Tim Walz - THIS one's for YOU !!!! I got a small tear in my eye - KNOWING you LOVE BRUCE - Kenny Aronoff (on drums) adds AUTHENTICITY to this SPRINGSTEEN "Anthem" .... If you don't mind me saying You should use it as YOUR ANTHEM coupled with John's "SMALL TOWN" everyone will LOVE Melloncamp doing THIS !!! TRUST Me !!! (at the END at 2:30 when Kenny "kicks IT IN" and John's Band adds LIFE and JOY and Bruce's SIGNATURE Sound !!)

wow, an artist, rendition of another artists work, in complete bravura virtuosity, heartfelt & meaningful, not an interpretation, nor imitation, just a meaningful & heartfelt rendition.

Mellencamp is a treasure. All he needs is his guitar and he can make a song his own

I've listen to him so long, that I first knew him as John Cougar Mellencamp

These zombies get a pulse @ 2:37

1:48 The man sitting behind the First Lady gets it. This was so powerfully performed. Sometimes an artist is so phenomenal with their delivery of a truly riveting song, that it literally makes you sit at the edge of your seat & hang on every word.

Well done sir...still leaves me a little chocked up.

Actually like this song better in the acoustic style. Haunting

Wow!! wow!! wow!! Now THAT is how you do a tribute. Wow! JCM what a legend, playing for a legend "The Boss". The connection was palpable. Wow!

👍🏻👏🏻 Awesome

This is my kind of song. Thanks so very much. Lyt

John Mellencamp sings this so great

Certainly this version touched the hear of Bruce at 2:23 you can see him looking for the hand of what I assume is her wife or daughter...

Tame

Caroline was my neighbor walking distance in Massachusetts. She funded much of Farm Aid and has moved no to the Armenian Tree Project with great resforesting Armenia after the pogroms, earthqakes, and other decimating tragediesCaroline cares and her message should not be lost to memory.

John Cougar Mellencamp deserves a Kennedy Center Honor!

Soulful version, the songs lyrics being heard for the first time by many!

lotta famous people riding home in their limos that night saying " is that really what the song is about ? "

Oh Hahahaha 2:29 I knew this part was coming sometime... Thank you for everything John & Bruce for all that you've brought to us over the years, much respects to you both.. 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

I think the time has come for John to be a Kennedy Center honoree himself.

Hurts so good. Art/music that can make you feel other people's pain is as important art that just makes you feel good, and a lot harder to pull off. John restored that quality to the song (and for some people there he made it clear for the first time). That was one of the most powerful and moving performances I've ever seen.

The drummer is AWESOME - one of the the best i have heard. Powerful, complex, beautiful.

obama looks confused. lol

Bellissimo tributo per Bruce!!!😀😘😍🎶🎸💎🌟💋

Love this! I couldn't help but notice the wear on his guitar where he strums.

My dream conert: Springsteen, Mellencamp, Joel, Cafferty, and Adams.

This is amazing

Awesome. Beautiful.

J'adore Bruce mais la , c'est mieux que tout……...Chapeau John..

Thank you John for illustrating the lyrics... for all those who lived it, like my father.

What delightfully powerful rendition!

Glad I got to see Mellencamp in the 80's when he didn't water down every song he sung and tickets were between 10 and 15 dollars.

He kick's ass!!!!!!!!!! Great tribute to the Boss

Fabulous song, fabulous rendition, fabulous country.

This was probably one of the first times many in the crowd had ever actually heard or listened to the words. Not the rock anthem they always thought it was but the true meaning behind the song. Bruce plays the slower version at shows now.

Great performance. @ Terry Scott: You need a doctor, a good one.

means a lot to us, too

John puts this song in 'real' perspective~ I love him!

I love this performance, Really tells the Vietnam story. I don't think that the President liked it but think that the first lady got it. They where to young to really understand the impact the the war had on us.

YEAH. ME TOO... SEE COMENT ABOVE. IF AMERICA ONLY KNEW! OF COURSE, NOW WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT EVERYONE'S PHONE CALL'S AND INTERNET CONVERSTAIONS ARE RECORDED, PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES.

I HAD ONLY A JOHN COUGER MELENCAMP TAPE TO ROAM THE JUNGLES OF NORTHERN THAILAND IN COUNTER-GUERRILLA OPERATIONS. AIN'T THAT AMERICAN!

You a Hoosier? I am guessing not. John has never and will never get the respect he deserves! So, back to the Hoosier comment, Indiana SUCKS! I am from Indiana and I can personally tell you this state SUCKS!

That was an awesome version! It really brought the words to life.

This ment so much to me, my two favorites Springsteen and Mellencamp :)

Only you & your friends hate him.

drummer looks cool :-/

kinda a bad cover

Love Mellecamp but do not like this version. As he gets older he gets "tamer". His strength as he gets older is his song writing. He has gone from an excellent song writer to an all time great. Performance wise he is oast his prime.

Different for sure, but certainly not bad. And it's always good to see Kenny Aronoff. Oh, and I wanted to hear "I'm a kool rockin' daddy in the U.S.A.". Can't help but wonder what Bruce thought, but what the hell, Dave Brubeck was diggin' it.

Gotta love that shot of Brubeck. In his 80s and still as fucking cool as anyone in the room.