Bruce Springsteen accepts Ellis Island award with his mother & aunts

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  • @dominichazell
    @dominichazell 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    The greatest living American. An example to all of humanity.

  • @inthemix7640
    @inthemix7640 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I loved his stories about his mom and aunts in Born to Run. his family was so lively. thinks the world of his family. that is why he is so grounded.

  • @SageOftheSubway
    @SageOftheSubway 9 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    "She now resides in modest luxury at an undisclosed location." Love it!

  • @oceanscience2240
    @oceanscience2240 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    A rock star on all levels! Thanks Bruce!

    • @sandywagner9154
      @sandywagner9154 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He honors his mother.

  • @JaniceRNZ
    @JaniceRNZ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    A beautiful speech.

  • @micheleatlilacsrust5785
    @micheleatlilacsrust5785 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    What's the saying? If you want a good man find one who is good to his mother. He is the definition of good. Love you, Bossman!!!

  • @charlotte946
    @charlotte946 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    what a story, Bruce telling about his family, great

  • @juanjoseoterolourido5674
    @juanjoseoterolourido5674 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yo también soy emigrante. Mis padres emigraron a Uruguay desde una pequeña aldea gallega donde yo nací en el 68. En el 74, volvimos a España. Y muchos años de lucha por delante de lo que me siento orgulloso...🇺🇾🇪🇸

  • @MattSmith-iq1ld
    @MattSmith-iq1ld 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - lyrics for "American Land" : What is this land America, so many travel there
    I'm going now while I'm still young, my darling meet me there
    Wish me luck my lovely, I'll send for you when I can
    And we'll make our home in the American land
    Over there all the women wear silk and satin to their knees
    And children, dear, the sweets, I hear, are growing on the trees
    Gold comes rushing out the rivers straight into your hands
    When you make your home in the American land
    There's diamonds in the sidewalk, the gutters lined in song
    Dear, I hear that beer flows through the faucets all night long
    There's treasure for the taking, for any hard working man
    Who'll make his home in the American land
    Whoa!
    Whoa!
    I docked at Ellis Island in the city of light and spire
    I wandered to the valley of red-hot steel and fire
    We made the steel that built the cities with the sweat of our two hands
    We made our home in the American land
    Go!
    There's diamonds in the sidewalk, the gutters lined in song
    Dear, I hear that beer flows through the faucets all night long
    There's treasure for the taking, for any hard working man
    Who'll make his home in the American land
    Whoa!
    Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
    ???!
    Come on!
    The McNicholas, the Posalskis, the Smiths, Zerillis too
    The Blacks, the Irish, Italians, the Germans and the Jews
    They come across the water a thousand miles from home
    With nothing in their bellies but the fire down below
    They died building the railroads, they worked to bones and skin
    They died in the fields and factories, names scattered in the wind
    They died to get here a hundred years ago, they're still dying now
    Their hands that built the country we're always trying to keep out
    There's diamonds in the sidewalk, the gutters lined in song
    Dear, I hear that beer flows through the faucets all night long
    There's treasure for the taking, for any hard working man
    Who'll make his home in the American land
    Who'll make his home in the American land
    Who'll make his home in the American land
    Whoa!

  • @JStarStar00
    @JStarStar00 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Of my 8 great-grandparents, 7 arrived from Ireland between 1847-1867. Ellis Island was not open yet so most landed in New York. But they were also looking for a new life.

    • @nancymuller3291
      @nancymuller3291 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Castle Gardens was there before Ellis Island and many immigrants came through there.

  • @MariaJose-ev2pe
    @MariaJose-ev2pe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    O Bruce e uma pessoa muito boa muito família e humilde continua sempre 👏😘 assim Deus gosta dessas pessoas assim

  • @manuelalasbergsongwriting3311
    @manuelalasbergsongwriting3311 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

  • @gumball3049
    @gumball3049 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    From whom did he borrow his sport coat...Clarence??? Cripes...make it fit, amigo! hahahaha

  • @Angelwr1luv
    @Angelwr1luv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Bruce Springsteen is a beautiful man.

  • @pamelavillarroel365
    @pamelavillarroel365 9 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    I love this man.....I love how he respects and credits his leading ladies that raised him.....he is so humble and sweet......he is such a Jersey Boy! Thanks for sharing

  • @macrovigilance
    @macrovigilance 8 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Bruce - always the man on the stage with the right words and infinite grace.

  • @letskeepitmoving
    @letskeepitmoving 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    The most gentle, humble and beautiful human being.

  • @sandrablack5133
    @sandrablack5133 7 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Oh my lord, Springsteen is just the absolute best

  • @amherst88
    @amherst88 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    As a young female (in high school when Born to Run came out) one of the things that struck me so profoundly in Bruce's music was his obvious respect for what might be termed the 'Feminine' -- it was subtle but unmissable and *so* unusual in music at that time (and still for that matter) -- he is, as people have so aptly remarked here, as good as it gets as far as a human being (and a resident of this peculiar country) is concerned -- a 'paragon' in every good sense of the word . . .

  • @musicklvr8ify
    @musicklvr8ify 7 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Wonderful speech Bruce and for the love of your ancestors and most importantly staying grounded all these years!

  • @hendriksmedia
    @hendriksmedia 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    A genuine human being.

  • @decencywarrior9598
    @decencywarrior9598 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    behind every great man - one , two ,three ,four or more - great women.

  • @sampickel1030
    @sampickel1030 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    What a 1st class individual . Heartwarming video to say the least

  • @willlamming775
    @willlamming775 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    What a magnificent human, and ambassador of our entire human race and hope, is Bruce Springsteen

    • @willard2729
      @willard2729 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      speak for yourself. I see him as a hypocrite and useful idiot for hateful, nasty leftists, including but not limited to the obamas and clintons

    • @susanasilva7237
      @susanasilva7237 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@willard2729, and since when are Clinton and Obama leftists? Do you know what is happening in Latin America? Why did they spy on our continent as Snowden revealed? Try to know ... And I think Bruce doesn't know what the hypocritical Democrats and the worst Republicans can still do to explore our continent. Greetings from Brasil.

    • @shirleymountcastle691
      @shirleymountcastle691 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      willard2729 po

    • @MattSmith-iq1ld
      @MattSmith-iq1ld 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@willard2729 What about Trump jumping up and down, making fun of autistic people (notably kids) like some bully in the playground? Mocking disabled people is one of the "nastiest" things you can do. Or Rush Limbaugh for years and years bashing drug users - saying they ought to be locked up and rot in hell for a medical problem (I am not talking about a heroin addict who kills an old lady to get money for dope) - and yet he becomes a pill addict lying to doctors and such. Your politics do not define the essential part of who you are. Politics do not totally define a person, and no group of people along the political spectrum has complete ownership over all of the problems. Many of them are systemic. I mean, do you really think that dudes like Benjamin Franklin, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson envisioned a nation where people would be career politicians?

  • @eugenemcdonald4414
    @eugenemcdonald4414 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    What a beautiful human being Bruce Springsteen is the song she writes it's about our experiences in this country thank God for a man like him

  • @steviepage7
    @steviepage7 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Brilliant inspiring words Bruce. Gita love this guy. He's all about what's great in America. A truce working class hero.

  • @ignatiusjk
    @ignatiusjk 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Class act with a beautiful family as well.

  • @SUNMAYDEN518
    @SUNMAYDEN518 9 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I love this man

  • @peggygibbons479
    @peggygibbons479 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Quadruple LOVE!! SO precious!! When he speaks of his mother, she says, "What'd he say?"

  • @martinobrien7110
    @martinobrien7110 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Listen to this speech . Then listen to the Boss . A truly amazing journey.

  • @ResistTheNonsense
    @ResistTheNonsense 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Certainly shores up ones trust in "The Boss". Great to see him bare his soft side. Great integrity.

    • @jadezee6316
      @jadezee6316 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      dont you listen to his music?

  • @fredfox1764
    @fredfox1764 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    3 wonderfull sisters and the boss himself .it dont get any better ,god bless bruce springsteen and all his familey

  • @carl_lindquist
    @carl_lindquist 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Really liked this video! All the best!!

  • @alessandradagostino6528
    @alessandradagostino6528 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love you and all your family!! Love from Naples. Alessandra 🇮🇹🇮🇹🤗🤗

  • @polly6336
    @polly6336 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Those ladies are an inspiration!

  • @internetpeople6113
    @internetpeople6113 7 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Bruce doesn't smoke, doesn't do drugs, loves his mom, loving wife and great family man. He is humble, unassuming, writes great songs.. super rich. Did I left out any negatives about him?

    • @willard2729
      @willard2729 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes - he's a useful idiot for evil democrats. A person with his influence does a ton of damage by supporting wretched human beings like obama and the hildabeast. Just recenently, elizabeth warren and kamala harris called blue-collar, ordinary guy Darren Wilson a murderer....you won't hear a word from the working-class hero bruce springsteen. He's a really good guy at heart but he's gullible. Gullibility usually does little damage to others, but springsteen influences people all over the world and so his support for hideous leftists and his complete silence regarding leftist violence, FBI abuses of power, obama and holder's war on cops, etc. is very damaging. A guy who is buddies with the lying wingnut brian williams is to be taken with a grain of salt.

    • @paulzammataro7185
      @paulzammataro7185 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@willard2729 You're so very good at showing your ignorance!!
      👏👏👏👍👍👍
      Please, continue!!

    • @HenrikHansenHenrikHansen
      @HenrikHansenHenrikHansen 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@willard2729 hahaha

    • @swanval38
      @swanval38 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Good God! I don’t know anything about “willard2729,” but with confidence I can say that he has not a lick of sense. To berate a man of great reputation , a man of honor and dignity, a man who is truly a great American Patriot, and a man who’s been singing from his soul to the souls of all his fans since 1972. Willard doesn’t understand this, because he, like his hero Donald J. Trump, soon to be removed from office, has no soul.

    • @sandymeisner9904
      @sandymeisner9904 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cheated on his first wife with the present wife...xx

  • @eliaa3123
    @eliaa3123 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Loved your speech. You are very fortunate to have those beautiful ladies in your life.

  • @MeganSmolenyak
    @MeganSmolenyak  10 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Hi John, Ellis Island gives several awards each year - sometimes to immigrants themselves, but often to notable descendants of Ellis Island immigrants. I can't speak for your immigrant ancestors, but I'm grateful that mine who came through Ellis Island from present-day Slovakia, Poland and Ukraine to work in the coal mines in PA had the courage to be "hopeful wanderers." I consider myself to be one of their many lucky beneficiaries!

    • @JohnAlbertRigali
      @JohnAlbertRigali 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Megan, I wasn't aware of your comment until a few minutes ago. I'm not knocking anything about Ellis Island. I just didn't understand why Springsteen was picked to berr an honoree. So...he was chosen because he's a celebrity with ancestors that passed through Ellis Island?

    • @MeganSmolenyak
      @MeganSmolenyak  8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +John Rigali yes, it used to be just for people with Ellis Island heritage, but now they select people with roots from various immigration eras, ports, and circumstances

    • @mikaylabansie9512
      @mikaylabansie9512 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Megan Smolenyak
      Ty for videos. i subbed to ur channel. Just Awesome

  • @b.terenceharwick3222
    @b.terenceharwick3222 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Lovely to hear these personal stories. Perhaps especially resonates with me because my grand father too came to America through Ellis Island. He came from Norway and married my grandmother, conceived in Norway and born in America.
    My Mom's family was Scottish-Irish-Celtic in tradition although they came through Ellis Island long before, eventually moved from the East coast to California, where I was born as a fourth generation Californian. Either way, roots in America go back to Ellis Island on both sides of the family as I imagine is the case for many who through immigration, became Americans today.

  • @carolsnead6740
    @carolsnead6740 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Great and lovely family sparkie

  • @zfilmmaker
    @zfilmmaker 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Looks like Bruce walked into a store right before the event and bought that blazer. Sleeves are to long lol.

    • @divisionave
      @divisionave 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      zfilmmaker he always wears his sleeves too long, so funny.

    • @anelladambrosio2513
      @anelladambrosio2513 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@divisionave angela.. Troppo lunghe/😂😂😂😂

  •  6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Bruce você é uma pessoa maravilhosa e um filho muito amoroso e que Deus abençoe!!

  • @dm19609721
    @dm19609721 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    One of the few celebrities who is truly humbled by his past and will never forget it....in fact, his so is a NJ firefighter!

  • @chuck7973
    @chuck7973 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    With his glory days in concerts and dancing in the dark Bruce is tougher than all they rest

  • @williamtaylor2412
    @williamtaylor2412 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    THIS IS WONDERFUL SO PROUD TO BE A AMERICAN SO WONDERFUL LOVE THIS SO PROUD BEAUTIFUL LADIES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AMAZING

  • @theparthenopean2150
    @theparthenopean2150 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    CELTIC - ITALIC BEST EVER

  • @ftchico1
    @ftchico1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    We love you Bruce.

  • @vanettennattafamily6440
    @vanettennattafamily6440 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    So proud of this man and cousin by Dutch Blood.

  • @anelladambrosio2513
    @anelladambrosio2513 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Sei un uomo meravigliosi!! Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce!!! 👬😅😍😍😘♥️💘

  • @mikebradley7504
    @mikebradley7504 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    He seems like such a cool and down to earth guy. Who would have known?

  • @jeffallyn3417
    @jeffallyn3417 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Who would give this a thumbs down?

  • @gjwhite
    @gjwhite 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is such a delight.

  • @mary.donnarumma.4570
    @mary.donnarumma.4570 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "Che Caro" Una persona Eccezionale.💕💞💋

  • @paulchisholm3305
    @paulchisholm3305 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great speech, great women. Thank God Adele made the choices that she did to give us a rock & roll legend!

  • @helenroth
    @helenroth 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Bruce, eres una gran persona y excelente Hijo. Saludos desde Chile

  • @tompierce7237
    @tompierce7237 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    what the heck is Brian doing behind the podium?6:21

  • @britturk123
    @britturk123 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is how to truly love.

  • @sladjanaristic6405
    @sladjanaristic6405 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Kraljevski govor Brus. 💗💗💗💘💘💘💕💕💕❤️❤️❤️💋💋💋.

  • @jenisiebel6586
    @jenisiebel6586 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    ❤️💖💗💓💝

  • @partenope8117
    @partenope8117 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Half Neapolitan 💓

    • @nancymuller3291
      @nancymuller3291 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Which half??

    • @TheAnarchistBeekeeper
      @TheAnarchistBeekeeper 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@nancymuller3291
      His mother (as he said in the video) is 100% from Italy.

  • @jackiebrookman9910
    @jackiebrookman9910 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    A real Mensch!!!

  • @isabelle4011
    @isabelle4011 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @lynwhelan8194
    @lynwhelan8194 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

  • @verenastreich883
    @verenastreich883 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    so fantastic familie

  • @anelladambrosio2513
    @anelladambrosio2513 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hoooo.., e piu forte di me! Quando vedo bruce, e come vedere un membro di famiglia! Lo amo! 🥰🤗👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩😍😘💕❤️💕💕❤️💕💕💕💕

  • @sandymeisner9904
    @sandymeisner9904 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Real European lol... Like almost all Americans...

  • @terria.lucrisia8876
    @terria.lucrisia8876 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    BEAUTIFUL BRUCE ❤

  • @tomtetreau8901
    @tomtetreau8901 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Trump needs to watch this.

    • @charlotte946
      @charlotte946 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      so do his admirers that are so clueless

    • @rohan-qd6py
      @rohan-qd6py 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Tom Tetreau ,,, Trump would spit on their face.... then deportthem!

    • @ftchico1
      @ftchico1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Trump has no class at all.

  • @pbayer773
    @pbayer773 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    the boss

  • @martynhanson
    @martynhanson 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is why I like Bruce he is very un-American in the sense of no cheese etc. I guess that's why I am also big fans of Kubrick and Welles.

    • @kindnessfirst9670
      @kindnessfirst9670 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Most Americans consider him quintessentially American.

  • @mariacoronado6802
    @mariacoronado6802 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @sabineherzog6270
    @sabineherzog6270 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    ..well deserved

  • @faridabechar3213
    @faridabechar3213 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ❤❤💚💚💛🎼🎼🎵🎵🎶🎶

  • @RuthCampbell123
    @RuthCampbell123 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    to hell with the award lol x

  • @elvishout1705
    @elvishout1705 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So sorry Bruce .You don't know italian language...

    • @sergejisd
      @sergejisd 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So what

  • @JohnAlbertRigali
    @JohnAlbertRigali 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I listened to (and watched) this video twice, but I didn't hear the reason why Springsteen was given the award.
    Furthermore, I think my most recent immigrant ancestors would take exception with his comments about immigration.

    • @annmariemcc478
      @annmariemcc478 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      +John Rigali You show your ignorance. He was showing respect to his immigrant ancestors, i.e, his aunts & mother....who came through Ellis Island as did mine.

    • @angelamason-bell9889
      @angelamason-bell9889 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You weren't listening.

  • @fxx1
    @fxx1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Bruce is Irish - Italian.....

  • @davidbrennan3613
    @davidbrennan3613 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent video