Bruce Springsteen - One Step Up (Official Video)

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  • Official video of ”One Step Up" by Bruce Springsteen
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    Lyrics:
    It's the same thing night on night
    Who's wrong, baby? Who's right?
    Another fight and I slam the door on
    Another battle in our dirty little war
    When I look at myself I don't see
    The man I wanted to be
    Somewhere along the line I slipped off track
    I'm caught movin' one step up and two steps back
    #BruceSpringsteen #OneStepUp #TunnelofLove #OfficialVideo #ClassicRock

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  • @hdrk59
    @hdrk59 2 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    64 and still listening.

    • @1left2theright4jc9
      @1left2theright4jc9 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      62 >here alternative rock was killing classic rock

    • @jayefleminglowe2998
      @jayefleminglowe2998 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Same

    • @trevorlees4107
      @trevorlees4107 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      72 still listening

    • @TammiBartice
      @TammiBartice 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      I'm only 40 an I just love his music 🎶. It's ageless. He's legendary.

  • @davidklebe2013
    @davidklebe2013 ปีที่แล้ว +346

    One step up, off drugs....2steps back, back on drugs.....Not the Man I wanted to be. This song helped incredibly. 2 Years clean. :)

    • @albertoclipper
      @albertoclipper 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      Two years off vodka for me. I do miss the beer though. Oh well, still a much better man for it.

    • @WilliamMorris-ok3vs
      @WilliamMorris-ok3vs 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Proud of you, brother.

    • @wadebartelini2170
      @wadebartelini2170 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      AMEN. KEEP SWINGING BROTHER!!!

    • @lionofjudah4574
      @lionofjudah4574 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      keep doing you

    • @tead4865
      @tead4865 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      What can we say
      The Boss

  • @TheNaturalust
    @TheNaturalust 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +70

    This song really touches the saddest parts of human life and culture. Disappointment, rejection, addiction, self-pity, regret…..it’s all there and we’ve all felt some of it. That why this song is so good. It uses music which opens us up to emotional reaction then kicks our ass with lyrics that we all could have written on a bad day. Nice job Bruce.
    Pretty sure he was feeling the loss and failure of his first marriage when he wrote it. I may be wrong but I doubt it.

    • @jamesgannon6192
      @jamesgannon6192 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      You are Correct… what I am most amazed by… is the fact after almost 40 years later…. People are her discussing this song and album… shows the power of Bruce and the impact he had on people’s lives ❤️

    • @Sonofjohn-p9h
      @Sonofjohn-p9h 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I think you nailed it

    • @peterc8979
      @peterc8979 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Well said my friend

  • @timothywascher8857
    @timothywascher8857 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I love Bruce he is real to the core.

  • @daneromancrane
    @daneromancrane 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +120

    “Last night I dreamed I held you in my arms- the music was never ending- We danced as the evening sky faded to black…. One step up & two steps back.” Maybe the most relatable and beautiful lyric about missing someone and dreaming of their presence

    • @wcstrawberryfields8011
      @wcstrawberryfields8011 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Perfect Word Play

    • @Prairie_Gypsy
      @Prairie_Gypsy หลายเดือนก่อน

      Orrrrr the music never ending meaning it was the woman who played in his band and who he eventually married.

  • @jamesg6663
    @jamesg6663 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +104

    “You can’t really appreciate the Boss until life has kicked you around a bit.”
    A comment on another Bruce vid.
    Facts.

    • @yelizaveta1278
      @yelizaveta1278 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Same comment , but still
      "...that's a fact"

    • @jamesg6663
      @jamesg6663 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@yelizaveta1278 Very Nice!! 🫡

    • @alexwhitney1841
      @alexwhitney1841 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Ain't that the truth!

    • @aliciasaracino1233
      @aliciasaracino1233 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      fact, you only get him after some pain and experience in life.

  • @robertcastillo7292
    @robertcastillo7292 3 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    The worst lies are the ones we tell ourselves.

  • @chloecarpentier2472
    @chloecarpentier2472 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +54

    Will never stop loving this song 2024❤

    • @trevorlees4107
      @trevorlees4107 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Class , pure class

  • @MikeJones-uh6ll
    @MikeJones-uh6ll 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +76

    This is another great example of Springsteens incredible songwriting. A song like this can take you back in time.

  • @lauraguilfoyle3476
    @lauraguilfoyle3476 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1720

    I think the Boss has two kinds of fans: those that love him for his epic energy on stage and those that listen to his lyrics and know he is one of the finest poets that ever lived.

    • @michaelshammas72
      @michaelshammas72 3 ปีที่แล้ว +180

      I think there's a third kind that appreciates both the rocker and the poet.

    • @eliasedquist1029
      @eliasedquist1029 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      You're both right I listen for all three!

    • @staceycornelius8220
      @staceycornelius8220 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      U make a good point. I'm 54. When I was younger, it was the rock vibe. Now it's the poet vibe. Either way, he gets ya! I love him.

    • @marting4597
      @marting4597 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@staceycornelius8220 I was born in 1999. When he realized Born To Run (1975) my father was just 5 years old. I'm from Argentina, so.. i never could see him live, but i watch every possible video. I love him, is my idol. And i love him as rocker and as a poet.

    • @LongWalkHome141
      @LongWalkHome141 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Really fell said Laura and for guys that Love Bruce ...I am 71 years old ... WE would follow him in to BATTLE .... literally .... a LEADER with Dignity .... and a moral compass ....

  • @1972reed
    @1972reed 2 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    I am Japanese born in Japan. I get to know America and Americans through him, and through that I get to know Japan deeply. Thank you Boss.

    • @WaltBaby1201
      @WaltBaby1201 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      🍻

    • @jamesgannon6192
      @jamesgannon6192 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Great Taste in Music ❤️…. Music… Humanity’s Greatest Creation

    • @kaitibeitz548
      @kaitibeitz548 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      That's the best way.

    • @dars5229
      @dars5229 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Sugoi. 👍

    • @JudyGoodwin-l9b
      @JudyGoodwin-l9b หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Music is universal

  • @kricklin
    @kricklin 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +49

    Heart breaking, true and hauntingly beautiful. IMHO, one of Springsteen's best.

  • @anthonynovelli2164
    @anthonynovelli2164 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +46

    One of the best storyteller song writers ever.

  • @paulchisholm3305
    @paulchisholm3305 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Great song from a brilliant album and my favourite artist. 1987 I miss you 😢
    Bruce Springsteen is a master storyteller and lyrical genius 👏

    • @carlproctor9101
      @carlproctor9101 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      What 1987 so do I. I fell in love

  • @brucerobinson9321
    @brucerobinson9321 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    A song about the imperfection of every life.

  • @bravefalcon1970
    @bravefalcon1970 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

    Born in 1970. Liked the tune as a senior in high school but only saw and felt the depth of this years and years later. I can only imagine how this must have hit home to a man 30-50 years old in 1987. It’s amazing how time changes our perspective.

    • @jamesgannon6192
      @jamesgannon6192 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Yes… 69 years old now… welcome to to having the strength and love to make a relationship work ❤️. His lyrics speak to life

    • @bravefalcon1970
      @bravefalcon1970 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      ⁠​⁠@@jamesgannon6192
      Or maybe the acceptance of your own shortcomings as a man and an acceptance of your sins. Anyone can write a song about love lost by the failings of another but this song speaks to his own failure and where he fell short in his own expectations of himself. There can be regret for love lost but it doesn’t hurt near as much or cut near as deep as love lost due to your own bad decisions or fault. He did it to himself. It will haunt him. The lyric I didn’t hear at 17 but I hear and feel at 53.

    • @jamesgannon6192
      @jamesgannon6192 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Yes he owned his mistakes… the tunnel of love is an undiscovered masterpiece for many Bruce fans. To me the important thing is to understand your flaws and try to make yourself better. And if the person who Really Loves You and knows that you are Trying… Then there’s Always Hope ❤️

    • @OrganizedGeneral88
      @OrganizedGeneral88 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I was born in 1988,my father was listening to this when he was 27 in 1987

    • @jamesgannon6192
      @jamesgannon6192 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Age and Wisdom comes with Experience ❤️. Amen 🙏

  • @boatlover2296
    @boatlover2296 2 ปีที่แล้ว +359

    When I was in my 20s I thought this was just a cool song but now I’m 60 and it takes on a whole new meaning, haunting actually

    • @mikebeesley5458
      @mikebeesley5458 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      So true,his best tune I think anyway.

    • @Alisonws
      @Alisonws 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Very haunting indeed 💔🎶✌🏻

    • @chrispetty6162
      @chrispetty6162 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      This song is epic it reminds me of how things were and now it brings me great memories but I do get a tear in my eyes I am 63 wow luv this have a great day

    • @kimberlygreenwald6637
      @kimberlygreenwald6637 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It really hits home and I wonder if I missed my chance at happiness and a loving husband!

    • @map3384
      @map3384 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Most people will never admit they made a mockery of their marriage but Bruce owns it. Not sure to think little of him or respect him.

  • @jeffreyharmon3337
    @jeffreyharmon3337 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    My favorite Springsteen song, love the ending. Human Touch is right there at the top for me.

    • @mainstman1
      @mainstman1 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      and brilliant disguise

    • @lizcrisalli907
      @lizcrisalli907 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I like glory days and the river, I’m on fire and thunder road

  • @danielevans8088
    @danielevans8088 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

    This is so painfully beautiful. Just a masterpiece of heartache and doubt when the love of your life breaks your heart.

  • @zachsplawn9131
    @zachsplawn9131 3 ปีที่แล้ว +169

    This IS my absolute favorite song by Bruce. He sings it with true experience. He really exposed his heart on this one. Everytime I hear it, I have to replay it 3 or 4 times.

    • @ana1sninja
      @ana1sninja ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I think he ended up with the right woman in the end.

    • @zachsplawn9131
      @zachsplawn9131 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@ana1sninja, I have to agree with you on that one. But man! This song has the same effect on me whenever I hear ABBA's,; "The Winner Takes it Akl"...straight through the heart with emotion.

    • @zachsplawn9131
      @zachsplawn9131 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      100%

    • @robgreer2486
      @robgreer2486 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yes same here

    • @valquiriapaulinobueno627
      @valquiriapaulinobueno627 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Love You Bruce 💘😻🇧🇷🎸🎤💘💯🔥

  • @TimHopwoodMusic
    @TimHopwoodMusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    One of his finest songs. Very underrated album. He’s surely one of the most brutaly honest songwriters regarding himself and his failings.
    “I’m the same old story same old act….
    …When i look at myself I don’t see
    The man i wanted to be.
    Somewhere along the line i slipped off track.”

    • @willritter4076
      @willritter4076 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'd be honored if some Springsteen fans would take a quick listen to my acoustic piano & vocal YT performance DANCING IN THE DARK in tribute to Bruce's biggest world-wide hit. Live acoustic with no autotune. Peace and stay safe in the '020s.

  • @sebigrippen
    @sebigrippen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +417

    This is one of those songs that comes on the radio when you're driving between Albuquerque and Amarillo at 2 am and you're the only one awake and it throws so many memories into your mind, its gut wrenching and pleasant at the same time.

  • @davidyoung1632
    @davidyoung1632 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    one of the best Springsteen songs of all time.

  • @jamesdonahue3936
    @jamesdonahue3936 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    I love this song and his music and i miss the 80s those were the good old days

  • @AndrewMcClenning
    @AndrewMcClenning 8 ปีที่แล้ว +441

    One of his greatest songs. So heartbreakingly haunting.

    • @henry-joemurphy2035
      @henry-joemurphy2035 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Andrew McClenning The production was spot on. I dug this album... Love his old stuff too. He's a great artist.

    • @1123aandl
      @1123aandl 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes this...

    • @jacquismith3151
      @jacquismith3151 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      most heartbreaking video of his, you can "feel" the pain..hence why he is The Boss

    • @johnwalls7170
      @johnwalls7170 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I certainly do keep making the same mistakes even when I try not to

    • @andrenewcomb3708
      @andrenewcomb3708 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A song to his kids . . . and a selfie.

  • @heatherthomas7545
    @heatherthomas7545 4 ปีที่แล้ว +371

    This song has always been devastating. I could feel the raw pain in it even when I was a kid. The music is hauntingly beautiful and it's a masterpiece that's classy and down to earth at the same time. At the end when there's just a wall of sound and his voice harmonizing I just wish it went on forever.

    • @TheBlackSheepDiaries
      @TheBlackSheepDiaries 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      It does go on forever, been the story of my life from being a teenager, and nothing has changed, although these days it's more like 3 steps back! I'll be listening to it until, well, I hope they have Massive speakers in heaven.

    • @donaldphilip6496
      @donaldphilip6496 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hello beautiful heather

    • @brianmallen8887
      @brianmallen8887 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Stripper bar? That's classy? Lol....I loved the finger picking on the guitar- it's hypnotic. Our boy Bruce got down from hero mountain to join the rest of us. He fell in love and he couldn't make it work. He became human, that's why "One Step" resonates so strong..Cause this time he wasn't observing, he was in it. It's all over his face in the video, he won't even look directly at the camera. I would sit in the bar, meeting women, having a great time, drinking beer from a glass shaped like a boot. But I was still getting over her three years down the line. I had some tragic romantic vibe going that the women liked. You get over it, you have to. But it marks you, I'm sure Bruce Springsteen would agree with that. "One Step up and two steps back."

    • @jarnettifritjof2246
      @jarnettifritjof2246 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      GOOD. Good MUSIC will find *ONLY* good people.. i've notice *That* , you know? ;) I was just twenty when *THIS* record came..-87. It *Hit* me then Like 'so many times after that ( so many relationships as *one* Mans'life will.. enter). Its a Great piece of Music. With *HumanTouch* in those lyrics.. Everlasting tale of human heart..'bitter n'sweet'..so Good. Thats why its *so* Good MUSIC, you know.
      I start doing bit of myOwn music.. in about around thirty years old.. yeah. First in english ('tho *not* my native language.. ;) then bit swedish, and latest in greece. Just for *Fun* 'for mySelf,too;))'.
      Thats Good. GOOD Music and *Thing,too..* th-cam.com/video/etqHq7FAJVk/w-d-xo.html ..you know. GOOD *for* mySoul.. (JUST *Like* ..SUMMER *after* Long hard winter.. 'Up'n here.. *KYMI-river* yo'know..;)

    • @marib.52380
      @marib.52380 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      “When I look at myself I don’t see, the man I wanted to be …” 💔

  • @shinyama7321
    @shinyama7321 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    35 years ago, this song was written.

    • @Gelsyviolet
      @Gelsyviolet 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Me lo ricordo bene.

    • @nensi1972
      @nensi1972 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ... 2024., .and .now is 36....years ago... ❤🙏

  • @paulft272
    @paulft272 9 ปีที่แล้ว +229

    I cant describe how hauntingly beautiful this song is.

    • @kriskeena9438
      @kriskeena9438 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Paul Tortora so true...any of us who have failed or 'trapped'
      marriages...can feel the incredible sadness

    • @clayhoward1505
      @clayhoward1505 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LA LA Lira liquid

    • @BozCobra
      @BozCobra 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You can tell this whole time was a painful experience to him. He felt trapped in a marriage where his partner was from a completely different background, another world, and they couldn't find common ground. But at least he found happiness not too long after this. :)

    • @capesterp4685
      @capesterp4685 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I know. I feel myself reacting to it. I know it's supposed to be a sad song, but all I feel is love. (sappy, I know, never said that about a song)

    • @lenrico75
      @lenrico75 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ME TO... AND I M ITALIANO!!!!!!1111111111

  • @mihauhan5845
    @mihauhan5845 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    one of the best song ever written.

  • @nitwitromney
    @nitwitromney 9 ปีที่แล้ว +355

    One of the saddest (and most beautiful) records ever made--it never fails to hit me right where it counts!

    • @johnreilly9424
      @johnreilly9424 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Kidd Oldman same here

    • @carolynlongville7051
      @carolynlongville7051 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Beautiful song about relationships that don't always go how we planned x

    • @bigredfella13
      @bigredfella13 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Bruce has a habit of hitting me in the feels, moonlight motel gets me every time

    • @jeffk19
      @jeffk19 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Think it's more that it becomes true as you age and realize time just blew by.

    • @jrmangus
      @jrmangus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Preach it.
      As soon as it doesn’t “hit me right where it counts”, it’s time to end.

  • @djdjdhdjdjdjjsjdjiwjw4957
    @djdjdhdjdjdjjsjdjiwjw4957 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Nostalgic. Appreciate those that came in your life and left. Both good and bad . And cherished the ones that are still here. One of the best songs ever. ❤

  • @felicia8328
    @felicia8328 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    My brother Wally played with Bruce Springsteen..he played the electric steel guitar..unfortunately lost my brother to colon cancer..8/2024…missing you brother

    • @amitgulati5623
      @amitgulati5623 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      M so sorry for ur loss! RIP your brother. God bless you all!

  • @atravelerofbothtimespace4172
    @atravelerofbothtimespace4172 4 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    I just turned 43 ...feeling older now for sure...have lost members of my family in the past few years...seems like life has just started to wilt sometimes but I am just now starting to truely discover Bruce's catalogue and am now at a place in my life where I can connect to it ...I've always appreciated Bruce growing up but wasn't mature enough to relate .
    My life is different now and this music is deep and soulful.
    God bless

    • @veronicapalmer1828
      @veronicapalmer1828 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes!!! W are probably close to the same age and I get it. I think it comes to us all in our mid 40s.

    • @patriciajrs46
      @patriciajrs46 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@veronicapalmer1828Or maybe later.

    • @GregorySmith-xq8yt
      @GregorySmith-xq8yt 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Only 43…you have many good years ahead of you.

    • @paulchisholm3305
      @paulchisholm3305 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Welcome to life and the appreciation of what has past already! Bruce is the best companion to have for the journey! I was 18 when this came out ❤

  • @kevinflaherty7592
    @kevinflaherty7592 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Beautiful song.

  • @cph714
    @cph714 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    June 2024...be 70 in a couple of weeks...this song could be a story of a few chapters of my life...just great...memories, some good some not so good...story of life...for many of us these days.

    • @alexwhitney1841
      @alexwhitney1841 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I hear ya! The album, Tunnel of Love has some deep tracks. One track in particular that speaks to me is; Two Faces.

  • @fractalnomics
    @fractalnomics 11 ปีที่แล้ว +205

    One of the most honest and bravest song's ever.

    • @aurorerich
      @aurorerich 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Definitely, a man admitting he was cheating while still married. It's life... What I didn't like about this album was Two Faces Have I, where he tries to blame some sort of other man, his bad version, on his cheating. At least that is how it comes across.

    • @patrickholder8403
      @patrickholder8403 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @blair Macdonald copy that 10-4

    • @WonsPhreely
      @WonsPhreely 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Absolutely Blair! Btw What d'you think of this one? th-cam.com/video/1b85V2p4puw/w-d-xo.html&list=PLWehun4PmMf_00nsBZDretT5gHW_zhBeb

  • @danw.1667
    @danw.1667 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    " when I look at myself-I don't see the man I wanted to be" says alot ..great lyrics but what else do you expect...musical genius

  • @pwhj3286
    @pwhj3286 ปีที่แล้ว +197

    Not a huge Bruce fan, but this is without a doubt one of the most beautiful songs ever recorded. I was 19 when it came out and all these years later it still packs an emotional punch like so few songs can.

    • @rubymccaslin6841
      @rubymccaslin6841 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      HE DIDN'T WRITE IT!!! IT'S A COVER FROM THE DESERT ROSE BAND!!! ALTHO I LOVE HIS RENDITION...❤

    • @GuyWithTheThingOnTheTable
      @GuyWithTheThingOnTheTable ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@rubymccaslin6841 Wrong.

    • @D-Fit
      @D-Fit ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ​@@rubymccaslin6841he did write it and others have covered it after. Its litteraly about his first mariage that failled. Learn your facts. And btw you can simply look it up. Wikipedia my friend 😉

    • @drifterman319
      @drifterman319 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You're feeling it. Good for you. Which means you're a good human being.

    • @PamDukovac-ie3dk
      @PamDukovac-ie3dk ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I’m not either but this is beautiful

  • @noahscheich3729
    @noahscheich3729 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Talked to this girl back in high school. Would head to her house late at night on cold November nights. Rain or clear, would always drive to her house with this song playing in my 2000 ford ranger. Can’t listen to this anymore without thinking of my life during that time… the time when life was simple.

  • @juliebaines4095
    @juliebaines4095 4 ปีที่แล้ว +198

    When I look at myself I don't see the kind of man I wanted to be! Saddest line in any song ever!

  • @johncarey6963
    @johncarey6963 6 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    One of my favorite Bruce songs. The “Tunnel of Love” album documented the breakup of his first marriage. It always amazes me how a good songwriter can take something as personal as the break-up of a marriage, and put it on a kind of “universal” feel to it, that anyone can relate to.
    Last night I dreamed I held you in my arms,
    The music was never ending,
    We danced as the evening sky faded to black
    One step up, two steps back

    • @kevintate768
      @kevintate768 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I have a close friend that is a musician with songs that some big bands have used and he always told me the best song writing done is when someone is in pain. Fleetwood Mac did it as well. Bruce no doubt is one of the best lyrics writers out there. Him, Tom Petty, Stevie nicks just gold.

    • @ala2121
      @ala2121 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@kevintate768 Different feel, but love him just as much, Phil Collins is another, in my opinion. Bob Seger, also my opinion, is the best song writer/lyricist of all time, but his are generally "upbeatish". Love mellencamp as well.

    • @marib.52380
      @marib.52380 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ok I’m officially in love.

    • @rheab4717
      @rheab4717 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      One of my favorite albums as well. Listened to it endlessly during the breakup of my marriage, contemplating how my life would end up raising a child on my own.

    • @map3384
      @map3384 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I always thought it was his way to say sorry to her for the breakup.

  • @timeflys3248
    @timeflys3248 5 ปีที่แล้ว +234

    "when i look at myself i dont see the man i wanted to be, somewhere along the line i slipped off track" damn that lyric always hits hard.

    • @michaelautuori6912
      @michaelautuori6912 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Nicholas Chester You’re Not Alone Brother!

    • @billrobertson8514
      @billrobertson8514 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And we all call it .....

    • @marklevasseur7696
      @marklevasseur7696 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      A lot of us...

    • @adrianviverette3127
      @adrianviverette3127 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Especially when you’ve felt that way before

    • @brianmallen8887
      @brianmallen8887 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I like " there's a girl across the bar, get the message she's sending" and "another battle in our dirty little war." No fucking way you can write that without living it.

  • @leevancleef4124
    @leevancleef4124 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Simply the Boss. Can't praise him enough. He changed my life.

  • @brendand6439
    @brendand6439 8 ปีที่แล้ว +392

    Melancholy moments. Reminiscing on the past. Questions of your self. Past self. Future self. The relationships in your life. Fuck man. Bruce tells the story of what we all go through. Love. Loss. Hard times. Dreams. Where its at.

    • @woolysand1
      @woolysand1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      You have described it perfectly. Top Man.

    • @TheYoungArmachians
      @TheYoungArmachians 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You got it man

    • @beechjames
      @beechjames 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      spot on mate

    • @mathmusic1490
      @mathmusic1490 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      We gotta' live in the present in the end....it's all we have.....So Bruce's character is dwelling on the past too much, as we all seem to tend to do....but what's the use? Learn the lesson and go quick back to the NOW and LIVE NOW....

    • @1pixelinthespectrum
      @1pixelinthespectrum 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes!

  • @markbooket6477
    @markbooket6477 8 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    The brilliance in this video is unsurpassed. At one moment he looks young at another point he looks older with the weight of the world on his shoulders. ..They dont make videos like this anymore but it transcends time. Makes more sense every year.

  • @andersonsmithsmith2611
    @andersonsmithsmith2611 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    im same old story.. 1 step up 2 steps back.. becareful you put in your life..most dont deserve to be there!

  • @tonihorton5421
    @tonihorton5421 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    63 yrs old. I was 12 when I saw him at a college in Maryland. Fell in love with him then still in love with him now. He has been a constant.

  • @T98-r6u
    @T98-r6u 3 ปีที่แล้ว +332

    I’m a guy in my early 20’s and lots of people my age listen to modern music with no substance. I’m happy I can appreciate this song, amazing

    • @ashleyinthepnw9975
      @ashleyinthepnw9975 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I’m happy you can too! His music is universal.

    • @jameskelly6152
      @jameskelly6152 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Wow. what a shame. But you're correct !!!

    • @iTzGhost187
      @iTzGhost187 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I’m 26 and you are not alone … such a beautiful song.. so simple but hits home every time …

    • @jasonsumowski2348
      @jasonsumowski2348 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      respect

    • @shayennebouts4724
      @shayennebouts4724 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I'm 22. Been listening to the Boss since I was a teenager. 💕

  • @asgo7320
    @asgo7320 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The most beautiful man of all time.

  • @brendanmchale5789
    @brendanmchale5789 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Like this song after 5 or 6 beers on my deck sitting in the summer warmth thinking of my younger life.

  • @thomasremoryemory7270
    @thomasremoryemory7270 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The best,the truth ,we all been there and still going!

  • @cindys6706
    @cindys6706 6 ปีที่แล้ว +657

    This song was beautifully written, when it first came out I really liked it. Now I understand the lyrics so much better, life has taught me so many lessons.

    • @kenkral4997
      @kenkral4997 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      So true Cindy.... :)

    • @autumnsmom1117
      @autumnsmom1117 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Amen Cindy

    • @maryblowers7874
      @maryblowers7874 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Truth

    • @sadietravels6213
      @sadietravels6213 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Absolutely

    • @Stonesygirl
      @Stonesygirl 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Agree. I remember loving this song as a teenager but not appreciating the meaning, and the subtleness and skill of his lyrics until adulthood.

  • @ciaran1000
    @ciaran1000 7 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    Jesus, how good can this man get. Complete lyrical genius. Strips everything back to bare basics yet makes the mind click into overdrive about what happened, what will and what can.

  • @johncalhoun8431
    @johncalhoun8431 7 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    The 'Tunnel of Love' album saved my life.My marriage broke up and One Step Up and Valentines Day pulled me out of the depths of despair. Truly love the entire album.

  • @wcstrawberryfields8011
    @wcstrawberryfields8011 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Best Country Song EVER

  • @Dninny1
    @Dninny1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    The emotional sucker punch, I need sometimes. This is a masterpiece.

    • @ala2121
      @ala2121 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      BUUUUUT, is it a "sucker punch" if you're looking it up? Lol I'm just being a smartass, I get it....especially the "I don't see, the man I wanted to be", God that stings sometimes.

    • @robmills1004
      @robmills1004 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You sure got that right

    • @katrinalunsford6140
      @katrinalunsford6140 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Definitely Masterpiece 💙

  • @robertlisek4001
    @robertlisek4001 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I loved to listen to him, because my father who died liked to listen to him😘😘😘😘

  • @davidemelone7982
    @davidemelone7982 4 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    one of the most beautiful songs ever made, no doubt about that.

    • @melissakauffman7278
      @melissakauffman7278 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Agree!!!

    • @tinaplayer2698
      @tinaplayer2698 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@melissakauffman7278double agreed

    • @ichaffee1
      @ichaffee1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      So much soul in this song

    • @onnietalone3181
      @onnietalone3181 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      gets to a point u think every day fells that way, no further ahead, the struggle for all

    • @denniscarroll3164
      @denniscarroll3164 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Truth, pure truth.

  • @michaelcantrell6169
    @michaelcantrell6169 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Im off the track rite now and cant get back still trying though. Dont give up

  • @edithdufoe853
    @edithdufoe853 3 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    Out of the many songs Bruce has this has to be my favorite. I just don't know why but for some reason it just hits me right in the heart 💔

    • @rickfreeman9530
      @rickfreeman9530 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Probably because we all have been there!!! At one time or another!! Peace be with you my friend. Montana Rick.

  • @TheComputec
    @TheComputec 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Always great to be reminded of Bruce's song writing talent. This is an often overlooked and bittersweet song

  • @anndandy9
    @anndandy9 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I can relate to this song. Especially the line " somewhere along the line I stepped off track."

    • @alexwhitney1841
      @alexwhitney1841 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Same here my friend.

  • @junenalloja1900
    @junenalloja1900 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    En algún hermoso lugar de los Estados Unidos 🇺🇸♥️♥️🏡siempre estaré AGRADECIDO POR TODA MI VIDA LO K ME DA ESTE MI PAÍS AMADO ,❤❤❤😊😮😮

  • @pfeffer271
    @pfeffer271 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    when I look at myself, I don't see the man I want to be............ so right, wow,

  • @lollipopshoes85
    @lollipopshoes85 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This song helped me leave a financial abusive, emotional abusive and coercive control relationship. Thanks Bruce

  • @kodieat
    @kodieat ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Masterpiece

  • @JackF99
    @JackF99 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Just ended a relationship of 15 years which this song describes perfectly. I have a terrible urge for her to listen to this.

  • @jimdavis6263
    @jimdavis6263 9 ปีที่แล้ว +412

    One of the best Bruce songs ever.

    • @southsideman4891
      @southsideman4891 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      best songs ever.*

    • @seansherrod8725
      @seansherrod8725 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Jim Davis AMEN

    • @chewie2299
      @chewie2299 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      THE WAY THE BOSS MAKES YOU FEEL IS LIKE KINDA JZX BROWN BUT IN A DIFFER WAY W THEM BOTH

    • @JoeBlow-vh7zo
      @JoeBlow-vh7zo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I agree.

    • @paisleyprincess7996
      @paisleyprincess7996 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      One of mine too

  • @stevensstankosss6847
    @stevensstankosss6847 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    It doesn't matter how many times you fell down.what really matters how many times you pick your self up

  • @seanschmidt2793
    @seanschmidt2793 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Saw Dr. Springsteen, in Kalamazoo, Michigan years ago all by himself at Miller auditorium on Western Michigan University Campus. He mesmerized all in attendance, some things you can't unsee or hear, I'm glad, it kicked butt. Bruce, is a genius.

  • @dawnandjill
    @dawnandjill 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    If I had to hear only one song the rest of my life this would be it!❤

  • @warriorus1163
    @warriorus1163 6 ปีที่แล้ว +307

    Song is an absolute masterpiece

    • @jhpvids
      @jhpvids 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      it is especially when you're going through a break up like he was. very well written.

    • @kevinrockford9826
      @kevinrockford9826 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thomas Riner go listen to your Justin Bieber.

    • @ala2121
      @ala2121 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @thomas riner Lol....I'm assuming (hoping) you just go around on videos like this and say stuff like that to get a rise out of people....why else would you be on this video....

    • @lisamchale4948
      @lisamchale4948 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      thomas riner what a moron

    • @Shaka610
      @Shaka610 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      #Fact

  • @Withtheghostoftomjoad
    @Withtheghostoftomjoad ปีที่แล้ว +8

    One of my favourite songs of all time. Haunting.

  • @KRCog-lb1zo
    @KRCog-lb1zo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    In March of 1988, I first listened to this album (cassette tape)I had bought on my way home from being overseas. I took a lonesome greyhound bus from Camp Lejuene North Carolina to Jacksonville Florida to see my daughter for the first time. She was a few weeks old and had been born
    while on the return trip across the Atlantic ocean while onboard the USS
    Shreveport LPD-12. I bought this cassette tape to listen to on my way to Florida. March 1988 I was just a young man then. Such memories. God
    bless you Bruce.

    • @jamesgannon6192
      @jamesgannon6192 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      A Beautiful Memory… Hope you are all doing well ❤️

  • @MrSoloDolo02
    @MrSoloDolo02 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    A soothing song to the wound of the soul. Simply beautiful and real

  • @arturodallasable
    @arturodallasable 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    The very last part always seems to bring me to tears. It feels like two wounded souls who have hurt each other so much yet still love each other.

  • @tomcurless1733
    @tomcurless1733 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    yeah, this song strikes a nerve, timeless, haunting, reflective and beautiful

  • @IsleOfFeldspar
    @IsleOfFeldspar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    This is just the best song ever. I especially like that low note right after he says, ‘held you in my arms’ and right before, ‘the music was never ending...’. For some reason I can’t explain it hits me like nothing else ever has.

    • @cameronpickard7456
      @cameronpickard7456 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      me too totally understand its beautiful

    • @brianmallen8887
      @brianmallen8887 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This song is sad, sad, sad. But it don't make me feel sad. It's too godamn beautiful for that.

    • @dinawalls
      @dinawalls 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wow, I soooo get this comment. Sometimes that certain note will just make your heart catch...

    • @brianmallen8887
      @brianmallen8887 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's how Bruce goes from the situation at hand- sitting in the titty bar, to the situation at home- "another battle in our dirty little war." Marital un-bliss. Back and forth with the setting. He's gonna cheat, that's obvious. She might already be cheating. Oh man! Wonder if he's at the following her around stage....I haven't heard a song with this much pathos since the Eagles "Lying Eyes."

    • @caroldwyer4471
      @caroldwyer4471 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@brianmallen8887 Agreed.

  • @AG-ci7rl
    @AG-ci7rl หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I guess we owe a failed relationship for bringing us a fantastic album - Tunnel of Love, 1987

    • @stephenfogle319
      @stephenfogle319 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      So true...

    • @elizabethmcleod246
      @elizabethmcleod246 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Pain and love are a real inspiration for poetry and musical lyrics.

  • @johnyasmin13
    @johnyasmin13 8 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    I remember meeting bruce at villa park in the 80s and telling him how much I loved this track and he also said that it was one very very special song that was close to his heart. thanks bruce for spending time with me that day at villa park!!!

    • @stephaniearmiger8698
      @stephaniearmiger8698 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      johnyasmin13 You spent time with Bruce? You are my hero, as is he. He is also one of my prophets.

    • @xlhsxl8895
      @xlhsxl8895 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      👏👏💞👍

    • @acesuffian6944
      @acesuffian6944 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You're damn lucky dude!👍😁

  • @dylanmorgan5546
    @dylanmorgan5546 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    To me, this is his absolute best song. I love it so much but it rips your heart out. It’s perfection.

  • @derekabdullah9253
    @derekabdullah9253 8 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    This song brings tears. To my eyes. I break down when i heard this song

  • @parkjamesshaw3189
    @parkjamesshaw3189 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The boss has brilliant lines like a brilliant disguise

  • @jaygee291
    @jaygee291 6 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    The guy he says hello to when he walks in the bar passed away in Bradley beach where I was a police officer at the time. Right next to Asbury park. We had to find a next of kin and during our search I found a newspaper article hanging up that talked about how he was in this video! After we located his family I put this video on TH-cam and we all noticed his face and thought it was awesome. I hope hes resting in peace. He was a good guy.

    • @overkillblackjack2910
      @overkillblackjack2910 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Jay Gee Great story, Jay. Thanks for sharing it. He looks like a good guy. Take care, buddy!

    • @lendonjennings6472
      @lendonjennings6472 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sir your a good one!

    • @mamboking949
      @mamboking949 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hey jayyyee wow incredible story I'm going to see bruce next mon April 15th Albany NY MPV arena he's changed my life I'm not the same Eric I was 5 years ago and yes asbury park coming down this summer on NJ TRANSIT RAILROAD!

  • @ethanallen2889
    @ethanallen2889 5 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I was 29. Helping to build a home on Nantucket through the winter. I brought my guitar to pass the long nights. Old timer took me aside and taught me the art of performing a song at the bar for a bunch of lost souls. This was the song he taught me.

  • @MelissaAlexander1958
    @MelissaAlexander1958 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The story of my life!

    • @anthonyduzevich6421
      @anthonyduzevich6421 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      To many heartbreaking moments & wished I had of made better decisions .......& hope your living days & its taken awhile to find peace in my life & bruces music always sends better messages

  • @davidboehmer4359
    @davidboehmer4359 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Brings back memories of when I was in Manitowoc Wisconsin for my cousin Dennis Boehmers wedding.
    We were out on a jetty on Lake Michigan. I remember looking out into the night and back at Manitowoc. All the while this song went through my mind. Glory Days

  • @danhoffman2631
    @danhoffman2631 3 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    Nils Lofgren’s guitar work here, gives it a spooky quality that just seals this song for me, in the best way. Nils is a one of the most underrated guitarists in my opinion. Growing up in the 80’s I’ve always been a Bruce fan, but listening to his music 35 - 40 years later just makes me appreciate it that much more.

    • @acesuffian6944
      @acesuffian6944 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ..and Patti's haunting vocals

    • @garythibeault168
      @garythibeault168 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Bruce played all the parts only Patti sang back up no other E street members played on this recording.

    • @langdonogeay1141
      @langdonogeay1141 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Bruce on the guitar as well as every other instrument

    • @michaelprovence2159
      @michaelprovence2159 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Nils Lofgren - greatest feel player of all time

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  • @aamanpour3630
    @aamanpour3630 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    If I need to have a cry about my marriage this has always been the song for it. I can't imagine anyone married or who's been married who can't relate to this song. I also think the song and video are positively brilliant and there's a wonderful and human tenderness to it. Bruce Springsteen

  • @jesseburleson432
    @jesseburleson432 8 ปีที่แล้ว +343

    Springsteen knows how to write a song. The dude is bloody brilliant. Tunnel of Love is an album to cherish.

    • @glennlevy1896
      @glennlevy1896 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      beautiful album....every song is amazing.....Valentines Day is such an underrated song of his

    • @MrParisienWalkways
      @MrParisienWalkways 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      The finest album ever written in my opinion.

    • @stephen1562
      @stephen1562 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      His number one in my opinion, Born to Run.......not even close

    • @JJJZANESVILLE2
      @JJJZANESVILLE2 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yes.....

    • @karlschievelbein1578
      @karlschievelbein1578 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Such a great album!

  • @bruceracine2636
    @bruceracine2636 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I remember his first wife. She was very beautiful. But the two of them always seemed so miserable. This song was written from his truth.

  • @kathrynwatson13
    @kathrynwatson13 8 ปีที่แล้ว +164

    This song probably makes me feel more sad than any other song in existence... I have cried many tears over this song...💔

    • @mrmedallis
      @mrmedallis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Me too.

    • @simonjamesyoung8091
      @simonjamesyoung8091 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Springsteen can make a Grown Man Cry
      🔂 Repeatedly
      Over Many Moons

    • @greglehman1871
      @greglehman1871 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Me too.

    • @broncobra
      @broncobra 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I hope that you find your one true soulmate.

    • @charlese.ramsey8667
      @charlese.ramsey8667 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It always gets me too

  • @kevinsharkey1336
    @kevinsharkey1336 8 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    only when you have gone through a break up of a marriage can you begin to undetstand the true genius of this most underated song.

    • @sylviacoffey5645
      @sylviacoffey5645 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I can only guess at the pain

    • @gugelwin2657
      @gugelwin2657 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      No, you do not have to make empirical science out of it. I was hardly 13, no pubis, when the album was published and allow myself to testify, sir, today, 30 years later, I understood and felt each and every fucking single letter Springsteen has written. He lead me to literature, arts und philosophy and is stll a basal inspriration for my work although I am not into music...

    • @jt9967
      @jt9967 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@keithyj11 hope things are better it takes time brother best wishes

    • @allisgrace1313
      @allisgrace1313 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@keithyj11 So very sorry. Prayers for you tonight. I pray God is healing you.

  • @patrickbennett422
    @patrickbennett422 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    He is the"Boss", the one and only. I've been on board since '75, and I can always count on him to get me back on track. And that's saying a lot. Stay down with your bad self my brother. And thanks.

  • @lorenastefani6531
    @lorenastefani6531 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This Song reminds me of you
    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @starwoman3036
    @starwoman3036 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    There are so many reasons I love this song AND video; a real depiction of the human condition involving loneliness, sadness & yearning for happiness...........

  • @DeraldCannonJr
    @DeraldCannonJr ปีที่แล้ว +8

    He hit it on the money with this one he describes relationships so well in this song

  • @garyharvey9282
    @garyharvey9282 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    One of the most intimate and profound songs ever written. If we are ever able to think of ourselves as less than what we falsely believe, there is hope for what still may be.

  •  6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Bruce is the GOAT.

  • @petermckinley1628
    @petermckinley1628 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Springsteen is a poet