bruce springsteen. new york city serenade (for lenny)

[czc01123513]

Daniel Brou, Walk Tall, or Don't Walk at All

[czc01123513]

I think Daniel Brou might get this.

[czc01123513]

where's daniel brou?

[carmicheal7]

1.18 on this song is amazing, put your head phones on & take it in, trust me you will feel it!

[lancer1725]

This song always reminds me of the film of RFK's funeral train going from NYC to DC.

[bychyto]

¡¡¡Maravilloso!!!

[doncarlosgallagher]

Πολύ μεγάλο κομμάτι...

[ChainsOfSean]

Greatest song, ever!

[fx662s]

ssssssssssssssssspringsteen !

[sidh05]

It's about a prostitute, fish lady, but Billy's down by the railroad track, he's singing...

[sidh05]

Watch out for your junkman.

[sidh05]

Definitely one of my all time favourite.

[TheCzc011235813]

let's daniel brou this baby.

[JayGatsbyOdysseus]

This is one of the greatest songs ever. Incident on 57th Street is also great. Springsteen is special. Melissa Etherige called Springsteen Shakespeare set to music.

[DomenicMFalcone]

Side two of this album is, without question, one of the greatest album sides ever recorded in the history of rock 'n roll. To think he wrote songs that good when he was only about 23 or 24 is astounding.

[dolcevespa1]

Jackie's heels are stacked..Billy's got cleats on his boots. it's old and yet timeless...such a beautiful meditation on NYC that doesn't exist any more

[hurleyskateava]

Not sure if you've explained before, and sorry for asking... But whats the significance of the "for lenny" part? is he a friend of yours that your dedicating this too?

[strummeresque]

Rest in Peace Big Man

[plynnc56]

he was better when he was that jersey bum. that was his best album to me, anyway. then he moved to la, after promising his fans hed never leave jersey. seems he was more honest in those days. when clarence died that hurt i bet, too.

[JayGatsbyOdysseus]

@plynnc56 It is true that Bruce was better before he moved to LA, but he had to do it. When he went on Charlie Rose, he talked and got his bearings and came out with The Rising, a great album. Clarence was the greatest tenor saxophonists to live, greater than Charlie Parker and the great John Coltrane. The E Street Band with Bruce is Shakespeare set to music, as Melissa Etherige said.

[DandAinTac]

One of the most overlooked and under-rated albums I've ever come across. I first bought it back when Born in the USA came out. Like so many people, I developed a keen interest in the Boss's music, and bought most of his albums, and I thought this album may have been the best, neck and neck with Born to Run at least.

[MrJeanpiknik]

Cette chanson est magnifique, une des plus belles, peut être la plus belle de toutes celles que j'ai écoutées depuis trente ans.

[dreadlock1977]

One of the best song that I heard ! I've never seen New York, but this music speaks to my heart...

[GMANE3000]

oh thats so saddening to see "compact disc" on this cover.... the vinyl sounds sooo much better.

[kentishbloke]

@GMANE3000 Sorry..laziness on my part :))

[phishernj420]

Even a cowboy could cry to this masterpiece

[linuxrules1337]

@GMANE3000 You are listening to a compressed track on Youtube, you know that right? It'll be filtering in at a nice 160kb/s for all of the artifacts and shit you want regardless of whether it was ripped from a record or a CD. (Not that I'm saying one is better than another, mind).

If he changed the album artwork, would you have made the same comment about the quality of the recording?

[mbiasella]

Semplicemente fa-vo-lo-sa! Questa canzone è poesia, amore, sofferenza!

[reactionmodels]

I was born in '67, my Dad was 18. thank God he had great taste in music. I'd go to sleep and hear this album playing on the turntable downstairs. Out of all the songs, this is by far my favorite.

[MrMattRocker]

I love this song! I have this record. I'm 25 and yes I do listen to records. I'm a musician. I hope to move to the city within the next year or so. This sounds like the city. I wanna walk around manhattan while listening to this on my I-pod.

[JayGatsbyOdysseus]

Bruce and the E Street Band at its greatest!!!!

[sophiaSMY]

No, she won't take the train!

[SebGeddy]

"So shake away your street life

Shake away your city life

Hook up to the train"

[sophiaSMY]

@SebGeddy I love that part!!!!

[jrwtwinky]

Great music is timeless, doesnt matter what age, when or where you hear it for the first time. R&R especially & Great bands such as BSATEST.

[DomenicMFalcone]

Side 2 of Bruce's second album is, without question, one of the greatest album sides recorded in the history of rock 'n roll.

[08shortstop]

Early glimpse of the gritty, street-level world Bruce captured .... the genius still evolving .... Roy Bittan is my favorite rock pianist ... breath-taking.

[copykid123]

this song is just incredible... being so young i havent been in many hard situations yet but i know that music like this and jungleland will help me through...

[deewkay1]

Springsteen had so many fantastic songs.. so many hits, so many classic songs.. but...... He had only one New York City Serenade.. it has been my favorite since the first time i heard this album in the early 70's It's a mad dogs promenade,,,

[sidh05]

RIP Clarence

[hurleyskateava]

this song is straight up touching, and awesome to listen to no matter what mood. RIP Clarence. -- legends

[liz326522]

God, I love this song. I fell in love with it the first time that I heard it, going on almost 25 years ago. Everything about it is perfect...

[openedto]

I will never forgethearing this song for the first time. I was newly sober, and during listening to it an entire movie played out in my head about me and my mom, who had then recently passed. Only now years later can I really understand why this song is so moving. It takes years of experience with a song like this to bring its poignancy etc to the surface. I love Bruce, always have, always will.

[wtfbuggo]

mmmmm good vibes :)

[DMGoffredo]

Dude this guy is boring. And I don't mean "not exciting," I mean "boring."

[r70072]

I'm sure I'm not the first person to notice this, but the intros to this song and "Take a Pebble" by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer are almost identical up to :30.

In fact, it's uncanny...you cue them up, and the pianos almost come in simultaneously.

That said, after that, the songs are nothing alike other than how awesome they are.

[TNEBMgirl]

Hey vibes man, hey jazz man, play me your serenade

Any deeper blue and you're playin' in your grave

[soamerecano]

rip big man

[gaiotta86]

big man serenade... :_(

[Jobaby66]

My favourite song ever. Could listen to it forever and ever, over and over. Bliss.

[Seamus8617]

Clarence is the MAN!!!!!!!!!! You know he is jammin in sweet bliss right now. God bless ya Big Man, I will always smile when I hear you, the Boss and the E Street band!

[stutzbearclub]

thinking of Clarence right now..another great man has left us..x

[dolcevespa1]

an amazingly beautiful tribute to NYC...RIP Clarence Clemons.

[PianoPlayer58]

Hey vibes man, hey jazz man - aw, play me a serenade.

[Longshotsblues]

Your Life will always live on through your music Clarence.

No Goodbye's for the " Big Man ". For he will always be with us.

[OapostropheC]

((Clarence))

[heydanielbrou]

daniel brou

[8403shellz]

Best song EVER.

[heydanielbrou]

@8403shellz

There's no FEELING

[heydanielbrou]

daniel brou

[GlassyEyedBambiMUSIC]

I'm a 20 year old kid with a dream of being a musician, but if somebody gave me the choice of either being a very successful musician with a big fanbase or being able to be my age in the early 70's and witness him become what he did.. I would without a doubt in my mind choose the latter. I feel cursed being so young

[kentishbloke]

@GlassyEyedBambiMUSIC That brings a tear to my eye. Having been 20 yrs old when this was released. I have witnessed many great bands and heard many great songs, but your time is now. Don't wish it otherwise. There are many greatly talented people about still, waiting to be discovered. Check out a website: musicianstogether :) cheers Tim (the bloke)

[sharonhatfield]

@kentishbloke I was 12 & must have listened to this song with my head phones on a 100 times!!! Still think its their best piece of art!!!

[jowbowla]

@GlassyEyedBambiMUSIC

Great comment man! I'm 17 and here in the Netherlands I already saw the Boss 8 times and nothing is better than a live concert from the Boss and the legendary E Street Band. I even chook hands for about 10 sec during the Pinkpop Festival when I stood directly in front of him, but I would give up everything to get back in time to witness a '78 Darkness concert. So glad I grew up with this man (I'm also named after Bruce, my little brother named after Steve ofcourse ^^).

[RManFlint]

@GlassyEyedBambiMUSIC Shit, kid. Cheer up. Make the music. My 53 year old butt will be listening!

[QuadropheniaBrosef]

@GlassyEyedBambiMUSIC me too man. we've got the time to make it count.

[glenbroemer]

fanbase isn't a word. i like the song, don't like having to be confronted with irrelevant personal anecdotes just to hear it

[pmarasa]

@GlassyEyedBambiMUSIC You make me feel guilty for being a 54-year-old guy from South Jersey in high school seeing Springsteen take off, listening to him on WMMR out of Philadelphia prove it all night at the Main Point, climbing the Mountain of Love at the Tower, taking me with him down all those hallways that weren't mine--but I dream about them anyway. And no cursing, pal; just listen to your junkman and waltz down Broadway. So long.

[Iknewb4udid]

@pmarasa No Joke!!! I'm 55 and when to HS in Pemberton, NJ!! We saw Bruce play at Burlington County College in 1973 before he was known outside NY, NJ or Philly!! Great show and my buddy and I got to talk to him, shook his hand!

[heydanielbrou]

daniel brou

[jimkristoff]

Awesome album!!

Grew up listening to this whole album......still gives me goose bumps....

[CitizenInsomniac]

It's a shame the audio recording is of such poor quality. :(

[heydanielbrou]

@CitizenInsomniac

no u

[heydanielbrou]

man if I went to columbia economics PhD i would so appreciate this song better than daniel brou and joanne yiokaris

[85hellopeople]

Just sheer Fucking class. Best track ever

[heydanielbrou]

daniel brou

[ozdonz]

One of my fav Bruce songs..love him..xx

[heydanielbrou]

daniel brou

[heydanielbrou]

my imagination still dwarfs daniel brou

[heydanielbrou]

daniel brou sucks

[heydanielbrou]

my imagination dwarfs daniel brou

[heydanielbrou]

daniel brou

[johnnyM809]

New York City Serenade is classic Springsteen...painting a beautiful, poetic, and melodic picture out of an everyday ordinary situation. The man is an absolute musical genius unequalled in my lifetime.

[warflynn]

Magical Bruuuuuuuce!!

[warflynn]

Fantastic!!

[mikmaz77]

....Walk tall....or baby don't walk at all.

[SweetJackietee1]

Side two of this album is unquestionably one of the greatest album sides ever recorded. David Sancious is a tremendous talent on piano.

[Bossladyone2]

I am listening. This song is so busy. There is a whole lot to pay attention to.

I 'll give it my best and pray that it will be good enough. Ti Amo

[Bossladyone2]

I am listening. This is a very busy song. I will give it my best and pray that it is good

enough.

[Ferguccio]

Grreat!!!

[enry63ful]

grande !!!!!!!questo e bruce

[SuperPhilobeddoe]

Bruce's best song.

[makofan4]

My favorite Springsteen song. "Sometimes you just gotta ... walk on"

[PANDOSING]

"All dressed up in satin. Walking down the streets of Manhanttan"

[MYMERCURY986]

How can you not appreciate the tallent of the Boss, really...Some may fly like angels high above the mean streets were I've only really begun to embrace the poetic justice in life, the words of Bruce Springsteen engaging the memories of those epic battles'.(a shout out to my brother Flash!).

[rgboss]

STILL...my favorite Springsteen song

[uomoerrante]

The best Springsteen!

[beltonmyt]

thank you for posting this song. a true masterpeice of music.

[MrFerperro]

This song is a masterpiece from beginning to end, I can't believe how underrated it is in Bruce's discography

[smoocherz1]

unquestionably my favorite Bruce song and album...never got any better than this

[sophiaSMY]

It's my fav track of this album too :)

[mythbuster43]

This song is great trip down late 1960s New York!

[scitchyrooroo]

David Sancious wrote the dramatic piano intro, and came up with that lovely string arrangement. I have long felt that he deserved a songwriting co-credit on this one, and I've always been a bit miffed that Sprinsteen didn't give him one.

[FatmanCaufield]

@scitchyrooroo Most def agree.

[agamagon]

Love this song, listen to it every time I get my heart broken. Hey waitaminute, FML!!

[marin1714]

The opening of the song is not from the "Exodus" theme???

[lumieredusud]

Toute ma jeunesse, magnifique, amazing : and Rosalita ? so american, Bruce ! lol

we love you, forever you are The Boss !

But "The River" was so an american dream too.... I can't say what is better than the rest....

[tijeanya]

wow

[ek222336]

Simply remarkable

[Gelsyviolet]

Bellissima canzone!! Grazie

[journeythruthepast]

It's songs like this primarily that make The Wild, the Innocent my fav Springsteen album and to me, the pinnacle of his genius even if it was only his 2nd release. It's better than Born to Run which is more lauded only because of having 3 great epics (the title track, Thunder Road, Jungleland) like the '73 one has (this, Rosalita, Incident on 57th Street) but the other tracks on Born, can't match "Kitty's Back," "The E Street Shuffle" or "Sandy." Born to Run is 2nd by just a fraction to me.

[MrUndercoverblues]

@journeythruthepast Nebraska is my clear favorite followed by this one.

[jamesjonesss]

pure and perfect music

[incub8]

Simply brilliant. What I really liked about much of Bruce's early work was how his songs had such great stories and how they broke the conventional pop song mold by lacking the typical verse-chorus structure.

[kentishbloke]

dedicated to a man whose influence on me was enormous. miss you Lenny

[noelydovetail]

ive got this album on vinyl,bought it a few years ago in boston,its still in the plastic covering never opened

[FRANKMORRISSETTE]

chills!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cardensdriving]

I only got into Springsteen because of an old girlfriend, who loved his music. Sadly for me the girlfriend left, but I kept the Springsteen albums...result!

[julianppp]

@cardensdriving dude, what was her name? what color were her eyes? was she fun? it's never funny when they go away, and you always keep something, no matter how small and insignificant. what did you keep?

[cardensdriving]

@julianppp I kept many happy memories of our time together, and this album, and especially this song.

I've since been with my lovely Irish wife for 17 years, and have no regrets.

All the best to you!

[cardensdriving]

@coldmartsplay  Well good luck to you, I'm sure Springsteens beautiful music brings lots of people together.

[springsteen96]

His two first albums were his finest

[FaberAspasia]

I love youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu­uuuuuuu Bruceeeeeeeeeeeee.....

I love you! I love you! I love you!

I can't breatheeeeeeee!

[FinnTaho]

most beautiful song in his repitwah, grew up listening to this

[MacvanWijk]

Prachtig mooi nummer van Bruce Springsteen.

Uit zijn begintijd, in het jaar 1973 gemaakt.

[hurleyskateava]

why does this only have 5.5k views?

[mydogis1]

Tears on my face & much love for NYC on this day.

[Nate011057]

Best Springsteen song ever writtin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[fenderjbr]

tears on my cheeks.

[suebeeweiss]

best song ever recorded by BS

[manfred591]

unbeliveable - what a great song- yes - a serenade

[Sleepensheep]

My all-time favorite song! It has it all.

[godhelpme2009]

i can't believe how long it took me to find the studio recording of this song on You-Tube.

[shitdog1234]

wowie



[firefliesandstars]

One of my favorite songs of all time, Bruce and otherwise.

[albertoclipper]

such a great song

[gazoontight]

Second side of his second album - the best he ever wrote.

[gazoontight]

Best album he ever did, in my opinion.

[kentishbloke]

@gazoontight Bit late replying lol...but agreed ;))

[malemann]

@gazoontight I agree....had been at university when Bruce came on to the scene...and this was his first album of his I purchased and still have in my collection of music. The sad part because of the length of the song...not often performed in concerts.

[gailbawlz]

@malemann I'm dying to him do this live...

[MrAFlan]

@gazoontight Great album...but Born to Run is possibly the greatest album any artist has ever made...ever.

[madsam52]

@gazoontight Absolutley THE best album EVER!!

[soulardbill]

iseen this man in 1978 i got the tickets by accident almost didnt go my hands were hurting so bad afterwards i couldnt touch anything from clapping with the music , it trully was a life changing experience . THIS song is such masterpiece words cant explain it ,I think bruce didnt realize it he was borderline blues ,jazz ,rock and and a original singer no comparisions to anyone .thanks BRUCE bill the bricklayer

[sutsie]

You beat me to it.

Wonderful song! Have never seen Bruce do it live

[vegasdaddy17]

Cant believe this has been on for 10 hour's without a rating or comment...Ah! Well...Sorted now...LOL...

[kentishbloke]

@vegasdaddy17 HA  Billy...It's been on 19 months and got 4 ratings. Pearls before swine. We are the few. peasants all

[hurleyskateava]

@kentishbloke Well looks like this video is doing much better now! lol - 183 likes and 0 dislikes. It deserves it too.

[kentishbloke]

@hurleyskateava Lol..I guess If ratings were given on my video making skills then it deserves none..Thanks for stopping by :)