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

[@johnfrombrm]

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

[@StevenWadeBrown]

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

[@nightsketcher]

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.

[@BenSHammonds]

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

[@iwantcheesypuffs]

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!

[@UsedNewsToday]

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

[@sharonselvey5030]

Yes, I thought so too Thanks

[@philrozephilroze6331]

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 !!)

[@reimannx33]

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

[@Tommyd479]

ron Chad that’s Kenny Aronoff. He was the drummer in Mellencamp’s band for like 25 years. Now he’s basically the drummer for hire for any major award show.

[@michelleband475]

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

[@philrozephilroze6331]

LONNNNnnnnnG Overdue !!!

[@bondi-e2s]

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

[@jeff2231963]

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

[@philrozephilroze6331]

Me Too - I cried (a bit) watching Emmy Lou Harris doing this song in a Nashville Coffee House just this Past Sept '24 (FYI it's on YT)....

[@sharonselvey5030]

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

[@visu4239]

What delightfully powerful rendition!

[@Bluesbabesrv]

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.

[@nightsketcher]

I'd listened and heard the words before but never felt them like that. It looked like Bruce appreciated what was happening. And it was depressing to hear so many people clapping with relief and smiling with the fun of it when it switched to the familiar rock anthem. But John brought them back to earth. Very effective.

[@jrpacers]

Awesome....simply awesome, John Mellencamp is the BEST

[@nolanzoe96]

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

[@hotmojo1]

Fabulous song, fabulous rendition, fabulous country.

[@onitram1]

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

[@cyndie-anjellvernet4114]

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.

[@doorbell5]

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

[@sandrahawes1739]

John Mellencamp sings this so great

[@kurtstaal9978]

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.

[@onnyxbei]

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

[@mresch8]

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

[@mastercez]

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

[@sonicthebootlegplush1016]

This is amazing

[@jaeickho]

Hauntingly beautiful

[@anelladambrosio2513]

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

[@t0nedaddy]

What a great performance. Gotta love the 2 old guys playing air drums at 3:00! Rock on!!

[@daviddaskalnojokeradio]

Awesome. Beautiful.

[@paulzammataro7185]

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

[@jasonjones8768]

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.. 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@citehman]

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

[@jodyhudson5469]

means a lot to us, too

[@paulzammataro7185]

👍🏻👏🏻 Awesome

[@grantalcorn1130]

Actually like this song better in the acoustic style. Haunting

[@mavieterre7858]

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

[@calito44]

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...

[@slopere]

where was john fogerty

[@nixjag1]

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.

[@giulios.6416]

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

[@pedrodelgado-pinto2549]

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.

[@ubuibiok]

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

[@cyndie-anjellvernet4114]

These zombies get a pulse @ 2:37

[@maverickjohn923]

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.

[@TheYajrennat]

drummer looks cool :-/

[@pedrodelgado-pinto2549]

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

[@MOFH]

Meryl Streep = Jersey Girl

[@airdriver]

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..?

[@benjaminmyles5886]

Tame

[@marcusvonmaximus8071]

obama looks confused. lol

[@bris2world]

Problem with this version is he tried to have a bet each way, with half of it like the Nebraska version and half like the album version. Doesn't work - stilted and disjointed

[@daviddaskalnojokeradio]

No problems with this version. It worked for me. Moving.

[@devangelis]

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.

[@daviddaskalnojokeradio]

You missed the point of the delivery.

[@dodgingdurangos924]

@@daviddaskalnojokeradio 7 years ago, he said he was a fan of JMC for 30 years then. Obviously, he's never heard this song to know the pauses in between verses. Dude is probably dead by now.

[@kbuselmeier69]

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.

[@daviddaskalnojokeradio]

Pretty certain you missed the point of this version.

[@grantalcorn1130]

Exactly David......exactly

[@TheYajrennat]

kinda a bad cover