Bruce Springsteen - Atlantic City

[Kfarineau]

Nebraska is possibly my favorite springsteen album

[DatMagJoostWeten]

Bruce is allowed to play on my funeral in 2079, when I'm 85 and he is 130 and still ROCKING!

[Strummer90]

Nebraska changed my life. I hope there's still some reason to believe

[sineadc1973]

amazing music from the jersey devil

[ribve11]

I hate how both top comments are focusing on how many dislikes there are... for God sake, let's hail The Boss and this amazing song! who cares about some silly likes... my advice; enjoy the music and ignore the like-dislike section.

[sineadc1973]

8 ppl not man enough to like this

[norberglol]

when im down, im listening to this song and it gives me new power

[roscoefoofoo]

"Put on your stockings, baby, 'cause the night's gettin' cold...." Tenderness amid crisis. He is SO good at voicing the gracenotes the keep us human through & despite our pain. "But with you I'll forever stay...." Loyalty amid fear. The haunting echo on the almost-howling backup vocal--gorgeous. He gets too wall-of-sound operatic sometimes. But when he wants to, he can do so much with so little, musically--just as so many of his characters have to do.

[krosm]

@roscoefoofoo Well said.

[TheCmsones]

who in the world could dislike this? Springsteen is a legend.



[igglezphan]

Beginning 10 seconds in (at :10) my Dad and several relatives were on the job that day when they blew up that building. It was destroyed to make room for a new Casino. You can barely make out a sign on the side of the building. It reads Winzinger and CO, which is the name of the demolition company that was contracted to do the job.

[SuperPissflaps]

BEST SONG EVER

[zwartepiet412]

i was born in atlantic city

[vlaho22]

about Board Walk Empire death of James Darmody ... ho do you think is gonna kill Mr. Tompsone ?...... Al Capone .. .. probably .. .

Long live the Godfather.

[thetreblerebel]

III

[AlexBkatzmann]

this has to be in an ending of a boardwalk empire episode

[warftrat87]

@AlexBkatzmann

RIP

Jimmy Darmody

[SuperPissflaps]

its fuckin track man

[bigbacon12345]

Anyone who dislikes this can suck all my dicks

[lysestak1]

@bigbacon12345

you got so many? good for me that i love this song ;)

[MrBigdon359]

hank williams iii cover of this song is so much better

[osiris8605]

@MrBigdon359 get the fuck out

[MrBigdon359]

@osiris8605 look it up before you say anything

[Kruezoraxe]

@MrBigdon359 I did. There is as much depth to Williams's version as there is to cotton eyed joe.

[Jesse615]

This song and video say more in three minutes about the working middle class in post-1970s America than whole textbooks and essays can.

[Valitylans]

Well I got a job & tried to put my money away but I got debts that no honest man can pay.

[Valitylans]

& the gambling comissions hanging on by the skin of his teeth.

[decristo1021]

All these posts about how bad the 80s were are crap. Bruce did pretty well in the 80s didn't he? We finally busted the Soviet Union, and discredited losing liberal policies for almost 30 years....it's time to do it again....

[STFCstoneroses]

@decristo1021 Dickhead

[homer422]

@decristo1021 revisionist history is fun to muse over, isn't it ;)

[strokesman]

Who the fuck were the 7 assholes who came on and disliked this

[Leeder1109]

@strokesman no kidding...WHO dislikes Springsteen?

[VenomsCompromise]

@strokesman The eilte scumbag bankers of the world my dude.

[straken9k1]

@strokesman They have good taste in music. Make it 8 now

[pagalovic]

@straken9k1 die

[bredbrain]

Thumbs up, cause I'm watching this in Atlantic City.

[CherryAngelV8SS]

Now don't use up my FreePlays..I'm a coming..just watching this brings on that urge to go to AC.

[sweetlaulauXx]

Thanks The Gaslight Anthem, now because of you I know about Bruce Springsteen. Now I feel like my personal culture is a little more complete! ♥

[emaclynch]

every song he does sounds the same....

[dirkbogarde44]

@emaclynch Yes, their nearly all very, very good.

[nashcrash741]

this song is starting to fit current times now aswell......

[roybaghaei]

I wanna play this really loud while beating the living shit out of the cast of The Jersey shore

[kashmir053]

I just found out that Bruce Springsteen is playing in my country next year!! I so hope he plays this song, it's my favourite by the boss.

[imlegend93]

One of the best song of the Boss, just EPIC!

[zzhamstring]

@imlegend93 I concur with that thought. I think the mandoline makes it so good !

[iMrTatanka]

epic :D

[OnlyGuillaume]

Bonne musique tres emouvante



[BeyondNeptune]

bruce pretends a lot in his younger days.. after he left his wife for that red-haired slut, his lyrics were a lot more truthful

[ahmed95242660]

check this about atlantis city

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[snotmaw]

heartbreaking song

[MrBatman606]

am i the only one who frickkin hates vivo???

[TheHorrorAnthem]

@MrBatman606 Not at all honestly. I hate it and have read other comments hating it.

[BeyondNeptune]

i've always wondered why early Bruce songs always had an element of mafia/gypsie/criminal elements

[BruceWayne377]

holy shit this song is sweet, all you can say

[tsartodd]

"debts no honest man can pay" = my law school loans

;_;

[totoado]

he recorded this track in his bedroom with a 4 track cassette

hands down

he is a pure genius 

[TOSportsFan1990]

Looks like 6 chicken men have viewed this video

[brangrah1717]

NO ONE WATCH A SPRINGSTIEEN VIDEO GIVES A FUCK ABOUT THE ADVERTISEMENT

[capucchan8]

this is awesome nothing like the crap they come up with today

[bredbrain]

I'm watching this, IN ATLANTIC CITY!!! >.<

[theeasyleaves]

anyone have a solid strumming pattern for the basic rhythm of this one?

[moonpup85]

the road there going down is 322 damn wow

[theblackjet]

Its Phillip Testa? Really? All these years I thought the Chicken Man was Colonel Sanders and Bruce was talking about demolishing a KFC

[Janco6]

@theblackjet Brilliant! That made me laugh out loud! I'll have Colonel Sanders stuck in my head every time I hear this now!

[kruzsanna]

can't tell,how much i love this song...

[ernest747]

At the beginning, Springsteen is talking about Philip "The Chicken Man" Testa, Philadelphia Mafia Boss, 1980-1981. But I don't agree that they first blow up him and later his house. ;d He was killed by a bomb which exploded on the porch when he got out of his home. Good song.

[Kruezoraxe]

Before a bruce song....I suddenly hear Nirvana. Caused an instinctive anal clenching to occur

[MrFlamattack]

benjamin francis leftwich version also is amazing!! if you dont know him, SEARCH HIM - now :D

[bristolcityifcation]

THE SONG THAT PORTRAYS THE REAL SOPRANOS !!!!

[holdenklein]

the bands version is better, but this is pretty good.

[rigbchas]

I love Bruce.. But Hank III does a better job on this one.

[mmegs122]

@rigbchas gotta disagree...this is the stuff of legends..or the Boss.

[Ultrabrut1]

One of my top five favourite Bruce Springsteen songs. Stark, dark and grimly melodic. The opening lyrics, " Everything Dies, Baby, That's a fact " should let you this ain't no fluffy bit of nostalgia. And for some reason, whenever I play " Atlantic City " , I always follow it up with Dylan's " Just Like A Woman ". Don't know why.

[Johnrl21]

I much prefer the bluegrass version of this song....and I'm not even a bluegrass fan usually.

[nobber1587]

if ya dont want t see adds just search lyrics wit whatever song u looking for they cant advertise on them. Fock vevo!!!

[fonpenbull]

vevo go die in a hole, cry in a corner, rot in a sack, put a bullet proof vest on and shoot yourself in the head. seriously, no one likes you and you should leave.

[turfturbo]

@fonpenbull Do you even know what Vevo is and why it exists? Well for those that dont know: Vevo is a company co-owned by Sony Music, Universal, and AbuDhabi media with EMI licencing them its media. These massive music companies together own just about every major label there is. Vevo gets its revenue from advertising sharing across the web in partnership with Google and Youtube. Its why they dont want user created vids of their copyrighted material.They dont get paid if its someone elses vid

[LushieKilljoy]

I only listened to this song because Frank Iero tweeted about it, and it's become one of my favourite songs... I love how the singer of Leathermouth likes Bruce Springsteen :) <3

[Ajuuuable]

@LushieKilljoy same thing here... ♥ :)

[3x10Seconds2Mars]

Frank brought me here......thank u frankie :)

[skratchhh]

just instal ABP blocker and u'll never watch a commercial on utube again. It skips them. Go check it.

[Loganlermanlover1]

This was Frank Iero's song of the moment:) Thank GOD he has great music tastes!

[vaalientess]

@jesimcrmy a mi tambien :)

[jesimcrmy]

@FrankIero me trajo aca :)

[Ezpen7]

Love this song.

[KobertOperations]

Same song with HBO's "Boardwalk Empire" Season 1 video including spoilers. Edited by me on my YouTube account.

[SuperPhilobeddoe]

am i only who noticed that ufo on 3:16 ?

[peterkostwinder]

@SuperPhilobeddoe It's just a plane :|

[eagleskid20]

@SuperPhilobeddoe are you blind that's obviously a plane

[PIAF22]

@SuperPhilobeddoe maybe you can't identify an airplane, but the rest of us sure can.

[senorshorty16]

Check out Kyle and danielle's version in the response section. Its pretty straight forward.

[4IcyHot]

F**K Reagan ! 

[sebbis152]

This song is magical.

[stephenworldwide]

Check out this song sung by Hank Williams III. It's a fantastic cover!

[evilemperordude]

That said, it was a good time to be an American. Though I can't understand how anyone thought 80s fashion actually looked good.

[SuzzyStohelit]

Sorry for the commercial but, the shot of Jersey almost make up for it

[Kstappert185]

Rip clarence



[calmbeforethestory]

I don't understand the beginning lyrics, "they blew up the chicken man, they blew up his house too". Can anyone explain them?

[brownrecluse805]

@calmbeforethestory the Chicken Man was probably a mobster.

[jroule1]

@calmbeforethestory The Chicken Man - Philip Testa, a Philly mob boss who got himself and his house blown up. Song is about gambling and organized crime in Atlantic City, joining the mob out of necessity at the end ... "met this guy and I'm gonna do a little thing for him"

[pauldocharades]

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

[mitsevohonda]

I would like to know who the fuck disliked this video !!

[Pepsiitate]

Really beautiful song

[ctriamimgons]

Boom! That's what I remember feeling the first time I popped this one on the stereo. Didn't get four bars in, before I reset the needle and cracked it to full volume!

[SPP62]

This video beautifully captures the period in the early '80s before the economy turned around. Gambling came to AC in 1979, but large sections of the city were still crumbling and faded.. Prosperity left a lot of people behind, and that's what this song is about. Springsteen is at his best writing about people who dream of something better despite the tragic circumstances of their lives.

[DahSkada]

whats fudge?

[bristolcityifcation]

rip big man play that sax in heaven with the greats love u and miss u

[bristolcityifcation]

rip big man play your sax in heaven

[Rosee2807]

I love this, Springsteen is so talented.

R.I.P. Clarence Clemons, you were just too cool for this world. :(

[72183richard]

great song

[mjmh1949]

R.I.P. Big Man your contribution has made you an immortal.

[iMrTatanka]

makes me smile :)

[mirko637]

Raam used to finish in Atlantic city...

Everytime i hear this song i think of late Jure Robič.

RIP.

[adamcasey25]

Hank Williams III did it better. Sorry baby boomers :(

[TheEvilelvis89]

@adamcasey25

I like his version. But I'll have to agree to disagree. Springsteen original was just so much sadder and more meaningful to me..

[terrormits]

Bruce Springsteen's music is better than music itself!!!!!!!!

[pel1971]

Love this song.

[HughManification]

haunting

[weimer495]

we need to have a revolution against vevo 

[zatoth13]

the irony? several of the casinos that are in the video aren't there anymore either, such as the playboy and the sands. they keep trying to make atlantic city successful, but gold wrapping a rotting pig's head only covers doesn't change it from really being a rotting pig's head.

[shanebrennan0123]

I want this played at my funeral....

[COMPLETE509]

springsteen writes songs that tell a great story, this ones one of the best.

[MsTommyknocker]

Maybe everything that dies someday comes back??

[ghosttrain2066]

@MsTommyknocker The new buildings that took the place of the old ones will be torn down one day perhaps the boss was right. Every thing dies some day comes back" As they say every thing gose in cycles. It is up to each generation what they comit to that cycle for the moment.

[risto994]

Martti Saarinen is better than U. He sings on Finish!

[Invadersoftheheart]

A song that rings true today, of desperate souls trying to stay above water.

[kdl92568]

I remember the early 80's and the video of this song on MTV.. my first introduction to Bruce Springsteen even now, 30 years later, I still love this song

[tomski120]

one of my favs from "the Boss"

"I got debts that no honest man can pay" so true!

[Jesse615]

Love this song; love this video. Beautiful in it's haunting, stark melancholy. A classic if there ever was one.

[wmarkdyer]

Bruce was kind of mysterious at this time. We didn't know much about him. He was also at the peak of his artistic power in the late 70's into the early 80's.

I kind of wish he'd remained a bit more mysterious.

[powertrust71]

he really gets it..

[PotentialGrows]

OKKK..i get it..you are not in controll on your own mind...you only buy what they're are selling..and since i am not one of them yet...you say i suck.. :)

[alanailove]

I'm so glad that Bob Dylan is responsible for all of Bruce Springsteen's fame!!!!

[jackzapp57]

i lived and worked in a.c. 80-85 and it always amazed me how everything from the sidewalks on up was brand new and 2 blocks away was the same old toilet of a town.don't get me wrong it was a great time to be there i'll always remember the real characters i worked and partied with at resorts.gambling didn't do much to enhance atlantic city's visual appeal,at most it homogenized society's attitude towards gambling.look where we're at today.

[mozartfx1]

30 second commercials is really pushing it.

[MsNeinNeinNein]

@mozartfx1 I hear ya!

[Annihiluzz]

@mozartfx1 firefox + adblock

[dalemark45]

@mozartfx1 Two words. Firefox. Adblock.

I didn't even know what you were talking about until I read people cursing out Vevo in the comments.

[BMason3604]

Wow, I love how Vevo absolutely rapes me... Wait, no I dont.

[emaclynch]

nothing comes back after it dies..when you die you go in the ground.....that's it folks!!!!...think what you want.but that's it...........

[Pennshitz]

@emaclynch Okay you go first and let us know how it works out.

[TheJohnny990]

@emaclynch u piss me off. listen 2 the rest of the lyrics. He duznt mean that it's possible for a dead person 2 come back 2 life. he means that even though things are bad they can get better

[whatwindow]

Next after Kansas' Dust In The Wind - this is my fav being alone & thinking song.

[nightcrawler7776]

i agree...bruce is great driving at night and thinking music...if you live in a rural area like i do, its great to get one or two of your close friends with you in the car and smoke and listen to his music...i dare you not to have one of those rare times when someting important and almost unspoken passes between friends

[vakero198]

gotta hear the band's version...incredible

[benbean70]

the 5 people that dislike this videp need to go to hell! Bruce is the man! 

[arielatomguy]

I am certain that this is utter madness, but there is some resemblance to Backstreet Boys "I want it that way".

[MKUltra3]

@arielatomguy - I had the exact reaction after not having heard this for a while. The songwriters of that shite tune RIPPED THIS SONG OFF!

[PureBeef87]

Go away Mormon ads! 

[totter2]

Most overrated American artist ever.

[TheDakotaCraig]

@totter2 you suck

[ABBAJim71]

One of my favorites from Bruce. 

[ImFILIPPO]

I don't know why this song makes me feel cry...

[sandrinepi]

I have an absurd amount of love for this song. So beautiful.

[MrKubol88]

Bruce is the music!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gibwi]

I grew to discard Springsteen and not pay him the reverence I once did.

The reasons would surely require it's own War and Peace sized Life for Dummys, I'm sure. Yet this haunting beauty lingers in the recess' of my mind. In the same way a Hank Williams Sr. singing in a black and white video does. Look at ole Hank's eyes when he sings happy, they're still sad. It ain't all that and a bag'o'chips.

[stevesitko]

Hank lll takes this song to a higher level

[TheJohnny990]

@stevesitko No hank III killed this song. Yes his version is ok, but it duznt fit the song

[LepeczynLCN]

"Well they blew up the chicken man in Philly last night now they blew up his house too. Down on the boardwalk they're gettin' ready for a fight gonna see what them racket boys can do" great fascinating tribute to Philly mob ... Scarfo is proud of The Boss

[emaclynch]

the song is good but the lyrics outrace the music.......Bruce things he can do anything and people will buy it......he's a sell out like the rest of them.

[Iwishiwerethird]

@emaclynch Yet you listened to it. He's sending a MESSAGE. That's what his music did and still does today. He's not a sell out like "The rest of them", although I'm curious as to who you think the rest of them are, he sang about what he knows, and it speaks in volumes.