This is making the rounds this morning and it’s serious must-see-LOL stuff if you’re a fan of Wilco, Jeff Tweedy or, theoretically, The Black Eyed Peas. Check it out.
“I really over-estimated myself, or under-estimated the Black-Eyed Peas. … It’s gonna be really bad.”
From Time Out Chicago:
Followers of the @MayorEmanuel feed might remember a string of tweets from the fake mayoral candidate proposing that Jeff Tweedy perform Black Eyed Peas songs at his fundraiser, because “People love that s***.” Well, fantasy became reality this evening as Tweedy launched into a short set of Black Eyed Peas tunes, playing through acoustic versions of “I Gotta Feeling” and “Rock That Body.” Tweedy also did a thoroughly hilarious reading of the lyrics to “My Humps.”
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