Sometimes I forget just how good Bruce's guitar playing is....he doesn't get mentioned nearly enough for his mastery of the instrument beyond his songwriting. He's so damn good.
Very under-rated,I didn't really realize how good of a guitar player he is until now & some recent a concert I watched that was almost 4 hours long, My wife saw him in Phoenix 1973-1974 bbefore making it big & he sure deserves it & being The Boss, he's a Rock and Roller
Can say that again, I was born in 84, and so wish I had been 21 years old in 1960, or there about, I'm 70% listening to 60's 70's rock, a bit of 80's, and the other 30% is electronic music from the 90's onwards. But that modern day pop and rap etc, nah, not a single bean of it, talentless, souless tacky shite.
We were so damn lucky to live in the 60s and 70s. The greatest rock music ever made. Now I feel sorry for my grandchildren cause they Don't have any kind of great rock music. My kids had to listen to the 60s ,70s cause that's all they would hear ha and they still listen to it. With luck my grandchildren will pick up on it too.
Hi,@@frankmcchrystal4029 - I saw Bruce in December of 1980, but I think he and the band were at their absolute raw peak on the Darkness tour. The show this video is taken from, in fact (9/19/78, Capital Theater, Passaic, NJ), in my opinion, may have been the absolute high water mark for ALL of rock and roll...it all ebbed back from here...
@@stephengeary8380 Hard to argue that. river tour was different in the sense the band was more refined and so flawless it was hard to believe. Aren't we the lucky ones to witness the GOAT during that time.
@@MJ-sl1nc How about Winterland, or any of the other 4 radio broadcasts. Those shows were the greatest rock & roll that had ever been, or ever likely to be?
@@CPSJSMSUUMUGAI had a bootleg of Winterland that I wore out. Well, I think my girlfriend at the time stole it from me when we broke up. Lol it’s on RUclips now under prodigal son.
I first saw Bruce live in the Fall of 1974 while in college. He played in an old gymnasium that fit about 2000 people, all standing. He pushed the limit non-stop for 2 1/2 hours. I saw Springsteen several times after that, but the '74 concert was, probably, still, the best concert I ever attended.
1976 here! Same scenario only we had 'chairs':) Unbelievable. By the end of the concert, everyone was standing on those chairs!! Best concert in my lifetime!
I had the good fortune to see Springsteen in Syracuse in 1978. Born to Run was NOT on the main play list. When he was done playing, Bruce said goodbye and thank you and left the stage. As one might imagine, the people in attendance started to remove the seats from the floor. (I am exaggerating here.) Bruce returned to the stage by jumping off a stack of speakers, hitting the first notes of the song as he landed. The roof came off.
June 26, 1978....Queen Elizabeth Theater, Vancouver BC.... I met The Man, greatest concert, none even close. Perfect acoustics, small venue, 7th row aisle seat. They took out 1st 5 rows so Bruce & Clarence had a lower stage. Face level w audience. 15 feet away, from me, watched the sweat rolling down his face. 2:45 of the greatest concert ever. Even the intermission music was fab. 1st song "Be My Baby", 2nd track "Pretty Woman", we were transfixed. Being from The Motor City, "The Detroit Medley" was the way to close the show. Stunning! In my mind, it's like yesterday.
Danny's playing on this song is just other worldly, the look at Bruces face during Danny's solo says it all, I could listen and watch that over and over.
For anyone wondering, I'm pretty sure this is was filmed 19/09/78 at the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, NJ. The shows they did during those years were just on another LEVEL!
Either 19th or the next day 20th. Passiac was the first venue to have a large video screens besides the stage. That's why you find more black/white footage from The Capitol Theatre around this time. I've seen concerts of Zappa and I think Fleetwood Mac aswell. The sound however is from a highgrade bootleg from a radio broadcast. Most probably called Piece de Resistance". The footage is unfortunately incomplete.
@@petervanherp7871 Thank you for the offer, but I was talking about the Video portion of this concert. Again thank you for your reply, highly appreciated.
August 9, 1978 the Date lives on in HISTORY as Bruce and the Boys tore up the Legendary Agora Stage in Cleveland, Ohio. He also tore up the Airwaves as this concert was broadcast live on WMMS 101 Fm Cleveland and to I believe 8 additional Cities. What a Night that was, It is written and documented that the Band itself says they played better than they ever had at this show. Everyone on the stage was at their peak together. I saw the ending show(s) of this Tour as he returned for New Years Eve to close the Tour. I recall the show began at 8:40pm, and finished near 1:30/40am. The Stage was burning. Firecrackers blowing off near Bruce's Eye.... He didn't balk, he was P O'd but didn't let it interfere with the show. In Total before he left Cleveland 1/2/79 he played 56+/- songs as he returned for New Years Day as a Added Date to the Tour. I attended both shows. So glad I saw this Tour live, Things were never the same afterwards.
Bruce and the E Street Band didn’t only have great musicality and skill, but they were also so authentically passionate in their performances. I miss this. Great to see the video.
First time seeing Bruce and the E. Street band was this 1978 tour (College venue). Huge fans ever since. Saw him again on the 1980 River Tour. And 1988 Amnesty International concert in Philly!
Saw him at Berkeley Community Theater in July 1979. His parents and sister were in the audience! He insisted that she stand up and then warned her that everyone in the audience now knows what she looks like, so she’d better behave! Also told the story that when he was growing up, his father would always complain about the noise from that “goddamned guitar” - he then announced that for the next song they were going to “turn it up!” And the did! My ears are still ringing!
Stevie's "Unrequited Infatuations" audiobook brought me here. Got dam Bruce is an underrated lead player! It's that same unbridled, raw fury you see in Johnny Lang, and saw in Prince.
Como el buen vino,los años te han dado un poso que acaricia cuando lo pruebas y te demuestra que no siempre es justo decir que hubo tiempos mejores,avanzas en cada año que pasa y no has dejado nada en el camino por eso eres el único en pder ser EL JEFE ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Great art always requires sacrifice! 😉He wanted to be great, he made it and he will always be remembered for it. Glad he’s found some peace in his later years
Bruce communing with his guitar. Not something we see nowadays. He seems content to sing and let Steve or Nils take the kudos for the guitar solos. He is a very generous man.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
This belongs to the bootleg Pierce de resistance. I bought when i was 16 and spent all the money i had. 20 years later, Bruce took his way and keep on searching my little place in this world and It,s no easy, but the journey IS close to end.🇪🇸🇺🇾..
This is 1978? I saw him perform The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle in Phoenix around 1974. There was an FM station, KDKB, that played his early albums non-stop, making him a star in Phoenix, early in his career.
Wish I could've been there. Vintage, intense BOSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! James Brown was called the hardest working man in show business but I think the boss beats him.
Just the raw power! Remember those shows so well sometimes ( it was the 70s/80s afterall) . First show we saw was @ The Roxy in Northampton PA - outside of Allentown - they spelled his name "Springstein" on ticket. Cost= $2.50!!! Last show we saw was the Magic tour in Jax, FLA. Cost= $100. for SRO. Hopefully he plays here in '22/23. I will have to pawn my ocean kayak though.
The darkness tour secured his reputation as a vicious performer. I was lucky to see the tour opener at SHEAS BUFFALO, the day after they finished mixing the LP. They opened w BADLANDS but none of us had heard it yet….
Sometimes I forget just how good Bruce's guitar playing is....he doesn't get mentioned nearly enough for his mastery of the instrument beyond his songwriting. He's so damn good.
Very under-rated,I didn't really realize how good of a guitar player he is until now & some recent a concert I watched that was almost 4 hours long, My wife saw him in Phoenix 1973-1974 bbefore making it big & he sure deserves it & being The Boss, he's a Rock and Roller
His Harmonica playing is not substandard by any stretch! His; Piano playing is overlooked, too!
Name 3 better players in one band...I'll hold
Pure gold. Whoever witnessed the 70's are privileged. We have seen something unique. Something original. Today's music cannot come close.
Can say that again, I was born in 84, and so wish I had been 21 years old in 1960, or there about, I'm 70% listening to 60's 70's rock, a bit of 80's, and the other 30% is electronic music from the 90's onwards.
But that modern day pop and rap etc, nah, not a single bean of it, talentless, souless tacky shite.
you cannot even imagine and in 81(River Tour) the band was more refined and even tighter, absolutely unbelievable
We were so damn lucky to live in the 60s and 70s. The greatest rock music ever made. Now I feel sorry for my grandchildren cause they Don't have any kind of great rock music. My kids had to listen to the 60s ,70s cause that's all they would hear ha and they still listen to it. With luck my grandchildren will pick up on it too.
Hi,@@frankmcchrystal4029 - I saw Bruce in December of 1980, but I think he and the band were at their absolute raw peak on the Darkness tour. The show this video is taken from, in fact (9/19/78, Capital Theater, Passaic, NJ), in my opinion, may have been the absolute high water mark for ALL of rock and roll...it all ebbed back from here...
@@stephengeary8380 Hard to argue that. river tour was different in the sense the band was more refined and so flawless it was hard to believe. Aren't we the lucky ones to witness the GOAT during that time.
This may be the best guitar tone I have ever heard.
It's a crime that there not professional films of Bruce on the Darkness (1978) tour.
There’s Houston! That’s on his RUclips channel. And now there’s the 1979 no nukes show. But yes I wish there were so many more
Profoundly true.
@@MJ-sl1nc How about Winterland, or any of the other 4 radio broadcasts. Those shows were the greatest rock & roll that had ever been, or ever likely to be?
@@CPSJSMSUUMUGAI had a bootleg of Winterland that I wore out. Well, I think my girlfriend at the time stole it from me when we broke up. Lol it’s on RUclips now under prodigal son.
Roy Bittan and Danny Federici are most underrated keyboard players
I first saw Bruce live in the Fall of 1974 while in college. He played in an old gymnasium that fit about 2000 people, all standing. He pushed the limit non-stop for 2 1/2 hours. I saw Springsteen several times after that, but the '74 concert was, probably, still, the best concert I ever attended.
wow ! what a good memorie Guy sweden
1976 here! Same scenario only we had 'chairs':) Unbelievable. By the end of the concert, everyone was standing on those chairs!! Best concert in my lifetime!
happy guy and pure jealousy !😉
@@arielquatman7528 happy guy & pure jealousy 😉
Wow, that must’ve been so cool
E Street and Bruce in my opinion in their prime. Exhuberence of youth and Bruce performing like it's last night on earth. Sublime.
I had the good fortune to see Springsteen in Syracuse in 1978. Born to Run was NOT on the main play list. When he was done playing, Bruce said goodbye and thank you and left the stage. As one might imagine, the people in attendance started to remove the seats from the floor. (I am exaggerating here.) Bruce returned to the stage by jumping off a stack of speakers, hitting the first notes of the song as he landed. The roof came off.
Best 10 minutes of music in the history of music!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐♥️♥️♥️♥️
That was lit! The pianist is awesome, they are all great, wow! that was phenomenal 👏 🙌 😍 👌
Professor Roy Bittan. Answered Bruce's ad in the Village Voice. Amazing!
@@GrikWorldNomad David Sancious was incredible. Bittan, while great, didn't join until after Born to Run was recorded.
June 26, 1978....Queen Elizabeth Theater, Vancouver BC.... I met The Man, greatest concert, none even close. Perfect acoustics, small venue, 7th row aisle seat. They took out 1st 5 rows so Bruce & Clarence had a lower stage. Face level w audience. 15 feet away, from me, watched the sweat rolling down his face. 2:45 of the greatest concert ever. Even the intermission music was fab. 1st song "Be My Baby", 2nd track "Pretty Woman", we were transfixed. Being from The Motor City, "The Detroit Medley" was the way to close the show. Stunning! In my mind, it's like yesterday.
I forgot how good Bruce can play the guitar.
TALENT!! One of the best performers of all time! Charisma helps.
The BEST PERFORMER IN EVERYTIME! GRETINGS FROM TRANI SOUTH ITALY
This makes me smile. Clarance sporting a mustache, Danny going wild, and Bruce being Bruce...
Watch Danny jamming. Love it!
Those were the days. This concert was broadcast live on NY radio.
Danny's playing on this song is just other worldly, the look at Bruces face during Danny's solo says it all, I could listen and watch that over and over.
This was Bruce a true raw rocker..
Times change..
For anyone wondering, I'm pretty sure this is was filmed 19/09/78 at the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, NJ. The shows they did during those years were just on another LEVEL!
Either 19th or the next day 20th. Passiac was the first venue to have a large video screens besides the stage. That's why you find more black/white footage from The Capitol Theatre around this time. I've seen concerts of Zappa and I think Fleetwood Mac aswell.
The sound however is from a highgrade bootleg from a radio broadcast. Most probably called Piece de Resistance". The footage is unfortunately incomplete.
Yeah the 78 shows were insane! Best concert memories ever!
They would keep playing after the hall turned the lights on trying to end the show. The energy level was off the charts.
@@mauricedorreboom5388 I got the whole concert of the 19th on my computer and burned it on mp3-cd.
@@petervanherp7871 Thank you for the offer, but I was talking about the Video portion of this concert. Again thank you for your reply, highly appreciated.
August 9, 1978 the Date lives on in HISTORY as Bruce and the Boys tore up the Legendary Agora Stage in Cleveland, Ohio. He also tore up the Airwaves as this concert was broadcast live on WMMS 101 Fm Cleveland and to I believe 8 additional Cities.
What a Night that was, It is written and documented that the Band itself says they played better than they ever had at this show. Everyone on the stage was at their peak together.
I saw the ending show(s) of this Tour as he returned for New Years Eve to close the Tour.
I recall the show began at 8:40pm, and finished near 1:30/40am. The Stage was burning. Firecrackers blowing off near Bruce's Eye.... He didn't balk, he was P O'd but didn't let it interfere with the show.
In Total before he left Cleveland 1/2/79 he played 56+/- songs as he returned for New Years Day as a Added Date to the Tour. I attended both shows. So glad I saw this Tour live, Things were never the same afterwards.
Happy guy!
Whoooa what a great testament!
The e street band was so great. The BOSS! What else can you say.
I was there. The shows were stunning.
Mind blowing…the apex of rock and roll!
This is classic Bruce 1978. Amazing piano intro and Bruce playing the power cords...
That guitar intro is some serious rockin' shit! My 1st Bruce concert was in '78 @ the Capital Theatre in Passaic, I was hooked!!
Probably the greatest performance of any song ever bar none
Imagine being in the audience for 3 plus hours of this back in 1978 (at the cost of an $8 ticket).
one day he could be famous.
Bruce and the E Street Band didn’t only have great musicality and skill, but they were also so authentically passionate in their performances. I miss this. Great to see the video.
Why the past tense?
They had and still have great musicality and skill, and still are authentically passionate with EVERY performance they all do.
It’s different now. Everything has changed….us. It was a fleeting moment in time.
Still the best live show. I saw him in 78 and just this April 23. Still fire.
@@no834Was he better then as compared to now?
pure greatness.
Un f...ing believable. The greatest of ALL time. Downunder South Australia
First time seeing Bruce and the E. Street band was this 1978 tour (College venue). Huge fans ever since. Saw him again on the 1980 River Tour. And 1988 Amnesty International concert in Philly!
wish he still played guitar on this HEAVY tone
A true blessing to the world I love him he’s amazing
This is the Bruce we all love.
Bought a ticket for some guy, Bruce Springsteen,1977, $8.50. Best money I ever spent!
After that piano intro, I was expecting Bruce to sing, "In a morning from a Bogart movie . . ."
Pure happiness ,it's so good
I just saw some of Bruce’s Howard Stern interview and he told Howard he was an underrated guitar player I totally agree
Silvio Dante killing the harmonies.
I saw him for the first time 8n 1973. In Berkeley California. Between 73 and 80. NO ONE could match him
Saw him at Berkeley Community Theater in July 1979. His parents and sister were in the audience! He insisted that she stand up and then warned her that everyone in the audience now knows what she looks like, so she’d better behave! Also told the story that when he was growing up, his father would always complain about the noise from that “goddamned guitar” - he then announced that for the next song they were going to “turn it up!” And the did! My ears are still ringing!
Thank you very much for the work and for sharing - Merci beaucoup pour le travail et pour le partage
This is so Damn Magical!!!
Yep.
This is the Bruce hard-core Springsteen fans revere...
Stevie's "Unrequited Infatuations" audiobook brought me here. Got dam Bruce is an underrated lead player! It's that same unbridled, raw fury you see in Johnny Lang, and saw in Prince.
He had the grit,, the jeans,, and he was a hometown kid 💪🏻
The saviour of RocknRoll
Funny Elvis died only the year prior.
Pure gold like that comment you were just blown away n still to this day . Doing the same everything you got your heart and soul gives
Incredible.
Der Boss ist und bleibt der Boss!
Gerne hätte ich ihn 1978 live gesehen. 1980 war es dann soweit. Frankfurt Festhalle, grandiose
Awesome, just awesome! The pinnacle...
Incredible band, ❤🎷🎸🔥🥰💕
Simply wonderful❤
Como el buen vino,los años te han dado un poso que acaricia cuando lo pruebas y te demuestra que no siempre es justo decir que hubo tiempos mejores,avanzas en cada año que pasa y no has dejado nada en el camino por eso eres el único en pder ser EL JEFE ❤❤❤❤❤❤
What in intro to Prove it All Night. Amazing piano 🎹
One of his best shows - at Passaic Theatre they had seats and soaked it in
Dude this guitar tone is insane, he is PUSHING that amp
PRE SOCIALIsM WOW!
@@danmandich2843 tf you talking about
The 78 tour is by far the best live guitar sound Bruce ever had. Simply awesome.
You don’t know?
This is why Prince picked up a Tele
Bellissimo video!il nostro giovane Bruce,nel pieno della sua vita...grandissima performance!😊🤗😍😘🎶🎸🎶💘💓💋💯🌅
Fantastičan instrumental.
Hvala što vam se svidja moj komentar. 💖💖💖💖💖
Legend
THE BOSS
@@jimwelsh997 era ed è per sempre il capo! 😅👩❤️💋👨😘💘
Prove It All Night
Passaic
Vernon ny last big tour played all the oldies spot on! Seen him several times that was the best outdoor show I have ever seen.
Fantastic, energy🔥
Excellent
Musicaaaa questa sì che è musicaaa! Grandeee❤
❤️❤️Fantastic! This is so good! This is exactly what I need!❤️❤️
I did not know The Boss could play guitar, not like that anyhow. Never seen this one, thanks.
LEGENDARY 🤟
Before he settled down and got a family… out there every night proving it and doing it because he had to
He still has to because it is who he is.
Before he had a family he had to see a Therapist because he grew up poor and this really affected him.
He still sees a therapist!
Great art always requires sacrifice! 😉He wanted to be great, he made it and he will always be remembered for it. Glad he’s found some peace in his later years
Thanks for sharing!🙏 Fantastico!
THE BOSS……siempre GRANDE, siempre ÚNICO,siempre EL JEFE ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Bruce communing with his guitar. Not something we see nowadays. He seems content to sing and let Steve or Nils take the kudos for the guitar solos. He is a very generous man.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
この曲初めて聴いたの８０年代だったけど
その頃ブルース・スプリングスティーンばっか聴いてて買ったばかりの車の中でハーモニカ吹いたりして「やっぱトンボの方が吹きやすいな」なんて思ってたっけ
戻れるなら戻りたいぞ、あの頃に・・
今になってわかるやりたかったこと、大事にしないといけなかったこと・・
Jersey boy can play that guitar...
Phenomenal 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟1/1/23
Thank you Mrs Springsteen
Dance free....
This belongs to the bootleg Pierce de resistance. I bought when i was 16 and spent all the money i had. 20 years later, Bruce took his way and keep on searching my little place in this world and It,s no easy, but the journey IS close to end.🇪🇸🇺🇾..
Brilliant thanks ❤
Excellent even sound engineering !
Right? It’s a great copy for being recorded in ‘78, but whoever uploaded this did it right. Prob came off a VHS tape.
A te
A noi
Alle nostre vite..😢❤
I wanna go back
Back when he had fire in him
@@Onemore59 sono d'accordo con te!Bruce a ancora forte! 😍🤩😘💘🍀
To be young again
@@jimwelsh997 truth!
Before shrinks and head meds...
@@randersson3672 so what are you saying that you are perfect. You don't a health problem at all. Congratulations 👏👏
Nice quality thx for uploading
Otherworldly
ROSALIE HE CAN MAKE THIS GUITAR SING!!!!! tell your Daddy 👨 😏 😘
This is 1978? I saw him perform The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle in Phoenix around 1974. There was an FM station, KDKB, that played his early albums non-stop, making him a star in Phoenix, early in his career.
supreme band
Wish I could've been there. Vintage, intense BOSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! James Brown was called the hardest working man in show business but I think the boss beats him.
Was there erver a better live performer than Bruce Springsteen in 1978?
No. There was not …
So FN good.
amazing guitar. feels like i shouldnt be watching this in public
The best!!!!
When music meant something
GREATNESS being unleashed
this is the best period. his the music, lyrics and creativity was epic. not so in the last 20 of samey ballads.
Love it
He would disagree..so humble..so sincere..but it's true.. BRUCE is a GOD!
Just the raw power! Remember those shows so well sometimes ( it was the 70s/80s afterall) . First show we saw was @ The Roxy in Northampton PA - outside of Allentown - they spelled his name "Springstein" on ticket. Cost= $2.50!!! Last show we saw was the Magic tour in Jax, FLA. Cost= $100. for SRO. Hopefully he plays here in '22/23. I will have to pawn my ocean kayak though.
I saw 5 Magic shows and thought they were just awesome. Better than anyone, ever, except early Bruce, but no one can compete with him in his 20s.
The darkness tour secured his reputation as a vicious performer. I was lucky to see the tour opener at SHEAS BUFFALO, the day after they finished mixing the LP. They opened w BADLANDS but none of us had heard it yet….
That is some cruel tone he's getting outta that Tele...
Bruce still proving it all night!