Terry (Teri?), Mary, Janey, Davey, Rosie, Spanish Johnny, Candy and the other characters Bruce has been singing about since his first album (Greetings from Asbury Park) have been appearing under the same/similar names, for almost forty years - but they are based on a lot of different people.
Think about it: "Mary" from Thunder Road became "my baby" from "Racing In The Street", the Mary in "The River", and eventually "Mary's Place" on The Rising.
Why does every youtube video I go to someone has to mention Lady Gaga? Bruce and LG (for short) are at opposite ends of the spectrum. Someone must like her. I can't even think of a song she does and I'm old enough I don't think I would like her so lets appreciate this, leave her out of it and enjoy music "we grew up with".
@cmatthews43 I am a friend of his previous drummer Vini Lopez and he states "Backstreets" was about various girls met along the Jersey Shore.... a depiction of female friends... particularly one by the name of Teri that Bruce had a romantic interest in but valued her friendship much more than the love interest.
@warflynn Why than on the brucespringsteen net website (official and authorized) are the lyrics referencing a Terry and not your spelling? It appears you and Vini need to put away the bong...
@warflynn My spelling may have been off but that is besides the point.... NO bong here friend... just the facts and i am quite sure "Vini Lopez" knows what he is talking about as he was Bruce's drummer! You believe what you want and i will believe what i am told by a very reliable source.... Bruce had a few Muses but for the most part his songs/ lyrics were intended for the listener to interperet as they choose. No argument here, you are entitled to your opinion as am i, no need to be rude!!!!
@warflynn This is an intense story about a broken relationship; a tale of losing a lover where the narrator seems more concerned about losing her as a friend. The girl in the song, Terry, is a character Springsteen created based on girls he knew.
@warflynn Its not about a women he met dumbass. Its about his BEST FRIEND TERRY MAGOVERN WHO IS A MAN and has also passed away a few years ago. Look it up, google it. Not rocket science.
@VenomsCompromise That's my sister your calling names and shouting at.. uh Venom is it?.. nice Take a hike, she has every right to comment.- We Take Care Of Own.
Bruce and The Estreet Band from this era and ten-twelve years on must be the gretest act to ever hit a stage. Thank you so much for this fantastic clip!
A truly amazing performance; what a man, what a band. Every note of that solo cuts right through me, and it's totally exhilarating. I know that makes me sound like a dick, but my god, Bruce is just pure magic.
I have lost count of the amount of times I've watched Live At Hammersmith.
Backstreets is & always will be a song that feels a part of me. I've loved this song since I was 6 years old. I used to ride home from school on my bike every lunchtime just to listen to Backstreets & Jungleland. It means the same to me now as it did then. The piano intro is beautiful.
I'm very happy Bruce hit me in my 20's with his song written in his 20's, even with 3 decades time-lag. His songs are so true to me now, it will be the same to young generations in 100 years and more. Thank You.
It always struck me that there was some sort of "destiny" aspect to Bruce and his career. I mean, he was writing transcendent songs in his early 20s and it seems like there was some sort of cosmic push to him becoming a world-renowned artist. Not to say he doesn't deserve it... the contrary, actually. I think he's the greatest songwriter who ever strapped on a guitar. That's the point... how is he able to crystalize the unspoken mass consciousness so brilliantly?
Everytime I hear a Springsteen song I think "this one is definetly my favorite" then I hear another one and I'm like "no wait, THIS one is my favorite"...then another one comes one...and well, you know....lol. Bruce is #1!
This reminds me of my best friend whenever i hear it....another friend told me that my best friend is a broken boy and he will never be fixed unless he wants to help himself....i hate myself because im starting to believe her -You can blame it all on me Terry, it dont matter to me now.
OMG wtf is wrong with bruce fans, there is talent in the music of today you just have to look further than whose in the charts. in the past few years i've seen the boss live twice but also seen new bands like the enemy and the gaslight anthem. now try telling me that there's no passion left in music. just because justin bieber is topping the charts it doesn't music is dead.
@insanegeorge Of course you're right, but when this song was written, it was groundbreaking. There are tons of potential out there, but nobody has broken new ground lately. It's just a matter of time. Bruce was "the future of R&R" in 1974. Someone that's out there now, or about to be born will become the "new Springsteen", and surpass him. Hope I'm alive when it happens.
My parents hadn't met by the time of that concert...haha.
I'm 19 now, and I've gotten to know almost every 70s show of bruce uploaded in youtube and i've seen the band 3 times... I wish I had lived back then when music was music and rock'n'roll loved by most of the youths and not today with all these people listening to something called music that is just shitty business...
This is true.There is some good stuff out there but the well has sort of dried up.After 2005,music went down hill.Before then,there was plenty of good stuff.
Main stream music has really dried up, but if you actually look for good music, and go to bars for music, you'll see some good bands with some real potential. Those bands are starting the way that Bruce or Bob Dylan did, by going bar to bar, trying so hard to make it in music
Nobody takes the route of playing bars and clubs anymore.Nowdays all aspiring musicans put their stuff out on Myspace.If artists like Bruce,Dylan and other greats who were made better playing bars and clubs had the internet available,maybe they would not have been as great as they are.Plus the aura of seeing a great band at a club is gone now.It used to be fun to go the Whiskey in La or other famous places to see a new band.Now bands who will never do anything play those venues.
@BobReidy Bands around my area are playing in bars, but they also use myspace to publicize their music, because we have technology for a reason. A local band called Street Pharmacy has been playing in bars for about 5 years now before getting a break, which was being on a Much Music TV show. They are still playing in bars, but now their music is being played in San Diego radio stations. They are from Welland Ontario, Canada, so this is a very big milestone for them.
Well there are still some around and there is nothing wrong with using Myspace or any other resource to advance your carreer.Im just upset I never got to see the "glory days" no pun intended, where you would go to the Whiskey,the Roxy,the Troubador,or the Bottom Line which was a club in NYC Bruce actually played at, and others and see upcomming bands who became famous.
I forgot Bruce played the Roxy at one point two.Ive seen many a documentary showing what it used to be like and how cool it was.I always joke that I was born in the wrong era.
@BobReidy I wish i was around for those days, on one street in New York you could have Springsteen playing in one bar and another famous artist somewhere else. Around my area all that we have is one or two enjoyable bands, and then about 30 or 40 screamo bands who play in bars constantly.
Well dont forget that in the early to mid 80s on the Sunset Strip in LA,that was kind of the case.It was common for say Motley Crue to be at the Whiskey or Ratt to be at the Roxy or someone else to be at the Troubador and then they would all hang out at the Rainbow bar.
Thats when Green Days American Idiot came out and that was the last great rock album made in recent years.The Red Hot Chilli Peppers Stadium Arcadium came out in 2006 which was a great album.Since then the well of great rock bands ahs sort of dried up and rock has been replaced by shit like Lady Gaga,Justin Beiber,the Jonas Brothers and others.The only popular great bands out today are Three Doors Down,Nickleback,and Daughtry.They are the only ones who hold a candel to Bruce.
I was refering to the people that kids listen to.Bruce and all of the other ledgendary artists have made great albums since then but thats because of their inabilty to make bad music.The people you hear on MTV was who I was refering to.
@BobReidy you just named the absolute WORST bands you could have. 3 doors down, nickleback, and daughtry are on the same level as gaga and beiber rofl.. maybe worse
Bruce and all the artists that inspired him and he inspired eat those artists alive.Those artists are crap.Bruce probably laughs at them.Lady Gaga is a talentless preformer.
@BobReidy He doesn't laugh at them at all, he actually does the opposite. We see this with his most recent meeting with Taylor Swift and past Lady Gaga encounters ( I don't like any of them either), but he is a kind man. Still, There are many great artists/band that Bruce's influence lies in their sound. i.e.Kurt Vile, the gaslight antherm, arcade fire, pete yorn, Paul Baribeau, The War on Drugs. If you haven't checked out some of those guys, you should and should support them.
@walterbrob The difference between Bruce and these contemporary pseudo–musicians is that Bruce sorta thought of it as a way of life, not just a job or means of income of money. He poured his heart and soul into every single lyric he wrote, every single album he made, and every concert he played. He just simply cared and had a true passion for creating good, pristine, unadulterated music. Basically, unlike the modern types, Bruce is absolutely straight–up, no bullshit. Amazing talent...
You're homeless, though you've still found some time to spend on the computer? And IF you're homeless, don't blame Obama. Just blame Bush, who has ridiculed America for eight years.
braletoya. i first heard this 20 years after it was written. To this day it rings more true to me then any song written in my generation. Such emotion, such faith, such realness. It will never be forgotten.
This is Flawless. This is the Jersey sound not that garbage Bonjovi puts out. For 1975 this concert video and sound is amazing. I was to young back then but always heard of these great shows from the 70"s and here it is! Best song on Born To Run
They went along for the ride, but of course they are also great. Without the songwriter, (if this group got together), they would have become the greatest unknown band of all time.
What you're saying is right. As far as I am concerned, BS wouldn't be able to find better musicians like them.
Look at Billy Joel. He is a very good musician, as nobody doubts. As far as I am concerned, however, he could have recruited a lot better drummer back in the 70's.
This is flawless. This is the Jersey sound. For 1975 this concert sounds great. I was to young back then but always heard of these great shows he did in the 70's, and here it is!
bruce at his youthful brilliance ! his voice , his body.........hiding on the backstreets...and when he loses his hat....BRUCE IS BORN. long live bruce!!!!!!
I have to say that in general I cant stand Bruce Springsteen. He has maybe ten songs, ten tracks more accurately, that I really dig. This is one of them. But I'll say this, he's got a terrific band. They just have really good, unique sound, two fine keyboardists (I know Dany Federici passed away) , a terrific drummer and bassist and thye later added Nils Lofgren, who is ridiculously good on guitar. Its just a flat out good ass band even though I dont dig the songs all that much
Thanks maxis4real87. The thing is, I grew up with the Boss (figuratively). He's 2 years older than me. I grew up in Toms River on the Jersey Shore. He was locally famous from 1969 till 1975 when BTR came out. Then the cover of Time and Newsweek, and the rest is HISTORY.
:D...i'm young...but i say anyway those were good times....when music meant something...
I was angry with the guy spoke about rip for bruce....he's the best nowadays...he got the best band ever, and his 2000's albums are very good (exspecially rising, magic, D&D). Nad live he still rocks, like, or in some circumstances better then in his youth.
It's a different boss, i could not write another backstreets or jungleland.or lost in the flood..
They were great times. Music and musical taste changes over the years. Maybe in the future, something will come along that will make the 60's and 70's look crappy. But, when? Who knows. AND I DOUBT IT !!!!!!!
Terry McGovern was a life-long friend of Bruce's. He passed away just before "Magic" was released and the last track on the album is dedicated to him, it's called Terry's Song.
11/2/78, Landover, MD Capitol Center. This song changed my life. Most dramatic concert I've ever seen before or since. At the end, he collapsed on stage like he'd died and it was totally authentic. Chills just thinking about it. Actually, when opened the show with Badlands and flew OVER Max on drums -- I still haven't recovered. That was my first Springsteen show. Have since heard that show made many Top 10 lists. I was lucky to be there. A holy moment.
EASILY Bruce's best, most riveting song! The lingering question is whether Terry is a guy or girl - "Trying to learn how to walk like the heroes we thought we had to be" suggests a guy.
Steve VZ was "MIami Steve" backe then - he looks like a pimp here!
Bruce often writes women characters into his songs to serve as alter-egos to the narrator character. In this case, Terry is the alter-ego that is locked in immature childhood who refuses to grow up. The narrator is setting out on the journey to adulthood having determined to leave behind a dead-end life.
My take was always that this is a song about betrayal - Terry, male or female friend, dumped him for someone else. Given that Bruce was sort of an "outcast" as a youth, perhaps he bonded with "Terry" who was like him, who then move onto a different crowd. Much anguish in this song.
The great thing about this song, as shown from the comments, are the multiple ways that it can be interpreted. For my money Bruce's best song and certainly my favorite. It's such a captivating story. "But i hated him, and i hated you when you went away..." so powerful
This song reminds me of the night me and my girlfriend broke up sitting on the abandon porch of the Palace skating rink in Asbury Park looking out at the ocean and up at the stars. We were both crying. I never saw that girl again.
Wow, dude, I'm sorry. But at least this way you didn't have to sit around and watch each other get old. Sometimes the only way something can stay perfect is for it to end. I think I'd rather have a poetic breakup than a lifetime of slow decay. Keep rockin'.
dragon5937...check out the gaslight anthem...they are have basically been dubbed the punk rock bruce springsteen, but there is def more to em than that...and bruce played with them on stage this past summer at a festival in england....amazing
Yeah, no kidding. I hope I'm this cool to people in 35 years.
In the words of Greil Marcus in one of the best rock-and-roll reviews of all time, this is "a song that begins with music so stately, so heartbreaking, that it might be the prelude to a rock & roll version of The Illiad." What a fantastic live version. Get the box set that has this concert on DVD if you do not already have it.
Just to let all Bruce fans know, there's a really interesting documentary on YT called "The Making of Born to Run". Hardly anyone has seen it, but it's well worth a look!
Can you feel the passion, the transport, the desperation that the Boss and his fellows put in every single note sung, in every string strummed, in every piano key hit? That's the pure Bruce spirit, that's the one which brings tears to my eye and makes some inner strings vibrate like no one else can do.
bc he was young and supid @ the time. he was prob comparing to when he played exxtremely small venues in the northeast. silly bruce. tricks are for kids.
he was scared because his other records didn;t do very well and his record co was ready to drop him and now there all clasics and i would of fired the execs who would of thinking that and now bruce is an icon ,i ve been following his music since the 70;s and it never gets old but when he was in his 20[s the best
hey ik ben ook een 15 jarige fan, ik ben tot nu toe naar alle concerten van hem geweest in Nederland en bij Pinkpop heb ik hem zelfs een hand gegeven (ik stond helemaal vooraan tegen het hek aan). Echt m'n beste moment van mijn leven.
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I have been to all his concerts in The Netherlands since my birth and last month i went to Pinkpop festival where he gave me a hand (i stood against the fence). Definitelly my best moment in my live, and it will always be.
I'm a 15 year old fan from The Netherlands and this song sits in my top 5 songs. My name is also Bruce (my father is a big fan aswell). I listen to The Boss all day long and i'm getting crazier and crazier, can't describe how much i love him and his music. What a pure performance full of rawness. I would do anything just to be in the 1970-1985 period of Bruce Springsteen. He still is the man today, but what he showed at Hammersmith Odeon, Winterland, Capitol Theatre is the fucking best you get!
You lucky devil. I am 16 and have tried my hardest to get tickets to any concert within 200 miles and hasn't worked. my hope is that my first road trip will involve Springsteen
Up there beside "cleanliness".....
bruciewollie1 1 month ago
Terry (Teri?), Mary, Janey, Davey, Rosie, Spanish Johnny, Candy and the other characters Bruce has been singing about since his first album (Greetings from Asbury Park) have been appearing under the same/similar names, for almost forty years - but they are based on a lot of different people.
Think about it: "Mary" from Thunder Road became "my baby" from "Racing In The Street", the Mary in "The River", and eventually "Mary's Place" on The Rising.
mitchberg 1 month ago 3
i love how the audience claps when the song starts. it seems so...formal.
gojira931 2 months ago
Guy's a legend, sure. But I really wish his guitar was in tune.
OhTheOtherDude 2 months ago
Why does every youtube video I go to someone has to mention Lady Gaga? Bruce and LG (for short) are at opposite ends of the spectrum. Someone must like her. I can't even think of a song she does and I'm old enough I don't think I would like her so lets appreciate this, leave her out of it and enjoy music "we grew up with".
admllr 3 months ago
One should search the web for Terry Magovern. The Terry he sings about and his long time friend......
cmatthews43 4 months ago
@cmatthews43 "Backstreets" is not about Terry Mcgovern....
warflynn 3 months ago
@cmatthews43 I am a friend of his previous drummer Vini Lopez and he states "Backstreets" was about various girls met along the Jersey Shore.... a depiction of female friends... particularly one by the name of Teri that Bruce had a romantic interest in but valued her friendship much more than the love interest.
warflynn 3 months ago
Really.Thats cool.Vini seems like a coo guy in interviews.
BobReidy 2 months ago
@cmatthews43 Many people believe he is singing about Terry Mcgovern but "Teri" in Backstreets is a female/ females...
warflynn 3 months ago
@warflynn Why than on the brucespringsteen net website (official and authorized) are the lyrics referencing a Terry and not your spelling? It appears you and Vini need to put away the bong...
cmatthews43 3 months ago
@warflynn My spelling may have been off but that is besides the point.... NO bong here friend... just the facts and i am quite sure "Vini Lopez" knows what he is talking about as he was Bruce's drummer! You believe what you want and i will believe what i am told by a very reliable source.... Bruce had a few Muses but for the most part his songs/ lyrics were intended for the listener to interperet as they choose. No argument here, you are entitled to your opinion as am i, no need to be rude!!!!
warflynn 3 months ago
@cmatthews43 As i said... believe as you wish but i know this is not the case... The song is in relation to women he met along the jersey shore.
warflynn 2 months ago
@warflynn This is an intense story about a broken relationship; a tale of losing a lover where the narrator seems more concerned about losing her as a friend. The girl in the song, Terry, is a character Springsteen created based on girls he knew.
warflynn 2 months ago
@warflynn Its not about a women he met dumbass. Its about his BEST FRIEND TERRY MAGOVERN WHO IS A MAN and has also passed away a few years ago. Look it up, google it. Not rocket science.
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@VenomsCompromise That's my sister your calling names and shouting at.. uh Venom is it?.. nice Take a hike, she has every right to comment.- We Take Care Of Own.
SuzzyStohelit 1 month ago
@VenomsCompromise You're wrong. The girl in the song is a character Springsteen created based on girls he knew.
dompathug 3 weeks ago
@dompathug WHATEVER Just GOOGLE IT: BACKSTREETS TERRY MAGOVERN. I will not go on any more so dont bother me, I wont argue.
Arguing on the internet is like running at the special olympics. Even if you win, you're still retarded.
VenomsCompromise 3 weeks ago
"it is surely one of the best of the Boss live performances".....
no, it's only a well captured performance.
that's how great he is.
thetherie 4 months ago
hiding on the backstreets, i think he sings it 23 times?
MsSpeedykat 5 months ago
Bruce should be an example to all of us - never cut corners in everything to do and you will only end up with perfection.
MsSpeedykat 5 months ago
Bruce and The Estreet Band from this era and ten-twelve years on must be the gretest act to ever hit a stage. Thank you so much for this fantastic clip!
MrStickyaudiobuff 5 months ago
The climax of this song is out of this world. I listen to this version of the song, every single day. I'm not even exaggerating.
biggles1111 5 months ago
@biggles1111 me too
vividhkothari89 5 months ago
A truly amazing performance; what a man, what a band. Every note of that solo cuts right through me, and it's totally exhilarating. I know that makes me sound like a dick, but my god, Bruce is just pure magic.
fullygrownshambles 6 months ago
fan fucking tastic!
ravenflag 1 year ago
I have lost count of the amount of times I've watched Live At Hammersmith.
Backstreets is & always will be a song that feels a part of me. I've loved this song since I was 6 years old. I used to ride home from school on my bike every lunchtime just to listen to Backstreets & Jungleland. It means the same to me now as it did then. The piano intro is beautiful.
MattBreakdown 1 year ago
This and Racing In The Streets makes me cry.
HaHaxIxWin 1 year ago
wonderful
hsulf 1 year ago
I'm very happy Bruce hit me in my 20's with his song written in his 20's, even with 3 decades time-lag. His songs are so true to me now, it will be the same to young generations in 100 years and more. Thank You.
monkeyguitarist 1 year ago 3
Suck it Beiber!
tb89119 1 year ago
It always struck me that there was some sort of "destiny" aspect to Bruce and his career. I mean, he was writing transcendent songs in his early 20s and it seems like there was some sort of cosmic push to him becoming a world-renowned artist. Not to say he doesn't deserve it... the contrary, actually. I think he's the greatest songwriter who ever strapped on a guitar. That's the point... how is he able to crystalize the unspoken mass consciousness so brilliantly?
Gatsby999888 1 year ago 2
That my friends is real talent.
RandyCasey 1 year ago 6
@RandyCasey And Bruce and the band are as good now as they were then. They will NEVER be an oldies act.
RudyCasordapek 1 year ago
HIDING ON THE BACKSTREETS! pure magic here! Bruce you inspire me so much.
KOSMICKEN09 1 year ago
Everytime I hear a Springsteen song I think "this one is definetly my favorite" then I hear another one and I'm like "no wait, THIS one is my favorite"...then another one comes one...and well, you know....lol. Bruce is #1!
4cullen1 1 year ago
if i HAD TO CHOOSE 1 SONG ......... THE FIRE WE WERE BORN IN what else have you got ??????????
like an angle on my chest
rmeofiowa 1 year ago
ROCKIN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hugewaylonfan 1 year ago
one of the best videos on youtube, thats for damn sure.
electricdynomite 1 year ago
I truly came of age listening to these in the late 80's. Some of my best memories
kimmergh61 1 year ago
was thinking up a similar point in my head Walterbrob. aint no denying the real thing.
unquietnights 1 year ago
I'm 19 and it's sad how bad the music scene has gotten. The amount of talent around in the 70s blows the doors off of today.
jtcolts72 1 year ago
i just love this guy.
debdoll102 1 year ago
The piano solo is amazing... great song... one of the best songs of the boss
TheLadythunder 1 year ago
@TheLadythunder if you search here on youtube for "backstreets milan 1985" the piano solo is still better and powerfull! Bruce forever!
RugidoLeonino 1 year ago
@RugidoLeonino I sort of agree. Let's vote: This (Hammersmith), or Milan, 1985. Vote on the piano solo only. Not the whole song performance.
RudyCasordapek 1 year ago
This reminds me of my best friend whenever i hear it....another friend told me that my best friend is a broken boy and he will never be fixed unless he wants to help himself....i hate myself because im starting to believe her -You can blame it all on me Terry, it dont matter to me now.
Joeman3438 1 year ago
Actually that's Jim Gordon on piano on Layla. The drummer who killed his mother. Look it up!
surfric 1 year ago
OMG wtf is wrong with bruce fans, there is talent in the music of today you just have to look further than whose in the charts. in the past few years i've seen the boss live twice but also seen new bands like the enemy and the gaslight anthem. now try telling me that there's no passion left in music. just because justin bieber is topping the charts it doesn't music is dead.
insanegeorge 1 year ago
@insanegeorge You're right, it means America's ears are dead.
dykstrark 1 year ago
@insanegeorge Of course you're right, but when this song was written, it was groundbreaking. There are tons of potential out there, but nobody has broken new ground lately. It's just a matter of time. Bruce was "the future of R&R" in 1974. Someone that's out there now, or about to be born will become the "new Springsteen", and surpass him. Hope I'm alive when it happens.
RudyCasordapek 1 year ago 3
hey i got this DVD!its a lassic i also have new york 2001 when i here this album born to run i cant help but think of summer memories with my pals
thewhochilipeppersU2 1 year ago
Damn, they're all so young there... But you can see the talent blooming this early in their careers, too. God bless you, Bruce. <3
loveleigh4ever 1 year ago 4
Made a piano version of this song 2 weeks ago:) One of my personal favourites;) would love to hear from some proper springsteen fans... cheers:)
HenkeJ2 1 year ago
I love you boss :' )
hex00002 2 years ago 4
The best piano intro ever!
Damijan86 2 years ago 4
It is great, but am partial to the intro to Jungleland and NYC Serenade.
bman342 2 years ago
Yes of course Jungleland has also great piano intro,
Damijan86 2 years ago 4
I've said it once and I'll say it again... best piano opener ever.
jlgoods99 2 years ago 9
Thats why he is THE FUCKIN BOSSSSS
larocca3 2 years ago 8
I can't help it, this song gives me chills and brings small tears to my eyes every time I hear it. If only I could've been there...
parlorxxmobster 2 years ago 11
so good so beutifule so strong. just left to cry for loosing this concert(i was 4 years old)
tzurl1 2 years ago 3
My parents hadn't met by the time of that concert...haha.
I'm 19 now, and I've gotten to know almost every 70s show of bruce uploaded in youtube and i've seen the band 3 times... I wish I had lived back then when music was music and rock'n'roll loved by most of the youths and not today with all these people listening to something called music that is just shitty business...
ambulante7 2 years ago 8
It's all gone,a time reaching to the past dwellers,nothing ahead,no histories to deliver a profound meaning.
texaspilcher 2 years ago
It is surely one of the best of the Boss live performances. Thunder Road from this show breaks me totaly. And Backstreets gives me shivers...
JulianFontana 2 years ago 31
he just mite be btter than...miley cyrus,fergie,or gaga,or even britney...???sad aint it..what talent is there today?
walterbrob 2 years ago 32
Hey, don't give up on modern music.
There's a whole lot of good stuff goin' round. You just gotta look beyond commercial radio to find it.
tomh124 2 years ago 6
@tomh124 ....every time i try to look beyond, i find myself lookin back, again, and again.
vanparty 2 years ago 3
This is true.There is some good stuff out there but the well has sort of dried up.After 2005,music went down hill.Before then,there was plenty of good stuff.
BobReidy 2 years ago
Main stream music has really dried up, but if you actually look for good music, and go to bars for music, you'll see some good bands with some real potential. Those bands are starting the way that Bruce or Bob Dylan did, by going bar to bar, trying so hard to make it in music
Thoroldhawk 1 year ago
Nobody takes the route of playing bars and clubs anymore.Nowdays all aspiring musicans put their stuff out on Myspace.If artists like Bruce,Dylan and other greats who were made better playing bars and clubs had the internet available,maybe they would not have been as great as they are.Plus the aura of seeing a great band at a club is gone now.It used to be fun to go the Whiskey in La or other famous places to see a new band.Now bands who will never do anything play those venues.
BobReidy 1 year ago
@BobReidy Bands around my area are playing in bars, but they also use myspace to publicize their music, because we have technology for a reason. A local band called Street Pharmacy has been playing in bars for about 5 years now before getting a break, which was being on a Much Music TV show. They are still playing in bars, but now their music is being played in San Diego radio stations. They are from Welland Ontario, Canada, so this is a very big milestone for them.
Thoroldhawk 1 year ago
Well there are still some around and there is nothing wrong with using Myspace or any other resource to advance your carreer.Im just upset I never got to see the "glory days" no pun intended, where you would go to the Whiskey,the Roxy,the Troubador,or the Bottom Line which was a club in NYC Bruce actually played at, and others and see upcomming bands who became famous.
BobReidy 1 year ago
I forgot Bruce played the Roxy at one point two.Ive seen many a documentary showing what it used to be like and how cool it was.I always joke that I was born in the wrong era.
BobReidy 1 year ago
@BobReidy I wish i was around for those days, on one street in New York you could have Springsteen playing in one bar and another famous artist somewhere else. Around my area all that we have is one or two enjoyable bands, and then about 30 or 40 screamo bands who play in bars constantly.
Thoroldhawk 1 year ago
Well dont forget that in the early to mid 80s on the Sunset Strip in LA,that was kind of the case.It was common for say Motley Crue to be at the Whiskey or Ratt to be at the Roxy or someone else to be at the Troubador and then they would all hang out at the Rainbow bar.
BobReidy 1 year ago
@BobReidy And why exactly after 2005?
bruce91919 1 year ago
Thats when Green Days American Idiot came out and that was the last great rock album made in recent years.The Red Hot Chilli Peppers Stadium Arcadium came out in 2006 which was a great album.Since then the well of great rock bands ahs sort of dried up and rock has been replaced by shit like Lady Gaga,Justin Beiber,the Jonas Brothers and others.The only popular great bands out today are Three Doors Down,Nickleback,and Daughtry.They are the only ones who hold a candel to Bruce.
BobReidy 1 year ago
@BobReidy Thanks, didn't know that, I'm glad Bruce made 2 E-Street-Band albums afterwards
bruce91919 1 year ago
I was refering to the people that kids listen to.Bruce and all of the other ledgendary artists have made great albums since then but thats because of their inabilty to make bad music.The people you hear on MTV was who I was refering to.
BobReidy 1 year ago
@BobReidy you just named the absolute WORST bands you could have. 3 doors down, nickleback, and daughtry are on the same level as gaga and beiber rofl.. maybe worse
Dubs36 1 year ago 2
Dont get me wrong,Bruce blows away Daughtry,3 Doors Down and Nickleback as great as they are.
BobReidy 1 year ago
Bruce and all the artists that inspired him and he inspired eat those artists alive.Those artists are crap.Bruce probably laughs at them.Lady Gaga is a talentless preformer.
BobReidy 2 years ago 14
@BobReidy He doesn't laugh at them at all, he actually does the opposite. We see this with his most recent meeting with Taylor Swift and past Lady Gaga encounters ( I don't like any of them either), but he is a kind man. Still, There are many great artists/band that Bruce's influence lies in their sound. i.e.Kurt Vile, the gaslight antherm, arcade fire, pete yorn, Paul Baribeau, The War on Drugs. If you haven't checked out some of those guys, you should and should support them.
MrSeanwilson220 3 months ago
Being that he is a nice guy,he is probably nice to them.I have heard of some of those groups.
BobReidy 2 months ago
@walterbrob Are you kidding me?! What about Justin Bieber? AND the Jo Bros?! Now that's music right there!!!
mikamamma 1 year ago
@walterbrob if i HAD TO CHOOSE 1 SONG ......... THE FIRE WE WERE BORN IN what else have you got like an angel on my chest
rmeofiowa 1 year ago
@walterbrob The difference between Bruce and these contemporary pseudo–musicians is that Bruce sorta thought of it as a way of life, not just a job or means of income of money. He poured his heart and soul into every single lyric he wrote, every single album he made, and every concert he played. He just simply cared and had a true passion for creating good, pristine, unadulterated music. Basically, unlike the modern types, Bruce is absolutely straight–up, no bullshit. Amazing talent...
Bugattiman1011 1 year ago 3
Sadly not much.Bruce mops the floor with todays popular acts.
BobReidy 1 year ago
my favourite song from my favourite singer :)
backstreetsBOSS91 2 years ago 9
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Yes and I'm homeless also, THANX OBAMA??????
jamieandbald 2 years ago
You're homeless, though you've still found some time to spend on the computer? And IF you're homeless, don't blame Obama. Just blame Bush, who has ridiculed America for eight years.
TessAlexandra16 2 years ago
sheesh...
this song sounds even better today then 20 years ago when I was growing up
could always relate to his songs
thanx from Croatia
braletoya 2 years ago 12
braletoya. i first heard this 20 years after it was written. To this day it rings more true to me then any song written in my generation. Such emotion, such faith, such realness. It will never be forgotten.
StukeSowle 2 years ago 13
This is Flawless. This is the Jersey sound not that garbage Bonjovi puts out. For 1975 this concert video and sound is amazing. I was to young back then but always heard of these great shows from the 70"s and here it is! Best song on Born To Run
tonepole 2 years ago 13
Bruce recruited excellent a terrific pianist, a powerful yet skillful drummer, and an iconic saxphonist.
They catapulted him to stardom.
justAnotherJapanese 2 years ago
They went along for the ride, but of course they are also great. Without the songwriter, (if this group got together), they would have become the greatest unknown band of all time.
RudyCasordapek 2 years ago 8
What you're saying is right. As far as I am concerned, BS wouldn't be able to find better musicians like them.
Look at Billy Joel. He is a very good musician, as nobody doubts. As far as I am concerned, however, he could have recruited a lot better drummer back in the 70's.
justAnotherJapanese 2 years ago
Ahhh...what?
moocow117 2 years ago
@justAnotherJapanese Oh yeah, he'd have amounted to nothing except for his talented keyboard player, sax player, and drummer.
Who do you think wrote the 350 songs the E-Street Band can play? Who provides the electricity at the shows?
CPSJSMSUUMUGA 1 year ago
This is flawless. This is the Jersey sound. For 1975 this concert sounds great. I was to young back then but always heard of these great shows he did in the 70's, and here it is!
Amazing!
tonepole 2 years ago 7
CHE GNOCCO! very handsome!
valeriejolie 2 years ago
bruce at his youthful brilliance ! his voice , his body.........hiding on the backstreets...and when he loses his hat....BRUCE IS BORN. long live bruce!!!!!!
mbuckhannon 2 years ago 5
thanks for these great posts!
CadillacManJeffrey 2 years ago
Backstreets is part of the fabric of who I am.......LOVE IT
vanparty 2 years ago 2
Amazing sentence, you spoke the words I never found to describe what I feel towards the Boss' music.
BrianGriffin83 2 years ago 2
one of the greatest piano riffs in rock music
the other is Bobby Whitlock in Layla with Derek and the Dominos
fernleyguy48 2 years ago 2
And the beginning of this song is very pretty... bittersweet and poignant, I'd be lying if I trashed it.
Wamz1978 2 years ago
I have to say that in general I cant stand Bruce Springsteen. He has maybe ten songs, ten tracks more accurately, that I really dig. This is one of them. But I'll say this, he's got a terrific band. They just have really good, unique sound, two fine keyboardists (I know Dany Federici passed away) , a terrific drummer and bassist and thye later added Nils Lofgren, who is ridiculously good on guitar. Its just a flat out good ass band even though I dont dig the songs all that much
Wamz1978 2 years ago
Funny, but I think he has 200 good tracks. But, to each his own.
And, I agree the band is crazy good.
RudyCasordapek 2 years ago
Definitley. They just sound terrific and they always seem to be having fun, they really enjoy playing together.
Wamz1978 2 years ago
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This Bruce passed away shortly after 1985 B.I.USA album. It's sad to see what he's become. But these memories are4ever R.I.P. Bruce
ragamuffingunna 2 years ago
I'm not sure I can think of any 60-year old folks that ARE the same as they were 25 years ago. I hope I don't meet any, either. Enjoy it all.
mhpsu1 2 years ago
I totally agree with mhpsu1, well said mate
If he would for example always play the same music, it would not be so special
jn7589 2 years ago
please go away
SJZJElledge 2 years ago
Ridiculous puffery. Wanker City.
RudyCasordapek 2 years ago
I was referring to ragamuffin's RIP to Bruce. I saw the 4 th Giant's Stadium show and he was as good as when I first saw him in 1973.
RudyCasordapek 2 years ago
what the FUCK are you talkin' about?!...
maxis4real87 2 years ago
Willis.
RudyCasordapek 2 years ago 2
i agree with you rudycasordapek
maxis4real87 2 years ago
Thanks maxis4real87. The thing is, I grew up with the Boss (figuratively). He's 2 years older than me. I grew up in Toms River on the Jersey Shore. He was locally famous from 1969 till 1975 when BTR came out. Then the cover of Time and Newsweek, and the rest is HISTORY.
RudyCasordapek 2 years ago
:D...i'm young...but i say anyway those were good times....when music meant something...
I was angry with the guy spoke about rip for bruce....he's the best nowadays...he got the best band ever, and his 2000's albums are very good (exspecially rising, magic, D&D). Nad live he still rocks, like, or in some circumstances better then in his youth.
It's a different boss, i could not write another backstreets or jungleland.or lost in the flood..
maxis4real87 2 years ago
They were great times. Music and musical taste changes over the years. Maybe in the future, something will come along that will make the 60's and 70's look crappy. But, when? Who knows. AND I DOUBT IT !!!!!!!
RudyCasordapek 2 years ago 3
Terry McGovern was a life-long friend of Bruce's. He passed away just before "Magic" was released and the last track on the album is dedicated to him, it's called Terry's Song.
galwegians08 2 years ago
11/2/78, Landover, MD Capitol Center. This song changed my life. Most dramatic concert I've ever seen before or since. At the end, he collapsed on stage like he'd died and it was totally authentic. Chills just thinking about it. Actually, when opened the show with Badlands and flew OVER Max on drums -- I still haven't recovered. That was my first Springsteen show. Have since heard that show made many Top 10 lists. I was lucky to be there. A holy moment.
robertmorganfisher 2 years ago 5
this album has got to be one of the best live albums ever. i must say this is my favorite bruce song
beardownsports526 2 years ago
Boss at his best!!
thepoozer 2 years ago 3
EASILY Bruce's best, most riveting song! The lingering question is whether Terry is a guy or girl - "Trying to learn how to walk like the heroes we thought we had to be" suggests a guy.
Steve VZ was "MIami Steve" backe then - he looks like a pimp here!
chugger74 2 years ago 3
Bruce often writes women characters into his songs to serve as alter-egos to the narrator character. In this case, Terry is the alter-ego that is locked in immature childhood who refuses to grow up. The narrator is setting out on the journey to adulthood having determined to leave behind a dead-end life.
draygnol 2 years ago
My take was always that this is a song about betrayal - Terry, male or female friend, dumped him for someone else. Given that Bruce was sort of an "outcast" as a youth, perhaps he bonded with "Terry" who was like him, who then move onto a different crowd. Much anguish in this song.
chugger74 2 years ago
The great thing about this song, as shown from the comments, are the multiple ways that it can be interpreted. For my money Bruce's best song and certainly my favorite. It's such a captivating story. "But i hated him, and i hated you when you went away..." so powerful
DocH32 2 years ago 2
This song reminds me of the night me and my girlfriend broke up sitting on the abandon porch of the Palace skating rink in Asbury Park looking out at the ocean and up at the stars. We were both crying. I never saw that girl again.
2uberu 2 years ago 10
Wow, dude, I'm sorry. But at least this way you didn't have to sit around and watch each other get old. Sometimes the only way something can stay perfect is for it to end. I think I'd rather have a poetic breakup than a lifetime of slow decay. Keep rockin'.
dharmabums320 2 years ago 3
god damn
theTOOJ 2 years ago
that would be one of ur unforgettable nights even now, my eyes are gently weepin'.........
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2uberu 2 years ago
look at the boss singing it out. THAT my friends, is what music is all about!
hbugw 2 years ago
dragon5937...check out the gaslight anthem...they are have basically been dubbed the punk rock bruce springsteen, but there is def more to em than that...and bruce played with them on stage this past summer at a festival in england....amazing
differencetom 2 years ago
glad he ditched the hat
raresaturn 2 years ago
Man they were so cool back in the days, too bad I was born 30 years to late, haha
rangoooon 2 years ago 3
Yeah, no kidding. I hope I'm this cool to people in 35 years.
In the words of Greil Marcus in one of the best rock-and-roll reviews of all time, this is "a song that begins with music so stately, so heartbreaking, that it might be the prelude to a rock & roll version of The Illiad." What a fantastic live version. Get the box set that has this concert on DVD if you do not already have it.
funkoutrageous 2 years ago
This gives me goosebumps! i love the boss.
kaytothet07 2 years ago 3
again young skinny rock star writing and performing stuff that dreams are made of this is what made BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN immortal.
Parisxtc 2 years ago 5
Wish I had been at this concert. Just doen't get any better.
Where are such bands today?
dragon5937 2 years ago 7
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Just to let all Bruce fans know, there's a really interesting documentary on YT called "The Making of Born to Run". Hardly anyone has seen it, but it's well worth a look!
wrightherewrightnow9 2 years ago
Can you feel the passion, the transport, the desperation that the Boss and his fellows put in every single note sung, in every string strummed, in every piano key hit? That's the pure Bruce spirit, that's the one which brings tears to my eye and makes some inner strings vibrate like no one else can do.
Thanks Boss...
BrianGriffin83 2 years ago 8
this is the young BOSS.
1989phillip1989 2 years ago 2
This song always reminds me of growing up on the Jersey shore. Just hearing the piano intro literally brings tears to my eyes.
pokerpro7s 2 years ago 6
Another great song from The Big Hat And Tanktop Tour (which I caught in London). Bless.
eatthehamster 2 years ago 2
lucky git!
mrroykeane16 2 years ago
I WAS THERE !!!!!!!!!
This was my first ever Springsteen concert.Flew over from Germany!
Still great memories.
Barnestormer1 2 years ago 5
So jealous!!
jimboshizz 2 years ago 2
LUCKY... oh my god.....
JJSHIZZ 2 years ago 3
I think this may be the greatest piano intro of all time.
jimmyajp 2 years ago 17
Deffinately. Also, the way it's played under the big outro, it's amazing!
chuck1990bb 2 years ago 6
why did bruce call this one of his worst concerts??????
it's one of the best on showing his urge to just break lose in my opinion
SJKU21 2 years ago 2
when and were did he say it was his worst?????
mcpcartman 2 years ago
bc he was young and supid @ the time. he was prob comparing to when he played exxtremely small venues in the northeast. silly bruce. tricks are for kids.
mitchakotaco 2 years ago
he's so critical of his music, he didn't even want to release Born to Run one of the greatest albums of all time!
DJWROCKS 2 years ago 5
he was scared because his other records didn;t do very well and his record co was ready to drop him and now there all clasics and i would of fired the execs who would of thinking that and now bruce is an icon ,i ve been following his music since the 70;s and it never gets old but when he was in his 20[s the best
johno934 2 years ago
I was 14 when I saw my first Bruce show - in London 1992 - i'm Belgian - he blew me AWAY - Pinkpop was my 30th show. LEGEND!
blazeandnoise 2 years ago
@ Tunnelhoofd,
hey ik ben ook een 15 jarige fan, ik ben tot nu toe naar alle concerten van hem geweest in Nederland en bij Pinkpop heb ik hem zelfs een hand gegeven (ik stond helemaal vooraan tegen het hek aan). Echt m'n beste moment van mijn leven.
Translation:
I have been to all his concerts in The Netherlands since my birth and last month i went to Pinkpop festival where he gave me a hand (i stood against the fence). Definitelly my best moment in my live, and it will always be.
jowbowla 2 years ago
I'm a 15 year old fan from The Netherlands and this song sits in my top 5 songs. My name is also Bruce (my father is a big fan aswell). I listen to The Boss all day long and i'm getting crazier and crazier, can't describe how much i love him and his music. What a pure performance full of rawness. I would do anything just to be in the 1970-1985 period of Bruce Springsteen. He still is the man today, but what he showed at Hammersmith Odeon, Winterland, Capitol Theatre is the fucking best you get!
jowbowla 2 years ago 5
In my opinion Bruce is the best artist alive and this is my favorite song i'm only 15 years old and i saw bruce twice The best artist alive
tunnelhoofd 2 years ago 8
You lucky devil. I am 16 and have tried my hardest to get tickets to any concert within 200 miles and hasn't worked. my hope is that my first road trip will involve Springsteen
wvwrestler27 2 years ago