Following the release of Serpentine Prison, The National’s Matt Berninger recently took to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform a cover of Velvet Underground’s “I’m Waiting for the Man.”
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While Fallon did make a big slip up when introducing Berninger, saying that “I’m Waiting For The Man” comes from Serpentine Prison, Berninger is a longtime Velvet Underground fan, so this cover makes perfect sense.
Berninger and his band turned the sparse track into a prettier rendition of the 1967 classic, as he growls his way through the lyrics.
Watch Berninger’s cover of “I’m Waiting for the Man” below.