Springsteen - Saint in the City

[MrMattRocker]

THIS IS ROCK AND ROLL!!!!!!!!!!!!

[skippybebutter]

Seldom are these nerves touched. More like religion than art.

[emallie2]

@skippybebutter

AMEN!!!!!

[Albido100]

My personal fav by Bruce. The sheer energy of the first half could power a small city for weeks.

[glammer]

@Albido100

One of mine too, especially live with the guitar duel at the end. I used to busk it. One day I was out and a girl I used to pass every day going to work walked by in a Greetings teeshirt. Made my day to be able to go into Saint. She gave me the biggest smile. :)

[73reider]

wonderfull music wonderful energy wonderfull talent, disgraceful clothes!

[markus787]

From 2:30 onwards is unreal, no one has raw talent like bruce had!!

[HaHaxIxWin]

God I should have been born 50 years ago. I'm 19 years old and this is some of the best music I have ever heard. I grew up listening to Bruce. I remember singing along with Thunder Road in my father's car when I was 6 years old. Now that I'm older, and living on my own, I understand the music even more. This is one of my favorite songs from the Boss. That solo at the end makes me go fucking crazy.

[BaronM]

better than the version that was tacked onto Live 75-85 box set.

[TheYetiOriginal]

I bet Pete watches this everyday of his life.

[wholewheatbagel]

no other version can top this. no other song can really.

[WalllNooT]

who is pete?

[csmcpoptrt]

2:40 then on is the most amazing thing I've ever seen done with a guitar Bruce looks like he's enjoying it :)

[brian007mc]

What a performance! Its refreshing to be reminded of how true mucisians with real passion perform. This performance is a simple example of what so many many modern musical "artists" lack - RAW TALENT.

[itabuttrose]

this is why we call him the boss

[juices1234]

"I have seen the future of rock and roll... And his name is Bruce Springsteen"

[itabuttrose]

@juices1234 yes man i love it

[alisonpx]

p.s. I love this so much

[alisonpx]

springsteenfan123 was infact right, I also listened to the Radio 2 programme (in the UK) and the artist Badly Drawn Boy interviewed "Pete" who was a massive fan of Springsteen and met him before the concert. He told Springsteen this was his favourite song.

[norskmann45]

Fantastic version, so tight and swinging. Great son, but the album version tends to be over-arranged and under-poduced. This is far better!

[jwr5592]

This is my favourite video on Youtube, Springsteen at his best.

[deweypug]

Sounds a little rushed and sloppy... great song off the album!

[dwfeen00]

silver star studs on my duds like a harley in heat--------------it does'nt get any cooler than that

[haitianjack5]

god damn. this is fucking brilliant

[Byronfairweather]

Pimpin'!

[BSfrom1987]

When I tell my friends that THE BOSS IS BEST, they just look at me like I'm senile. It astounds me how ANYONE could not love the Legend that is Bruce. I'm 13 and have loved the boss for 14 years!!

[bunkka84]

Your math is off.

[4tealicks]

He probably felt the music vibrations while he was in the womb

[FireOnHighEldorado]

They do call him the Boss for a reason...and this is the reason!!!

Easily one of my favourite songs of all time! Seriously, what can compare to this! The lyrics, the guitar, the sax, the drums, the piano (really the entire band!) and especially the performance! There's just nothing like it! The E Street Band truly are the masters at putting on a show.

Awesome hats by the way Bruce, Miami Steve, Professor Roy and especially Clarence! The big man really rocks that white suit!

[4tealicks]

Now thats bringin a song to life. boss is best

[Furry1Too]

These songs make me think of sandpaper and pornos, all grit and passion! i dont think there is another first album that has such amazing power except MeatLoaf i want this played at my funeral

[slvtnplt]

Ugh I love that heavy vehicle in a tunnel sound he makes with his guitar

And can I just say that Miami Steve was such a qt back in the day

[ryanfoley123]

I saw them play a few months ago. I'm sixteen and I don't have that much energy!

Some people have just got it

[southsidesisters]

so now you all know why my nick is southsidesisters... ;)

love this song!

[TriggerHappyMariachi]

happy birthday bruce!

[RossTheHick]

who says the boss can't play the guitar? Next time your hear someone say that, just show them this video.

[GeminaXMike]

what a great song this is man....incredible!! and more then 30 years later he still rocks!!!!

[babacadomes]

Man, he was so nice in the 70's!

[ambulante7]

Unbelievable... Bruce and the E Street still prove today that they're the best rocknroll band in history with their 3 hour-long shows, but back in those days they had a power, energy, quality...that you will never see again in any other band.

What a great guitar duel...there's a moment when the volume is really low...and at the end everything explodes...i just can't describe what it makes me feel, i simply go mad with it!

[RenzoSinisi]

Thanks for upload the Bruce's videos :)

[XRaylroad]

Wow, I'm speechless.

Gonna see him in 47 hours live in concert. Man, this gonna be awesome.

[stuthehistoryguy]

Awesome doesn't cover it, mate. Hope it went well.

[Deafbillieblackbell]

It's the ultimate version of this song, I love it so much.

[L2die]

Just absolutely epic. There is not a better musical performance after 2:30 out there.

[DaanRockNRoll]

absolutely 100% right! Great Rock n Roll!

[nirviral]

is little steven playing in this concert?

[Karatemusen]

he's the guy with the red suit i think, doing the call and response solo with bruce.

[Hyperion35]

Yeah, that's Steven, and that call and response is amazing. It's like a glimpse into the kind of jams they must have done thousands of times over the years that never got recorded. Those two just react almost instinctively to each other when they play together.

[vanparty]

nirviral: Steve does the guitar fight w/ Bruce. Back then he wasn't known as Little Steven. It was Miami Steve Van Zandt.

[oipbhakeld]

way to know ur facts!

[vanparty]

oipbhakeld: When you've been addicted to this shit since age 14 (34 yrs. ago)....you tend to know these things. LOL

[nirviral]

how does he get that whale like sound around the middle of the video...when everything gets all low

[Karatemusen]

using the volume control and delay effect

[beltonmarty]

Didn't someone already say that Pete Townshend was in the crowd that nite? I think that's who he was talking about. I saw Bruce last nite in Greensboro,NC and it was awesome. But i don't know if anything can beat live in London '75 ?

[htownfess]

Sorry but I'm not gonna read all 107 comments to find that out, and apparently someone else didn't, either: I just answered a current question. They're not the band they were back then, but that's how life is. Live in '75 is carved deep in stone, for the ages. Glad it got documented. Bruce ought to shoo everybody and their mother offstage, play guitar all the time like he did back then. That was a band. Today it's too much like an entourage, no matter how he fights it--

[beltonmarty]

didn't mean to make u mad. i can so see where u r coming from, but they still do put on a good show. i think a lot of big names came to see Springsteen that nite. wasn't this his first trip to London? anyway, this is CLASSIC!

[nirviral]

anyone know what he means when he said "this is for pete" ?

[SuzzyStohelit]

Outlaw Pete?

[tyroneharris]

hahahaha.

[SuzzyStohelit]

God knows I try tyrone, glad to see you got it

[htownfess]

For Pete Townshend from the Who, maybe? That's somebody who would understand trying to write songs like this--

[EzkmaN]

It's actually a big fan of bruce, Pete Harris, who asked if he would play this song before this concert.

[danelectro2112]

I had been a casual Springsteen fan until I rented the DVD of this show. From that point on I was completely hooked.

[singler1]

an incredible early song

[oipbhakeld]

bruce at his absolute best. did you notice that in this concert, they play every song off born to run exactly the way it is on the album!? with a couple exceptions, but have you ever heard bruce sing a song just like it is on the album, to the point where u almost cant even tell the difference? i always thought that was the test of a truly great artist/band. then he takes all his earlier songs and makes them 50 times better w/ jam outs and breakdowns. what an epic show!!!!! i love it!!!!!!

[vanparty]

The world had NEVER EVER seen ANYTHING like this performance in 1975. Beatles, Stones, Elvis......not even close to the raw power & energy displayed here. What an arsenal of weapons the E Street Band has. Bruce & Steve are havin' an electrical knife fight, while Max fires his M-16, etc.....Simply AMAZING.

[sly24k]

man..wow

[oipbhakeld]

i cant stop watching this video. you know how you buy an album, and listen to the same song over and over and over until u cant stand it or you only like it when it comes on the radio by sheer coincidence? well, i watched this dvd 3 weeks ago, and have been playing it half volume on youtube over my shitty speakers since them, probably listend to it 200 times since then, and it hasnt gotten old or repulsive yet. true sign of great music.

[classof80extant]

B&W pic of Le Boss in his pre-boss days, cut from a Rolling Stone and framed on my wall when I was 13. Still takes me there. Still.

Thank you very much for the post.

[oipbhakeld]

thank god someone was there taping this show. thank god we didnt lose this piece of rock and roll magic. bruce absolutly transcended music, life, emotion, and all things on this night. man these guys were untouchable

[K4driver2]

what do you mean "were" THEY STILL ARE!!!

[oipbhakeld]

i mean they were plain and simple

[FabioTavasci]

just... WOW !!!

[firmly6]

how can anyone favor a les paul or sg after watching those guys with truly beautiful fender sounds. Springsteen's volume swells on the tele are so magical. Damn intense ending

[hiphopof2009]

Bruce are amazziiing

[RAPSKP]

someone said "musical orgasm". That's a great way to describe. I'm so glad this is part of recorded history. It's beautiful.

[idahoMW]

Seen this so many times....

Every time, I say "Damn!!!"

Great stuff!

[emrox77]

this is an amazing video, thanks for posting! i have the whole concert on dvd and cd, and it's brilliant. bruce is amazing!

[AnnaValentinaFarina]

Mitico!

[jwr5592]

This just beats any other version hands down. love it

[lolafixin]

fuckin' hot damn. that is beautiful art

[phillydog17]

Fucking A-!

[borkanen]

This song is bad ass.

[Chalwaman]

This whole gig is without doubt one of the rawest ever seen!

[lbj31]

Amazing song with solos of guitars at the end !

[kinney1990]

hes amazing recorded but LIVE its just another league

[cadenza1979]

Damn!  Just makes me want to see them live.

[Heezey]

funny video lets chat

seen it yesterday! lets chat Tn

[CMsurvive11]

Absolutely one of Bruce's best live. The way it builds at the end is incredible and gives me goose bumps every time I hear it.

[bsfan08]

i was kidding man

im a huge bruce fan

i know em all n this is surely one of the best versions

-E sTreet ShuFflE-

[vanparty]

WTF!!!!!! Every time I see this I lose my friggin' mind.

[labhrash]

that was a musical orgasm

[apackerfan]

Great song. Bruce Springsteen before he became BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN!!!!

[JoshHarmon9043]

The Boss makes such dirt-bag faces at the end of the song. I love it!

[beatdownbombers]

the pete he dedicates the song to is pete townshend who was in the audience

[morethanjake920]

Who's that?

[callofktulu68]

good choice, pete

[80sMusicOwnz]

amazing!!!

I cant wait until Feb 1, 2009! he's playing halftime!!!!

[vanparty]

The perfect Super Bowl would be a Jets vs. Giants, and Bruce at the half.. That would make all of New Jersey happy.....well, North Jersey anyway.

[slohnd42]

Being a songwriter myself I would say that Pete is a Jersey Boy! Maybe a friend that he lost at an early age. May have been the person who the song was written about?

Peace,Wild Bill

[80sMusicOwnz]

awesome!

[cyclOpster]

kudos, too, to Mighty Max on the drums!

[moffo3384]

Great tune!!! Was he going for the world record of amount of pimps on stage at one time???

[pixiesunicorn]

holyy crap this amazing

[K4driver2]

This was before Ozzy bsfan08...1975.

[dcnole]

Wow. Talk about a tight band. A studio recording doesn't give you any insight into the level these guys are working at. Best Springsteen clip on Youtube, IMO.

[DutyDuty]

Who does he refer to when he says 'Pete' at the beginning? Townshend?

[armandotrivellini]

Yeah, it could be Pete Townshend. Bruce has always been a big fan of THE WHO. This is the most Townshend-influenced Bruce's song. (Together with Jungleland's chords in the verse). The central part has a chord progression that comes straight from Pinball Wizard, and the end of the chorus is really a WHO-sounding part. This is one of the top masterpieces by Bruce.

[quicksilver72pt]

great song even better version!!

[c0mpvirus]

This song is amazing. favorite song ever!

[Silvie2112]

i love steven and bruce togther. so talented... and neither are bad to look at may i add. =)

[80sMusicOwnz]

totally agreed!

[walterbrob]

way underated gitar slinger..check out the beginning of kittys back

[c0mpvirus]

I love sprinsteen. Better live than recording. Also awesome duel.

[jetstyr]

2:25-5:10 I love it!

And then they all go crazy at the end :)

[estreetergirl]

God, I love this band. Together they transcend music and enter a whole new dimension, something beyohd a religious experience of the purest sort, something closer to a Nirvana journey of the soul. Some call him a prophet, a savior... don't know about that, it sure may be true in one way or another. This is what I do know, this band consists of the best living guitarists, the world's most supreme drummer and sax player, most talented keyboardist, vocalists and lyricist on the planet. EVER.

[Mikeyski4]

Who cares about his hat. It's not about the clothes. It's about the music man! I personally love his hat.

[FurBalls99]

The Asbury park album was an amazing bit of vinyl and helped shape my child hood when i finally made it to Asbury i knew how the christians must feel when they go to jeruselem. Michael

[loucasp123]

this is good but springsteen needs a shave :/

[jetstyr]

What the hell? Bruce looks hot!

[62TBirdMan]

Wow!

[Ripkin1020]

this has become my new favorite bruce song, i just love his music!

[danndi920]

even better than the original recording

[rafawoc]

It looks a little bit like a hobo with that stocking cap ;P

[fryingpan1981]

Such an amazing performance. Totally captures an awesome decadent urban feel. The crew is posessed.

[CountSmifnack]

BTW, nice stocking cap, or stripmitzner as we Germans call it.

[yankeespy3]

My only problem with Bruce's performance at Hammersmith was his choice of headgear. During other performances he wore so many cooler hats than the stocking cap. The least he could have done was throw the cap into the audience at the end of the concert.

[CountSmifnack]

Great song, rock it Bruce. Odeon was a classic!!!

[shadmo328]

i like the new twist on the beat in this version

[denniscrystal]

that's sweet. thanks!

[DorkwadMcSpanky]

i have this dvd and this, thunder road and lost in the flood rule on it

[mikeheth]

Wow. From 3:40 on, what other band could stay with the E Street Band in their prime... none. What an incredible two minutes of tight pure rock musicianship.

[BatesJr]

This song didn't come from The Wild, The Innocent & The E-sreet shuffle, but from Greetings from Asbury Park.

[ultzisakhain]

I stand corrected! For some reason I always associated this tune with The W.I.E.S.S. I haven't listed to either of them in years so I guess I confused them...

[ultzisakhain]

This is fantastic, glammer - thanks! IMHO The Wild, The Innocent, and E. Street Shuffle - whence comes this piece - is Mr. Springsteen's best album - and this is one of the best tunes on that record. I also love the funny, poignant Wild Billy's Circus Story, Kitty's Back and the jazzy E. Street Shuffle.

[vanparty]

Actually this tune is from "Greetings from Asbury Park" his 1st album. "Wild, Innocent, and E Street Shuffle" was the 2nd LP.

[runqmc]

that would be steven van zandt/little steven/miami steve/silvio from the sopranos

[Pussychka]

The guitar duel is fantastic. The best part is the second guitarists response (I can't remember the name) at 03:49

[emrox77]

do you mean steve van zandt?

[jzancan]

i have a few of his DVD's, and love him live, and songs like this turned out well on this DVD, but songs like For You were frustrating cause he kept cutting his words short, it was like "sing it already, man!" the other piano version of For You on here is way better, for example.

[TurbulenceXM]

have the dvd of this, and this has to be one of the best parts of that show. Im always in aww listening to this song.

[zips554]

The Hammersmith odeon 75. This explains to people why springsteen fans are springsteen fans, listening to it is fantastic, seeing it performed overwhelming. I am so glad that Bruce released this concert it is a real treat to have in my DVD collection

[RUIMJO]

Talkin' about Pete Townshend, I remember him once saying how he's seen more than 20 Bruce shows and how he was never dissapointed..Pete's definitely a fan.

[lovescience]

Something out of this world was taking place at the Odeon that night! I could watch this selection from Glammer forever quite contentedly!! Springsteen & the E Street Band were/are the greatest... Thanks Glammer

[sweetpete49]

the guitar duet is classic!

[beaudilly]

Is anybody seeing Bittan on that piano?? Amazing

[glammer]

I took it to be Pete Townshend.

[Springsteenherjer]

who is pete?

[haakonuh]

incredible, my hero

[garoto3606]

amazing version! just great

[angelbix]

well he got a guitar and he learned how to make it talk! yeah, he sure did! You can hear that guitar talk back atcha on this song. Amazing!

[spoonyspooner]

WOW!!

[glammer]

I used to do this song when I busked years ago. One day a girl walked by in a 'Greetings From Asbury Park' t-shirt so I started playing it. I felt about as cool as it's possible to get while playing for pennies in the street.

[pennstatefan]

the sages of the subway sit just like the living dead

the tracks clack out the rhythm their eyes fixed straight ahead

you ride the line of balance and hold on by just a thread

But it's too hot in these tunnels you get hit up by the heat

you get up to get off at your next stop but they push you back in your seat

your heart starts beatin ' faster as you struggle to your feet

then you are outa that hole and back up on the street

[pennstatefan]

This is my theme song !

[HerrWagen]

again, glammer, thanks for posting!!