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[♪ poignant music playing]
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♪
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[Bruce Springsteen]
Red Bank,
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that's the site
of the old Carlton Theater,
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now the Count Basie...
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where back in the '70s,
I'd play with the early E Street Band.
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I used to walk these streets
on Saturdays in the '60s
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when they were filled with teenagers.
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And my first band, The Castiles, and I
would spend the mornings in Freehold
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getting our hair just right.
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How we used to dream
of playing in front of screaming crowds.
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Since I was 16,
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playing live has been a deep
and lasting part of who I am
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and how I justify
my existence here on Earth.
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A lot of it comes together
when I count off the band.
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Recently, when the world shut down,
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no live music, no audiences.
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So I made a promise to myself,
to my fans, and to the band
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that if we got through this,
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I'd throw the biggest party I could.
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[crowd cheering]
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[♪ "Ghosts" by Bruce Springsteen playing]
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[crowd cheering]
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♪ I hear the sound of your guitar ♪
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[crowd cheering]
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♪ Comin' from the mystic far ♪
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♪ Stone and the gravel in your voice ♪
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♪ Come in my dreams and I rejoice ♪
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♪ It's just your ghost ♪
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♪ Moving through the night ♪
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♪ Your spirit filled with light ♪
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♪ I need ♪
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♪ Need you by my side ♪
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♪ Your love and I'm alive ♪
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♪ I can feel the blood
shiver in my bones ♪
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♪ I'm alive ♪
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♪ And I'm out here on my own ♪
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♪ I'm alive ♪
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♪ And I'm comin' home ♪
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♪ Your old Fender Twin
from Johnny's Music downtown ♪
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[crowd cheering]
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♪ Still set on 10
to burn this house down ♪
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♪ Count the band in
then kick into overdrive ♪
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Let's go!
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[crowd cheering]
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♪ By the end of the set
we leave no one alive ♪
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[wind whistling]
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[Bruce] This would be our first tour
in six years.
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Now that's a lot longer break
than I planned.
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[♪ strums guitar]
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So we got together on a quiet,
cold January morning in Red Bank
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to begin our rehearsals.
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There are two things I try
to accomplish in rehearsal.
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One, you've got to shake
the cobwebs off the band,
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off of all those years of inactivity.
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And two, you've got to find your set list.
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[people speaking indistinctly]
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[Bruce] Now that set list is going
to communicate the story
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you are trying to tell
your audience this time around.
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And the 25 songs I chose to focus on
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would complete the narrative
for what I wanted to say,
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and it would let
the audience know who I am
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at this point in my work life.
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- [indistinct chatter]
- [band member 1] Notes?
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[band member 2]
Notes, notes.
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[Bruce]
Getting ready to write it down.
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No Surrender.
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Ghosts.
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Letter To You.
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Promised Land.
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Last Man Standing.
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Backstreets.
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She's The One.
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Badlands.
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Glory Days.
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Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out.
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I'll See You In My Dreams.
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And that's the end of that set.
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This is 28 songs
and I think on the last tour--
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That's easily three.
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Last tour, what-- I think
that's about how many we did.
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- That's three hours.
- Yeah.
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[Jake Clemons] After six years, I thought
it might, uh, scale it back a little bit.
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- Well done, man!
- [both laugh]
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- We can't do that!
- [Jake] Yeah, amen to that.
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[Bruce]
Can't disappoint the fans, goddammit!
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[band and crew chattering]
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When we rehearsed in Red Bank
at this small Black Box theater,
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of course, it was wonderful
on a reunion basis.
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We hadn't been in
the same room, all of us,
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since the recording of Letter to You.
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[Jon Landau]
I think everybody's mindset was,
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you know, we're gonna go on tour.
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But what was then four years
since the last tour
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wound up being six years.
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[Patti Scialfa] I hadn't seen everybody
together for a very long time.
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And I'm always taken back by the deep,
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profound sense
of camaraderie that you feel
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when you see everybody all together.
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[Roy Bittan]
You know, it's 50 years
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that this group has been together.
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And, of course, we're all in that zone.
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We don't know how long things can go on
and what can happen to anybody.
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We're lucky that we have the core band.
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[Garry Tallent]
The only thing we have to fear
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is destroying the legacy
we've made so far.
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Uh, so, Doug, you get those chords?
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[sings]
♪ I sent it in my letter ♪
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E minor.
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- [♪ Bruce vocalizes]
- [♪ electric guitar playing]
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♪ I sent it in my letter ♪
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[people speaking indistinctly]
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♪ My letter ♪
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♪ To you ♪
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♪
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A little bit concerned
when we started rehearsals.
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[laughing]
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Um, you know, it was all
a little bit casual, you know?
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[Nils Lofgren] The initial rehearsals
is just the core band
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getting our sea legs with the songs.
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So you got, like, 40-somethin' songs.
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Three new albums we've never played live.
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Max is saying that we changed
the arrangement for the live?
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- [Bruce and Garry] Yes.
- [Nils] Oh.
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[Garry]
Yeah, the chart is wrong.
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- The chart is wrong.
- [Nils] No wonder I don't know it!
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Six years, seven years
is a really long time
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to not really play together.
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[♪ band plays intro to "She's The One"]
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[Max Weinberg]
It became fairly apparent
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that we were playing
everything extremely slow.
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♪ ...graces and her secret places ♪
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We played She's The One
so slow, it was a ballad.
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♪ With her hands on her hips ♪
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♪ Yeah, and that smile on her lips ♪
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People would expect musicians in their 70s
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to play that loping thing,
which would be unfortunate.
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♪ With her soft French cream ♪
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♪ Standing in that doorway like a dream ♪
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Tempos were so damn slow,
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I couldn't play the damn song.
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I can't play--
I can't play that fast.
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I can't pay--
play that slow.
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You know, I,
I only play it one way and it's--
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That's all I can do.
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♪ Heart of stone ♪
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[Max] He had articulated to me
in a phone call earlier,
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he wanted this show
to be a real rock show.
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♪ That shine like a midnight sun ♪
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[Max] And we had the responsibility
to those audience members
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who hadn't seen Bruce
and the E Street Band in 1976.
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You've gotta transmit that excitement.
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[♪ upbeat rock music playing]
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[Max]
We had to recall some of that manic,
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out-of-control-way
we played, 50 years ago.
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♪ Hey ♪
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[♪ "She's The One" continues playing]
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♪ Hey ♪
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[Max]
Really get back to where we were.
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[♪ song ends]
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[Stevie Van Zandt]
We only rehearsed, I think, six days.
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We have new horn players,
we have new singers,
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and it's a big band
and a lot of moving parts
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and I am completely anal
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and I care about every note
that everyone does, you know?
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That's just my thing.
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Yeah, good. Yeah, I know.
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Remember in E Street Shuffle,
we did a thing where
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Max and, uh,
it used to be Everett, of course
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- did the back and forth...
- Oh yeah, on E Street Shuffle.
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- ...so we wanna do that tomorrow.
- Trading eights.
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- Yeah, trading the eights.
- I told Anthony...
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We had a bigger band,
some of the people I didn't know.
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[♪ fast-paced percussion music playing]
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[Bruce]
Hold right there.
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[♪ band joins in]
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[♪ music stops]
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- We're varying the last lick
- [Max] Yeah.
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[Bruce] Let's go on.
Uh, Max, do the... tail end there?
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One, two, three.
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[♪ "The E Street Shuffle" playing]
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First rehearsal, I was nervous,
you're excited.
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There's a whirlwind of emotions.
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I made it a point to go over
and introduce myself.
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Anthony are a fantastically
talented percussionist.
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It was the first time he's played with us.
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♪
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We started talking
about musicians that we know,
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and we spoke for about 30, 40 minutes.
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That was all before we played a note.
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So by the time we started playing,
it felt very natural.
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[♪ song ends]
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[Max]
So I said to Anthony...
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[band chattering]
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...well, one thing you'll never hear
anyone say to Bruce,
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"Gee, that's not the way we rehearsed it."
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It doesn't matter.
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It's what's happening now that matters.
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This takes experience.
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[waves lapping]
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[♪ "Spirit in the Night" by Bruce
Springsteen and E Street Band playing]
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[Danny Federici]
We heard about this guy Bruce,
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and we went down to see who this guy was.
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I had to be with Bruce.
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[Garry]
Before I met Bruce,
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I was very successful in the club circuit.
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I realized that you had to,
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one, start doing original material
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and two, had to have a strong leader.
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[♪ "Spirit in the Night" continues]
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Bruce came along, you know,
he didn't like me at first
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and that was okay, I stayed busy.
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Eventually, he came around
and said, "Okay, I need you."
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[laughing]
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We finally started playing.
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And it's been since January of '71.
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Long, long time.
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♪ And I'll take you all out
to where the gypsy angels go ♪
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♪ They're built like light ♪
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[Clarence Clemons]
I grew up in a Baptist church.
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My mom and my dad
were very, very religious people,
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and they were really stunned
with my decision
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to give up my job
as a counselor in a reform school
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to go to follow this man,
and play rock and roll.
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[♪ "Spirit in the Night" continues]
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[Roy] When Max and I joined,
the band came together
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in a very different way.
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Prior to us, it was
more eclectic, I think.
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Very jazz oriented
with Dave Sancious and Vini Lopez.
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Blues, R&B, rock hard, pop,
that was our wheelhouse.
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♪ By the time we made it up
to Greasy Lake ♪
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[Max] I'd only been
in the band about two weeks
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and Bruce said, "Bring it down."
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♪ I think I really dug her ♪
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♪ I was too loose to fake ♪
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[Max]
I-I just got quieter.
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And he took me aside later and was like,
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"When I say 'bring it down,'
hit that snare drum,
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just bop as hard as you can."
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♪ And we danced all night
to a soul fairy band ♪
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♪ She kissed me just right ♪
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He was teaching me his brand of the stuff
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that he absorbed from seeing
Sam & Dave and James Brown.
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- ♪ In the night ♪
- ♪ All night ♪
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- ♪ All night ♪
- ♪ All night ♪
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[Max] I'd been looking
for a situation like that.
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I was so disgusted personally with what,
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you know, rock had become
in the early '70s.
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Where's all that great
show business stuff?
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So Bruce brought that back.
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♪ Oh! ♪
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♪
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Which is why he had me join the band.
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He wanted to put the guitar down
and front the band.
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♪
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Which was a huge step.
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I can't even begin to explain
how big a step that is
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for a guy I grew up with
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that was the most introverted guy
you'd ever met in your life.
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[♪ "Spirit in the Night" continues]
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For him to go from that to, like,
the world's greatest entertainer...
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[laughing]
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♪
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[Jon]
This is not by accident.
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Bruce loves to be surrounded
by a family of musicians
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and other talents who he can depend on.
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And occasionally, we have
to make a substitution,
268
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a tragic pair of deaths.
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[♪ music fades out]
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[Bruce] Well, the loss
of Danny and Clarence
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were terrible blows to the band.
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First off, they were both relatively young
and playing great
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and, well, they both died
of natural causes.
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Danny contracted melanoma,
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and Clarence had a stroke.
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But for any band that had been together
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with the exact same lineup for 40 years,
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there's no getting over that shock
or replacing that history.
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Now, Clarence and I were
very, very close for 40 years.
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We were different parts
of the same spiritual body.
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And the loss of that relationship
is simply forever irreplaceable.
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Now we've been blessed
with Charlie Giordano on organ,
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who channels Danny's style
and mixes it with his own
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and, of course, Jake Clemons,
who took the toughest position
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to replace in rock and roll,
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and miraculously makes it his
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while showing respect
and love for his uncle,
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both in his playing and the great presence
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of his spirit on stage.
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You never get over the guys
you played with for that long.
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They're always
an integral part of your life
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for the rest of your life.
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[♪ gentle solemn music playing]
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God bless 'em.
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[♪ music fades out]
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[director] Let's try the beginning
of Dancing in the Dark. Next one.
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[Stevie] These people have such a,
such a strong identity
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with the saxophone.
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[indistinct chatter]
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Which the presence of horns changes.
301
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You know, you now become
a rock and soul band, you know,
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rather than just a rock band
with a saxophone.
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[Eddie Manion] The rehearsals in Red Bank
were a refresher course, if you will,
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between myself and Curt Ramm,
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do most of the arranging
for the horn section
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and try to prepare ourselves
as much as possible
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for whatever might come up.
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♪ She drives the boys insane ♪
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[♪ "The E Street Shuffle" playing]
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♪ Yes, she does ♪
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Nobody really sat me down and said,
"This is what's gonna happen."
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They just put music in front of me.
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♪ Whoa, whoa, yeah ♪
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They had thousands of pages of music
for the horn section.
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Books this thick.
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♪ Whoa, whoa, yeah ♪
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[Eddie] You know,
we might have arrangements,
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we might have things worked out,
319
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and he could change something
at the drop of a hat.
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Bruce, he likes the band
to just be a little off balance.
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It's part of the finding
how we're gonna play these songs now.
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It's-it's really a process of alchemy.
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It's oftentimes not adding more things,
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it's distilling out the things
that don't need to be there.
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[Nils]
It's not like a horn choir revue.
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It seems like we're the rock band,
we are at the core,
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and they're adding
beautiful touches throughout.
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Same with the singing.
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Out in the Street, you guys go over
Out in the Street?
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- Yep. We've been out there.
- [Bruce] That's good news.
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[all laughing]
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[Patti]
The E Street Band is very structured,
333
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but inside that structure,
you have to be really flexible
334
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because he's gonna throw things at you.
335
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[Curtis King Jr.]
Their approach is not quite the same.
336
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Bruce takes the original,
and they just start moving it around.
337
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He's the kind of artist
that doesn't set perimeters.
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You don't know exactly what's coming.
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You just go along with
what might be in his mind,
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and I guess it all gets felt out.
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♪ When I'm out in the street ♪
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♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
343
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♪ I talk the way I want to talk ♪
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♪ When I'm out in the street ♪
345
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♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
346
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♪ Pretty girls, they all pass me by ♪
347
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♪ When I'm out in the street ♪
348
00:18:03,418 --> 00:18:05,210
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
349
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♪ From the corner we give them the eye ♪
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♪ Out in the street ♪
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♪ Yeah, I feel alright ♪
352
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[♪ vocalizing]
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♪ Little girl, tonight ♪
354
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♪ Meet me out in the street ♪
355
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♪ Oh, oh ♪
356
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♪ Oh, oh ♪
357
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♪ Oh, oh ♪
358
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♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
359
00:18:34,365 --> 00:18:35,742
♪ Oh, oh ♪
360
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♪ Meet me out in the street ♪
361
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Alright, here we go!
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♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
363
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♪ Oh, oh ♪
364
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♪ Oh, oh ♪
365
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[Curtis] It felt like I was just
stepping onto this train that,
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that I say that has no brakes.
367
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[chuckles] 'Cause it, once it gets
going out the station,
368
00:18:51,257 --> 00:18:52,884
it's just like we're nonstop.
369
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A one, two, three, four.
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♪ Oh, oh ♪
371
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♪ Oh, oh ♪
372
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♪ Oh, oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
373
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♪ Oh, oh ♪
374
00:19:05,229 --> 00:19:06,439
♪ Oh, oh ♪
375
00:19:06,939 --> 00:19:08,315
♪ Oh, oh ♪
376
00:19:08,316 --> 00:19:11,360
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
377
00:19:15,323 --> 00:19:16,324
[♪ song ends]
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- [band chattering]
- [♪ gentle upbeat music playing]
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[Bruce] Each tour rehearsal
starts out in a small theater.
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We settle on the songs, we practice 'em,
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we get the band in the groove,
382
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but then we move to a local arena
383
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to address the staging
and the pace of the performance,
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what will the rhythm of the show be?
385
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The big room also lets you know
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00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:43,433
that this will all very soon be real.
387
00:19:43,434 --> 00:19:45,644
♪ Well, you better learn to move fast ♪
388
00:19:45,645 --> 00:19:48,105
♪ When you're young
or you're not long around ♪
389
00:19:48,106 --> 00:19:51,066
♪ Cat somehow lost his Kitty
down in the city pound ♪
390
00:19:51,067 --> 00:19:54,486
[Barry Danielian] Now we get to Trenton,
it's more about,
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okay, when this tune happens,
the horns are gonna go
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to that spot of the stage.
393
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It's how we're moving through
the space of the stage by step.
394
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[Bruce]
After that last breakdown...
395
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[sings]
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
396
00:20:05,039 --> 00:20:06,416
...singers gonna come up front.
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Kind of a run-through
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00:20:08,084 --> 00:20:10,419
just so that the first time
we all play together
399
00:20:10,420 --> 00:20:12,880
in an arena, it's not
in front of those people.
400
00:20:13,548 --> 00:20:14,923
[Patti]
The energy really shifts
401
00:20:14,924 --> 00:20:17,635
because now you have to be on point.
402
00:20:18,511 --> 00:20:20,387
That's the time when you go,
"Okay,
403
00:20:20,388 --> 00:20:22,765
I better get my act together."
[laughing]
404
00:20:23,933 --> 00:20:28,146
Rehearsals, frankly,
were a little on the short side.
405
00:20:30,898 --> 00:20:32,692
Two hours and so forth.
406
00:20:33,901 --> 00:20:35,861
And I realized,
"Eh... he's,
407
00:20:35,862 --> 00:20:38,822
he's actually not that into rehearsing,"
you know?
408
00:20:38,823 --> 00:20:41,742
- [Curtis] We can do that again.
- [overlapping chatter]
409
00:20:41,743 --> 00:20:43,368
Alright, I'm gonna go home, Jon.
410
00:20:43,369 --> 00:20:47,038
You're going? That's all you're gonna do?
Um...
411
00:20:47,039 --> 00:20:49,751
There's no sense tiring everybody out.
We got it.
412
00:20:51,252 --> 00:20:53,003
Now, the band needed rehearsal,
413
00:20:53,004 --> 00:20:58,550
so Stevie really started
to take an active hand
414
00:20:58,551 --> 00:21:01,678
and the band started
doing something they--
415
00:21:01,679 --> 00:21:03,847
I don't know that they've ever done,
416
00:21:03,848 --> 00:21:06,517
which is rehearse without Bruce.
417
00:21:07,935 --> 00:21:13,648
In the '70s, Bruce, the band,
and myself were obsessive.
418
00:21:13,649 --> 00:21:17,862
[♪ upbeat rock music playing]
419
00:21:23,034 --> 00:21:26,453
Soundcheck is when
you're just checking the PA system,
420
00:21:26,454 --> 00:21:30,290
maybe you're using a half an hour
to rehearse, no big deal.
421
00:21:30,291 --> 00:21:33,085
He would have the band play continuously
422
00:21:33,086 --> 00:21:34,337
as if it was a loop.
423
00:21:35,213 --> 00:21:39,092
And he and the late Bruce Jackson,
they'd walk every row.
424
00:21:41,469 --> 00:21:43,387
Totally obsessive and you know,
425
00:21:43,388 --> 00:21:48,601
I, I understand that, uh, you know,
he cares, and that's good,
426
00:21:48,976 --> 00:21:50,144
but...
427
00:21:51,562 --> 00:21:56,191
playing for four hours,
the same eight bars,
428
00:21:56,192 --> 00:21:57,485
it's insane.
429
00:21:59,070 --> 00:22:01,822
Now, today he tells
the band to keep playing
430
00:22:01,823 --> 00:22:03,156
the way they did in the old days
431
00:22:03,157 --> 00:22:05,117
and he goes out to the soundboard
432
00:22:05,118 --> 00:22:08,245
and he listens for all
of two and a half minutes.
433
00:22:08,246 --> 00:22:11,665
And he said to everybody,
"That's fantastic.
434
00:22:11,666 --> 00:22:13,625
Don't change a thing."
435
00:22:13,626 --> 00:22:17,004
[♪ "Thunder Road" playing]
436
00:22:21,175 --> 00:22:24,094
Bruce has tremendous confidence.
437
00:22:24,095 --> 00:22:28,516
He knows that these guys, they care.
438
00:22:29,016 --> 00:22:32,269
[♪ Nils singing indistinctly]
439
00:22:32,270 --> 00:22:35,355
[Stevie] Stop, stop. No, no, no.
Right there...
440
00:22:35,356 --> 00:22:38,859
I'm like, man,
what I don't want to happen
441
00:22:38,860 --> 00:22:41,737
is the critics or the audience
to look at us and say,
442
00:22:41,738 --> 00:22:43,572
"Well, yeah, it's,
it's nice, you know,
443
00:22:43,573 --> 00:22:45,532
but these old men are just
going through the motions."
444
00:22:45,533 --> 00:22:48,911
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
That's the riff, right?
445
00:22:49,370 --> 00:22:51,663
That's the... [♪ vocalizes]
446
00:22:51,664 --> 00:22:55,208
♪
447
00:22:55,209 --> 00:22:58,629
After seven years away, you know,
who knows what they're gonna get, right?
448
00:22:59,589 --> 00:23:01,423
Right there, right there,
right there, right there, uh.
449
00:23:01,424 --> 00:23:05,553
But I wanted to come out
and blow their fucking minds.
450
00:23:06,429 --> 00:23:08,597
I said to him, "Listen, man,
le-let me, let me go in
451
00:23:08,598 --> 00:23:10,266
and just, you know,
tighten up some things."
452
00:23:10,850 --> 00:23:11,933
So he's like, "Okay, yeah,
453
00:23:11,934 --> 00:23:14,561
I'll make you officially the,
the music director."
454
00:23:14,562 --> 00:23:17,272
You know, which is,
you know, nice, you know.
455
00:23:17,273 --> 00:23:19,567
Whatever, you know,
456
00:23:19,984 --> 00:23:22,277
[chuckles]
40 years late, but fine.
457
00:23:22,278 --> 00:23:23,612
[laughing]
458
00:23:23,613 --> 00:23:25,864
[Max]
I think Bruce said to me,
459
00:23:25,865 --> 00:23:27,617
"Well, we don't want to get too good.
460
00:23:28,451 --> 00:23:29,743
It'll work its way it's way out."
461
00:23:29,744 --> 00:23:31,412
[Bruce]
We could rehearse tomorrow.
462
00:23:32,205 --> 00:23:34,331
We don't have to. I don't think so.
463
00:23:34,332 --> 00:23:35,415
[laughter]
464
00:23:35,416 --> 00:23:37,626
He knows exactly
what he needs to do
465
00:23:37,627 --> 00:23:40,420
and the time in which he had to do it
466
00:23:40,421 --> 00:23:42,214
before we opened in Tampa.
467
00:23:42,215 --> 00:23:44,716
[Bruce]
Because there's a certain percentage
468
00:23:44,717 --> 00:23:46,551
that we're gonna fuck up on anyway.
469
00:23:46,552 --> 00:23:48,387
[all laughing]
470
00:23:48,388 --> 00:23:49,471
So...
471
00:23:49,472 --> 00:23:51,264
[band member]
That's what the people are paying for.
472
00:23:51,265 --> 00:23:52,724
[Bruce]
That's what they're paying for.
473
00:23:52,725 --> 00:23:54,810
They wanna see it live!
474
00:23:54,811 --> 00:23:56,395
That means a few mistakes.
475
00:23:56,396 --> 00:23:59,481
[laughter, indistinct chatter]
476
00:23:59,482 --> 00:24:02,651
Later on, I realized what was happening.
477
00:24:02,652 --> 00:24:05,695
He got what he needed to
out of rehearsals,
478
00:24:05,696 --> 00:24:09,157
the structure of the set,
warming up his voice
479
00:24:09,158 --> 00:24:11,284
getting it into shape.
480
00:24:11,285 --> 00:24:14,162
And as to pulling
the arrangements together,
481
00:24:14,163 --> 00:24:17,082
I think he's "Well, I got
the greatest band in the world,
482
00:24:17,083 --> 00:24:18,960
they'll figure it out."
483
00:24:22,797 --> 00:24:24,340
[Charlie Giordano]
It was a little dreamlike.
484
00:24:26,592 --> 00:24:28,761
You know, is-is this really happening?
485
00:24:29,679 --> 00:24:32,473
And I looked around, and it was.
486
00:24:34,142 --> 00:24:36,435
[Roy] This was something
that we've all been praying for,
487
00:24:36,436 --> 00:24:37,687
for it to happen.
488
00:24:40,148 --> 00:24:41,940
What you've been hoping for
and wishing for
489
00:24:41,941 --> 00:24:44,110
is being manifested before your eyes.
490
00:24:44,652 --> 00:24:46,111
[Patti]
You walk out.
491
00:24:46,112 --> 00:24:48,280
It's quite a beautiful thing
492
00:24:48,281 --> 00:24:52,452
to see these faces
with so much joyful expectation.
493
00:24:54,162 --> 00:24:56,747
[Anthony Almonte] When we stepped up
on that stage in Tampa,
494
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you start to witness how intense,
how very personal this show is
495
00:25:02,003 --> 00:25:03,629
for the audience, for us.
496
00:25:04,130 --> 00:25:06,090
You know, these are,
these are lasting memories.
497
00:25:08,551 --> 00:25:12,305
[Stevie] The man who was
coming up the stairs in Tampa,
498
00:25:13,389 --> 00:25:15,558
he knows exactly who he is.
499
00:25:17,310 --> 00:25:19,479
He knows exactly what he's done.
500
00:25:21,773 --> 00:25:23,523
And he is the maestro.
501
00:25:23,524 --> 00:25:27,235
[crowd cheering]
502
00:25:27,236 --> 00:25:31,616
[♪ "No Surrender" playing]
503
00:25:36,329 --> 00:25:38,372
[crowd cheering]
504
00:25:46,381 --> 00:25:48,925
♪
505
00:25:53,304 --> 00:25:56,223
♪ Well, we busted out of class ♪
506
00:25:56,224 --> 00:25:59,268
♪ Had to get away from those fools ♪
507
00:25:59,811 --> 00:26:02,354
♪ We learned more
from a three-minute record ♪
508
00:26:02,355 --> 00:26:05,441
[laughs]
♪ Than we ever learned in school ♪
509
00:26:05,858 --> 00:26:09,111
♪ Tonight I hear
the neighborhood drummer sound ♪
510
00:26:09,112 --> 00:26:12,114
♪ I can feel my heart begin to pound ♪
511
00:26:12,115 --> 00:26:15,659
♪ You say you're tired
and you just want to close your eyes ♪
512
00:26:15,660 --> 00:26:17,829
♪ And follow your dreams down ♪
513
00:26:18,371 --> 00:26:21,206
♪ Well, we made a promise ♪
514
00:26:21,207 --> 00:26:24,710
♪ We swore we'd always remember ♪
515
00:26:24,711 --> 00:26:30,091
♪ No retreat, baby, no surrender ♪
516
00:26:31,426 --> 00:26:36,556
♪ Like soldiers on a winter's night
with a vow to defend ♪
517
00:26:37,432 --> 00:26:42,186
♪ No retreat, baby, no surrender ♪
518
00:26:44,188 --> 00:26:47,107
♪ Now young faces grow sad and old ♪
519
00:26:47,108 --> 00:26:49,860
♪ And hearts of fire, they grow cold ♪
520
00:26:49,861 --> 00:26:53,488
♪ We swore blood brothers
against the wind ♪
521
00:26:53,489 --> 00:26:56,159
♪ I'm ready to grow young again ♪
522
00:26:56,617 --> 00:26:59,911
♪ And hear your sister's voice
calling us home ♪
523
00:26:59,912 --> 00:27:02,123
♪ Across the open yards ♪
524
00:27:02,707 --> 00:27:05,834
♪ Well, maybe we could cut
someplace of our own ♪
525
00:27:05,835 --> 00:27:08,212
♪ With these drums and these guitars ♪
526
00:27:09,338 --> 00:27:11,798
♪ 'Cause we made a promise ♪
527
00:27:11,799 --> 00:27:14,761
♪ We swore we'd always remember ♪
528
00:27:15,386 --> 00:27:20,224
♪ No retreat, baby, no surrender ♪
529
00:27:22,101 --> 00:27:27,814
♪ Blood brothers on a stormy night
with a vow to defend ♪
530
00:27:27,815 --> 00:27:32,527
♪ No retreat, baby, no surrender ♪
531
00:27:32,528 --> 00:27:34,197
Come on, Steve.
532
00:27:35,615 --> 00:27:39,994
♪ Li, li, li, li, li, li,
li, li, li, li, li, li ♪
533
00:27:41,829 --> 00:27:46,209
♪ Li, li, li, li, li, li,
li, li, li, li, li, li ♪
534
00:27:47,877 --> 00:27:52,090
♪ Li, li, li, li, li, li,
li, li, li, li, li, li ♪
535
00:27:54,592 --> 00:27:58,721
♪ Li, li, li, li, li, li,
li, li, li, li, li, li ♪
536
00:28:04,977 --> 00:28:06,103
[♪ song ends]
537
00:28:06,104 --> 00:28:08,940
[crowd cheering]
538
00:28:10,149 --> 00:28:12,902
[Roy] From the first second,
this tour exploded.
539
00:28:15,321 --> 00:28:17,155
All night long!
540
00:28:17,156 --> 00:28:21,284
[Roy] The audience response
was as good or better
541
00:28:21,285 --> 00:28:22,911
as we've ever had.
542
00:28:22,912 --> 00:28:24,539
[cheering continues]
543
00:28:25,456 --> 00:28:28,208
I couldn't believe the intensity level.
544
00:28:28,209 --> 00:28:30,544
Twin Cities!
545
00:28:30,545 --> 00:28:31,670
[crowd cheering]
546
00:28:31,671 --> 00:28:33,839
Milwaukee!
547
00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:35,549
Boston!
548
00:28:35,550 --> 00:28:38,760
[Curtis] I look in the audience,
I see, I see these people are just
549
00:28:38,761 --> 00:28:41,305
so grateful for having this music again.
550
00:28:41,723 --> 00:28:44,474
[Michelle Moore]
Looking out in the audience is special.
551
00:28:44,475 --> 00:28:47,853
I catch somebody's eye,
and I catch a tear.
552
00:28:47,854 --> 00:28:49,646
[crowd cheering]
553
00:28:49,647 --> 00:28:51,566
I call it a very spiritual show.
554
00:28:51,983 --> 00:28:53,608
This is the church.
555
00:28:53,609 --> 00:28:57,363
The faces in the audience,
the entire breadth of people out there.
556
00:28:57,947 --> 00:29:01,158
It's really kind of lifting it
into a different realm.
557
00:29:01,159 --> 00:29:03,453
[♪ "Prove it All Night" playing]
558
00:29:04,704 --> 00:29:07,456
♪ What it means to steal,
to cheat, to lie ♪
559
00:29:07,457 --> 00:29:10,250
♪ What it's like to live and die ♪
560
00:29:10,251 --> 00:29:12,128
♪ Prove it all night ♪
561
00:29:12,462 --> 00:29:14,421
♪ Prove it all night ♪
562
00:29:14,422 --> 00:29:17,175
♪ There's nothing else that we can do ♪
563
00:29:18,259 --> 00:29:22,512
♪ Prove it all night ♪
564
00:29:22,513 --> 00:29:25,433
♪ I'll prove it all night for you ♪
565
00:29:26,142 --> 00:29:32,272
♪ I'll prove it all night ♪
566
00:29:32,273 --> 00:29:33,983
♪ Prove it all night ♪
567
00:29:34,525 --> 00:29:35,693
♪ Prove it all night ♪
568
00:29:36,152 --> 00:29:37,320
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
569
00:29:38,446 --> 00:29:39,446
♪ Prove it all ♪
570
00:29:39,447 --> 00:29:40,531
Come on, Steve!
571
00:29:42,325 --> 00:29:43,950
- ♪ I said yeah ♪
- ♪ Yeah ♪
572
00:29:43,951 --> 00:29:57,005
- ♪ Yeah ♪
- ♪ Yeah ♪
573
00:29:57,006 --> 00:29:58,548
- ♪ Yeah ♪
- ♪ All night ♪
574
00:29:58,549 --> 00:30:01,094
[♪ electric guitar riff]
575
00:30:21,072 --> 00:30:23,991
♪
576
00:30:58,067 --> 00:31:00,903
[crowd cheering]
577
00:31:03,990 --> 00:31:06,784
- [♪ song ends]
- [crowd cheering]
578
00:31:15,168 --> 00:31:17,002
[Bruce]
Something changes in a song
579
00:31:17,003 --> 00:31:20,840
when you play it
in front of a live audience.
580
00:31:21,424 --> 00:31:25,052
You can't understand
your song's possibilities
581
00:31:25,053 --> 00:31:27,471
or the stakes that it can play for
582
00:31:27,472 --> 00:31:31,058
until you count it off
in front of your audience.
583
00:31:31,059 --> 00:31:33,310
Now of course, our songs
from Letter to You,
584
00:31:33,311 --> 00:31:34,728
they were untested.
585
00:31:34,729 --> 00:31:37,230
I know one thing, they were essential
586
00:31:37,231 --> 00:31:40,901
to the story I wanted
to tell this time around.
587
00:31:40,902 --> 00:31:43,820
[Stevie] He came in
with this unbelievable song list,
588
00:31:43,821 --> 00:31:46,741
which I don't think we changed it
from the first moment it came in.
589
00:31:48,868 --> 00:31:50,411
[Bruce]
What did we just do? Surrender.
590
00:31:50,870 --> 00:31:52,287
- Ghost.
- Right.
591
00:31:52,288 --> 00:31:54,331
Prove it. The Letter.
592
00:31:54,332 --> 00:31:58,001
He just had it exactly right
right from the very beginning.
593
00:31:58,002 --> 00:31:59,586
- Alright.
- Let's start with that.
594
00:31:59,587 --> 00:32:00,670
[Stevie]
Pick two songs.
595
00:32:00,671 --> 00:32:04,217
[Max] It started to emerge that
this is all sort of connected.
596
00:32:04,759 --> 00:32:07,427
It's not just 20 or 30 songs
thrown together,
597
00:32:07,428 --> 00:32:08,804
it's a building thing.
598
00:32:08,805 --> 00:32:12,057
And it's just gotten
more defined, more refined,
599
00:32:12,058 --> 00:32:13,434
more direct.
600
00:32:14,060 --> 00:32:17,479
And I think mention has been made
of his experience on Broadway.
601
00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:20,440
Come down and copy
the set list right here.
602
00:32:20,441 --> 00:32:23,652
[Max] Where you play essentially
the same thing every night.
603
00:32:23,653 --> 00:32:27,823
I think that informed what
he wanted to do this time.
604
00:32:27,824 --> 00:32:31,868
[Jon] These songs are interlocked
by a certain defiance
605
00:32:31,869 --> 00:32:33,912
and a certain urgency.
606
00:32:33,913 --> 00:32:37,250
[♪ "Letter to You" playing]
607
00:32:38,918 --> 00:32:42,838
There are four songs
from the Letter to You album
608
00:32:42,839 --> 00:32:46,384
that provide a certain continuity.
609
00:32:48,386 --> 00:32:53,890
And those songs have occupied the same
space in the set list at every show.
610
00:32:53,891 --> 00:32:56,435
♪ 'Neath a crowd of mongrel trees ♪
611
00:32:56,436 --> 00:32:59,397
♪ I pulled that bothersome thread ♪
612
00:33:01,149 --> 00:33:06,611
[Jon] They all are connected
to feeling the pressure of time
613
00:33:06,612 --> 00:33:09,031
and approaching death.
614
00:33:10,366 --> 00:33:13,703
♪ I tried to summon all that my heart ♪
615
00:33:14,328 --> 00:33:17,373
♪ Finds true ♪
616
00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:20,584
♪ And send it in ♪
617
00:33:20,585 --> 00:33:24,463
The subtext is about
living your life right now.
618
00:33:24,464 --> 00:33:27,175
♪ In my letter to you ♪
619
00:33:27,759 --> 00:33:31,637
♪ I took all my fears and doubts ♪
620
00:33:32,889 --> 00:33:35,516
♪ In my letter to you ♪
621
00:33:36,100 --> 00:33:39,729
♪ All the hard things I found out ♪
622
00:33:40,938 --> 00:33:43,107
♪ In my letter to you ♪
623
00:33:44,442 --> 00:33:47,403
♪ All that I found true ♪
624
00:33:49,322 --> 00:33:55,286
♪ And I sent it in my letter to you ♪
625
00:33:55,620 --> 00:33:56,704
Yeah!
626
00:34:02,043 --> 00:34:05,338
♪
627
00:34:28,903 --> 00:34:30,321
♪ Come on ♪
628
00:34:32,240 --> 00:34:35,742
[crowd cheering]
629
00:34:35,743 --> 00:34:36,911
Now listen.
630
00:34:38,704 --> 00:34:43,543
♪ I took all the sunshine and rain ♪
631
00:34:46,921 --> 00:34:51,843
♪ All my happiness and all my pain ♪
632
00:34:54,220 --> 00:34:58,890
♪ The dark evening stars
and the morning sky ♪
633
00:34:58,891 --> 00:35:01,853
♪ Of blue ♪
634
00:35:02,854 --> 00:35:08,943
♪ And I sent it in my letter to you ♪
635
00:35:11,154 --> 00:35:17,118
♪ And I sent it in my letter to you ♪
636
00:35:17,618 --> 00:35:18,785
Come on!
637
00:35:18,786 --> 00:35:21,914
♪ In my letter to you ♪
638
00:35:22,457 --> 00:35:25,918
♪ I took all my fears and doubts ♪
639
00:35:27,295 --> 00:35:29,922
♪ In my letter to you ♪
640
00:35:30,381 --> 00:35:33,634
♪ All the hard things I found out ♪
641
00:35:35,136 --> 00:35:37,889
♪ In my letter to you ♪
642
00:35:38,723 --> 00:35:42,477
♪ All that I found true ♪
643
00:35:43,728 --> 00:35:49,817
♪ And I sent it in my letter to you ♪
644
00:35:51,944 --> 00:35:57,450
♪ I sent it in my letter to you ♪
645
00:35:59,869 --> 00:36:01,411
[♪ song ends]
646
00:36:01,412 --> 00:36:03,038
[Bruce]
See, that was quite good.
647
00:36:03,039 --> 00:36:05,999
It's the mighty E Street Band, baby.
648
00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:08,169
What's the surprise? [laughs]
649
00:36:14,967 --> 00:36:17,553
[Stevie] The start of every show
we wait for him backstage.
650
00:36:22,767 --> 00:36:24,726
[Lisa Lowell]
We get called out of our rooms,
651
00:36:24,727 --> 00:36:28,647
and, uh, we walk onto the backstage area
652
00:36:28,648 --> 00:36:30,691
out of sight from the audience.
653
00:36:38,074 --> 00:36:40,118
[Stevie]
He comes in, we all grab hands.
654
00:36:42,829 --> 00:36:44,246
It's not a prayer per se,
655
00:36:44,247 --> 00:36:45,998
it's whatever comes
off the top of his head.
656
00:36:46,666 --> 00:36:47,916
[Patti]
Sometimes he'll have a joke,
657
00:36:47,917 --> 00:36:49,793
sometimes it'll be a little solemn,
658
00:36:49,794 --> 00:36:52,880
but for that moment, we're bonding.
659
00:36:55,258 --> 00:36:57,759
[Stevie] One time he said,
"This is the place I warmed up
660
00:36:57,760 --> 00:37:01,054
"for the band Chicago
and got booed off the stage.
661
00:37:01,055 --> 00:37:02,806
"It will not happen tonight.
662
00:37:02,807 --> 00:37:04,307
Somebody say amen."
663
00:37:04,308 --> 00:37:06,561
[all]
Amen.
664
00:37:07,437 --> 00:37:08,813
[band member]
Woo!
665
00:37:11,065 --> 00:37:14,152
[crowd cheering]
666
00:37:22,827 --> 00:37:25,829
[people screaming]
667
00:37:25,830 --> 00:37:28,665
[Danny] Oh, he was in, like,
local bands in Asbury Park
668
00:37:28,666 --> 00:37:30,543
playing clubs playing Top 40.
669
00:37:31,127 --> 00:37:33,129
I saw him play at a place
called the Upstage Club.
670
00:37:34,964 --> 00:37:37,341
It was a coffee house that was open
till four o'clock in the morning.
671
00:37:37,967 --> 00:37:41,053
And we-- this is a place that we'd go to,
to like, really get our rocks off.
672
00:37:41,054 --> 00:37:43,680
[♪ mellow rock music playing]
673
00:37:43,681 --> 00:37:46,768
♪
674
00:37:51,189 --> 00:37:52,564
[♪ sings indistinctly]
675
00:37:52,565 --> 00:37:55,609
[Garry] Touring in the early days,
it was not touring,
676
00:37:55,610 --> 00:37:56,693
it was gigging.
677
00:37:56,694 --> 00:37:59,071
We're going out
to Westchester, Pennsylvania today
678
00:37:59,072 --> 00:38:01,114
to open for Cheech & Chong.
679
00:38:01,115 --> 00:38:04,201
♪ Sha, na, na, na, na, na, ooh ♪
680
00:38:04,202 --> 00:38:06,161
After 30 minutes, some guy
681
00:38:06,162 --> 00:38:08,413
stole my leather jacket
from the dressing room.
682
00:38:08,414 --> 00:38:09,998
♪ Thundercrack ♪
683
00:38:09,999 --> 00:38:13,335
It was dangerous not to take
your wallet on stage
684
00:38:13,336 --> 00:38:16,171
because if you went back
to the "dressing room,"
685
00:38:16,172 --> 00:38:17,464
your wallet wouldn't be there.
686
00:38:17,465 --> 00:38:19,217
♪ To her lightning shack ♪
687
00:38:19,592 --> 00:38:21,510
[Garry]
We did whatever we could do,
688
00:38:21,511 --> 00:38:25,472
random gigs, clubs,
wherever we could set up shop.
689
00:38:25,473 --> 00:38:26,640
♪ She moves back ♪
690
00:38:26,641 --> 00:38:29,309
♪ Out on the floor there
ain't no one cleaner ♪
691
00:38:29,310 --> 00:38:31,604
[Max] We played so many
"shot and a beer" bars.
692
00:38:32,146 --> 00:38:36,608
We played a show at a club
inside the Bayway Refinery
693
00:38:36,609 --> 00:38:38,026
where the flames come out.
694
00:38:38,027 --> 00:38:39,237
♪
695
00:38:39,821 --> 00:38:40,946
♪ Straight from the Bronx ♪
696
00:38:40,947 --> 00:38:43,115
[Garry] We played a free gig
at Damrosch Park,
697
00:38:43,116 --> 00:38:45,325
and there might have been 10 people there.
698
00:38:45,326 --> 00:38:47,327
♪ She bumps, she grinds ♪
699
00:38:47,328 --> 00:38:49,746
We were new
and the promoters just come out,
700
00:38:49,747 --> 00:38:52,833
and they, they wanna push you around
and then, "Yeah, yeah..."
701
00:38:52,834 --> 00:38:55,627
You're on the stage for 45 minutes,
they're pulling the plug.
702
00:38:55,628 --> 00:38:57,213
Pull the plug?
No, you're not gonna do that.
703
00:38:58,464 --> 00:39:00,215
♪ Out on the floor there
is no one cleaner ♪
704
00:39:00,216 --> 00:39:03,093
I think we were delirious
for those early tours.
705
00:39:03,094 --> 00:39:04,428
♪ She calls the
"Jump Back Jack" ♪
706
00:39:04,429 --> 00:39:07,347
[Roy]
The rides were many, many hours.
707
00:39:07,348 --> 00:39:09,433
♪
708
00:39:09,434 --> 00:39:12,853
We'd pull into a college
and go do four-hour show
709
00:39:12,854 --> 00:39:15,189
and then another nine-hour drive.
710
00:39:15,481 --> 00:39:18,442
[♪ jazz fusion music playing]
711
00:39:18,443 --> 00:39:21,571
♪
712
00:39:25,575 --> 00:39:30,036
You realize that you've spent
most of your adult life
713
00:39:30,037 --> 00:39:31,497
with these characters.
714
00:39:31,873 --> 00:39:35,208
There's no question
how meaningful it is to all of us.
715
00:39:35,209 --> 00:39:39,546
It's a real big core
of familiarity and family.
716
00:39:39,547 --> 00:39:43,300
For me, being like the, the new guy
in the band at 39 years,
717
00:39:43,301 --> 00:39:46,720
getting together to create great music,
718
00:39:46,721 --> 00:39:47,888
it's one of the rare joys.
719
00:39:47,889 --> 00:39:51,308
At this particular moment
in time in our lives,
720
00:39:51,309 --> 00:39:53,643
to be doing this, it's quite a blessing.
721
00:39:53,644 --> 00:39:56,146
[Patti] I've been performing
with this band for 40 years.
722
00:39:56,147 --> 00:40:00,818
With those first performances,
it felt so good to be back on stage.
723
00:40:03,362 --> 00:40:05,947
Touring has become a challenge for me.
724
00:40:05,948 --> 00:40:09,494
[♪ gentle music playing]
725
00:40:14,415 --> 00:40:18,294
In 2018, while Bruce and I were doing
a play on Broadway,
726
00:40:18,878 --> 00:40:22,382
I was diagnosed
with early-stage multiple myeloma.
727
00:40:25,134 --> 00:40:27,594
And this affects my immune system.
728
00:40:27,595 --> 00:40:32,974
So, I just have to be careful
what I choose to do
729
00:40:32,975 --> 00:40:34,518
and where I choose to go.
730
00:40:34,519 --> 00:40:39,273
♪
731
00:40:41,692 --> 00:40:44,403
Every once in a while,
I come to a show or two,
732
00:40:44,404 --> 00:40:47,239
and I can sing a few songs on stage
733
00:40:47,240 --> 00:40:48,699
and that's been a treat.
734
00:40:49,909 --> 00:40:51,993
That's the new normal for me right now.
735
00:40:51,994 --> 00:40:53,871
And I'm okay with that.
736
00:40:54,580 --> 00:40:57,040
♪ Romeo and Juliet ♪
737
00:40:57,041 --> 00:40:59,167
[♪ "Fire" playing]
738
00:40:59,168 --> 00:41:01,963
♪ Samson and Delilah ♪
739
00:41:02,338 --> 00:41:03,964
Fire is always fun to sing.
740
00:41:03,965 --> 00:41:06,050
♪ You can bet ♪
741
00:41:07,844 --> 00:41:10,346
♪ Their love they couldn't deny ♪
742
00:41:12,598 --> 00:41:14,892
♪ Your words say split ♪
743
00:41:16,894 --> 00:41:18,354
It's very personal in a way.
744
00:41:19,105 --> 00:41:23,191
You can see a side of our relationship
that you usually don't get to see.
745
00:41:23,192 --> 00:41:24,985
♪ ...kiss ♪
746
00:41:24,986 --> 00:41:27,195
♪ Ooh, ooh ♪
747
00:41:27,196 --> 00:41:29,240
♪ Fire ♪
748
00:41:31,325 --> 00:41:34,203
Being back on stage with Bruce is a blast.
749
00:41:35,163 --> 00:41:37,330
Now I remember those summer nights
750
00:41:37,331 --> 00:41:39,666
down by the Jersey shore.
751
00:41:39,667 --> 00:41:42,836
[crowd cheering]
752
00:41:42,837 --> 00:41:46,215
As the band played, with you in my arms,
753
00:41:46,674 --> 00:41:49,093
we'd move across that floor.
754
00:41:50,595 --> 00:41:53,139
Oh, but then, darling, you went away.
755
00:41:54,223 --> 00:41:56,600
Well, all I've got to say is,
756
00:41:56,601 --> 00:42:00,396
tonight, I don't care if you lied.
757
00:42:02,356 --> 00:42:03,649
Let's dance!
758
00:42:04,650 --> 00:42:06,276
♪ Oh, darling, you lied ♪
759
00:42:06,277 --> 00:42:08,278
♪ Darling, I loved you ♪
760
00:42:08,279 --> 00:42:10,280
♪ You know that you lied ♪
761
00:42:10,281 --> 00:42:12,449
♪ Darling, I loved you ♪
762
00:42:12,450 --> 00:42:14,117
♪ You know that you lied ♪
763
00:42:14,118 --> 00:42:16,286
♪ Darling, I loved you ♪
764
00:42:16,287 --> 00:42:19,164
[Patti] Every night
of this tour gives the band
765
00:42:19,165 --> 00:42:20,917
a chance to celebrate.
766
00:42:21,876 --> 00:42:25,212
♪ Papa says he knows that
I don't have any money ♪
767
00:42:25,213 --> 00:42:28,256
♪ Oh, your papa says he knows
that I don't have any money ♪
768
00:42:28,257 --> 00:42:31,427
Tell him this is his last chance
769
00:42:31,844 --> 00:42:34,930
to get his daughter in a fine romance.
770
00:42:34,931 --> 00:42:37,599
The record company, Rosie,
771
00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:41,020
gave me a big, big, big, big,
big, big, big advance.
772
00:42:41,771 --> 00:42:45,524
♪ And my tires were slashed
and I almost crashed ♪
773
00:42:45,525 --> 00:42:47,235
♪ But the Lord had mercy ♪
774
00:42:48,653 --> 00:42:52,114
♪ My machine, she's a dud,
I'm stuck in the mud ♪
775
00:42:52,115 --> 00:42:54,991
- ♪ Somewhere in the swamps of ♪
- [crowd] ♪ Jersey ♪
776
00:42:54,992 --> 00:42:58,787
[Jon] US Tour,
there were 31 arena shows.
777
00:42:58,788 --> 00:43:01,374
They were wild.
Those shows were incredible.
778
00:43:01,707 --> 00:43:02,708
[Bruce]
Come on!
779
00:43:03,209 --> 00:43:06,712
He's having an experience every night.
780
00:43:06,713 --> 00:43:08,588
[♪ "Mary's Place" playing]
781
00:43:08,589 --> 00:43:09,715
♪ Let it rain ♪
782
00:43:09,716 --> 00:43:10,925
[Jon] He is living it.
783
00:43:11,384 --> 00:43:12,801
♪ Let it rain, let it rain ♪
784
00:43:12,802 --> 00:43:14,886
♪ Let it rain,
let it rain ♪
785
00:43:14,887 --> 00:43:16,513
♪ Let it rain, let it rain ♪
786
00:43:16,514 --> 00:43:18,557
♪ Let it rain,
let it rain ♪
787
00:43:18,558 --> 00:43:20,016
♪ Let it rain, let it rain ♪
788
00:43:20,017 --> 00:43:21,560
♪ Let it rain,
let it rain ♪
789
00:43:21,561 --> 00:43:23,311
♪ Let it rain, let it rain ♪
790
00:43:23,312 --> 00:43:25,106
♪ Let it rain,
let it rain ♪
791
00:43:25,773 --> 00:43:27,191
♪ Let it rain, let it rain ♪
792
00:43:30,111 --> 00:43:33,114
[crowd cheering]
793
00:43:34,031 --> 00:43:36,868
♪ Meet me at ♪
794
00:43:37,285 --> 00:43:39,454
♪ Mary's ♪
795
00:43:40,204 --> 00:43:42,915
♪ Place ♪
796
00:43:46,085 --> 00:43:47,085
[♪ song ends]
797
00:43:47,086 --> 00:43:49,714
[crowd cheering]
798
00:43:56,429 --> 00:44:00,349
I would catch Bruce in the gym
the morning after our show day.
799
00:44:01,309 --> 00:44:03,102
And I was like, "Okay,
this is pretty impressive."
800
00:44:03,519 --> 00:44:06,354
You know, this guy gives out
three hours of concert,
801
00:44:06,355 --> 00:44:07,815
next morning he's in the gym.
802
00:44:08,858 --> 00:44:12,110
And I walk in and he goes, "Well,
that's-that's how I like to see my guys,
803
00:44:12,111 --> 00:44:13,488
in the gym ready to go."
804
00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:15,490
And then he'll look at me and go,
805
00:44:15,948 --> 00:44:18,408
"You haven't seen anything yet.
Wait till we get to Barcelona."
806
00:44:18,409 --> 00:44:19,659
[crowd cheering]
807
00:44:19,660 --> 00:44:20,828
I was like, "Okay."
808
00:44:21,621 --> 00:44:22,830
Said that the first time.
809
00:44:23,372 --> 00:44:25,874
And then he repeated that for a month.
810
00:44:25,875 --> 00:44:28,835
Every time he'd see me,
"Barcelona, Anthony."
811
00:44:28,836 --> 00:44:31,381
[♪ "Burnin’ Train" playing]
812
00:44:41,307 --> 00:44:43,141
[Bruce shouting]
813
00:44:43,142 --> 00:44:44,768
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
814
00:44:44,769 --> 00:44:49,272
[Bruce] In Barcelona, Catalans take
their music very seriously.
815
00:44:49,273 --> 00:44:52,443
We've had an audience here that's nonstop.
816
00:44:52,860 --> 00:44:56,279
Very loving, warm, exciting,
817
00:44:56,280 --> 00:44:58,323
everything you could ask for in a crowd.
818
00:44:58,324 --> 00:45:00,075
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
819
00:45:00,076 --> 00:45:02,412
It's been that way for a long time
820
00:45:03,704 --> 00:45:05,163
and it still is.
821
00:45:05,164 --> 00:45:07,333
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
822
00:45:08,626 --> 00:45:10,586
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
823
00:45:12,296 --> 00:45:15,550
♪
824
00:45:27,311 --> 00:45:28,770
It's a very warm audience.
825
00:45:28,771 --> 00:45:32,566
It is an audience that accepts you
on your terms.
826
00:45:32,567 --> 00:45:34,443
♪
827
00:45:34,444 --> 00:45:37,363
I had never seen
an audience like that ever.
828
00:45:38,156 --> 00:45:39,449
There's more singing along,
829
00:45:40,533 --> 00:45:42,617
the chants and those things.
830
00:45:42,618 --> 00:45:47,665
Every single soul is engaged,
alive from front to back.
831
00:45:49,459 --> 00:45:51,460
[Anthony] Europeans,
they let out their emotions
832
00:45:51,461 --> 00:45:53,628
and their, their excitement
out on their sleeves
833
00:45:53,629 --> 00:45:55,964
and-and they let you know instantly.
834
00:45:55,965 --> 00:45:58,551
[crowd cheering]
835
00:46:00,470 --> 00:46:02,679
[Jon]
Right now on this tour,
836
00:46:02,680 --> 00:46:06,517
Bruce is the biggest
he's ever been in Europe.
837
00:46:07,894 --> 00:46:09,687
It's a second home for us.
838
00:46:10,146 --> 00:46:11,522
It's magic.
839
00:46:12,231 --> 00:46:15,067
[♪ "My Love Will Not Let You Down"
playing]
840
00:46:15,068 --> 00:46:16,819
♪ Will not let you down ♪
841
00:46:17,945 --> 00:46:21,615
♪ My love, love, love, love, love, love ♪
842
00:46:21,616 --> 00:46:23,326
♪ Will not let you down ♪
843
00:46:24,452 --> 00:46:27,829
♪ My love, love, love, love, love, love ♪
844
00:46:27,830 --> 00:46:30,041
♪ Will not let you down ♪
845
00:46:31,125 --> 00:46:34,294
♪ My love, love, love, love, love, love ♪
846
00:46:34,295 --> 00:46:36,297
♪ Will not let you down ♪
847
00:46:37,548 --> 00:46:39,550
[♪ electric guitar riff]
848
00:46:42,970 --> 00:46:45,139
♪
849
00:47:02,448 --> 00:47:05,575
♪ Well, hold still now, darling ♪
850
00:47:05,576 --> 00:47:08,454
♪ Hold still for God's sake ♪
851
00:47:09,664 --> 00:47:14,836
♪ I got me a promise
I ain't afraid to make ♪
852
00:47:15,837 --> 00:47:17,046
♪ I ain't afraid ♪
853
00:47:19,257 --> 00:47:22,509
♪ My love, love, love, love, love, love ♪
854
00:47:22,510 --> 00:47:24,429
♪ Will not let you down ♪
855
00:47:25,304 --> 00:47:28,849
♪ My love, love, love, love, love, love ♪
856
00:47:28,850 --> 00:47:30,560
♪ Will not let you down ♪
857
00:47:31,686 --> 00:47:35,105
♪ My love, love, love, love, love, love ♪
858
00:47:35,106 --> 00:47:37,233
♪ Will not let you down ♪
859
00:47:37,692 --> 00:47:41,486
♪ My love, love, love, love, love, love ♪
860
00:47:41,487 --> 00:47:44,073
♪ Will not let you down ♪
861
00:47:45,241 --> 00:47:47,201
♪
862
00:48:26,365 --> 00:48:28,451
♪
863
00:48:50,056 --> 00:48:53,184
[♪ crowd singing]
864
00:49:19,502 --> 00:49:20,502
[♪ song ends]
865
00:49:20,503 --> 00:49:23,589
[crowd cheering]
866
00:49:26,092 --> 00:49:28,927
[Vivian Abbi Johnsen] We have been waiting
for this with anticipation for--
867
00:49:28,928 --> 00:49:30,220
It's been seven years
868
00:49:30,221 --> 00:49:34,058
since you saw a real
E Street, uh, concert in Europe.
869
00:49:37,395 --> 00:49:41,441
Bruce's fan community, I think,
is one of the strongest in the world.
870
00:49:42,525 --> 00:49:45,403
There's this sense of unity
that unites us all.
871
00:49:48,531 --> 00:49:52,702
His community is like,
I think it's on another level.
872
00:49:52,994 --> 00:49:55,495
Some of my best friends,
I've met in the pit
873
00:49:55,496 --> 00:49:56,914
at a Springsteen concert.
874
00:49:57,415 --> 00:49:59,792
[crowd cheering]
875
00:50:01,461 --> 00:50:02,794
[Marit Larsen]
This year in Barcelona,
876
00:50:02,795 --> 00:50:06,006
to see the band again,
all the friends, the crowd,
877
00:50:06,007 --> 00:50:07,800
and we are singing along.
878
00:50:11,262 --> 00:50:13,889
I know people all over Germany,
from Switzerland,
879
00:50:13,890 --> 00:50:16,266
from Austria, from Sweden, from England,
880
00:50:16,267 --> 00:50:17,893
it's a big community.
881
00:50:17,894 --> 00:50:21,230
[crowd cheering]
882
00:50:21,522 --> 00:50:23,732
[Jimi Coughlan] When we're together,
we're the best of friends,
883
00:50:23,733 --> 00:50:26,736
we connect, we know each other,
we connect with each other.
884
00:50:27,653 --> 00:50:29,988
It's like we have been friends
for a lifetime.
885
00:50:29,989 --> 00:50:31,741
We have met for many tours.
886
00:50:32,325 --> 00:50:34,035
We have grown older together
887
00:50:34,535 --> 00:50:36,454
and we've all connected because of Bruce.
888
00:50:37,747 --> 00:50:40,833
We're talking about friendship,
we're talking about love.
889
00:50:41,542 --> 00:50:45,504
For three hours, all dancing,
not thinking about anything.
890
00:50:45,505 --> 00:50:47,881
We try to, to live the moment.
891
00:50:47,882 --> 00:50:49,884
I just want it to last forever.
892
00:50:52,011 --> 00:50:54,846
There's part of the show when he says,
"Do you wanna go home?"
893
00:50:54,847 --> 00:50:55,973
Everybody, "No!"
[laughs]
894
00:50:57,183 --> 00:50:58,392
Hey, Steve.
895
00:50:58,393 --> 00:50:59,644
Yeah, baby?
896
00:51:00,061 --> 00:51:02,354
I think it's time to go home now.
897
00:51:02,355 --> 00:51:04,231
Are you saying-- What?
898
00:51:04,232 --> 00:51:07,275
I said, I think it's time to go home.
899
00:51:07,276 --> 00:51:10,737
[Stevie] The first time I saw Bruce
at a club until today,
900
00:51:10,738 --> 00:51:14,241
there are certain fundamentals of the show
that have never changed.
901
00:51:14,242 --> 00:51:18,453
And one of them is no matter how serious
some of the songs are
902
00:51:18,454 --> 00:51:20,914
and how serious the tone of the show is...
903
00:51:20,915 --> 00:51:22,374
Do you wanna go home?
904
00:51:22,375 --> 00:51:24,876
[Stevie] ...he always finds
a space for humor.
905
00:51:24,877 --> 00:51:26,128
It's always there.
906
00:51:26,129 --> 00:51:29,298
That's part of his vision
of what he's doing.
907
00:51:31,217 --> 00:51:33,136
Max don't wanna fuckin' go home.
908
00:51:34,053 --> 00:51:35,596
- And as we know...
- [♪ music stops]
909
00:51:36,264 --> 00:51:38,766
...if Max Weinberg don't go home,
910
00:51:39,308 --> 00:51:43,103
- nobody goes fuckin' home.
- Nobody wants to go home. [laughs]
911
00:51:43,104 --> 00:51:44,980
- [crowd cheering]
- One, two, three!
912
00:51:44,981 --> 00:51:46,982
- [♪ music resumes]
- [crowd cheering]
913
00:51:46,983 --> 00:51:50,110
[Roy] I can't even wrap my head around
how are they able to move
914
00:51:50,111 --> 00:51:52,487
all this huge amount of gear that we have
915
00:51:52,488 --> 00:51:53,823
from point A to point B.
916
00:51:54,407 --> 00:51:57,284
[Max] I always laugh because, you know,
if you look backstage there's,
917
00:51:57,285 --> 00:52:00,662
you know, there's these road cases
full of 40 guitars.
918
00:52:00,663 --> 00:52:05,209
Every show we did
in the early days, one guitar.
919
00:52:05,835 --> 00:52:08,128
[Kevin Buell]
When you see all these guitars,
920
00:52:08,129 --> 00:52:09,922
it's a lot of work maintaining them.
921
00:52:11,174 --> 00:52:13,925
But at the same time,
it's a blessing that we have 'em.
922
00:52:13,926 --> 00:52:16,678
I don't have the time to,
"Oh, hold on a second, Bruce,
923
00:52:16,679 --> 00:52:18,096
I'll be right with you."
924
00:52:18,097 --> 00:52:20,724
♪
925
00:52:20,725 --> 00:52:22,602
If he turns around and gives me that look,
926
00:52:23,144 --> 00:52:25,479
I have gig-mares about it, truthfully,
927
00:52:25,480 --> 00:52:27,064
to tell you the truth, man.
928
00:52:27,065 --> 00:52:30,026
[crowd cheering]
929
00:52:30,151 --> 00:52:31,736
[plane engines roaring]
930
00:52:36,991 --> 00:52:39,535
In the early days when we traveled,
931
00:52:40,036 --> 00:52:43,497
I think we started in a Club Wagon.
932
00:52:43,498 --> 00:52:44,749
[car engine revving]
933
00:52:45,291 --> 00:52:47,960
You couldn't lay down to sleep.
You had to, you know, sleep like this.
934
00:52:49,796 --> 00:52:52,297
By the time I joined,
things were a little better.
935
00:52:52,298 --> 00:52:54,007
[laughs] Not much.
936
00:52:54,008 --> 00:52:57,053
I think by then, we graduated to the bus.
937
00:52:59,305 --> 00:53:02,767
You know, we customized it ourselves
with army cots.
938
00:53:03,226 --> 00:53:06,395
It had to be chained to the wall.
[chuckles]
939
00:53:06,396 --> 00:53:08,939
And every time the bus
went around a corner,
940
00:53:08,940 --> 00:53:10,774
the bunk beds would--
[laughs]
941
00:53:10,775 --> 00:53:12,359
would kinda lean over.
942
00:53:12,360 --> 00:53:14,027
♪
943
00:53:14,028 --> 00:53:17,739
Shortly thereafter,
we went to a motor home,
944
00:53:17,740 --> 00:53:19,783
and actually it was the GMC Motorhome,
945
00:53:19,784 --> 00:53:22,036
which was at the time very modern.
946
00:53:22,954 --> 00:53:24,287
[Max]
Well, it was a huge step up.
947
00:53:24,288 --> 00:53:26,957
Here, you could turn
the tables down into little bunks.
948
00:53:26,958 --> 00:53:29,376
There was a fold-down,
like on a submarine,
949
00:53:29,377 --> 00:53:30,961
Bruce had that.
950
00:53:30,962 --> 00:53:32,296
There was a sofa,
951
00:53:32,839 --> 00:53:35,257
you took the cushions off,
and Clarence could fit on that.
952
00:53:35,258 --> 00:53:38,468
There was a, a table
that recessed into the floor,
953
00:53:38,469 --> 00:53:41,179
and Garry and Roy slept on that.
954
00:53:41,180 --> 00:53:44,516
Except it really wasn't
wide enough for two people.
955
00:53:44,517 --> 00:53:47,687
So Garry and I would sleep foot to head
956
00:53:48,104 --> 00:53:50,231
and we put a little mattress over it.
957
00:53:51,232 --> 00:53:54,359
And in the back was another table
that we could lay out,
958
00:53:54,360 --> 00:53:56,362
and Danny and I slept in it.
959
00:53:57,155 --> 00:53:59,073
Driving six, seven hours,
you could sleep.
960
00:54:00,366 --> 00:54:03,076
One of my fondest memories is we woke up
961
00:54:03,077 --> 00:54:07,623
to the smell of Clarence
cooking breakfast.
962
00:54:08,249 --> 00:54:11,501
He made pancakes, bacon, eggs.
963
00:54:11,502 --> 00:54:13,378
Anything you want,
like a short-order cook,
964
00:54:13,379 --> 00:54:14,546
like the father.
965
00:54:14,547 --> 00:54:17,215
And it was really,
it was really fantastic.
966
00:54:17,216 --> 00:54:19,676
[band member] Give us a limerick,
a limerick, Clarence.
967
00:54:19,677 --> 00:54:20,886
Now, as I was saying...
968
00:54:20,887 --> 00:54:24,097
[overlapping chatter]
969
00:54:24,098 --> 00:54:26,642
[Max]
It was a very bonding experience.
970
00:54:26,976 --> 00:54:31,189
And that bond, thousands of shows later,
971
00:54:32,065 --> 00:54:34,525
that's what gets played out on stage.
972
00:54:34,942 --> 00:54:40,323
If you get swept up in the spirit,
you'll be able to figure out a way in.
973
00:54:41,949 --> 00:54:44,493
[Jake]
I grew up seeing my uncle there.
974
00:54:44,494 --> 00:54:46,454
It gave him so much happiness,
975
00:54:46,829 --> 00:54:48,413
which is why I've always
been really particular
976
00:54:48,414 --> 00:54:50,457
about playing his horn,
playing his mouthpiece.
977
00:54:50,458 --> 00:54:52,417
Like, I need-- I need to keep
as much of him
978
00:54:52,418 --> 00:54:53,711
with me as possible.
979
00:54:55,588 --> 00:54:57,422
[Roy]
Those solos, those sax solos,
980
00:54:57,423 --> 00:55:00,175
Badlands, Jungleland, Prove It All Night
981
00:55:00,176 --> 00:55:02,470
that puts Clarence right back there.
982
00:55:03,262 --> 00:55:05,890
It's almost like this transference.
983
00:55:08,726 --> 00:55:11,062
[Jon]
Bruce loves stability
984
00:55:12,271 --> 00:55:15,857
and so when he finds
the person that's a match
985
00:55:15,858 --> 00:55:17,402
for what he needs,
986
00:55:18,528 --> 00:55:21,114
he tends to keep that person.
987
00:55:21,697 --> 00:55:25,033
Having this musical
and communal experience,
988
00:55:25,034 --> 00:55:26,327
I never took it for granted.
989
00:55:27,036 --> 00:55:29,538
I'm very grateful to be part of the band
990
00:55:29,539 --> 00:55:33,835
and all the fabulously talented people
that are up on that stage.
991
00:55:35,253 --> 00:55:37,546
I listen to what everyone is doing
992
00:55:37,547 --> 00:55:40,465
and just try to add my little spice to it.
993
00:55:40,466 --> 00:55:43,260
Not too much but just part of the whole.
994
00:55:43,261 --> 00:55:45,053
[crowd cheering]
995
00:55:45,054 --> 00:55:47,890
Clarence and Danny
have not been forgotten.
996
00:55:50,643 --> 00:55:52,185
[Jon]
Nightshift.
997
00:55:52,186 --> 00:55:55,731
People hear that song
in the show in a lot of ways
998
00:55:55,732 --> 00:55:57,567
and the way I hear it is...
999
00:55:59,485 --> 00:56:01,194
he's talking about our guys.
1000
00:56:01,195 --> 00:56:03,363
[♪ "Nightshift" playing]
1001
00:56:03,364 --> 00:56:04,741
♪ Marvin ♪
1002
00:56:07,118 --> 00:56:10,121
♪ He was a friend of mine ♪
1003
00:56:11,748 --> 00:56:14,375
♪ And he could sing his song ♪
1004
00:56:16,294 --> 00:56:19,088
♪ His heart in every line ♪
1005
00:56:21,591 --> 00:56:23,926
♪ Marvin ♪
1006
00:56:25,094 --> 00:56:28,181
♪ Sang of the joy and pain ♪
1007
00:56:29,974 --> 00:56:33,227
♪ He opened up our minds ♪
1008
00:56:34,562 --> 00:56:36,939
♪ I still can hear him say ♪
1009
00:56:39,484 --> 00:56:40,902
♪ Oh, talk to me ♪
1010
00:56:41,903 --> 00:56:45,948
- ♪ Ooh, ooh ♪
- ♪ So you can see what's goin' on ♪
1011
00:56:48,993 --> 00:56:50,286
♪ Say you will ♪
1012
00:56:51,162 --> 00:56:53,163
♪ Sing your songs ♪
1013
00:56:53,164 --> 00:56:56,208
♪ Forevermore ♪
1014
00:56:56,209 --> 00:57:00,170
♪ Oh, gonna be some sweet sounds ♪
1015
00:57:00,171 --> 00:57:02,589
♪ Coming down ♪
1016
00:57:02,590 --> 00:57:05,175
[Anthony] Nightshift early on,
I mean, I was curious to see
1017
00:57:05,176 --> 00:57:07,220
how the crowd
was gonna be receptive to it.
1018
00:57:08,554 --> 00:57:11,891
The fact that the singers come forward
and they take the spotlight.
1019
00:57:12,850 --> 00:57:14,184
[Ada Dyer]
We were in sound check.
1020
00:57:14,185 --> 00:57:16,186
He said, "Ada, you know,
I think I want you
1021
00:57:16,187 --> 00:57:17,855
to do a little something here."
1022
00:57:19,232 --> 00:57:23,276
He didn't specify as to exactly
what that something was gonna be.
1023
00:57:23,277 --> 00:57:24,861
♪ On the nightshift ♪
1024
00:57:24,862 --> 00:57:26,780
And I knew that
if it was too much, he would say,
1025
00:57:26,781 --> 00:57:28,365
"Uh, pull it back a little bit."
1026
00:57:28,366 --> 00:57:30,992
♪ ...not alone,
on the nightshift ♪
1027
00:57:30,993 --> 00:57:33,703
But he said, "No, no, no, I want more."
1028
00:57:33,704 --> 00:57:35,664
[♪ vocalizing]
1029
00:57:35,665 --> 00:57:37,082
"There you go, this is a seed.
1030
00:57:37,083 --> 00:57:39,000
Now let's see what it grows into."
1031
00:57:39,001 --> 00:57:41,838
♪ Oh, it's gonna be on the ♪
1032
00:57:42,422 --> 00:57:44,423
♪ Oh ♪
1033
00:57:44,424 --> 00:57:46,091
♪ Yes, it is ♪
1034
00:57:46,092 --> 00:57:47,843
♪ Oh ♪
1035
00:57:47,844 --> 00:57:49,595
♪ Yes, it is ♪
1036
00:57:50,012 --> 00:57:51,514
He just said, "We're going down front,
1037
00:57:52,640 --> 00:57:53,850
we're gonna do this together."
1038
00:57:54,308 --> 00:57:55,976
And I'm sort of kind of watching him.
1039
00:57:55,977 --> 00:57:57,644
A lot of it was me just observing him.
1040
00:57:57,645 --> 00:57:58,729
♪ Nightshift ♪
1041
00:57:58,730 --> 00:58:01,440
One night, we stepping down
as I usually do,
1042
00:58:01,441 --> 00:58:04,777
and Bruce kind of let
the song go a little longer
1043
00:58:05,194 --> 00:58:07,154
and sit a minute.
1044
00:58:07,155 --> 00:58:08,697
[crowd cheering]
1045
00:58:08,698 --> 00:58:11,616
It's almost like on pause,
let people feel that moment.
1046
00:58:11,617 --> 00:58:14,202
I mean, we're talking
about those who have passed.
1047
00:58:14,203 --> 00:58:15,287
♪ ...another home ♪
1048
00:58:15,288 --> 00:58:16,788
[Curtis]
And then he sang a higher note.
1049
00:58:16,789 --> 00:58:21,084
♪ I know you're not alone ♪
1050
00:58:21,085 --> 00:58:22,669
[Curtis]
I sang a note over him.
1051
00:58:22,670 --> 00:58:25,797
- [♪ both vocalizing]
- [crowd cheering]
1052
00:58:25,798 --> 00:58:26,923
I remember him saying...
1053
00:58:26,924 --> 00:58:28,760
- I can try.
- "Try, I can try."
1054
00:58:29,761 --> 00:58:33,555
I took that as, "Let me just do something
that might be a little different."
1055
00:58:33,556 --> 00:58:36,642
[♪ Curtis vocalizing]
1056
00:58:39,687 --> 00:58:41,688
[♪ hits higher notes]
1057
00:58:41,689 --> 00:58:44,608
He seemed to react to it.
He responded to it when I went higher.
1058
00:58:44,609 --> 00:58:47,903
- [♪ Curtis vocalizing]
- [crowd cheering]
1059
00:58:47,904 --> 00:58:49,279
And then it went on from there.
1060
00:58:49,280 --> 00:58:51,073
It just started developing.
1061
00:58:51,074 --> 00:58:53,158
♪ It's gonna be a long night ♪
1062
00:58:53,159 --> 00:58:55,535
♪ It's gonna be alright ♪
1063
00:58:55,536 --> 00:59:00,165
♪ On the nightshift ♪
1064
00:59:00,166 --> 00:59:02,292
♪ You found another home ♪
1065
00:59:02,293 --> 00:59:04,587
- ♪ I know you're not alone ♪
- ♪ Not alone ♪
1066
00:59:04,921 --> 00:59:06,171
♪ On the nightshift ♪
1067
00:59:06,172 --> 00:59:09,049
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
1068
00:59:09,050 --> 00:59:11,426
- ♪ You found another home ♪
- ♪ Another home ♪
1069
00:59:11,427 --> 00:59:14,179
- ♪ I know you're not alone ♪
- ♪ Not alone ♪
1070
00:59:14,180 --> 00:59:15,430
♪ On the nightshift ♪
1071
00:59:15,431 --> 00:59:16,848
Nightshift, that's become a showstopper.
1072
00:59:16,849 --> 00:59:17,975
Come on!
1073
00:59:18,476 --> 00:59:20,770
♪
1074
00:59:21,813 --> 00:59:26,025
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
1075
00:59:27,443 --> 00:59:30,780
♪ Hee, hee, hee, hee, hee ♪
1076
00:59:32,532 --> 00:59:36,202
♪
1077
00:59:38,287 --> 00:59:44,210
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
1078
00:59:45,086 --> 00:59:47,379
♪ Hee, hee, hee, hee ♪
1079
00:59:47,380 --> 00:59:50,216
♪ Hee, hee, hee, hee, hee ♪
1080
00:59:50,967 --> 00:59:51,967
♪ Nightshift ♪
1081
00:59:51,968 --> 00:59:54,344
- [♪ song ends]
- [crowd cheering]
1082
00:59:54,345 --> 00:59:56,431
Curtis King!
1083
00:59:56,806 --> 01:00:00,600
Miss Ada Dyer, Michelle Moore,
1084
01:00:00,601 --> 01:00:02,228
and Lisa Lowell.
1085
01:00:02,812 --> 01:00:04,313
The E Street Choir.
1086
01:00:05,398 --> 01:00:07,442
[♪ band warming up instruments]
1087
01:00:07,942 --> 01:00:10,445
A little Mary's Place, just to remind us.
1088
01:00:13,614 --> 01:00:17,534
The greatest musical influences
of my youth
1089
01:00:17,535 --> 01:00:20,705
are all my soul music mentors.
1090
01:00:21,080 --> 01:00:24,666
They've guided me on stage
and shaped our show
1091
01:00:24,667 --> 01:00:26,376
for many years.
1092
01:00:26,377 --> 01:00:31,214
Sam & Dave, James Brown, Jackie Wilson.
1093
01:00:31,215 --> 01:00:32,549
Come on!
1094
01:00:32,550 --> 01:00:35,469
They still inspire me
as a band leader to this day.
1095
01:00:35,470 --> 01:00:38,222
Is there anybody alive out there?
1096
01:00:39,015 --> 01:00:41,642
[♪ band lightly playing "Mary's Place"]
1097
01:00:42,977 --> 01:00:47,355
We're trying to translate
in our musical language
1098
01:00:47,356 --> 01:00:50,484
what he's doing moment to moment.
1099
01:00:50,485 --> 01:00:52,652
Even if he just twitches his butt,
1100
01:00:52,653 --> 01:00:54,530
you kind of know
where he is going with that.
1101
01:00:54,822 --> 01:00:57,240
[Max]
Sort of visual cues on stage,
1102
01:00:57,241 --> 01:01:00,535
certain tells that Bruce
might have physically
1103
01:01:00,536 --> 01:01:02,954
that indicate he's about to do something.
1104
01:01:02,955 --> 01:01:06,125
He might not know what that is,
but he's about to do something.
1105
01:01:06,542 --> 01:01:08,836
He cues with his shoulders a lot.
1106
01:01:09,837 --> 01:01:11,547
He'll cue with his hand.
1107
01:01:12,256 --> 01:01:14,133
There are cues with the guitar.
1108
01:01:14,425 --> 01:01:15,759
[Barry]
You just have to watch him.
1109
01:01:15,760 --> 01:01:19,763
He knows what to give us
in order to make all these things happen.
1110
01:01:19,764 --> 01:01:22,474
♪ Meet me at Mary's place ♪
1111
01:01:22,475 --> 01:01:23,601
Come on!
1112
01:01:24,268 --> 01:01:26,145
♪
1113
01:01:27,021 --> 01:01:28,106
♪ Woo! ♪
1114
01:01:28,773 --> 01:01:31,692
[♪ saxophone solo playing]
1115
01:01:44,080 --> 01:01:50,127
- ♪ Ooh! ♪
- ♪ Meet me at Mary's place ♪
1116
01:01:50,128 --> 01:01:54,131
♪ Ooh ♪
1117
01:01:54,132 --> 01:01:57,467
♪ Meet me at Mary's place ♪
1118
01:01:57,468 --> 01:01:58,552
[♪ song ends]
1119
01:01:58,553 --> 01:02:00,847
[crowd cheering]
1120
01:02:02,348 --> 01:02:03,473
Hit it, Max.
1121
01:02:03,474 --> 01:02:04,558
Shh!
1122
01:02:04,559 --> 01:02:06,601
[Curtis]
The greatest skill Bruce has
1123
01:02:06,602 --> 01:02:09,772
is demanding the attention
of an audience...
1124
01:02:10,606 --> 01:02:11,815
Shh.
1125
01:02:11,816 --> 01:02:15,026
[Curtis] ...and being able to direct it
however way he'd like.
1126
01:02:15,027 --> 01:02:16,112
Hit it, Max.
1127
01:02:17,905 --> 01:02:18,905
Shh.
1128
01:02:18,906 --> 01:02:21,616
[John Cooper]
He has an amazing amount of control,
1129
01:02:21,617 --> 01:02:25,036
and he can quiet that crowd
to where you can hear a pin drop.
1130
01:02:25,037 --> 01:02:26,246
Shh.
1131
01:02:26,247 --> 01:02:29,833
[Max] He directed me to stop
playing completely, just the piano.
1132
01:02:29,834 --> 01:02:31,169
[whispering]
Just Roy.
1133
01:02:32,086 --> 01:02:33,171
Shh.
1134
01:02:36,424 --> 01:02:38,842
- [Max] And then he said, "Nobody."
- [whispers] Nobody.
1135
01:02:38,843 --> 01:02:40,136
[Max]
And he wanted silence.
1136
01:02:40,720 --> 01:02:42,054
[fan 1]
Love you, Bruce!
1137
01:02:42,055 --> 01:02:43,765
[Max]
This is the genius of Bruce.
1138
01:02:44,348 --> 01:02:45,348
[whispering]
Nobody.
1139
01:02:45,349 --> 01:02:47,142
[Max]
The complete silence on stage...
1140
01:02:47,143 --> 01:02:48,268
[fan 2]
Woo!
1141
01:02:48,269 --> 01:02:50,729
[Max]
...tends to make people very nervous.
1142
01:02:50,730 --> 01:02:52,689
[crowd cheering]
1143
01:02:52,690 --> 01:02:55,860
I mean, you never see
anybody do this on stage.
1144
01:02:58,362 --> 01:03:01,365
[♪ funky jazz music playing]
1145
01:03:12,543 --> 01:03:17,381
It takes a lot of thought and detailing
to make it all look tight
1146
01:03:17,382 --> 01:03:19,758
and to be spontaneous at the same time.
1147
01:03:19,759 --> 01:03:21,552
[♪ "Kitty’s Back" playing]
1148
01:03:24,555 --> 01:03:26,473
[Stevie] In the early '60s,
me, Bruce, and Garry
1149
01:03:26,474 --> 01:03:28,141
had gone to see Sam & Dave.
1150
01:03:28,142 --> 01:03:32,187
Seeing an R&B, you know,
a soul music show up close,
1151
01:03:32,188 --> 01:03:33,688
you know, it was like in,
in a little club,
1152
01:03:33,689 --> 01:03:38,944
uh, i-in those days was just
an incredible impression on you.
1153
01:03:38,945 --> 01:03:42,115
[♪ "Kitty’s Back" continues]
1154
01:03:44,784 --> 01:03:47,452
[Barry] He has a way of being able
to pull those nuggets
1155
01:03:47,453 --> 01:03:51,289
from these different genres
of music that seem unrelated.
1156
01:03:51,290 --> 01:03:53,292
[♪ trombone solo playing]
1157
01:03:57,880 --> 01:04:00,716
But then he's able to kind
of weave them into the mix
1158
01:04:00,717 --> 01:04:02,802
in a way that it's very relatable.
1159
01:04:03,302 --> 01:04:07,932
And tapping into all these various streams
of American music.
1160
01:04:08,933 --> 01:04:11,017
You got a little gospel in there,
1161
01:04:11,018 --> 01:04:14,439
you got a little rock and roll,
a little jazz.
1162
01:04:15,022 --> 01:04:17,691
[Barry] We're improvising,
like we made a conscious effort.
1163
01:04:17,692 --> 01:04:19,443
We could have worked out
our little eight bars,
1164
01:04:19,444 --> 01:04:21,611
and we play the same
eight bars every night
1165
01:04:21,612 --> 01:04:22,779
and it's gonna be perfect.
1166
01:04:22,780 --> 01:04:24,197
But that's not what Bruce wants.
1167
01:04:24,198 --> 01:04:27,242
Bruce wants, like, say what
you're feeling at that moment.
1168
01:04:27,243 --> 01:04:29,704
[♪ trumpet solo playing]
1169
01:04:32,749 --> 01:04:35,292
[Curt Ramm] Kitty's Back
is a very different song,
1170
01:04:35,293 --> 01:04:37,045
and it's very loose...
1171
01:04:38,755 --> 01:04:42,466
let everybody have their moment
and do what they want.
1172
01:04:42,467 --> 01:04:44,468
[♪ saxophone solo playing]
1173
01:04:44,469 --> 01:04:46,303
[Barry] He goes,
"You know, guys, I want something
1174
01:04:46,304 --> 01:04:48,472
"after you guys finish your solo
in the horn section,
1175
01:04:48,473 --> 01:04:51,308
I want you guys to come up
with some kind of a horn soul lead."
1176
01:04:51,309 --> 01:04:54,312
[♪ horn soul lead playing]
1177
01:04:57,106 --> 01:04:59,859
Which means you're playing
the same thing together.
1178
01:05:00,568 --> 01:05:03,988
♪
1179
01:05:05,990 --> 01:05:07,699
[crowd cheering]
1180
01:05:07,700 --> 01:05:10,535
[♪ piano solo playing]
1181
01:05:10,536 --> 01:05:14,039
It's almost like a small group
at a jazz nightclub vibe.
1182
01:05:14,040 --> 01:05:16,125
♪
1183
01:05:19,962 --> 01:05:21,213
It's an exciting thing
1184
01:05:21,214 --> 01:05:23,091
because you don't know
what's gonna happen.
1185
01:05:29,597 --> 01:05:32,517
[♪ electric guitar plays]
1186
01:05:34,644 --> 01:05:37,063
♪
1187
01:05:48,282 --> 01:05:50,284
♪
1188
01:06:11,889 --> 01:06:15,476
♪
1189
01:06:25,528 --> 01:06:27,613
♪
1190
01:06:42,754 --> 01:06:45,757
♪
1191
01:06:47,759 --> 01:06:51,304
[♪ keyboards solo playing]
1192
01:06:58,227 --> 01:07:03,066
♪
1193
01:07:14,786 --> 01:07:17,789
♪
1194
01:07:27,590 --> 01:07:28,674
[♪ song ends]
1195
01:07:30,968 --> 01:07:33,554
[♪ upbeat music playing]
1196
01:07:39,644 --> 01:07:44,064
I am a big fan of having
a very random set list,
1197
01:07:44,065 --> 01:07:46,775
and I know most of the other guys
would not agree with me.
1198
01:07:46,776 --> 01:07:49,236
[Charlie] On other tours,
we would always get a set list
1199
01:07:49,237 --> 01:07:52,656
maybe 30 minutes
before we would go on stage.
1200
01:07:52,657 --> 01:07:55,992
Well, the last tour,
he was a lot more spontaneous.
1201
01:07:55,993 --> 01:07:59,789
It was a lot of going out in the audience
and picking up signs.
1202
01:08:00,581 --> 01:08:02,291
Hey, can we stump the band?
1203
01:08:03,042 --> 01:08:04,543
If you knew it, you knew it
1204
01:08:04,544 --> 01:08:06,753
and if you didn't,
you just had to catch on.
1205
01:08:06,754 --> 01:08:11,884
♪ Ohh, your flat feet
down on the ground ♪
1206
01:08:13,720 --> 01:08:15,096
♪ Yeah ♪
1207
01:08:16,055 --> 01:08:18,932
Hit it, boys. Come on, Charlie Giordano!
1208
01:08:18,933 --> 01:08:20,976
The audience had these signs.
1209
01:08:20,977 --> 01:08:24,188
Always exciting and nerve-wracking.
1210
01:08:25,022 --> 01:08:27,774
[John] Bruce would go out and find
some of the most obscure songs
1211
01:08:27,775 --> 01:08:29,568
and song titles.
1212
01:08:29,569 --> 01:08:32,530
That was kind of the theme,
"Stump the E Street Band."
1213
01:08:33,823 --> 01:08:36,116
[Bruce]
Alright, Professor...
1214
01:08:36,117 --> 01:08:38,785
Craning my neck to try
to see what was on the sign,
1215
01:08:38,786 --> 01:08:40,996
you know, and oh, my God.
1216
01:08:40,997 --> 01:08:42,748
We haven't played that in 10 years.
1217
01:08:42,749 --> 01:08:44,541
I don't think I've ever played that.
1218
01:08:44,542 --> 01:08:45,917
Is there a chart somewhere on that?
1219
01:08:45,918 --> 01:08:47,878
[Soozie laughing] Quick, quick.
1220
01:08:47,879 --> 01:08:51,381
And he'd oftentimes come back to the stage
with a dozen of 'em stacked up,
1221
01:08:51,382 --> 01:08:54,886
and he'd be flinging through 'em on stage
and find the one he wanted.
1222
01:08:56,137 --> 01:08:57,554
Give it to the organ man.
1223
01:08:57,555 --> 01:08:59,848
♪
1224
01:08:59,849 --> 01:09:01,975
[Nils]
We were doing 15 different songs a night.
1225
01:09:01,976 --> 01:09:03,643
Nobody knows what the hell's happening.
1226
01:09:03,644 --> 01:09:05,353
[Bruce]
Turn 'em up! Turn 'em up!
1227
01:09:05,354 --> 01:09:06,646
There's an energy to that.
1228
01:09:06,647 --> 01:09:07,774
[Bruce]
Three, four!
1229
01:09:08,149 --> 01:09:11,943
But you can't really get deep,
deep, deep in any one song
1230
01:09:11,944 --> 01:09:13,737
because you were just never
playing it that often.
1231
01:09:13,738 --> 01:09:16,532
[♪ gentle music playing]
1232
01:09:20,953 --> 01:09:22,788
That's one of the things
I like about this tour is
1233
01:09:22,789 --> 01:09:24,916
you can hear your bandmates evolving.
1234
01:09:25,958 --> 01:09:27,251
[muffled cheering]
1235
01:09:29,796 --> 01:09:33,090
[Garry] It's not a jam session,
it's not a "Stump the Band,"
1236
01:09:33,091 --> 01:09:36,552
it's an experience, it's a show.
1237
01:09:37,095 --> 01:09:41,099
Bruce has put this
set list together meticulously.
1238
01:09:43,935 --> 01:09:45,978
Start listening a little closer.
1239
01:09:47,021 --> 01:09:52,651
There's different emotions being brought
out of each song every time you hear it.
1240
01:09:52,652 --> 01:09:56,114
♪ Blow away the dreams
that tear you apart ♪
1241
01:09:56,447 --> 01:10:00,325
♪ Blow away the dreams
that break your heart ♪
1242
01:10:00,326 --> 01:10:05,080
♪ Blow away the lies
that leave you nothing ♪
1243
01:10:05,081 --> 01:10:08,709
♪ But lost and brokenhearted ♪
1244
01:10:08,710 --> 01:10:12,879
♪ The dogs on Main Street howl
'cause they understand ♪
1245
01:10:12,880 --> 01:10:17,008
♪ If I could take this moment
into my hands ♪
1246
01:10:17,009 --> 01:10:21,471
♪ Mister, I ain't a boy, no, I'm a man ♪
1247
01:10:21,472 --> 01:10:25,642
♪ And I believe in a promised land ♪
1248
01:10:25,643 --> 01:10:29,980
♪ For the ones who had a notion,
a notion deep inside ♪
1249
01:10:29,981 --> 01:10:33,900
♪ That it ain't no sin
to be glad you're alive ♪
1250
01:10:33,901 --> 01:10:38,238
♪ I wanna find one face
that ain't looking through me ♪
1251
01:10:38,239 --> 01:10:42,701
♪ I wanna find one place,
I wanna spit in the face of these ♪
1252
01:10:42,702 --> 01:10:46,455
♪ Badlands, you gotta live it every day ♪
1253
01:10:46,456 --> 01:10:50,417
♪ Let the broken hearts stand
as the price you've gotta pay ♪
1254
01:10:50,418 --> 01:10:52,335
♪ Keep pushin' till it's understood ♪
1255
01:10:52,336 --> 01:10:55,798
♪ And these badlands
start treating us good ♪
1256
01:10:56,632 --> 01:10:58,134
♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa ♪
1257
01:10:58,551 --> 01:11:01,929
♪ There's spirits above and behind me ♪
1258
01:11:02,847 --> 01:11:07,101
♪ Faces gone black, eyes burnin' bright ♪
1259
01:11:07,602 --> 01:11:10,729
♪ May their precious blood bind me ♪
1260
01:11:10,730 --> 01:11:15,193
♪ Lord, as I stand
before your fiery light ♪
1261
01:11:15,777 --> 01:11:19,112
♪ Li, li, li, li, li, li, li, li, li, li ♪
1262
01:11:19,113 --> 01:11:27,205
♪ La-la-li-li-li-li-li-li-li-li ♪
1263
01:11:27,580 --> 01:11:31,625
♪ La-la-li-li-li-li-li-li-li-li ♪
1264
01:11:31,626 --> 01:11:32,750
[♪ music fades out]
1265
01:11:34,174 --> 01:11:36,588
[♪ pensive music playing]
1266
01:11:36,589 --> 01:11:39,424
[cheering and applause]
1267
01:11:39,425 --> 01:11:41,552
[ambient village noises]
1268
01:11:42,720 --> 01:11:44,806
[Guglielmo Latini]
My first concert, I was 19.
1269
01:11:45,390 --> 01:11:47,558
I skipped school the next day too.
[chuckles]
1270
01:11:48,267 --> 01:11:52,062
Since then, I've seen him
in Spain, in Germany,
1271
01:11:52,063 --> 01:11:53,856
in the UK, in Italy.
1272
01:11:54,440 --> 01:11:57,151
Now I'm 37, and I grew up with Bruce.
1273
01:12:01,531 --> 01:12:02,781
[muffled cheering and clapping]
1274
01:12:02,782 --> 01:12:08,538
[Marit] My first Springsteen show
was here in Oslo in 1993.
1275
01:12:09,288 --> 01:12:10,832
Oh, it was so magic.
1276
01:12:12,291 --> 01:12:13,626
You just get happy.
1277
01:12:14,168 --> 01:12:15,294
So happy.
1278
01:12:16,295 --> 01:12:18,672
[♪ pensive music continues]
1279
01:12:18,673 --> 01:12:20,882
[Hannah Summers]
My dad is a massive Springsteen fan.
1280
01:12:20,883 --> 01:12:23,176
He's been listening to him all his life.
1281
01:12:23,177 --> 01:12:25,762
It's always really special
to go to concerts with him,
1282
01:12:25,763 --> 01:12:27,097
having, like, that history.
1283
01:12:27,098 --> 01:12:30,101
He's the reason
that I love Springsteen now.
1284
01:12:32,687 --> 01:12:34,354
[Ralf Dissmann]
When I first got into his music,
1285
01:12:34,355 --> 01:12:36,940
I could connect to these scenes
that he described
1286
01:12:36,941 --> 01:12:38,400
and to these feelings that he described,
1287
01:12:38,401 --> 01:12:39,735
to me after all these years,
1288
01:12:39,736 --> 01:12:43,698
it still means a lot to me
and that I still enjoy so much.
1289
01:12:44,907 --> 01:12:46,658
[fan]
I always get emotional when I,
1290
01:12:46,659 --> 01:12:48,827
when I go to Bruce Springsteen concerts.
1291
01:12:48,828 --> 01:12:52,038
You know, it's just like
he takes his soul,
1292
01:12:52,039 --> 01:12:54,374
and he puts it into music.
1293
01:12:54,375 --> 01:12:56,752
So I think that everyone can relate to it.
1294
01:12:56,753 --> 01:12:58,671
[muffled rhythmic clapping]
1295
01:13:02,175 --> 01:13:03,925
We don't expect the man to tour forever.
1296
01:13:03,926 --> 01:13:07,220
We hope he does, we hope
he tours for as long as he can.
1297
01:13:07,221 --> 01:13:09,307
But we're appreciating these moments.
1298
01:13:09,766 --> 01:13:14,562
We want to soak up every last moment
of this, just in case.
1299
01:13:19,942 --> 01:13:21,944
[indistinct chatter]
1300
01:13:23,613 --> 01:13:26,823
Just a little, where it says horn,
it's just a little riff.
1301
01:13:26,824 --> 01:13:28,409
[♪ "Last Man Standing" playing]
1302
01:13:29,660 --> 01:13:32,121
♪ I'm the last man standing ♪
1303
01:13:33,372 --> 01:13:36,958
♪ Do, do, do, do, da, da ♪
1304
01:13:36,959 --> 01:13:40,046
[♪ trumpets playing]
1305
01:13:42,006 --> 01:13:43,341
Let's try just Curt.
1306
01:13:43,883 --> 01:13:45,885
[♪ solo trumpet playing]
1307
01:13:48,012 --> 01:13:50,097
That's good. Alright.
1308
01:13:50,098 --> 01:13:51,681
So I'm gonna tell a little story.
1309
01:13:51,682 --> 01:13:53,768
[♪ lightly strumming guitar]
1310
01:13:58,940 --> 01:14:00,108
And I'll go into the song.
1311
01:14:02,485 --> 01:14:04,027
[Stevie]
From the beginning of the tour,
1312
01:14:04,028 --> 01:14:07,656
he has told the story of Last Man Standing
1313
01:14:07,657 --> 01:14:10,660
and why that phrase came to him.
1314
01:14:11,244 --> 01:14:14,246
And the story he tells is that he realized
1315
01:14:14,247 --> 01:14:17,082
when his friend George Theiss passed away,
1316
01:14:17,083 --> 01:14:20,043
that of all the members
of his first rock band,
1317
01:14:20,044 --> 01:14:22,338
he was the last man standing.
1318
01:14:25,299 --> 01:14:28,844
I think he reads into that notion
1319
01:14:28,845 --> 01:14:32,097
an increased sense of mortality.
1320
01:14:32,098 --> 01:14:33,391
He's next.
1321
01:14:34,016 --> 01:14:37,644
That's kind of like
you're standing on the tracks
1322
01:14:37,645 --> 01:14:40,105
with the white-hot light
of an oncoming train
1323
01:14:40,106 --> 01:14:41,815
bearing down upon you.
1324
01:14:41,816 --> 01:14:44,694
It brings a certain clarity of thought,
1325
01:14:45,445 --> 01:14:48,196
you may not have previously experienced.
1326
01:14:48,197 --> 01:14:52,535
Because death's final
and lasting gift to the living
1327
01:14:53,119 --> 01:14:56,956
is an expanded vision of life itself.
1328
01:14:57,915 --> 01:14:59,375
George passed away
1329
01:15:00,418 --> 01:15:02,503
shortly after I wrote this song.
1330
01:15:03,337 --> 01:15:06,424
It's just about the passions
we follow as children,
1331
01:15:06,924 --> 01:15:08,801
not knowing where they're going to lead us
1332
01:15:09,385 --> 01:15:12,805
and how at 15 it's all
tomorrows and hellos
1333
01:15:13,598 --> 01:15:16,934
and then later on there's
a lot more yesterdays and goodbyes.
1334
01:15:17,935 --> 01:15:20,438
♪ Out of school and out of work ♪
1335
01:15:22,815 --> 01:15:26,527
♪ Thrift-store jeans and flannel shirts ♪
1336
01:15:28,029 --> 01:15:31,449
♪ The lights go down
as you face the crowd ♪
1337
01:15:32,742 --> 01:15:36,496
♪ Oh, the last man standing ♪
1338
01:15:38,956 --> 01:15:41,584
♪ Lights come up at the Legion Hall ♪
1339
01:15:43,836 --> 01:15:48,091
♪ Pool cues go back up on the wall ♪
1340
01:15:48,925 --> 01:15:52,345
♪ Pack your guitar
and have one last beer ♪
1341
01:15:54,263 --> 01:15:59,060
♪ With just the ringing in your ears ♪
1342
01:16:02,522 --> 01:16:05,900
♪ Rock of ages lift me somehow ♪
1343
01:16:07,402 --> 01:16:11,948
♪ Somewhere high and hard and loud ♪
1344
01:16:12,448 --> 01:16:16,202
♪ Somewhere deep into
the heart of the crowd ♪
1345
01:16:16,702 --> 01:16:21,582
♪ Oh, I'm the last man standing ♪
1346
01:16:22,792 --> 01:16:26,753
♪ Oh, the last man standing ♪
1347
01:16:26,754 --> 01:16:29,507
[crowd cheering]
1348
01:16:37,265 --> 01:16:40,851
[Stevie] One of the most emotional parts
of this show is the juxtaposition of
1349
01:16:40,852 --> 01:16:43,228
Last Man Standing and Backstreets.
1350
01:16:43,229 --> 01:16:47,941
Last Man Standing talked
about friendship and end of days.
1351
01:16:47,942 --> 01:16:50,569
Then he put it up against Backstreets,
1352
01:16:50,570 --> 01:16:55,199
a song from 50 years ago,
about betrayal of some sort.
1353
01:16:55,783 --> 01:16:58,494
[Jon]
Backstreets reads a whole other way
1354
01:16:59,036 --> 01:17:01,789
in the shadow of Last Man Standing.
1355
01:17:02,498 --> 01:17:07,170
Bruce seems to be again talking
about the mementos
1356
01:17:07,670 --> 01:17:09,713
of his lost friend.
1357
01:17:09,714 --> 01:17:12,925
[♪ "Backstreets" playing]
1358
01:17:21,100 --> 01:17:24,811
♪ Endless juke joints and Valentino drag ♪
1359
01:17:24,812 --> 01:17:27,272
♪ Where dancers scraped the tears ♪
1360
01:17:27,273 --> 01:17:30,400
♪ Up off the street dressed down in rags ♪
1361
01:17:30,401 --> 01:17:33,028
♪ Running into the darkness ♪
1362
01:17:33,029 --> 01:17:35,572
♪ Some hurt bad, some really dying ♪
1363
01:17:35,573 --> 01:17:38,533
♪ At night sometimes
it seemed you could hear ♪
1364
01:17:38,534 --> 01:17:40,786
♪ The whole damn city crying ♪
1365
01:17:40,787 --> 01:17:43,372
♪ Blame it on the lies that killed us ♪
1366
01:17:43,831 --> 01:17:46,208
♪ On the truth that ran us down ♪
1367
01:17:46,209 --> 01:17:48,418
♪ You can blame it all on me ♪
1368
01:17:48,419 --> 01:17:51,588
♪ Terry, it don't matter to me now ♪
1369
01:17:51,589 --> 01:17:54,174
♪ When the breakdown hit at midnight ♪
1370
01:17:54,175 --> 01:17:56,635
♪ There was nothin' left to say ♪
1371
01:17:56,636 --> 01:17:58,679
♪ But I hated him ♪
1372
01:17:59,389 --> 01:18:03,059
♪ And I hated you when you went away ♪
1373
01:18:07,647 --> 01:18:09,315
♪ Say yeah ♪
1374
01:18:12,402 --> 01:18:15,780
[♪ electric guitar solo]
1375
01:18:34,257 --> 01:18:36,174
♪ Laying here in the dark ♪
1376
01:18:36,175 --> 01:18:38,553
♪ You're like an angel on my chest ♪
1377
01:18:39,220 --> 01:18:41,430
♪ Just another tramp of hearts ♪
1378
01:18:41,431 --> 01:18:44,225
♪ Crying tears of faithlessness ♪
1379
01:18:44,642 --> 01:18:48,438
♪ Remember all the movies,
Terry, we'd go see ♪
1380
01:18:49,397 --> 01:18:52,399
♪ Trying to learn how to walk
like the heroes ♪
1381
01:18:52,400 --> 01:18:54,735
♪ We thought we had to be ♪
1382
01:18:54,736 --> 01:18:56,987
♪ Well, after all this time ♪
1383
01:18:56,988 --> 01:19:00,198
♪ To find we're just like all the rest ♪
1384
01:19:00,199 --> 01:19:02,618
♪ Stranded in the park ♪
1385
01:19:03,202 --> 01:19:05,495
♪ And forced to confess ♪
1386
01:19:05,496 --> 01:19:10,835
♪ To hiding on the backstreets ♪
1387
01:19:12,128 --> 01:19:15,840
♪ Hiding on the backstreets ♪
1388
01:19:16,507 --> 01:19:20,636
♪ We swore forever friends ♪
1389
01:19:21,721 --> 01:19:26,726
♪ On the backstreets until the end ♪
1390
01:19:30,188 --> 01:19:31,730
♪ Till the end ♪
1391
01:19:31,731 --> 01:19:35,234
[Charlie] In the breakdown
where it's just Roy and Bruce...
1392
01:19:35,735 --> 01:19:37,152
♪ Till the end ♪
1393
01:19:37,153 --> 01:19:39,321
[Charlie] ...he's continuing the story
1394
01:19:39,322 --> 01:19:42,325
that he began in Last Man Standing
1395
01:19:42,742 --> 01:19:44,869
and brings the two together.
1396
01:19:45,495 --> 01:19:50,750
Now I got, I got that
box of 45s that you left me...
1397
01:19:52,543 --> 01:19:54,504
and I got all your old books...
1398
01:19:57,256 --> 01:19:59,800
and I got the,
the guitar that you used
1399
01:19:59,801 --> 01:20:01,761
to keep down at the end of your bed.
1400
01:20:04,180 --> 01:20:07,683
And I got that picture of the two of us
1401
01:20:08,810 --> 01:20:12,188
sitting on your porch
on your wedding day...
1402
01:20:14,399 --> 01:20:16,401
and you were barely 19.
1403
01:20:18,945 --> 01:20:23,449
And everything else... everything else...
1404
01:20:24,492 --> 01:20:26,244
I'm gonna carry right here.
1405
01:20:29,580 --> 01:20:31,248
I'm gonna carry right here.
1406
01:20:31,249 --> 01:20:34,210
[crowd cheering, applauding]
1407
01:20:36,587 --> 01:20:38,256
I'm gonna carry right here.
1408
01:20:41,676 --> 01:20:43,302
[whispers]
I'm gonna carry right here.
1409
01:20:46,973 --> 01:20:49,350
♪ Until the end ♪
1410
01:20:52,562 --> 01:20:54,856
♪ Until the end ♪
1411
01:20:58,067 --> 01:21:00,361
♪ Until the end ♪
1412
01:21:03,114 --> 01:21:04,574
[whispers]
Until the end.
1413
01:21:14,208 --> 01:21:16,586
♪ Hiding on the backstreets ♪
1414
01:21:16,961 --> 01:21:19,213
♪ Hiding on the backstreets ♪
1415
01:21:19,672 --> 01:21:21,966
♪ Hiding on the backstreets ♪
1416
01:21:22,341 --> 01:21:24,635
♪ Hiding on the backstreets ♪
1417
01:21:25,011 --> 01:21:30,058
♪ Hiding on the backstreets ♪
1418
01:21:30,433 --> 01:21:32,477
♪ Hiding on the backstreets ♪
1419
01:21:32,769 --> 01:21:35,396
♪ Hiding on the backstreets ♪
1420
01:21:35,730 --> 01:21:38,066
♪ Hiding on the backstreets ♪
1421
01:21:38,399 --> 01:21:40,651
♪ Hiding on the backstreets ♪
1422
01:21:40,985 --> 01:21:43,279
♪ Hiding on the backstreets ♪
1423
01:21:43,654 --> 01:21:45,573
♪ Hiding on the backstreets ♪
1424
01:21:45,865 --> 01:21:48,743
♪ Hiding on the backstreets ♪
1425
01:21:49,077 --> 01:21:51,287
♪ Hiding on the backstreets ♪
1426
01:21:51,579 --> 01:21:53,748
♪ Hiding on the backstreets ♪
1427
01:21:54,040 --> 01:21:56,501
♪ Hiding on the backstreets ♪
1428
01:21:56,751 --> 01:21:59,087
♪ Hiding on the backstreets ♪
1429
01:21:59,462 --> 01:22:01,630
♪ Hiding on the backstreets ♪
1430
01:22:01,631 --> 01:22:03,883
♪ Was alright ♪
1431
01:22:04,675 --> 01:22:09,347
♪ We're all hiding
on the backstreets tonight ♪
1432
01:22:12,600 --> 01:22:14,894
♪ On the backstreets ♪
1433
01:22:15,770 --> 01:22:17,480
♪ On the backstreets ♪
1434
01:22:17,980 --> 01:22:19,816
♪ On the backstreets ♪
1435
01:22:20,900 --> 01:22:23,111
♪ On the backstreets ♪
1436
01:22:23,528 --> 01:22:25,530
♪ On the backstreets ♪
1437
01:22:26,197 --> 01:22:28,031
♪ On the backstreets ♪
1438
01:22:28,032 --> 01:22:29,200
♪ Yeah ♪
1439
01:22:34,497 --> 01:22:37,834
♪
1440
01:22:49,762 --> 01:22:52,390
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
1441
01:22:52,849 --> 01:22:55,143
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
1442
01:22:55,727 --> 01:22:58,729
♪ Oh ♪
1443
01:22:58,730 --> 01:23:02,024
[crowd cheering]
1444
01:23:03,317 --> 01:23:09,782
♪ Oh ♪
1445
01:23:12,076 --> 01:23:15,037
[crowd cheering]
1446
01:23:24,839 --> 01:23:27,257
[Jon]
To go in the space of a half an hour
1447
01:23:27,258 --> 01:23:32,971
from the depths of Last Man Standing
into some of his most well-known songs.
1448
01:23:32,972 --> 01:23:36,850
The fact that he can cover
that range of territory
1449
01:23:36,851 --> 01:23:38,102
he always has.
1450
01:23:38,603 --> 01:23:42,647
Backstreet is the beginning
of this ramp-up,
1451
01:23:42,648 --> 01:23:46,485
this insane rollercoaster
that is the rest of the show.
1452
01:23:46,486 --> 01:23:49,654
♪ Born in the U.S.A. ♪
1453
01:23:49,655 --> 01:23:57,788
♪ I was born in the U.S.A. ♪
1454
01:23:57,789 --> 01:24:02,209
♪ I'm a long gone Daddy in the U.S.A. ♪
1455
01:24:02,210 --> 01:24:06,339
[crowd singing]
♪ Born in the U.S.A. ♪
1456
01:24:07,173 --> 01:24:10,218
♪ Born in the U.S.A. ♪
1457
01:24:11,844 --> 01:24:14,639
♪ Born in the U.S.A. ♪
1458
01:24:15,431 --> 01:24:18,559
♪ Born in the U.S.A. ♪
1459
01:24:21,062 --> 01:24:22,771
- [♪ song ends]
- [crowd cheering]
1460
01:24:22,772 --> 01:24:25,900
[♪ "Bobby Jean" playing]
1461
01:24:46,045 --> 01:24:49,548
[♪ "Dancing in the Dark" playing]
1462
01:24:49,549 --> 01:24:53,010
[crowd cheering]
1463
01:24:57,640 --> 01:24:58,975
[Bruce]
One, two, three!
1464
01:24:59,892 --> 01:25:01,436
♪ Hey, baby ♪
1465
01:25:01,811 --> 01:25:06,149
♪ Hey, baby ♪
1466
01:25:06,733 --> 01:25:08,067
♪ Hey, baby ♪
1467
01:25:08,359 --> 01:25:09,986
♪ Hey, baby ♪
1468
01:25:10,695 --> 01:25:12,279
♪ Aah ♪
1469
01:25:12,280 --> 01:25:13,905
[♪ "Born to Run" playing]
1470
01:25:13,906 --> 01:25:16,992
♪ Someday, girl, I don't know when ♪
1471
01:25:16,993 --> 01:25:19,536
♪ We're gonna get to that place ♪
1472
01:25:19,537 --> 01:25:21,289
♪ We really want to go ♪
1473
01:25:21,789 --> 01:25:23,499
♪ We'll walk in the sun ♪
1474
01:25:24,000 --> 01:25:26,251
♪ Till then, tramps like us ♪
1475
01:25:26,252 --> 01:25:30,923
♪ Baby, we were born to run ♪
1476
01:25:31,507 --> 01:25:33,091
♪ Tramps like us ♪
1477
01:25:33,092 --> 01:25:37,221
♪ Baby, we were born to run ♪
1478
01:25:38,264 --> 01:25:40,391
♪ Oh, oh ♪
1479
01:25:41,768 --> 01:25:44,019
♪ Oh, oh ♪
1480
01:25:44,020 --> 01:25:49,649
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
1481
01:25:49,650 --> 01:25:53,321
♪ Oh, oh ♪
1482
01:25:54,363 --> 01:25:56,656
[crowd cheering]
1483
01:25:56,657 --> 01:25:57,949
[♪ song ends]
1484
01:25:57,950 --> 01:26:00,078
[cheering continues]
1485
01:26:01,871 --> 01:26:04,290
[Soozie Tyrell] We end with
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out.
1486
01:26:05,500 --> 01:26:07,834
We line up and take
a little bow with Bruce.
1487
01:26:07,835 --> 01:26:10,588
[muffled cheering]
1488
01:26:18,763 --> 01:26:21,556
He gives everybody a, a thumbs up or,
1489
01:26:21,557 --> 01:26:22,767
you know, a pat on the back.
1490
01:26:23,393 --> 01:26:25,686
He just makes you feel like
you're the greatest.
1491
01:26:27,688 --> 01:26:30,483
Then he goes on to
finish the show by himself.
1492
01:26:35,947 --> 01:26:39,408
[Jon] He comes back one last moment
with the acoustic guitar.
1493
01:26:39,409 --> 01:26:43,036
It's of vital importance
that he ties together
1494
01:26:43,037 --> 01:26:45,288
the underlying thoughts and feelings
1495
01:26:45,289 --> 01:26:49,168
that make this show different
than any other show he's done.
1496
01:26:51,713 --> 01:26:54,131
♪ The road is long ♪
1497
01:26:54,132 --> 01:26:56,425
[♪ playing "I’ll See You in My Dreams"]
1498
01:26:56,426 --> 01:26:58,469
♪ And seeming without end ♪
1499
01:27:00,096 --> 01:27:02,640
♪ The days just go on ♪
1500
01:27:04,809 --> 01:27:07,103
♪ And I remember you, my friend ♪
1501
01:27:08,730 --> 01:27:10,690
♪ And though you're gone ♪
1502
01:27:11,232 --> 01:27:15,319
♪ And my heart's been emptied it seems ♪
1503
01:27:15,862 --> 01:27:19,741
♪ I'll see you in my dreams ♪
1504
01:27:21,284 --> 01:27:23,494
♪ I got your guitar ♪
1505
01:27:25,955 --> 01:27:27,707
♪ Here by the bed ♪
1506
01:27:29,041 --> 01:27:31,878
♪ All your favorite records ♪
1507
01:27:33,337 --> 01:27:36,340
♪ And all the books that you read ♪
1508
01:27:37,925 --> 01:27:41,219
♪ And though my soul feels like ♪
1509
01:27:41,220 --> 01:27:44,432
♪ It's been split at the seams ♪
1510
01:27:45,058 --> 01:27:48,686
♪ I'll see you in my dreams ♪
1511
01:27:50,021 --> 01:27:53,315
♪ I'll see you in my dreams ♪
1512
01:27:53,316 --> 01:27:57,236
♪ When all our summers
have come to an end ♪
1513
01:27:58,529 --> 01:28:01,282
♪ I'll see you in my dreams ♪
1514
01:28:02,158 --> 01:28:06,537
♪ We'll meet and live and laugh again ♪
1515
01:28:07,288 --> 01:28:10,333
♪ I'll see you in my dreams ♪
1516
01:28:11,417 --> 01:28:14,461
♪ Up around the river bend ♪
1517
01:28:14,462 --> 01:28:17,965
♪ For death is not the end ♪
1518
01:28:19,634 --> 01:28:21,093
♪ And I'll see ♪
1519
01:28:21,094 --> 01:28:27,767
[crowd singing along]
♪ You in my dreams ♪
1520
01:28:28,059 --> 01:28:30,061
[♪ playing the harmonica]
1521
01:28:44,117 --> 01:28:46,827
[crowd cheering and applauds]
1522
01:28:46,828 --> 01:28:50,164
♪ I'll see you in my dreams ♪
1523
01:28:50,623 --> 01:28:53,960
♪ When all our summers
have come to an end ♪
1524
01:28:55,545 --> 01:28:58,464
♪ I'll see you in my dreams ♪
1525
01:28:59,298 --> 01:29:03,553
♪ We'll meet and live and love again ♪
1526
01:29:04,554 --> 01:29:07,724
♪ I'll see you in my dreams ♪
1527
01:29:08,683 --> 01:29:11,935
♪ Up around the river bend ♪
1528
01:29:11,936 --> 01:29:15,565
♪ For death is not the end ♪
1529
01:29:17,525 --> 01:29:19,234
♪ 'Cause I'll see ♪
1530
01:29:19,235 --> 01:29:24,823
[crowd singing along]
♪ You in my dreams ♪
1531
01:29:24,824 --> 01:29:27,284
♪ You in my ♪
1532
01:29:27,285 --> 01:29:28,994
♪ I'll see ♪
1533
01:29:28,995 --> 01:29:35,667
[crowd singing along]
♪ You in my dreams ♪
1534
01:29:35,668 --> 01:29:39,130
[crowd cheering, applauding]
1535
01:29:42,842 --> 01:29:44,719
The E Street Band loves you!
1536
01:29:45,344 --> 01:29:48,347
[crowd cheering]
1537
01:29:54,604 --> 01:29:57,439
[Bruce] I stuck closely
to our original set list
1538
01:29:57,440 --> 01:29:58,816
on this tour
1539
01:29:59,358 --> 01:30:02,487
because it told the story
I wanted to communicate.
1540
01:30:04,489 --> 01:30:08,743
Life, death, and everything in between.
1541
01:30:10,620 --> 01:30:13,288
Playing music as you get older
is an interesting
1542
01:30:13,289 --> 01:30:15,248
and tricky business.
1543
01:30:15,249 --> 01:30:19,045
Now I plan on continuing
until the wheels come off
1544
01:30:19,962 --> 01:30:23,174
and for as long as
the band will follow me.
1545
01:30:23,633 --> 01:30:25,926
There's one thing I know,
1546
01:30:25,927 --> 01:30:30,515
after 50 years on the road,
it's too late to stop now.
1547
01:30:37,730 --> 01:30:41,776
Time moves quickly
when you are on the road.
1548
01:30:44,278 --> 01:30:46,446
And I've always believed the audience
1549
01:30:46,447 --> 01:30:51,076
does not pay necessarily
to hear their favorite song
1550
01:30:51,077 --> 01:30:53,746
or to see your aging face again.
1551
01:30:55,748 --> 01:30:58,709
But they pay for the intensity
of your presence,
1552
01:30:58,710 --> 01:31:03,214
how alive you are on any given evening.
1553
01:31:04,966 --> 01:31:07,801
[♪ poignant music playing]
1554
01:31:07,802 --> 01:31:10,429
That's the beating heart of my job,
1555
01:31:10,430 --> 01:31:13,890
to be there and only there,
1556
01:31:13,891 --> 01:31:18,061
playing for all the stakes
rock and roll has to offer
1557
01:31:18,062 --> 01:31:21,149
for you, in your town, on this night.
1558
01:31:28,948 --> 01:31:33,535
And in doing so, I want to leave you
with life's possibilities,
1559
01:31:33,536 --> 01:31:36,830
with energy to take outside
the concert gates,
1560
01:31:36,831 --> 01:31:41,044
to bring into your life
with a smile on your face
1561
01:31:41,794 --> 01:31:44,254
and some feeling of love in your heart,
1562
01:31:44,255 --> 01:31:47,925
a quiet soul,
and hopefully a lifted spirit.
1563
01:31:50,887 --> 01:31:52,013
It's my job.
1564
01:31:56,225 --> 01:31:59,729
I'm left with one thought,
it's a quote from Jim Morrison,
1565
01:32:01,939 --> 01:32:04,233
"O great creator of being
1566
01:32:05,526 --> 01:32:09,530
"grant us one more hour
to perform our art...
1567
01:32:12,033 --> 01:32:14,577
and to perfect our lives."
1568
01:32:20,500 --> 01:32:23,503
[♪ intense rock music playing]
1569
01:32:28,716 --> 01:32:30,092
[♪ music stops]
1570
01:32:30,093 --> 01:32:33,637
[crowd cheering]
1571
01:32:33,638 --> 01:32:36,808
[♪ music resumes]
1572
01:32:40,770 --> 01:32:43,814
Jersey in the house!
1573
01:32:43,815 --> 01:32:46,442
[crowd cheering]
1574
01:32:49,362 --> 01:32:50,946
On the trombone,
1575
01:32:50,947 --> 01:32:53,782
Ozzie Melendez, Barry Danielian,
1576
01:32:53,783 --> 01:32:56,243
Curt Ramm, Eddie Manion.
1577
01:32:56,244 --> 01:32:59,246
Curtis King, Lisa Lowell,
1578
01:32:59,247 --> 01:33:02,707
Michelle Moore, Ada Dyer,
1579
01:33:02,708 --> 01:33:07,087
sister Soozie Tyrell,
brother Charlie Giordano.
1580
01:33:07,088 --> 01:33:09,881
On the guitar, Nils Lofgren.
1581
01:33:09,882 --> 01:33:14,052
On the saxophone, Jake Clemons.
1582
01:33:14,053 --> 01:33:18,306
On the drums, the mighty,
mighty Max Weinberg.
1583
01:33:18,307 --> 01:33:21,686
On percussion, Anthony Almonte.
1584
01:33:22,437 --> 01:33:26,356
On piano, Professor Roy Bittan.
1585
01:33:26,357 --> 01:33:28,442
Miss Patti Scialfa.
1586
01:33:28,443 --> 01:33:32,279
On base, Garry W. Tallent.
1587
01:33:32,280 --> 01:33:35,283
And last but not least,
1588
01:33:35,783 --> 01:33:37,618
on guitar,
1589
01:33:39,370 --> 01:33:46,376
[elongated]
Little...
1590
01:33:46,377 --> 01:33:48,503
Steven Van Zandt.
1591
01:33:48,504 --> 01:33:51,131
[crowd cheering]
1592
01:33:51,132 --> 01:33:54,510
♪
1593
01:33:57,680 --> 01:33:59,474
Bring it up, bring it up, bring it up.
1594
01:34:05,480 --> 01:34:08,191
Bring it up, bring it up,
bring it up, bring it up.
1595
01:34:14,238 --> 01:34:16,323
One, two, three, go!
1596
01:34:16,324 --> 01:34:19,076
[♪ "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" playing]
1597
01:34:19,077 --> 01:34:21,245
[crowd cheering]
1598
01:34:21,579 --> 01:34:22,663
Whoo!
1599
01:34:25,041 --> 01:34:28,836
♪
1600
01:34:31,339 --> 01:34:32,548
That's right.
1601
01:34:33,132 --> 01:34:35,050
♪ Teardrops on the city ♪
1602
01:34:35,051 --> 01:34:38,346
♪ Bad Scooter searching for his groove ♪
1603
01:34:41,557 --> 01:34:43,934
♪ The whole world walking pretty ♪
1604
01:34:43,935 --> 01:34:46,604
♪ And you can't find the room to move ♪
1605
01:34:50,191 --> 01:34:53,611
♪ Well, everybody better
move over, that's all ♪
1606
01:34:54,821 --> 01:34:58,699
♪ I'm running on the bad side
got my back to the wall ♪
1607
01:34:59,617 --> 01:35:02,494
♪ Tenth Avenue freeze-out ♪
1608
01:35:02,495 --> 01:35:04,037
♪ Say it again ♪
1609
01:35:04,038 --> 01:35:06,623
♪ Tenth Avenue freeze-out ♪
1610
01:35:06,624 --> 01:35:09,459
♪ I'm stranded in the jungle ♪
1611
01:35:09,460 --> 01:35:12,547
♪ Taking all the heat they givin' ♪
1612
01:35:14,590 --> 01:35:15,841
♪ Yeah now ♪
1613
01:35:15,842 --> 01:35:18,301
♪ The night is dark
but the sidewalk's bright ♪
1614
01:35:18,302 --> 01:35:21,347
♪ And lined with the light of the livin' ♪
1615
01:35:23,933 --> 01:35:28,061
♪ From a tenement window
a transistor blasts ♪
1616
01:35:28,062 --> 01:35:31,398
♪ Turn around the corner
things got real quiet real fast ♪
1617
01:35:31,399 --> 01:35:33,567
♪ She hit me with a ♪
1618
01:35:33,568 --> 01:35:36,154
♪ Tenth Avenue freeze-out ♪
1619
01:35:36,571 --> 01:35:37,779
♪ Say it again ♪
1620
01:35:37,780 --> 01:35:40,616
♪ Tenth Avenue freeze-out ♪
1621
01:35:41,159 --> 01:35:44,870
♪ And I'm all alone ♪
1622
01:35:44,871 --> 01:35:47,247
♪ I'm all alone ♪
1623
01:35:47,248 --> 01:35:49,916
♪ And kid you better get the picture ♪
1624
01:35:49,917 --> 01:35:52,253
♪ I'm on my own ♪
1625
01:35:53,421 --> 01:35:55,173
♪ I'm on my own ♪
1626
01:35:56,841 --> 01:36:00,511
♪ And I can't go home ♪
1627
01:36:01,596 --> 01:36:03,973
Now this is the important part.
1628
01:36:06,809 --> 01:36:08,727
♪ They made that change uptown ♪
1629
01:36:08,728 --> 01:36:11,647
♪ And the Big Man joined the band ♪
1630
01:36:12,857 --> 01:36:15,108
[crowd cheering]
1631
01:36:15,109 --> 01:36:17,235
♪ From the coastline to the city ♪
1632
01:36:17,236 --> 01:36:20,698
♪ All the little pretties
raise their hands ♪
1633
01:36:23,076 --> 01:36:26,746
♪ I'm gonna sit back
right easy and laugh ♪
1634
01:36:27,872 --> 01:36:31,833
♪ When Scooter and the Big Man
bust this city in half ♪
1635
01:36:31,834 --> 01:36:33,168
♪ With a ♪
1636
01:36:33,169 --> 01:36:35,879
♪ Tenth Avenue freeze-out ♪
1637
01:36:35,880 --> 01:36:37,172
♪ Say it again ♪
1638
01:36:37,173 --> 01:36:40,175
♪ Tenth Avenue freeze-out ♪
1639
01:36:40,176 --> 01:36:41,385
♪ One more time ♪
1640
01:36:41,386 --> 01:36:44,221
♪ Tenth Avenue freeze-out ♪
1641
01:36:44,222 --> 01:36:45,680
♪ One more time ♪
1642
01:36:45,681 --> 01:36:47,974
♪ Tenth Avenue freeze-out ♪
1643
01:36:47,975 --> 01:36:49,893
♪ Everybody form a line ♪
1644
01:36:49,894 --> 01:36:52,020
♪ Tenth Avenue freeze-out ♪
1645
01:36:52,021 --> 01:36:54,106
♪ Everybody form a line ♪
1646
01:36:54,107 --> 01:36:56,316
♪ Tenth Avenue freeze-out ♪
1647
01:36:56,317 --> 01:36:58,735
♪ Everybody form a line ♪
1648
01:36:58,736 --> 01:37:00,695
♪ Tenth Avenue freeze-out ♪
1649
01:37:00,696 --> 01:37:02,697
♪ Everybody form a line ♪
1650
01:37:02,698 --> 01:37:05,325
♪ Tenth Avenue freeze-out ♪
1651
01:37:05,326 --> 01:37:07,077
- ♪ I said say it ♪
- ♪ Say it ♪
1652
01:37:07,078 --> 01:37:21,676
- ♪ Say it ♪
- ♪ Say it ♪
1653
01:37:27,849 --> 01:37:31,185
[♪ vocalizing]
1654
01:37:36,107 --> 01:37:39,569
♪ Oh yeah ♪
1655
01:37:40,069 --> 01:37:41,988
♪ Oh yeah ♪
1656
01:37:42,655 --> 01:37:48,119
♪ It's alright ♪
1657
01:37:51,914 --> 01:37:55,793
[crowd cheering]
1658
01:38:07,055 --> 01:38:08,639
[♪ song ends]
1659
01:38:09,849 --> 01:38:12,894
[♪ "In the Mood" by Glenn Miller
and his Orchestra playing]
1660
01:38:46,219 --> 01:38:47,260
[both laughing]
1661
01:38:47,261 --> 01:38:50,348
- [people clapping and cheering]
- [Bruce] Beautiful, Ma. Beautiful.
1662
01:38:51,349 --> 01:38:52,392
Beautiful.