{"id":1227,"date":"2018-03-24T05:00:18","date_gmt":"2018-03-24T12:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=1227"},"modified":"2024-01-01T14:47:46","modified_gmt":"2024-01-01T22:47:46","slug":"matr-bruce-springsteen-and-jimmy-fallon-sexy-and-i-know-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2018\/03\/24\/matr-bruce-springsteen-and-jimmy-fallon-sexy-and-i-know-it\/","title":{"rendered":"MatR: Bruce Springsteen and Jimmy Fallon, &#8220;Sexy and I Know It&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To promote Bruce&#8217;s new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/28\/album-companion-wrecking-ball\/\"><em>Wrecking Ball\u00a0<\/em><\/a>album, Jimmy Fallon declared the last days of February 2012 and the first days of March as &#8220;Bruce Springsteen Week,&#8221; featuring interviews with and performances by the artist himself.<\/p>\n<p>Bruce did more than debut his own new material, though: he also spoofed himself by donning his 1980s uniform (and hair!) and joining Jimmy Fallon-as-Neil Young for an inspired cover of LMFAO&#8217;s &#8220;Sexy and I Know It.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s that brilliantly silly performance:<\/p>\n<div id=\"v-9ki7nHat-1\" class=\"video-player\"><iframe title='VideoPress Video Player' aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='758' height='426' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/9ki7nHat?hd=1&amp;cover=1&amp;loop=0&amp;autoPlay=0&amp;permalink=1&amp;muted=0&amp;controls=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;useAverageColor=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/video\/assets\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js'><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sexy and I Know It<br \/>\nFirst performed:<\/strong> March 2, 2012 (New York City, NY)<br \/>\n<strong>Last performed:<\/strong> March 2, 2012 (New York City, NY)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A self-spoofing Bruce joins Jimmy Fallon-as-Neil Young for a hilarious take on LMFAO&#8217;s &#8220;Sexy and I Know It.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[52,586,585,587],"class_list":["post-1227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-meeting-across-the-river","tag-jimmy-fallon","tag-lmfao","tag-neil-youn","tag-sexy-and-i-know-it"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Jimmy-fallon-bruce-sexy-and-know-it.jpeg?fit=500%2C500&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9w3Lk-jN","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12480,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2019\/09\/05\/matr-bruce-springsteen-and-jimmy-fallon-whip-my-hair\/","url_meta":{"origin":1227,"position":0},"title":"MatR: Bruce Springsteen and Jimmy Fallon, Whip My Hair","author":"Ken","date":"September 5, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Bruce and Jimmy Fallon (as Neil Young) perform the unlikeliest of covers in one of Bruce's most viral moments. 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