Brokaw & Bruce: Springsteen on the Sixties

Here he interviews Bruce Springsteen, who explains how the music of the 60s is "in my body, it's in my soul - it will never leave" and how his own sound was influenced by 60s acts like the Byrds, the Beach Boys, the Animals....and Bob Dylan.

More from "NBC Nightly News" anchor Tom Brokaw's documentary, "1968" on the History Channel tonight, based on his latest book, Boom! Voices of the Sixties: Personal Reflections on the Sixties and Today. Here he interviews Bruce Springsteen, who explains how the music of the 60s is "in my body, it's in my soul - it will never leave" and his own sound was influenced by 60s acts like the Byrds, the Beach Boys, the Animals....and Bob Dylan:

"I've met Bob Dylan a few times. He said, 'Hey man, let me know if there's anything I can ever do for you.' Anything you can ever do for me? It's been done."

Watch the clip below, followed by Brokaw's description of the hippie-infested Haight-Ashbury area of 60s San Francisco, which he observed from a distance as a young tie-wearing square. Aw. No free love for Tom! We do, however, know from his book that he wasn't a total square: "Yes, I smoked a little pot. I even inhaled." Groovy, man. Tune in and turn on at 9 p.m. tonight!



See Jon Stewart talking about the influence of the Smothers Brothers here and watch the "1968" trailer here.

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