This 71-year-old man is the future of rock

@kevinodonnell6100

3 жыл бұрын

100

@777interesting

3 жыл бұрын

And has been for 50 years plus .........

@paolonigra8615

3 жыл бұрын

The boss, new album very beautiful CD. The number one

@vernpascal1531

3 жыл бұрын

@@paolonigra8615 It really is an incredible album. This one is one of the real highlights. One of the hardest things in music even if you are quite good, is to sing a mid tempo song with pure emotion and damn near all over do it...Not here.

@alfonsoricca1295

3 жыл бұрын

True

Saw him in Cardiff last night 5/5/24 , he sang this, Amazing, The legend, The Boss!!!❤

@owainglyndwr6777

3 ай бұрын

And me. Just had to hear it again now. The one and only Boss.

@marsultra7032

3 ай бұрын

I was there too, that's why I'm here also ​@@owainglyndwr6777

@glyndavies4299

3 ай бұрын

I'm going to Sunderland and really hoping he covers it there.

@ramongarcia1771

2 ай бұрын

Lucky woman ! I hope to see Bruce in Barcelona in a few days, if his voice allows it. And enjoy Boss and best music in history !!!

@geraintjones6612

11 күн бұрын

I was there

Imagine having this song in your back pocket for 50 years. Epic.

@christineplumeri6994

3 жыл бұрын

Both brilliant versions, decades apart 🎶some kind of magic🎶

@joshuasummers6109

3 жыл бұрын

Right? It's an amazing testament to his songwriting that THIS song never made the cut. I'd give my arm to write songs like this, he has it in his back catalogue just waiting to be good enough to make it on an album.

@89bavaro89

3 жыл бұрын

I remember listening to the original version of this 20 years ago on a tape of his rare recordings. Very different version. But this version rips it up! Great job Bruce!

@billbuttner

3 жыл бұрын

One of his audition songs for Jon Hammond with Mike Appel.

@TheJohnmmullin

3 жыл бұрын

A crime!

I have been a homeless veteran I heard this song it made me pick up the pieces and rebuild Thanks Bruce

In the 80s my dad would ask me if I went to church on Sunday. I said yes, I went to the church of Bruce. His music truly has touched my heart and soul for 45 years and counting!

@peterrujanov7972

10 ай бұрын

Amen, brother!

@batmark1974

8 ай бұрын

Amen!

@juanluisrodriguezgarcia1270

3 ай бұрын

Desde 1970, Bruce pide a todos sus compañeros de la EStreet Band, rezar el Padrenuestro, todos haciendo un círculo cogidos de la mano. No empieza ningún concierto sin hacerlo. AMÉN.

this song sends a shiver up my spine. at 62 years old, it is rare. Amazing tune, Bruce is the best of the best. My Mount Rushmore of rock has one person on it and his name is Bruce Springsteen

@sterlingceballo4794

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it does, yes it does

@Bodieman11

Жыл бұрын

One of his best songs that never made the cut. His cuts are top 10s for most. A poet like no other. God bless bruce. If we only had more like that it would be a better world. Nuf sed.

@Marklevasseur1960

Жыл бұрын

AGREE

@benholland1331

Жыл бұрын

It comes out of his soul that’s why 😊♥️

At 71 sounding like he's back in his 20s. Truly a gift.

Just seen him perform this in Cardiff - shivers down the spine

To the 210 people who disliked this song apparently you have no idea what music is.

If science needs more incentive to end this pandemic, its so we can hear this song played live!

@PowerThirteen

3 жыл бұрын

I'd love to hear it live. You might already know this, but when Bruce auditioned for Columbia Records, John Hammond asked him whether he had any songs he's never play live. Bruce replied by playing this. I don't know what it is, but there's something so poetic about the idea of Bruce finally playing it live.

@petrusjnaude7279

3 жыл бұрын

@Bee Ehess It's the same in my country. The only songs of his they play close to regularly are 'Dancing In The Dark', 'Born In The USA' and sometimes 'I'm On Fire'. Depressing really since so many of his newer songs are just as good.

@cdudeNYR

3 жыл бұрын

@Bee Ehess the problem is that you're listening to the "radio" lol. Just go thru Bruce's discography and enjoy it

@Toniloves1234

3 жыл бұрын

AMEN

@batmark1974

8 ай бұрын

Amen!

This man is incredible. Knocked the dust off of a nearly 50 year-old demo track and turned it into a masterpiece.

@christineplumeri6994

3 жыл бұрын

🎶some kind of magic🎶

@faridabechar3213

3 жыл бұрын

😘👌❤🎼🎶🎸🎵

@carlosron5162

3 жыл бұрын

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@cathyrolleyrolley8889

Жыл бұрын

He sure did.

I have been listening to this man for over 40 years now and he never ceases to amaze me. Live long Bruce.

@willettmary889

3 жыл бұрын

Me too!!!

@cathyrolleyrolley8889

Жыл бұрын

Same here.Just totally awesome songwriter performer etc etc

The harmonica in the end of the song is proof that The Boss is, and always will be, immortal.

Cannot stop playing this song , true classic Bruce , Had to go out driving to get full volume going.

@kipkuschell5354

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly!!

@gibbo6985

3 жыл бұрын

Beware of those speed cameras 😉👌

@LeToQuee

3 жыл бұрын

try headphones lol....but yes, superb song

@jadebrey4312

3 жыл бұрын

Me too!!!

@noahcook3936

3 жыл бұрын

I had enough trouble last week keeping my speed down on I-64 playing the Live at Hammersmith album. But yeah, this is definitely a road song

...."there's still to many bad boys trying to work the same line...." 1:15 Gets me every time. Just love the term "bad boys" for criminals! hahahaha!

In every Situation in my life he has a song to understand was is going on and this over 50 Years. To say Thanks can never be enough

Imagine this song being played on front of a huge, very huge crowd (as usual as for his concerts)...Let's dismiss this current times and I believe we will cry together again in a stadion where anybody is alive out there! This masterpiece needs definetely an audience!

@isabelalonsobs

3 жыл бұрын

Oh please yes. Take anything you want, but reward me with this experience once again!

@AT-sd9qq

3 жыл бұрын

this and Ghosts back to back. place goes crazy.

@sfender2182

3 жыл бұрын

What about an outdoor concert (weather permitting) -- there have already been many massive protests outdoors, and large Trump rallies have also been common outdoors. Bruce and others deserve this also, outdoors with masks should be allowed!

@howardweissman9801

3 жыл бұрын

Will happen. It's why Bruce and his people exist in the first place. A song held in the back pocket for 50 years? Think about this. Something that never made an album is 500x better than any clown can come up with today, tomorrow, or ever..... Anyone who doesn't think he's the greatest writer of our time hasn't read anything. It's that simple.

@lmsrox2

3 жыл бұрын

Bruce once (in the 70s) said this was a song he'd never play live. Let's hope he's changed his mind.

Scheiße, ist das Lied genial.

the biggest masterpiece of the last two decades

@flarrfan

3 жыл бұрын

This was a masterpiece 50 years ago, it's just aged very well.

I nearly never comment, but this is bloody amazing. It brings tears of joy to my eyes.

Bruce rocks! God bless everyone

So he had this in his back pocket for almost 50 years! Tremendous Love Bruce!

They played this at villa park last night, he intro'd it by saying how he wrote it at 22 years old and is still figuring out what its about. I watched a documentry on the boss were he said,he wished he had sung less words and played more in some of his early songs ( greetings fromAshbury park springs to mind).this gem seems a perfect example of lyrics he wrote in 1972, held onto them and inserted them in to the pitch, tempo and general feel his music has grown into as he and the band matured.👍

I’ve heard the demo from 1972…I’ve heard the studio version from 2020…I’ve heard the live versions from the current tour in 2023…they all grab me in different ways. This is an amazing song from one my generations greatest songwriters. I REFUSE to turn off E-Street Radio when this song plays.

Maybe the best Song of the album

This song has touched me recently; I’ve been listening to the live versions on E-Street Radio, and it is constantly running through my head. My favorite Springsteen songs are “Darkness on the Edge of Town” and “The Promised Land,” but there is something magical with this song that brings a calm over me.

Awesome song

Fabulous.

I REALLY CAN'T STOP PLAYING THIS SONG

@martinobrien7110

3 жыл бұрын

IT HAS GOT ME TOO . THE LYRICS , BRUCE ' S VOICE & THAT GOD DAMN BAND .

@lisaevan4236

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

@mikemcf33

3 жыл бұрын

me too! one time I played it 5 times in a row.

@cathyrolleyrolley8889

2 жыл бұрын

I know what you mean his voice in this song is awesome the band too the lyrics

I heard this last night in Houston. Reminded me why he spoke to me when I was 15 - aware and accountable mind ❤

Pure magic this song THANKS Bruce your music is a spiritual experience

This new album is a bloody masterpiece. I 'm especially happy that Bob Clearmountain mixed the songs. "If I was The Priest" is one of the best songs on this album that has only great songs. And that is very rare these days. Thanks Bruce!

@CraigFall

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, god bless Bob Clearmountain for doing a stellar job on the mix.. Amazing....

@PeteHopeless

3 жыл бұрын

@@CraigFall Amen

@jerrisilver2

3 жыл бұрын

@@PeteHopeless I'm a 72 year-old woman and I can't stop listening to this amazing album. I love this song the most, too...maybe. All the songs are works of art. Bruce could have published a hundred books of poetry. His lyrics are extraordinary. The music is a bonus, just candy for fans like you and me. The band is right on point as well. Hmm...should I play this album again or go back in time and choose different songs. But what would I choose!?

@PeteHopeless

3 жыл бұрын

@@jerrisilver2 Have a listen to Tracks - Cd 03 - Frankie. Or here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hmF9vLmCg72ec7w.html. Greetings from a 62 year old musician and Bruce fan from Germany, my dear.

@vernpascal1531

3 жыл бұрын

@@PeteHopeless Frankie is my favorite Bruce song.Extremely moving.

Fantastically good...amazing to know that 'The Boss' sat on this song for the best part of fifty years...

i am 50 years old from hungary and a fan still 1984. me and my friend made a fanzine..."cadillac ranch"

Every time I listen to this album I find a new favorite song

I love this and the 1972 version is even better 😊

This letter was literally written for us, old young men who forty-five years ago had in Bruce our repository of dreams and hopes. An equal, a companion, a true brother who was there to advise us and help us grow. And today when I reread that same “Letter to you” I always stop at this paragraph where "If I was a Priest" does the magic that takes me back to those times when "The Boss" embraced me with his poetry and music and told me: kid, let's go together... I am on your side... and always will be... I am your big brother, trust me. I still do, bro! Thank you so much…

@crendler9912

Жыл бұрын

That is a beautiful way of putting it. I am sure my father feels the same(im 19)

@georges61

Жыл бұрын

@@crendler9912 For sure he does! 🙏

@georges61

Жыл бұрын

@Bruce Springsteen Yes! I am doing great, tks! Hope you consider returning to Brasil, São Paulo, as soon as possible! Yes! We need you here! Hugs 🤗

@georges61

Жыл бұрын

@Bruce Springsteen Are you kidding? Don’t say something like that! I easily can have a stroke! Just to answer you properly I have been to two of your concerts in my life. The first was an extraordinary event on October 12th, 1988, in São Paulo, the Human Rights Concert, the first time you came to Brazil. I was one of the firsts who entered the stadium. And for sure one of last to leave it after more than three hours of rock n roll with you and The E Street Band! Unforgettable! The second concert was in 2013 also in São Paulo just before your Rock in Rio presentation, 25 years after that Amnesty gig. You and the E Street Band entered the “Espaço das Américas” playing “Sociedade Alternativa”, Raul Seixas’ classic! The thrill, the energy and your commitment to the audience was the same a quarter of century after, three hours and 16 minutes of pure joy, happiness and rock 🎸! Having the opportunity to talk with you, Boss, or even going to one of your concert this year would be unexpectedly and absolutely wonderful! A true honor and something to tell my children and my little grandchild, Sara. Love, peace and big hugs to you, Patti, your family and each one of the E Street Band. P.S. I must say that your last soul album, ‘Only the Strong Survive’ was the best thing I heard in 2022. You did it one more time! Hope you have in mind releasing a Vol. 2. If that will be the case I would suggest you to perform ‘Too Late to Turn Back Now’ from Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose. I am sure it will be amazing and a smashing hit in your own cover!

@georges61

Жыл бұрын

@Bruce Springsteen Yes I am. Check @GeorgesSchnyder

I just came across this song and it moved me....this man's music has the ability to do that...even in bad times I can remember hearing his music and feeling uplifted....what a gift.

@stephenberry8415

Жыл бұрын

Watch the video 😉

Incredible. At 71 revisiting the song he wrote in his early 20s and finding a connection.

@scotlandscaddies1

3 жыл бұрын

Great observation. When I was in college, I couldn't relate to stuff I'd written three years earlier as a high school senior.

Great album by The Boss and the E Street Band!

i go to sleep listening to ur great tunes 62 and will always go to bruces gigs .. you just have to tune into a legend named the boss u rock bruce ❤

He is the past, the present and the future of the rock, and overall the boss of the music. Now and forever Bruce, I love your lyrics and this fantastic music. Stay always with us.

Love me some Boss

Bruce you are a fine aged wine 🍷 just get better with time.

That voice, listening since 73’. Loved him when I first saw him in 78’, love him now.

50 years of recording and releases a fifty year old song that would blow anything released today out of the park what can i say just true genius

@Fluffspeare

3 жыл бұрын

@Bruce Springsteen This seems legit.

@MikeHayman

7 ай бұрын

Gets better with age my go to when happy sad alone or with friends not many artists have a way with words lyrics tunes this man has it all in abundance

Jon Landau in the 70's: ' The future of rock is Bruce Springsteen.' Also Landau in 2020: ' Never been this right in my entire life.'

@Woodypfac

3 жыл бұрын

Not Martin Landau, but Jon Landau. There´s a difference.

Somebody, please, stop me from keeping playing this piece of music!

Why do I feel like Bruce and the band are giving us a beautiful gift?

@michellehalpin7995

3 жыл бұрын

Because they are ❤

I started listening to Bruce in 1984, and his words and music have gotten me through some very tough times in my life. He sings for all of us. Thank you

There is literally no one or nothing that comes close to musical perfection than Bruce.

Thank you.

I see why Bruce, himself, says this song shows how Dylan influenced him way back then. This is great.

@josefinamariablazquezmarin1564

3 жыл бұрын

No sóc super entesa 💗soc una noia-dona (com ell.."noi- home"..) Que s'estima al BOSS.. com part boníssima de la seva VIDA. IRRENUNCIABLE I PRECIOSA ENTRE ELS "meus" BONS RECORTS🌹 Gràcies: ARTISTA, GRÀCIES HOME.. GRÀCIES PER EXISTIR ... PER SEMPRE 👍🥰👏👏👏😍🎼☺🎗

@juliocesarpriesnitz2333

3 жыл бұрын

Concordo com você!!!

@drchiroman

3 жыл бұрын

Janice… My thoughts exactly. As I was listening to it, I thought this is something Dylan would’ve done (and I love Dylan)!

@noahcook3936

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely, this song made me think of Desolation Row

@antonnurwald5700

3 жыл бұрын

It's amazing that you mention that. The first thing I thought after listening for a moment was "This sounds a bit like Dylan".

50 years in the making ....but my God he got it right .🎸

@alansmith3645

3 жыл бұрын

@Bruce Springsteen Many thanks Bruce . Keep the great music coming .🎸

I have to agree with mike I'm 52. Bruce has always been my hero I shiver every time I hear this

Amazing after all these years THEY can still do it

LIVE is how I need THIS SONG.

@adambrewer2172

3 ай бұрын

Just heard it live tonight in Cardiff, awesome

Un católico nunca deja de serlo. Mal que nos pese. Qué belleza, Bruce. You're great. Forever.

Hell of a song

An instant rock and roll classic.

Best song off this album - I have been a Bruce fan for over 40 yrs - took my kids to his concert in the Motor City - my daughter is getting married this fall she selected ' When You Ned Me' as our song - they still listen to him as well - only getting better - thanks Bruce from Canada

I just cannot stand radio stations that play the same songs over and over again each day. But I played this song probably for the 10th time today... Whats wrong with me? It’s fantastic!

Bruce has songs in his back pocket for DECADES, and then you have Billy Joel (basically) say "my songs say what I want to say. I finished telling new stories" IN THE EARLY 1990S! 😯 That has always blown my mind- surely Billy could have DOUBLED his discography by now

Waaw what an amazing awesome album!!

I was worried. Reading Bruce was resurrecting a 1972 demo for his new album. Back of my head I was thinking 'filler'. Sorry i ever doubted him. This is stunning. I love the whole album. And as I am a Glass half Empty Man, please take care of yourself Boss. We all need you in this New Normal. Much love to Bruce and the E Street Band and all Tramps Like Us. x

Can't wait to hear this song in concert!

Poetry with perfection. The man is pure genius. They broke the mold when they made Bruce. We won’t see that too soon again so listen hard to these magical lyrics

This is another amazing song from Bruce Springsteen... I am addicted

My kind of Bruce!

Just seen the future of rock and roll and his name is bruce springsteen,long may he live🙏🙏

Why Bruce doesn't do this live more often is a mystery to me . A classic piece of Americana . Hopes & Dreams .

@paulgray6188

3 ай бұрын

He played it tonight in Cardiff. It was sensational.

@gavinmckenna3166

3 ай бұрын

And last night in Belfast...absolutely 1st class

He has a classic American voice, understands the working man and family struggles, and you can hear the love of the guitar in his music

Simply sublime. The album is just amazing 👌

This is a truly fantastic song. I can’t stop playing it. Manchester UK.

@wanderer299a

Жыл бұрын

Saw him there years ago.Manchester Apollo. Brilliant

@jimhart11

13 күн бұрын

Seen him twice in Manchester - in 1999 on the reunion tour MEN Arena, and in 2003 on the Rising tour Old Trafford Cricket ground. I'm from Derbyshire

The best in the world forever

First saw him in1985 in Melbourne oz the bludger stopped him first set after 2.45 and had a break of 45 minutes later back on for 1.30mins blew every bastard away and u know tickets were only $27 d’s

Ohhhhh....pure classic Springsteen. I love that man. (it's ok...my husband is totally alright with that). lol

i just turned 63 i have been listening to Bruce since I was 14 -- I found myself back then turning the volume up and still do today he is on the top of a list of the great ones

God is everything

Che gioia ascoltare la tua musica Boss

Bruce wrote this song nearly 50 years ago, when he was still trying to find his own writing style. Dylan was his songwriting hero then, and it shows with this brilliant song. It sounds great even now especially with the great E Street Band behind him.

@jerseycatfish51

Жыл бұрын

Thought of Dylan too,

"The Future of Rock n Roll"...thank you Bruce!

Petty, Dylan and Bruce are the greatest songwriters, born in the USA! Amazing song and grace!

Oh my lord, that's a classic on first listen.

It is stunning to me that Bruce's music is so timeless that this song could have been written yesterday, but is instead from decades ago.

Bruce Springsteen could be the one thing that saves 2020. I hear Dylan sitting on Bruce's shoulder on this one. C'mon, the lyric, the Hammond B-3, the vibe....

@almerian

3 жыл бұрын

Bob is in the song, didn't he have 11 albums out when this was written (around 1971): Well things ain't been the same in heaven since big bad Bobby came to town He's been known to down eleven, then ask for another round Me, I’ve got scabs on my knees from kneeling way too long It’s about time I played the man and took a stand where I belong Forget about the old friends and the old times There's just too many new boys tryin’ to work the same line

@anelladambrosio2513

2 жыл бұрын

Ciao James Daniels!ho apprezzato quello che hai detto! 🙋😅😍😘💘💋

Magia pura! Grazie Bruce per questo grande regalo, in un periodo difficile per tutti, come questo. Idolo indiscusso. Speriamo di vederti presto Boss!

@giannimureddu5716

3 жыл бұрын

Magie "springsteriane", grazie al tuo commento ho scoperto le tue canzoni, complimenti !

@giannibasilio

3 жыл бұрын

@@giannimureddu5716 😄 grazie mille! Grazie per averle ascoltate! 🙏🏻

@giannimureddu5716

3 жыл бұрын

@@giannibasilio Grazie a te per averle composte ed eseguite

@antoniocalcagnile114

3 жыл бұрын

Il boss è il boss... Lo ascolto dagli anni 70 e le sue canzoni danno sempre emozioni forti. Io sono innamorato di lui e di tutta la e-street band. Poi questo disco è F A V O L O S O

This man will never age and neither will his music. Always fresh and powerful, he'll continue to write the soundtrack of our lives.

@wengen2007

3 жыл бұрын

Completely agree with you Anastasia. The emotion in his lyrics will always warm our hearts.

Sounds awesome Bruce!

The Glory of the Boss & The Glorious E Street Band .

I love Bruce because he so often sings about places -- the real places where real people live, struggle and love -- and by doing that, he's shown us the real America beyond the media capitals and glitz cities.

Great old song. Love it. First saw Bruce at the Ledge (Rutgers University) in New Brunswick, NJ when he sat in with Sid Gottlieb's Heavy Trucking in 1973. Then in 1974 saw him at Montclair State College....awesome awesome times and music.

Listened to his interview on E Street. This? On the original demo tape he sent to John Hammond! FIFTY YEARS ago???? Said he was working on Tracks Two when he found the tape and listened. He felt it still relevant and wanted the ESB treatment....good....lord. His unreleased songs could fill 10 number 1 albums....never before has an artist even relevant for 50 years like Bruce...

@thorocotomy

3 жыл бұрын

Amen!

"-Racing in the streets- I want you to know that I'll always love you, but I have a knew favorite song." Jeremy D. Isaac

What about those 120 fckrs who disliked this masterpiece?

Bob and Bruce deliver during the pandemic. Thanks for keeping hope alive.

Lyrics take us back 50 years - this song is truly Epic!!!

Best song Springsteen has had in years

Thank you Bruce for this masterpiece!

Us Bruce fans long for the day when we can go to a Bruce concert and listen to the great man and the E Street Band play this.