@MrUnidyne@MrUnidyne What are you trying to say? That Suicide is more historic then Bruce Springsteen and the ESTREET band? Good luck with that idea pal.
@MrUnidyne@MrUnidyne Lets get something straight... Bruce has 20 Grammy Awards, 1 OSCAR, 2 Golden Globe Awards, in the Rockin Roll Hall of Fame and The Song Writers Hall of Fame Ect. He does not need Suicide approval of anything. They are lucky he is covering there song in the first place. You have an opinion like everyone else, just like me. Don't think more of your opinion then anyone else.
@kobe9985 You apparently misinterpreted my posting. All I was saying is that Bruce Springsteen's"State Trooper" was apparently inspired by the works of Suicide. That's all. I meant no insult to anyone.
Beautifully handled. Vega's solo first three solo albums go great with Springsteen from that era. Of course there was a lot of acknowledged interplay between them. Also love The Boss's unreal cameo on the studio version of Reed's STREET HASSLE.
@MrUnidyne I guess you mean the beat of the song from "State Trooper"? Maybe. You would have to ask Bruce himself to know the truth. Can't assume anything. Bruce is inspired by a countless number of artists like most any other muscian is.
At least, Bruce should stay playing organ until the end of the Suicide's most beautiful song. His any action is not needed for people who love Suicide.
I seen The Boss in Seattle on his solo Devils & Dust tour. He brought an emotional response from the crowd and made me a fan of "Dream Baby Dream." I don't mind saying he brought tears to my eyes when he sang this song. So few lyrics and a pump organ....who knew?
beautiful song... oh yeah... dream baby dream....... come on you gotta keep on dreaming.. come on you gotta keep on dreaming.. come on darling dry your eyes.. come on dream baby dream.. yeah i just wanna see you smile :) yeah i just wanna see you smile :)
I saw Bruce preforme this song in Rotterdam Ahoy '05 d&d tour. He was great it was a powerfull and intimate experience. When I listen too this clip I am back in 2005 Ahoy .
Where was this shot? Curious, as I saw him do this at the Nassau Coliseum on the D&D tour.
I recall hoping he'd pull out "Thunder Road," "Born to Run" or another hit -- he'd only done "Incident on 57th Street:" from the E Street Band -- and then he played this.
He is the BOSS..... this proves it for me, wasnt always a huge fan of his, my mom is, but to see him covering a suicide song, and knowing he goes to shows with his kids (Against Me!) hes as big a fan of music as he is a superstar in the music industry... personal fav bruce record: Nebraska.....
i have listened to this countless but it only really hit home on the day of my grandads funeral then and only then,can you understand how much of a beautiful and poetic song this is.....
Woah, I did not know that.... indeed that first suicide record is....... beyond words. And as I said earlier Nebraska is my favorite bruce record..... trippy... I happened to eat a few mushrooms earlier too...
i seriously dont know what it is about this song but its fucking MAGICAL. i listened to it for like an hour straight and didnt get bored. like its the kind of song that should be really boring, but its the best song ever made by ANYONE EVER EVER
I meant thumbs up! I saw him perform this on the D&D tour, and as powerful as it is here, live it WAS magical. We were all under a spell. Emotion and sound filled the theater in a way that I've never heard at one of his concerts--and I've seen quite a few--when thousands are singing our hearts out. The haunting organ and his voice alone seemed to be singing to each one of us alone. What a powerfully intimate experience. I actually called my office to record it and listened to it over and over.
Mesmerizing. Saw this in Seattle '05, but at least one person didn't "get it." I overheard a guy say on the way out of the arena, "great show--except for that last song."
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Yes. I agree that his voice is haunting. In fact it is so haunting that I frequently wake up in the middle of the nite screaming that I will have to hear him sing another song.
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Reuters NEWS FLASH!!!!! President-elect Obama has named Clarence as Secretary of State because of Amnesty International that he be stopped from torturing people with his sax playing. Patty will be hosed down and cleaned up to be a maid in the White House. Lawyer/drummer Max has been tapped to be a light post at the White House because he looks, acts and plays like he has a battery stuck up his ass. Bruce will be picking up dog shit from Obama's dog on the White House grounds.
Bradentonguy50 you have no taste goodmusic. i mean what talents do you have. none what so ever. so shut the your mouth and listen to the man called the boss. HAIL BRUCE SPRINSGTEEN
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Yeah, shit-for-brains. You love him so much you can't even fucking spell that piece of shit's name! Your "Boss" sucks ass and so do you! C'mon bitch. You want some more? Say something else to me and see what you get, Jitface!
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Nah,Texaspete, When I here shit that sounds like this I just like to give my commentary on just how shitty it is. I wouldn't across the street to see Bruce do a concert for free.
When you say "stupid monkey", I assume you are referring to either Bruce or...wait a minute...CLARENCE!!! That being said I agree that either or both should "fuck off " as well as youself!!!
When you say "mindless dick" you must be referring to Clarence because Bruce obviously doesn't have a dick....or a voice.... or talent as evidenced by this miserable swill. C'mon bitch..take another shot at me and see what you get, jitface!!
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This song sounds like a funeral dirge. This man and the people who love him must be deaf. Yes, Bruce, I'm "dreaming" of the day you'll shut your mouth!
I saw him on his solo tour i 2005 and I was completely blown away when he ended the show with this gem of a song....I have always loved the original but to hear Bruce sing this song right in my face (I was in 3rd row) was just out of this world...it was so passionate...he could have ended with "hungry heart", "glory days" or whatever to leave us all happy but no....he did this...breathtaking
He really challenged audiences on that tour. I saw the second Royal Albert Hall show in 2005. I think the first or second song was "Reason To Believe" done through a 1920s mic. It took two verses to recognise the it. Very David Lynch. Then he finisheed with THIS!
I agree with you that Bruce brings something in this minimal and restrained interpretation. I think that some people are so insecure about their love for an artist that they cannot imagine let alone allow another person to interpret any of the artists' work.
A similar discussion has taken place about Steven Lindsay's extraordinary rendition of the Pixies' Monkey Gone To Heaven.
Me? I prefer covers to explore new approaches to a song. The original is already there - why copy?
Precisely, trashy. That was one reason Moby's cover of Mission of Burma's "That's When I Reach for My Revolver" gave me an aneurysm. Why would a talented artist simply copy someone else? Argh and argh again.
This is a great version of a great song here. Thank you, Boss.
@trashysinatra .I get the "why copy" idea, but 4 me it applies more to recordings In a live performance I can think of many reasons to not feel the need to re-vision a song, but rather play it how you feel it even if it's very close to the original.
It may have felt like the best way to end the show, not even necessarily as a tribute to suicide, but maybe. Or just because the song as it is is the song he loves, thought was fitting & wanted to offer to the audience.Many probably never heard it B4
I think you misinterpreted my post. Bruce clearly adds to this song, his interpretation almost out-suicide's suicide. Thus this is one of the few cover versions that are as good as originals. (others? eg: compare Nillson's Without You to the original)
@trashysinatra ,Hello from Northampton,Massachusetts(u.s.a.). Thank you for straightening me out.I may have mis-interpreted U anyway, but b/c it was very, very late @ nite/early a.m. (interesting time to take inBruce's version of DreamBabyDream afterwatching Suicide's video ) my mind was in a 'loose' &dreamy state. For that reason & b/c I didn't think Bruce went very far from the original I thought the last line was a comment on Bruce's version.["very far"?=Manfred Mann's 'Blinded By the Light]
As for my "why copy?" comment: I tend to enjoy covers that add something to a song (Aztec Camera's Jump). Then again I recall Roddy Frame covering Dolphins - had I not heard that close'ish to original version I might never have listened to Tim Buckley or heard of Fred Neil.
In conclusion, while i am both right and wrong - you are also right.
@trashysinatra ,Thanks again for the thoughtful & interesting responses & now I hope to listen to Nillson's 'Without You' & 'Dolphins' etc.etc. When I mentioned MM's "Blinded..." it was a reference point to what I was thinking of as 'not copying' the original b/c, for one,I had always heard his & the original as VERY different,but also b/c I read an interview w/MM & he was very explicit about what he thought was the only reason to cover a song, & that was to do a complete re-interpretation
Unless Bruce dressed up other small venues exactly the same, I'm pretty sure this was in Vorst Nationaal in Brussels for the DD tour. The place was set up as a lounge, with a sofa, and a lamp post. When Bruce played 'Reno' it was like you were sitting in the room with the two people, and the hitter was awesome, but as you can see Bruce blew away the crowd on Dream Baby Dream. People were just nailed to the floor, as much in trance as Bruce seemed to be.
dream baby dream, bruce gosh!!! This goes deep trough all my bones! It was soooo great to hear this song on several concerts of the DD tour...I am so happy to watch this song over and over again
To anyone who needs it: YOU GOTTA KEEP THE LIGHT BURNING, I JUST WANNA SEE YOU SMILE!
hey i just saw someone ask where you can get this on dvd, im from ireland and i was up in dublin in temple bar and theres a run down record store there that sells bootlegs of bruce and theres a devils and dust dvd, tunnel of love express tour dvd, seeger sessions dvd from the gig in st lukes church along with others, this info might be no good to you but i have it on dvd haha
yes, i was up there the other day and got tunnel of love on vinyl!!! They have paris 85, largo 78, seeger sessions special that was on bbc, they even had a cd of wen bruce and the sessions played the first night in dublin may 5th 06, devils and dust dvd called attack of the relatives....luckily i got them all, oh and the opening night of the magic tour on dvd!!u might be really unlucky wen u go down and they might have maybe only 2 of those dvds...but its worth it!!!MOJO record shop, good luck!
I was looking for this song by Bruce after having heard it live years ago in the D&D tour. He played it as the last song with a sort of agonistic trans. The pathos that Bruce can put on this song is just incredible. Thanks for the video.
Ah, well, I guess Springsteen is one of the few artists who can just about manage to play this song without blaspheming it. A decent cover version, but not nearly as haunting as SUICIDE's original.
Thanks for posting this!!! I'd never heard the song before he performed it at end of the Worcester, MA show on the D&D tour. It was a great ending to a great show! Didn't quite know what to expect given it was first time I'd seen him without the E-Street band, but it was certainly worth every mile of the 7-hr drive from Toronto!
Where was this version performed? It looks strikingly familiar to the one I saw in Richmond; this can't be the version performed there, this versions to good to be performed at Richmond!
I saw Bruce a lot of times live. The night we had tickets for the solo acoustic tour we were stressed and didnt know if we would like it. But the whole show was stunning, with an unbelievable intimate intensity ... and this closing song of the show was hypnotizing ... great!
Utterly brilliant. Saw the Devils & Dust show in Dublin and this choice of finale was a jaw dropper. What show is this version from?
Gazza63 2 weeks ago
1 of 2 tolerable Bruce songs that he performs. This is a cover by the pioneers of NYC, SUICIDE. Alan Vega is the real Boss
billysay10 2 months ago
Its basically 3 words repeated for 8 minutes and yet springsteen makes it captivating. That man is a legend.
mincey808 3 months ago
Danke jenshenrik
ThePinkfloyd57 3 months ago
Bei diesem Lied träume ich von meinem liebevollen,verstorbenen Vater. es werden Erinnerungen wach! Danke Bruce!
ThePinkfloyd57 3 months ago
That's why he is THE BOSS!
TheMrbirch 4 months ago
Hopefully this will introduce more people to the original! If you can find it, a good introduction to Suicide and Alan Vega is the compilation 213CD.
zeelandsteven 5 months ago 2
... c'mon dream baby dream... it's all you've got... and they can't take that away... it's your dreams that set you free.
ThePnutNo2 7 months ago
Love to dream. It's the only time you are all mine, so I dream baby. I dream.
vallaw3417 8 months ago
For me this is a hypnotically wonderful " grown up" lullaby.....night-night
SuzzyStohelit 1 year ago
I can feel the rising...
missronnback 1 year ago
Lynchian.
ZoltarTheFeared 1 year ago
przepraszam...
Delfy1983 1 year ago
padam na kolana sluchajac tego utworu,moj najnajnajbardziej ulubiony....
Delfy1983 1 year ago
przeeeeeeeeeeeepiekny...............
Delfy1983 1 year ago
The master at work...
johnnyM809 1 year ago
I'm smiling.... THANK YOU BRUUUUUUUUUCE!!! Whar a Brilliant artist <3
warflynn 1 year ago
..i am dreaming
Anitachiarion 1 year ago
Simply wonderful, no words.
ireneadler17 1 year ago
talkin bout a dream trying to make it real
you wake up in the night and it feels so real
what else is there to say
bkhistoryguy 1 year ago
you can hear someone in the very beginning saying, "it sounds like church".
I love the idea of church being Bruce Springsteen singing a Suicide song.
I'd LOVE to hear Suicide singing some Bruce songs, a whole album of Bruce covers
....what would THAT sound like ?
godhelpme2009 1 year ago
@godhelpme2009 The only Bruce song I could see Suicide covering is "State Trooper", which I believe was inspired by the songs of Suicide.
MrUnidyne 1 year ago
@MrUnidyne @MrUnidyne What are you trying to say? That Suicide is more historic then Bruce Springsteen and the ESTREET band? Good luck with that idea pal.
kobe9985 1 year ago
@MrUnidyne @MrUnidyne Lets get something straight... Bruce has 20 Grammy Awards, 1 OSCAR, 2 Golden Globe Awards, in the Rockin Roll Hall of Fame and The Song Writers Hall of Fame Ect. He does not need Suicide approval of anything. They are lucky he is covering there song in the first place. You have an opinion like everyone else, just like me. Don't think more of your opinion then anyone else.
kobe9985 1 year ago
@kobe9985 You apparently misinterpreted my posting. All I was saying is that Bruce Springsteen's"State Trooper" was apparently inspired by the works of Suicide. That's all. I meant no insult to anyone.
MrUnidyne 1 year ago
@MrUnidyne
Beautifully handled. Vega's solo first three solo albums go great with Springsteen from that era. Of course there was a lot of acknowledged interplay between them. Also love The Boss's unreal cameo on the studio version of Reed's STREET HASSLE.
ZoltarTheFeared 1 year ago
@MrUnidyne I guess you mean the beat of the song from "State Trooper"? Maybe. You would have to ask Bruce himself to know the truth. Can't assume anything. Bruce is inspired by a countless number of artists like most any other muscian is.
mustang9985 1 year ago
At least, Bruce should stay playing organ until the end of the Suicide's most beautiful song. His any action is not needed for people who love Suicide.
A kind of diassapointing...
madamedwarda 2 years ago
I seen The Boss in Seattle on his solo Devils & Dust tour. He brought an emotional response from the crowd and made me a fan of "Dream Baby Dream." I don't mind saying he brought tears to my eyes when he sang this song. So few lyrics and a pump organ....who knew?
brokenhipster69 2 years ago
beautiful song... oh yeah... dream baby dream....... come on you gotta keep on dreaming.. come on you gotta keep on dreaming.. come on darling dry your eyes.. come on dream baby dream.. yeah i just wanna see you smile :) yeah i just wanna see you smile :)
nunoanjos1 2 years ago 5
I saw Bruce preforme this song in Rotterdam Ahoy '05 d&d tour. He was great it was a powerfull and intimate experience. When I listen too this clip I am back in 2005 Ahoy .
Gitaardave 2 years ago 2
When hearing this for the first time I was a little bit apprehensive, but he really could not have done a better job!
theerick45 2 years ago 4
It's wonderful to hear Bruce's interpretation of Suicide's classic. Both versions take the listener on a transcendental journey. What beauty!
spiritinthesky28 2 years ago 17
Saw bruce at the Royal Albert Hall perform this. Great!!
wengen2007 2 years ago 6
Where was this shot? Curious, as I saw him do this at the Nassau Coliseum on the D&D tour.
I recall hoping he'd pull out "Thunder Road," "Born to Run" or another hit -- he'd only done "Incident on 57th Street:" from the E Street Band -- and then he played this.
Fabulous. Perfect. That's why he's the Boss...
kingofhairpull 2 years ago 3
performed at The Richmond Coliseum on October 28 in 2005. His most definitive version he ever did and i was there...
Blamed1 2 years ago
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uhm, that's Roy Orbison song...
amadeuswinston 2 years ago
No it ain't, fella. It's by Suicide. Alan Vega and Martin Rev. Check it, yo!
harveyktel 2 years ago 3
He is the BOSS..... this proves it for me, wasnt always a huge fan of his, my mom is, but to see him covering a suicide song, and knowing he goes to shows with his kids (Against Me!) hes as big a fan of music as he is a superstar in the music industry... personal fav bruce record: Nebraska.....
taylorhippie 2 years ago
Captivating.
paulreeve 3 years ago 3
catchy, awesome, epic, perfect, timeless....this is why they call him the boss I guess
billhickske 3 years ago 7
words cant describe
jimjimjimjim1234 3 years ago 5
have been listening to the boss for 3+decades, and there is no other song he's ever done live that hit me like this one.
as van morrison might say, this one is straight "into the mystic."
a most magical moment from the world's greatest live performer.
NevadaBoss 3 years ago 8
Very Addicting!
johnnyy99 3 years ago
i have listened to this countless but it only really hit home on the day of my grandads funeral then and only then,can you understand how much of a beautiful and poetic song this is.....
i just wanna see you smile .....
daleclarke211 3 years ago 3
beautiful, emotional, haunting, perfect?
yes!
callofktulu68 3 years ago 5
bruce can really get juicy feeling out of his voice
kurushi123 3 years ago 4
what a gorgeous cover of the suicide song.bruce always has said if it wasnt for the first suicide record he probably would have never wrote nebraska..
first suicide record is a seminal piece of music for so many
artists.
machine1313 3 years ago 6
Woah, I did not know that.... indeed that first suicide record is....... beyond words. And as I said earlier Nebraska is my favorite bruce record..... trippy... I happened to eat a few mushrooms earlier too...
taylorhippie 2 years ago
i seriously dont know what it is about this song but its fucking MAGICAL. i listened to it for like an hour straight and didnt get bored. like its the kind of song that should be really boring, but its the best song ever made by ANYONE EVER EVER
vanillacurry4 3 years ago 4
I meant thumbs up! I saw him perform this on the D&D tour, and as powerful as it is here, live it WAS magical. We were all under a spell. Emotion and sound filled the theater in a way that I've never heard at one of his concerts--and I've seen quite a few--when thousands are singing our hearts out. The haunting organ and his voice alone seemed to be singing to each one of us alone. What a powerfully intimate experience. I actually called my office to record it and listened to it over and over.
blitzpost 2 years ago 7
first time i heard this it was good. second time it was great. the more i listen, the better it gets! WHat a brilliant cover!!!
LoneDerangerer 3 years ago 3
Damn... I can listen to this ALL day..... I think I will.
krock910 3 years ago 3
the greatest of the great live performers...
no one is even a close second...
long may he dream.
twomuchmann 3 years ago 42
whoops i meant to hit positive and i accidentally just hit negative. sorry you can give me a thumbs down too : )
MJMEMH 3 years ago 4
I'm not even that much of a Springsteen fan but this song is awesome!
sambethune 3 years ago 3
this song is just sooo beautiful
mariahdeansteen 3 years ago 3
I saw this in Chicago! Bruce´s voice was (is) SO amazing!!! Greetings from São Paulo, Brazil!
vitordragon 3 years ago 2
Mesmerizing. Saw this in Seattle '05, but at least one person didn't "get it." I overheard a guy say on the way out of the arena, "great show--except for that last song."
mightyBRB 3 years ago 3
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Yes. I agree that his voice is haunting. In fact it is so haunting that I frequently wake up in the middle of the nite screaming that I will have to hear him sing another song.
bradentonguy50 3 years ago
I like bruces hounting voice and the way he puts his soul into all his music!!!
paulcardsfan 3 years ago
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Reuters NEWS FLASH!!!!! President-elect Obama has named Clarence as Secretary of State because of Amnesty International that he be stopped from torturing people with his sax playing. Patty will be hosed down and cleaned up to be a maid in the White House. Lawyer/drummer Max has been tapped to be a light post at the White House because he looks, acts and plays like he has a battery stuck up his ass. Bruce will be picking up dog shit from Obama's dog on the White House grounds.
bradentonguy50 3 years ago
Bradentonguy50 you have no taste goodmusic. i mean what talents do you have. none what so ever. so shut the your mouth and listen to the man called the boss. HAIL BRUCE SPRINSGTEEN
brucespringsteenfor 3 years ago
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Yeah, shit-for-brains. You love him so much you can't even fucking spell that piece of shit's name! Your "Boss" sucks ass and so do you! C'mon bitch. You want some more? Say something else to me and see what you get, Jitface!
bradentonguy50 3 years ago
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Nah,Texaspete, When I here shit that sounds like this I just like to give my commentary on just how shitty it is. I wouldn't across the street to see Bruce do a concert for free.
bradentonguy50 3 years ago
Stupid monkey, fuck off
krstofc 3 years ago
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When you say "stupid monkey", I assume you are referring to either Bruce or...wait a minute...CLARENCE!!! That being said I agree that either or both should "fuck off " as well as youself!!!
bradentonguy50 3 years ago
believe noone gives a rats ass what you do or think you mindless dick
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When you say "mindless dick" you must be referring to Clarence because Bruce obviously doesn't have a dick....or a voice.... or talent as evidenced by this miserable swill. C'mon bitch..take another shot at me and see what you get, jitface!!
bradentonguy50 3 years ago
well you obviously keep listening to it so surely you like it ? no ?
texaspete66 3 years ago 2
Maybe the poor lad's got nothing better to do?
pang5 3 years ago
and I'm dreaming of the day you'll shut your mouth and fuck off
texaspete66 3 years ago
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I'll shut my mouth when you kiss my ass!! Listen to the endless repetition in this piece of garbage.
bradentonguy50 3 years ago
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This song sounds like a funeral dirge. This man and the people who love him must be deaf. Yes, Bruce, I'm "dreaming" of the day you'll shut your mouth!
bradentonguy50 3 years ago
"Open up your heart
Come on, open up your heart"
If this does not reach your heart and your soul - nothing will.... thanks for sharing!!!
2008dreamon 3 years ago 2
I saw him on his solo tour i 2005 and I was completely blown away when he ended the show with this gem of a song....I have always loved the original but to hear Bruce sing this song right in my face (I was in 3rd row) was just out of this world...it was so passionate...he could have ended with "hungry heart", "glory days" or whatever to leave us all happy but no....he did this...breathtaking
cantonadenmark 3 years ago 3
Absolutely phenomenal.
notnowlulu 3 years ago 2
He really challenged audiences on that tour. I saw the second Royal Albert Hall show in 2005. I think the first or second song was "Reason To Believe" done through a 1920s mic. It took two verses to recognise the it. Very David Lynch. Then he finisheed with THIS!
jb050774 3 years ago
The Preacher Man
brucejuicebaseball 3 years ago
luminous
LudusTonalis 3 years ago
The guys in the first row are WAY close; I would be blessed! Great performance.
bugattibowler 3 years ago
GREAT LULLABY. I'll sing it to my baby when i get it. THE BOSS SWEETER THAN EVER.
Admiradora30 3 years ago
I'll never figure out why some fans feel the need to put down other artists instead of just praising their own chosen heroes...
Springsteen's version is a great interpretation of Alan and Marty's original tune.
petercrowley41 3 years ago 8
I agree with you that Bruce brings something in this minimal and restrained interpretation. I think that some people are so insecure about their love for an artist that they cannot imagine let alone allow another person to interpret any of the artists' work.
A similar discussion has taken place about Steven Lindsay's extraordinary rendition of the Pixies' Monkey Gone To Heaven.
Me? I prefer covers to explore new approaches to a song. The original is already there - why copy?
trashysinatra 3 years ago 2
Precisely, trashy. That was one reason Moby's cover of Mission of Burma's "That's When I Reach for My Revolver" gave me an aneurysm. Why would a talented artist simply copy someone else? Argh and argh again.
This is a great version of a great song here. Thank you, Boss.
pang5 3 years ago 2
@trashysinatra .I get the "why copy" idea, but 4 me it applies more to recordings In a live performance I can think of many reasons to not feel the need to re-vision a song, but rather play it how you feel it even if it's very close to the original.
It may have felt like the best way to end the show, not even necessarily as a tribute to suicide, but maybe. Or just because the song as it is is the song he loves, thought was fitting & wanted to offer to the audience.Many probably never heard it B4
godhelpme2009 1 year ago
@godhelpme2009 : Firstly, greetings from London
I think you misinterpreted my post. Bruce clearly adds to this song, his interpretation almost out-suicide's suicide. Thus this is one of the few cover versions that are as good as originals. (others? eg: compare Nillson's Without You to the original)
(As brian would say) love&mercy
trashysinatra 1 year ago
@trashysinatra ,Hello from Northampton,Massachusetts(u.s.a.). Thank you for straightening me out.I may have mis-interpreted U anyway, but b/c it was very, very late @ nite/early a.m. (interesting time to take inBruce's version of DreamBabyDream afterwatching Suicide's video ) my mind was in a 'loose' &dreamy state. For that reason & b/c I didn't think Bruce went very far from the original I thought the last line was a comment on Bruce's version.["very far"?=Manfred Mann's 'Blinded By the Light]
godhelpme2009 1 year ago
@godhelpme2009 continued...
As for my "why copy?" comment: I tend to enjoy covers that add something to a song (Aztec Camera's Jump). Then again I recall Roddy Frame covering Dolphins - had I not heard that close'ish to original version I might never have listened to Tim Buckley or heard of Fred Neil.
In conclusion, while i am both right and wrong - you are also right.
trashysinatra 1 year ago
@trashysinatra ,Thanks again for the thoughtful & interesting responses & now I hope to listen to Nillson's 'Without You' & 'Dolphins' etc.etc. When I mentioned MM's "Blinded..." it was a reference point to what I was thinking of as 'not copying' the original b/c, for one,I had always heard his & the original as VERY different,but also b/c I read an interview w/MM & he was very explicit about what he thought was the only reason to cover a song, & that was to do a complete re-interpretation
godhelpme2009 1 year ago
This was from Madison, WI
KleWdSide 3 years ago
Unless Bruce dressed up other small venues exactly the same, I'm pretty sure this was in Vorst Nationaal in Brussels for the DD tour. The place was set up as a lounge, with a sofa, and a lamp post. When Bruce played 'Reno' it was like you were sitting in the room with the two people, and the hitter was awesome, but as you can see Bruce blew away the crowd on Dream Baby Dream. People were just nailed to the floor, as much in trance as Bruce seemed to be.
GNR0989 3 years ago
hello
very good song what a beautiful and beatitude time
please who is Henrick "Henke" Stoorbraten?
MOUCHADOR 3 years ago
oh, Bruce... stunning,man...simply Beautiful. The spirit was so in you when you stood to sing this song. Wow...
mikamamma 3 years ago
suicide's one is better ok but bruce spr.'s voice is celebrating rev-and-vega's memory as we have to do in a church. "cathedralistic": thanks guy!
achaB51 3 years ago 4
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This is a horrible version. Suicide's original version is better.
castingtherunes 3 years ago
dream baby dream, bruce gosh!!! This goes deep trough all my bones! It was soooo great to hear this song on several concerts of the DD tour...I am so happy to watch this song over and over again
To anyone who needs it: YOU GOTTA KEEP THE LIGHT BURNING, I JUST WANNA SEE YOU SMILE!
happylunastar 4 years ago
Simply beautiful!!!
BruceBloodSister1 4 years ago
hey i just saw someone ask where you can get this on dvd, im from ireland and i was up in dublin in temple bar and theres a run down record store there that sells bootlegs of bruce and theres a devils and dust dvd, tunnel of love express tour dvd, seeger sessions dvd from the gig in st lukes church along with others, this info might be no good to you but i have it on dvd haha
radionowhere08 4 years ago
Hey is that shop really there,am gonna go down from belfast to get those bruce dvds!haha True bruce followers has to be done!
sunsprie 3 years ago
yes, i was up there the other day and got tunnel of love on vinyl!!! They have paris 85, largo 78, seeger sessions special that was on bbc, they even had a cd of wen bruce and the sessions played the first night in dublin may 5th 06, devils and dust dvd called attack of the relatives....luckily i got them all, oh and the opening night of the magic tour on dvd!!u might be really unlucky wen u go down and they might have maybe only 2 of those dvds...but its worth it!!!MOJO record shop, good luck!
radionowhere2008 3 years ago
Bruce is playing Portland March 28th. I hope he does this.
hawkman1776 4 years ago
He won't. He didn't write it and I don't think it would work as well w/ the band. See ya in Portland, btw :)
KleWdSide 4 years ago
Cummon Babyyy
StonysBabyLove 4 years ago
Bruce - a rock n roll Bodhisattva - how many has he saved! - amazing vid thanks for posting
mickglasto 4 years ago
I was looking for this song by Bruce after having heard it live years ago in the D&D tour. He played it as the last song with a sort of agonistic trans. The pathos that Bruce can put on this song is just incredible. Thanks for the video.
italygremlin 4 years ago 3
This is a great video. What I would do for a copy of this tour on dvd.............
thommyengel 4 years ago
where can i get a bootleg for this song let me know thanx
jarka5 4 years ago
does anyone know what kind of organ that is?
coltrivers 4 years ago
It's a Pump Organ
grsylake24 4 years ago 2
thank you!
coltrivers 4 years ago
The one and only Bruce Springsteen
Johannesforssell 4 years ago 2
Ah, well, I guess Springsteen is one of the few artists who can just about manage to play this song without blaspheming it. A decent cover version, but not nearly as haunting as SUICIDE's original.
aginiga 4 years ago 2
True, but Springsteen turns a love song into something just shy of a hymn.
MrUnidyne 4 years ago
This could have been in Ottawa, the first show of the North American leg of that tour, I was ten rows out on the floor and remember this vividly.
ottawashamus 4 years ago
Thanks for posting this!!! I'd never heard the song before he performed it at end of the Worcester, MA show on the D&D tour. It was a great ending to a great show! Didn't quite know what to expect given it was first time I'd seen him without the E-Street band, but it was certainly worth every mile of the 7-hr drive from Toronto!
TOCommuter 4 years ago
Where was this version performed? It looks strikingly familiar to the one I saw in Richmond; this can't be the version performed there, this versions to good to be performed at Richmond!
Blamed1 4 years ago
I saw Bruce a lot of times live. The night we had tickets for the solo acoustic tour we were stressed and didnt know if we would like it. But the whole show was stunning, with an unbelievable intimate intensity ... and this closing song of the show was hypnotizing ... great!
mbl1962 4 years ago
saw springsteen for the first time in stockholm on the d&d-tour and i´m still stunned by this song..all u can say is wow..!!
bigbrawl 4 years ago
Hypnotic, surreal, awesome, my 2nd favorite song of all time
vbgurl49 4 years ago
Heard this song for first time at Royal Albert Hall on D&D Tour. Me and my best friend in the world...it was awesome !!!!
p236pae 4 years ago
Alan Vega has said he won't perform it again. He has been friends with Springsteen for years and said this was the best version of this song
kittysback 4 years ago
And Suicide must of been ashamed of their own version after they heard this lol
KleWdSide 4 years ago
This is a great vesion and Bruce is top man but you're the one who should be ashamed for talking bollocks!.
wicka6 4 years ago
Dipshit, I just implied this is the best version and Suicide's own version sucks compared to it.
KleWdSide 4 years ago
superb.
wilsonjohnny2000 4 years ago
Another reason why the D&D tour was so special
KleWdSide 4 years ago
Nice
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