Thunder Road (Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London '75)

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  • Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band performing "Thunder Road" from Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London '75
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    Chorus:
    Oh-oh come take my hand
    We're riding out tonight to case the promised land
    Oh-oh Thunder Road oh Thunder Road oh Thunder Road
    Lying out there like a killer in the sun
    Hey, I know it's late, we can make it if we run
    Oh, Thunder Road, sit tight, take hold
    Thunder Road
    #BruceSpringsteen #ThunderRoad #LiveattheHammersmithOdeon

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  • @jpmorgan2363
    @jpmorgan2363 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +94

    One of the finest, most original musical performances in modern musical history. First headline world tour, first show, first song, and he opens with first song on Born to Run singing accompanied only by piano. This era in music is nearly gone. Damn, it was so good.

    • @Eskewsme
      @Eskewsme 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well, at least there’s Lil Nas X and Sam Smith.

    • @jpmorgan2363
      @jpmorgan2363 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Eskewsme and Cheap Trick 😀

    • @greenlizard99
      @greenlizard99 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Throughout this show and especially on Jungleland, it really looks like he's fully in the moment, expressing his art. I love these historical recordings.

  • @johnoconnell904
    @johnoconnell904 ปีที่แล้ว +157

    Do yourself a favor. Put on your headphones/stick in your AirPods, turn off all the lights and close your eyes. It’s just you and Bruce. That piano hits. You cannot tell me this isn’t the most perfect version of the most perfect song ever created. You’re welcome.

    • @Azabaxe80
      @Azabaxe80 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I'm a child of the 80s, which means I missed the coolest Springsteen ( _Darkness at the Edge of Town, Nebraska_ ) and lived through the hyper macho _Born in the USA_ Springsteen, a caricature of the man I could never identify with. Years later, someone gifted me both the _Born to Run_ and _Darkness at the Edge of Town_ box sets and the former included a disc with this performance. I was floored. And then I realized that maybe the most interesting Springsteen was the one right after the release of _Born to Run_ and before superstardom. I would have loved to have been in the audience for that concert.

    • @YouBetterBelieveIt
      @YouBetterBelieveIt 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@Azabaxe80 "hyper macho" is certainly a take....

    • @Azabaxe80
      @Azabaxe80 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@YouBetterBelieveIt Springsteen did a podcast with Barack Obama called _Renegades: Born in the USA_ where both men talk about their lives and what motivated and affected them through the various stages of said lives. Springsteen talked about his alienation from the person he was during the _Born in the USA_ period. The weight lifting, the mass appeal, the Hollywood wife, all of it. I never identified with _that_ Springsteen, and lo and behold, neither does the man himself. And he was a lot more self-critical in those interviews than my "take" is. Give it a listen. It's free.

    • @fibfc
      @fibfc 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Metallica fan, hard to argue, & he's still awesome. Saw him a few years back, one of my favourite gigs, he was incredible.

    • @ncwordman
      @ncwordman 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It is indeed the most perfect version of the most perfect song ever created.

  • @jce2024
    @jce2024 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    I was at the Hammersmith Odean in 75, he blew me away back then and is still doing so 48 years later ...thanks Bruce.

    • @DaveJavuify
      @DaveJavuify 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I was also at Hammersmith Odeon in 1975 but I only got to see The Who on Dec 23rd. If I'd hid underneath my seat I'd have got to see Queen the next night. I'd like to think some of my dna remained to appreciate such history.

    • @yankeespy3
      @yankeespy3 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That concert was awesome on film. I can only imagine what it was like live. When I'm down, I watch the film and it elevates me.

    • @jce2024
      @jce2024 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@yankeespy3 I’ve got a ticket for Bruce concert at Wembley in 2 weeks ,my wife brought it for my 70th birthday..can’t wait !

    • @yankeespy3
      @yankeespy3 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@jce2024 Happy 70th!

  • @jenmccolley285
    @jenmccolley285 2 ปีที่แล้ว +210

    I would do absolutely anything to go back in time to see this live.

    • @dylangolightly3560
      @dylangolightly3560 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Fucking same

    • @roundblinds
      @roundblinds 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      alright lets go ;)

    • @mkrbrtsn1
      @mkrbrtsn1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Me too. 30,000 people claim they were that night!

    • @johanjohannesson4746
      @johanjohannesson4746 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You and me both

    • @agatenby41
      @agatenby41 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      i would love to go back in time, and see bruce do these early songs. so awesome, unfortunately i would have been like 5-6 years old lols

  • @haroldobrien4322
    @haroldobrien4322 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +21

    As a 50 year Springsteen fan, ... this is the ABSOLUTE best rendition of Thunder Road.

    • @jdenino6022
      @jdenino6022 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I've never seen Bruce live but this seems to be his best period hands down.

    • @kdub9918
      @kdub9918 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Have to agree

    • @taniapurdie
      @taniapurdie 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Totally agree. I come back to this one time and time again.

  • @liz022070
    @liz022070 4 ปีที่แล้ว +199

    This song is perfection. No matter how many times I've listened to it over all these years, it still gives me chills.

    • @Azabaxe80
      @Azabaxe80 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      This version of this song is perfection.

    • @joannemurphy4238
      @joannemurphy4238 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Favorite song!!

  • @BCS1105
    @BCS1105 4 ปีที่แล้ว +895

    As a 16 year old riddled with depression and so much anxiety, Bruce’s lyrics hit me really hard. His lyrics make me want to go out today and live life as if it’s my last day on earth. His lyrics make even somebody as weak as me feel strong. This song is my favourite no doubt. Thank You Bruce.

    • @donnakahriger25
      @donnakahriger25 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Hang in there young fellow.
      Keep rocking "The Boss"

    • @bigredfella13
      @bigredfella13 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      The Boss has seen me through some dark times and sad times but also made me sing out loud
      Stick in there, let the Boss guide you through

    • @shockwave113
      @shockwave113 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Your not weak your alot stronger than you think, respect man keep it up live every day as well as you can, ❤️

    • @michellehalpin7995
      @michellehalpin7995 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Keep listening, Bruce heals the soul. God Bless my young friend❤🎶

    • @isabelalonsobs
      @isabelalonsobs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Feeling the same way. I’m seventeen

  • @stanleyjohnstone2867
    @stanleyjohnstone2867 4 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    Love how is voice sounds so young , just like on the album. His best ever song and the anthem to my life.

    • @20stubby
      @20stubby 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      He wrote this when he was 23. Singing here at 25. Just amazing genius

  • @mitchellandrews984
    @mitchellandrews984 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    "So Mary, climb in...It's a town full of losers and I'm pulling out of here to win" goosebumps

  • @gazoontight
    @gazoontight 4 ปีที่แล้ว +293

    No verses, no chorus, no bridge, just one long stanza. Amazing.

    • @brianrobison5871
      @brianrobison5871 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The original version had a chorus. I kind of like it.

    • @floatsting20
      @floatsting20 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@brianrobison5871 This is a great piece

    • @jbsamakis
      @jbsamakis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      And this is how he opened the show

    • @floatsting20
      @floatsting20 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@jbsamakis Just listen to Roy on the ivories

    • @yourdailydoseofnegativity189
      @yourdailydoseofnegativity189 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Lyrically no there are no choruses. But there are musically

  • @peterwalton1502
    @peterwalton1502 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I was at this gig - best band live I’ve ever seen. I am now 70 and I remember it as one of the best nights of my life

  • @goat2558
    @goat2558 4 ปีที่แล้ว +563

    Thunder Road is one of my 5 top favorite songs of all time. I saw this Springsteen tour in a 3000 seat venue in Memphis in 75 or early 76. All my girlfriend could say was unbelievable when I asked her how she was liking the show. After nearly 4 hours the show ended and she had tears rolling down her face saying how she wished it would never be over.
    What a wonderful surprise to find after another sleepless night fighting the ravages of growing old. Well dear friend, Julie, I wish it would never be over too.

    • @goat2558
      @goat2558 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @joe jitsu After the Time and Newsweek's covers a lot of people I knew liked to diss on Springsteen. I would always challenge them to go to one of his concerts and then get back to me. I never had anyone come back disappointed.
      Of course the tickets were only ten bucks or so back in those days..

    • @goat2558
      @goat2558 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @joe jitsu I can honestly say I was a Springsteen fan prior to Born to Run, we had a really great college station that played his earlier stuff, but that album took rock and roll and myself to a whole new place.
      Born to Run is the only song that I remember exactly where and what I was doing when I first heard it. I was setting in my moms car listening to the radio while she payed some bills. The moment it ended I literally ran to Camelot music, the only record shop in town. I then had
      I bought the very first Born to Run album sold in Raleigh TN. a suburb of Memphis. I bought it before the record store had even put it on their shelf, the clerk was kind enough to get it out of a shipment that was still in the back. .

    • @GrikWorldNomad
      @GrikWorldNomad 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Great tribute, truth. Thanks.

    • @chuckemm9676
      @chuckemm9676 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      joe jitsu, I saw him in I think 75 at Carter Barron Amphitheater in DC. Outdoor venue in Rock Creek Park, summer, Still remember a fantastic show. Songs from Asbury Park and Wild and Innocent. Not sure if BtR was out yet. Long time ago and a lot of water under the bridge.

    • @LaurenMiddleton28
      @LaurenMiddleton28 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      1oldgoat Beautiful story!! I love Springsteen but my generation has NO musical heroes or magic lyricists.. i feel like i was born in the wrong generation! I wish i could take a time machine back to 1974 and see Springsteen before the masses moved in.

  • @billdaverne9389
    @billdaverne9389 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +78

    This is exactly how he started his debut Toronto show on December 21st, 1975. Just him, his harmonica, and Roy Bittan on piano.... followed by a standing ovation in which everybody was standing on their chairs as the rest of the E Street Band filed onstage. Brutally cold outside and hot, hot, hot inside. I was lucky enough to be in the 4th row on the centre aisle and will never forget that night. Glad this video is available for all to see and experience. It was my first Springsteen show and since then I've seen him 254 more times, including every Toronto show, and across the US.

    • @MrThebestdirector
      @MrThebestdirector 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      i was just three years old but when i've seen it for the first time as teenager, this concert was a driver force for my life.. if i had a wish, it would be to assist to that concert... can you describe it with more details?

    • @billdaverne9389
      @billdaverne9389 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@MrThebestdirector Yes. Bruce came down on his knees and took the girl in front row aisle seat (north side) by the hand and sang just to her. It was eerily quiet, just like here. Then he scampered back up on stage and there was an instant standing ovation -- but everybody was standing on their chairs. Never seen that before or since. Incredible show of appreciation and respect. But watching this you can understand. In Toronto that night it was a typically cold late December night, about -24 C at show time, colder when we got out. The band's wheels were a mid-1960s GM motorhome and it was left running during the show to keep it warm for their trip home to New Jersey. There's a great bootleg of that night but about half the later songs were missed because the taper's batteries got too cold in the GA line-up outside.... My friends that I hauled along teased me that they would hate it, but they were on their chairs applauding with everyone else after Thunder Road. Now I tease them... I knew Born To Run then, but didn't know his first two records and hearing their songs live the first time blew me away. Rosalita was just one of the showstoppers...

    • @Mike-g1p
      @Mike-g1p 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I saw him in Austin in September of 1975. It was the best concert that I have ever seen.

  • @InappropriatePuppets
    @InappropriatePuppets 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Whatever happens, whatever hard times come, whatever shit you have to put up with in life the last line of this song is always there to remind you that there is always something better out there, there is always a change, always hope and when the night is darkest, there is always Bruce to get you through to the dawn.

  • @aleksandar.tasevski
    @aleksandar.tasevski 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Holy sh..t, this was 47 years ago... 😳😳😳

  • @SuperDirtyPickle
    @SuperDirtyPickle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1969

    This is one of the greatest things ever made by humans.

    • @GrikWorldNomad
      @GrikWorldNomad 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      The best rock 'n roll song ever.

    • @mikegrinder7539
      @mikegrinder7539 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Hey, SuperDirtyPickle! Great handle. I'm still laughing my tuchas off. oOh yeah. Great song and one awesome version!!!

    • @Marklevasseur1960
      @Marklevasseur1960 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Agree

    • @robertfrazier4609
      @robertfrazier4609 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Moron

    • @sarahputnam1110
      @sarahputnam1110 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Life.

  • @davemac5260
    @davemac5260 4 ปีที่แล้ว +182

    This version of Thunder Road is the best live performance on You Tube. I come back to this every couple months just to remember what greatness is. The newness of Bruce to The UK and the mix of his voice and the killer piano, make it such a raw performance . The way it builds and finishes to an enormous applause, must have been something to witness that night. This is perfection.

    • @gary23jag
      @gary23jag 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I was there and I’ve not found better, you ain’t a beauty but hey you’re alright, everyone now sings along with, and rightly so, but how nice to hear it as a solo.

    • @jeffhudson9130
      @jeffhudson9130 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not even close lol

    • @p4ddy100
      @p4ddy100 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Your right. Just wish the lightning was better lol

    • @rrrock
      @rrrock ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@p4ddy100 ... and maybe the hats.

  • @donellefeltham
    @donellefeltham 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    I think this Rendition of Thunder Road, is my favourite. The passion in his voice is wonderful, you can almost imagine your right there.🎼♥️🇦🇺♥️🇺🇸💋💋🕺🏻💃🎆🎸

    • @7h698
      @7h698 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Bruce Springsteen fake Comment!

  • @faisalamjad2834
    @faisalamjad2834 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    I’ve heard thunder road before but tonight while reading born to run I thought I’d hear it with the lyrics and then stumbled onto this version which is just mind blowing.
    I made my little girls listen to it and they read some of the lyrics. It was just beautiful. It’s not a song it’s like one of the best poems ever sung! Thank you Bruce. Love ya.

  • @Frogdog6969
    @Frogdog6969 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

    You know a artist is great when they sound better live than studio

    • @mgs721
      @mgs721 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      artist and band

  • @Breen09
    @Breen09 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    100 years from now when people ask about Bruce Springsteen, just play this and you’ll understand

  • @brucebickenbach
    @brucebickenbach 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +90

    No, this is the best song ever written.
    How can it not be ....

  • @philipvargas2605
    @philipvargas2605 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    My favorite performance of Thunder Road. Ever.

  • @FinnBunny67
    @FinnBunny67 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This is possibly the most beautifull song I've ever heard ..

  • @rapbuck3
    @rapbuck3 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Never never gets old listening to this. Greatest version of this song. Hands down

  • @stevekorechoff7792
    @stevekorechoff7792 4 ปีที่แล้ว +564

    Epic - this is the best, most powerful version of Thunder Road Bruce ever did

    • @debutch7777
      @debutch7777 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Absolutely agree with you. In fact, I think this is Bruce's finest moment. I think it is very moving.

    • @jasonmoore8987
      @jasonmoore8987 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      My favorite Version of my favorite song

    • @brendahart108
      @brendahart108 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      100% correct

    • @emmanueldeliancourt6497
      @emmanueldeliancourt6497 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      This version is so emotive! Much better than the versions sings in his lates tours...

    • @livelyarts49
      @livelyarts49 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Best lyrical clarity, for sure!
      Audiophile quality sound, too!

  • @Moneytalks.29
    @Moneytalks.29 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    When I was young this man's music left a huge impression on me.. Made me want to continue to be a responsible, respectful, thoughtful young man who wanted to give something back... in life. Bruce, I can't thank you enough!!

  • @eddiebjorklund1877
    @eddiebjorklund1877 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Such a magnificent performance.
    What. A. Song.

  • @ianlaker9161
    @ianlaker9161 4 ปีที่แล้ว +257

    The screen door slams, Mary's dress sways. There it is. Widescreen, vivid, wonderful writing. Less is much, much more folks. God bless Bruce Springsteen

    • @alexelliot1241
      @alexelliot1241 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      It's poetry, not a rock song.

    • @DanielinLaTuna
      @DanielinLaTuna 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      He’s an awesome writer. Get his book, it’s full of these stories; what it was like growing up in Jersey, in the shadow of the Church, literally

    • @rolandnilsson7482
      @rolandnilsson7482 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Yes. This is the best opening line of a song I've ever seen.

    • @kevingrundlock3421
      @kevingrundlock3421 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The imagery he paints with his songs is incredible

    • @vincentberte7675
      @vincentberte7675 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Ian I'm not positive but I believe it's Mary's dress wave's, I'm not sure but either way this tune, as almost all of his songs are just incredible, and he writes everything himself mostly, just incredible and thanks for the share, great share sir, have a great day...

  • @getchapull23
    @getchapull23 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The best live version of this song. I always get a tear in my eye to wipe away

  • @brianw6724
    @brianw6724 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The perfect rock and roll song

  • @AleMadison
    @AleMadison 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Absolutely fantastic, never get tired of listening at this song, every version of it is just amazing

  • @Jim20077
    @Jim20077 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    His voice here is amazing

  • @davidgrady1064
    @davidgrady1064 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Listen to this since I was 15. I'm damn near sixty now. Used to sing it to my little girls on long car rides. Always thought they were asleep, one day the song is playing on the radio, and one of my daughters who were then teenagers, said " hey Dad, isn't this the song you used to always sing to us?"

  • @torbenjrgensen9575
    @torbenjrgensen9575 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Greatest song ever written. Sorry for My spelling. I AM danish, but love this song. Remind me of my Best friend, Who died of a heartattack 3 years ago.

    • @arthurgoat1184
      @arthurgoat1184 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ❤️💙 🇩🇰

    • @TelBil2010
      @TelBil2010 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Well written sir sorry for your loss

  • @homersimpson5964
    @homersimpson5964 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    "You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright"-such a New Jersey line, beautiful.

  • @vitorfrancagalvao2077
    @vitorfrancagalvao2077 4 ปีที่แล้ว +287

    No matter when, no matter where, this song is and will always be a reason for me to stop and think about so many things in life. Thanks, Bruce. Greetings from São Paulo, Brazil!

    • @goat2558
      @goat2558 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I've asked other people this question and never received a very good reply.
      I assume your first language is Portuguese but you appear to be very good with English as well. Which brings me to this question, A lot of English language bands have really great followings in countries where English isn't the first language. So do the people in those countries understand what the songs are saying? Is English that well understood in say Portugal?
      I know that very few Americans have a working knowledge of other languages which is why bands from non English speaking countries don't have the huge followings here that Springsteen and others have over there.
      In fact it seems that being multilingual is now being frowned upon in these strange times American's find ourselves living in..

    • @vitorfrancagalvao2077
      @vitorfrancagalvao2077 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@goat2558 Thanks a lot for saying my English is good! Well, I don't think many people here understand what foreigner singers are meaning. I always try and read the lyrics when I think the song is good - in the case of Bruce, I don't like everything he writes, there are a few songs that doesn't please me... but I always want to know the lyrics, because Bruce is a poet first of all. His songs are so much better than other singer's... and he doesn't know, but he is a dear friend of mine. Thanks again. Greetings!

    • @tbngeorgetown
      @tbngeorgetown 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Specially home.....

    • @markmidgley1544
      @markmidgley1544 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      And England too.

    • @vitorfrancagalvao2077
      @vitorfrancagalvao2077 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Slomofogo Tudo bem! Boa noite!

  • @mkrbrtsn1
    @mkrbrtsn1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    This isnt a song, it's a beautiful poem set to music.

    • @sinatra222
      @sinatra222 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Aka a SONG

  • @TimCz83
    @TimCz83 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If I could go back in time to a concert, it would be to this one.

  • @Salort96
    @Salort96 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Amazing song, amazing performance. Bruce Springsteen was in the 70´s a fountain of inspiration. He held free speech and true commitment. Music & Poetry.

  • @allanbartlett123
    @allanbartlett123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    It’s amazing that this song can have so many different versions and all of them are absolutely fantastic.

  • @scottburnell1496
    @scottburnell1496 2 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    Amazing to think by 26 years old he had written two of the greatest songs ever. Thunder Road and Born to Run. Wow. Truly the Boss.

    • @jeffreyklein6070
      @jeffreyklein6070 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      You forgot Backstreets

    • @scottburnell1496
      @scottburnell1496 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Shame 9n me for that

    • @jackbrokenshire1187
      @jackbrokenshire1187 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Don't forget Jungleland also

    • @Jacob-pt7cr
      @Jacob-pt7cr ปีที่แล้ว +5

      In my opinion the Born to run album is the greatest album of all time, every song gets you emotional. That is special.

    • @Marklevasseur1960
      @Marklevasseur1960 ปีที่แล้ว

      My top 2

  • @osamaaamir7743
    @osamaaamir7743 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I get off late from my clinic. As I walk home there are just empty roads and streetlights. I have got into habit of singing this song as I walk home. Definitely one of the most beautiful song ever written and this definitely is the best version most perfect version of this song.

  • @bobito8997
    @bobito8997 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    As great a song as has ever been written in any style. Simply a masterpiece.

  • @sethseiden9604
    @sethseiden9604 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Pure poetry

  • @vincentgainey6847
    @vincentgainey6847 3 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    This really is the immaculate definitive version. Bruce's voice is faultless and Roy's piano is poignancy personified. I've heard it a million times and hope to hear it a million times more but no version tops this one.

  • @jimbarron8688
    @jimbarron8688 4 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    If anybody asks you: "so, who is this Bruce Springsteen guy anyway?" you cue up this version of this song. With any luck it will be greeted with teary eyes, a heartfelt 'thank you', and a 'say no more'.

    • @patchdavis35
      @patchdavis35 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Tears is right. I lost my biker of 50 years last August. "The door is open but the RIDE AIN'T FREE!" So true!

  • @petermccartney7626
    @petermccartney7626 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    One of the best live performances I have seen,Beautiful and flawless.

  • @simonthompson6306
    @simonthompson6306 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The depth, honesty and simple expression of love and longing before it became a stadium rock anthem.

    • @brucespringsteen3833
      @brucespringsteen3833 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you for your affirmative comments. I hope you and yours are doing great?

    • @simonthompson6306
      @simonthompson6306 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you : for the human touch.

    • @brucespringsteen3833
      @brucespringsteen3833 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@simonthompson6306 You are welcome dear. How long have you been an active fan of my music?

  • @MrSpock-wc2sy
    @MrSpock-wc2sy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I saw him Sept 8, 1974 and this is how he opened the show. I was mesmerized. I had never seen or heard of Bruce. I went because they said he was the new Dylan. I left a Springsteen lifetime fan. He wore that hat, and this song was my first intro to Bruce.

  • @4winds773
    @4winds773 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Doesn't get much better than this

  • @lucyball1866
    @lucyball1866 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    As a teenager I used to dream of a guy pulling up to my house with this sentiment. Pure romance. It never happened. (Romance was very much dead in the 90s... As were Bruce songs in general).
    Even today, I still think today this is probably the most romantic song ever written. Brave man.

    • @TelBil2010
      @TelBil2010 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's never too late your prince may still be out there for you

    • @tucoramirez3333
      @tucoramirez3333 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Still learning this on piano it’s a bit tricky so I hope to be at full speed soon

    • @lucyball1866
      @lucyball1866 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Well done you for trying a Roy Bitten piano piece. He's a top notch pianist and I imagine his parts are quite intricate to play. I'd love to have a go at one, but never been brave enough to try! I'm playing River Flows in You by Yiruma, but I can't play it at his pace!

  • @swissnelson
    @swissnelson ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was lucky to discover the writing of Ernest Hemingway and the music of Bruce Springsteen at the same time in my youth. They shaped the way I express myself.

  • @chukker11
    @chukker11 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    the last moon was sooooooo verrrystrong to me.......... can´t feelings of me ........ tears are my long days ........ thank you sir ....... gretings from salzburg city ..........

  • @paulbradnick786
    @paulbradnick786 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    How good is this...just so perfect 👌

  • @ritahorvath8207
    @ritahorvath8207 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    just wonderful ♥♥♥

  • @brianrozarto7601
    @brianrozarto7601 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Without a flipping doubt!

  • @manblackpm
    @manblackpm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Operatic, lyrically incredible, no verses, just a growing crescendo. X

  • @famlop9615
    @famlop9615 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love this song, one of Springsteen's most beautiful versions. Thank you for having accompanied me from my adolescence until today the father of two beautiful children and a wonderful wife.I love this song, one of Springsteen's most beautiful versions. Thank you for having accompanied me from my adolescence until today the father of two beautiful children and a wonderful wife.

  • @DavidTransformer
    @DavidTransformer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This touches my very soul.

  • @jdenino6022
    @jdenino6022 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    New Jersey's best musician imo. Great quality for an almost 50 year old concert. Thanks ❤

    • @sinatra222
      @sinatra222 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The Jonas Brothers are from New Jersey

    • @jdenino6022
      @jdenino6022 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@sinatra222 So were Frank Sinatra, Whitney Houston, Bon Jovi, Frankie Valli, etc.

  • @wavy8117
    @wavy8117 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Lyrics:
    The screen door slams
    Mary's dress waves
    Like a vision she dances across the porch
    As the radio plays
    Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
    Hey that's me and I want you only
    Don't turn me home again
    I just can't face myself alone again
    Don't run back inside
    Darling, you know just what I'm here for
    So you're scared and you're thinking
    That maybe we ain't that young anymore
    Show a little faith there's magic in the night
    You ain't a beauty but hey you're alright
    Oh and that's alright with me
    You can hide 'neath your covers
    And study your pain
    Make crosses from your lovers
    Throw roses in the rain
    Waste your summer praying in vain
    For a saviour to rise from these streets
    Well now I'm no hero
    That's understood
    All the redemption I can offer girl
    Is beneath this dirty hood
    With a chance to make it good somehow
    Hey what else can we do now
    Except roll down the window
    And let the wind blow back your hair?
    Well the night's busting open
    These two lanes will take us anywhere
    We got one last chance to make it real
    To trade in these wings on some wheels
    Climb in back
    Heaven's waiting down on the tracks
    Oh-oh come take my hand
    We're riding out tonight to case the promised land
    Oh-oh-oh-oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road
    Lying out there like a killer in the sun
    Hey I know it's late we can make it if we run
    Oh-oh-oh-oh Thunder Road, sit tight, take hold
    Thunder Road
    Well I got this guitar
    And I learned how to make it talk
    And my car's out back
    If you're ready to take that long walk
    From your front porch to my front seat
    The door's open but the ride ain't free
    And I know you're lonely
    For words that I ain't spoken
    Tonight we'll be free
    All the promises'll be broken
    There were ghosts in the eyes
    Of all the boys you sent away
    They haunt this dusty beach road
    In the skeleton frames of burned-out Chevrolets
    They scream your name at night in the street
    Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet
    And in the lonely cool before dawn
    You hear their engines roaring on
    When you get to the porch they're gone
    On the wind
    So Mary climb in
    It's a town full of losers
    I'm pulling out of here to win

    • @vickijones8507
      @vickijones8507 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      My mother's name is Mary. She has always had a wild spirit but it was always smothered by an over-bearing partner throughout her married life. She was beautiful. She deserved better. I feel this song always pays homage to her spirit. 'There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys she sent away.'

    • @MathiasSkyman
      @MathiasSkyman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mary's dress SWAYS...

  • @marksovel127
    @marksovel127 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Goosebumps

  • @stevebushell8567
    @stevebushell8567 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I was at the first night of the two Hammersmith shows (yes, I know along with 2 million other people who claim to have been there, but believe me) and my memory has always been that he played Thunder Road as first song, unaccompanied, just him at piano. I’m thinking maybe this video is of second night or is my memory playing tricks? I am knocking on a bit now.

    • @GrikWorldNomad
      @GrikWorldNomad 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I didn't know there were two shows. Hard to imagine. Here is the set list, my favourites are Thunder Road, perhaps my fave all time tune, and, of course, Spirit in the Night, also unparalleled. Thanks for your comment, very inspiring.

  • @miat9039
    @miat9039 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I dont know why but this song just reminds me of my first relationship and how i should have been more mature(i know it has nothing to do with the lyrics but yeah the feeling of the song just strike me that way)
    Thanks mr springsteen.

  • @sebjoeko
    @sebjoeko 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Thanks due to the people who knew this would be a night of genius - and made every effort to capture it as true to life as they could - leaving us with this record.

  • @1957PLATO
    @1957PLATO 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    These 2 lanes will take us anywhere....what a simple and powerful line.

  • @neilwallaceandlolawallace1969
    @neilwallaceandlolawallace1969 4 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    Masterpiece of a heartbreaking story of loss,love,hope, dreams,
    I'm 40yrs in
    Still here Bruce xxx

    • @markliddle8510
      @markliddle8510 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I saw Bruce in St.Louis, Mo in 1974 at the Ambassador Theater & is still the best show I've ever seen & heard.

    • @livelyarts49
      @livelyarts49 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@markliddle8510 OMG, you won't believe it but I was there, too. True.
      Small world.
      Saw every tour he did in St.Louis from the beginning all the way through 1981, when I moved to San Diego, including his epic 4 hour shows at Kiel Auditorium..
      The Ambassador Theatre was a really great venue while it lasted. Saw at least a dozen shows there.

  • @bobf4819
    @bobf4819 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love the passion his young voice exuded.

  • @massimolucia1778
    @massimolucia1778 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    One of the first live versions of the song (album released August 25, 1975; concert November 18, 1975). Almost fifty years later, it remains, in my opinion, the most beautiful version of "Thunder Road": clean, linear, without frills, with only the Roy Bittan's piano in the background and Bruce's wonderful performance as if reciting a poem. Yes! A poem, since "Thunder Road" is not just a song: it's poetry! ❤

    • @nicoletalmadge7276
      @nicoletalmadge7276 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It truly is A Masterpiece trying to learn it on guitar now❤️

    • @dalebeckett4796
      @dalebeckett4796 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Amen

  • @lordemed1
    @lordemed1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is the best Thunder Road version on youtube

  • @shanehnorman
    @shanehnorman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    I'm proud to say I was there. This was his first European appearance, when he did two nights at the Odeon, preceded by much fanfare in the Evening Standard and other media, hailing him as "the future of rock 'n' roll".

    • @mdcohen
      @mdcohen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      and they were right!

    • @ashimsen377
      @ashimsen377 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I had the chance to go to this concert but I was afraid that he might not live up the hype of being the future of rock n roll. So I turned down the chance. One of my best mates went and said it was the best concert he had ever seen. Sadly my mate is no longer with us RIP Steve

    • @gymdave199
      @gymdave199 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You're so lucky to have been there. To have seen Bruce and the band in 1975.

  • @greybirdo
    @greybirdo ปีที่แล้ว +2

    'So you're scared and you're thinking that maybe we ain't that young any more'. He was a kid when he wrote that. How did he know?

  • @mariafernandaurbinagomez7730
    @mariafernandaurbinagomez7730 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    ¡Amazing!

  • @peterdawson3784
    @peterdawson3784 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a version of a historic song, every word can be clearly heard. Can listen to the early Bruce on loop for ever.

  • @martincosby9743
    @martincosby9743 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Quite simply one of the most beautiful, and important songs ever written/performed. Essential for humanity

  • @KhalDrogo76
    @KhalDrogo76 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    To open a show with this just shows the pure art Bruce and band were conjuring at this time...fn brilliant lyrically and musically, it perfectly captures American youth and the burning love we all feel at some point growing up..the kind that never leaves you, magic

  • @tonyfontane5603
    @tonyfontane5603 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Now, almost 49 years later, this show still has the best versions of Thunder Road, Saint In The City, She's The One, and Lost In the Flood... just remarkable...

  • @benscozzaro311
    @benscozzaro311 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He gives it his all at all times! The Boss! Case closed!!!

  • @Bunny69Bee
    @Bunny69Bee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +149

    This is THE BEST version of Thunder Road. I've been looking through so many different live version, but this is just SO excellent

    • @marklevasseur7696
      @marklevasseur7696 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      AGREE

    • @xrhkotro3884
      @xrhkotro3884 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      this is my favourite song of all ages. This version has got an extremely good feeling. But (in my opinion ) the best moment is missing. The best moment is the finale, after the line "....out of here to win" when the sax solo begins. This is missing.

    • @marklevasseur7696
      @marklevasseur7696 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@xrhkotro3884 agree...but, you can't have everything...

    • @ncwordman
      @ncwordman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Just the boss and the Professor. Gives me chills every time.

    • @aljones75
      @aljones75 ปีที่แล้ว

      My favourite, the New Jersey concert with the Robert Mitchum story runs it very close but this more intimate version wins for me.

  • @ladysusycinnamon
    @ladysusycinnamon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    This song is prefect: its music, its lyrics, its pianist and Bruce's voice.

  • @rozzie101
    @rozzie101 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    How is it that I didn't discover this song until 2021, this is a beautiful song....

  • @stevehorton2003
    @stevehorton2003 4 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    I love how that keyboard glockenspiel just kind of sneaks in under the piano and vocals.

  • @GuitArmy
    @GuitArmy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What an awesome performance! musical perfection. You really get to hear why he's "the boss" in this performance. One of the best musicians to ever live.

  • @barcaroma2009
    @barcaroma2009 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Imagine you had written a poem in your youth that people all over the world, no matter their native tongue, knew by heart...

  • @riccardotani198
    @riccardotani198 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Power, passion, thunder road......

  • @patrickobrien8851
    @patrickobrien8851 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Jesus Christ! What a performance. No words, no words...

  • @troybrunsdon6994
    @troybrunsdon6994 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The greatest song ever written....

  • @PreyingWolf1
    @PreyingWolf1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    best live performance Springsteen did... Divinity in human form

  • @maggieclement
    @maggieclement ปีที่แล้ว

    He paints a vivid picture/movie with the lyrics. I always see it in my head when I hear it.

  • @WSMELTD
    @WSMELTD 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    This is the best song ever written, my favourite song by far and god I wish I’d been young enough to The Boss back in 75

    • @Marklevasseur1960
      @Marklevasseur1960 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Agree

    • @azazshah4022
      @azazshah4022 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Andy Rouph I’m with you, Andy.
      I’m 21 wish I could’ve seen the Boss in his prime. Guess I have youtube, but to be at a show is a different vibe.

    • @putriscool
      @putriscool 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      this is in my top 3, next to born to run and jungleland

  • @craigbarss7290
    @craigbarss7290 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow !!!

  • @gerryleb8575
    @gerryleb8575 4 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    I saw him in Ann Arbor in '75. As you can hear, he was at the height of his young strength. Our greatest poet. The workingman's voice. Our everyman.

    • @fierymoon2835
      @fierymoon2835 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Sooooo raw and full of yearning and hope here....as he said about the way he reacted to seeing the "Europe is finally ready for Bruce Springsteen" signs in each chair at the Hammersmith...going around and tearing them up...'It was too much. We were busy being born as a band". He was nervous and so unsure that night and he just took off once he stepped on stage

    • @GrikWorldNomad
      @GrikWorldNomad 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      "Our greatest poet". Brilliant! "Our everyman". Thanks

    • @punchypizzainpizza6616
      @punchypizzainpizza6616 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sorry that's Bob Dylan

    • @shannonrowan4671
      @shannonrowan4671 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You mean Warren Zevon?

    • @sgray4995
      @sgray4995 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And here in Tampa.

  • @carlosmogisp
    @carlosmogisp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He show me that there away hopesllly in our life!!!!!

  • @JetCassidy
    @JetCassidy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +342

    This song has saved me from suicide so many times and has helped me get through my depression, insecurities and my anxiety.Bruce is my idol and hero
    Edit: I turned 16 a couple of days ago and I’m now better I’ve seeked for help and found it I cannot believe that I can be this happy I appreciate all of your wishes they have helped me through this dark time but of course this song thunder road has done so many things to keep me a live
    I hope everyone who reads this lives a long life full of happiness and love
    Edit: I turn 17 in 2 days I’ve done it I’ve found the love of my life and I’m happy and I’ve overcome all of my challenges that I’ve faced in the last 2 years and I’ve done it and this song and Bruce Springsteen has got me through the tough times and helped me enjoy the good times I will be forever thankful to you Bruce thank you and thank you to my girl for helping me out too

    • @rorstap
      @rorstap 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      It doesn't matter how slowly you move forward. Just dont stop. Keep going my friend.👍

    • @manblackpm
      @manblackpm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Me too.

    • @daniel198123
      @daniel198123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      No matter what happens, keep moving forward and never give up on life! Life is a gift, no matter how bad the road conditions seem, there is always redemption after one of the curves. From experience in my more than 40 years, a good part of the road is dirty and badly finished, but the small stretches, which contain beautiful landscapes, will always come, and will be worth the journey! Never give up! Be alright! And always listen to the boss! (y)

    • @jasonkingshott2971
      @jasonkingshott2971 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@rorstap Here, here, always have the album Born to Run close to you there is no better pick-me-up.

    • @johnmarlega38
      @johnmarlega38 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Stay strong

  • @jesusvillanuevalazaro8688
    @jesusvillanuevalazaro8688 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sin palabras hay muchos genios de la música pero el Boss es especial espero verlo en mi país 🇪🇦💪

  • @taisa_video
    @taisa_video หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    The highest point in his musical career is this live video.
    He continued to write great songs and play great live shows after 1975.
    However, he never had a moment that surpassed this one. This is the Boss's masterpiece.

  • @RandolphoAPCJr
    @RandolphoAPCJr 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sou fã. Tenho todos os albuns, vinis , cds. Tá na hora de pararem shows ao vivo pela qualidade que já apresentaram. Que continuem gravando albuns de estudio

  • @daniellopez7527
    @daniellopez7527 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    We will never have music with this much poetry and power in the words. New music can’t even compare.

  • @Buffon266
    @Buffon266 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Heart stops from beating while listening this heavenly song! THE BOSS! 🙏