Ever Wanted to See Chris Christie Sing His Heart Out to Bruce Springsteen? Here You Go

NJ Gov. Chris Christie gave a memorable performance on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" Tuesday, talking Clint Eastwood, the Republican National Convention and, of course, Bruce Springsteen.

Apparently the governor has been to a staggering 130 performances by the "Boss" and, not one to hold back his true feelings, ended the show with an inimitable cover of "Thunder Road."

Here is video of the passionate duet with Jimmy Fallon, via New York Magazine:

But that wasn't the only notable moment.

The show began with more humor than politics, with Jimmy Fallon showing a still shot of the governor "fist-pumping" before his RNC speech.

Referencing the popular show "Jersey Shore," Fallon asked: "Now, after Mitt saw you, did you run into Snooki or something?  Did The Situation say, 'look, here's what you gotta do...'"

It wasn't long, however, before the two discussed the political gridlock and Nancy Pelosi's role in the matter.

Here is a clip of the exchange, via NBC:

"You can't just sit there and say 'we're not talking to each other' [when] you're one of the leaders," Christie explained.  "You gotta make a difference....not just [sit] and send out press releases and bark at each other, but [say], listen, people sent us there for a purpose.  It was just to pose for the cameras; it's to get something done.  And so anybody who's a leader who's not getting that done has part of the responsibility, no matter which party you're in."

Jimmy Fallon seemed impressed, saying: "I like that.  I think that is exactly the way to go.  I feel like in this whole administration, no one's playing ball with each other."

Christie concluded: "That's right.  And...the bottom line is that, the people at the top have to take responsibility.  You want the big jobs with the big titles?  You [have] to take responsibility for getting things done.  You can't just say, 'well, they're from another party we don't agree.'  You gotta find ways to compromise and work things out.  And you don't have to compromise your principles-- there's a way to work things out.  They did it for centuries here.  It can't be that all of the sudden we just forgot how to do it; it's that we don't want to.  And we gotta want to do that again."

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