Bruce Springsteen

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

Team Coco & Earwolf

Comedy

4.8 • 57.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Rock icon Bruce Springsteen feels ecstatic about being Conan O’Brien’s friend. Bruce sits down with Conan to talk about his new album and documentary Letter to You, the death cult of rock ’n roll, the best go-to cover song, and his favorite American rock bands. Plus, Conan responds to a voicemail praising him for his allyship. Got a question for Conan? Call our voicemail: (323) 451-2821. For Conan videos, tour dates and more visit TeamCoco.com.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Bruce Draxstein.
0:07.0	And I feel ecstatic about being Conan O'Brien's friend.
0:35.0	Hey there, and welcome to Conan O'Brien's Needs Friend.
0:38.0	I'm going to say this is a big one.
0:40.0	I usually, during this beginning chat, I don't often discuss the guest, but there's no way around it today.
0:45.0	It's Bruce Springsteen.
0:46.0	Yes.
0:47.0	It's such a joy to get to talk to him.
0:50.0	I've had the pleasure of speaking to him a bunch of times over the years when he made appearances on my show
0:56.0	and bumping into him in different situations.
0:58.0	But man, I just love that he's on the podcast and that we're going to have this deep dive conversation.
1:04.0	I'm really looking forward to it.
1:07.0	Sonah, I know that you are relatively new to America.
1:10.0	Does Bruce Springsteen mean a lot to you?
1:12.0	Not new to America.
1:13.0	I was born here, but my parents were not.
1:16.0	And I remember I was going through their records recently and they were all, you know, Armenian music and this, and one American album record that they had.
1:25.0	And it was born in the USA.
1:27.0	And it was the first American record they bought when they came to the States.
1:31.0	Didn't your father try to use that album cover as proof that he was born in the USA to get past the border guards?
1:37.0	You think my dad didn't hold it up and go, I am citizen.
1:40.0	Look, born in USA and they're like, sir, that is an album by Bruce Springsteen. It's an iconic album.
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