Bruce Springsteen - I'm on Fire

Paris 85.

[@bonoyass]

song hits hard like a hot summer sunrise, sky is between orange, pink and yellow, the birds starting to chirp, and stars are still seen... and you are rethinking your whole life. dang i miss when i discovered this song.

[@djjones7226]

EXACTLY! Well articulated! 💕🎉

[@tawnys6172]

It reminds me of a mountain road, a drive through mountains

[@CindyFarr-fb5nl]

Dang is my favorite almost cuss word.

[@chrishoper5825]

Fuck. I feel you bro!!

[@Bourne-K]

Ich hatte in dieser Zeit schwere Irren und Wirren und Blicke heute zurück und denke, ich habe diese schwere Zeit hinter mir gelassen. Dieses Lied gab mir in einem Tief voller Alkoholprobleme, Liebeskummer, ohne Arbeit und ohne Ausweg und sogar Drogen - halt. Heute höre ich es gerne und vermisse meine alte Zeit nicht mehr. Es geht mir gut und das Lied gibt mir Power weiter nach vorne zu rennen. Die Flucht nach vorne ist das einzige was ich bei dem Lied empfinde. Niemals nach hinten schauen und da gefangen bleiben.

[@ktok1456]

It’s not self pity here from Bruce. It’s just bloody raw emotion. Christ, this man can introduce a song ...

[@Clintsessentials]

Yep.

[@mal9463]

I don’t think there’s another song out there that can make you feel like this

[@aidangatter2395]

Mallory Sunday couldn’t agree more

[@porthos6914]

@@aidangatter2395 It hit me like a freight train today!!!! But, I have to disagree a bit. Secret garden is amazing too, especially the version they talk in it. "You...............Complete>>>>>>>MEEEEE ..................=)

[@sartainja]

Amen, M.

[@sartainja]

My favorite is One step Forward.

[@gabriella-cosmicgirl7723]

Yes there is. "I burn for you" by John Farnham 🌋🔥🌋🔥🌋🔥🔥🔥

[@spidey9511]

He's dialogue before the song was amazing. He just speaks he's mind, and tells a story so convincingly. I really like that he shared that.

[@Underhills]

I second that. What a great version.

[@spidey9511]

Chinaski no doubt in my mind bud. I believe he spoke from the heart.

[@mariannemaat9282]

If you read his book, you know that he spoke from the heart, it is a sad but true story :-(.

[@ryancook6452]

John Smith "I remember, growing up, at night and my dad would sit in the kitchen with all the lights out and he'd wait for me to come in and he'd sit there and drink, and I'd stand in the driveway and I'd look into the screen door and I could see the light of his cigarette. and then I'd rush up on the porch and try to sneak by him and he would always call me back, and I was lucky he was always ahead of me and hes sitting there thinking about all the things he was never gonna have untill he got me thinking like that too. and I'd lay up in my bed at night and I'm staring at the ceiling and feel like there's something to do, something he was telling me that someday I was just gonna... (song begins)" that's what I could get, Bruce's accent is quite strong and the audio isn't great

[@eliaol4231]

@@ryancook6452 thank you. Exactly, the audio is pretty bad. But i still cant wrap my head around this. What is this about?

[@sampaul6097]

this song captures the haunting lust that nags us when we want someone so bad....near or far...hopefully within our reach....

[@sarahmeddock5064]

most accurate description ever

[@etresanchez]

I totally agree. True.

[@diosantana2659]

i never lust.

[@Beepbopboh]

Shannon.

[@BornySwag]

Samantha Paul damn

[@Moemiao]

This song is magical...sensual, sad...and so, so dreamy. I'm shaking

[@karolbielik1966]

I listen to it when I’m sad, happy, when I miss my gf, when I’m drunk, when I’m high song for all situations so powerful song ♥️♥️♥️

[@Clintsessentials]

@@karolbielik1966 totally

[@everdeneb4811]

I love the way he stands. He's definitely The Boss.

[@devinbrines]

+La Havane Nice Mucha

[@roguewolf1971]

Citrouille poilue I love him so much.

[@aemisullivan3060]

Quite the delicious passionate human

[@Underhills]

They say Elvis is the chairman.

[@DizzyLola]

I remember, growing up, at night, and my dad would sit in the kitchen with all the lights out and he waited for me to come in, and he'd sit there and drink, and I'd stand in the driveway and I'd look into his screen door, and I could see the light of a cigarette, and then I'd rush up on the porch and try to get by him, but he'd always call me back. And it was like he was always... Always angry. Always mad. He'd be sitting there thinking about everything that he was never gonna have, until... Until he'd get me thinking like that too. And I'd lay up in my bed, at night, and be staring at the ceiling, and I'd feel like if something didn't happen, if something didn't happen soon, it felt like I was just gonna... Like some day, like I was just gonna...

[@andrewyoung8998]

DizzyLola damn the part about the cig is poetic

[@kenj33muddymudder21]

DizzyLola makes this rendition so insanely better than the others. Even tho the content of the song in my eyes is different than the point he is making. When you think of the singer as someone who has been thru that kinda thing... the passion becomes more intense than originally. It makes perfect sense. This song will always be on the list for me.

[@DarkCreatorn]

If you want a beautiful intro just like this, search for The River Live Los Angeles 85. Thank me later!

[@edulfernandezdiaz1334]

Una maravilla de canción, letra extraordinaria .

[@claudiaovalle3167]

...be a wonderful voice....the BOSS....

[@wisecracker1814]

Some intro, heh..? Lots of our dads were like his. Spent their lives workin' hard, takin' care of us, and no doubt thinkin' of all the things they'd never have over that last beer in the glow of the evening. Thanks, pops. Hope I made you proud. Now I'm in my own windin' down years, realizing my limits, savorin' my favorite brew in the twilight. Wondering how my son remembers those years when I was raisin' him. Keeping him warm & safe & dry. Did I teach him well? Do the best a father can? I trust I did. I trust he learned. Indeed, he makes me very proud. Here's to you, son. 🍺 Dare to dream. Dare to do. With love. Always, Pops

[@gahan101]

At 2:57 the dude yelling(i think) "I'M ON FIRE TOO" !!

[@omaraburto7640]

gahan101 thank you for this 🙏

[@Demitrival]

gahan101 damn good ears man ;p

[@lynnwarf2174]

gahan101 I hear it too!! Who wouldn’t be

[@ronaldpedder1928]

Sounded like Barney from the Simpsons lol

[@mannydog69]

lol took a few listens, but yeah. Hilarious!

[@brigittedornseifer1887]

this reminds me the summer of 1983 when I was on fire with the love of my life,.... we were still sooooo very young but still I love him even if I am old now...

[@TheRipperxX9]

Never seen an artist introduce a song like this live ever in my life. This is pure magic. The speech, the ethereal music in the back, his gestures. Just everything about the performance. Amazing.

[@rimetime6423]

I know there's a lot of great singers but i too have never seen one better than Bruce live, in his prime like this video he is totally connected to his music. He's so passionate and just amazing.

[@amandabeaton6230]

Awesome!!!!! No words

[@DarkCreatorn]

If you want a beautiful intro just like this, search for The River Live Los Angeles 85. Thank me later!

[@ellalal3405]

DarkCreatorn, will check it out☘️

[@ceceliablazek6909]

That’s why he is the Boss baby!

[@TheRipperxX9]

Thank you America for giving the world such a gem of an artist. There will never be someone like Bruce, that passion, those performances... so authentic. Sadly, my friends don’t share my enthusiasm for him, they find his music old (I’m a 20 yo from Spain), but the truth is that nowadays you won’t find a single artist as devoted to his music and his listeners as Bruce Springsteen. I’ll always be thankful to my dad for making me love him, for treasuring his art for decades, and although I’ll never get to see him at his peak like my dad did back in the 80s in those Madrid and Barcelona concerts, I know there will only be one Boss, and his name is Bruce Springsteen.

[@Pato-rw7qm]

También tengo 20 y soy de España jajaja. Me pasa lo mismo que a ti. A mis amigos no les mola Bruce :( Soy de Madrid, de donde eres tu?

[@nisharaperera6981]

hey I'm a fellow 20 something here. My dad introduced me to Bruce, said that he was called The Boss. I didnt like him much when I was a kid, but somewhere in my teens I discovered him again. God I'm so thankful for such a talented man like Bruce- he really is such a fine piece of art. yep, and just like you buddy I will never get to see him live

[@dexfoster7435]

Beautifully written, I hope more of your age come about !

[@Dancestar1981]

He’s one of the greats I’m 42, I was 3 when this song was first released

[@chico1519]

hallelujah! finally a youngster with good taste in music!

[@sarahsimpson8525]

Shivers down the spine time!

[@Bossladyone2]

I am so thankful that my dad left me when I was 3 or 4. I am afraid I would dislike him even more, if I had to grow up in his presence. Thank God for good Mother's. They were our salvation.

[@AriaAR]

I love the repeating guitar rhythm, like a train going down the tracks... "a freight train running through my head." Bruce is the Boss, the God, the King of Rock

[@mike141957]

like that line mesel too ... can identify ....

[@karatezucchini]

That bit at 1:56, just before the music starts, is the perfect description of how you feel when you're wanting someone so badly. And the next second this wonderful tune comes up and you're like "OMG I'm gonna burst..."

[@fantasiazplatkami]

exactly, I need but cant have, and its painful. Such songs tear you apart.

[@anthonydemarco5044]

My childhood is encapsulated in the introduction of this song.

[@Underhills]

Authenticity. Ya'know, that's what sells. Bruce is brilliant here. God how I miss the 80's. As a matter of fact I miss all things old, it reminds me of what was. What's now is so unimportant. Thing is, I wanna roll back, or somehow adjust. Can't seem to accept current times. Everything is so alien. I don't like myself and I don't like who I've become. The world is just brutal. I miss old times. You know what I mean...

[@cminksful]

I hear ya man getting old is tough things that were once familiar eventually become distant and gone.

[@Isabelle-fh3yr]

There's still people like that out there & you have still got it inside you dear stranger. Just gotta find some more things out there that resonate with that. I hope you find it!

[@Underhills]

Thanks cminksful and Isabelle. I keep coming back to this tune. It is a painting of my life so to speak. Hard to explain.

[@Ryder69girl]

I agree

[@AbbyNormal777]

I feel the same way about the 70's. My life was exactly like that movie "Dazed and Confused". Good times. Not so much stress and fear in the world.

[@gafpb]

On the last train of the night in Tokyo, from one end of the line to the other. Unbelievably crowded and claustrophobic. I put this song on a loop on my iPod, closed my eyes, and I was in a completely different place. Amazing song.

[@Lothlorien75]

Everytime I watch this video I feel absolutely weak in my knees... wohooooo

[@KyleGavinMom]

Talking about his dad, validated why he’s awesome...he’s authentic and so incredibly human, but, he feels love from his soul before it even touches his heart. These are the misunderstood, usually...Bruce found beauty in pain & used it to heal himself and others. A hero to humanity in a certain sense.

[@bleedindeadly]

get ya totally i was born in 91, hes always been my favourite, prefer the older stuff too, awesome

[@guggsterinn]

Im having a heartattack in many places listening to this.........., this is unreal, Why did i ever stop listening to this man......wow what a rejunion here on youtube, I use to love this man.....so much.....and still do.

[@MartinWasberg]

you can't describe how good this song is. One of the best songs ever written by a humen, the text is incredeble. LOVE bruce springsteen

[@zandewilson]

I was straight 5 minutes and 40 seconds ago

[@theduckman8380]

Looolll so true :)

[@goodbye5030]

Oh la la😁👍♥️! 😉

[@tracysmith5802]

Sexy as f

[@blindhowlingdrunk]

Zani W. 😂

[@artfoursoul]

hhh

[@kuku68578]

Bruce is just soul of my life.... seems he feels my heart.

[@friedaderidder9739]

Één van z'n beste... Om rillingen van te krijgen! Grt vanuit België

[@Rometiklan]

Got this song on the brain tonight. Checking all the youtube vids. What an awesome song. Thanks for posting.

[@sylviatjes]

Lieve Mamma vergeet nooit dat jij dit nummer voor mij opnam op je tape recorder en 3 dagen later was je er niet meer mamma je nam de laaste trein en je had nog zo gezegt en belooft ik doe geen gekke dingen maar mamma bedankt voor dit mooie nummer en het is goed zo. Liefs je dochter Sylvia

[@katjawo1866]

Amazing! i love this song so much!

[@scotlander3410]

agreed

[@ellenmarcell9093]

All his songs I’ve grown up with from the time he first started playing. He’s like an old friend meeting me time after time reminding me of what we’ve both been through in life.

[@jessicakunsminskas5158]

Who wouldn't be on fire while watching this? This right here is one of the best definitions of Sexy.

[@craigdrury6704]

Awesome! Takes me right back to 84, great track, great album!

[@Tokoroegao]

Striking to the very core of my soul...

[@tngldmane]

How can 41 people not like this man and his music. Oh yeah, they're deaf-and blind!

[@MarieLouiseLa]

I think this song is one of The Boss's best! Longing, passion and melancholy!

[@telcomun]

I've listened to this magical music for more than 3 hours while crossing Indian ocean on a flight to Australia. The memory of that trip is so engaged and related to this piece of music that I thought the picture of me in the plane hovered in the darkness of a night with small lamps mimicking stars by the ceiling is the ever solely existed original picture for it. I still can feel the exhausting hours which passed away by the magnificent spirit blowing in this masterpiece.

[@elizabethschlosser9287]

sheets are still wet in 2016

[@Stereostupid]

Elizabeth Watts only our sheets are wet from years and years of this beautiful song not being long enough!one day I looked up every live version of this song and finally got fulfillment and it’s interesting to compare which one was the best there’s a couple he put so much emotion as humanly possible man he’s just got it!

[@SuperIrish1993]

Its amazing how music can bring so many cultures together

[@Dancestar1981]

Along with mathematics it’s a universal language

[@asngo4]

Bruce is so damn hot here:)

[@GLAMOUR587]

Totally agree 😻

[@arvidlundell802]

I'm a straight guy but i agree 100%

[@Nad_111]

Agree! 😍

[@StreghetteXXX]

wow. i never tire of watching this. hot and amazing. thank you!

[@cielitoroldan5168]

Oh Bruce Springsteen nunca voy a cansarme de escucharte , tenés los 👀👀 tiernos y 💪💪 fuertes!!! 🚴🚴

[@micheleabbas7101]

🕊💃🏾🇫🇷sensuel sans être vulgaire : de la douceur à l’oreille ….une voix majestueuse 🕊💙🕊

[@FRANK.G]

Gives me chills every time I hear it

[@offmymedsgeezer]

The guy was INTENSE! The commentary about his Dad seems more of a lament for lost working class dreams, but we ladies get the real tension here! Gorgeous voice, music & delivery, but gals, you KNOW what I be talkin' bout!! Thank you, poster!

[@disk0kain]

Who listen this epic Song in 2019?

[@benjaminrozas4615]

Blödsinn vom Witzher Nobody .I.

[@mr.turtle140]

2020

[@bjorndirks4689]

2022

[@simonjohn166]

I'm listening to it in 2022 mate classics. I also lo bike and the machanic's brilliant. 🤣☺️

[@tomaswildanger5238]

@Benjamin Rozas ???

[@akg4555]

Es ist einfach die allerschönste Version dieses tollen Liedes

[@womanofsteele3331]

Funny how many ppl get so confused by the first line and take it so literally to mean that her 'daddy' is her father and that she is a child...duhh.....her 'daddy' is her man and this song is not about pedophilia!! LOL!!! Damn some ppl are stupid

[@tblightningbolt8902]

Ellie The Gymnast 777 it’s a Johnny Cash cover from the 60s

[@TheAnarchistBeekeeper]

@@tblightningbolt8902 Johnny cash' version is from the year 2000 and it's a tribute to Bruce.

[@vincentohara2035]

@@tblightningbolt8902 um, what planet are you on?

[@matiszkieletor150]

Sugar daddy

[@jeremyshawnfoster779]

Just not lie about me being there with is everything okay

[@ShawnMac75]

When I was in high school my dad would do the same thing. Sit there in his recliner, drunk off his ass and hating the world. I would come home and see the light on in the living room and think to myself I don't even want to go inside. Then I'd try to rush past him upstairs and he would ALWAYS call me back to give me a lecture and he was just so mad and wanted me to feel afraid of him and like there was no hope that life could be better. Bruce knows and I bet many of you here know.

[@flutefun46]

I don't know how he manages to do it but everything he says or writes sounds like complex and in depth poetry this song especially.

[@Dancestar1981]

Yes another artist who does this is Bob Dylan

[@ronaldweaver7639]

I lived that disappointing life through drugs and alcohol. But Not no more. I'm living my best life ever clean, sober and no cigarettes. And grounded with my higher power Jesus Christ , King of Kings.

[@isabelnunes5001]

I LOVE BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

[@vinygee1]

The Boss , never afraid to do it live. any place any time any where no gimmicks ,just rock

[@jamiepaton5]

i never want my son to ever be scared of coming home, he is my best friend at five years old and will always be my best friend for life, this song is the best version of I'm on fire that I've ever heard. magical stuff brucey baby

[@lazbarca8881]

😭😭 same with my boy, best buddies I always tell him

[@karolbielik1966]

I have amazing mum and this is our song so keep up the good work 😌

[@sharon012490]

So sincere, so honest, so amazing! In my opinion Bruce is the grestest

[@danielm.7695]

Intro defines what made Bruce and the decade of the 1980s so unique and magical.

[@L-Slayer]

FANTASTIC

[@hubcaphalo]

"I remember growing up, at night my dad would sit in the kitchen, with all the lights out, and he'd wait for me to come in. And he'd sit there and drink, and I'd stand there in the driveway and I'd look in through the screen door. I could see the light from his cigarette. And then I'd rush up on the prch, and try to get by him. But he would always call me back. And it was like he was always..always angry, always mad. He was sitting there thinking of everything he wasn't ever going to have.....

[@inmemoryofCarla]

Thanks Bruce.

[@bottleimp007]

That intro was how I felt many times growing up with a difficult dad. I wonder how many of you out there felt the same way.

[@John-se3fm]

Me

[@purpura1153]

Es que es espectacular!!!! Es tan pasional, con esta Preciosa voz... Es el gran BOSS!!!!! Que gozada escucharlo y verlo con este increíble fisico🥰🥰🥰🥰😍😍😍😍😍😍😍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@DarkCreatorn]

If you want a beautiful intro just like this, search for The River Live Los Angeles 85. Thank me later!

[@mike141957]

yep ,,,, thanks !!!!!

[@Ironman374]

I own that live album but focused mainly on listening to unreleased songs not on albums (Seeds, etc...). Thanks for pointing me to that. I've listened to it almost ten times over the last day.

[@chimaera6234]

true, i come back to this every once in a while when i drive in the summer, windows down, loneley road

[@bigbonesbilly1969]

There would be a poor world without this great songwriter. What a song!!!

[@itmfl2046]

bruce was always master raconteur, telling great stories about the songs he sings

[@panayiotispanayi1007]

this is the way too heaven....

[@jeroenbus1]

How can you not like this???

[@jameskerr1859]

This is classic Bruce, probably the best singer-song writer of the 1980s, and one of the few who actually sounds better live than on CD. Love it.

[@carolhudson9106]

Words from the heart ,bet most missed them !

[@davistaylor5619]

Hi Carol,Hope you’re okay ?

[@christinemm67]

Bruuuce! Thank you for this. I went to a bunch of concerts in 84-85. Memories!

[@DarleneAshleyCheleze]

the most classic version of this song that this cougar has ever heard.

[@garygood6804]

reow =3!

[@marcodicesare6716]

This is the only way to play "I'm on fire", you cannot play it faster or with a different rhythm or louder, with different gestures, simply you can't. Don't try, you'll fail

[@ceceliablazek6909]

This is the best version of this song. Thanks so much!

[@nhedrick100]

This is a really great song, I enjoy it very much, just too short.

[@womanofsteele3331]

+Ned Hedrick I wish there was one more verse!!!

[@nhedrick100]

At lest one more verse. Thanks for listening!

[@MrLeslieb123]

Ned Hedrick Late but I agree.

[@warflynn]

Sizzzzzzzzzling hot!!!!!!!! Bruce is the BOSS

[@gerardwhite2689]

Me and my old man didn't get on either especially when he had been drinking he had to many kids and he resented us all for stealing his youth especially me we couldn't stand the sight of each other

[@sylviatjes]

Mamma still love you after all this years xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Lots off love frome Holland Mamma Vera xxxx

[@xxjerzyrecordsxx]

Thankfully the crowd mostly gives up on clapping off time before the song is over.

[@AJVENTURA323]

remember hearing him in 87 touch my soul, one of rocks greatest singers songwriters

[@gerardwhite2689]

Me and my father never got on it seems we spent our life arguing he married to young because he had to back then he had to many kids there were six of us there was never any money because he drank it all then he would come home beat his wife and kids and smash up the house I hated him then and I hate him now and he's been dead for years

[@InannaBernice]

Love this song...thanks you for sharing.

[@joshuagrubbs6625]

I love the way he stands. He's definitely The Boss. sheets are still wet in 2016

[@MrRcc99]

He`s the man. The greatest singer ever.

[@SustainBeauty]

I am on fire watching this lol

[@truitep]

je me rappelle avoir ecouter le concert sur une petite radio a pilles ....un soir d ete...j avais 6ans....

[@Dreez76]

This is the only song i haven't heard live from Bruce, out of all the songs i want to hear. Last time he was in sweden, i almost cried when he played Jungle Land and The River. But we got 3 awesome concerts where he played almost all big hits.

[@Ladeetee1018]

My favorite version of this song

[@Neira7]

I like the way he sings "desire" at 2:34 and "I can take you higher" at 2:49-3:00. Damn, I love the whole performance :) Boss is great :)

[@karolbielik838]

The definitive version of this song

[@Bowiegirl]

I never get tired of this song, it is truly a classic that never gets old and any generation can relate to the lyrics.

[@MatchMaster7]

So many of his songs are about things that I face in real life. Sometimes I wake up at night feeling like I'm on Fire. Even more ironically, I feel that the only way to cool my desire is for the person to hear how I truly feel inside.

[@j9thewicked]

gave me chills and moved me to tears.

[@carolinetconey]

Goose bumps. Need I say more? This song is very special.

[@zoerosado3561]

Best thing I've ever seen.

[@bee_bee4159]

"Only you can cool my desire" 🔥🔥❤️❤️🙌🏼

[@kellynichilo4412]

I just LOVE THIS MAN..............The BOSS!!! This is just one of my many, many favorites!!! God Bless you BOSS MAN & thank-you for sharing your wonderfullness w/the WORLD!!! You just keep ROCKIN'!!

[@MrSean3638]

This song is one of my Mom's best...

[@kyleweber3611]

I hope life improves soon I miss my father

[@kyleweber3611]

He loves Bruce wish he loved us too

[@merryme5960]

80's where🍁 every day was a fourth 🌷down...🌴