Honoring Bruce Springsteen with STING and President Obama (2)

Bruce Springsteen was the last to be honored, by a funny speech from The Daily Show's Jon Stewart. Stewart told a story about how as a young bartender in New Jersey, he'd play Springsteen every night in his 1976 Gremlin on his ride home after work. He said that when you listen to Springsteen, "You aren't a loser. You are a character in an epic poem...about losers." He praised The Boss for "emptying the tank" with every performance for his audience, and love for his art, family and country. After a thank you to Bruce for his work from Vietnam Veteran author Ron Kovic, John Mellencamp, Indiana's answer to Springsteen, performed his own rendition of "Born In the USA." Ben Harper and Jennifer Nettles did a scorching duet of "I'm On Fire", Melissa Etheridge belted out a great cover of "Born To Run", Eddie Vedder a mellow but passionate acoustic performance of "City Of Ruins", and Sting ended the tribute with "The Rising", backed up by a gospel choir, which got the whole building on their feet and singing.

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[bluesboy25000]

Obama has better taste in music than his predecessor that's for sure. Now if he could only get a universal healthcare bill and reel in Goldman Sachs.

[RumbleDoll87]

it's beautiful version!!!!! Love Bruce!!!!

[stevedrbn]

that was terrific,brilliant sting.

[MARIANFUENTE]

BRILLANT VERSION ¡¡¡ BRUCE YOU ARE THE BEST ¡¡¡ :)

[twins8956]

what a performance sting you are a different class ,bruce looking as proud as punch just brilliant.

[MrRazorblade999]

So many boring artists. Bruce deserves to be honored by Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Tom Waits, and Van Morrison

[MssavanaRay]

Love Obama...

[udaymehta1963]

Coronating The Boss[Bruce Springsteen],an iconic face of one of the World's greatest Rock legend fused inseparably with his equally charismatic E-street Band.Well done Obama !!

[TheRealCritique]

Sting looks like he came from a movie. He's lost the beard as of 2011.

[AllBobsAllTheTime]

Sting is just getting his Mike Love on.

[Skinnyjoeymerlino]

@happyhourkid I'll have to go along with that. Sting has a very strong voice, and it takes a voice like that to sing a song like the rising. I've seen Bruce in concert three times now, and as far as I can tell he pushes from not from the head like pop singers, not from the diaphgram like a classical singer, but from the botton of his feet.