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The Fourth in America. Aired 12-1a ET
Aired July 05, 2022 - 00:00 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
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SARA SIDNER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: -- in all of California on America's birthday including the fireworks that you are seeing going off over the bay.
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SIDNER: And let's take you to San Francisco from the popular Pier 39, we're bringing you fireworks from the city by the bay and across the entire state.
We'll also have more great music in the hour ahead.
You're seeing the fog there in San Francisco, maybe it will clear, I don't know but we're going to go to Austin, Texas. The legendary Willie Nelson is hosting an annual July Fourth event and he's performing his hits On the Road Again and Always on my Mind.
It's starting here. You can hear the booms behind me.
Also coming up, the folk rock band The Lumineers right now -- right now. San Diego firework show along with the performances by the popular indie pop trio AJR, let's go.
JACK MET, LEAD VOCALIST OF AJR: All right, put your best face on everybody.
I get up, I get down and I'm jumping around And the rumpus and ruckus are comfortable now. Been a hell of a ride but I'm thinking it's time to grow. Bang! Bang! Bang!
So, I got an apartment across from the park. Put quinoa in my fridge, still I'm not feeling grown. Been a hell of a ride but I'm thinking it's time to go Bang! Bang! Bang! Here we go.
So, put your best face on everybody. Pretend you know this song everybody, come hang. Let's go out with a bang. Bang! Bang! Bang!
I'm way too young to lie here forever. I'm way too old to try so whatever come hang. Let's go out with a bang. Bang! Bang! Bang!
Feel like I'm going to puke because my taxes are due. Do my password begin with a one or a two? Been a hell of a ride but I'm thinking it's time to grow. Bang! Bang! Bang! Metronome.
Man, I'm up to something. Ooh de la de do, thank you all for coming. I hope you like the show because it's on a budget. So ooh de la de do. Yeah, come on, here we go. Yeah, come on. Here we go.
So, put your best face on everybody. Pretend you know this song everybody, come hang. Let's go out with a bang. Bang! Bang! Bang!
I'm way too young to lie here forever. I'm way too old to try so whatever come hang. Let's go out with a bang Bang! Bang! Bang!
Been a hell of a ride but I'm thinking it's time to go. Say it. So, put your best face on everybody. Pretend you know this song everybody, come hang. What? Let's go out with a bang. Bang! Bang! Bang! (
So, put your best face on everybody. Pretend you know this song everybody, come hang. Let's go out with a bang. Bang! Bang! Bang!
I'm way too young to lie here forever. I'm way too old to try so whatever, come hang. Let's go out with a bang. Bang! Bang! Bang! Here we go. Bang! Bang!
Come on guy, I promise everything will be alright, be OK. Your eyes are tired but keep them open because you wouldn't want to miss a thing.
Come on guy, I promise everything will be alright, be OK. Your eyes are tired, but keep them open because you wouldn't want to miss a thing.
It's kind of funny how I paid for college when YouTube was an option. But then I would've had to spend my best years skipping ads and reading comments.
And when the hell did advertisements get so good? They're like narcotics. So, now I'm spending every penny I own I should've allotted to finishing college.
It's kind of funny how I keep debating if someone's shy or if they hate me. I feel like everyone I know right now is hooking up and getting wasted.
And maybe sex is overrated but we're too shy to ever say it. So, we pretend we're all amazing. It's 3:00 a.m., I should be sleeping.
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J. MET: Would you go running if you saw the real me? Maybe you'd love them. Yeah, maybe you'd feel me. But I'll never ask you, no that's super scary.
Sorry to bail, it's already 3:00. It's too hard to tell if anything's real or not.
It's kind of funny how you vote for someone to vote for someone, to vote for someone. And you might end up with someone evil but you say that he means well.
If I keep on talking politics, my friends will dip, they're over it. If I keep on talking politics, I'm Hamilton without the hits.
Would you go running if you saw the real me? Maybe you'd love them. Yeah, maybe you'd feel me. But I'll never ask you, no that's super scary. Sorry to bail, it's already 3:00. It's too hard to tell if anything's real or not.
Come on guy, I promise everything will be alright, be OK. Your eyes are tired, but keep them open because you wouldn't want to miss a thing.
Isn't this obvious? Am I insane? Let's blame our parents because they taught us their ways. Stay out of politics, stay on the fence. Stay out of all of it to keep half your fans.
Isn't this obvious? Am I insane? There might be two sides to everything that you say. It's all a bit cloudy but there's one thing I know. That if you're fucking racist then don't come to my show.
All right, we got to do another one.
Yes, I'm going to bring back in those trumpet. And Chris (PH), the drum.
But I'm weak. But I'm weak. But I'm weak.
No thank you is what I should have said, I should be in bed. But temptations of trouble on my tongue, troubles yet to come. Like, one sip, bad for me. One hit, bad for me. One kiss, bad for me. But I give in so easily.
And no thank you is how it should've gone, I should stay strong. But I'm weak, and what's wrong with that? Boy, oh boy I love it when I fall for that. I'm weak, and what's wrong with that? Boy, oh boy I love you when I fall for that. I'm weak.
But I'm weak, and what's wrong with that? Boy, oh boy I love you when I fall for that.
No thank you. They call me after dark, I don't want no part. And my habits, they hold me like a grudge, I promise I won't budge.
Sing it now. One sip, bad for me. One hit, bad for me. One kiss, bad for me. But I give in so easily.
And no thank you is how it should've gone, I should stay strong. But I'm weak, and what's wrong with that? Boy, oh boy I love you when I fall for that.
I'm weak, and what's wrong with that? Boy, oh boy I love you when I fall for that. I'm weak.
[00:10:05] J. MET: But I'm weak, and what's wrong with that? Boy, oh boy I love you when I fall for that. We, we fall for that. Wake up, we fall again.
We, we fall for that. Can't wait to fall again.
Say it. One sip, bad for me. One hit, bad for me. One kiss, bad for me. But I give in so easily. And no thank you is how it should've gone, I should stay strong.
But I'm weak, and what's wrong with that? Boy, oh boy I love you when I fall for that. I'm weak, and what's wrong with that? Boy, oh boy I love you when I fall for that. I'm weak.
But I'm weak, and what's wrong with that? Boy, oh boy I love you when I fall for that.
SIDNER: That is AJR, brothers Adam, Jack and Ryan. And you know why I love them? Because they're fun and they're goofy and they don't take themselves seriously and we need more fun in our lives.
Now, the fireworks still going crazy here in San Diego but check out the view over the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, home to one of the biggest firework show on the West Coast. That's coming up along with the man, the legend Willie Nelson.
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ANA CABRERA, CNN ANCHOR: Welcome back as we continue to go coast to coast tonight, we just showed you the fireworks show in San Diego. It's now time for a fireworks spectacular at the Rose Bowl just outside Los Angeles. You can see incredible images there tonight.
Plus, music from the one and only Willie Nelson. Yes, he's still got it. He's On the Road Again. And he always has his annual July 4th picnic.
Tonight, he's performing at Q2 Stadium in Austin.
WILLIE NELSON, SINGER: Maybe I didn't love you quite as often as I could have. And maybe I didn't treat you, quite as good as I should have.
Little things I should have said and done. I just never took the time. But you were always on my mind. You were always on my mind.
And maybe I didn't hold you all those lonely, lonely times. I guess I never told you but I'm so happy that you're mine.
Little things I should have said and done. I just never took the time. But you were always on my mind. You were always on my mind.
Tell me, tell me that your sweet love hasn't died. And give me, give me one more chance to keep you satisfied. I'll keep you satisfied. Little things I could have said and done, I just never took the time. But you were always on my mind. You were always on my mind. You were always on my mind. You were always on my mind.
On the road again. I can't wait to get on the road again. The life I love is making music with my friends. And I can't wait to get on the road again.
On the road again. Going places that I've never been. Seeing things that I may never see again. And I can't wait to get on the road, everybody say.
On the road again, like a band of gypsies, we go down the highway. We're the best of friends. Insisting that the world keep turning our way. And our way is on the road again.
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NELSON: I can't wait to get on the road again. The life I love is making' music with my friends. And I can't wait to get on the road again.
On the road again. Like a band of gypsies we go down the highway. We're the best of friends. Insisting that the world keep turning our way. And our way is on the road again.
Just can't wait to get on the road again. The life I love is making music with my friends. And I can't wait to get on the road again. And I can't wait to get on the road again.
Big finish, And I can't wait to get on the road again.
Thank you, Beto. Thank you, Henry (PH).
CABRERA: And that was the amazing Willie Nelson's seventh decade career, just incredible. That's a guy who loves what he's doing. We saw Beto O'Rourke also joining him in that last number.
Still ahead for us, music from the Lumineers Jimmy Allen and Santana, stay right there.
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CABRERA: We're celebrating the fourth with amazing fireworks and wonderful music. That is Pasadena, California. Clear as day. No marine layer and we're going to hear now from The Lumineers performing right now.
(MUSIC: "OPHELIA" BY THE LUMINEERS)
(MUSIC: "WHERE WE ARE" BY THE LUMINEERS)
SIDNER: All right, wonderful. Great to hear from the Lumineers, and you're going to see much, much more. We're also going to hear some wonderful music from the legendary Santana and the country star, Jimmie Allen. We'll be back.
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SIDNER: Welcome back, the nationwide celebration for the Fourth of July continues with music from Jimmie Allen.
(MUSIC: "DOWN HOME" BY JIMMIE ALLEN)
(MUSIC: "FREEDOM WAS A HIGHWAY" BY JIMMIE ALLEN)
SIDNER: What a performance by Jimmie Allen. Highlights from the best fireworks of the night are next. And we leave you at this, as we toss to break from Austin, Texas.
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The fireworks continue, plus music from Santana.
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CABRERA: Back here with Sara Sidner. Now I want to thank Nashville Underground for hosting us. Sara, what a night.
SIDNER: We're going to leave our viewers with some of the best fireworks of the entire night, along with the classical sounds of Santana.
(MUSIC: "SMOOTH" BY SANTANA)
(MUSIC: "OYE COMO VA" BY SANTANA)
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