Bruce Springsteen stopped Jimmy Kimmel Live! Thursday evening, to offer essential words of hope – and also talk about the only time he tried to make karaoke.
Towards the end of the interview – which was carried out alongside the star of the Springsteen biopic, Jeremy Allen White – Kimmel asked Springsteen if he would disturb some reflections on the state of the country and the world. Springsteen forced, with a declaration that is both concise and powerful.
“Fifty years old, I was a kind of musical ambassador for America in the world,” he said. “I have this song,” Land of Hope and Dreams “, which is a kind of prayer in the country, and we play it every night. I know very well that it is how many people in the world still see our country. Not like a land of fear, not like a division, not government censorship, not hatred. And I essentially believe that it is an America that is worth it. ”
The rest of the interview, of course, was not as heavy. Springsteen and White have largely discussed LIT ME DE NOLLYSpringsteen recalled the story of the way he stole the title of “Born in the USA” of a scenario sent by filmmaker Paul Schrader, and he spoke of the next Nebraska ’82 Box, which will contain the long -term electric version of the album recorded by E Street Band.
In the midst of all this, Springsteen also shared another big story: on the first and the only time he made karaoke. “I was in London in a small bar, they were karaoke, and I said,” I’m going to get up and do a fucking karaoke! ” “, Remember Springsteen with a smile.
For his song, he chose the temptations “Ain’t too proud for begging”. Since he is Bruce Springsteen, he thought he would get up on stage, “sing a few notes”, and the bar would occur “Wild”. Instead, he joked: “I got up up there, I started singing, and they thought I was just another asshole who had risen on stage and tried to do karaoke! It was really disappointing; I have never done it again. ”
