This song is pure poetry, that's all there is to it. Bruce is a poet and a rock n' roller. This song is as good or better than anything Dylan ever did, and I'm a Dylan fan. RIP BIG MAN.
All the so called "bands" out there today need to watch this video or see a Bruce concert live. This is the way a true rock and roll artist and band does it.
If someone asked me my favorite Bruce song and said I had to pick one... and they said if you pick just one you'll get this big wad of cash... Jungleland might just be the song.
Sorry Kenny G!That has to be the sexiest sax solo ever written! Bruce really highlights and honors his fellow band members with their individual musical pieces. Especially Roy Bitton's piano on this and Backstreets. Just Incredible and immensely moving!
There are a select few songs that can encapsulate a generation or a feeling. This is one of them. I was 6 in 1976 & remember my brother playing this song endlessly. As one from NJ, it reminds me of my old neighborhood and I can still see the people, remember the houses on my dead-end street & the feeling of the mid '70's - even at that young age. This is a flawless song any way you slice it.
I saw the Born to Run tour in spring of '76 and my glasses were broke..borrowed some shades and 1st wife was leading me around near the stage after the show...one of the roadies thought I was a blind guy and threw down a t-shirt, great show, nice people...
@ladykarendean Well put Karen. Indeed, the Big Man has now gone onward to that other dimension filled w/light... & love...for all eternity.
No one will ever replace Clarence. But I feel strongly, that BRUCE will go out & play again. It will never be the same. But Clarence wouldn't have wanted the band to end, b/c of him.
He's at long last, at peace & rest from his pain.
We love you Clarence. You have left a hole that will never be filled.
This is my favorite song of all time, not just of Bruce's. I cried the first time I heard this song, especially the intro-the gorgeous violin mixed with a sublime piano line. I have yet to hear a more beautiful piece of music. Even in heaven, Bruce will be my favorite. ROCK ON BRUCE!
From that list: Dylan, U2, Springsteen, Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin, Bowie, Peppers, Elvis, Buddy, ACDC, Sinatra, Joel.
What about Hendrix, Ray Charles, The Who, Dire Straits, Clapton, Lennon (on his own), the Doors, Radiohead, Nirvana, Neil Young, the Clash. They all deserve to be up there ahead of people like Billy Joel.
I know it's Bruce Springsteen you idiot. If you had bothered to read the other comments, you would have picked up that there was a previous discussion about Billy Joel.
This song is pure poetry, that's all there is to it. Bruce is a poet and a rock n' roller. This song is as good or better than anything Dylan ever did, and I'm a Dylan fan. RIP BIG MAN.
spd13062 6 months ago
this is clarenences best version i think it reminds me that enjoy all that God has given us today cause tomorrow it might be gone
industrial923 7 months ago
rip c clemons
industrial923 7 months ago in playlist BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN/Live 1999-'00 & 2002-'03
Miss the old Bruce.. hate the Bob Dylan version that he is now...
23aldir 7 months ago
Gotta love it, how Clarence turns to Danny at the 2:45 mark & together, they rock out to Little Steven's guitar lick.
Together again, the 2 of them...rock'in out w/the best of the other Angels in Heaven.
RIP guys. Well done.
DreemOnMe 7 months ago
single greatest sax solo ever... period..
man4953 7 months ago
Watchin this with a tear in my eye - but a smile on my face. RIP Big Man
s1aitken 7 months ago
RIP BIG MAN YOU WON"T BE FORGETTION!!!!
1873mike 7 months ago
R.I.P. Big Man
kaiser2310 7 months ago
We have lost the 'Big Man' today, sad, sad news. RIP Clarence!
ThatGuyFromPhilly 7 months ago
All the so called "bands" out there today need to watch this video or see a Bruce concert live. This is the way a true rock and roll artist and band does it.
ETF1964 1 year ago
3:43 to 6:23: The greatest two minutes and forty seconds in rock and roll history. Thank you, Big Man.
jjp009 1 year ago
This is more then awesome ....
this is from heaven on direct way to the stage !
BruceLeeBelle 2 years ago
That Sax solo just goes straight through your soul!
KMO325 2 years ago 4
Bravo!
razzledazzle200 2 years ago
Wow, great performance.
razzledazzle200 2 years ago
the minister of soul, secretary of the brotherhood....Big Man Clarence Clemmons!! :)
Shankly83 3 years ago 4
Clarence's sax is just exquisite in this!
It's enough to make you wanna pickup and play!
MarchinSC 3 years ago 4
very very good !
the boss is back
rrossa68 3 years ago
If someone asked me my favorite Bruce song and said I had to pick one... and they said if you pick just one you'll get this big wad of cash... Jungleland might just be the song.
So many songs... so much brilliance...
tomtiadad 3 years ago
was in the PIt @ fenway
slickwilyboo 3 years ago
clemon's solo makes jesus cry baby tears
gagafruity 3 years ago 4
Sorry Kenny G!That has to be the sexiest sax solo ever written! Bruce really highlights and honors his fellow band members with their individual musical pieces. Especially Roy Bitton's piano on this and Backstreets. Just Incredible and immensely moving!
MarchinSC 3 years ago 2
you don't have to apologize to kenny g. you don't even have to acknowlege he exists. as far as most musicians are concerned, he doesn't.
jazzfolkrocker 3 years ago
That sax solo still makes me cry like a baby.
beatleapostle 3 years ago 4
goosebumps....... always
bizzarnavile 3 years ago
clarence clemons is my LIFE. amazinn i wish i could meet him somedayyy.
lrkx5 4 years ago 3
There is this amazing guy called JOHN COLTRANE. Check him out.
saxylarry26 3 years ago 2
Earls court london, the first uk concert of the boss, blew my mind away then and still does now,clarence is awesome
stedhammaster 4 years ago
crappy camera work...2:20, and you zoom in on clarence during the guitar solo!
but good song.
darthsoadfan19 4 years ago
There are a select few songs that can encapsulate a generation or a feeling. This is one of them. I was 6 in 1976 & remember my brother playing this song endlessly. As one from NJ, it reminds me of my old neighborhood and I can still see the people, remember the houses on my dead-end street & the feeling of the mid '70's - even at that young age. This is a flawless song any way you slice it.
stevedrums 4 years ago 2
I saw the Born to Run tour in spring of '76 and my glasses were broke..borrowed some shades and 1st wife was leading me around near the stage after the show...one of the roadies thought I was a blind guy and threw down a t-shirt, great show, nice people...
martianshoes 4 years ago
the last comment was for dabluz, see his comment on page 2
sasroc 4 years ago
Saw 'em at Stafford on the "river" tour....Deffo Bruce at his best, sorry but it was all downhill after that......
sasroc 4 years ago
The poets round here don't write nothing at all
They just stand round and let it all be
GENIUS
gillyoverton 4 years ago 4
This was a great tour!
bossfan1 4 years ago
Beautiful sax solo :)
slashjr123 4 years ago 5
clarence takes it to another level on this song
haitianjack5 4 years ago 7
This hymne follows me for 20 years now - and sometime I get the impression I follow the hymne. No, the whole album Born to Run...
backstreetsss 4 years ago 3
great song, im gonna get to one of his concerts at somepoint in my life
pigfootball52 4 years ago
NO ONE- I mean NO ONE- can play the sax solo better than THE BIG MAN!!! GO Clarence!! it takes you to another dimension filled with light ....
ladykarendean 4 years ago 12
van morrison can
bosox2k1 4 years ago
@ladykarendean Well put Karen. Indeed, the Big Man has now gone onward to that other dimension filled w/light... & love...for all eternity.
No one will ever replace Clarence. But I feel strongly, that BRUCE will go out & play again. It will never be the same. But Clarence wouldn't have wanted the band to end, b/c of him.
He's at long last, at peace & rest from his pain.
We love you Clarence. You have left a hole that will never be filled.
DreemOnMe 7 months ago
Big Man at 03.42. So cool, I'm getting all warm inside my body when I hear that saxofon (L)
So great!
onlymini 4 years ago 4
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the lyrics to this song can be found at mybrucespringsteen
mybrucespringsteen 4 years ago
Never thought I'd miss the Turnpike after moving to the west coast... Go Yankees, G-Men, Devils! Bruce: thank you for being the Boss...
bmw328iphil 4 years ago
The first springsteen song i heard, fell in love at the line "barefoot girl sitting on the hood of a dodge.." and the song only became better!
SomrigBechamel 4 years ago
Yeah well the intro is missing.
nittyranks 4 years ago
Video was getting way too long, had to snip bit of the beginning out.
fniazi1 4 years ago
I love the part where the whole crowd sings with Bruce at the end...The crowd really wants to let him know they love him...
dabluz1125 4 years ago
bollocks, singalongs are for pantomimes, you pay your money to hear the artists,not the morons in the audience.....think about it....
sasroc 4 years ago
Dead right sasroc, i hate "audience participation", it's for kids.
rennaps 4 years ago
I did...I still love it. but thanks for your thoughts...peace
dabluz1125 4 years ago
singin along is part of the fun mate
marinoshulagreise 3 years ago
THE BIG MAN ON THE SAX ALL I CAN SAY IS WOW
theboss81862 4 years ago 2
This is my favorite song of all time, not just of Bruce's. I cried the first time I heard this song, especially the intro-the gorgeous violin mixed with a sublime piano line. I have yet to hear a more beautiful piece of music. Even in heaven, Bruce will be my favorite. ROCK ON BRUCE!
muf0603 4 years ago
If you had to pick a legends list- Any order:
Presley, Beatles, Sinatra, Dylan, Stones, U2, Springsteen, Led Zepplin, Spice Girls(I'm Joking), Holly, Bowie, Joel, Peppers, ACDC. Well done Bruce!!!
ellabulldogs 4 years ago
From that list: Dylan, U2, Springsteen, Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin, Bowie, Peppers, Elvis, Buddy, ACDC, Sinatra, Joel.
What about Hendrix, Ray Charles, The Who, Dire Straits, Clapton, Lennon (on his own), the Doors, Radiohead, Nirvana, Neil Young, the Clash. They all deserve to be up there ahead of people like Billy Joel.
tjmuk 4 years ago
Man Billy Joel is brilliant, he is a fantastic lyricist and musician. And an A grade performer.
Eeza07 3 years ago
Each to his own. I find him a little cheesy.
tjmuk 3 years ago
Billy Joel? lol...
CatboxDesign 3 years ago
I think he's brilliant. Saw him live and he really knows how to put on a show, and I'm only 19.
Eeza07 3 years ago
it's Bruce Springsteen... not Billy Joel...
Billy Joel is awesome also... but this is Brooooooce...lol
CatboxDesign 3 years ago
I know it's Bruce Springsteen you idiot. If you had bothered to read the other comments, you would have picked up that there was a previous discussion about Billy Joel.
Eeza07 3 years ago
Cant beat BRUCE singin his anthem...any version is great. Rock songs dont get better than this
djmcg07 4 years ago
This song brings a tear to my eye.........especially big Clarence on that sax......Kids round here look just like shadows Brucie........THE BOSS
bruffbhoy 4 years ago 2