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John Mellencamp Born In The USA UNEDITED & COMPLETE From Kennedy Center Honors Bruce Springsteen

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Uploaded by on Feb 12, 2010

Here is John Mellencamp's complete performance of Born In The USA (not the edited version that aired on TV) as part of the honoring of Bruce Springsteen. This is from the 32nd Annual Kennedy Center honors taped that aired on 12-30-09.

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  • Unfortunately, this version is still incomplete, since during the middle of the song, Mellencamp told an apparently great story about when he first heard one of Springsteen's records playing in a record store. (I haven't heard the story myself, but I've heard/read a lot of positive stuff about it.) It's kinda strange that Mellencamp's official website is calling this "complete/unedited", since the story segment is missing completely. Perhaps he didn't like how he told the story?

  • Meryl Streep = Jersey Girl

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  • Hauntingly beautiful

  • Um...Did all of these people going crazy over this song hear the same one I heard? I only looked this up because I'm a JCM fan for like 30 years now. I heard about this show and never saw it. And I thought he SUUUUUUUUCKED!!!!!!!! What was with the talk-sing-pause-sing-pause-pau­se-sing-talk-pause-talk-sing CRAP he was doing? Losing his touch. BIGTIME.

  • Absolutely amazing interpretation. Couldn't have done it without Kenny. Love seeing mellencamp and aronoff back together!

  • First off, I think this is an original interpretation of this song done as only Mellencamp can do it. But I'm willing to be that Springsteen was thinking "WHAT THE HELL..?

  • @cairycat but : there are different versions of Bruce's - much closer to this, John's, interpretation - Nebraska-like - me thinks

  • where was john fogerty

  • To all the Troops in Afghanistan... keep it real, hope you all come back home.

  • What a great performance.

    Gotta love the 2 old guys playing air drums at 3:00!

    Rock on!!

  • John, My grand daughter Jadea would like a copy of your picture. If you would, please sign it. She is a big fan of your. She is two. If you would. Thanks in advance. her grandmother nt

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