@Maphimi Using a Bruce Springsteen song written in honour of 9/11 and with the help of many other singers... Bruce is the Boss. Sting is great, but there's no comparison.
Stewart is from an elite NYC jewish family. He went to an Ivy league university. His father was a physics professor. His brother is the head of the NYSE. I doubt Stewart ever felt like a "loser" in the sense that the characters in Springsteen's songs do. If anything, Stewart, despite his superficial liberalism, has much more in common, in every real sense, with the people who forclose on the the home than those foreclosed upon. But, shit, you have to play along, I guess.
@seans10 yea stewarts father left him and to this day has no contact with his son. I mean him and his brothers are a couple of assholes being raised by a single mother on a public school teacher salary. I mean they were dumb enough to work hard go to school and succeed. What a couple of douches who were actually raised in jersey and worked hard in life to get where they are....
@Foolrain89 I don't recall Tom Joad attending an Ivy League university or heading up the NYSE. Damn, where was Steinbeck to chronicle this tragic American story?
@seans10 and your point is...oh thats right non existant, first stewart was an asshole for being rich from the start. now he's an asshole because american authors don't write about rags to riches stories similar to his? would a better america be where despite talent and hard work you can never get ahead of the curve or hard times? My mistake I forgot the real American dream was to work hard and go no where
Great video. Watching and listening gave me goosebumps. We all know the boss has been the rock and roll messiah for the past 35 years, but to see him tributed like that and to see the love so many famous people really feel for him and his music is truly humbling. God bless him.
@k3304 Or thank Bruce for warning us about the oligarchic economic policies that ruined the middle class, which he's been warning us for for 30 years.
@k3304 Exactly bro. I ain't a democrat so you aren't going to box me in. The politicians have been increasing corporate tax revenues whilst degrading the middle class. Bruce has said "I spent most of my life as a musician measuring the distance between the American dream and American reality." He thought Obama would be best for the middle class, and compared to McCain, he probably has. Not good enough though.
@k3304 That's cute. Of course, I don't think Bush, who created the financial collapse in 2008, is a proponent of "trickle up" economics. And Obama didn't fix the economy. But you don't blame a firefighter who cannot put out the fire, you blame the arson!
@wpfairbanks , look up the Community Reinvestment Act of 1999 which was voted into law by both parties and Bill Clinton. It forced banks to lend to low incomers, the democrats way of thinking that everyone deserves a house. It was another entitlement to "level the playing field", another program funding mediocracy.
Did that give license to banks and financial institutions to create new financial products like CDS and mortgage backed securities...packaging the risk into pools and selling them off. Nobody forced the banks to lend out money, they did it out of greed and sold the risk until nobody knew what the hell was going on.... and who actually de-regulated the entire financial industry?
The entire conservative economic argument about letting the markets rule has proven to be an abject failure
@okayplayer82 , come on dude , did you look up The Community Re-Investment Act of 1999 ? It's about the whole liberal way of thinking that everyone deserves a house. Banks were FORCED to lend to low incomers. They knew the balloon mortgage was failure in the making just like this so-called president is. Another form of the re-distribution of wealth. When Barry finally crashes the stock market we'll all be like Greece and Europe and thats what liberals want.
Dude, I am from Europe (Norway) and we're doing much much better than you. The entire northern europe is. Nobody forced banks to due anything, they did it because of their own greed. And knew once it failed that gullible taxpayers like you would foot the bill for their reckless behaviour. They played it perfectly.
USA has doubled its GDP since the 1980s, yet the average American worker makes less today than 30 years ago, while everything has gotten more expensive .
you against free trade? I thought conservatives loved free trade? Now your against NAFTA? Funny how conservatives blame liberals for policies and legislation that they support and champion once they are implemented.
@okayplayer82 , American unions who vote liberal democrat cannot compete with free trade. You can't have your cake and eat it too. We can't have open borders and union workers who make over $40 an hour.
You mean compete with China and India. Of course you cannot compete on wages, unless you want to become a 3rd world country yourself. Germany has a huge manufacturing and exporting industry. They compete by creating high tech value products, that the chinese and indians can't. Germany is doing great and they have a sensible taxation system allowing them to invest in their infrastructure and education to increase productivity and help their businesses.
Look, I am a great friend of America, I hope you can work yourselves out of this problem. I'll be honest, I do not understand the conservatives in America. You can't keep cutting taxes and expect that there will not be a revenue problem afterwards.
@okayplayer82 , it's simple Economics 101. If you pay less taxes you have more money to spend and invest which are both taxed revenue streams in themselves
@k3304 So if we pay "fewer" taxes we will have more morons such as you who cannot even speak English correctly. Who will pay for education? our military to defend our country? agencies that give us clean water, safe food, non-polluted air, our wonderful national parks that are so much better than anything found elsewhere in the world. Governments protect us..the disabled, the young, the elderly, each other. People as selfish as you will NEVER understand this.
I took my date to the Senior Prom in a Gremlin in Youngstown, Ohio. I didn't get laid. In fact, she left me for other friends that night. Jon, you are on target!
One of the best cultural, pop, political, story tellers by song, since Woody Guthrie, John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway..........I just wish He wasn't soooo liberal....hopefully he sees that all parties are "F'd" up......C'mon Boss.....nothing is working yet....
did i read somewhere that they were selling this tribute on iTunes. i want to see the whole show but i searched iTunes i couldn't find it. can anyone clue me in?
What can you say about Stewart's intro? Funny...to be sure. Right on...ti be double sure. I have seen Bruce manytimes since the early 70s at Liberty Hall in Houston. I dropped a name on one of his stage hands once and had a chance to talk with him. I gave him a brick from Liberty Hall that had since been torn down. When the history of the last thirty years of the last century are written. Bruce will have a deserved spot...near the top. Glad we had him. We are the better for it.
U.S. Congressman, abolitionist, "Father of the 14th Amendment" John Bingham, confirms understanding &construction framers used re birthright & jurisdiction House of Reps 3/9 1866:
I find no fault with the introductory clause which is simply declaratory of what is written in the Constitution, that EVERY HUMAN BEING BORN within the jurisdiction of the United States OF PARENTS NOT OWING ALLEGIANCE TO ANY FOREIGN SOVEREIGNTY IS, in the language of your Constitution itself, A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN
"A natural-born citizen has been defined as one whose citizenship is estab'd by the jurisdiction which the U.S. already has over the parents of the child,not what is thereafter acquired by choice of residence in this country"
If the Founders had not wanted an expansive definition of citizenship,Morse writes,"it would only have been necessary to say,'no person,except a native-born citizen
Natural-Born Citizen of the United States-Eligibility for the Office of President Alexander Porter Morse-1904
wow god damn i have to say, i really hat tears in my eyes right now watching this!! seing bruce springsteens inner life here, when he experienced STING with "the rising". look at his face his gesture, it looks like his whole life and what he has done rushes trough his body.. man, what he has done and does is, you can´t say it in words..the whole human being Bruce Springsteen..i don´t know how to say or wright, i´m just totally moved right now!!
"Between exits 8a and 9 on the Jersey Turnpike." Love how he makes a reference native New Jerseyans would know. Half my life was spent driving in the turnpike.
I love to watch Obama and Bruce together. Partly because it brings out such a casual side of Obama, and partly because I can so imagine them as friends "in real life," too. They're exactly the same, lovable dreamers who believe in things everyone else thinks are impossible.
Think she shows up more throughout the broadcast than some of the honorees-she should buy her makeup artist a Cadillac cause she looks absolutely fantastic!
It's great to see the artists of this generation honored like this. Hopefully this year Billy Joel will get his due and even Gregg Allman for all of his baggage.
@OutsideNila Hi. That's just how the seating works out during the Honors program. Only the artists being honored sit up front while family members sit behind them. It has always been like that. Hope this helps.
Great tribute and well delivered. I wonder though if his comments at 3:12 are entirely accurate. Apart from the line in Thunder Road I'm not sure Bruce's songs are really about losers, rather more reflective of people in losing situations. But as I said overall it was great and a fantastic video tribute to a great singer.
Great intro from Jon Stewart. Very funny, touching, honest, and insightful. Not an easy combination to achieve. But come to think about it, Bruce embodies all those same qualities in his music!
I don't know Bruce Springsteen. I make no claim to friendship or even passing aquaintance. So tell me, why am I so damned PROUD of this man and his music? From Flemington
@Slope142 Because he's authentic. Gave more money to the Vietnam Vets than anyone in history. Funded food banks in every town he performed in. And is passionate for the America he loves. He's always shared thankfully. More than any politician, musician, or....
I thought this whole show was great! Much better than the stupid Grammys or Oscars. The Bruce part was the best, but the DeNiro and Mel Brooks part were great too. I also thought the Grace Bumbry and David Brubeck tributes were interesting as well.
I'm not from New Jersey, but I'm proud to be a loser in an epic poem about losers as told by Bruce Springsteen. When Bruce told us we were Born to Run, I jumped into his car and went along for the ride. 35 years later, I'm still riding with him. Keep on telling your stories, Bruce, I'm here for the long haul.
Personally I think Mellencamp royally fucked up when he got the lyrics to "Born in the USA" wrong. I mean yes, they're tough to understand when you hear it for the first time, but if you're going to perform it at the KENNEDY CENTER for performing arts, you should probably know that "the first kick I TOOK (not hit) was when I hit the ground"
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@spikeit08 , you Royal FUCK! it was his interpretation. he reversed the verses. whats the goddamn point of singing it the same way as bruce; you would have bruce sing it then. You are so fucking retarted. Im trying to figure out if your mom had sex with her brother or her dad (that would be your grandpa).!!!!!!
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@spikeit08 , you Royal FUCK! it was his interpretation. he reversed the verses. whats the goddamn point of singing it the same way as bruce; you would have bruce sing it then. You are so fucking retarted. Im trying to figure out if your mom had sex with her brother or her dad (that would be your grandpa).!!!!!!
Hey Altered13th. I ask you to go back to his earliest works, albums "Greetings from Asbury Park New Jersey," "The Wild The Innocent and the E-Street Shuffle," and even "Born to Run," and tell me he was a rich phony. Tell me his lyrics suck. Tell me all of his songs sound the same. Give me an early 20-year-old who does it better. I urge you. I also urge you to justify yourself because you sound like you are a pre-teen.
Not a big Springsteen fan but this musical tribute was spot on with the songs. Eddie Vedder was amazing. Jon Stewart was hilarious. I enjoyed this program.
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Bruce Springsteen is a minor figure in rock and roll and he's a phony, rich guy pretending to be some working class man. His music all sounds the same and he's not a good lyricist or songwriter. He couldn't perform a ballad if his life depended on it and his voice is worse than Bob Dylans.
ALTERED13TH . . . Your comment may just be the stupidest thing I have ever heard in my life and I once heard a guy say that he was Elvis reincarnated.
You have no idea about the great Rock and Roll poet Bruce is. He watches and listens to people and has taken his experiences and has told about them like no one else could ever do. I may not agree with him politically but he is the greatest Rock and Roll Poet of my lifetime.
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Bruce Springsteen's music is boring and he pretends to be some working class guy but he's really a spoiled, rich rock star whose voice and lyrics suck.
You clearly have no idea what you're talking about, your comment was just ment to provoke and upset people, which is quite pathetic. Do you understand how pathetic that is? Go comment on something you love instead.
I could just be dreaming, but when you see Bruce's face when his songs are performed i get sort of a feeling that he thinks "I HAVE TO GO ON TOUR AGAIN!"
FUCK YOU BRUCE. You use to rock.. you use to be cool... then you had to go and support the nigger who's currently dismantling our country. Go fuck yourself Bruce. *spits.
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Woot, good post! I had to work during the original airing but SOOO wanted to see Jon doing anything new (he and Stephen take longer and more holiday breaks than any other "news" show, and there's nothing else on TV...). Thanks so very much faridb2000 ^.^
STING is the real boss, because he just nailed the entire audience with his performance
Maphimi 3 weeks ago
@Maphimi Using a Bruce Springsteen song written in honour of 9/11 and with the help of many other singers... Bruce is the Boss. Sting is great, but there's no comparison.
02steviewonder 3 weeks ago
go obama!! lol
Howsurcroch 1 month ago
@Howsurcroch fuck obama
sublime01161 1 month ago
Was that Meryl Streep in the audience?
MrRazorblade999 1 month ago
@MrRazorblade999 Hell yeah :) Jack Black and Phillip Seymour-Hoffman were too...
02steviewonder 3 weeks ago
Stewart is from an elite NYC jewish family. He went to an Ivy league university. His father was a physics professor. His brother is the head of the NYSE. I doubt Stewart ever felt like a "loser" in the sense that the characters in Springsteen's songs do. If anything, Stewart, despite his superficial liberalism, has much more in common, in every real sense, with the people who forclose on the the home than those foreclosed upon. But, shit, you have to play along, I guess.
seans10 1 month ago
@seans10 yea stewarts father left him and to this day has no contact with his son. I mean him and his brothers are a couple of assholes being raised by a single mother on a public school teacher salary. I mean they were dumb enough to work hard go to school and succeed. What a couple of douches who were actually raised in jersey and worked hard in life to get where they are....
Foolrain89 4 weeks ago
@Foolrain89 I don't recall Tom Joad attending an Ivy League university or heading up the NYSE. Damn, where was Steinbeck to chronicle this tragic American story?
seans10 3 weeks ago
@seans10 and your point is...oh thats right non existant, first stewart was an asshole for being rich from the start. now he's an asshole because american authors don't write about rags to riches stories similar to his? would a better america be where despite talent and hard work you can never get ahead of the curve or hard times? My mistake I forgot the real American dream was to work hard and go no where
Foolrain89 2 weeks ago
Good tribute to à Great artist! Springsteen is the man
aznilsson 1 month ago
Everything was going well till Sting came out. :( But I loved Stewarts whole story.
TheZoostudio13 2 months ago
bruce has the sexiest laugh, voice, singing vocals. omg the list can go on Everything Bruce does and has is SEXY.
the09conradz 2 months ago
I watch Kennedy Center every year and this was the best honor I have ever seen.
diamondperidot 2 months ago
" PRECIOSO Y EMOTIVO "
presentapas 2 months ago
1:02 serious face!
springsteen1337 2 months ago
When you hear Sting, you just know that only The Boss can sing Springsteen!
sharky1304 3 months ago
I haven't even looked at the comments of this video but I am sure some motherfucker put Ron Paul 2012 somewhere....goddamn youtube is predictable
MusicJew158 3 months ago
@MusicJew158 Looks like that motherfucker was you. Good job being predictable.
Kruezoraxe 2 months ago
I like how everyone looks at Bruce Springsteen BEFORE they start laughing. ;) Good stuff Stewart.
CMurray1124 3 months ago
Great video. Watching and listening gave me goosebumps. We all know the boss has been the rock and roll messiah for the past 35 years, but to see him tributed like that and to see the love so many famous people really feel for him and his music is truly humbling. God bless him.
Gloryboy4 4 months ago 4
Who disliked this?......fuck you trolls the boss will reign forever!
hockeybuf123 5 months ago 5
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"fuck you trolls" hahahahahahahahaha Good one man!
maloukas09 5 months ago 2
Why are people debating pollitics and econmics on this video, when they should be honoring the Boss?
USOtaku013666 6 months ago 3
wrong exits Jon. it should have been 7a and 8
JerseyShoreLynch 7 months ago 2
wow isnt this economy great under Obama, Bruce ??
k3304 7 months ago
@k3304 Just another right wing fuckwit who no doubt voted for Bush twice. I can't believe anyone would care about your worthless opinion.
adish6 7 months ago
@adish6 , you obviously care about my opinion because you replied to me
k3304 7 months ago
@k3304 I care about it the same way I care about cancer.
adish6 6 months ago
@adish6 , you obviously don't care about our economy like Bruce & Barry
k3304 6 months ago
Bruce Springsteen is perhaps the only person capable of making Obama not the coolest person in the room.
wpfairbanks 9 months ago 28
@wpfairbanks word
Platemaster 8 months ago
@wpfairbanks , We can thank Bruce for telling us to vote for Barry Obama and this great economy we have
k3304 6 months ago
@k3304 Or thank Bruce for warning us about the oligarchic economic policies that ruined the middle class, which he's been warning us for for 30 years.
wpfairbanks 6 months ago
@wpfairbanks , like Bill Clinton signing the NAFTA agreement or his wife Hillary on the board of Wal Mart ?
k3304 6 months ago
@k3304 Exactly bro. I ain't a democrat so you aren't going to box me in. The politicians have been increasing corporate tax revenues whilst degrading the middle class. Bruce has said "I spent most of my life as a musician measuring the distance between the American dream and American reality." He thought Obama would be best for the middle class, and compared to McCain, he probably has. Not good enough though.
wpfairbanks 6 months ago
@wpfairbanks , we'll never know what kind of president John McCain would have been, will we ?
k3304 6 months ago
@k3304 Take an educated guess.... probably a cranky, aloof, fool who serves the interests of the wealthy and bigoted, as he does in the Senate.
wpfairbanks 6 months ago
@wpfairbanks , i guess we're happy with trickle up poverty
k3304 6 months ago
@k3304 I'll let the apparent stupidity of that comment stand for itself
wpfairbanks 6 months ago
@wpfairbanks , ask the 10% unemployed if my comment is stupid
k3304 6 months ago
@k3304 That's cute. Of course, I don't think Bush, who created the financial collapse in 2008, is a proponent of "trickle up" economics. And Obama didn't fix the economy. But you don't blame a firefighter who cannot put out the fire, you blame the arson!
wpfairbanks 6 months ago
@wpfairbanks , look up the Community Reinvestment Act of 1999 which was voted into law by both parties and Bill Clinton. It forced banks to lend to low incomers, the democrats way of thinking that everyone deserves a house. It was another entitlement to "level the playing field", another program funding mediocracy.
k3304 6 months ago
@k3304 Springsteen would fucking hate you
wpfairbanks 6 months ago
@wpfairbanks , Bruce has a tough time with the truth
k3304 6 months ago
@k3304
Did that give license to banks and financial institutions to create new financial products like CDS and mortgage backed securities...packaging the risk into pools and selling them off. Nobody forced the banks to lend out money, they did it out of greed and sold the risk until nobody knew what the hell was going on.... and who actually de-regulated the entire financial industry?
The entire conservative economic argument about letting the markets rule has proven to be an abject failure
okayplayer82 6 months ago
@okayplayer82 , come on dude , did you look up The Community Re-Investment Act of 1999 ? It's about the whole liberal way of thinking that everyone deserves a house. Banks were FORCED to lend to low incomers. They knew the balloon mortgage was failure in the making just like this so-called president is. Another form of the re-distribution of wealth. When Barry finally crashes the stock market we'll all be like Greece and Europe and thats what liberals want.
k3304 6 months ago
@k3304
Dude, I am from Europe (Norway) and we're doing much much better than you. The entire northern europe is. Nobody forced banks to due anything, they did it because of their own greed. And knew once it failed that gullible taxpayers like you would foot the bill for their reckless behaviour. They played it perfectly.
USA has doubled its GDP since the 1980s, yet the average American worker makes less today than 30 years ago, while everything has gotten more expensive .
okayplayer82 6 months ago 2
@k3304
you against free trade? I thought conservatives loved free trade? Now your against NAFTA? Funny how conservatives blame liberals for policies and legislation that they support and champion once they are implemented.
okayplayer82 6 months ago
@okayplayer82 , American unions who vote liberal democrat cannot compete with free trade. You can't have your cake and eat it too. We can't have open borders and union workers who make over $40 an hour.
k3304 6 months ago
@k3304
You mean compete with China and India. Of course you cannot compete on wages, unless you want to become a 3rd world country yourself. Germany has a huge manufacturing and exporting industry. They compete by creating high tech value products, that the chinese and indians can't. Germany is doing great and they have a sensible taxation system allowing them to invest in their infrastructure and education to increase productivity and help their businesses.
okayplayer82 6 months ago 3
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Look, I am a great friend of America, I hope you can work yourselves out of this problem. I'll be honest, I do not understand the conservatives in America. You can't keep cutting taxes and expect that there will not be a revenue problem afterwards.
okayplayer82 6 months ago 2
@okayplayer82 , it's simple Economics 101. If you pay less taxes you have more money to spend and invest which are both taxed revenue streams in themselves
k3304 6 months ago
@k3304 So if we pay "fewer" taxes we will have more morons such as you who cannot even speak English correctly. Who will pay for education? our military to defend our country? agencies that give us clean water, safe food, non-polluted air, our wonderful national parks that are so much better than anything found elsewhere in the world. Governments protect us..the disabled, the young, the elderly, each other. People as selfish as you will NEVER understand this.
This is about Springsteen.
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I see that has worked well for the american economy.
Kverul 4 months ago
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@okayplayer82 ,we dont have a revenue problem .we have a spending problem
k3304 6 months ago
@wpfairbanks what about de niro?
crichard8 2 months ago
@wpfairbanks amen!
springsteen1337 1 month ago
Inspiring, this makes you think and dream.
alex270459 9 months ago
I love how absolutely humbled he is at the end.
lixytje 9 months ago 2
I had a small hi-cup in my faith walk today. I Looked at The Man in this video and
said to myself. Hey little person that's THE BOSS EAGLE up there with the
President and his Wife. You had better walk tall and be proud to be where
you are in life. That Man is The Personification of Greatness on all levels. I keep
hearing Janey don't you loose heart. Ti Amo
Bossladyone2 10 months ago
How can Obama lead when he's still a follower?
waitingformypopcorn 1 year ago
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None better than the boss
brownfightfanatic 1 year ago
obama is fucking lovingggg it!
MissOMG323 1 year ago
It's the Kennedy honors, apparently Sting thought it was the dress like Lincoln honors
SlickSmooth22 1 year ago
I love how the orchestra is playing Born to Run.I bet Bruce never imagined that when he wrote it.
BobReidy 1 year ago
what are those mork and mindy neck things?
Suburbncomando32 1 year ago
I took my date to the Senior Prom in a Gremlin in Youngstown, Ohio. I didn't get laid. In fact, she left me for other friends that night. Jon, you are on target!
luckytown1963 1 year ago
sting is amazing in this
jillhbaudhaan 1 year ago
One of the best cultural, pop, political, story tellers by song, since Woody Guthrie, John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway..........I just wish He wasn't soooo liberal....hopefully he sees that all parties are "F'd" up......C'mon Boss.....nothing is working yet....
YoJJohnny 1 year ago
ALWAYS worth a replay!! The Boss Rules! Jon Too!
canfor5 1 year ago 29
did i read somewhere that they were selling this tribute on iTunes. i want to see the whole show but i searched iTunes i couldn't find it. can anyone clue me in?
kidblast04 1 year ago
what about al pacino lol.
Mj67freak 1 year ago
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE GREATEST SONGWRITER,SHOWMAN,ENTERTAINER OF THE CENTURY!
jlilyroth12 1 year ago
What can you say about Stewart's intro? Funny...to be sure. Right on...ti be double sure. I have seen Bruce manytimes since the early 70s at Liberty Hall in Houston. I dropped a name on one of his stage hands once and had a chance to talk with him. I gave him a brick from Liberty Hall that had since been torn down. When the history of the last thirty years of the last century are written. Bruce will have a deserved spot...near the top. Glad we had him. We are the better for it.
john9944 1 year ago
hilarious . . .
NassimHarameinVedas 1 year ago
For those who missed this.
shootit32 1 year ago
obama is loving this! XD
buscadoradesuenos 1 year ago 5
@buscadoradesuenos It's probably the one thing that the right can't give him shit for.
DoctorCataclysm 1 year ago
U.S. Congressman, abolitionist, "Father of the 14th Amendment" John Bingham, confirms understanding &construction framers used re birthright & jurisdiction House of Reps 3/9 1866:
I find no fault with the introductory clause which is simply declaratory of what is written in the Constitution, that EVERY HUMAN BEING BORN within the jurisdiction of the United States OF PARENTS NOT OWING ALLEGIANCE TO ANY FOREIGN SOVEREIGNTY IS, in the language of your Constitution itself, A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN
kiiifute1 1 year ago
"A natural-born citizen has been defined as one whose citizenship is estab'd by the jurisdiction which the U.S. already has over the parents of the child,not what is thereafter acquired by choice of residence in this country"
If the Founders had not wanted an expansive definition of citizenship,Morse writes,"it would only have been necessary to say,'no person,except a native-born citizen
Natural-Born Citizen of the United States-Eligibility for the Office of President Alexander Porter Morse-1904
kiiifute1 1 year ago
chills and tears. Bruce and Jon are such great men!
stephaniejlee 1 year ago
This is fantastic!! Love Jon and Sting. Great clip!!
jejrstans69 1 year ago
"but..i am from new jersey" !!!!! so great. bruce is a legend.
miitirri 1 year ago
wow god damn i have to say, i really hat tears in my eyes right now watching this!! seing bruce springsteens inner life here, when he experienced STING with "the rising". look at his face his gesture, it looks like his whole life and what he has done rushes trough his body.. man, what he has done and does is, you can´t say it in words..the whole human being Bruce Springsteen..i don´t know how to say or wright, i´m just totally moved right now!!
dococolo 1 year ago
Love John Stewart. he's amazing that man.
and i love how Jack Black turns around to see Bruce's reaction.
haha Bob Dylan and James Brown.bahahah
heartShary 1 year ago 2
"Between exits 8a and 9 on the Jersey Turnpike." Love how he makes a reference native New Jerseyans would know. Half my life was spent driving in the turnpike.
DJDizzy113 1 year ago
Bruce is the greatest
Tunnelof 1 year ago
@Tunnelof Oh I agree!!! His music are epic poems about how great the human spirit and the American spirit are!!! That we are one!!!
RealTime88 1 year ago
I wish they would've let the honorees give speeches,though.
Luna810 1 year ago
I love to watch Obama and Bruce together. Partly because it brings out such a casual side of Obama, and partly because I can so imagine them as friends "in real life," too. They're exactly the same, lovable dreamers who believe in things everyone else thinks are impossible.
loveleigh4ever 1 year ago
Think she shows up more throughout the broadcast than some of the honorees-she should buy her makeup artist a Cadillac cause she looks absolutely fantastic!
gschechter 1 year ago
It's great to see the artists of this generation honored like this. Hopefully this year Billy Joel will get his due and even Gregg Allman for all of his baggage.
ChrisDutch 1 year ago
I agree with moonmatter....what is Patti doing behind him?
OutsideNila 1 year ago
@OutsideNila Hi. That's just how the seating works out during the Honors program. Only the artists being honored sit up front while family members sit behind them. It has always been like that. Hope this helps.
HeyMrKong33 1 year ago
I wish I was a music cricket!
themooddisorders 1 year ago
why do i not have a Springsteen album?
shaybean54 1 year ago 5
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Bruce before this I would have said you were an Auteur; but now I have lost all faith.
It's like a christian finding a book by Darwin.
moonmatter 1 year ago
Get your wife beside you Bruce- Not behind you
moonmatter 1 year ago
Great tribute and well delivered. I wonder though if his comments at 3:12 are entirely accurate. Apart from the line in Thunder Road I'm not sure Bruce's songs are really about losers, rather more reflective of people in losing situations. But as I said overall it was great and a fantastic video tribute to a great singer.
simonmooney 1 year ago
Anybody know who the spectator who shows up at 2:41 covering her face is? She is on during many of the clips and she is drop dead gorgeous!
gschechter 1 year ago
@gschechter That is Miss Sharon Stone. Not bad for fifty-something, huh?
darkflower2 1 year ago
Bruce wanted cry so badly while Sting was singing :)
MrCopperhead1861 1 year ago
my 2 favorite people in the same room, life is awesome.
MrCopperhead1861 1 year ago
wow @ around 6:55 when the president stands they all get up, that was cool the way he got in the groove bruce looks honored and shocked.
atourdeforce 1 year ago
Jon Stewart was so funny. The rest of the segments provide ample evidence that Springsteen doesn't belong in the same room as Brubeck.
aqelfaris 1 year ago
Bruce--the Boss embodiment of divine voice & pride of America
udaymehta1963 1 year ago
Bruce Springsteen, enough said...
donassil1 1 year ago 4
Jon Stewart showed his genius by honoring genius.
jensenbell 1 year ago
Great intro from Jon Stewart. Very funny, touching, honest, and insightful. Not an easy combination to achieve. But come to think about it, Bruce embodies all those same qualities in his music!
FanOfNuge 1 year ago 5
Mel, Bruce and Obama are just laughing their asses off. You gotta love Jon Stewart
bluesboy25000 1 year ago 18
Sting really performed a great version of this inspiring song...wow.
Desmond4956 1 year ago 5
Stewart nails what it was, and is, being a fan of Bruce.Family,relationships,girls,
cars,brotherhood,humanity---he's truly one of a kind.
Bosoxbob444 1 year ago
.."he empties the tank." He sure does.
flapnoman 1 year ago 4
Love you, Bruce!
Martjie100 1 year ago
aww @ 7:57 Jon's wife in the yellow dress xD (yes, i am a stalker)
WildxLemon 1 year ago 4
fuckin awesome.
ColdRoses 1 year ago 3
Joe Biden is having a good time
bluesboy25000 1 year ago
sei il numero 1 ...
panzeroby 2 years ago
Bruce ... Simply the best! greetings from 'Italy! Radio Nowhere !!!!!!!!
FazerFazer7 2 years ago
Bruce... Semplicemente il migliore!!! Ciao dall' Italia!! Radio nowhere!!!!!!!!
FazerFazer7 2 years ago
I've also often felt like a loser in an epic poem about losers when listening to Bruces 's songs. Thanks Jon for defining that feeling so well.
Nelltomlin 2 years ago
This is very sweet. As a NYer Jon had me rolling in the aisles with the jokes about NJ, oh thanks for the gem
SuzzyStohelit 2 years ago
whats this from? anyone have a full feature download?
paulcdallas 2 years ago
Jill McCormick @ 8:20
Maldog99 2 years ago
I bet Dylan was the power bottom
Longhornzmatt 2 years ago
That look on Bruce face at 5:06! Just great! What a moving moment! Bruce's the best!!
Well done by Sting!
mkam2005 2 years ago 3
Does anyone happen to know who the drummer is for this performance? I can't make it out very clearly. I'm pretty sure it's not Max Weinberg.
imaevildoctor 2 years ago
I think it's Paul Shaffer.....
kelusa 2 years ago
It's Kenny Aronoff
spoonlamps 2 years ago
I don't know Bruce Springsteen. I make no claim to friendship or even passing aquaintance. So tell me, why am I so damned PROUD of this man and his music? From Flemington
Slope142 2 years ago 3
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bossfan08817 2 years ago
@Slope142 Because he's authentic. Gave more money to the Vietnam Vets than anyone in history. Funded food banks in every town he performed in. And is passionate for the America he loves. He's always shared thankfully. More than any politician, musician, or....
thomasbcool 2 years ago 6
Bruce Bruce Bruce sei grande!!! Ciao dall'Italia
988k7 2 years ago 4
Best for last.
bugattibowler 2 years ago
I thought this whole show was great! Much better than the stupid Grammys or Oscars. The Bruce part was the best, but the DeNiro and Mel Brooks part were great too. I also thought the Grace Bumbry and David Brubeck tributes were interesting as well.
jgenne02 2 years ago 48
@jgenne02
This is better than any award show not hosted by Ricky Gervais
arouska 7 months ago
I'm not from New Jersey, but I'm proud to be a loser in an epic poem about losers as told by Bruce Springsteen. When Bruce told us we were Born to Run, I jumped into his car and went along for the ride. 35 years later, I'm still riding with him. Keep on telling your stories, Bruce, I'm here for the long haul.
cshurtle 2 years ago 6
Well desreved, Love you Bruce, Patti and the Band. Hope to see many many more shows
Peace
dkestreetfan 2 years ago
This is soooo awesome!
305young 2 years ago
NJ is awesome, it's citizens played a part in pioneering american culture.
1031star 2 years ago
BRUUUUUUUUUCE
SPRINGSTEENFAN4 2 years ago 3
Awesome! Sting did an awesome job on this classic Springsteen - I'm so impressed with both!
All4Seasons 2 years ago 2
Personally I think Mellencamp royally fucked up when he got the lyrics to "Born in the USA" wrong. I mean yes, they're tough to understand when you hear it for the first time, but if you're going to perform it at the KENNEDY CENTER for performing arts, you should probably know that "the first kick I TOOK (not hit) was when I hit the ground"
spikeit08 2 years ago
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@spikeit08 , you Royal FUCK! it was his interpretation. he reversed the verses. whats the goddamn point of singing it the same way as bruce; you would have bruce sing it then. You are so fucking retarted. Im trying to figure out if your mom had sex with her brother or her dad (that would be your grandpa).!!!!!!
Spngr98 2 years ago
@Spngr98 ...... wow. Take a deep breath. Count to ten. Now destroy your computer so we may be spared your over-reacting ignorance.
saix1498 2 years ago 7
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@spikeit08 , you Royal FUCK! it was his interpretation. he reversed the verses. whats the goddamn point of singing it the same way as bruce; you would have bruce sing it then. You are so fucking retarted. Im trying to figure out if your mom had sex with her brother or her dad (that would be your grandpa).!!!!!!
Spngr98 2 years ago
Altered...How can you listen to The Rising or all the heartfelt anguish of Your Missing.. and say he is a phony?
lpenland77 2 years ago 2
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Rickslick5661 2 years ago
Hey Altered13th. I ask you to go back to his earliest works, albums "Greetings from Asbury Park New Jersey," "The Wild The Innocent and the E-Street Shuffle," and even "Born to Run," and tell me he was a rich phony. Tell me his lyrics suck. Tell me all of his songs sound the same. Give me an early 20-year-old who does it better. I urge you. I also urge you to justify yourself because you sound like you are a pre-teen.
dicky4594 2 years ago 2
Not a big Springsteen fan but this musical tribute was spot on with the songs. Eddie Vedder was amazing. Jon Stewart was hilarious. I enjoyed this program.
DWDave67 2 years ago 7
Melissa Ethridge absolutely ruined Born to Run
jdude101 2 years ago
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Bruce Springsteen is a minor figure in rock and roll and he's a phony, rich guy pretending to be some working class man. His music all sounds the same and he's not a good lyricist or songwriter. He couldn't perform a ballad if his life depended on it and his voice is worse than Bob Dylans.
ALTERED13TH 2 years ago
@ALTERED13TH
your opinion doesnt matter
Jeffbball5 2 years ago
ALTERED13TH . . . Your comment may just be the stupidest thing I have ever heard in my life and I once heard a guy say that he was Elvis reincarnated.
You have no idea about the great Rock and Roll poet Bruce is. He watches and listens to people and has taken his experiences and has told about them like no one else could ever do. I may not agree with him politically but he is the greatest Rock and Roll Poet of my lifetime.
Rickslick5661 2 years ago 8
Man dont care about what he says..if he dont understand his music...his a retard and i feel petty for him (so shoud ALL of us who likes bruces work)
minigiganten 2 years ago
Wow, what a deserved honor.
crimdell 2 years ago 4
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Bruce Springsteen's music is boring and he pretends to be some working class guy but he's really a spoiled, rich rock star whose voice and lyrics suck.
ALTERED13TH 2 years ago
@ALTERED13TH
You clearly have no idea what you're talking about, your comment was just ment to provoke and upset people, which is quite pathetic. Do you understand how pathetic that is? Go comment on something you love instead.
TehRatchet 2 years ago 5
I could just be dreaming, but when you see Bruce's face when his songs are performed i get sort of a feeling that he thinks "I HAVE TO GO ON TOUR AGAIN!"
TehRatchet 2 years ago 4
very, very nice!
BROOOOOCE!
OelfredBiernot 2 years ago
when was it?
DaLilSim 2 years ago
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FUCK YOU BRUCE. You use to rock.. you use to be cool... then you had to go and support the nigger who's currently dismantling our country. Go fuck yourself Bruce. *spits.
anotherfoolonthehlLL 2 years ago
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YooTubeVideoCritic 2 years ago
Lebowitz and the want to be Bob Dylan. How PC and orthodox!
mhasy1965 2 years ago
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Never saw so may assholes gathered together in one place even the asshole and chief is there with his wife.
freetobefreddy 2 years ago
@freetobefreddy I have. I believe they called it the Republican National Convention.
mididude03 2 years ago 4
"Touché"
freetobefreddy 2 years ago
@mididude03 Yes, yes.
Camcrazy530 2 years ago
Brruuuuuuuuuuce !
Tipsie79 2 years ago
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RIP Bruce!
iamborghini1 2 years ago
He's not dead...
taitoca 2 years ago 5
Woot, good post! I had to work during the original airing but SOOO wanted to see Jon doing anything new (he and Stephen take longer and more holiday breaks than any other "news" show, and there's nothing else on TV...). Thanks so very much faridb2000 ^.^
Truthiness231 2 years ago 4
I agree The Daily Show and The Colbert Report are the only two shows on TV these days that really matter!!
jgenne02 2 years ago 71
@jgenne02
and conan O brien
pikaking 2 years ago
@jgenne02 dont forget bill maher!
slye1991 11 months ago