John Ondrasik | Five For Fighting Voice Makes His Return to Sid & Friends in the Morning

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2:02Here he is. John Andre said, Johnny, let's roll. Good morning, buddy. How are you? I said great to be with you. Before we start, let me congratulate you on your world champion, New York Nicarbockers. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. I'm not unbelievable. I, you could, yeah, no one said that for 50 plus years, John, is that unbelievable? You've earned it, buddy. You all did. Oh, you're next, man. You've earned it. It's been a long rough run. So thank you for that. I appreciate that. It's funny because I had the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, on about an hour ago. And before I got into China or Ukraine or Greenland or any of these other subjects, I said, I got to tie it between what I saw against the Raiders two weeks ago. And the 49ers yesterday, your team and I won a game this year. I started with the Dalpins with Rubio. They looked terrible. They looked terrible. No, no, what city are you winning again, John? We're on tour. We're running to the Northeast that we're heading to Vermont

3:03today. We were in Jersey yesterday. So we're watching the fall turn, playing some shows. And certainly we're all around New York City as well. So it's a beautiful run for five for five right now. I won four at the city winery for October 11. Can you make it happen? Make it happen for you. We're sold out, buddy. But you're always on the guest list. Oh my God. Thank you. Of course you sold out. Have you ever played that venue before? We have. Yeah. We have. I mean, I think we've played pretty much every venue in New York City. But yeah, it's very fun, very intimate. I'm my string quartet with me. All Broadway players. So it should be a wonderful night. It's a great place. I love it there. And I love you. And we played so far this morning just so you know, not just two, the Superman. We also played 100 years, the riddle. We play all your stuff. You are. I'm serious. You're in an amazing, amazing town. I'm just curious. You're kind of bigger now than you were just an artist because if you're a patriot, which I am, you're on Twitter, you're everywhere.

4:05You showed up at 9-11 here in New York City. You performed with Paul McCartney that Monday before. So now you've got a brand new bunch of bands that go above and beyond the fight for fighting music. Do you feel bigger now than ever? Well, the 10-2 Rats theme, you know, I would say Superman in some ways is still as relevant as it was after 9-11 when I was honored to play the concert for New York. Certainly on 9-11, the 25th anniversary to perform between the two light beams to the heaven. Also sharing the stage with our New York firefighters or NYPD, Port Authority. This song certainly resonates, but also resonates with our Jewish community because we did a new version for the hostages and I was honored to play on Freedom 250 with former hostage Alono L. Plain Channel on the USS Nimitz. So it's amazing how the songs still find relevancy and I'm glad because they shine the spotlight

5:05on our heroes, our first responders and as well as the Jewish hostages. So that's the nice thing about music. It does things in ways nothing else can and I'm honored to do that. I'm honored to have you on our side, man. I mean, it's just, it's an impossible fight sometimes, you know, I'm in New York City and you know how much I love President Trump. You do too. You know how much I love him. I was so angry with him yesterday. I told him, I texted him that he took that time to be with the mayor. I understand he loves New York City. I get it. He wants to fix it. He wants it to be great. I get all that, okay? But you got to draw the line of certain people. The mayor in this city is a horrible human being, horrible and even if he met with Trump, he was talking again about arresting Netanyahu who I'm going to be with on Thursday at the UN when he knows for well, he can't even do it. I mean, it's enough John, no? Well, I stood next to the mayor, basically two feet from him on September 9th, I performed in Staten Island

6:06for the 25th Memorial Ceremony for Earth in New York firefighters with many of those firefighters that were with me at the cost for New York and I still with them and I wished, I didn't want to make a scene but what I really wanted to do, I wanted to walk him and said, Mr. Mayor, you spout this genocide law, you claim to care about gozzans. But somehow you never criticize Hamas for murdering gaze using innocence as human shields, executing gozzans in the street after the ceasefire forced child marriages indoctrination of kids into a death cult and I'll see you never mentioned this thing called October 7th. Why is that? If you truly cared about the gozzans, wouldn't you be calling for Hamas to end these atrocities? But they never do, Sid. We know why they never do because it's not about that. It's not about the welfare of the gozzans and I wish somebody would ask the mayor of that and maybe somebody at the UN, let's call our buddy, Mike Waltz. He'll do it. Yeah, he's got a lot of guts. Yeah, Mike Waltz. Yeah, that's a good one. I like that, Mike.

7:07We'll ask him that and you just laid that out so perfectly, John Andre sick five for fighting. He really did a laundry list of things that he never talks about, never ever. And all these genocides that are going on Africa, other places around the world, all he does, him, Tucker, all these losers is find a way to mention Israel in every sentence, Israel in every single sentence. And people go, well, they're not being antisemitic. They don't decide the Jews and all they're just anti-Zionists or just anti-Beeby, they're just anti-Israel government. If you're going to mention Israel in every single segment, odds are UN antisemite. Is that a stretch? Look, free Palestine, unless you use the words from Hamas after that, is the definition of anti-Semitism. It's basically saying Israel's in apartheid state. What people don't talk about are the two million Arab Muslims that live in Israel. You know where they don't want to go? Gaza. So again, truly, yeah, it is, you know,

8:07Maclamore, Mondami, it is anti-Semitism. And look, we know this is not just about the Jews. It's about the Democratic Socialists wants to tear down America. We have Democratic candidates who hang out with folks that say America deserve 9.11. So look, it's about civilization. And they want to destroy civilization. And that's the fight we're fighting. And look, you had on today, I believe, the number one warrior against this kind of evil that's attacking just not just America, but Marco Rubio. Marco Rubio is fantastic. What he's been doing is a Secretary of State is like something I've never seen before. His moral clarity, his way he speaks. And he was saying all this stuff long before the Secretary of State. So I'd like to shout out to Marco Rubio. I actually campaigned for him when he ran for president. I sat with him and living rooms. And we did talk about the Miami dolphins. And so thank you, Marco Rubio, for being the voice of clarity for America. Certainly Trump is his boss. But look, I look forward to the day

9:08when we're calling Marco Rubio Mr. President. Me too. I'm going to send you that interview today too. You mentioned Maclamore. Are you disappointed with Ed Sheeran? You're both entertainers. You run out little fraternity of rock superstars. Are you disappointed with Ed Sheeran? I would say disappointed, but not surprised. And you look, I look at Ed Sheeran. He seems like a nice guy. He just wants to sing his songs. He made a huge mistake inviting an anti-SMI to open for him, that opened the door, the Hellstake, to this free Palestine insanity that's infected the music business. So I wish he would have had a little more clarity, a little more guts, but I understand. He didn't really want to be part of this. Look, Maclamore and Dami, they all come from that same kind of, as we just spoke about, the genocide lie. And the whole music business in my mind has been shamed historically for their silence after October 7th. The whole entertainment business, music, acting, I mean, they're all losers. And that brings me to your column. And it was great because you talked about what

10:08we could never have imagined 25 years ago. Me in the case now, John Andresick, an American one, Mamdani wins and El Sayed, at least this morning, is beating micragers in Michigan. When all of a sudden, radical Islam, people who took our buildings down and murdered 3,000 innocent Americans that day, all of a sudden. Oh, well, not that bad. Who could have thought that would have been the case 25 years ago? It is shocking. And you look around the world, you look what happened to Europe. You certainly look at what happened on our universities, our media, and members of Congress that spout Hamas propaganda, the Rashida to leaves of the world. And that's why I think, look, it's not too late for America. And obviously, Israel is leading this fight against those who want to tear down Resort Civilization. But we have to stand up. We can't be quiet anymore. It's for our kids, our grandchildren,

11:10and the soul of the nation. I'm actually going with BB on Thursday when he speaks at the UN and proud that I was invited by the Prime Minister. And I only hope that the mayor tries to arrest both of us because that'll be fun. So you're traveling the other country right now by providing, and again, you got shows in New York coming up. And when you do these shows, I'm just in this way, we have this great conversation up. You know, I can't listen to Bruce Springsteen anymore. He was my favorite just seeing him. I think he's a punk. I like to punch Bruce Springsteen across the face. Yeah, I said it, okay, tough. There's a lot of bands out there where these people now disgust me. They do. Because what they do is talk about politics, and it's all negative about our country, our president and our country. During your shows, do you take time to talk about what you believe in? You know, I despise celebrities who can on a soapbox and lecture people. At the same time, we always do a song that recognizes our troops.

12:10I do talk about performing with the loan on the limits. But look, most of my audience, frankly, are Democrats up in the Northeast. A beautiful thing about my career is, I go through red states, blue states, purple states. And I find out that, you know what, whatever the media tells us, we have much more in common than what divides us. So my shows are something for everybody, for kids, for grandparents, for Democrats, for Republicans, independence, Democratic Socialists may not love my shows, but you know, come on anyways. Maybe we'll learn something. But yeah, I do not lecture people. I find that frankly off-putting and what's happened in Mr. Springsteen is very sad. Oh, God, you're the best. And your music is great. And do me a favor when you do come to New York City this Saturday, go back to October, come into the studio. We look to have you come in here, do a live interview. What do you think? I look forward to it, buddy. We'll wear my, uh, I'll wear my Nick shirt even though I'm a like a fan. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. John Anjussik, you really are a great man, a great patriot, a terrific artist, talented and beautiful. I love you to pieces. John Anjussik, we'll see you in a couple of weeks.

13:12Thank you so much. God bless. God bless you. There he is, Mr. Fiber fighting. John Anjussik making his second appearance on Sid and Friends in the morning. Thanks for listening to Sid and Friends in the morning. You can hear Sid and Friends in the morning. Weekday mornings at six. If you liked the podcast, share it with your friends. And listen anytime at wabcradio.com and download the wabcradio app. Hit that subscribe button on all major podcast platforms. Plus follow wabc on social on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and X. See you next time for a new episode. So you never have to wonder what the heck is going on here. Hey, it's Toriespelling actress podcast hosts and mom back to school may add another layer of busy, but I don't cut corners when it comes to my family and nutrition. Good nutrition is necessary for learning activity and development and nutrient dense foods like protein pack, lean beef

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