Bruce Springsteen & Tom Morello - The ghost of Tom Joad (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 2009)
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- Man walks along the railroad track
He's goin' some place, there's no turnin' back
The Highway Patrol chopper comin' up over the ridge
Man sleeps by a campfire under the bridge
The shelter line stretchin' around the corner
Welcome to the New World Order
Families sleepin' in their cars out in the Southwest
No job, no home, no peace, no rest, no rest
And the highway is alive tonight
Nobody's foolin' nobody is to where it goes
I'm sitting down here in the campfire light
Searchin' for the ghost of Tom Joad
He pulls his prayer book out of a sleepin' bag
The preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag
He's waitin' for the time when the last shall be first and the first shall be last
In a cardboard box 'neath the underpass
With a one way ticket to the promised land
With a hole in your belly and a gun in your hand
Lookin' for a pillow of solid rock
Bathin' in the cities' aqueducts
And the highway is alive tonight
Nobody's foolin' nobody is to where it goes
I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
With the ghost of old Tom Joad
Solo
Now Tom Said; "Ma, whenever ya see a cop beatin' a guy
Wherever a hungry new born baby cries
Wherever there's a fight against the blood and hatred in the air
Look for me ma
I'll be there
Wherever somebody's srtugglin' for a place to stand
For a decent job or a helpin' hand
Wherever somebody is strugglin' to be free
Look in their eyes ma,
You'll see me
And the highway is alive tonight
Nobody's foolin' nobody is to where it goes
I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
With the ghost of Tom Joad
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My dad used to show this performance to all of his friends. I miss you so much dad
RIP 8/31/15
sorry bout passing of your father man
RIP to your loved father man! he had a great musical taste! i showed this to my dad and he loves it!
+Victor Moncada I never reply to TH-cam comments but I had to for this one. My dad also loved this performance and replayed it at least 5 times a day and was amazed every time! And like yours, he also showed this to all of his friends. But crazy thing is....my dad ALSO passed away on the 31st of August, the same exact date! Except it was in 2011, just 4 years before yours. RIP to your father, I'm sure our fathers would have been amazing friends and bonded over their similar interests.
Van Vo That's crazy! You know what they say, great minds think alike. I hope your dad has eternal peace.
Know the feeling. My dad's first anniversary is on the 22nd this month. Time speeds up if anything. Just live! That's what he would have wanted.
I could be overstating but I believe this is one of the best live performances of all time.
You might actually be understating it…
That guitar solo gave me the biggest eargasm I've had in my entire life.
+Brandough Crox me too
+Brandough Crox IN MY PANTS
+Brandough Crox I'm going to borrow that term, Brandough -- "eargasm." -- Brilliant!
Ellen Hilts-Gossett lol :D
Brandough Crox ;)
Here after Tom talking about it on Stern.
Me too haha
Same here
Me too 😂
Same
Yep, me too.
This is one of the few moments where EVERYTHING in a performance is just......perfection.
It's alright play growing up Bruce Springsteen my f****** now bud
Rite..even that guy with the ukulele
Tom could've laid off the scratchin in the solo tho. I like RATM but it just wasn't in place
@@aafisher100 I couldn't disagree more. You bring out a guy like Tom Morello to do what HE does, not what YOU do. Keep in mind that Rage has often covered this song and this intensity is along those lines
The only thing that sucked worse was the Ad in the middle of the song.
The original version of this song was okay... certainly the lyrics. Then I heard RATM's version and absolutely loved it. They added so much energy and passion to the song. But then Tom Morello joined Bruce on this song and something magic happened. I keep playing this over and over. From the beginning to end, I don't want to miss a single word or note, and Morello's guitar solo is one of the best I have ever seen and heard. This should be required listening for everyone, everywhere.
Damn Right!
Dude... goosebumps
Indeed. One of the greatest performances ever in rock history. Should be much more played on radio. #rage
I think the solo was a mixture of one of the Audioslave songs.. Cochise i think and RATM Tesify then blended back into Ghost of Tom Joad
Nils should have did a back flip out of the shadows and showed them how to do it
The fact that I get ads halfway through this song reserves someone a respite in hell, to disrupt this masterpiece.
That's the vultures at silicon valley for ya. Ya know, the same kind of people that springsteen and morello are supposedly against.
@@barbbush9573 This is a re-upload.
Seriously fuck you TH-cam.....money hungry assholes stick an ad in the middle of this song.....whoever wrote the algorithm for this has a seat waiting for them....
@@barbbush9573 Nope. The ad was placed there by the uploader to try and make money off this performance.
@@jimmyplenderleith9471 Fuck the uploader.
Morello is a beast on that guitar!!! Never get tired of this song. CLASSIC.
My all-time favorite Bruce Springsteen song to play… Man, he really shreds on this! But holy fuck - Tom Morello - gives me chills!!! Freaking awesome!
Came back in 2020.
"Look in their eyes ma you'll see me"
when tom started to do that overhead grip thing, i was in tears.
It's like the guitar took over toward the end lol! You cant even explain how fucking cool it was
I'd love to see Jeff Beck and Tom Morrello on stage tearing it up!
Nuts right ?
Tom is easily the best guitarist in the world. The sounds he makes with his guitar is unheard of. And he invented all of those different sounds.
@@moojidy Eddie Van Halen fans might disagree with you about that.
In my opinion the greatest piece of rock and roll ever.
Tom killed this. One of the most badass guitar solos I’ve seen
They may not be flashy, but these are two of the most unique-sounding rock guitarists ever. They both have such a distinctive, soulful style that can't be copied. Brilliant as always.
Ингви Мальмстин 👍🏼
This is my favourite version of The Ghost Of Tom Joad.
I have rewatched this performance several times over the years and still believe this was greatest guitar solo I have ever witnessed. It was as if Tom was communicating via sound waves and had taken that form completely.
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Tom Morello is such a unique guitar player. tons of respect for him
This was the craziest concert I had ever attended, can never forget it. The lineup was unreal, Simon and Garfunkel, Stevie Wonder and John Legend, Sting, and then this.
I love how Tom Morello adds the sound of sirens. It accentuates that in an unjust society the fight for your rights will be treated as a crime.
Yup. Homelessness is & in America will always be treated as a crime.
I've never been homeless but I'm good friends who have, & their experiences & stories they told me, tell me today:
We are all only 1 or 2 decisions away from homelessness. Allow that MRI appointment for headaches to lapse. Do that drug with the person you think is your best friend. Allow yourself to listen to a stranger who promises to make you rich.
There's a MILLION ways any of us can become the ghost of Old Tom Joad.
3:20-4:45 The back and forth guitar solos between Tom and Bruce is simply masterful. Got Damn!
Thank God there is still real talent in the world...
We need more of this today. Morello is one of the best guitarists I've ever seen and a good good man too.
THIS SONG WAS WRITTEN FOR TODAY IN 2024 - NO DOUBT ! Such a powerful song but this performance is way over the top so effing amazing
This song should be the anthem for whats going on in America right now.
What?? we're the most prosperous country in the world. You most be stoned
Most prosperous country in the world? That would be New Zealand. The USA comes in at a whopping 17th, friend.
I'm talking real countries numb nuts NOT countries that have 5 people. What a moron
Mark Music nah
Mark Music Yeah, and over half the country makes 30k or less. All that wealth is concentrated at the top, hence the "high times on Wall Street and hard times on Main Street" that Bruce said at the beginning. Wake up, brother.
I keep coming back to watch this. Over and over. Just something ineffable, so true. Truth. The words and the music and sentiments and images and virtuoso performances all come together in one transformational instance. The human condition captured in song. Amazing.
You're unsmart 🤗. How bought you start donating 75% of your salary to Seattle drug addicts. 🖕
Tom Morello sounds like revolution.
Digital Revolution, love him though...
Prado73 Analogic Revolution
Dagoberto PA digtech revolution whammy
Tom is a renegade....a "renegade of funk".
Tom Morello is a Socialist punk . In my old neighborhood he would get the sh:t kicked out of him .
NJ , USA
Everything about Bruce’s body says he should never be able to shred the guitar like he does but he melts faces and doesn’t get near enough credit as one of the greatest!!
C'est vrai que Tom Morello est un guitariste hors-pair, mais Springsteen donne un solo aux envolées divinement mélancoliques touchant l'être humain au plus profond de son âme, on a presque la sensation d'entendre le texte de la chanson dans l'extraordinaire harmonie qu'il nous sort de son instrument ; et le texte est loin d'exprimer le meilleur des mondes !
@@mohamedkassim5492sono daccordo con te... Emozionante... 😊😍😘
Hadn’t heard musicians of stature take up the cudgel of the homeless plight since Dylan, Seeger, Baez.
Ignored, resented, I watched the procession of do betters pass them daily as if invisible.
Played this on my phone after I bought it to a homeless person.
His face lit up.
Not only was this street recognition but it was paid tribute by the best.
Thank you.
Tom is as usual on point and just flat out insane on guitar, but I keep forgetting how ridiculously great Bruce is in his own right.
The BOSS
This performance is one of those especially rare moments , where two incredibly talented musicians collided in a space in time, inspired by both the realities of the current events, and the ancestral voices of folk singers like Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie.
Tom is a boss! That 1 handed solo changing his fret holding was nutso
If this doesn’t make you emotional in any capacity.......your made of stone and have no soul. Absolute masterpiece!!!!!!!
Same, amigo. I always get teary eyed listening to this song, especially heartfelt renditions of these beautiful guitar solos (even though the original has a harmonica in their place).
Bruce, even as he ages, continues to be open and listen and encourage other generations of music. For that alone, he is a hero of mine. Then, this performance happened. Wow.
Search no farther because here it is....the BEST video on TH-cam
Goddamme. What a song, what a message what a performance.
freedom
OMG.....Morello is not from this world! What a freakin performance!!!!!!!!! Gifted? More like godlike
I've listened to this song about 30 times already in the past week or so, and it still gives me chills.
I never really listened to this song. But I know how good Tom is playing guitar. So I listen to it for the first time yesterday. Now I just want to keep listening to it. The lyrics are UNBELIEVABLE. Damn Bruce Springsteen is a great American poet. A MUSICAL GENIUS
Tom's guitar expresses all the pain I've ever had in my life
. What a blessing it is too here that.
I love Bruce's solos so much, he's clearly not the technician Tom is but he makes every note count, wrings every drop of meaning and emotion out of it.
Very true. I was watching this with someone and they were asking why he was sweating and acting like he's hurting. Like you said, it's because he's putting everything he has into every note. A master at work.
I'm 42, started listening to rock music in the early 90's. This is the most fucking impressive performance I've ever seen. Everything here is purely great. And I've never been a huge RATM fan. Nor Springsteen's.
Probably one of the amazing guitar playing
Possibly one of the greatest guitar solo' s of all time imo.
😅
I am not an american, Bruce Springsteen was for me always the one of the best. Tom, his son in music, is just awsome. My god I cannot take my ears and eyes off his guitar. And his voice is just Beautiful
Thank you Tom and I wish you a very big awesome career and many more songs to come. And thank you Bruce to help him you are a great man.
Probably the greatest moment of my live music life. Generations coming together, being there with my entire immediate family, it's hard to top this. And I've seen Paul and ringo do songs together.
The Boss and Tom Morello are a voice that will not go without being heard!
This gives me goosebumps everytime.
Especially when bruce´s voice cracks a bit in the very beginning of the song.
You hear how he´s singing against the injustice in the world.
Oh shut the fuck up you dope
Can't begin to tell you how MUCH I love this.
This band is so tight. It's clear they work their fingers to the bone between shows. They do that for us, because Springsteen truly loves each and every one of us. They all do, but Bruce, especially.
Aside from the amazing musical talent... This song means a lot to me. I lived it. Quite literally. I mean we all take music and we make it our own one way or another. But this song is relatively literal. I was a strung out homeless needle using shitbag junkie. Speaking of which by the way today is my 2-year mark. To the day. Anyway... This song still brings me to tears when I hear it. It speaks volumes. I love the guitar work. The first time I ever heard this I wasn't watching the video I was aware that it was Bruce Springsteen and Tom Morello but as I said I wasn't watching the video I was just listening to the audio in the guitar work I did not know that they were going back and forth. I thought it was just Tom Morello. I mean he does have a very very distinct sound. Which brings me to my last point... He hits a couple notes in the second solo that he does.. Tom Morello that is.. It's very nostalgic. Listen for it. Even the crowd gets louder when he hits those notes. It's very very very nostalgic of the raging against the machine days I recognize those notes the moment I heard it. I love it when artists take a handful of notes from another song and they incorporate it into something different decades later. At any rate.. Happy new year to all of you. Stay safe and God bless. ❤️
That's pretty hardcore badass you managed to stay sober through COVID. The past couple years screwed up a lot of peoples' lives through little fault of their own. I'm happy you managed it. Definitely, stand proud.
I've played this vid thousands of times and still get chills...perfection!
Bruce and Tom Together just magic The song is magnificent.The song is about standing up 👆 for your rights and don't be afraid 😨 to speak your mind. I think it's a very Powerful song
This version is by far the best, I get goosebumps every-time on the last solo.
Should be the soundtrack of the entire world. "I have spent my life judging the distance between American reality and the American dream". You got it, thank you so much Boss. From Italy
Can watch this every day never gets old I love when Tom makes his guitar scream whoa after the over under on his feet board
Morello brings it but Roy’s piano adds an extra haunting layer the makes this an epic rendition of this song.
06:25 that solo 🤯😍
You would be hard fucking pressed to find a better electric guitar solo than that.
That 💩 was pretty damn epic......
And that over under thing he did was just plain siiiiick.
@@ronporinsky High Hopes - David Gilmour
FFS, everyone can play solo, but Tom Morello always plays Tom Morello, can't mistake him with anyone or anything...
Weird but wonderful place to find you mr. Pewds
Fantatastic. I love the original but this arrangement takes it to a whole different place. The solo from Bruce is great but Morello's two are out of this world.
The best live performance ever. Tom Morello smashes it. One of my favourite all timers.
I am glad Bruce is still playing, but please, please, can we have Rage back together during 2020? We need anger more than any time since the 1960s.
Tom Morello is just insane on the guitar! His addition to this song is incredible!!!
Random dude on the internet about RATM: "Another successful musician instantly becomes a political expert"
Tom Morello responding: "One does not have to be an honors grad in political science from Harvard University to recognize the unethical and inhumane nature of this administration but well, I happen to be an honors grad in political science from Harvard University so I can confirm that for you."
He is a pretty decent guitarist too, by the way.
The cruel barbarism of our ENTIRE SYSTEM is what this performance protests
@@johnfrancis4882 What worries me is that Steinbeck's book was written 80 years ago. Crying for justice has always been loud but can't crash the system.
and signing a deal giving billions of dollars to banksters like Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan that ruined the people that Springsteen wrote about in Ghost of Tom Joad in 2008 (it was Obama) is ethical and human ?
he should know about this, there's plenty of assholes graduated from Harvard that are destroying the society at Goldman Sachs right now, maybe Tom could call his former prom camarades to talk about ethical and human conceptions, and maybe give them Wrecking Ball album (with Jack of All Trades and so on).. Or maybe it's better to tax people with Biden
Marxists and anarchists are a danger to America and need to be treated accordingly.
@@monikaszymanowska5142 the system compromises itself. People just need a good alternative.
I've tried multiple times; painting a room, doing dishes, whatever. This is a performance that you can't just have playing in the background. Whatever you're doing you just end up stopping and watching this amazing event.
Tom brought something out of Bruce right here. Beautiful
Springsteen doesn't get enough credit for his guitar work, but Morello is obviously in a class by himself. What a unique style. Nils is incredible also.
Does it get any better than this, live music at its very best
This song is beyond a masterpiece....legends from different worlds collaborate.....
Sometimes I revisit this just for the chills !
After years ...... the Emotion is still here
❤🎉 I was at that Concert!!! Great Time. Great Artists🎉❤😊
That's just incredible from Morello;one amazing guitarist
Doesn't get any better than the passion in this song
Bruce Springsteen & Tom Morello - The ghost of Tom Joad (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 2009)
Great video
Great skill of guitars also
\M/
Muita Boa aposta.
olga gladys Vázquez Coco Oltre al bel commento sull'abilita'delle chitarre e del video a me piace tanto il testo della canzone.
Aloha Mahalo brother Pear for sharing this very timely track . It sure reflects what has been happening here in Sonoma County, CA., for way too long now. Viva the memory of Andy Lopez and speedy Constitutional justice for Sheriff's Deputy Gelhaus.
Great, great, great solo by Tom Morello. Unique style, but trying to blend in. Absolutely remarkable!
OMG!!!! I CANT STAND IT!! ITS SO BEAUTIFUL ITS PAINFUL!!!
this is the best live performance that was ever performed till theese days. and the song. dont get me wrong. this is just the same as a lot of shows performed till now. but this one is for me no1
Never tire of this. Musical artistry at it`s absolute finest. Magnificent.
One of Bruce's best. Just brilliant
This performance flows thru my veins with so much power and I listen to it several times a day. Thank You Bruce and Tom and that wonderful band too !
I bet Bruce told Morello "When you're out there playing, and you feel it, do it."
One of Bruce's great song's taken to another level, can't get enough of that ! Thank you
I'm 36 years old and think it's unbelievable how much I've witnessed in this lifetime already. Anyone in their 30's could say the same thing. In the music category, my #1 is being 19 at Woodstock 99 seeing Limp Bizkit, Rage Against the Machine and Metallica; in that order on a Saturday night.
Crazy Comments dam you were there????
i have seen that limp bizkit performance like 200000 wishing i were there. how was the energy
Yup... Summer after my freshman year of college. The energy was off the roof for Limp Bizkit, which kind of sucked because everyone was beat by the time Rage came on... Another thing that sucked was having 2 MAIN stages with headliners performing on both at very same time... Made for some tough decisions. For example, I think Rage and Chemical Brothers were both on at the same time.
Overall, the 3 acts that tore the place up were: Limp Bizkit, Korn, and Kid Rock. Watch the video of Korn playing "Blind" and look at the crowd... Absolute MAYHEM!!! Was the best.
Im50....yes this is at the TOP
It's my go to song. If I can only take one song with me to a moon exile , it's this song.
Give me tacos and Tom Joad and send me to the moon!
Fuck yeah man
I'm sixty years old - CAN I GO TOO?
Don't forget me please...!
john wheel let me in i'll bring the tacoss
I'll bring some salsa.
Bruce's guitar face = Robert De Niro
😭😭😭😭😭
The face of two liberal cornballs.
holy shit its 100% match
Since president Treasonous Trumpski is the biggest pathological liar in history b your comments shows how pathetic you American haters are! I hope you traitors are happy that Putin's s puppet is destroying America!
@@johncaldwell1625 Trump loves this country and wants to see it prosper. It's the democrats that hate what we are, hate our history and wants to change us into a socialist 3rd world country. Fact
this is literally the greatest fucking thing i have ever seen
Legendary.
When my future children ask me what real music was - this is what I'll show them. It fuckin' means something, that's what real music is.
Awesome....no other words can describe this performance
Absolutely fantastic
All these men are HEROES
One of the best songs ever written
by one of the greatest songwriters
of all time
And Tom's guitar makes it even better
That's one of the best performances
of all time
Hey Bruce, please call Your boys and
come back to Europe soon
I will be there for sure
Don't forget your last words in Rome:
"We'll be seeing you"
To all the people out there:
You must see them live if you can
It will change your life
Was that just the best ad in TH-cam history? I think so.
I never get sick of this performance. Classic!
Jesus when Tom sings he sounds really close to Bruce.
yees i think that too!!!
he sounded like a cross between Bruce and Dylan when tom sings
better........................................but you never heard that from me...................just sayin.
if Buce knew I had said that he would hand me my ass......Bruce is the most successfully covered American songwriter,,,,,FIRE (Pointer Sister) Blinded by the Light (Manfred Mann).....Because the Night (Patti Smith.....you get the idea.
Hell.............Bruce even has a song called......."Cover Me.........
I love Bruces solo. A few notes crying out says much more than many notes stepping on each other.
He can't even play 20 notes per second, lol. What a noob.
Actually a few notes with emotion and 1,000 with emotion is what you witnessed
I learned long ago, music is the space between the notes.
My father and I first heard this when it came out and our minds were completely blown away. The power, the natural flow in each note, the entirety of this love performance was one of the best I have ever seen. Just look at the way they play each note, absolutely amazing. No.. fucking incredible
I could listen to this everyday and hear something new each time
Gotta love the IWW shirt and hat, Tom. Solidarity!
Hard to find a better guitar solo ever, truly amazing no matter how many times i listen to this.....
When I first heard this song during this Rock and Roll Hall of Fame show, it completely blew me away. Been a huge fan of it ever since.
the single greatest performance at the single greatest concert in all of rock history, in my estimation
20 times or more..GOOSEBUMPS!!!.. ..Groningen.. The Netherlands.. one to add to the ones where it's all about :/