John Mellencamp Born In The USA Bruce Springsteen Tribute

John performs Born In The USA as part of the Kennedy Center Honors tribute to Bruce Springsteen. Features John backed by his longtime guitarist Andy York and the house band including former Mellencamp band member Kenny Aronoff on drums. Clip includes the end gathering of all of the artists on stage. John went first and was followed by performances from Ben Harper & Jennifer Nettles, Melissa Etheridge, Eddie Vedder and Sting. Visit John's website www.mellencamp.com to learn more.

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• John
• Mellencamp
• Bruce
• Springsteen
• Born
• In
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• USA
• Kennedy
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• Sting
• Eddie
• Vedder
• Melissa
• Etheridge
• Ben
• Harper
• Jennifer
• Nettles
• President
• Obama

[enorromous]

Awesome job.  John did justice to Bruce's true meaning of the song. I loved it.

[Grofvolkoren]

@faythfill

You have liberals and retards, gues what you are?

[Hister333]

There were many Bruce rip-offs, but Mellencamp may be the worst. Much worse than Meatloaf, Bob Seger, and John Cafferty.

[arulius74]

@ewsh6070 You say there is no comparison but say Mellencamp is the "cheap version" of Springsteen. It makes no sense. Like I said before, I like both artist, but when it comes to discography, I think Mellencamp has a better catalog. When I buy a Mellencamp album, I wind up liking the whole album. When it comes to Springsteen I only like a few songs on an album. We just have different taste, but to say it's a poor taste is overstating it.

[ewsh6070]

@arulius74 don't tell me i'm "implying" that Bruce's music costs more than Mellencamps(that's ridiculous). i'm TELLING you that John Mellencamp is the cheap version of Bruce Springsteen, which makes him the "poor man's". it's a metaphor; it has nothing to do with money. the fact that you "don't get that" tells me why you could possibly like Mellencamp over Springsteen, because there is no comparison. some people just have poor taste. either that, or you have never really listened to Bruce.

[arulius74]

@ewsh6070 I was talking about comparing the 2 like most people do. Since when did Springsteen's music start costing more than Mellencamp's like you are implying? "Poor Man's" version? I don't get that.

[ewsh6070]

@arulius74 i beg to differ. who was the one being honored here? John Mellencamp will ALWAYS be the poor man's Bruce Springsteen.

[ewsh6070]

@TheRealCritique you're exactly right. i remember seeing it on TV and i felt so bad for Bruce because Mellencamp stunk the place up with this crap. AWFUL!

[ewsh6070]

one of the worst things i have ever heard in my life; Bruce looked like he wanted to throw up(for good reason). sounded more like a parody than a tribute. YUCK!!!

[CommentsSurvey]

What instrument makes that ringing sound? It's terrific... reminds me a little bit of Scotland or Irish marching music. Terrific song and rendition.

[richard72183]

Great version. Didn't stumble. Mixed up words on purpose. Bruce deserves this tribute. Nobody has his body of work and he is still going strong.

[rnc863]

John Mellencamp holds the guitar like Johnny Cash.