy
digipen89
Posted 1:05 AM 12/9/08
the look reminds me of Sid Vicious except less crazy.
You mentioned something about FREE? *Goes to download*
digipen89
tentaclesex
Posted 1:05 AM 12/9/08
@dsmx: That was the date of the Cherry Valley Massacre in 1778, which was an attack by Loyalists and Seneca Indian forces on a fort and village in eastern New York during the American Revolutionary War, killing more than forty civilians and soldiers.
New York still hasn't recovered from the horror.
tentaclesex
Anarchist_Gamer
Posted 1:05 AM 12/9/08
The song is just over a minute, but it's free. So there's that.
An unexpected Thursday morning surprise. Now, off to work.
Anarchist_Gamer
dsmx
Posted 1:02 AM 12/9/08
@tentaclesex: What the hell happened on the 9th of November anyway? Ghouliani kept going on about it all the time I'd like to know.
dsmx
Falcon PAUNCH!!!
Posted 1:02 AM 12/9/08
@sj4iy: I would spend the $150+ on Rock Band if "Singing in Korean" was released.
Falcon PAUNCH!!!
ChiZ_MacT
Posted 1:02 AM 12/9/08
I <3 him so so so much.
ChiZ_MacT
tentaclesex
Posted 1:01 AM 12/9/08
@ThursdayNext: That's unAmerican! Stephen Colbert wouldn't stand for it.
:D
tentaclesex
Shiryu
Posted 1:01 AM 12/9/08
I wish he was president of the WORLD!
Shiryu
Gray665
Posted 1:00 AM 12/9/08
hahaha, now this is all kinds of awesome.
Gray665
BallPtPenTheif
Posted 1:00 AM 12/9/08
I've never trusted carnival roustabouts.
BallPtPenTheif
NunianVonFuch
Posted 12:56 AM 12/9/08
Free DLC is always good! :-D
NunianVonFuch
ThursdayNext
Posted 12:55 AM 12/9/08
@tentaclesex: 9th of November?
ThursdayNext
TitillatedOcelot
Posted 12:55 AM 12/9/08
@Blackjacker: @3inst3in: What's that, Lassie? Timmy fell down the ass well? Well I sure as hell ain't goin' after him...
TitillatedOcelot
tentaclesex
Posted 12:53 AM 12/9/08
9/11 Never Forget
tentaclesex
3inst3in
Posted 12:53 AM 12/9/08
"make it up there ass well".
at first i couldn't understand if it was a misspell on "there" for "their" or "ass" for "as"
3inst3in
Blackjacker
Posted 12:52 AM 12/9/08
"...make it up there ass well..."
Unfortunate (but comical) typo given the parenthetical portion of the song title.
Blackjacker
dawimp523
Posted 12:52 AM 12/9/08
I need to get Rock Band now! Another great free song!
dawimp523
sj4iy
Posted 12:51 AM 12/9/08
Now I want "Singin' in Korean"
sj4iy
Gunloc
Posted 12:51 AM 12/9/08
Im gonna 5 star that right now!
Gunloc
Salen
Posted 12:50 AM 12/9/08
Free music for Rock Band? Sweet! And it's by Colbert? Double Sweet!
Salen
InfernoT
Posted 12:49 AM 12/9/08
Downloading now...FOR AMERICA!
InfernoT
viewtifulhester
Posted 12:48 AM 12/9/08
Man... Stephen Colbert is awesome... makes me want Rock Band...
viewtifulhester
Kuririn
Posted 1:45 AM 12/9/08
@pinoyunggoy: anyone outside the US cant watch it in comedy central online...which sucks robot bears balls....kotaku can u give a link that isnt only reserved to american users? Please????
Kuririn
LongDarkBlues
Posted 1:43 AM 12/9/08
@pinoyunggoy: Nope - they just blocked it to regions outside the US
LongDarkBlues
kicking222
Posted 1:41 AM 12/9/08
Awesome.
That's all I can say.
Best 75 seconds of Rock Band ever? Well, no, but... awesome.
kicking222
antialias02
Posted 1:40 AM 12/9/08
That is an awesome, creepy song.
antialias02
Altima NEO
Posted 1:39 AM 12/9/08
RAAAAIIIINNN!!!
Altima NEO
pinoyunggoy
Posted 1:34 AM 12/9/08
@Daisuash: Just watch him online at comedy central. That's what I do.
pinoyunggoy
Milkzhakes
Posted 1:34 AM 12/9/08
stephen and the colberts FTW!
Milkzhakes
dowingba
Posted 1:33 AM 12/9/08
This song must be easy to 100% on guitar.
dowingba
mtsmylie
Posted 2:04 AM 12/9/08
Working great on Rock Band 2. W00t!
mtsmylie
theuglyteradon
Posted 1:59 AM 12/9/08
Another reason why I love Harmonix.
theuglyteradon
Ber'Zophus
Posted 1:57 AM 12/9/08
I never knew so more unrequited love could be expressed in 75 seconds. But I guess that's why they're rock gods.
Ber'Zophus
Quicksilver4648
Posted 3:05 AM 12/9/08
Amazing.
Quicksilver4648
gomerkyle9
Posted 2:58 AM 12/9/08
@dsmx: Nick Lachey was born on Nov. 9th... Truly a sad day for American culture.
gomerkyle9
Fuzzy Logic
Posted 2:50 AM 12/9/08
@tentaclesex: Of course not! It's my dog's birthday. How did you know? Or did something else happen today?
As for Steven Colbert songs, I much prefer his Shredtackular Guitarmageddon performance.
Fuzzy Logic
stealthassassin457
Posted 2:49 AM 12/9/08
@mtsmylie: Liar :oP
stealthassassin457
dead_red_eyes
Posted 2:44 AM 12/9/08
Hahahaha, hilarious.
dead_red_eyes
WeaselRFU
Posted 3:31 AM 12/9/08
Great free DLC...or greatest free DLC?
WeaselRFU
CitizenInsane27
Posted 3:29 AM 12/9/08
Any word if the track is available from the PS3 in-game store?
I assume that it isn't up on the PSN because the PSN update isn't out yet...
CitizenInsane27
Crawl to China
Posted 3:27 AM 12/9/08
@liquid_kore: Thanks!
Crawl to China
AgainstOne
Posted 3:26 AM 12/9/08
this is sweet. obviously they're doing this to set up for the stalker challenge that they previously announced for RB2.
AgainstOne
Jason144
Posted 3:24 AM 12/9/08
Simply Awesome.
Stephen Colbert/Captain America '08
Jason144
Todd Jones Mustache Ride
Posted 3:22 AM 12/9/08
@DMC-Man: Ouch. Yeah, I could see how you belting out the words to this song might earn you some couch time.
Todd Jones Mustache Ride
mva5580
Posted 3:12 AM 12/9/08
Is there ANYONE in the entertainment business that matches Colbert's energy and pure obvious love for what he does? The man is brilliant and seriously one of the only things I consistently watch on television.
mva5580
DMC-Man
Posted 3:08 AM 12/9/08
This is both good and bad. Good because I like the song and Colbert rocks, bad because it's the name of my ex-girlfriend that my current girlfriend despises.
:(
DMC-Man
JYJ705
Posted 3:08 AM 12/9/08
if i go into rock band now, and it's not available in canada... (LIKE ALL THE VIDEOS FROM HIS SITE...- INCLUDING THAT ONE UP THERE!!) i'm going to lose it.
JYJ705
Pensador
Posted 3:47 AM 12/9/08
@InfernoT: Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series :)
Pensador
meltyman
Posted 3:45 AM 12/9/08
corporate synergy at its finest
meltyman
Torley
Posted 3:40 AM 12/9/08
Colbert looks like sxephil with a touch of a gothy Clay Aiken in that picture.
(Normally with glasses, Colbert closer resembles Bob Saget.)
Torley
nypad5
Posted 4:10 AM 12/9/08
@sj4iy: Hehehe did u see the one where rain showed up and they did that song on DDR? hehe "singin in korean" will be on the next DDR :D
nypad5
Mister_Jack
Posted 4:09 AM 12/9/08
Know what I love? Boobs. Yessir, just like every other heterosexual American man out there.
Mister_Jack
Mister_Jack
Posted 4:08 AM 12/9/08
Uh, I mean, that was a good song.
Mister_Jack
Mister_Jack
Posted 4:08 AM 12/9/08
OH GOD STEPHEN TAKE ME NOW!
Mister_Jack
ssoltero
Posted 3:59 AM 12/9/08
And if you haven't tried Colbert's Ice Cream yet, you need to pick up a pint of Ben & Jerry's "Stephen Colbert's Americone Dream"!
ssoltero
Altersparck
Posted 3:57 AM 12/9/08
Awesome. I'd get this if it weren't for the Microsoft tollbooth demanding a gold subscription. Seriously, do they need to put a tollbooth around free content? There are other, better ways to entice silver members to go gold. Like, I don't know... dedicated servers for all games?
Altersparck
izzy_k
Posted 4:35 AM 12/9/08
@liquid_kore: appearantly Canada is unworthy lol. Thanks for the link though !
izzy_k
Angryrider
Posted 4:35 AM 12/9/08
Colbert should've have been President. No one loves his country more than the Greatest Living American.
I love this song... even though it's creepy...
Angryrider
youruglyclone
Posted 4:33 AM 12/9/08
I think we need a video of Stephen playing the song in rockband in his green room...STAT!
youruglyclone
MGSchick
Posted 4:29 AM 12/9/08
Oh how I love Stephen Colbert. I remember watching this during the actual show and I was like wtf but I was cracking up.
MGSchick
JRyder
Posted 5:08 AM 12/9/08
+ Watch video
This should be good for everyone.
JRyder
Japan_Time
Posted 5:06 AM 12/9/08
The Hair = AWESOME
Japan_Time
Mal-Content
Posted 4:57 AM 12/9/08
Canadians can't have it because they aren't American...that's how Colbert would want it. Probably because of all your bears.
Mal-Content
ShaggyB
Posted 4:47 AM 12/9/08
@izzy_k: lol thats News....
Viacom deems Canada unworthy.... film at eleven....
ShaggyB
Bernard McGraw
Posted 5:30 AM 12/9/08
Is this supposed to be up now? Because it isn't on Xbox Live for me. I'm in the UK by the way.
Bernard McGraw
-Bass4TheFace-
Posted 5:22 AM 12/9/08
Finally, something to garner my attention for Rock Band.
-Bass4TheFace-
simpleandpink
Posted 6:11 AM 12/9/08
It's like a mix of fandoms for me!
Colbert + Rock Band = Insane Love.
Gah, I love this video. The cheesiness, the creepiness, the make-up...EVERYTHING
simpleandpink
kagebutsu
Posted 6:07 AM 12/9/08
At first glance that didn't even look like colbert.
kagebutsu
Hauler
Posted 6:45 AM 12/9/08
This makes up for Moving Pictures getting delayed.
Hauler
Lightman
Posted 6:42 AM 12/9/08
Fist bump at 1:15 made me squeal.
Lightman
EmpressInYellow
Posted 7:10 AM 12/9/08
Oh, good, a one-week exclusivity window for Gold members.
God, I am so incredibly sick of that nonsense.
EmpressInYellow
gamecrazychris
Posted 7:20 AM 12/9/08
Now if we could just get America F*ck Yeah for Rockband I would call it the greatest game ever.
gamecrazychris
Bernard McGraw
Posted 8:11 AM 12/9/08
@EmpressInYellow: Oh. Shit ¬_¬
Bernard McGraw
DailyDriver72Imp
Posted 9:03 AM 12/9/08
To be honest, I can't really see anything funny about him. I don't know what it is, but he can't make me laugh at all.
DailyDriver72Imp
DavidFU
Posted 10:06 AM 12/9/08
He's not an author, his writers wrote that book for him...
DavidFU
accioaaron
Posted 10:22 AM 12/9/08
This is better than the famous Colbert bass solo!
Stephen Colbert '08
accioaaron
Cheroro
Posted 12:20 PM 12/9/08
This made me laugh.........
Cheroro
Scott_L
Posted 1:10 PM 12/9/08
What, no "Singin' in Korean" ?
Better be on the next DLC.
Scott_L
Kenji-sama
Posted 2:05 PM 12/9/08
@gamecrazychris: File that under "Never"...and also "If Only..."
Kenji-sama
Daisuash
Posted 2:08 AM 13/9/08
@sj4iy: Download the Rain song "Ways to avoid the sun", just imagine it with different lyrics XD...
@pinoyunggoy: Yeah, i watch it sometimes in there, but i would prefer to see it on my TV, thanks for the advice anyway...
@Kuririn: @LongDarkBlues: Well, i can see the videos when i go to the homepage, the embedded ones in other webpagesa are the ones that gives me trouble...
Daisuash
LandofMinos, and the adventures of Sir Digby Chicken Ceaser
Posted 4:15 PM 15/9/08
The bloody player is too glitchy, I can't watch. Oh well, back to Spandau Ballet.
Only when you leave
I'll need to love you
And when the action has all gone
I'm just a little fool enough to need you
Fool enough too long...
LandofMinos, and the adventures of Sir Digby Chicken Ceaser
goatmale
Posted 3:38 PM 18/9/08
Can you dl this with rockband one?
goatmale