Bruce Springsteen - Atlantic City [Live Acoustic]

[scoot1918]

wish I could take credit for this, but I heard it once and it nails it.."I am a prisoner of rock and roll, and Springsteen is the warden." yeah Bruuuuuuce!

[thefourthway]

Thanks!

[heelsfan2280]

just awesome

[barbdwyre]

Greatest concert I've ever been to. Music in its purest form.

[sleepsthemoon]

@savannahengraving are you saying that you have equivalent talent to dylan and springsteen, just that it's a different talent? boy, you must be good ... there's nothing more to playing a concert than what dylan does ... he (like you, apparently) is a genius. springsteen one step down but then, i've heard of springsteen.

[floppyd0g]

@sleepsthemoon I think you've got the wrong end of the stick. They aren't saying that at all.

[sleepsthemoon]

@floppyd0g i know what they're saying, i've parodied it a bit .. dylan and springsteen are 'only' competent guitarists, that isn't the source of their greatness (i use the word advisedly for springsteen). There are many hack session players who are better guitarists but it's stupid for any of them to make the point .. dylan is great and hack session guitarists aren't ... dylan plays his songs with one guitar ... it's genius, he doesn't need someone to fill in with some fancy riffs.

[floppyd0g]

@sleepsthemoon I'm with you on that one. Give me Edwyn Collins over Joe Satri-wotsit any day.

[st4rkad]

@thefastshuffle

(The "chicken man" was a mafia boss named Philip Testa, who was killed by a bomb planted at his house in Philadelphia in March 1981.)

[Frysian1972]

Hell this still makes me mad, he did this unplugged thing with the Ghost of Tom Joad album. He only played in a small venue wich was sold out almost immediately. Turned out you could get tickets on the day itself. I saw this live but then in the Bombastic E-street band version. I got some comfort when he played Racing in the street with the Devils and dust tour

[2010CAS]

look at those handlebars!

[Mubble]

What a gem of a video. Stunning!

[alexsuchapimp]

he's being a Bob Dylan phony again

[thefastshuffle]

@alexsuchapimp

I like dylan. And compared to The Boss, Dylan is less than an amateur. But that's okay, cause compared to The Boss, God is an amateur.

Now go back to listening to all those Dylan songs that make no sense even when you're high.

[DavelovesRealMusic]

@thefastshuffle Okm,,then who the hell is The Chicken Man lol

[thefastshuffle]

@DavelovesRealMusic I'm not sure why you are lol'ing. the boss doesn't do weird. He writes about real stuff.

the ''chincken man'' was the nickname for a mafia boss in philadelphia named Philip Testa, he was killed in 1981...

[MouseGordon]

@thefastshuffle you sound like an idiot. sorry bro.

[midniterocker29]

The Boss is anything but a lazy performer. Bruce is always heartfelt and honest in his lyrics and he is one of the best singers in the world kudos Boss for another masterpeice.

[thomasstanners1967]

The greatest musician alive(FULL STOP)

[deadkaos]

perfeito

[ManvsMachine7]

amazing performance! but he's the boss :)

[GBake93]

I absolutely love this version!

[twil8170]

absolutely killer

[Darkina85]

ma lasciatelo stare...Bruce è sempre grandioso

[cesbass]

@Darkina85

E' meravigliosa.

[MrSlowStrat]

This's what happends when a singer get's bored by his own songs. Sad, I'm a real fan but this version makes me turn of the speakers.

[dungeonrazer]

I think you are wrong, it's just the song in it's purest form and i like it that way. If you don't like it, it's ok, but don't say he's bored of it's own song, that makes no sense...

[Tigerpuffer]

@MrSlowStrat: It's accosutic because it's the Tom Joad tour, which was all acoustic.

[thesmogmankills]

noooo dont thank him he might sing it again and if that happens ill have to stab out my eardrums with a spork( which would actually be more appealing than this) sooo please dont thank him

[FlogMyMolly83]

Ah nothing like the slow painful death of a perfectly good song....thanks Bruce!

[thesmogmankills]

to be honest molly they were clapping and yelling and whistling to try to cover up his singing since earplugs werent doing a good enough job

[FlogMyMolly83]

Audience wasn't clapping because they liked the song...they were clapping because it was over:)

[thesmogmankills]

all of you bruce nuts can try to rip me a new one if you want but Levon Helm's version puts this one to shame this truly sucks ass i am sorry to say and sorry i wasted 4:28 of my life on this ,,i kept wwatching and listening to it hoping and praying it would get better but it kept getting crappier and more ..i dunno sickening as it went on im very sorry to say..i mean normally i like bruce alot but he completely butchered this song on here and should hide in shame after singing it

[GreeneMan4]

Anybody know when this was?

[MetallicAddict15]

@GreeneMan4 At 3:04 the camera shows "21-5-1997". :)

[ImLukePi]

UNREAL how awesome this is.

[crazymetalhead9999]

Haunting and beautiful. more energy needed though

[toddallenhooper]

Amazing!

[ScottAln05]

How does Seattle compare to Atlantic City?

[Dollarbob]

i hate when people sing along and cheer too loudly during a song.

[followthewater]

you can't help but sing along, it has to be done.

[barbdwyre]

@Dollarbob Yeah - nothing worse than people enjoying a live show and adding to the show's vibe and showing appreciating the artist's work. (Why don't you just listen to the album if you don't like audience feedback.) My apologies if your comment was meant to be irony.

[TehRatchet]

Ghost of Tom Joad tour?

[crazymetalhead9999]

yea

[followthewater]

i've been lucky to hear this song live twice and this is truely the gem in Bruce's crown. i still think his voice during MTV Unplugged was his voice at its peak

[bluesound83]

alla fine si sente un "BRAVO!!" deve essere un concerto in Italia!!!

[glugluinuit]

O un emigrante italiano ad un concerto all'estero! :-)

[byrnzie300]

This is the best version of the song I've heard. Brilliant!

[MST720]

when was this?

[leslielove]

WELL SAID

[frantnik]

that's why he is such a great artist, he can sing every song in hundred different versions, and always sounds great

[PaulDavidScott]

sounds nothing like the studio version, but still awesome

[YodaBannon]

THE BOSS................

[billionairesta]

class

[LeprachaunXL]

this is easily one of the best version, of atlantic city.

[billebrock]

i like the version paris hilton sings...man she nails it!!

[dropkicksocialdfan]

i personally cant say whats better, they both have their high points, the nyc version with the drums and bass and the rising "meet me tonight in ac" is epic but so is this or any acoustic version of the song, so distant and drenched in emotion. fuckin bruce be bruce it dosent matter how he does it it sounds great(for any song not just this)

[blackjackbenja]

THANK YOU BRUUUUCE.....

[ben777neb]

has bruce lost his ability to sing in time or is he just out of his face here?

or is there something else i'm missing??

I doesn't sound good compared to his previous renditions, that's for sure.

[isgoodno]

I think that he sometimes sounds like he's bored with a given song and is just throwing it out there and wants to get it over with as fast as possible.

He is sometimes a lazy performer in my opinion. Not always, but sometimes.

Good studio work. But without his band, he's just a folk singer who can't sing in tune

[jsol120]

Hahahahahahaha

bruce springsteen, a lazy performer? that's the most ridiculous thing i've ever heard.

[isgoodno]

I'm refering to his annoying habit of just half-singing, half-speaking the lyrics. He doesn't want to stay true to the original melody/tune. He flattens the songs out. I have listened to many of his live albums, and saw him live twice, once in his prime (mid 80s) and once in 1998 after he reunited with the E Street Band. I am also an avid fan - of his studio music that is. The live stuff sometimes (not always) sounds "lazy" to me. MOre often than not also.

[cubbies4e]

So it has to be pitch perfect? It has to sound exactly like the live recordings? Why even go to the goddamn show!?!? You're a fucking moron. You know nothing.

[cubbies4e]

this is directed to the idiot who said Bruce is a "lazy performer". It's been "spammed" so it doesn't look like it's direct towards him...

[isgoodno]

you didn't read both of my messages, or maybe you'd understand what I meant. I speak only truth and facts.

[MattHood]

i, too, prefer some artists or bands studio recordings, and understand what you are saying. watch out for blind fan-boy attacks on youtube, though, sometimes it's easier not to comment.

[theadmister]

ya no kidding.

he's playing an acoustic song here, do you expect him to be running around screaming?

[hiddeninromance]

@jsol120

I know! haha did someone reaaly claim he's a lazy performance? I'm not a huge fan, Nebraska is an amazing album and I enjoy the rising and obviously the born to run album but credit where credits due, Bruce Springsteen is not a lazy. I've seen him a few times, and though (for me) it is not as spiritual experience like seeing Leonard Cohen, Neil Young, or Dylan, his performances are incredible and energetic; he is an amazing entertainer, story teller, and The E Street band sound huge!

[thepoozer]

@jsol120 some people are retards lol

[aviadmei]

ABSOLUTELY DIVINE!!!!!!!!!1

[ashleyluvsdannyjones]

i spy the takamine of all takamines!

[jwr5592]

It's just best acoustic. Never understood why he usually has drums to this when playing live.

[njtr]

The Boss

[CastletoKarma]

This is UP there as 1 of my all-time fav Bruce tracks. I cant stand hearing this with bass & drums added, it HAS to be done just with guitar acoustically, anything else destroys this. Mighty this!

[Ragindude]

I can't stand this song with bass & drums either - it's PERFECT as an acoustic...

One of my all-time faves also :)

[will9909]

but the new york version with drums and bass is so genius! you're so wrong (probably gonna get lynched for this one but whatever, or maybe chased down Flamingo by the maximum law man)

[Ragindude]

How on EARTH could you tell me that my OPINION is "wrong"? I prefer the acoustic version to the electric version, that's MY OPINION. 'Nuff said.

[ufcCanadianhockey87]

youre a fucking idiot buddy. you like the electric version thats great i prefer the acoustic version from the album the most that is the best version to me.

some ones opinion cant be wrong.

[kobe9985]

@will9909 It's a different mood. You can be in the mood to listen to the acoustic version one day or the full band playing it. Both versions are ridiculous epic. It's about what mood your in and your frame of thought.

[sixthfeetfromtheedge]

it´s my favorite song of bruce springsteen.... amazing!!

[ant8ine]

génial le bosse comme d'habitude ! vivement juin prochain et le stade de france ca va être exceptionnel !

[scvman992000]

he sounds a lot like dylan in this song...i love it

[hrddrvn]

oh ok ... thats classic ty

[pacbiggie4334]

what year is this?

[TheDeadSeeSquirrels]

A May 17, 1997 date flashed up on the video just before the end of the song. Bruce's "Tom Joad" Tour would have been winding down at that time. Cheers.

[pacbiggie4334]

thanks

[johnycarrs]

also if you could explain what the sweeping technique with flastpick is that would be excellent

[billdek]

Johnny - if you Google "pick sweeping" you'll find lots of sites with guidance on how to do it. It's sort of a quick 'skipping" arpeggio thing where the pick floats over the individual strings and back up - hard to explain... and harder still to play well LOL...

[johnycarrs]

Hi thankyou so much for this, i new my harmonica in A was off somehow, i am going to go but one in Ab today, How much lower is the guitar tuned do you think, is it a half step or less.

Thanksyou for your help, u r a star

[johnycarrs]

He is amazing, this is one of the best songs ever

is he playing this with his fingers or a pick, is it just him getting that sound, and what key is the harmonica in.

[andreaferigo]

he is playing with the sweeping tecnique, with flatpick. and the harmonica is Ab, while he is playing in Fm which is the relative minor tune of Ab...capo (artificial) is placed on second fret and guitar is tuned a little lower

[Teach417]

I'm afraid I stumbled across this a little late to help you, but the other poster's info is a little off. He's actually playing the song in Em/G, with a capo on the second fret, so it sounds in F#m/A. He's probably using a D harmonica, and playing crossharp.

[foppa123]

much better than the electric

[hxsmuray]

This version is beautiful. As are so many of Bruce's songs when stripped down to accoustic.