After Jay-Z and Alicia Keys put those damn Yankees fans in a "Empire State of Mind" - what, they couldn't get Billy Joel? - during tonight's pre-game show, University of Pennsylvania grad (and Manhattan resident) John Legend will bring a bit of Philadelphia schooled soul power to "The Star Spangled Banner." Here are he and Stephen Colbert having their way with with the Francis Scott Key composition back in 2008, when The Colbert Report was taping at the Annenberg Center in West Philly.
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