This is the most beautiful song ever recorded. I played it last night off of You Tube Music for my wife and kids for the first time and usually they talk through songs I pick or ask me to hook up their phones to the car audio but they all listened all the way through. Brilliant arrangement and kudos to a couple of the members of the band involved with the original record; David Sancious and Clarence Clemons, all in their early 20's when they arranged this masterpiece.
I was there, I couldn't believe this song was finally making it in the setlist, it was a dream come true. Everything was surreal: the bright Roman summer night sky, a night train passing-by in the distance while Bruce sings "hook up to the night train", the Roma Sinfonietta on stage playing the original score, the silent crowd as if there was only one person attending (me), the energy and the commotion of the thousands of us... In short, the type of thrills you get only from a Springsteen concert!
Credevo nessuno se ne fosse accorto di quel treno regionale passato dentro il buio della notte. Grazie. Custodisco quell'immagine silenziosa accanto al cuore - il posto giusto.
Excuse my language, but what a fucking masterpiece of a song: the words, the piano, the vocals,. The board mix on this is perfect, and, oh my god, those strings. Absolute perfection! When they bring it down and lift it back up on the "He's singing" part, I get chills every time. I love those backing vocals there, too.
Every time I watch this, I cry. This man so much understands the little movements of everyday life and sacrifice of so many millions of just plain common people. Back in the 1960s, when I was growing up about a dozen miles from Manhattan, the Sunday New York Times magazine ran on its cover the photo of a daisy springing up from a crack in a a let-down concrete walkway. I saved it because hope always springs from the oddest and most destitute of places. I have always loved Springsteen because I think that he understands this, and his understanding comes out in songs such as this one. So thank you,m Bruce, for the joy and for your understanding of just what it is that makes us human beings tick!
Thank you for sharing that with us other Bruce fans. I am at a painful, and heartbreaking crossroads in my 61yrs old life. Last night I strolled the west side of my city with this song as backdrop, playing thru my earbuds, straight in through my head to my heart & my very soul. Extremely moving. Tonight a stroll through the music of Bruce and the Band is just beginning. What a great song to start me off. 🎼 🎶 🎷 🎺 🎹. 🎸🎻🎙🎵
I cry too! It's just so beautiful and does anyone besides me think this song paints the perfect picture of a couple making love? I made love to my boyfriend the first time I heard this song. My boyfriend bought the album and if you haven't made love while playing this, you need to!!
@@brianwade1819 I'm so sorry that I did not see your post two years ago when you wrote it. I've been through crap since I wrote it. Absolute crap. Most of it in Bergen County, NJ. I hope that you have forged through it and have gone onto a happy life. I remember pulling into NYC from college one rainy night in the rain when the neon lights were reflecting in the puddles about 3:00 a.m. I remember photos of Bruce at maybe 17 years standing resolutely in front of the Cafe Wha? I hope that you have reached peace. I will always listen to my junk man. He's singin".
never met someone who unterrated this piece. I had some girlfriends, the have been far away from beiing close to springsteen. Whenever I played the album version they just opened their heart...))))
This crown jewel of Springsteen's prodigious musical output recorded over 50 years ago nestles quietly as the final track on his second studio album. Great reading the comments below to find so many others appreciate this gem. This version is just a treat for your ears- thanks for posting.
Composed by a young 20-something year old...brilliant and for those who doubt this mans talent, listen. This man was destined for greatness. The smiles on the violinists faces says it all.
What happens when a genius singer/songwriter mixes one part Gershwin, one part Leonard Bernstein, one part Dylan, one part Van Morrison, and one part Gregorian chants with his own inimitable style? The best 12 minutes on RUclips.
I think they get shade they don't deserve. What other group of musicians draw such an age range for an audience ? And the emotion they stir, the tear they draw, grown men even, and we're not supposed to be giving, to such a display. I pray I live to see them just one more time. Love to the Band, and all their fans.
Wow, all these comments are blowing me away. I always felt like I was in my own secret world when I listened to this song through the years, but of course you all know it and love like I do! What a performance bringing this song to life. Hats off to The Wild and the Innocent from just another Jersey boy.
I thought Jungleland was the finest ever live performance I had ever seen on YT , by any band ever, and then they do this, honestly I am lost for words
It's 10 years to the day since this was recorded and I'm sitting here 9 months pregnant, taking it all in. My baby is bopping to the music as tears stream down my face (we'll blame the hormones...!) This is hands down my favourite Boss song. Here's hoping they will play it live again soon. Thank you, thank you, from a very emotional mama to be. ❤
i read this and though i always agreed, i got it out and listened to it again. and again. and again. and again. repeat. for like 8 times in a row. it is so good.
A beautiful version of my favourite Bruce song: perfect string arrangements (nice to see Bruce salute the players at the end), lovely piano intro by Roy Bittan (building on the original by the excellent David Sancious), and how great to see Clarence's nephew flawlessly recreating the big man's saxophone parts! Fab!
I never thought he could touch the original. But this just might be definitive. This is the album that made me a believer. Still in my All Time Top Ten.
@@nkjrm348 Oh, yes, yes, PLEASE, let's bow deeply to the invaluable and criminally underrated contribution of David Sancious' here. And, let's be honest, arrangements like this piano part and on Incident on 57th St qualify (as do Bittan's parts all over the 3rd LP) for co-writing credit that they never got, whatever reason. My humble opinion. And, yeah, as the precursor to Jungleland, Meeting Across the River and Backstreets, these 2 from the 2nd LP, NY City Serenade is inexcusably unnoticed by the world at large. Can you imagine? After this album they were f'n ready to drop him from the label?
My 11-years older brother turned me onto Bruce and it’s late August,1980 and I’m playing high school football in Monessen, PA, a steel town in fast economic decline 30 mile south of Pittsburgh. I’m 17 years old, I’m 6’3” and weigh 160 pounds. Our 106 year old house does not have air conditioning. At night orange light from the steel mill fills the walls of my bedroom. Three-a-day football practices are kicking my ass! Every night after mom’s great meal I go to my room, put on side B of my vinyl copy of “The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle” (bought used for $2.50 in Charleroi, the next town down the river) and I fall asleep to side B’s three lengthily classics: “Incident,” “Rosalina,” and, “NYC Serenade.” Damn, what a great childhood I had!
Damn, can't believe you said that. I had my bedroom downstairs, and told my dad to plat side B...greatest side of all albums, to wake me up everyday...
A Bruce fan since 1977 (I was 16, grew up about 20 min from Freehold NJ and used to crank it up in my '73 Camaro) It's amazing that one person can write this music, write the lyrics and perform it so damn good! Keep rockin' Bruce!
Sounds like me, but not surprised. Think how many 15 year old kids (like myself in 77)heard this. He had us all for life. This is my favorite version of my favorite Bruce song.
Im 18 years old and Bruce is probably the greatest gift I’ve ever gotten. Songs for every mood, breathtaking live performances and a human making real music. And my favorite part about him is that his so original. Rappers today buys a Lamborghini or a Ferrari after their breakthrough. Bruce still rolls with his Chevy SS. Never let money change him
Profoundly powerful song and album from an American master musician and storyteller. Hauntingly beautiful and the tears just well up in my eyes before I’m even aware of it instantly taking me back 45 years like a Time Machine.
I watch this almost every night. Only Bruce can capture you like this. Even some of the violinist you could see the girl at the end with the big smile. Such an incredible moment from Bruce. You could see their energy growing from his performance
For years, starting in college and afterwards I would always play this song just after sunrise, right before going to bed. Obviously I didn't spend much time in classes 😂 This is not only my favorite Springsteen song on my favorite Springsteen album, it's my favorite song of ALL TIME!!! ❤️
I absolutely LOVE the "Am-I-dreaming?" joy with which the Roma Sinfonietta is playing. So honored to be invited there on stage with Bruce the Maestro! And how sweet and beautiful is it that, at 9:34, you can see that one of the young violinists asked Bruce to SIGN HER SHEET MUSTIC for her!!! Something she will treasure for the rest of her life.
This is the most complex and masterful rock and roll son ever written. It is part classical, part jazz, part soul, part gospel, part folk, part opera that is compounded together to make a West Side Story type rock ballad. I simply do not know if this type of music still can be written, but I certainly wish that it would. I must say that I yearn for the Bruce of old, he really should try to write a throwback record!
This is perfection. Everything about it is incredibly moving. I come back to this video whenever I need a lift. My favorite song by Bruce. When the string section comes in, it sends shivers down my spine. The joy and smiles on their faces tell me that they knew they were part of something special. You can see that Bruce signed their score sheets. I bet a lot of those sheets are framed and hanging on a wall...
Me removió toda por dentro desde la primera vez que la oí. Hoy la sigo oyendo y me produce las mismas vibraciones, sentimientos,me evade del mundo.... Bravo!!!! La mejor canción que he oído en mi vida.
What a way to request it. A nice big banner with one of his classic songs from his second album. One of the hardest songs to play. Awesome job by the string section. Great piano playing by the Professor. Not easy though.
Aww man, this is just something else. Ive never seen this version until just now. Wow. Just look at the string players smiling, they know they are part of something so special. You can see Bruce even autographed the score. This is an ethereal performance - those in the audience were given a great gift that night; it is a rarity indeed. Bruce wrote this at age 23, God bless him.
Bruce opened the show with this when I saw him a few years back. It was the 6th time I had seen him live and I had never seen him play this song before. I was just to the side of the stage, not very far from Bruce and the band. I got quite emotional and tear rolled down my face. It was so moving.
And it's a one-off! Because Bruce felt the guy with the sign who followed E Street throughout Europe deserved it! So they brought in the string section and conductor, rehearsed with the band and camera crew...for a one-off! And by the way, it is magnificent in every way. Thanks for sharing.
I was raised in NJ and am a fan of his from his first album and have never seen a live performance of this song- my favorite all-time Bruce favorite. Thank you for sharing how and what got him to perform it, really nice to know. And many thanks to the fan who carried the banner and got him to play my favorite song. Wished I was there in person.....wish he would play it live sometime here in the states. Grateful that I got to see this live perfromance, a dream come true.
Ok, I was wondering about that. I asked in my previous comment if that was true, that where was a fan that kept following him around Europe requesting that song - thus, the sign at beginning of the video. Do you know where they got the string section from? Also I’ve got a crush on the female violinist on the far right.
Greatest version of undoubtedly the greatest song of all time.. I have matched up every great version of every song I have ever heard and nothing comes close to comparison.
Well I was there when he played the whole album live in order in Brisbane for only the second time ever ..... I was so excited because the violin players were spotted going in and I started receiving text messages that the album was going to be played ..... when it actually happened it was a dream come true.
So beautiful... the performance is perfect, as is the videography. I am once again in my bed listening to this record as I am falling asleep, with classes to attend the next day.
I will always thank my father for giving me the opportunity to see this. I was 13 years old at the time, and I will never forget that song, the orchestra... In hindsight, this will always be the most incredible live performance I will have ever seen. Thanks boss and thanks dad
You are starting a great journey ! I haven't finished mine and I have been a fan since 1981 when my elder brother bought "The River". Very few knew Springsteen in France at the time (none of my schoolmates for sure, I was 13). Soon after he bought "Born to Run" and "Darkness". I listened to these albums hundreds of time but I didn't know his first two albums as well ... After that I bought most of his new albums and boxsets and Live DVDs. My younger brother offered me last week for Xmas a fantastic book in French where 332 Springsteen songs are explained and analysed. I discover new great songs everyday but this live performance of "New York Serenade" is sublime you're right and I must admit that I didn"t really know this song until now (I must have heard it only a few times before it the last 40 years). And thank you brothers !
22 and glad with my father to bring me the oportunity to litsen to real music that is so special, with songs that carry you to a mental paradise and make u the feel that you are not losing your time in your live, a strange fell that i cant explain but i know is a good feeling. Thank u dad for show me the real music in life, and boos for making our lives better!!!! Sorry i'm spanish and english is not my speciality😅. HEALTH AND ROCK&ROLL
+Jeremy Gary - Tallent is perhaps not the best bass player in the world (ok, Pastorius ...), but is the best bass player that the world's best band could have. I love every Tallent's bass line!
+Jeremy I just scanned the comments to see if someone mentioned Gary Tallent! So glad the bass is clear in the mix..sounds like a fretless so not his usual Spector Shorty..his playing is beautiful, feeds the song,never stepping over the mark. Perfect!
L'intro di Bittan, identica all'originale di quel geniaccio di Sancious, è da brividi. Tallent è un mostro. Il suo accompagnamento in questo pezzo fa il paio con quello su "Fire" o su "Atlantic City" nel live del '99. Tallent non è forse il miglior bassista del mondo e Mighty Max non è fore il miglior batterista del mondo, ma insieme sono la miglior sezione ritmica del mondo, nella miglior band del mondo. Danno profondità alla musica, la rendono tridimensionale. Senza di loro sarebbe tutto più piatto, più banale. (2)
This video is the most wonderful example of a time and place. A perfect moment when audience and performers became one, in heart and soul, and the esoteric New York City Serenade was brought to life, and will live forever as the prime example of what is possible with music. Every thing about this is amazing - the train theme - while the train runs in the background. The audience in quiet rapt attention, Billy and Diamond Jackie bogaluing down Broadway and coming home with the loot, the strings bringing the song together with the lovely young violinist beaming with joy and anticipation. Bruce at the end with his proud countenance knowing that he fulfilled the request to the best of his abilities, and made magic happen yet one more time as he is want to do. In a thousand years people will still discover this song, dissect it, and try in vain to figure out what it means to listen to your junk man. Well, Bruce is my junk man, and I love to listen to him and all of his epic pieces showcasing the introspection on the American scene circa the late 70's. If this was Springsteen's only song it would be good enough, but he's got hundreds of examples of poetry put to music. If you're just discovering Bruce Springsteen for the first time, I envy you. You have so much goodness to digest over the course of your life. Go for it!
tutte le volte che mi capita di ascoltarla, riesce a trasmettermi solo sensazioni belle e positive quasi fino alle lacrime per l'emozione che sento nascere dentro di me...attraversa il mio cuore e la mia mente e mi fa pensare che la musica è già di per sè un validissimo motivo per vivere...tra 1 mese esatto saremo ancora insieme Bruce...ti voglio bene
Arguably Sancious was better at it on the original, but this one has production that the original couldn't afford, when Bruce was still trying to make the perfect album. He ended up making two in a row!
I've listened to this 10 times in a row now. Just starting the 11th. I thought songs were supposed to not be as good if you overplay them..... Oh yeah that's right. That only applies to songs that aren't written and performed by a living god.
My vinyl version of The River was totally worn out. My whole family and neighbours knew the words of that album. I have run out of words to describe Bruce and the ESB
Pindrop silence as soon as the Professor hits the first piano note till the end when the crowd erupts as one. The band and the crowd realize that magic is happening. My favorite song from the album. Thank you Bruce for enriching our lives.
Hey jazz man, play me your serenade...My secret favorite Bruce's song...a feeling so much shared around, as I see... Simply stunning. I would like to last forever surrounded by these notes. A beautiful starry night in New York 40 years ago traveling through time and space to our days to save us all and remind us of the immense beauty in the heart of every human being...
che emozione risentirla che emozione sapere di essere lì a nemmeno un metro dal palco...una piccola fetta della mia vita grazie a qs video sarà immortale! grazie BRUCE
When I was 12 (1988) This was my least favorite Springsteen Song. Now it is my most favorite, the complexity of it is simply amazing. This version is also amazing, he brings in a string octet for 10 minutes during a 3 hour concert to do something that just about any other artist would just phone in with a synthesizer or sampler. Love it!
Some songs make you want to dance. Some songs want to make you cry. Some songs make you want to turn off the radio. Being a Springsteen fan for 30 years I figured Racing in the Street was always going to be my favourite but now I want to hook up to the night train. This performance transports you to NYC walking in amongst all the characters and the violins just make your spirit soar. Quite a wonderful thing when 12 notes can do that and stop you in your tracks.....
Greatest love song ever written. Magnificent arrangement and performance. Pure pleasure. It doesn't get any better than this. A genius and his team at work.
This song is an epic masterpiece. It has the power to transport one, to another time and place. My favorite Bruce song by far.
That it is! My favorite also and this version takes my breath away.
very underrated, though
Totally agree❣️
Me too
yes Bernie
This is the most beautiful song ever recorded. I played it last night off of You Tube Music for my wife and kids for the first time and usually they talk through songs I pick or ask me to hook up their phones to the car audio but they all listened all the way through. Brilliant arrangement and kudos to a couple of the members of the band involved with the original record; David Sancious and Clarence Clemons, all in their early 20's when they arranged this masterpiece.
U got that right. Dsancois was a genius. Never appreciated this song as I do now. The boss is superhuman
I was there, I couldn't believe this song was finally making it in the setlist, it was a dream come true.
Everything was surreal: the bright Roman summer night sky, a night train passing-by in the distance while Bruce sings "hook up to the night train", the Roma Sinfonietta on stage playing the original score, the silent crowd as if there was only one person attending (me), the energy and the commotion of the thousands of us...
In short, the type of thrills you get only from a Springsteen concert!
What a wonderful depiction of that concert, thank you for sharing. From, your fellow Springsteen fan in Pennsylvania, USA
Heather Buda Hi Heather. I don't know how often "depiction" is used in English, but I rather like it! ;-)
Credevo nessuno se ne fosse accorto di quel treno regionale passato dentro il buio della notte.
Grazie.
Custodisco quell'immagine silenziosa accanto al cuore - il posto giusto.
Right on!
When you have an entire string orchestra at the back of the stage, you can be pretty sure Bruce will look for a NYC Serenade sign!
Excuse my language, but what a fucking masterpiece of a song: the words, the piano, the vocals,. The board mix on this is perfect, and, oh my god, those strings. Absolute perfection!
When they bring it down and lift it back up on the "He's singing" part, I get chills every time. I love those backing vocals there, too.
It is his Masterpiece. So amazing ...
Could not of said it better!
Every time I watch this, I cry. This man so much understands the little movements of everyday life and sacrifice of so many millions of just plain common people. Back in the 1960s, when I was growing up about a dozen miles from Manhattan, the Sunday New York Times magazine ran on its cover the photo of a daisy springing up from a crack in a a let-down concrete walkway. I saved it because hope always springs from the oddest and most destitute of places. I have always loved Springsteen because I think that he understands this, and his understanding comes out in songs such as this one.
So thank you,m Bruce, for the joy and for your understanding of just what it is that makes us human beings tick!
Thank you for sharing that with us other Bruce fans. I am at a painful, and heartbreaking crossroads in my 61yrs old life. Last night I strolled the west side of my city with this song as backdrop, playing thru my earbuds, straight in through my head to my heart & my very soul. Extremely moving. Tonight a stroll through the music of Bruce and the Band is just beginning. What a great song to start me off. 🎼
🎶 🎷 🎺 🎹. 🎸🎻🎙🎵
I cry too! It's just so beautiful and does anyone besides me think this song paints the perfect picture of a couple making love? I made love to my boyfriend the first time I heard this song. My boyfriend bought the album and if you haven't made love while playing this, you need to!!
@@brianwade1819 I’m deaf,I wish they @ least had closed captions so I could read his words.😪
So beautifully said. He’s the troubadour of the masses.
@@brianwade1819 I'm so sorry that I did not see your post two years ago when you wrote it. I've been through crap since I wrote it. Absolute crap. Most of it in Bergen County, NJ. I hope that you have forged through it and have gone onto a happy life. I remember pulling into NYC from college one rainy night in the rain when the neon lights were reflecting in the puddles about 3:00 a.m. I remember photos of Bruce at maybe 17 years standing resolutely in front of the Cafe Wha? I hope that you have reached peace. I will always listen to my junk man. He's singin".
As a native of New Jersey myself, I feel obligated to watch this video at least twice a week.
Probably one of Springsteen's most underrated tracks in his songbook. .
never met someone who unterrated this piece. I had some girlfriends, the have been far away from beiing close to springsteen. Whenever I played the album version they just opened their heart...))))
agree! He has so many...
Absolutely
He usually plays this in Philadelphia.
Si es realmente magnigico,y todas sus canciones locsin😅😮😢🎉😂❤
The complexity of this song is so underrated. I wish I see it live some day.
56 year old man crying his eyes out at his desk every time I watch this. Absolute perfection. No words.............
I feel ya. It had the same effect on me.
Me too!
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This crown jewel of Springsteen's prodigious musical output recorded over 50 years ago nestles quietly as the final track on his second studio album. Great reading the comments below to find so many others appreciate this gem. This version is just a treat for your ears- thanks for posting.
This is awesome, I don’t know what happened to music but we got this. I keep it in my pocket. So to speak.
Composed by a young 20-something year old...brilliant and for those who doubt this mans talent, listen. This man was destined for greatness. The smiles on the violinists faces says it all.
Everything about this performance is breathtaking but my absolute favorite is the violinists smiling. Warms me to my bones. Cheers :)
That was interesting…caught my eye too. They must have wished it could just continue on and on. Then Bruce acknowledged them at the end.
unfortunately it was all downhill after this
@@bestbyte1 …..If he would have stuck to music and not introduced politics…..it would have sealed out any negatives.
@@ynotttt nahhh. it wasn’t about the politics... his music has gotten too formulaic and is now just boring generic “BOSS” music
What happens when a genius singer/songwriter mixes one part Gershwin, one part Leonard Bernstein, one part Dylan, one part Van Morrison, and one part Gregorian chants with his own inimitable style? The best 12 minutes on RUclips.
Am I the only one that thinks that the E Street Band dont get enough credit ?
Best group of musicians of all time.
Yeah, man!!
Especially during tours between 2012 and 2014...
I think they get shade they don't deserve. What other group of musicians draw such an age range for an audience ? And the emotion they stir, the tear they draw, grown men even, and we're not supposed to be giving, to such a display. I pray I live to see them just one more time. Love to the Band, and all their fans.
They are brilliant at interpreting Bruce's songs and making them the best they can be.
You right!
Wow, all these comments are blowing me away. I always felt like I was in my own secret world when I listened to this song through the years, but of course you all know it and love like I do! What a performance bringing this song to life. Hats off to The Wild and the Innocent from just another Jersey boy.
Aunque parezca mentira todavía queda gente con buen gusto, lástima que la mayoría pasemos de los 50 años.
Yeah. The secret was out among us diehards
I thought Jungleland was the finest ever live performance I had ever seen on YT , by any band ever, and then they do this, honestly I am lost for words
First time finding this
It's 10 years to the day since this was recorded and I'm sitting here 9 months pregnant, taking it all in. My baby is bopping to the music as tears stream down my face (we'll blame the hormones...!) This is hands down my favourite Boss song. Here's hoping they will play it live again soon. Thank you, thank you, from a very emotional mama to be. ❤
I just came here to find someone who loves this song as much as me! Just a masterpiece!!! Now a 58 yo woman crying!
Side 2 of "The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle" is the most gorgeous stretch of music ever committed to vinyl.
And you know that.
amen to that
i read this and though i always agreed, i got it out and listened to it again. and again. and again. and again. repeat. for like 8 times in a row. it is so good.
Paul Mcilvaine p
yes, amen sir.
I was there, unforgettable moments with unforgettable people. He wrote this masterpiece when he was 23 years old!
A beautiful version of my favourite Bruce song: perfect string arrangements (nice to see Bruce salute the players at the end), lovely piano intro by Roy Bittan (building on the original by the excellent David Sancious), and how great to see Clarence's nephew flawlessly recreating the big man's saxophone parts! Fab!
I never thought he could touch the original. But this just might be definitive. This is the album that made me a believer. Still in my All Time Top Ten.
Thank you for remembering David. The original EStreeter. I still tear up at the memory of Clarence.
@@nkjrm348 Oh, yes, yes, PLEASE, let's bow deeply to the invaluable and criminally underrated contribution of David Sancious' here. And, let's be honest, arrangements like this piano part and on Incident on 57th St qualify (as do Bittan's parts all over the 3rd LP) for co-writing credit that they never got, whatever reason. My humble opinion. And, yeah, as the precursor to Jungleland, Meeting Across the River and Backstreets, these 2 from the 2nd LP, NY City Serenade is inexcusably unnoticed by the world at large. Can you imagine? After this album they were f'n ready to drop him from the label?
My 11-years older brother turned me onto Bruce and it’s late August,1980 and I’m playing high school football in Monessen, PA, a steel town in fast economic decline 30 mile south of Pittsburgh. I’m 17 years old, I’m 6’3” and weigh 160 pounds. Our 106 year old house does not have air conditioning. At night orange light from the steel mill fills the walls of my bedroom. Three-a-day football practices are kicking my ass! Every night after mom’s great meal I go to my room, put on side B of my vinyl copy of “The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle” (bought used for $2.50 in Charleroi, the next town down the river) and I fall asleep to side B’s three lengthily classics: “Incident,” “Rosalina,” and, “NYC Serenade.” Damn, what a great childhood I had!
Not far from your Monessen roots….grew up in McKeesport when it was something to brag about. Love Bruce and ESB!!
Damn, can't believe you said that. I had my bedroom downstairs, and told my dad to plat side B...greatest side of all albums, to wake me up everyday...
One of the greatest songs of all time
only 73 likes for the best comment i ever read!!!
You can take out the first part. It is the greatest.
@@ScotsLyon no se wui es peri o bombte grsndeggigj😅😅😮😢🎉😂❤😅😅😮😢🎉😅
yup@@burnout713
One of the most beautiful rock & roll songs ever.
Amazing version of one of the best songs he wrote! Absolutly stunning.
A Bruce fan since 1977 (I was 16, grew up about 20 min from Freehold NJ and used to crank it up in my '73 Camaro) It's amazing that one person can write this music, write the lyrics and perform it so damn good! Keep rockin' Bruce!
Sounds like me, but not surprised. Think how many 15 year old kids (like myself in 77)heard this. He had us all for life. This is my favorite version of my favorite Bruce song.
I live in cle saw bruce at the agora 1974 still the best live show anywhere seen him a total 7 times need one more fix hopefully 2022
Im 18 years old and Bruce is probably the greatest gift I’ve ever gotten. Songs for every mood, breathtaking live performances and a human making real music. And my favorite part about him is that his so original. Rappers today buys a Lamborghini or a Ferrari after their breakthrough. Bruce still rolls with his Chevy SS. Never let money change him
I was 17 . I found my favorite artist for the rest of my life.
Fortunately I can say I was there! Chills on my skin! Pure magic! Thanks Bruce! Thanks E Street Band! Love you all
Awesome cheers 🍻 from Cleveland
One of the best versions I ever heard. Old time Bruce fans have to appreciate this version
🔥Happy 70th BIRTHDAY 🗽 dear 🎁 Mr Bruce Springsteen!!!!!!! ♥️😘 grazie and love from germany :)
Profoundly powerful song and album from an American master musician and storyteller.
Hauntingly beautiful and the tears just well up in my eyes before I’m even aware of it instantly taking me back 45 years like a Time Machine.
That is art, the violinist cant hold back their smiles, just amazing
brad hazen Just pure joy on their faces, that's what Bruce does - he makes you smile, he makes you cry... beautiful.
+wendy jesse You are so right.
+rik wheatley Totally
No kidding, I noticed that the first time I saw this video and look for her every time after. Best gig she'll ever have!
I watch this almost every night. Only Bruce can capture you like this. Even some of the violinist you could see the girl at the end with the big smile. Such an incredible moment from Bruce. You could see their energy growing from his performance
For years, starting in college and afterwards I would always play this song just after sunrise, right before going to bed. Obviously I didn't spend much time in classes 😂 This is not only my favorite Springsteen song on my favorite Springsteen album, it's my favorite song of ALL TIME!!! ❤️
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I think it goes without saying. That was absolutely brilliant.
Truth.
But let's say it anyway. It's Bruce's masterpiece!!! ❤️
I absolutely LOVE the "Am-I-dreaming?" joy with which the Roma Sinfonietta is playing. So honored to be invited there on stage with Bruce the Maestro! And how sweet and beautiful is it that, at 9:34, you can see that one of the young violinists asked Bruce to SIGN HER SHEET MUSTIC for her!!! Something she will treasure for the rest of her life.
Anyone else notice Gary’s brilliant base line. It holds the price together
I was just going to comment on that. Understated and effective. And he's an Ocean Grove boy!
100% especially towards the end. The great backbone of the band.
Garry is just magnificent (as always) in this
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This is the best song Bruce has ever written and played. So much meaning and genius compilation.
Absolutely
Un my opinion, the best song is lost in the flood but all the songs of "The wild, The inocent and the e street shuffle" are good.
This is the most complex and masterful rock and roll son ever written. It is part classical, part jazz, part soul, part gospel, part folk, part opera that is compounded together to make a West Side Story type rock ballad. I simply do not know if this type of music still can be written, but I certainly wish that it would. I must say that I yearn for the Bruce of old, he really should try to write a throwback record!
My all time favourite
no doubt about it
Nello7 agree. Been blown away since I first heard tut in 1974. I don’t know where it came from
Credit to David Sancious for the string arrangement I think.
I learned to play the guitar in 1985 after hearing this song. It blew me away and I knew I had to learn to play it!! Beautiful beautiful song.
"solo per Roma"... who's watching this during the time of Corona?
Got to be the most perfect piece of live music ever love u bruce
This is perfection. Everything about it is incredibly moving. I come back to this video whenever I need a lift. My favorite song by Bruce. When the string section comes in, it sends shivers down my spine. The joy and smiles on their faces tell me that they knew they were part of something special. You can see that Bruce signed their score sheets. I bet a lot of those sheets are framed and hanging on a wall...
Something very poignant about Bruce as a grown man singing this song that is so evocative of his youth. Love it.
Me removió toda por dentro desde la primera vez que la oí. Hoy la sigo oyendo y me produce las mismas vibraciones, sentimientos,me evade del mundo.... Bravo!!!! La mejor canción que he oído en mi vida.
It's the best song I've ever heard in my life too. And I have lived long...👍
What a way to request it. A nice big banner with one of his classic songs from his second album. One of the hardest songs to play. Awesome job by the string section. Great piano playing by the Professor. Not easy though.
Aww man, this is just something else. Ive never seen this version until just now. Wow. Just look at the string players smiling, they know they are part of something so special. You can see Bruce even autographed the score. This is an ethereal performance - those in the audience were given a great gift that night; it is a rarity indeed. Bruce wrote this at age 23, God bless him.
Bruce opened the show with this when I saw him a few years back. It was the 6th time I had seen him live and I had never seen him play this song before. I was just to the side of the stage, not very far from Bruce and the band. I got quite emotional and tear rolled down my face. It was so moving.
Ero tra coloro che hanno ricevuto questo splendido raro regalo...
@@deborahbaret-ki4ln C'ero anche io 🤗
I don’t think there’s any words that exist that can do this performance justice, or even words to describe how it makes you feel.
Your words express what we all feel William. Masterpiece is an understatement
Orchestra violini... Rock.. Gospel.. Blues... Tutto in 25 minuti circa
Quale canzone questa è arte..
The second album is so underrated.
This was great.
I completely agree. The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle is a great album!
I totally agree
In my opinion it is his best album
"Its a mad dog's promenade" "So walk Tall or Baby dont walk at all"Bruce Springsteen ❤❤❤❤
And it's a one-off! Because Bruce felt the guy with the sign who followed E Street throughout Europe deserved it! So they brought in the string section and conductor, rehearsed with the band and camera crew...for a one-off! And by the way, it is magnificent in every way. Thanks for sharing.
I was raised in NJ and am a fan of his from his first album and have never seen a live performance of this song- my favorite all-time Bruce favorite. Thank you for sharing how and what got him to perform it, really nice to know. And many thanks to the fan who carried the banner and got him to play my favorite song. Wished I was there in person.....wish he would play it live sometime here in the states. Grateful that I got to see this live perfromance, a dream come true.
Ok, I was wondering about that. I asked in my previous comment if that was true, that where was a fan that kept following him around Europe requesting that song - thus, the sign at beginning of the video. Do you know where they got the string section from? Also I’ve got a crush on the female violinist on the far right.
The magic fingers of Roy Bittan provide a sophisticated backdrop to this wonderful song of the seedy life of the city.🎵 ❤❤❤
12 minutes of pure genius. Spellbound everytime I watch this, my jaw just drops. Love seeing how much the strings are enjoying this song.
Greatest version of undoubtedly the greatest song of all time.. I have matched up every great version of every song I have ever heard and nothing comes close to comparison.
I was there. I almost passed out from joy and shock. Such a stirring and memorable performance. Thank you.
Definitely one of Bruce’s most underrated songs of all-time
Lucky bastards. He only played this like 6 times live. Happy for everyone who heard it!
Well I was there when he played the whole album live in order in Brisbane for only the second time ever ..... I was so excited because the violin players were spotted going in and I started receiving text messages that the album was going to be played ..... when it actually happened it was a dream come true.
Ok! I'll take it as a compliment😂 yes I was there and still can't believe it
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seen him like 40x never seen this
opening song in Philly in 9/7/16, and I absolutely went ape shit
Absolute perfection , I don't mind admitting this brought me to tears too .. just incredible ...
Who among us can't cry when we hear this??? 🥲👍
Walk tall or don't walk at all. ......
So beautiful... the performance is perfect, as is the videography. I am once again in my bed listening to this record as I am falling asleep, with classes to attend the next day.
One of the greatest performances ever. One of the greatest songs ever.
Si es un crak😅😮😢🎉😂😂
Loved how they more more or less created a replicate of the studio version. Absolutely wonderful epic song.
Brilliant how Gary is soloing like a madman during the outro while he doesn't even get a single shot from the director
I will always thank my father for giving me the opportunity to see this. I was 13 years old at the time, and I will never forget that song, the orchestra... In hindsight, this will always be the most incredible live performance I will have ever seen. Thanks boss and thanks dad
New York City Serenade... the best song ever
Yes indeed.
What a truly amazing piece of music. Bruce and the band are phenomenal!
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Amazing song in a blinding performance.
I stood hypnotized through the whole video.
That's a good way to describe this, a totally 'blinding performance." Hypnotizing. His best.
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I am a late discoverer of the Boss.... working my way through his albums. This is sublime...
You are starting a great journey ! I haven't finished mine and I have been a fan since 1981 when my elder brother bought "The River". Very few knew Springsteen in France at the time (none of my schoolmates for sure, I was 13). Soon after he bought "Born to Run" and "Darkness". I listened to these albums hundreds of time but I didn't know his first two albums as well ... After that I bought most of his new albums and boxsets and Live DVDs. My younger brother offered me last week for Xmas a fantastic book in French where 332 Springsteen songs are explained and analysed. I discover new great songs everyday but this live performance of "New York Serenade" is sublime you're right and I must admit that I didn"t really know this song until now (I must have heard it only a few times before it the last 40 years). And thank you brothers !
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I heard that the person who made the sign Bruce held up followed Bruce throughout the tour and he never played it until then
22 and glad with my father to bring me the oportunity to litsen to real music that is so special, with songs that carry you to a mental paradise and make u the feel that you are not losing your time in your live, a strange fell that i cant explain but i know is a good feeling. Thank u dad for show me the real music in life, and boos for making our lives better!!!! Sorry i'm spanish and english is not my speciality😅.
HEALTH AND ROCK&ROLL
Every emotion under the sun, all wrapped up in one song. Amazing
Simply the finest live performance of any song you'll ever hear, stunningly beautiful...!!
Okay everybody. You can quit searching. The best video on RUclips has been found.
tonitsi78 correct my friend
Questa è in assoluto la miglior interpretazione di Bruce di New York City Serenade che abbia mai ascoltato. Semplicemente stupenda.
Gary Talent...what a bass lines....
Btw,i was in the crowd...!
+Jeremy Gary - Tallent is perhaps not the best bass player in the world (ok, Pastorius ...), but is the best bass player that the world's best band could have. I love every Tallent's bass line!
+Jeremy I just scanned the comments to see if someone mentioned Gary Tallent! So glad the bass is clear in the mix..sounds like a fretless so not his usual Spector Shorty..his playing is beautiful, feeds the song,never stepping over the mark. Perfect!
Questa si che si può chiamare musica!! Grande Bruce!!!😅💓💓💓😍😍🤗🤗🤗🤗🤩💎🎶🎸💋
Roy Bittan is an unbelievable keyboardist. Such amazing talent and knowledge of music.
That is why NO ONE will ever be compared to him. He is simply the best.
That whole album is great!
Oh, Rome, How very blessed you were to have Bruce grace you with that incredibly special performance of this song!
Yeah, io c'ero ed è stato fantastico, anzi, amazing!!!! 👍👍👍
Io amo moltissimo Bruce!!! Purtroppo non ho mai avuto il piacere di vedere un suo concerto!!!spero che viene in Italia quest,anno!!!🤔🤩🤩
9:36 Looks like he signed her violin notes. Absolute boss.
Classic Springsteen, its not about the performer, its all about the performance.
Uh qué buebaxes😅😮😢🎉😂😂
Glorious. I love how the string section is smiling the whole time. Everyone seemed to realize how special this was.
I love the little clips of the orchestras faces.
You can really tell they are just blown away by being part of this
How could they not? I would have been blown away just to hold a Tamborine on that stage.
Sábado dos de marzo super lluvioso,pronto jugará la😆😅😮😢🎉😂😂
L'intro di Bittan, identica all'originale di quel geniaccio di Sancious,
è da brividi. Tallent è un mostro. Il suo accompagnamento in questo pezzo fa il paio con quello su "Fire" o su "Atlantic City" nel live del '99. Tallent non è forse il miglior bassista del mondo e Mighty Max non è fore il miglior batterista del mondo, ma insieme sono la miglior sezione ritmica del mondo, nella miglior band del mondo. Danno profondità alla musica, la rendono tridimensionale. Senza di loro sarebbe tutto più piatto, più banale.
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Possibly his greatest live performance ever
Si en inglés los leí bien😅😮😢🎉😂😂
This is the best video on the internet.
Listen to your junk man
This video alone is a reason enough for RUclips to exist.
This video is the most wonderful example of a time and place. A perfect moment when audience and performers became one, in heart and soul, and the esoteric New York City Serenade was brought to life, and will live forever as the prime example of what is possible with music. Every thing about this is amazing - the train theme - while the train runs in the background. The audience in quiet rapt attention, Billy and Diamond Jackie bogaluing down Broadway and coming home with the loot, the strings bringing the song together with the lovely young violinist beaming with joy and anticipation. Bruce at the end with his proud countenance knowing that he fulfilled the request to the best of his abilities, and made magic happen yet one more time as he is want to do.
In a thousand years people will still discover this song, dissect it, and try in vain to figure out what it means to listen to your junk man. Well, Bruce is my junk man, and I love to listen to him and all of his epic pieces showcasing the introspection on the American scene circa the late 70's. If this was Springsteen's only song it would be good enough, but he's got hundreds of examples of poetry put to music. If you're just discovering Bruce Springsteen for the first time, I envy you. You have so much goodness to digest over the course of your life. Go for it!
Murray westenskow No time to get cute.
No thought the best.
I discovered this song recently....it’s incredible
tutte le volte che mi capita di ascoltarla, riesce a trasmettermi solo sensazioni belle e positive quasi fino alle lacrime per l'emozione che sento nascere dentro di me...attraversa il mio cuore e la mia mente e mi fa pensare che la musica è già di per sè un validissimo motivo per vivere...tra 1 mese esatto saremo ancora insieme Bruce...ti voglio bene
concordo !
The fingers of roy bittany in the beegining SPIDERS!!! Other planet.
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Arguably Sancious was better at it on the original, but this one has production that the original couldn't afford, when Bruce was still trying to make the perfect album. He ended up making two in a row!
I've listened to this 10 times in a row now. Just starting the 11th. I thought songs were supposed to not be as good if you overplay them..... Oh yeah that's right. That only applies to songs that aren't written and performed by a living god.
And one of the best back up bands to ever grace this planet. Roy makes me remember Heaven.
You are very right. The richness of it allows us to keep coming back.
My vinyl version of The River was totally worn out. My whole family and neighbours knew the words of that album. I have run out of words to describe Bruce and the ESB
you just gave me a joyous laugh, your truth is mine too
Pindrop silence as soon as the Professor hits the first piano note till the end when the crowd erupts as one. The band and the crowd realize that magic is happening. My favorite song from the album. Thank you Bruce for enriching our lives.
As a Bruce nut, I know I'm biased, but bloody hell that is astonishing!!!
Que belo casamento entre Bruce, The E Street Band e a Orquestra de violinistas de Roma (Roma Sinfonieta). Maravilha.
Hey jazz man, play me your serenade...My secret favorite Bruce's song...a feeling so much shared around, as I see... Simply stunning. I would like to last forever surrounded by these notes. A beautiful starry night in New York 40 years ago traveling through time and space to our days to save us all and remind us of the immense beauty in the heart of every human being...
We'll said
Just glorious
Tante lacrime. Come in quella serata di luglio a Roma.
Concerto indimenticabile.
Grazie!
I luv falling asleep 2 this the Professor hitting those keys. Pure magic
che emozione risentirla che emozione sapere di essere lì a nemmeno un metro dal palco...una piccola fetta della mia vita grazie a qs video sarà immortale! grazie BRUCE
When I was 12 (1988) This was my least favorite Springsteen Song. Now it is my most favorite, the complexity of it is simply amazing. This version is also amazing, he brings in a string octet for 10 minutes during a 3 hour concert to do something that just about any other artist would just phone in with a synthesizer or sampler. Love it!
la musica che ascolta Dio nel suo mp3....
Brings me to tears sometimes now.All my friends that were there with me listening when we were young.No longer here.
Some songs make you want to dance. Some songs want to make you cry. Some songs make you want to turn off the radio. Being a Springsteen fan for 30 years I figured Racing in the Street was always going to be my favourite but now I want to hook up to the night train. This performance transports you to NYC walking in amongst all the characters and the violins just make your spirit soar. Quite a wonderful thing when 12 notes can do that and stop you in your tracks.....
Greatest love song ever written. Magnificent arrangement and performance. Pure pleasure. It doesn't get any better than this. A genius and his team at work.