Malcolm Gladwell Caught Axl Rose Singing "Sweet Child O' Mine" Outside a Karaoke Bar

CLIP03/18/19

Malcolm Gladwell shares how Rick Rubin persuaded him to do his music podcast, Broken Record, and the time he saw Axl Rose stop to sing "Sweet Child O' Mine" on a street corner after hearing a bar blasting it for karaoke.

Appearing:Jimmy Fallon

Tags: The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon, Malcolm Gladwell, caught, Axl Rose, Singing, Sweet Child O' Mine, outside, Karaoke Bar, TSJF Interview

S6 E1044 minInterviewTalk and InterviewLate Night

2018

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