{"id":20008,"date":"2014-01-09T10:45:46","date_gmt":"2014-01-09T18:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=20008"},"modified":"2014-01-09T10:45:46","modified_gmt":"2014-01-09T18:45:46","slug":"watch-john-grant-and-the-censors-perform-on-letterman-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2014-01\/watch-john-grant-and-the-censors-perform-on-letterman-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch John Grant and The Censors Perform on Letterman Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/JGGMF.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-20011\" alt=\"JGGMF\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/JGGMF-650x365.jpg\" width=\"635\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/JGGMF-650x365.jpg 650w, 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Show<\/strong> last night to perform the venomous, hilarious, and self-deprecating ode <em><strong>GMF<\/strong><\/em> (you know, an acronym for Greatest Mo Fo).\u00a0 The censors were kept busy bleeping both <strong>Grant<\/strong> and <strong>Letterman&#8217;s<\/strong> post-performance lauding of the song.\u00a0 Hilarious.\u00a0 Check it out below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DUowImoeQ-E\" height=\"425\" width=\"625\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Against phenomenal competition, John Grant&#8217;s\u00a0Pale Green Ghost received Honorable Mention as one of our Best Albums of 2013.\u00a0 Stylistically all over the map (disco, electronica, ballads, folk anthems, etc.), the album was justly and uniformly critically-acclaimed.\u00a0 Grant (an American who now resides in and recorded Pale Green Ghost in Iceland) appeared on the Letterman Show 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