Quite a different presentation here...the snare drum is really distracting as well as the tempo. But still, an EPIC performance. The pimp hats are crazy too!
The 1985 Springsteen is WAAAAAAAAAAY better than the 1975 Springsteen. Normally it's the other way around with rock stars. Bruce mastered his vocal delivery and stage performance to perfection. Looks like a "work in progress" in this footage.
this is really fast. it's not as loud or big as the later performances, but you can still feel the same raw power underneath this song, as with all Bruce songs. plus, have you seen the beards? they look like a 60s band - which is brilliant - it's a spirit that needs to be carried forward
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This captures Bruce shortly after Born To Run was released, and the performance here is fresh and raw and exciting. He's just becoming famous as a rock star here, but this is a great snapshot of him before he became a legend, and before this song became iconic. Great video, thanks for sharing!
Wow, I'm __ years old and I love this music and hate modern music, btw did i mention I'm younger than this artists typical fanbase, I'm __ years old, incase you didn't know.
I fucking hate the people who leave these messages. Nobody gives a morsel of a fuck what age you are, stop trying to score brownie points.
checkout frankie goes to hollywood dude! they do a far better job of it than this... best cover ive ever herd... trust me... check em out NOW.....and tell me im wrong.... ha ha....
Did you just say that a cover was better than an original version, because that can't be right, especially if the original is by Springsteen. When "Frankie goes to Hollywood" gets in the rock and roll hall of fame you can tell me that its close to being as good as this.
I was born a few months before this was recorded. I've been listening to the Boss music all my life. It's incredible that he's still on the road and playing better than ever!
what's the deal with everybody telling people they're ages? Not that there's anything wrong with it, I actually think it's great that there's teenagers out there who like real music :D
I'm 16 and whenever we run in P.E. I always fell the need to yell, "Ah honey, tramps like us..." and I always wait for someone to finish it with me and nobody knows it!
Agree that the term "genius" is overused, but if you compare Greetings from Asbury Park to anything else that was around at the time - he definitely brought something new to the scene.
i remember seeing bruce live in concert in 1975 when i was a teenager do "born to run".....when you saw him and heard this song, which made him a superstar....you knew, you just knew, you were watching a once in a lifetime talent...so long ago,still one of the greatest rock musicians ever to emerge from obscurity......."bruce"=musical genious....
Clarence has had 2 hip replacements. (So has Nils Lofgren but he is almost a foot shorter shorter and 150 lbs lighter.) Clarence is also the oldest one in the band. Long may he live!
what the hell is with this, a TEEN magazine article ?! Bruce is just extraordinary and his performing probably the most energetic the world has ever seen!
I'm older than 16, but that's about the age I discovered him, and he's been a constant companion ever since. Some nights the only things that have gotten me through have been cold beer and loud Springsteen. He is quite simply the greatest songwriter of all-time, and of course the passion is self-evident. Saw him in L.A. two nights ago and, yes, he has lost a step physically, but makes up for it with deepened feeling and burnished wisdom.
I am only 16 years old, and I think THE BOSS IS ONE OF THE GREASTEST ROCK STARS OF ALL TIME! His poetic lyrics, his energtic shows, the entire born to run album, all add up to Bruce and The E Street Band being AMAZING! I am going to see him April 5th in Austin! I can't wait. Don't Stop rocking Bruce!!! BABY WE WERE BORN TO RUN!!!!!
Well done! i am 45 and have just become a big fan of the boss, in fact i have just put this song and THUNDER ROAD in my meat loaf tribute show! [at the end] and these 2 songs go down a storm . nice to see a young person with great musical taste! keep rocking
I noticed the speed at which he played it in the early days. He was smart enough to play it at a more paced tempo on the album, and he certainly does that now, but I though the same thing.
Bruce sings every night like it's his last night on earth. Clarence blows sax like he's at a tent revival. Max Weinberg's drumming propels the band forward like the pistons in a big block V-8. Steve Van Zandt churns out a volcanic eruption on guitar and everyone in the band works like together like a pit crew at the Daytona 500. What's not to like.
This looks like a show I saw him at at The Bottom Line in NYC...downtown near Washington Square. It was around 75...I think the song came out before Christmas. Who knew?
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I just hate how bruce latched onto 9/11 like every other hack in the music business. The last ripples of his shockwave ended long before that but Uprising proved his obsolescence.
I saw Bruce on 11/01/1975 at Robertson Gym on the UC Santa Barbara campus. Crap, that was nearly 33 years ago. God, what I wouldn't give to go back to that night.
Is it my ears but it seems the tempo is a little quicker than in the original record version, and quicker than he plays live...(Specially during the great man solo...)
This is one of the all-time greatest songs. This performance, however, is not normal e-street and springsteen level. It's a bit stressed and not as tight as usual.
BRUCE singing this song w/ my name in it,always turned me on:) This video with him scruffy:) and the Energy and Passion of this song is very Erotic to ME:)I enjoy it very much:)
Springsteen was ahead of his time he was truely an amazing artist and still to this day an amazing artist and this song to me is the greatest Springsteen song and I love this (Live) video version way way better than the 1982 remake-video.
Its also amazing to me how great the music was in the 60's and 70's, when the american culture was experimenting with all kinds of drugs, yet lyrics and raw talent seems so superior to whats out today.
I love this song. I was 2 years old when he wrote it. I've had the pleasure of listening to it live for maybe 9 times now, I learned the lyrics around 1988 and I still know them by heart... and I'm Spanish!
Who gives a fuck what he looks like? People asking that are from the Brittney Spears MTV generation. LISTEN and don't look...this is when they actually PLAYED the instruments...
and look what becomes of the empty britney spears generation,lost messed up souls.springsteen still has passion & cares about what really matters like the future of his country(supporting obama & all)
This song is THE ROCK ANTHEM of at least one generation. Don't be such a punk. Let me guess, your head is shaved, you have a neck tat and you wear your baseball cap with a straight bill and slightly to the side....how original.
i'm just saying i think his hat is funny looking. I hate baseball caps. I hate short hair. So dont fucking say shit about someone over fucking youtube if you dont even know who the damn person is.
Well, you sure showed your ignorance, Trev. Your abilities to convey in writing a stunted thought pattern is remarkable. You shot first at the man and his music. If not what did you mean by lol and wtf? It was filmed in 1975, were you even alive then? Don't back peddle now and say that you weren't, and what is wrong with the "hat" (it's a cap anyways brainiac). I know enough about you to know that you are a LOOOOOSERRRR. Watch your mouth, punk.
This song is THE ROCK ANTHEM of at least one generation. Don't be such a punk. Let me guess, your head is shaved, you have a neck tat and you wear your baseball cap with a straight bill and slightly to the side....how original.
This is my favourite Bruce, with all the energy and some of that soul, that he loose on the beginning of the 80's with the "Nebraska", and on the late 80's with "Tunnel of Love". After those introspective periods, he returned with great Rock 'n Roll albums like "Born in Usa" or "Lucky Town" and "Human Touch".
That's ok, those country and folk tunes, with a little bit of telecaster tune, but that's not Rock and Roll, and it's not the Boss for sure. I really miss him...15 years it's a long time.
yah bruce was skiny during the early years of his career then sometime before "born in the u.s.a. came out he wanted to get more bigger and toned.bruce is awesome,yet i am fan,not a huge fan.take care ya'll.
Bruce is really good even to this day and Bob Dylan is a livin legend just like Bruce,yet Bruce didn't ruin his vocals like Bob did yet Bob and Bruce both are 2 of my biggest influences to date.Love their music 4 real.
The song is both about love and about how the world is kinda unjust.Bruce thanks for this knowledge you have kept me alive for so long.Thanks man for savin me from myself.
Yah this is the original performance for "Born To Run" from back in mid 70's,yet he did a performance of the song even before this one with even longer hair.
Don't you see it idiot... Bruce Springsteen looks the coolest of all. And that rasta hat I believe it had something to do with a friend that passed away... But anyway you see these man all with there nice clothes looking like real gentlemans and then you have Bruce looking like a rebel and also acting like one :D... this is rock & roll... and using terms like papa smurf for his looks realy say enough about you... You don't know anything about it.
HATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gatsby999888 2 weeks ago
omg omg I'm 5 weeks old and I listen to this omg omg omg ...
MrWordfromthewise 2 months ago 8
Quite a different presentation here...the snare drum is really distracting as well as the tempo. But still, an EPIC performance. The pimp hats are crazy too!
steentompkins 3 months ago
I just found out it was at the Cage- University of Mass IN: 1973!!!!!!
BerkLeeDrm 4 months ago
saw him with John Mayall at Umass in 74,no one knew who he was,,,,man he kicked ass! maybe it WAS 75
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BerkLeeDrm 4 months ago
The passion!
jennymeindesigns 4 months ago
the boss in concert is amazing..,best concert i ever went to
chrisk8913 1 year ago
The 1985 Springsteen is WAAAAAAAAAAY better than the 1975 Springsteen. Normally it's the other way around with rock stars. Bruce mastered his vocal delivery and stage performance to perfection. Looks like a "work in progress" in this footage.
ZZAAN84 1 year ago
@ZZAAN84 Are you ingorant? I'm sorry...yes you are.
OzarksDad 4 months ago
@ZZAAN84 You haven't seen Thunder Road from this show yet have you? :)
eheraldez 3 months ago
this is really fast. it's not as loud or big as the later performances, but you can still feel the same raw power underneath this song, as with all Bruce songs. plus, have you seen the beards? they look like a 60s band - which is brilliant - it's a spirit that needs to be carried forward
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ashkent7 1 year ago
This captures Bruce shortly after Born To Run was released, and the performance here is fresh and raw and exciting. He's just becoming famous as a rock star here, but this is a great snapshot of him before he became a legend, and before this song became iconic. Great video, thanks for sharing!
bwworld 1 year ago
And Brucie wearing an earring, perhaps I'm blind, but I have not yet seen that before
romayne2 1 year ago
This is and will always be sensational stuff!
For me, this is the ultimate Springsteen song.
It's pure passion and goose-bumps every time I hear it, and it's a vital slice of life-affirmative and soul-crying magic.
And it's also so poignant in the way it deals with lost youth, impossible dreams and what ifs.
Or simply: It's very very good!
tepporocks 1 year ago 2
I didn't know men had earrings back then. Thought that didn't come along til the 80's.
crescentfreshbret 1 year ago
Wow, I'm __ years old and I love this music and hate modern music, btw did i mention I'm younger than this artists typical fanbase, I'm __ years old, incase you didn't know.
I fucking hate the people who leave these messages. Nobody gives a morsel of a fuck what age you are, stop trying to score brownie points.
RobotPoliceman 1 year ago
I know right? I mean I'm 16 years old and I love this music but that's beside the point.
DrZoidberg15 1 year ago
@RobotPoliceman you're right
i'm 37
plopplop1983 1 year ago
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god is this shit or what... so boring..way to slow....
paulkirk1962 1 year ago
Hahah, I know that's a joke, because they play it at least 15 BPM slower now.
iamlameduck 1 year ago
checkout frankie goes to hollywood dude! they do a far better job of it than this... best cover ive ever herd... trust me... check em out NOW.....and tell me im wrong.... ha ha....
paulkirk1962 1 year ago
Did you just say that a cover was better than an original version, because that can't be right, especially if the original is by Springsteen. When "Frankie goes to Hollywood" gets in the rock and roll hall of fame you can tell me that its close to being as good as this.
Thoroldhawk 1 year ago
Í´m 15, i love this music, long live music, i've been listening to this since i was 2 years old :)
MrGuffiz 2 years ago 2
WOW im 13 i love rock... and all music from 1963-1995!!!
SirMunkz 2 years ago
I was born a few months before this was recorded. I've been listening to the Boss music all my life. It's incredible that he's still on the road and playing better than ever!
Barcelona loves you, mr. Springsteen!
calmacia 2 years ago 2
what's the deal with everybody telling people they're ages? Not that there's anything wrong with it, I actually think it's great that there's teenagers out there who like real music :D
dassenishere 2 years ago
Im 14...............
cool
yeah
NathanPickering 2 years ago
yeah young bruce fans me too
BBbrothers2 2 years ago
OUCH, GOT THE AXE!!!!!
scootilybootily 2 years ago
i´m 15 , long live rock, hard, heavy!!!
ZAMXDvideos 2 years ago
I'm 14, and I love this song!
wwefroogy 2 years ago 3
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This song causes goosebumps.....
He is the Boss
Neira7 2 years ago
I'm 89 and I like Ike!
heppu164 2 years ago 7
im 15 and i love his music an all music from 60 to 90
XXDanyAlfXX 2 years ago 5
why is everybody tellin their ages? i'm 16, i love his work.
berkekirk 2 years ago 3
I'm 16 and whenever we run in P.E. I always fell the need to yell, "Ah honey, tramps like us..." and I always wait for someone to finish it with me and nobody knows it!
Today's music ain't got the same soul.
ZAcKHINN 2 years ago 23
@ 2:31 ... hairy max weinberg.. LOL
KataVideo 2 years ago
I'm not sure I would call him a musical genius..but I would call him an influential figure in the rock 'n roll scene of the 70's and 80's
IrishPatriarch 2 years ago
Agree that the term "genius" is overused, but if you compare Greetings from Asbury Park to anything else that was around at the time - he definitely brought something new to the scene.
AlecHidell 2 years ago
irishpatriach is probably not sure about lots of things.
irchristo 2 years ago
he looks like a pirate just look at the earings
ericisgood7 2 years ago
i remember seeing bruce live in concert in 1975 when i was a teenager do "born to run".....when you saw him and heard this song, which made him a superstar....you knew, you just knew, you were watching a once in a lifetime talent...so long ago,still one of the greatest rock musicians ever to emerge from obscurity......."bruce"=musical genious....
hardnessofthisworld 2 years ago 5
onetwothreefourthehighwaysjammedwith broken heroes... this is so great, it brings tears to my eyes.
yochanan12 2 years ago 6
ugh! i wish i could be there!!!
kasoooo 2 years ago 3
Born to Run just as good as Born in the USA =D
SindreAHN 2 years ago
Its even better!
sucramnormark 2 years ago 4
wondering where this was filmed...saw him live when he looked like that...wool cap, etc
lohrms 2 years ago
Hammersmith Odeon
StJoeIndian 2 years ago
anyone knoww what was up with clarence at glastonbury? he looked very much in pain (sadface)
he is amazing, so is bruce, so is everyone =)
MadForM9950Cal 2 years ago 2
Clarence has had 2 hip replacements. (So has Nils Lofgren but he is almost a foot shorter shorter and 150 lbs lighter.) Clarence is also the oldest one in the band. Long may he live!
engnr1 2 years ago
long may they all live R.I.P. Danny
MiSSy12783 2 years ago
Wow so young.. amazing and LMFAO at Weinberg
bitchfit2008 2 years ago
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arridon 2 years ago
I am 51 and have loved him for 35 years
MiSSy12783 2 years ago 3
weird
pfgnyc85 2 years ago
are you his wife?
mikisaikano 2 years ago
what the hell is with this, a TEEN magazine article ?! Bruce is just extraordinary and his performing probably the most energetic the world has ever seen!
calinyoz 2 years ago
Best musical performer America has ever produced in my opinion.
stratmanuk 2 years ago 6
I'm 15... AND HE's THE BOSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
nichinono 2 years ago 5
???
nichinono 2 years ago
I'm 23 and been listening to the boss since i was 8.
jmerwin1 2 years ago 3
I'm 17 and the Boss rules!
soccerrunnergirl13 2 years ago 2
I'm 17 and i've seen Bruce Live more times than i can count. He has completly changed my life. May 23 in Jersey
dyankeesj72 2 years ago
I am 35 and grew up with hip hop. This is great! What a band!
esterwood1 2 years ago
The Boss!
bjc12566 2 years ago
i am 52 older....and i love him!
bob57it 2 years ago
mayy 23 in jersey
vipert93 2 years ago
I'm older than 16, but that's about the age I discovered him, and he's been a constant companion ever since. Some nights the only things that have gotten me through have been cold beer and loud Springsteen. He is quite simply the greatest songwriter of all-time, and of course the passion is self-evident. Saw him in L.A. two nights ago and, yes, he has lost a step physically, but makes up for it with deepened feeling and burnished wisdom.
Gatsby999888 2 years ago
I am only 16 years old, and I think THE BOSS IS ONE OF THE GREASTEST ROCK STARS OF ALL TIME! His poetic lyrics, his energtic shows, the entire born to run album, all add up to Bruce and The E Street Band being AMAZING! I am going to see him April 5th in Austin! I can't wait. Don't Stop rocking Bruce!!! BABY WE WERE BORN TO RUN!!!!!
jsa4ever92 2 years ago 10
Well done! i am 45 and have just become a big fan of the boss, in fact i have just put this song and THUNDER ROAD in my meat loaf tribute show! [at the end] and these 2 songs go down a storm . nice to see a young person with great musical taste! keep rocking
MeatloafTribute1 2 years ago
I just turned 18 and have been Bruce's biggest fan since I was 3. We have a home video of me singing every word of the River on my 5th birthday.
21CenBreakdown 2 years ago
haha i'm 13. My friends and i love bruce
onionhole 2 years ago
im 16, he kicks ass.
yanks0508 2 years ago
totally agree... I'm 16 too
saw him in St. Louis towards the end of the magic tours
and I saw him both nights in LA this week
sondheimfan1 2 years ago
There's nothing like pre- Born in the USA Springsteen and the E Street Band! Great Video, thanks for posting :)
sphillips814 2 years ago
great performence..
knytebyte 2 years ago
I love this song, but I feel as if its a bit rushed here.
LandoKM 2 years ago
I noticed the speed at which he played it in the early days. He was smart enough to play it at a more paced tempo on the album, and he certainly does that now, but I though the same thing.
bugattibowler 2 years ago
1970s classic rock at its best.keep on rocking brucie,boy!
citizenwright 3 years ago 4
This is the year I first saw him. In Dallas. WOW, memories.
rainman0006 3 years ago 4
Bruce sings every night like it's his last night on earth. Clarence blows sax like he's at a tent revival. Max Weinberg's drumming propels the band forward like the pistons in a big block V-8. Steve Van Zandt churns out a volcanic eruption on guitar and everyone in the band works like together like a pit crew at the Daytona 500. What's not to like.
terryorr 3 years ago 26
LMFAO Max fucking Weinberg @ 0:55
Kohlzy 3 years ago
I heard he's playing a concert February 1st with an intermission half way through during which they'll play the superbowl
sancho2230 3 years ago
sprung from cages out on hw 9!! is even better than...
fuck me its a leprechaun!
Lovepuffs 3 years ago
whats wrong with leprechauns!!!
jumpforjoy6 3 years ago
This looks like a show I saw him at at The Bottom Line in NYC...downtown near Washington Square. It was around 75...I think the song came out before Christmas. Who knew?
gilgobeach 3 years ago
im pretty sure this is from his live show in london in 75
treyduey7 3 years ago
Every time I hear this song, I wanna get naked and start a revolution.
Ohhh The Boss!
ColeTWT 3 years ago 6
Hemi powered drones scream down the boulovard!
racinghero3500 3 years ago
The whole gig is class, and under big pressure at the time to perform apparently ;-)
bigjimholton 3 years ago
max weinberg is so sweet
dancecaptainsam 3 years ago
The man is still rocking today !! HH1985
HerkyHawk1985 3 years ago
I understand it was 1975 and times were different..... but seriously what's with the pimp outfits the e-streeters are wearing?
Clarence is the only one cool enough to pull it off.
doerockstar 3 years ago
The e-streeters in 1975 were dressing for that time frame i do agree Clarence looked cool though so did Billy Van Zandt.
johnny10301968 3 years ago
Man Bruce was so cool back when he was a black man!
powerfullogic 3 years ago
BRuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuCE!!!!!
GAWD has he changed!! just like us all, I guess.
This was back when, he was truly..... "The Boss" ! ! ! ! Fucking "LOVE-IT"!!!!!
Long Live Springsteen---
DOConROCK1 3 years ago
that was so great i'm speechless.......
muskiesandmetal 3 years ago
most beautiful song ever, in it's most relavent setting.
Blacphantom 3 years ago
I think this song should be played to this fast tempo all the time. It captures the title of the song!
hardragsutfol 3 years ago
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I just hate how bruce latched onto 9/11 like every other hack in the music business. The last ripples of his shockwave ended long before that but Uprising proved his obsolescence.
momwentcrazy 3 years ago
back when the boss was the boss :)
oipbhakeld 3 years ago 2
Hey we can't be at the top of our game forever. At least he reached a peak. Most of us waddle in the puddles.
powerfullogic 3 years ago
*WOW*lol...Look how young they looked back then!
Slant6P 3 years ago
Well, it was 33 years ago :-|
freetobefreddy 3 years ago
I saw Bruce on 11/01/1975 at Robertson Gym on the UC Santa Barbara campus. Crap, that was nearly 33 years ago. God, what I wouldn't give to go back to that night.
goldwater1964 3 years ago
i love max weinberg glad he's back with conan
PerryCoxPF93 3 years ago
Is it my ears but it seems the tempo is a little quicker than in the original record version, and quicker than he plays live...(Specially during the great man solo...)
So young and already the Boss !
12SF07 3 years ago 2
Fuckin' phenomenal
adater 3 years ago
I agree,,, born to run might be the best.
I would put it in the top five.
1. Wont get fooled again who
2. Born to run Bruce
3. Stairway to heaven Zep
4. L. Skynard free bird
5. Satisfaction Stones
6. Pink fl Dark side
7. Beatles White album
8. ANYTHING BUT RAP CRAP
wrsawy 3 years ago
sorry kids small faces tin sodier needs a mention
pwbloke59 3 years ago
Raps cool too- be open minded.
This song is number one rock song- to beat everything else!
kayevaste 3 years ago
am love'n most of your top 10. your number one is tops. i think the kinks you really got me must be at number 2, lol
long live the BOSS
braveharty 3 years ago
You forgot Metallica Nothing else matters and U2 With or without you man ;) who should be on the top 3 in the list :)
U2rockzz 3 years ago
amen to that
NarutoUzumaki1000 3 years ago
Hammersmith!
CaanoW 3 years ago
No questions asked.This could possibly be the greatest Rock n Roll songs of all time.Especially with the big man on the sax.
pklmlynn 3 years ago
This is one of the all-time greatest songs. This performance, however, is not normal e-street and springsteen level. It's a bit stressed and not as tight as usual.
flaskhalss 3 years ago
This song fucking defines rock and roll.
iPL2001 3 years ago 3
One of the most power songs ever recorder. I listen to it while running 40 minutes...
totongl 3 years ago
wow....i thought this music was written in the era of like bigband 80s....how out of place- 75? is that max on the drums?
ItsTheDevilsWayNow 3 years ago
yup, the gangs all here
max
steve
Clarence
danny
roy
pacbiggie4334 3 years ago
f-a-n-t-a-s-t-i-c
farfarsrullstol 3 years ago
BRUCE singing this song w/ my name in it,always turned me on:) This video with him scruffy:) and the Energy and Passion of this song is very Erotic to ME:)I enjoy it very much:)
wendylee1966 3 years ago
One of My Favorites:)
wendylee1966 3 years ago
this song rocks. but man bruce looks so damn scruffy in this video.
HDUBBZ 3 years ago
Springsteen was ahead of his time he was truely an amazing artist and still to this day an amazing artist and this song to me is the greatest Springsteen song and I love this (Live) video version way way better than the 1982 remake-video.
minghag08 3 years ago 2
Max is sporting a pretty sweet beard.
NashThunder 3 years ago
THE BOSS!!!
jranner 3 years ago
This is Springsteen "roots", Clarence magnificent! As C S Murray (I think) said at the time "I've seen the future of rock and roll"
nimmegeers 3 years ago
It was Jon Landau who said that prophetic phrase.
ourmanflint1 3 years ago
OK fair enuff, but I'm pretty sure Murray copied it in the N.M.E.or Melody Maker (again I don't remember which...my brain hurts)
nimmegeers 3 years ago
Who needs playback, AtomixMP3 for 20k concerts, and a lot of "pop-pop-pop" sounds for enjoy something when there are such MASTERSHIPS like that?
Damn, a Springsteen concert is between the 5 things I gotta do before I die...
macheta 3 years ago
His early style reminds me of Joe Strummer,strangely!Great tune!
haz2evo 3 years ago
amazing song.
Always reminds me that Love and Hope and Sex and Dreams are still surviving on the streets.
Musicman543210 3 years ago
Its also amazing to me how great the music was in the 60's and 70's, when the american culture was experimenting with all kinds of drugs, yet lyrics and raw talent seems so superior to whats out today.
cowboysfan782008 3 years ago
Runaway American Dream. America needs to take its country back. "Land Of The Free"
Not land of the free ride!
cowboysfan782008 3 years ago
Springsteen is awesome, then and now. He makes me prouder than ever to be from New Jersey!
yankeeangel26 3 years ago
hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhyy6643ytn 6y jnjmjhmmmmm
jeandepaul 3 years ago
I love this song. I was 2 years old when he wrote it. I've had the pleasure of listening to it live for maybe 9 times now, I learned the lyrics around 1988 and I still know them by heart... and I'm Spanish!
GwendyStacy 3 years ago
I was 9 when this took place.... I love Bruce!
barry30312 3 years ago
this was recorded 12 years before i even existsed. looooooooooooooonatick
jeandepaul 3 years ago
this vid says 1975.....33 years playing this song! jesus that really is some going
LeroyFerrell 3 years ago
And he still plays it with the same passion. In fact, I'd argue he plays it even better today.
bonavex 3 years ago
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rofl. '1875.'
JesusMuhammad 3 years ago
Who gives a fuck what he looks like? People asking that are from the Brittney Spears MTV generation. LISTEN and don't look...this is when they actually PLAYED the instruments...
emkait3024 3 years ago 9
no kidding, i'm sick of the music industry basing talent on beauty
if a guy can play or sing really well I could care less about what he or she looks like
sgtpepper1138 3 years ago 3
and look what becomes of the empty britney spears generation,lost messed up souls.springsteen still has passion & cares about what really matters like the future of his country(supporting obama & all)
spideymcgee 3 years ago 2
lol and wtf kind of hat does he have on?
Trvr330 3 years ago
This song is THE ROCK ANTHEM of at least one generation. Don't be such a punk. Let me guess, your head is shaved, you have a neck tat and you wear your baseball cap with a straight bill and slightly to the side....how original.
pvtvice 3 years ago
umm...no..not at all...
this song is the rock anthem of the seventies
Amazing song!
i'm just saying i think his hat is funny looking. I hate baseball caps. I hate short hair. So dont fucking say shit about someone over fucking youtube if you dont even know who the damn person is.
Trvr330 3 years ago
Well, you sure showed your ignorance, Trev. Your abilities to convey in writing a stunted thought pattern is remarkable. You shot first at the man and his music. If not what did you mean by lol and wtf? It was filmed in 1975, were you even alive then? Don't back peddle now and say that you weren't, and what is wrong with the "hat" (it's a cap anyways brainiac). I know enough about you to know that you are a LOOOOOSERRRR. Watch your mouth, punk.
pvtvice 3 years ago
dude i'm not sure what i did, but ok
nothings wrong with the hat, i just think its kinda funny looking. calm down.
Trvr330 3 years ago
This song is THE ROCK ANTHEM of at least one generation. Don't be such a punk. Let me guess, your head is shaved, you have a neck tat and you wear your baseball cap with a straight bill and slightly to the side....how original.
pvtvice 3 years ago
This is my favourite Bruce, with all the energy and some of that soul, that he loose on the beginning of the 80's with the "Nebraska", and on the late 80's with "Tunnel of Love". After those introspective periods, he returned with great Rock 'n Roll albums like "Born in Usa" or "Lucky Town" and "Human Touch".
That's ok, those country and folk tunes, with a little bit of telecaster tune, but that's not Rock and Roll, and it's not the Boss for sure. I really miss him...15 years it's a long time.
1974matias 3 years ago
yeah the best bruce is skinny bruce not to say he's declined in awesomeness at all(!) but his passaic show and his landover md shows are the best
type in prove it all night and lcick on one where he's skinny or like streets of fire the black n white one ...AMAZING SOLO
TurtleRocker12 4 years ago
yah bruce was skiny during the early years of his career then sometime before "born in the u.s.a. came out he wanted to get more bigger and toned.bruce is awesome,yet i am fan,not a huge fan.take care ya'll.
JustForBrieLarson 4 years ago
Bruce is really good even to this day and Bob Dylan is a livin legend just like Bruce,yet Bruce didn't ruin his vocals like Bob did yet Bob and Bruce both are 2 of my biggest influences to date.Love their music 4 real.
JustForBrieLarson 4 years ago
The song is both about love and about how the world is kinda unjust.Bruce thanks for this knowledge you have kept me alive for so long.Thanks man for savin me from myself.
JustForBrieLarson 4 years ago
as he's born to run,I'm born to only listen to his music..
sabbellita 4 years ago
hungry for the gear lol haahh
thebreakup123456 4 years ago
man look how skinny he looks in this video , every other time is een him he looks toned and buff looking
legend tho
thebreakup123456 4 years ago
lol yeah he didnt get buff till like the 80's i think
Trvr330 4 years ago
Yah this is the original performance for "Born To Run" from back in mid 70's,yet he did a performance of the song even before this one with even longer hair.
JustForBrieLarson 4 years ago
one more thing his band are some cool motherfuckers in those threads.
plyg 4 years ago
what was with the earring on bruce?
plyg 4 years ago
check out the guy on sax. he's got talent.
doctorsartorius 4 years ago
clarence clemons! he kicks ass!
deathon2legs55 4 years ago
bruce is boss
kingofbaseball720 4 years ago
Bruce is the man
spring41686 4 years ago
I thought he was totally sexy...still love the look today....that would be Elliott Yamin. How funny is that??
petailk 4 years ago
This concert was unbelievable!!!! the WHOLE concert is a must see...
dubiej76 4 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Everyone looks like a cool cat except Springsteen...he looks like papa smurf.
acea1983 4 years ago
And you look like an idiot posting this kind of crap...
MarcodeVries 4 years ago
Speaking of crap, you do a very good job of spreading it Marco de Fries.
I think you need to shut up and just watch the video.
acea1983 4 years ago
Don't you see it idiot... Bruce Springsteen looks the coolest of all. And that rasta hat I believe it had something to do with a friend that passed away... But anyway you see these man all with there nice clothes looking like real gentlemans and then you have Bruce looking like a rebel and also acting like one :D... this is rock & roll... and using terms like papa smurf for his looks realy say enough about you... You don't know anything about it.
MarcodeVries 4 years ago
I guess Bruce was rocking the lumbjack look.
jinez 4 years ago
BRÍLLIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3333333
I am shaving..
farfarsrullstol 4 years ago
what,s with the earring on the boss? the wool hat is cool though.
plyg 4 years ago