bruce springsteen 1974 new york city serenade

[cdalonzo1]

i'm using your email my diamond child !! see all moma needs is some bruce all i ever wanted , music in my bloodless heart and veins bruce makes me feel alive and gerat memories !! oxoxox...

[cdalonzo1]

this is the good shit man !! this is the bruce i followed !!!!

[Lonboy730]

OH Clarence RIP

[JustJake57]

I remember, I do so remember as I was there. Avery Fisher Hall, I believe it was October with Bruce headlining in NYC other than the Cafe Wha or CBGB's and still a year away from the Bottom Line run. Intro by Suki and Danny....beautiful, and Bruce approaches the mike in full leather outfit. An amazing nite that Joanne & I still remember so well. Bruce at his most emotive best, his Chaplinesque and Brando moves, well, you just had to be there from the beginning. Simply the greatest.

[deewkay1]

Springsteen had so many fantastic songs.. so many hits, so many classic songs.. but...... He had only one New York City Serenade.. it has been my favorite since the first time i heard this album in the early 70's It's a mad dogs promenade,,,

[roccorocc]

Magic... first time I ever heard of Suki Lahav on violin - blows you away!

Listen to that sax - and I thought he was supposed to live for ever... Hard to believe we'll never hear BTR again as it was supposed to be... A new BS album without sax? Damn...

[POINTEBLANC91]

OMG....incredible version. Love the intensity. This is my favorite song and I can never get enough of these.

[brn2rn72]

amazing. great version

[JustJake57]

I was at this show. Bruce came out to a single spot, dressed in leather, as piano and violin played intro. Pure magic, playing the big house in NYC after years at Kenny's Castaway, CBGB's, or the Upstage back home.

To have seen Bruce and the band before BTR with that discography of the first two albums being highlighted, along with Gary US Bonds or Mitch Ryder covers - well, I think I'll never seal that silver mine.

[thewhochilipeppersU2]

oh thank you so much for this video. i can't even express how much i love this performance, and it's my favourite E street band song, off my favourite E street album.

[stoneponyNJ]

bruce at his best ! simply beautiful !

[pout46]

incredible never ever heard this live thanks for digging into ur treasure chest and posting these unreal!!

[INCEDENTON57THSTREET]

Ya,np man

[BornTooRun89]

Being a young guy (20), ive never got to hear this song live at a bruce show and ive been to about 12 since the magic tour. This is my favorite song and it is sad that its never played because their is so much emotion in it...I didnt get to go to the one show where he played the whole wild innocent and e street shuffle cd and i was so mad..but i look back and say that nothing bruce does now sounds like it did in the 70's when he was still unknown..great post, one of the better versions.

[vdeferens]

@BornTooRun89 I would KILL to see him play the whole W, I & ESS album. KILL.

[PhillyAnnie]

@vdeferens He played last tour in Philly...made my life because I felt the same way. I have an older sister who turned me on to Bruce when I was really young. I was 13 when he played The Main Point in my hometown back in '75...I had to listen to it on the radio. I swore when I grew up I was going to the Point to see him...then Fame stole my dream. WIESS @ The Spectrum was heaven!

[JustJake57]

@BornTooRun89 You're right BTR. Nothing will ever sound the same as he and the band played it back in the early 70's. The raw emotions that Bruce put into each and every song. Brando with a cross of Chaplin, and that was Bruce on stage, urging, baring his soul, flipping his cap and vamping with Clarence on ESS. To see Meeting Across the River or the first Junglelands were amazing moments in rock & roll. At least you have tapes to listen to this amazing period of music.

[moocow117]

This song is is so powerful, it's beyond description. This is one of the best versions our there. Thanks for sharing... ...waltz with me down Broadway... vibes man, jazz man, down in the alley, play me a serenade...any deeper blue and you'll be blowin' that horn in your grave... save your notes... listen to your junk man...he's singin'. This is incredible. Where can we get the whole show?

[frndthdevl]

he doesn't do this song becaue david Sancous onpiano made this song imo

[zipezapehape]

I played on that stage! haha

[T81PA]

It's a period song, I wanna say that's reason it's rarely ever played at a Live Bruce Show.

[INCEDENTON57THSTREET]

ya ur welcome he never does this song any more

[cdalonzo1]

@INCEDENTON57THSTREET some good ole nostalgic music had a great teacher in high we studied your music , best class i ever had !!!

[2008dreamon]

His performances back then were so powerful - so expressive!!! Amazing!!! Thanks for posting!!!