BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - Streets of Philadelphia REACTION - Sad,but beautiful art.

[@RicoBurghFan]

An Oscar-winning song from Philadelphia where Tom Hanks played a big-shot lawyer dying of AIDS. Very moving film and song, you gotta watch it, brother.

[@revsharkie]

This movie was in theaters the spring after my uncle had died from AIDS. It was much too soon for me to watch it, and it just about does me in even now. If you can find the clip from the movie of Tom Hanks listening to Maria Callas singing "La Mamma Morta" and translating it for Denzel, it is incredibly powerful.

[@HarriBestReactions]

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[@RicoBurghFan]

@@revsharkie That was indeed powerful and oh so heartbreaking 💔

[@davemillage6129]

@@revsharkie sorry to hear and yes so sad. The ending scenes of family after their loss and the Neil Young piano chills me each time i think of it. All the best D!!

[@cosmickid1794]

Bruce Springsteen wasn't depressed for a few hours after writing this, Springsteen has been fighting depression his entire life, is very open about it, and frequently talks about how his father suffered from depression and how it affected their relationship. Many of Bruce's songs are the father/son dynamic, the domineering father, the son looking for love and acceptance, "Independance Day" comes to mind. Bruce admits his marathon shows is one way he battles depression. Being onstage, with a loving crowd, well, who wouldn't love that!!! It's so important when reviewing Springsteen material to know the context of the song, the words do matter and the imagery they create can make for a devasting blend. Mental illness touches so many on so many levels and even the biggest stars in the world are not immune. Rock On and greetings from Canada, eh!!

[@Bob_Cats]

I didn't know this. I appreciate when celebrities are open about mental illnesses. I have depression. Not right know, thankfully!

[@cosmickid1794]

@@Bob_Cats you can even find videos on youtube from Bruce talking about his mental health

[@janabraam7963]

This won an Academy Award for best song for the movie PHILADELPHIA. And it won 4 Grammy Awards. A haunting song. Bruce is a musical genius.

[@pattutty6977]

I CRY EVERY TIME IHEAR THIS GOD BLESS YOU BRUCE Love pat Dublin

[@katieblackmore2004]

This song also must be how every homeless person feels..... Just looked upon as something to rid and brush under the carpet..... Though this was originally about AIDS, it could be tethered to several aspects of life and that's what makes it so damn incredible.

[@walterpanovs]

Oscar winner for "Best Original Song" and a multiple Grammy Award winner including "Song of the Year." Probably Springsteen's most conventionally honored track. (He also wrote the title track for the film "Dead Man Walking" which was also Oscar-nominated.)

[@davemillage6129]

Omg Ya forgot about that gem! D M Walkin is another great one by Bruce, thanks for reminding! Many cheers D!!

[@johnbrowne3950]

Neil Young's Philadelphia son was better.

[@josepheastmond313]

​@@johnbrowne3950it wasn't better, but it was good.

[@davidbordonaro1631]

From the movie Philadelphia . haunting is a good description

[@MisterWondrous]

All I have to say is thank God for medicine, and for people willing to step up and help. It is Hell on Earth to go through, and at one time few if any survived. Kudos to Bruce for writing this, and you for your eternal goodness and sharing.

[@revsharkie]

We lost nearly an entire generation of creative folks--artists, musicians, actors, dancers, etc.--because of AIDS.

[@MisterWondrous]

@@revsharkie I once had a job writing obits for a city newspaper, and had to write obits for people I knew who had succumbed to the disease.

[@bemused9522]

So, so happy you finally got a chance to listen to this, Harri. It was from Philadelphia movie about when HIV/AIDS first hit us. I was just a young teen, but by the time I was 26 I had lost 7 of my friends to AIDS. Someone made a very good memorial video to Freddy Mercury using this song... one of the most moving memorial videos I have seen in as Bruce has such deep emotion in this one. You are right, it is a haunting song. I am 50 now, but when I hear this, I remember and hear and can see all of my beautiful young friends faces.

[@JPMadden]

I'm 52, and as a straight kid growing up in the '80s, in a suburban U.S. school where not one kid was out, I remember the AIDS epidemic being almost an abstract concept. It was something that happened somewhere else, to other people. Films like "Philadelphia" and "And the Band Played On" helped me to understand what was happening. At least we were enlightened enough to not believe the lies about it being a "gay plague" or God's retribution. I did experience in my early twenties the deaths of two people my age, one to suicide, but I cannot imagine your pain. Thank you for your story.

[@bemused9522]

@@JPMadden Thank you for responding. My sister was in art college, and we both grew up in a redneck county. I remember always feeling like I had to protect them when they came over here. Back then, they called us names like fag hags, but we didn't care. They were some of the best and sweetest friends I have ever had the privilege of having. Thanks for sharing your story. It was a scary time for all of us. It was also a growing up too quickly time for us, too, as Desert Storm had also started.....so....to sound all mystic and x-genny, to each generation is set a course of challenges. I just try to remember my old Beatles I heard growing up " the love you give is equal to the love you take. Peace and namaste.

[@marybaillie8907]

I can't hear this song without being moved to tears.😭 Philadelphia was such a sad movie with Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington. I'm sure Bruce was emotionally drained after writing this song. So many people lost to Aids. So sad. Thanks Harri. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦

[@michaelasay8587]

And philly, like every major city in the US is so dangerous now...sad.

[@marybaillie8907]

Canada has really changed too. 👍✌️🇨🇦

[@s4dreamland671]

"embrace him, give him a hand and not just ostracize him"..Wow Harri! Those sentiments would be deeply revered by those who were fighting a losing battle in the 80's and 90's..Very sad, very haunting end to life.

[@43cjd]

The beginning of the AIDS epidemic was one of the worst chapters in American history. The movie Philidelphia brings it all to the forefront. It is so hard to watch this movie and realize what was done to our fellow human beings. It is just truly heartbreaking.

[@KC-bv9kf]

“Ain’t no angels going to greet me…” We were all someone’s baby, but some of us are left behind.

[@debbiechang5781]

Such a haunting song from a very sad, poignant movie. Hanks was amazing, as usual. Great reaction Harri 🌺✌️

[@johnthegreek5836]

Bruce Springsteen is a musical genius

[@mikecaetano]

Richie Havens dropped a cover of "Streets of Philadelphia" in 1997 that gets me every time I hear it. Check it out when you can. PS. In a 2017 interview following the death of filmmaker Jonathan Demme (Stop Making Sense (1984), Something Wild (1986), The Silence of Lambs (1991), Philadelphia (1993)), Springsteen recalled struggling to get the song started at first: "I hooked up my little studio, and I tried for a day or so to come up with something," Springsteen added, "and I hadn't come up with anything." The director sent him a rough version of the opening scene from the film that helped him find the heart of the song: "Demme had sent me that opening piece of film where the camera moves slowly through Philly," Springsteen said. After that he finished the song in two days.

[@Cynthia...]

I met Richie Havens briefly back in the 60's. He shook my hand and said "how ya feelin' " ✌

[@mikecaetano]

@@Cynthia... Nice! He made a big impression on my acoustic guitar playing when I discovered him back in the 80's.

[@neilburns8869]

The song was written for the movie Philadelphia that stars Tom Hanks as a high flying lawyer who has contracted AIDS. On noticing the liasons on his skin, the directors of the law Firm that he works for set him up so that they can terminate his contract because of their own homophobic values. Hanks' character takes them to court where he's actually represented by a homophobic lawyer in the shape of Denzel Washington.

[@mikec2988]

I was going through valium addiction medically, my doctor was weaning me off. This song reminds me of addiction and how it affects people to the point of suicide and fighting the feeling of helplessness. I wish they would do more for those in Kensington Philadelphia strung out with addictions and mental illness.

[@beckybarnes4651]

"Receive me brother, with your faithless kiss".........not "Receive me brother, with your fake this kiss". Nothing worse than people getting the lyrics wrong by one of the greatest song writing story tellers of all time!

[@gregfagan199]

Bruce is the undisputed champ of movie songs. His lyrics always capture the heart of the story. Here, he puts himself in the shoes of a man dying from AIDS. He also wrote songs for "Jerry McGuire," "The Wrestler," and "Dead Man Walking." All are deeply moving.

[@surlechapeau]

Harri, his "Rosalita", "Thunder Road" and "Jungleland" are next for you! One of the very few artists I've bothered to see twice!! 1980 and 2002.

[@paulmct27]

You really need to watch bruce on live to get the full power of these songs

[@erikgilson1687]

It was literally Springsteen being so broken up about the aids crisis and losing friends as it was happening, it Impacted him tremendously

[@ginamarandino6451]

This song is just so haunting and sad but it's the most deep, introspective into what a person goes through he couldn't have written this song better.

[@CaptWalker]

Yes, it's just fantastic stuff, i'm so excited about it, as you can tell...?

[@MrJocky82]

What a song. Especially when paired with the film. Amazing from the boss

[@joeshmow9097]

Fantastic reaction. Great review. It's exactly hiw you described it, powerful and sad. Beautiful song

[@neilburns8869]

I think Springsteen actually won an Oscar (or some kind of award) for this song.

[@Bob_Cats]

Boy does that make me back. 💜

[@davemillage6129]

Great song Thanks Harri. A great film intro obviously and sad exit as well with Neil Young's Philadelphia... cheers D!!

[@dishields7808]

Probably the best song written specifically for a sound track. Besides Miss Misery for Good Will Hunting by Elliott Smith

[@johnbrowne3950]

Neil Young's Philadelphia was better.

[@briangbv1]

You have great taste in music. Losing Elliott was devastating...but the music will forever be a part of my life.

[@2869may]

"I'M ON FIRE".....!

[@mysterymac38]

"The Show Must Go On" by Queen is much more emotional as it was written by someone who truly understood.

[@delorespetree3243]

Great song

[@jaccilowe3842]

He also did Dead Man Walking. He is the poet of a generation.

[@kirkschabatka1999]

I'm not a big fan of the boss.but this really captured my coming of age. thanks harri

[@gregrenn2138]

Great job Harri. This is a real reaction.

[@LetItBeSummer-1]

Check out the movie too. It was very well done & touching. Thx Harri! I know it’s about AIDS but I’ve been following some really sad stories in the Kensington area of Philadelphia lately. The largest open air heroin market on the east coast. And this just reminds me of all the homelessness and drug addicts rampant in that area. Very very sad.

[@tracyfrazier7440]

I see there is a recent documentary about the Kensington drug market. I can’t bring myself to watch it. My God, why can’t our billionaires going to space care about solving these problems on earth.

[@LetItBeSummer-1]

@@tracyfrazier7440 I agree. There are a lot of KZbin channels about Kensington. Some are just someone driving around in the car videoing the streets. When I first saw it I was incredibly shocked it is so bad.

[@valnangel02]

My Aunt wanted me to play this song for my dad from her on his last days of life on Hospice. She seemed shocked when my dad didn’t smile for the song. I have been so confused what this song means it feels so down and depressing. I just can’t stop thinking about what I might be missing.

[@Wizardjudge]

Philadelphia is called the city of brotherly love. A double meaning of a man lost and alone, ostracized for his illness as well as a story of a gay man destroyed by that horrible disease.

[@keithschofield1158]

You really need to see the video to get the full effect love your channel

[@dishields7808]

My fav Bruce Springsteen song. Well maybe a tie with blood brothers

[@lisannebaumholz5028]

Both Bruce Springsteen's opening song & Neil Young's closing song written for this film were wonderful. Both were commissioned by the late Jonathan Demme, the director of "Philadelphia". Here are both songs, as they were used in the film: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jaCpkmRvoKdlmpY kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXjFYnt9lK9oY6c

[@TomGorham]

I've always felt that this was about homelessness and abandonment. We all can identify that fear.

[@Cynthia...]

Excellent choice Craig. The boss is the best!

[@craigaust3306]

Thanks!

[@dennorma7515]

Tom Hanks' character was dying of AIDS in the movie "Philadelphia". Rejection, ridicule and physical pain. Sadly, the words fit the story line perfectly.

[@esmeraldapooner751]

Yes, this song/movie came out during the start of the AIDS pandemic, there was a lot of work discrimination back then. And some people were still calling it the gay cancer and blaming them for spreading it. It was just as crazy and political as the start of covid.

[@paulclements6277]

The movie was called Philadelphia

[@laurenpeck3609]

Not a huge fan...but love this one and "Tunnel Of Love"

[@bpfromowc]

Watch the movie “Philadelphia”.

[@keithschofield1158]

Can you react to Bruce’s innocent on fiftyseventh street

[@davidtullis2810]

The most powerful museum exhibition I ever saw was the portraits of AIDS

[@sherribrock2726]

This had nothing to do with Bruce. It was written specifically for the movie. Great movie!

[@sandyburch3010]

The times where rough, alot of people died, and no one wanted to touch anyone with aids, it was awful...an awful time...

[@leongiovanni9902]

sometimes its ok to do just a lil bit of research it gives a little more life and recognition to what being portrayed. rather than just diving straight in, suppose thats what reaction vids seem to be. but thanks for playing this.

[@HarriBestReactions]

You obviously didn't watch this till the end.I'll like to know what exactly didn't sit well with you here. The second thing is,you dont necessarily have to research a reaction video.You can if you choose to,but you dont have to.The angle i take is, my reaction when i hear a song for the first time.When you hear a song on the radio for example,you have a first impression.You dont go researching what you just heard.Thats my style.Others might go down the research route and that is fine too.

[@cojeffhurleur]

Any chance you react to Philadelphia by Neil Young ?

[@johni450]

After listening to this song how about an upbeat song about Philadelphia! Please react to The song PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM by ELTON JOHN. The live version on SOUL TRAIN would be a good choice.

[@TH-lj1iw]

Not a movie song

[@fomfom9779]

This song was specifically written for the movie 'Philadelphia'. And was the 1994 Academy Award winning Best Original Song.

[@cecileluv]

Have you ever listened to Ugandan Philly Lutaaya, Alone... fight AIDS?

[@turnerdan53]

At the time no one want to call a warning to the problem because the religionist right was saying it is just god's justice for Gays. Why do we blame others instead of helping.

[@sirhoopalot1]

Ironically Philadelphia is known as the City of Brotherly Love yet a lot of the AIDS victims were ostracized and died alone.

[@taniele84]

Fake this kiss? I thought it was faithless kiss Because homosexuality was considered faithless. Lyrics are wrong or I’ve been wrong lol

[@982spyder5]

Let him get another vaxx, and then another. He's dead to me and many others who idolized his music.