They both honoured each other at their respective Kennedy Center Honours in the most beautiful way possible. Two musical masters at their absolute best!
The break in his voice on "the horse kept running" is an articulation of pain and sorrow and confusion and surprise that is so exposed and raw that it just destroys me every time i watch this.
Sting is one of my favorite Singer, Song writer and Musician. Usually when other singers cover a Sting song it's still not as good as Sting's version, but not in this case. It's as if this song was made for Bruce. He did an AWESOME job!!
Cash did some incredible Springsteen covers like "Johnny 99." I think Cash covered something like a dozen of Bruce's tracks. Cash was very special. "Highway Patrolman" was another special one.....a song so powerful that Sean Penn turned the storyline into a major Hollywood flick called the "Indian Runner."
Cash’s version is cool. Thing is, Sting’s version is better because Cash & Springsteen change it from the original time signature. The original has a changing signature, 4/4 - 3/5 - 4/4 - 3/4 - 4/4 to give it a more of a “skip” movement. Cash’s version is second because it is like an old man looking back at his past. This is trashy. You can see Sting’s face change at the “solo” moment because it doesn’t fit AT all.
@@AngelicusImmortus I know nothing about that. To me, Bruce lives and and breathe the song - like he own's it. He gives It a presence like something is about to explode. Sometimes a song is also about expression and attitude !!! What you say about Sting is just like your opinion. I don't think it's true. Look up the other version om yt that Springsteen does.
The moment at about 2:29 where Bruce and Sting both have their eyes shut, feeling the music, is so powerful it almost makes me cry every time I watch this.
Thank you SO MUCH for catching that AND pointing it out!!!!! I double tapped to the left (10 seconds) for about 10 minutes... The silence in the song too at that moment. Chills!!!
Honestly, is there nothing this man can't do. He puts his whole heart and soul into everything he does. The passion and soul he puts into every song he sings. He really is the best.🎼♥️🇦🇺♥️🇺🇸🎆💯%.
I return to this song from time to time, especially when I have not lived up to my own standards - patience, integrity, kindness. When I fail those standards, I need a dose of "I Hung My Head." Of course, the poignant poetry of the stories, both universal and the personal, is soulfully brought to life by Springsteen's rendition.
Explosive, honest, Dynamic. This is Rock School. This performance grabs your guts and twist them until you burst out in tears of joy and defiance. What a great, great song by Sting and performance by Springsteen. Wauw!
No A.I. Can‘t express such pain …Bruce feels every Word he sings .. the tears in his eyes… his broken Voice .. the wonderfull, terrible guitar solo - this is real Music ..no fake Emotion Im not a great Bruce Springsteen Fan - but this is the best Performance, i have seen in my life …
@@jesseberg3271 I think you didn't understand the meaning of "owns" in this case.... and I totally agree with Nancy Klein... Bruce owned that song... this version of his is hands down a masterpiece!
@@gustavotozzo Don't think you understood what Jesse meant either. Said he lives them, in other words puts himself fully into the song. Think they just used to wrong words. :D But doesnt matter, point is, its a beautiful version.
Grand merci pour le partage ! "to BRUCE" : rendre le monde meilleur et tolérable en écoutant Bruce Springsteen & ESB !!! They have been with me since 1978 - I am grateful for this long road with us, they have never let me down - Many thanks to Bruce for his genius and integrity - Ils accompagnent ma vie depuis 1978 - Je suis reconnaissante pour ce long voyage avec nous, ils ne m'ont jamais déçue - Mille mercis à Bruce pour son génie et son intégrité
A fitting tribute to one of music's true genuises. Johnny Cash had grit...he sang about real life. You can feel the pain in his lyrics, the fear, the struggle... life of a man fighting for good but seeing nothing but pain around him. My hats off to Springsteen for putting that grit and feeling into the song.
Whenever I watch this video my spine tingles. And you can see the moments where Sting's lips are quivering and he appears to be fighting back tears watching how his friend reimagined his song and revealed an inner power and beauty that quite frankly Sting himself wasn't quite able to tap into (especially on the album version). Sting wrote a great song about a doomed man coming to terms with his actions, but Bruce inhabited that character and gave it life.
Absolutely fantastic The Boss is able to sing EVERY song And the great thing is: He does (nearly) Hey Bruce, please call Your boys and come back to Europe soon I will be there for sure
Phenomenal! Such a great tribute to Sting...seems they are good buddies...also loved their live concert collaboration in Every Breath You Take which is just brilliant too!
I'm speechless!!! Incredible!!! Sensational!! What a power of man, singer and performance! Like forces ob nature!!! OMG!!! Thank you, Mr Bruce Springsteen, the only B O S S. Love
I just watched Sting's KC performance for Bruce and what I found distracting was that Sting didn't know the words so he was constantly looking down at the teleprompters. Bruce doesn't even seem to have any. He looks straight into the camera and at Sting. So much more convincing. It does make a difference.
I love that Sting and Springsteen honoured each other at the Kennedy Center Honors, means a lot. I honestly didn't know about Sting's fondness for tv westerns, which he shared with Tom Petty, a big fan of Glen Ford films in his youth. Fabulous event -- the other Kennedy Center event that really moved me was for Sidney Poitier; when Jesse Norman sang Amazing Grace he was in tears. Wow these great artists and all-round human beings!!! If ever I give in to self-pity it suffices to watch something like this and be inspired.
@@sippy1sippy Yes...in baseball its a good thing, ("knocked it out of the park" is the phrase) but not in any other sport. And since you don't kick a baseball.....
In Rugby or Gaelic football you can score by kicking the ball over the crossbar. If you kick it so powerfully that it continues out of the stadium then you’ve...kicked it out of the...
What a piece of music! An articulate, communication of a life’s message. Bruce’s performance transforms the words to the highest level. Absolutely a gifted and special performer living the lyrics.
I am awestruck! The best of the best, Sting and Springsteen. xo to us fans in the US and UK. Springsteen 1984 in LA at the Colesium and Sting at the Wiltern the next year. Blessed.
what I see here is a desperate Bruce suffering from depression, one of the phases, and giving it all, fighting this depression, going on stage though he might have fears, and then deliver what he did: an incredible sound performance, singing his heart out for his friend; and beating it with his guitar solo! - Depression is a disease which affects ap. 10% of all people. No thing to be ashamed of. - Bruce described it in his Autobiography. - I honor the man not only because of his music, but also for his will to life, to play against that illness. Love.
A beautiful and very dark song that is so powerful and performed by a master. The guitar solo speaks of the cascade of emotions the shooter would have felt.
👏👏👏👏Uffff que pasada de actuación, pone los pelos de punta y la cara de Sting cantando en el palco no tiene precio. No suelo comentar actuaciones musicales pero esta no me pude estar😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
A few years before this Sting sang The Rising at a tribute for Bruce Springsteen in the presence of Michelle and Barack Obama with a full choir and that was great, but when The Boss returned the favour, he created magic and took the Sting song to a transcendent level. Incredible performance
