This is with out any doubt the best intro that i beg for at gigs when he plays this masterpieces greatest song on you tube by a million miles The boss at his very very best
I was 13 years old and I caught this tour when they came to Madison Square Garden. Over 2 hours of high intensity magic. Everyone there new we were witnessing something special. A bewildered smile on everyone's face. I'll never forget that feeling.
Amen, I saw this version twice in 1978. I will always maintain that was the best tour EVER. And the live ‘78 version of this song is by far my favorite version of any Bruce song. Epic!!!!
Just amazing. Shame that he mostly stopped long soloing once it came to the 1980's. I would have loved him to make more music like this where he shows how just what a great axeman he is.
I haven’t seen many Bruce shows-two to be exact, 2008 and just recently in Chicago-but I respectfully disagree with the opinion that started this thread. In fact, his guitar prowess was an unexpected surprise at the two shows I’d witnessed. Excellent guitar player, both in the past and now!
I was in the Army stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington. It was September of 1978 and I had just left Seattle bound for Germany. My flight had a stop in Denver and then on to Newark to spend a few weeks at my Uncle Tom and Aunt Dot’s home, before going to Germany. The flight from Seattle to Denver was unremarkable. When people started boarding the plane in Denver two guys asked me to move so they could sit together. I took the other guys seat a few rows back. So, I’m sitting next to this guy and there is a girl sitting next to him, and he’s hitting on her slowly from Denver to Newark. At one point he must’ve asked her where she works, so she says in Washington Township, and he says, so now that I know I’ll have to stop by and see you sometime. I leaned over and said my uncle and aunt live in Washington Township on Webster Avenue. She says that’s just around the block from where I live. She asks him to switch seats so she can talk to me. We talked the rest of the way to Newark. As we were descending, I said I have to get a taxi to Washington Township so you can ride with me. She says my mom is picking me up - you can ride with me. She dropped me off at my uncle and aunt’s home. I said nice meeting you hope to see you again. The next morning, she rang the doorbell and said would you like to come to the park with me and my friends and throw some frisbee. We spent the next two weeks together. The second week her parents left for Vashon Island in Washington State to visit her grandmother. One day she comes over and says, my brother has an extra ticket to a show at the Capital Theater in Passaic, would you like to come with us. I said of course. It was September 19th or, 20th, 1978, and the show was Bruce Springsteen. What a show!! I left for Germany a few days later, on September 23rd.
In maybe 1984-5 I broadcast a Sat night exhibition game from m old Giants Stadium after which I went to the roof to sleep til Sunday night when Bruce played it worked to quote Talking Heads 'Once in a Lifetime '
Rock and roll at its best. Seeing him and ESB in 2023 is just as incredible an experience relative to the timeline. So lucky to see them live in 1978 at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. See you again Nov 14, 16, 2023. #onlythestrongsurvive
I was so blessed to have my Mom as my friend. She took me to great concerts. Bruce being the best of course. The last concert of his that I saw was when the album The River was released. RIP Mom. Thanks again.
A look back in time to the future of Rock n’ Roll. Thank you, Bruce! It’s been the sound track to my life, you’ve never let me down…. Never mailed it in, ALWAYS 100%. Respect!!!! Peace!!!!!! Love!!!!! Happiness!!!!!!
IF you're a musician extraordinaire, WHY THE HE*)@L would you PURPOSELY SUBJECT your PREVIOUSLY Enraptured Fans to HIS Politics?!. He's a dnc diehard leftist, ok, but HE Should Want 'IT' All to be about his Musical Talent. Does the left have NO Idea how MORONIC they behave. It's as if he PURPOSELY Decided to ALIENATE & LOSE (!!) AT LEAST 64 % of his audience, in one fell swoop. You can't make these things up..........!
I found this version about 4 or 5 yrs ago! It totally had me in shock and auwh! Goose bumbs on top of goose bumps! That is young Bruce letting out maximum passion. It's exactly what being young is all about! I am a Heavy Metal fan and this shit blew my face back! It's the only live track that I will say is fucking perfect! On all fronts!!! Incredible!!! I wish I were young again and meeting my girl "behind the dynamo"! 78 Darkness Tour!!!!
THERE IS NO BETTER OPENING TO ANY ROCK SONG!!!! just my dumbass opinion!!! Lets see some of these grasshoppers today do this with this much power and feeling.
When they were young and had all that raw energy. It was what made their shows legendary and we as fans to get to enjoy the ride. The E street band and the Boss, if they were not the best they made that night feel they were.
@@sallyhenry6227 Amen to that, but you know Jersey had 3 bands that came from there. Southside Jonny and John Cafferty also who had similar sounds. The Boss though besides his shows had the writing chops like a book of literature.
Phil Petillo was a great Luthier and a real gentleman. I interviewed him for Backstreets magazine and he couldn't have been nicer to a young kid. Oh yeah, killer version of one of my favorite songs!
The most epic version of this song I've seen! Live music does not get any better than this!! I was definitely born 20 years too late!!! Thanks for uploading, you are great! :)
What is interesting today is that he really didn't get much press in the 70's. He had the 1 big single, but when Rolling Stone did an article on him in a fashion of the must see live show a lot were like, who? You have to understand that the 70's were a mix of all types of music from funk, progressive rock, southern rock, hard rock, R and R, R and B, Jazz, and even some bubble gum pop.
I remember this concert. Listened to it live on the radio in my bedroom in 1978. Then having to listen to classmates who went to it and saying they were absolutely blown away by it.
Makes me thinki´n, and makes we worry...who or what will be there when he´s gone ? You will not understand what you´r really missing before it ´s gone....
Ayer oí en 2 sitios y a diferentes horas: que recordar es volver a pasar por el corazón 😊❤😊. ,Como no amar el pasado máxime si se trata de la banda de la calle E, que encardinada con El Jefe, a los que presumimos y en verdad tenemos oído musical nos hace subir emocionalmente a lo más sublime. 😅❤😢. Cumpleaños feliz .❤
Does it really get any better than this? If only time travel were possible. May be the only time anyone ever said this but, "I wish I were in Passaic, NJ".
Wow! Thank you for the upload. That guitar is a '52 or '53 Tele w an Esquire neck. The newer model he plays at the end has a decidedly different tone. Epic, as others have commented!
It's hard to judge the best "Bruce" song, however, if you have ever been truly in love...... there is no better song to say good bye to and to "f"" like you'll never see some one again......saw Bruce, said good-bye to someone..... and life goes on
back when you could actually listen and enjoy Bruce....before the whole of the venue just automatically got up and started waving and crazed without even listening to the music...just an instant party. I liked the old days...saw him at The Carlton Theater in Red Bank NJ in '76
I think I was a young 21 yrs old at this concert. I know I saw this magical show, which was my first Boss concert! Thanks to a New York girl Francesca. Thank you for guidine me to this magical concert! I believe this is in Colorado, Red Rocks Park! Amazing! Rod Taylor
When did he ever stop playing Guitar Solos ...... Hasn't stopped Ever !! He may share now, but, HE IS STILL IN CHARGE AS HE SHOULD BE ..... HE'S "THE BOSS !!" 🎸🎷☝👌👍🙌🌅😎❤💪😏😁🤝✌ PEACE
I saw a video from the end of the noughties (I think) where he plays a long version of Prove It All Night where the second solo was by Little Stevie. It was so good to hear a version like the 70’s version again. And it was great to see Stevie in there too.
I saw him in Toronto in 1978 and Bruce and the band at this point in time were off the scale pure energy. This was an era of opportunity to see all of the great bands and I was lucky to have heard many of them but this tour will always stand out in my memory ❤
Wow, thanks so much for sharing. Looking forward to the having yet another memorable experience with Bruce & Co. on April 6th in NYC! Thinking of you Clarence!
So there Iwas -Stafford New Bingley Hall UK 81-ROW TEN Center stage -It was as close to a religious experience as you could get -left a mark on me forever and I mean FOREVER-THANKS BOSS-changed me like "HEAT"
Can someone find this guy and have him show up to play one more time? Just for ol times sake. ...."where have you gone Joe DiMaggio.... our nation turns it's lonely eyes to you"
When you see these videos of Bruce & The ESB in 1978, you know you're watching rock and roll history !
For sure. Good music lives on and on…
EXACTLY MATE 🎉🎉 But I wonder why he ain't playing at Kamala Rallys!!!! 😮😂😂😂
This is with out any doubt the best intro that i beg for at gigs when he plays this masterpieces greatest song on you tube by a million miles
The boss at his very very best
There’s so much that you want, you deserve much more than this…..
Thats some serious shredding on the guitar WOW
My favorite version of the band. Easily the greatest band i have ever seen live.
This is when an artist hits his pinnacle ..................... so cool.............................
5 1/2 minute intro...I could have rode thar wave another 15 minutes.
Greatest Intro......EVER
When I die this is exactly what heaven will look like.
I was 13 years old and I caught this tour when they came to Madison Square Garden. Over 2 hours of high intensity magic. Everyone there new we were witnessing something special. A bewildered
smile on everyone's face. I'll never forget that feeling.
Dear Kelly, I'll prove it all life
The opening 5:38 is perfection. The combination of piano, drums, guitar its incredible!
How those people remain in their seats I'll never know.
No one was in their seats. The whole concert. All four hours in the LA sports arena on this tour. I was worn out
No one remained in their seats. The entire concert people stood. 4 hours . I was worn out!
it's what champs do ,
Must be the best version ever, certainly mine
Breathtaking. The one person who doesn't like this ... does he even have a pulse? This is quintessential rock-n-roll.
Britney Spears fan. Can smell her from here.
@@two-toneblue4872maybe, but more likely some MAGA a-hole
quite possibly the greatest eleven minutes in rock history.
Definitely!!
THAT IS NOT AN OVER STATEMENT
Amen, I saw this version twice in 1978. I will always maintain that was the best tour EVER. And the live ‘78 version of this song is by far my favorite version of any Bruce song. Epic!!!!
@@kdrbeav Probably no one would believe us, but concert tickets in those days were about $5.00 a pop.
..or "kittys back" hammersmith
9:06 Just when you thought the song couldn't go any higher, they uncork a Hammond B3! Ha! after nine minutes.
1970’s video of E Street band should be viewed exclusively in black and white.
78 I was 17 yr just too bad I didn’t have access to this type of content
Just amazing. Shame that he mostly stopped long soloing once it came to the 1980's. I would have loved him to make more music like this where he shows how just what a great axeman he is.
Poor guy was TIRED!!
I was blown away by how good of a player was when I saw him live (1980)
Ryan adams is with the cardinals
I haven’t seen many Bruce shows-two to be exact, 2008 and just recently in Chicago-but I respectfully disagree with the opinion that started this thread. In fact, his guitar prowess was an unexpected surprise at the two shows I’d witnessed. Excellent guitar player, both in the past and now!
Our healthcare workers are provin it all night during this hellacious time...may God be with them
Truth!
I was in the Army stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington. It was September of 1978 and I had just left Seattle bound for Germany. My flight had a stop in Denver and then on to Newark to spend a few weeks at my Uncle Tom and Aunt Dot’s home, before going to Germany. The flight from Seattle to Denver was unremarkable. When people started boarding the plane in Denver two guys asked me to move so they could sit together. I took the other guys seat a few rows back. So, I’m sitting next to this guy and there is a girl sitting next to him, and he’s hitting on her slowly from Denver to Newark. At one point he must’ve asked her where she works, so she says in Washington Township, and he says, so now that I know I’ll have to stop by and see you sometime. I leaned over and said my uncle and aunt live in Washington Township on Webster Avenue. She says that’s just around the block from where I live. She asks him to switch seats so she can talk to me. We talked the rest of the way to Newark. As we were descending, I said I have to get a taxi to Washington Township so you can ride with me. She says my mom is picking me up - you can ride with me. She dropped me off at my uncle and aunt’s home. I said nice meeting you hope to see you again. The next morning, she rang the doorbell and said would you like to come to the park with me and my friends and throw some frisbee. We spent the next two weeks together. The second week her parents left for Vashon Island in Washington State to visit her grandmother. One day she comes over and says, my brother has an extra ticket to a show at the Capital Theater in Passaic, would you like to come with us. I said of course. It was September 19th or, 20th, 1978, and the show was Bruce Springsteen. What a show!! I left for Germany a few days later, on September 23rd.
Wow, John. that is one HELL of a story. Why doesn't anything like that EVER happen to me? 😗
In maybe 1984-5 I broadcast a Sat night exhibition game from m old Giants Stadium after which I went to the roof to sleep til Sunday night when Bruce played it worked to quote Talking Heads 'Once in a Lifetime '
Great story dude. Hope u kissed the girl in the end
You didnt marry her right there?!
I lost my legs in Nam, glad you service was uneventful
Rock and roll at its best. Seeing him and ESB in 2023 is just as incredible an experience relative to the timeline. So lucky to see them live in 1978 at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. See you again Nov 14, 16, 2023. #onlythestrongsurvive
If you don't know why he is known as "The Boss," this is why...right here. No doubt. My Hero ...
I was so blessed to have my Mom as my friend. She took me to great concerts. Bruce being the best of course. The last concert of his that I saw was when the album The River was released. RIP Mom. Thanks again.
A look back in time to the future of Rock n’ Roll. Thank you, Bruce! It’s been the sound track to my life, you’ve never let me down…. Never mailed it in, ALWAYS 100%. Respect!!!! Peace!!!!!! Love!!!!! Happiness!!!!!!
Love this man his singing his guitar playing his voice he’s superb a legend ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Music doesn't really get any better than this, just superb
IF you're a musician extraordinaire, WHY THE HE*)@L would you PURPOSELY SUBJECT your PREVIOUSLY Enraptured Fans to HIS Politics?!. He's a dnc diehard leftist, ok, but HE Should Want 'IT' All to be about his Musical Talent. Does the left have NO Idea how MORONIC they behave. It's as if he PURPOSELY Decided to ALIENATE & LOSE (!!) AT LEAST 64 % of his audience, in one fell swoop. You can't make these things up..........!
Bruce can shred when he wants to!
There is no better song to show off the power and glory of the ESB - every one of them.
Bruce is a bad mofo. That opening riff is just crazy.
I saw him on this tour in the LA sports arena. 4-Hour concert!!!
One of the few songs where EVERYTHING is said before the lyrics starts.
I found this version about 4 or 5 yrs ago!
It totally had me in shock and auwh!
Goose bumbs on top of goose bumps!
That is young Bruce letting out maximum passion. It's exactly what being young is all about! I am a Heavy Metal fan and this shit blew my face back! It's the only live track that I will say is fucking perfect! On all fronts!!! Incredible!!!
I wish I were young again and meeting my girl "behind the dynamo"!
78 Darkness Tour!!!!
Yeah brother done in one take!
Bruce the Boss❤❤❤
The man on the keyboard. Dam it he is doing one hell of a job. Whole band is out of this world.
Omg! That organ solo is out of this fucking world! RIP Danny!
yes yes yes yes yes
THERE IS NO BETTER OPENING TO ANY ROCK SONG!!!! just my dumbass opinion!!! Lets see some of these grasshoppers today do this with this much power and feeling.
When they were young and had all that raw energy. It was what made their shows legendary and we as fans to get to enjoy the ride. The E street band and the Boss, if they were not the best they made that night feel they were.
He had a dream and he worked with the band and none better.
@@sallyhenry6227 Amen to that, but you know Jersey had 3 bands that came from there. Southside Jonny and John Cafferty also who had similar sounds. The Boss though besides his shows had the writing chops like a book of literature.
Phil Petillo was a great Luthier and a real gentleman. I interviewed him for Backstreets magazine and he couldn't have been nicer to a young kid. Oh yeah, killer version of one of my favorite songs!
The most epic version of this song I've seen! Live music does not get any better than this!! I was definitely born 20 years too late!!! Thanks for uploading, you are great! :)
78 US/81UK TOURS -THANK GOD!!!
No… winterland
@@mcgurkryans both
I saw Bruce in 78. He was every bit as good on other tours.
Oh, how I wish I was alive to witness 70s Bruce in person! So good.
@The Elder Me too and I fully concur!! Have seen him 6 times...Best live performer I've ever witnessed!!
seen bruce seven times, four of them in the seventies.
I was😂👍
Put 0,75 speed
Welcome to heaven
What is interesting today is that he really didn't get much press in the 70's. He had the 1 big single, but when Rolling Stone did an article on him in a fashion of the must see live show a lot were like, who? You have to understand that the 70's were a mix of all types of music from funk, progressive rock, southern rock, hard rock, R and R, R and B, Jazz, and even some bubble gum pop.
Boss on FIRE !!!!!!!
I remember this concert. Listened to it live on the radio in my bedroom in 1978. Then having to listen to classmates who went to it and saying they were absolutely blown away by it.
The live broadcast was actually the night before. This show featured a few different songs and is a blast to watch.
@@pac401 Red Rocks Colorado?
@@TheRjtaylo76 Capitol Theater Passaic NJ
The sound of that saxophone is the best part of the song.
Makes me thinki´n, and makes we worry...who or what will be there when he´s gone ? You will not understand what you´r really missing before it ´s gone....
I was at the S.F. Winterland auditorium show in 1978. This song, with the intro and the outro, DESTROYED the place.
An intro for the ages. After that first 5-1/2 minutes, you got your money's worth no matter what your ticket cost.
Ayer oí en 2 sitios y a diferentes horas: que recordar es volver a pasar por el corazón 😊❤😊. ,Como no amar el pasado máxime si se trata de la banda de la calle E, que encardinada con El Jefe, a los que presumimos y en verdad tenemos oído musical nos hace subir emocionalmente a lo más sublime. 😅❤😢. Cumpleaños feliz .❤
A un bu👍💪👌😜
Aquí desde Simancas trasplantado de médula ósea el 10 de abril en Salamanca. Ah y a mis 58 años y 4 meses el día 27.😮 11:31
I discovered Bruce on this tour...
Does it really get any better than this? If only time travel were possible. May be the only time anyone ever said this but, "I wish I were in Passaic, NJ".
The passion the faith in life promises in nigths when rock'n'roll energy threatened to realize them...Bruce at his best! A dream!
Senior year in high school, saw this tour in Philadephia Maryland and the meadowlands
the guitar intro is freakin' awesome !!!!!!!
play that shit BRUUUUUCE
Wow! Thank you for the upload. That guitar is a '52 or '53 Tele w an Esquire neck. The newer model he plays at the end has a decidedly different tone. Epic, as others have commented!
唉!吉他英雄出我輩，一入江湖歲月催，老闆年少時的英姿，真不昰蓋的，快四十年了，兩位團員也成絕響，但還是讓人回味，真正好聽，一定要收藏!
It's hard to judge the best "Bruce" song, however, if you have ever been truly in love...... there is no better song to say good bye to and to "f"" like you'll never see some one again......saw Bruce, said good-bye to someone..... and life goes on
Danny Federici che fa headbanging mentre suona è grandioso.
Imagine you’re Phil Pitillo, getting thanked for your guitar maintenance skills about 0:02 before one of the most epic guitar solos in history
back when you could actually listen and enjoy Bruce....before the whole of the venue just automatically got up and started waving and crazed without even listening to the music...just an instant party. I liked the old days...saw him at The Carlton Theater in Red Bank NJ in '76
Saw him in 1980, again in 2023. Loved both, kind of sad for you that total joy from the fans is a problem
If you had not been to a Bruce/E Street show back then , you will never know what a concert/show is suppose to be …….!!!!!!!!!
I was at this show. Great recording minus all the noise I've heard on others.
I was at this show too!
how come no one was standing, going nuts?
@@dantheman1534 I believe I was there too! Red Rocks, Colorado? 7-20-78
So great. And I like how he plugs his guitar tech in the beginning only to have a string break in the middle of the song
Pure Boss 110% genius!!!
I was there. Lived in East Rutherford at the time.
Bruce , E street Band, Live, New Jersey, 1978. A slice of immortality. Enjoy!
I think I was a young 21 yrs old at this concert. I know I saw this magical show, which was my first Boss concert! Thanks to a New York girl Francesca. Thank you for guidine me to this magical concert! I believe this is in Colorado, Red Rocks Park! Amazing! Rod Taylor
They really nailed the Rock n Roll on that one!
brutal!!
Danny's keyboards were the driving force, bar none...
Phil Pettilo has passed but his son has taken over the business .David is a great luthier just like his dad! I take all my guitars to him!
Love this Bruce you’re one great legend think I’m older than you well know I am love all about you keep up great word best rock music I know❤❤❤❤❤
My friends and I shot this video-- where did the better copy here, come from? Thanks for posting....
IS THERE ANYBODY ALIVE OUT THERE?!! Wow! Thanks! Haven't seen this one before... classic
Quand je pense que j'avais une édition great dane. Exceptionnelle revisite d'un titre déjà exceptionnel.
Just wow.
The question never asked is why did the Boss stop playing guitar solos. I wish I knew because he was quite good and it added to his music.
When did he ever stop playing Guitar Solos ......
Hasn't stopped Ever !!
He may share now, but,
HE IS STILL IN CHARGE AS HE SHOULD BE .....
HE'S
"THE BOSS !!"
🎸🎷☝👌👍🙌🌅😎❤💪😏😁🤝✌
PEACE
@@mooseman3567 He hasn't for years.
@@illbarry Go to Asbury Park, NYC, NJ, Pennsylvania, Boston, Ireland, etc.......
🎸🎷☝👍🎶❤🌅
✌👋✌
I saw a video from the end of the noughties (I think) where he plays a long version of Prove It All Night where the second solo was by Little Stevie. It was so good to hear a version like the 70’s version again. And it was great to see Stevie in there too.
@@bigbasspa Thanks. It must not be still available, but it would be cool to see!
Just glorious...what a performer
Sublime bruceeeee
This is also my favourite song of the Boss... Great version!!
one of danny's best organ solos.
man that is the coolest thing i have ever seen
Danny was playing a Glockenspiel at the beginning.
I saw him in Toronto in 1978 and Bruce and the band at this point in time were off the scale pure energy. This was an era of opportunity to see all of the great bands and I was lucky to have heard many of them but this tour will always stand out in my memory ❤
Amazing performance, tour, time. MSG 3 nights, Palladium 3 nights, Cap in Passaic 3 nights gave NYC a major dose of raw excitement, Pandemonium!!!
Bruce is fing the shit out of that guitar. AWWWsome
Aired on WSRX - studio version of course,, 1978 where all the radio coolness began as still today lives. 2020. LEGENDARY
I miss this kind and humble man.
Still is.
Phil certainly Proved it All Night 🌃✌️
LOVE YOU BRUCE!!! COME TO CROATIA!!!!
Só curto fico às vezes até sem palavras do quis dizer de tanta música linda 🇧🇷🇧🇷💚💜👏👍
Super❤
Wow!
A superb version of this great song. Just love the guitar solo in the beginning of the song.
Thank you
Es un guitarrista impactante me encanto su música. RC
Wow, thanks so much for sharing. Looking forward to the having yet another memorable experience with Bruce & Co. on April 6th in NYC! Thinking of you Clarence!
The only song that ever touched perfection lice except the earlier night in Passaic.
So damn good!
So there Iwas -Stafford New Bingley Hall UK 81-ROW TEN Center stage -It was as close to a religious experience as you could get -left a mark on me forever and I mean FOREVER-THANKS BOSS-changed me like "HEAT"
A very memorable career event!!
the hottest guitar pickups in rock n roll
No no. They're stunned. They're pining for the fjords.
Thanks for the upload, a great version.
Fucking amazing!!!
Can someone find this guy and have him show up to play one more time? Just for ol times sake. ...."where have you gone Joe DiMaggio.... our nation turns it's lonely eyes to you"