Bruce Springsteen, "Jungleland" (Cover)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ต.ค. 2024
- Michael Arrom plays Bruce Springsteen's, "Jungleland".
This song has been a tremendous source of musical inspiration for me. Roy "The Professor" Bittan's piano performance on this has to be one of the most epic rock piano pieces ever created. Growing up in New Jersey, Springsteen's music has always been in my blood. As a pianist, Roy's playing is part of my DNA. These guys are all my heroes. I did this video as a teenager several years ago. Today, I actually have a "day gig" as a music professor at the University of Southern California; I'm humbled by the work of New Jersey's most legendary pianist, his work is truly iconic. I dedicate this performance to the inspiration that The Professor has given me.
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amazing cover, nothing else to say. i hope to play like this someday
Hi Dan! Thanks for your support! Pay regular attention to the Hanon piano exercises and you'll get there :)
@@michaelarrom94p
You're right. Roy Bittan is a completely underrated and under appreciated player. You do him (and this song) justice. Well done.
Thanks Ron! I appreciate your comment. Yes, Roy is definitely one of the best!
Roy Bittan - in the top 5 keyboardist of all time no question!
Up there with Bohemian Rhapsody. Springsteen captures the light and dark of emotions as he takes you on a journey with this masterpiece. One of his bests
Thanks for your comment! I agree with you completely. This is as operatic as rock can be!
In my less than humble opinion this is the greatest piano composition of the 20th century. And you NAILED IT!!!
Thanks, Brian! With all of the humility in the world, I won't argue with you :)
Bruce wrote so many of his greatest songs from the piano. Amazing to think that a 23 year old street punk from Freehold, New Jersey could come up with something as mesmerising as this. Great version by the way.
Agreed about Bruce and the piano. Thanks for your comment!
Am I really applauding for a video? Yes apparently I am. Amazing work!
it's a shame the video is totally underrated. Melody, vocals and saxophone combined in a piano cover. Terrific.
Thank you so much for your kind review! I appreciate your listening!
Once in a while you come across something that will be with you the rest of your life. Michael - thank you. This was spot-on beautiful, and you handled Clarence's part wonderfully, and at the end I was able to pick it up and sing along to your music at the end... I even got in the Jungleland howls. Tonight was my first time hearing this, and I'm willing to bet in the next 5 years I'll have listened to it a thousand times. I'll loop it and play it while I work on the computer. It's the perfect companion song where you can enjoy it over and over and over. Please - don't get me anything for my birthday, this song will be enough. Thank You.
Murray, thank you so much for your kind comments. The life of a musician is a difficult struggle and it often feels like nobody is listening. Knowing that I occasionally connect with a listener makes it all worthwhile. I'm so glad that you enjoy this piece!
@@michaelarrom94 Here it is - ten months later - I've been writing a lot lately, and I play this in the background to soothe my busy mind while I work. I loop it and I've must have heard it 30 times... just today. Thanks again.
@@murraywestenskow2896 Happy New Year! Thanks again!
@@murraywestenskow2896 Michael Everett-- Playing clears my mind , I get it so whole heartedly- We should never get so busy making a living that we forget to have a life--and music grounds us..Brings us back to a sense of peace. Great job..Sometimes sitting down and just letting my fingers fly, feels like all the world is right again.
@@michaelarrom94 you just connected with another listener 😉 I also hope to play like this some day! Hope you are doing well
I am speechless....I am without speech.
Thank you
Brilliant song by the best rock artist ever, played by a brilliant pianist. And I mean both you and the Professor. Thank you for this jewel!
Thanks for your comment! Bruce and Roy have been great inspirations to me.
Thank you for your fantastic cover. My father, who was a huge Springsteen fan, suddenly passed at 60 and we played this as part of the music during the wake. It was perfect. Thanks.
Bill, thank you so much for sharing your story. This is Michael's father. He is attending college in California while we're here in NJ. I just told him your story and he was very moved by it. We're very sorry for your loss and happy to know that Mike's performance helped your family. Mike once heard an interview where Bruce talked about how he writes music to help people get through difficult times. When I told Mike about your post, he recalled Bruce's interview and said he was honored to have carried on Bruce's intent. God bless your family and may you all live with happy memories of your father.
+Bill Collister Im very sorry to hear about your father, I'm happy to know your family found my performance helpful. Mike
AMAZING can’t even begin to imagine how difficult that is to play it’s almost as if each hand is playing a different part
Thank you, Robert!
Best cover I’ve heard
Thank you, Rich! I appreciate your comment :)
Michel Everett truly rules
Thank God for youtube because honestly this is the kind of shit I always knew existed and used to think I would never be able to hear.
Thanks, Kelly!
Plot twist: This is Bruce Springsteen
*Roy Bittan
@@mungofinalfi4480 "Roooy Bittan on the piaanuh!!!"
You play like a Boss! 🙏🙏🙏
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed the performance :)
@@michaelarrom94, keep going, man! 💪💪💪
One of the best piano pieces in Rock history.
absolutely agree with you!
Sometimes on a long flight I'll listen to this 6-7 times consecutively. It's the easiest/most pleasurable way to kill an hour. Perfection.
Hi Dave, thanks for your comment! If only I could figure out how to make TH-cam dispense those little bags of pretzels :)
AMAZING!!
Thanks, John!
WTF!?Absolutely amazing cover of this operatic masterpiece. Unbelievable.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!
you're the only person in youtube history that has 0 unlikes. that's how good this is.
Thanks, Tom! Lol, I'll keep my fingers crossed it stays that way.
Michael Everett great job man, it's sounds great
still perfect, . . ., because it is. thanks friend for you passion to kick some you know what on the ivories.
i agree, that's fucking disgusting. i invite them to reveal their self to either be heard or take an ass beating like a man.
@是邪恶的习近平 Greetings! I'm sorry I just saw this today. Thank you so much for your support, but more importantly, good luck to your daughter! I hope she's enjoying the piece and making progress. It makes me happy to be a source of encouragement to other musicians.
I ve seen Springsteen and his band alive and i can say to you that the main pianist is the top of piano players
So this leads me to say that the songs he produces on the keyboard are super hard and requires a lot of technique and time.
to play Springsteen songs you need really to have patience to do so.
I consider jungleland and point blank hardest to play than chopin and bethoveen . Very few people play chopin so you can see how good you are.
Hardest than this just dire straits tunel of love or sultans of swing .
So as a piano player i can only say that you are very good and you practicse a lot . Not everybody has patience to play a 9.30 minute song.
So congratulations you made my day and keep the rythm
Hi Andre, thanks for your support! I've spent years learning classical music from a great teacher. It's the lessons she has taught me that allow me to approach something like Jungleland. Even though I now focus on modern music, I recommend all musicians build a foundation in classical. Good luck on all your musical adventures!
Incredible.
Thank you!
I can only dream of mastering this tune - way to go!!!!
Thanks for your support, Jordan! Always enjoy the journey, not just the destination :)
I can't imagine that I will ever be able to play anything so beautifully as this...but I. Will. Not. Give. Up. Trying!!! Thanks for the inspiration!
Hi Joseph, thank you so much for your comment. Don't give up! If you haven't already, I'd like to suggest that you find a copy of Hanon's piano exercises. They're quite boring, but they will give you the strength and dexterity to tackle this. Good luck!
Thank you for the suggestion. I will look into it. Although I had not attempted (seriously) to learn to play an instrument until my retirement I've (finally) found a very good teacher who is tolerant of my impatience with "mere" exercises (I do some) and helps me break favorite, short pieces that I love into manageable, parts. I'm getting close to being able to recognizably play some short Tom Waits pieces, but I there are many Springsteen pieces that I'd love to do to (I think Roy Bittan's piano that underlies many of these may be a big part of it). Roy Bittan's "Rider's in the Night" is also way up there.
@@josephsliker2134 Kudos for getting started now! So let me tell you a bit about my story...when I was 12, I was determined to play the Grieg Concerto. I had an accommodating teacher who didn't make me do the exercises that I hated so much. I made progress though sheer willpower, but couldn't quite get it right. I changed piano teachers and my new teacher busted me back down to the beginning and made me do all the exercises. I came back to the Grieg a year later and it was a completely different experience. Having that foundation is so important and is a very worthwhile investment. That foundation helped me play Jungleland with a lot less effort than you might guess. I'm now on the popular music faculty at USC Thornton and I still keep my very tattered copy of Hanon with me. Matter of fact, I've been recovering from a mild injury and just pulled out the Hanon this morning to help with my recovery. It's good stuff :)
Best Springsteen cover on the tube. No doubt! Sounds amazing with that little touch of Jerry Lee Lewis or whatever it is :-D Fun and haunting at the same time.
Thank you Johan! Yes, I do love Jerry Lee Lewis, even if that's not exactly what I was thinking at the time.
Roy Bittan better watch out! Incredible!
haha, thanks! Roy is the greatest!
Awesome!!! Standing ovation, Micheal!
Thank you, Joe! I appreciate your support!
Great job! Such a hard song.
Thank you!
What an amazing cover! Stumbled on this via generic search. So thankful I did.
Thanks, Jim! I'm happy that you enjoy my work :)
Michael BRAVO! You did Bruce & Clarence proud.
Thank you, David! Your comment means a lot to me. Loved Clarence, RIP.
Roy would be proud!
That would be make me very happy! Thanks for your comment :)
Minchia!!! 😱❤️
Grazie, Stefano!
WOW!! ONLY A FAN COULD DO THIS THAT KIND OF JUSTICE!!!
Thank you! Yes, I'm a fan!
One Word - "Fantastic"
Thank you, Alan!
This is Majestic! Great piano player and musician! And I just also say: how great is ROY BITTAN?!?
Thank you, Alessandro! Bittan is the GOAT!
Thank you for this beautiful version of Jungleland- it is so amazing on keyboards- The world disappears when I play..and all is right once more. Encore!
Thank you so much, Tatiana! You might have noticed that my version probably doesn't correspond perfectly to your score. I'm not aware of any true transcription of this piece and this version is just my interpretation. Hope you have fun exploring the song!
@@michaelarrom94 I actually use the score I have as a baseline and love your inflections..They are so inspiring. I love the music, even without a singer, it is a masterpiece..and since it was written on piano, it is beautiful when played. TY Michael. I love it.
Good god. Thank you for this cover of an incredible 9+ minutes of modern day opera. Amazing, sensitive, perfect!! The boss himself would approve no doubt.
Thanks Gregory!
This is Amazing. I often search for isolated piano covers of rock songs. This is Exactly the way it should be done - Straight, no embellishments or add ins.
Thanks for your support!
excellent
Thanks, Fabio!
INCREDIBLE!! Just simply INCREDIBLE!!
Thank you!
Wow! Awesome story, Michael. Springsteen is in "my blood" as well. His music always "relates" to me! So I can honestly say....I'm related!
Thank you, Ted! Proud to be in the family with you :)
My favorite Bruce Springsteen song ❤
Thanks for your support!
Definitely, “The Boss” is someone I’ve always loved and respected and looked up to, and the E-Street Band
New York City Serenade
That’s a good song
@@AndrewB221 I love this song too! I have an old recording of the song on this TH-cam page.
Michael you're one of the best piano player here on TH-cam. Such incredible performance by the greatest anthem like Jungleland. Excellent*******************************************
Thank you! I enjoyed your cover of Hallelujah. Keep making music!
the Professor would be Profoundly Impressed
Roy Bittan is the best Pianist in Rock Music History
His work on Jim Steinman and Meat Loaf records alone is stunning
But his work with Bruce is Untouchable
Check out the Magic Tour Aug 08 Scott Trade Center in St. Louis
It has the best version I have ever heard of Jungleland
And one of the best full shows of the Boss that I have in my Collection
Awesome job on this Michael
Thank you Marty! I'll check out the Aug 08 performance!
Beautiful!
Absolutely beautiful
Thank you so much!
I’m performing this piece next month and I watched this for reference, and oh my god this is INCREDIBLE 👏
Thank you! Wishing you all the best for your performance :)
Beautiful. I can listen to this all day.
Thank you!
Excellent sir. You capture, the epic nature of the song perfectly, as it transitions from scene to scene. It is one of the greatest songs in Rock and Roll and you did it justice. Bravo.
Thank you so much! I'm happy to share this performance with someone who loves this song as much as I do. I appreciate your support.
Brilliant......absolutely brilliant!
Thank you so much Patrick!
my man 🤗
Thank you!
Speechless... More than love it ☺️
Thank you, Darren! Glad you enjoyed it :)
Absolutely fucking perfect, brilliant
Excellent. What six people did not like this, c'mon.....
Thank you, Martin! Can't ever please everyone ;)
@@michaelarrom94 Bucket list item now - learn this. My wife teaches piano and we have two pianos in thee house (one digital, one upright), so finger out of the butt time for me :).
@@martyjquinn Have fun!
Just like thunder road……amazing! Perfect!
Thank you!
Thank you, Tim! I'm so happy you enjoyed it!
I realized today that most of my favorite Springsteen songs are piano-driven songs: Jungleland, Racing in the Street, Point Blank, The Promise, etc. And I'm a guitar player! Anyway, this was an amazing cover.
Hey, Louis! Thanks for the support. It's easy to like Roy Bittan's work. I wish I could also play guitar, I had to make the tough choice of concentrating on keys.
No wonder my piano teacher says I'm not ready for this song yet😅 good job man!!!!
Thanks for the comment! I know how you feel. It's hard to stick to the drills and exercises when all you want to do is play great songs. Hang in there, use that love to keep yourself motivated!
Your piano teacher probably doesn't know it either
Have a great day my Jersey friend...Amazing. Bruce says your hired! lol--TY for this incredible inspiration. As the arthritis sets in..I keep these fingers moving..
Simply astonishing. Brilliantly interpreted. Thank you!
Muchas gracias! Agradezco su apoyo :)
Absolut brillant, cannot be played any better. Thank you for sharing 🙏
Hello Cristoph! Thank you for the sub and your kind remarks. I'm glad you enjoyed the performance!
Brilliant
Thank you!
Utterly mesmerising. I am consumed with envy.
Hi Jason, thanks for your comment, haha, sorta. Took a visit to your page and you've got some nice piano chops yourself. You're most of the way there. Pull out a copy of Hanon's exercises and go to town...you'll get there! Let me know how it goes for you.
Hi Michael Thank you for the encouragement, I'll have a go and see how I get on. Watching players as great as yourself serves to both inspire and frustrate me in equal measure. I wonder if Prof. Bittan has seen this rendition, as I reckon he would be impressed.
@@MrSongfarmer I have tremendous respect for Bittan and would be thrilled if he ever heard my version. Funny side note, unlike Bittan, I really am a music professor! I am on the adjunct faculty at the University of Southern California.
@@michaelarrom94 that would go a good way to explaining your insane keyboard skills! Greetings from Devon, in the South West of England
Wow.... can't stop listening to this
Seen the boss many times live and am a huge fan but this really made the hairs on my neck tingle..
Cracking job fella.... well done and.... thanks
Mike Kimmitt You're very kind, I'm glad you enjoyed my performance.
Beautiful version of a Springsteen masterpiece. He wrote so many of his greatest songs from the piano.
Thank you for your comment!
Flawless
+lilylulu299 Didn't know how you were gonna do big mans solo but you killed it.
Thanks! I appreciate your support!
Thanks! I miss Clarence, can't imagine this song without his part
This is beautiful......thank you.
Thank you, Jim! I appreciate your feedback :)
Bravo!!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Thank you, Arndt!
Awsome!
+Hugi Hugo Glad you enjoyed it!
One of my favorites to play and the sheet music is so accurate- your playing Jungle land! xoxoxoxxxxx
@Michael Everett- Your friend must be honored by your tribute- (his music is part of your DNA) what a beautiful compliment--Let your music go where it needs to..This is Jungleland and I grew up here on the streets of Asbury- so Bruce is friends with all of us. But your version is perfect- perfect..If it lives inside you- play it..add to it..I personally love it. TY so much for posting it. Bravo!
Thank you so much, I'm flattered by your kind remarks! I'm from northern NJ, but I spent my teen years performing at the Count Basie Theatre and the surrounding area. Bruce is definitely in my blood!
@@michaelarrom94 I guess he is!. A Julliard brat here- I love playing everything..I came back as your piano is so full and rich- I'm in an apt. with a keyvoard- But imagine having none? So I don't complain. You sound so so good!
@@tatianaroveda Thanks! Couldn't begin to imagine...I start tapping my fingers on my desk when I don't have a piano ;)
It’s so good there’s nothing I can say that hasn’t already been said. Just inspiring stuff!
Thank you, I appreciate each and every person who takes the time to leave a comment. Happy to brighten your day :)
Michael Everett your technique is just so on point. Your teacher must be very proud. I'm sure you're a great teacher as well. Would love to hear more. BTW...I love how you do that Bruce Hornsby thing on the f# for much of the sax part. Just adds so much feeling to the piece.
@@dsh1028 Thanks, I've had some great teachers who are still my mentors today. I'm now on the music faculty at USC Thornton where I love to teach :)
Holy crap... you've just given me a whole new appreciation for this song my dude. Thank you.
Haha, thanks! You're very welcome!
I've finally got this song going nice and easy- and where I'm stuck turning pages, I've finally started ad libbing to the song! it is finally coming together. Back bc you have inspired me..Have a great day!
Yes!! Forget about the pages...let the music move you along :D
1 word: Brilliant!
Thank you so much!
Wow. Thank you for making that!!!!! Epic!!!!! Makes one appreciate the genius of Springsteen and his pianist who was every bit the genius.
You're very welcome! So much genius in the creation of that original track. Tip of the hat to Roy Bittan. Really miss Clarence :/
Just had this surfaced to me. Damn near brought me to tears. One of my favorite songs. and you do it justice. Well done!!!!
I'm so happy that you enjoyed the performance! Thanks for your comment :)
Thank you! I enjoyed that. You are very talented. Somehow the older I get and the more I listen to that song, the more I enjoy it. It is complicated and varied. Bravo to you for capturing it.
Thank you, Glenn!
Absolutely spectacular dude! Enjoyed it every last note.
Hi John, so glad you enjoyed it, thanks for the support!
Michael Arrom...magical... you remind me just a bit...of Keith Jarrett.
Thank you so much! I'm a big fan of Keith's work, I appreciate the comparison.
Amazing, quite incredible, great job. Had my first piano lesson yesterday - Jungleland is one of the reasons I wanted to start playing. One day!
Hi Chris, thanks for the comment. Congratulations on your first piano lesson! I'm sure you'll get to Jungleland if you take the time to enjoy each step along the way.
Just awesome. Thank you.
I'm glad you enjoyed the performance. Thank you for listening and for your comment!
Inspiring!!!
Thank you, Jordan!
You nailed it again!
Thank you, John! I appreciate your support
Absolutely perfect. You're awesome. I was singing the outro as if I was at a Bruce concert.
Thank you so much, I'm happy that you were inspired to sing along!
Thank you for posting this it is truly amazing after more than 50 years and a lifetime of my mother telling me that I could have played anything I wanted if I had stayed with piano lessons I'm going to start again next month I doubt I'll ever be able to play anything like that so I thank you so very much
Hi Joe! Thank you so much for your message. I'm so happy to hear that you're going to start piano lessons again. Be patient and enjoy the journey. I was playing for 12 years before I recorded my Jungleland video. There is lots of fun to be had along the way. Best, Mike
Wow this is amazing, gave me chills watching it. Excellent !!!
Hi Bruce! Thanks!, glad you enjoyed the performance.
absolutely beautiful
Amazing. Thank you.
Thanks for your support!
Great!!
Thank you, Tino!
Absolutely mind blowing!! I can’t even imagine the dedication and even what path musically you took to be able to play like that. What a true gift and drive you have!! Bruce and Roy Bittan would both be blown away I’m sure!!
Thank you so much, Joseph! I appreciate your support! I had a wonderful classical piano teacher who spent years teaching me the fundamentals. I owe a lot to the skills she taught me.
Beautful played very classical genius lve;
Thank you, Carol!
Holy shit that’s good! Nice job!
Thanks!
Great job you made me feel younger when i passed my time with bruce's music. The Best cover i Ever listened on you tube.
Thank you, Andrea! I hope the song made you happy.
This flat out rocks-nothing I’d rather listen to over and over when I should be going to bed (in the quick of the night)
Thanks, Brian!
thank you, incredible and moving. guess ill go to bed now, cant beat that. well done!
Thank you so much! I'm happy you enjoyed my performance!
This is beautifully done. Thank you so much for posting. More Bruce piano covers please!
Thanks Jason!
this song brought me to tears a couple nights ago. it was clarence’s solo that got me. and you played it amazingly well. thank you.
Thanks for your comment. I miss the Big Man too. I got to see him on stage with Bruce and their friendship was such a special part of the show.
I really love this song, it's special to me, and this cover is beautifully done. Hats off!
Thank you so much, I appreciate your support.
pezzo fantastico!!!
Grazie!