Bruce Springsteen-Racing In The Street (Outtake)

[HuwTatws]

this was my m8s funeral song and man what a send off song.

[RRPounder]

I prefer this version. Don't know why....I just do.

[what1111000]

ron paul / bruce springsteen for presidential ticket 2012

[what1111000]

pretty sick bruce doesn't seem to mind all this material of his up on youtube for free. unlike certain other money grubbers of the classic rock era (ie: beatles).

as the years pass, bruce is still rocking and still gaining young fans --- his legacy grows every day (unlike the beatles who are negotiating business deals with steve jobs like they don't have enough money already)

bruce you make new jersey proud!

[brad1368]

This version is AWESOME. The reverb and opening harmonica make it a lot more powerful than the original version. It's a lot louder too. In short, it's the tits.

[thewhochilipeppersU2]

This is cool. Same version from the promise but a bit longer plus we get to hear Bruce count it in :-).

[mikelitoris10854]

@bugattibowler i disagree i think this is a much better version and tells a better story

[MANHATTANBEEFMAN]

Sorry - the studio version is perfection. This version is chopped & screwed - slightly interesting as a live version perhaps - but even then I'd probably take the opportunity to find a latrine & piss out my beer. Sorry BruceHeads - this is barely proficient.

[EspritGrandePrairie]

I'm French. What does he say at the beginning of the song?

(The first sentence)

[torturedgenius314]

tits

[LS1LT1]

Holy sh*t, this is freakin' amazing!

LOVE the album version of course but this is pure genius as well.

[Smackdaddy9]

BLAM! I just shot myself in the head. 

I could be your band.

[SimplemanNY]

I just wished he consulted with someone who knew a little about '69 Chevys before he went and put "Fuelie Heads on a Big Block. I freakin love this song, but he killed me with that one. Still in all, Awesome Tune.

[jasongc8v]

@SimplemanNY agreed, but i think he just added that fuelie heads to complete the lyrics xD

[HenkeJ2]

Done a piano cover of exactly this version if someone is interested;) One of his best, no doubt!

[MarcoPuma8]

Sorry What's the Harp key in your opinion??

[wildmen224]

im 11 and i love bruce i have all his albums this is my favorite song

[CoolHeal20]

good song

[szikchillypaddeh]

This is one of my favorite songs by the Boss, and definitely my favorite outtake!!! And no, this one is a bit different from the version included in "The Promise". I really, really love this song, and I listen to it every night and day... This version has been one of my favorite songs of all time for more than two years now. =)

[theTOOJ]

3:45 to the end of this song is pure, bleeding-heart on your sleeve brilliance. chills

[sebastianlinde]

A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!

[martin290193]

a leftover from bruce and still some of the best i have ever heard... thats how good the boss is!

[mirkobruner]

I think this is the version included in "The Promise" .

[Passaic17]

@mirkobruner - Not the same, but similar.

[wildeyed9]

@Passaic17 No it is the same, just remastered a bit

[GuitarzanWSC]

I like this quite a bit. But it sounds a little bit too much like The Promised Land or The Price You Pay. The slower, final version has a sadness and desperation that this one just can't match.

[looloorex]

I LOVE THIS!!!!!!

[carrywet]

In my taste, I prefer the original version of this song. But, this version is also good by his playing a blues harp.

[jesusne0]

He's way better than Nickleback and John Mayer combined

[RiseUp1000]

This version sort of has a Backstreets feel to it... Nice version, but I prefer the original....

[BrunoLeBoss]

Is this the "Rock" version that will be on the Darkness box set ?

Not bad at all, but it doesn't seem to rock harder than the album version.

So i guess there might be another version, still unheard of.

[jedipapaw]

I love these releases. I get an idea of the process. Bruce never sold us ANYTHING shabby or thoughtless. I like this,but I can understand why the final "and then he kissed me" version was decided upon. Fucker's the best that ever was,even his bloopers are grand....

[Deneised]

I just love the way Bruce switches up the songs and they can sound so different but yet equally so great. That's Bruce being Bruce - first saw him live in 1975 - so many times now - always go to both shows if in town for both nites - concerts always a little different each nite. Thanks for posting this one for all of us Bruce fanatics.

[rossjohn93]

32 Ford with a 383-kick ass!

[rmeofiowa]

seen B 9 times 1st was the River tour in ames IOWA no song twice the same but always well thought out and placed for impact on the audiance our politcs are 180 degrees out of phase but he walks on water w\ a telecaster - acoustic - and a band blowing the doors off i have a booleg from 78 that would make a strong men cry

[rmeofiowa]

agree with bugattlbowler but...........wow the pain of living and the joy of living...

[RudyCasordapek]

@rmeofiowa I like the fact that you can hear this song so many different ways. He's not like some artists who want their songs to always sound like they did on the record. -- Like The Eagles. They were a great band, but they sing their songs the same way all the time.

[bosoxin04]

This version is the best ever!

[cynicglych]

there's another version where he echoes the title at the end, sounds way better

[MrBadlands99]

this version is incredible for the simple fact you can hear the absolute desperation in his voice...love the different lyrics also..

[TheGurry]

I love this version! I especially love the different lyrics not just because they're new but because they're potent:

"waking up in a world that somebody else owns"

"Some guys do it 'cause they don't know what else they can do".

I like both versions equally

[raresaturn]

Is this from Electric Nebraska?

[gio140]

Non è brutta, ma preferisco mille volte la versione originale

[daniele12271]

Non e brutta??????????????

E' STUPENDA!!!!!!!!

Non voglio neppure pensare se sia meglio una o l'altra. Dipende da come mi sento di umore ma sono più legato a questa per tutta una serie di ragioni.

See ya on the road!

[chiripitiflauticoooo]

Prefiero la original, pero bueno, esta está curiosa tambien.

[nrgins]

Neat version. Thanks for posting! I still like the other one better. I love the hanting quality of it, along with the lyrics that match. Just gorgeous. But this one is good as an upbeat version.

[jedipapaw]

I can dig how it was too much like the start of Thunder Road. But it was sure a keeper...

[pigs3diff1s1977]

Great Bruce..thanks for sharing!

[papanurgle24]

This is really cool. I like the final product better but that's why it's the final cut. Really fun to hear how the song evolved though.

[Static10]

Original is more subdued. Also, lyrics not as good in my opinion. Still think this is really cool though!

[davidsmith2304]

for different version read worse version - sounds like he's singing with a broken nose and slurs his words like he's plastered - love the boss, don't love this as it detracts from the brilliant original

[1989phillip1989]

if you had half a brian 'bruce is learing the song and working it out the end result is on the album...fuk man dnt u know this.

[21envy]

'The Observer' recently published a fax from (the much lamented) Joe Strummer, who had been asked to contribute to a tv documentary about the Boss. Joe begins by saying that "you'd have to be a Martian from Venus not to love Bruce Springsteen", then cites this track as an example of Bruce's poetry and finishes by saying that the he has "an ocean of talent" . Looking forward to seeing him tonight at Glastonbury (on tv, not live unfortunately), and hope he does his cover of 'London Calling'.

[GriefTourist]

He did Strummer's Coma Girl. Opened the set with it.

[21envy]

cheers. BBc didnt show that. Maybe I'll find it on here.....

[bushwarscorp]

Where did you find this?!?!?!?! I want more!

[jerseyrovcker61]

I think it came from a company out of NY

google outakes and alternated versions of Darkness of the edge of town

[weakkneeswillie]

It's great to hear different versions of his songs and how they have progressed. This version is good, a bit raw and not quite there in my opinion. The original album version is simply great and his live rendition of "Racing", especially with the E Street Band, is amazing.

[thundercam]

Gracias por subirla. One of my favourites Bruce´s songs.

[sjhse]

This is the best version I heard it over 20 years ago on 99.1 WPLR New Haven Ct. They would play oddball stuff after 9pm. Yes I was and still am an avid Street Racer 69 Mach 1 428 R Code 4 Speed All Black it does blend into the Backstreets with 550 Hp

[truekeanefan]

I know the feeling. I just bought a new 2009 Mustang GT/CS with a 4.6 V8, 5 spd, cherry red, black and tan leather interior and XM. I turned the Satellite radio to the E Street Channel and the very FIRST song i heard after taking delivery was the original of this song followed by Born to Run. Talk about destiny. I let those ponies run.....greatest feeling in the world.

[sjhse]

Such a Cool song brings back lots of memories Have fun with the new GT/CS

[Ozdeadi]

Great story dude, good on ya!

[ogrestudios]

is this recorded at atlantic studios or the record plant?

[hbbeverlymusic]

I agree with the masses as well, but it's really cool to get to hear this after all these years. I'd never heard it before now. How 'bout all you other Bruce files out there sittin' on your stack of studio out takes? Turn the rest of us under-priviledged Tramps out here on to your stuff!

[alanwatts91]

I sorry i have to agree this is a good version but the original is just such a personal song. This song could so eaisly be destroyed to just some stupid song about cars but that version is just so much more it stirs up so much emotion.

[Travellinfan]

I Love this!!! I love the lost masters!!!.... see you on up the road!

[mojogypsy]

Having followed Bruce from back when Asbury Park had just been released, it was interesting to hear how some of the songs that we know so well today "evolved" through countless live performances. I've got a couple bootlegs that feature "works in progress," and the evolution is very interesting...

A great songwriter, performer, and human being!

[Falconpunch82]

@mojogypsy yeah. those bootlegs are real treasures. I would have never discovered bruce's rendition of "walkin' the dog" of it weren't for one of mine. the audio quality is terrible, but you wouldn't believe the early version of NYC Serenade!

[bugattibowler]

I like this but I think if he kept this version, it would have became "just another song." I hate to say it that way (every Bruce song is special), but the original album version (not this one) is classically personal, dark, and perfect.

[RudyCasordapek]

@bugattibowler I think that's why he didn't go with the outtake on the record.

[Donkeydick35]

Sorry mate the original and the live box set version are better. Thanks for letting us listen dude,

[bugattibowler]

Yeah, dig the original. Best song written.

[szikchillypaddeh]

I LOVE THIS VERSION <33 !

Btw. This is the 2nd outtake version

[lostintheflood14]

where can you find the first version? it would be a great one to find.

[szikchillypaddeh]

I'm sorry, but I don't know

[elvakaffe]

The Lost Masters

[Eeza07]

And how do you go about getting this?