-It is time for a game of
"Random Instrument Challenge." Here we go! -♪ "Random Instrument
Challenge" ♪ -And playing with me is
the one, the only Pete Davidson, ladies and gentlemen! -♪ "Random Instrument
Challenge" ♪ -Pete Davidson right --
That's what I'm talking about. Thank you for being here. Thanks for playing
with us, buddy. Alright, here's how
this works, okay? We're going to have a bunch of
instruments over here that neither of us know
how to play. And on your turn, you will
pick a card from the board, which will give you
a name of a random song. -Okay.
-Alright? Then Tariq will pick from a bag. He will give us
a random instrument. You'll then have to play
the song with that instrument. If The Roots can guess what
song you're playing, you get a point. -Okay.
-Enough rules? It makes sense? -It sounds good. Hi, Roots. -Alright, alright. Since I'm the host,
I'll go first, I guess. Alright, which number, guys? We have an audience.
This is exciting. [ Indistinct shouting ]
Alright. It's such a great audience that
they all just went, "4!" -"4." Yeah.
-No one had any other number. Out of all the numbers, everyone just said, "4!" No, that's good. I got you.
I heard everyone loud and clear. Okay. Alright. Tariq, what instrument
will I be playing? -Let's see here. Oh. You're going to be playing
a long, wooden flute. -[ Laughs ]
♪♪ -Okay. -[ Laughs ] -I have no idea. Alright.
[ Breathes deeply ] Alright. How does this come out? Alright. This is not even a normal flute.
This is like some weird --- -It's a long one.
-I know. I understand it's a long one.
but this is like a... That's not the weird part.
-Oh, okay. -I've seen
the long flutes before. I just...
[ Clears throat ] I own one, actually. It's just the bamboo one
is what gets me. Alright. I have no idea where to even...
[ Laughter ] Yeah, alright. Okay. Alright. Everybody,
alright, come on. Okay, here we go.
Alright. Alright. [ Whooshing ] Alright.
30 seconds on the clock. [ Whooshing ] -Is it "God Save the Queen?" -No. Why would you guess
"God Save the --" No. It's not a punk-rock song.
-Start from the top. -I was. [ Whooshing ] [ Buzzer ]
-Whatever, man. "Party in the U.S.A.,"
Miley Cyrus! -Oh, man.
-Turn it up! -Wait. That was "Par--" Okay. -I was going to say that. -Hey, that wasn't fair. -[ Laughs ] No, it's not fair. Thank you.
I appreciate it, Pete. -Yeah, man.
-Pete, you're up, buddy. Pick a song from the board.
Yeah. -Which one do you guys...
[ Indistinct shouting ] -There you go. -8? I heard 7. I heard 7. [ Shouting continues ]
Alright, alright! -Now they're getting --
-Alright. What do I got to do? Which instrument? -Okay. Oh, yeah.
You got to play the Omnichord. -What the [bleep] is that?
[ Laughter ] -You can't say --
-I'm sorry. -You can't say the F-word. -I'm gonna guess it's this guy, the accordion-looking
thing, right? -The big-ass thing? -Yeah. ♪♪
-Wait. -No, no, no.
The Omnichord is this thing. -This? Really? Yeah?
-That's a microphone. -I thought that was
a CPAP machine. -Okay. And this thing's just on? Okay, guys. -Come on, Pete.
You got this, buddy. [ Synthesizer playing ]
-Okay. -So far... -Wait. -It's weird.
-I think it's broken. [ Laughter ] Wait, wait, wait, wait. -It's kind of dope.
-Wait. Is it going to stop? [ Synthesizer continues ] Wait. -"Happy Birthday to You?" [ Laughter ] -What?!
-Wait. -Pete, maybe slide the thing up
and down, that white thing. [ Buzzer ] If you slide that thing
up and -- No, the other thing.
-What thing? No, we should actually
figure this out, 'cause that's not cool. -It looks cool, but --
-Alright, it broke. I don't know what it was.
It was "Brick House." -Oh, man!
♪ She's a brick...♪ Yeah. Alright. Yeah. -Thanks, guys. -Dude, we got to go on
concert -- on tour together. It's gonna be great.
-We're sick, dude. -Alright, my turn. Here we go. 10?
[ Indistinct shouting ] "5!" Love it -- 5. Okay. -Oh, yes!
-You got this. -Alright, what instrument
do I got? I know the song. -Eh, it's a new song.
-Okay, okay. Now you got to play it
on the theremin. That's that guy.
-That's the cool one. That's where you just go
like this, right? ♪♪ -Are you sure
you know this song? -Yes, I know this song.
Here we go. -Okay.
[ Humming ] [ Humming continues ] [ Screeching ]
-There you go. Unh!
[ Screeching continues ] -"Up" by Cardi B?
-Yes! How did you... [ Dinging ]
♪♪ -Wow, that's amazing. -It is amazing. Yeah, thank you.
That was unbelievable. How did you get "Up"?
-That was cool, man. Alright, that was pretty fun.
Alright, Pete. -I was like, "I don't know what
it is, but it sounds great." What do you guys...
[ Indistinct shouting ] 1? Okay. Oh, come on. Alright.
What do I got? -Upright bass.
-Upright bass? -Yeah.
-Is that that big one? -Yeah, it's the upright one. -You can do this, man.
You got this. ♪♪ -Alright. -This is great. -This is just something I thought I'd never
have to do in my life. ♪♪ -Lower.
-Okay, hold on. Lower? You think lower?
-Yeah, yeah. -Okay. -Higher, higher.
-Okay. [ Laughter ] -This audience
is very interactive. -Yeah. Okay. Wait. Hold on. ♪♪ [ Buzzer ]
-What was it? Do that again. -Yeah, a little more.
Yeah, a little more. -Alright, one more time. -It's, like, something
on a soundtrack. -"Toxic" by Britney Spears? -We're in the realm. -Oh, crap!
-We're in the realm. No, it was "Like a Virgin"
by Madonna. -Aah!
-Oh! [ Cymbal crashes ] -Why did you say "Aah,"
like you were close? That was --
-That was good. -That was good, absolutely.
Madonna would be proud. Alright, this last one,
let's join forces and do a song. [ Imitating upright bass ]
I heard it. I heard it in my head.
-Yeah, I heard it. -We're going to both try
and play the same song at the same time
and work together to get The Roots to guess. -Okay.
-Let's join forces. Here we go. Pick the song.
[ Indistinct shouting ] Yeah, let's go for 10. And I can see it, too,
'cause it's me and you. -Oh, this is a cool one.
-Okay, yeah, yeah, we got this. Right? We got this.
-Yeah, for sure. -Tariq, what instruments
are we playing? -Guitarrón. -The what?
-The guitarrón? -That's all you.
You're a guitar man. -The guitarrón and the melodica. -The little piano?
-Yeah. -Alright. Cool.
We just do the chorus, right? -Yes, exactly, right?
-Yeah. Okay. I got to blow into this? -Yeah.
-Alright. -Pete, it's --
-I know, I know. Let me guess --
it's your first time, right? -No, pick it up.
-Hold on. -You can pick it up.
-Dude, it's not a drug test. It's not a drug test.
-You can pick it up. -I can pick it up?
-How he starts his cars. -Okay.
-Ready? -Alright, wait. -You got it. -I have never seen something
happen to this guy where it's like -- -It's COVID-friendly. -You got to kind of
hollow out your chest? Wait. Alright? -One, two, three.
-Two, three. ♪♪ Let's start it from
the top again. Ready? One, two, three. ♪♪ [ Buzzer ]
-Oh, come on! -Wait. Just one more time.
One, two, three. ♪♪ -That was good!
-"I Love Rock 'n Roll"? -"I Love Rock 'n Roll"?
No, "I Want You to Want Me." -Yes! Cheap Trick.
One, two, three. ♪♪
Yeah, you got... -Right? Yeah.
[ Cheers and applause ] -Pete Davidson, everybody!
More with Pete after this!
OMG! I'm crying so hard right now! I don't know who was worse in that last song, Pete or Jimmy. What a good sport though.
It was so muffled by laughter but Pete's "I start my car like this" while blowing in to the melodica was hilarious.
As a music teacher this one is tough to watch from a technique standpoint, but they’re having so much fun and that’s more important :)