Bruce Springsteen - Live At The S.O.S. Racism Concert, Paris 6-18-1988 [Video]

Hello! This is Bruce's participation in the S.O.S. Racism Concert that took place in Paris! 'The Promised Land' features Clarence on saxophone and backing vocals and 'My Hometown' also features Clarence on the backing vocals - both gorgeous arrangements. After that, Clarence leaves the stage and Bruce covers both 'Blowin' In The Wind' by Bob Dylan and 'Bad Moon Rising' by Creedence Clearwater Revival. My thanks to Phil (jubeph) for sharing his personal VHS recording on jungleland! The quality is great and so is the sound!
Setlist:
0:47 - The Promised Land
5:35 - My Hometown
11:12 - Blowin' In The Wind
14:23 - Bad Moon Rising
Enjoy!

[@petegasper2806]

Nice initiative of Bruce to play this concert in 1988. The next day he played in front of 80 000 paying people at the Hippodrome Vincennes on his Tunnel of Love Express Tour.

[@KnightOfAwesometon]

Blowin' in the Wind is one of the best songs Bob Dylan ever wrote, in my opinion, but Bruce Springsteen singing it? Perfection.

[@adelmobonvicini3612]

Si Anella Bruce che canta Dylan è uno spettacolo emozionante e profetico perché tutti noi , piccoli umani , dovremmo cercare nella nostra vita una metaforica terra promessa !!

[@NorderstedtMusik]

I was there and both the next days were great too!

[@maragetwhite8001]

Bruce great song u did tribute to Bob Dylan great job. From Robert Schuhlein.

[@wernerstruebing116]

Just brilliant by the genius Bruce, it doesn’t really matter which song he attempts, it’s always a success. Thank you Bruce

[@jihellinfame8124]

J'y étais, esplanade de Vincennes, un soir d'été 1988 ...super souvenir, merci Bruce et Big Man !

[@petegasper2806]

Incredible performance of Bruce. Hard to See the 300 000 in the audience though. But I guess Bruce was the last artist on the Bill. I have seen footage from earlier in the day and its a huge Crowd. Not as big as the 500 000 in East Berlin but huge Crowd Anyway. But the Paris Concert was a free Concert, with other artists. The East Berlin Show was a regular ticket Tumnel of Love express tour show. 160 000 or 170 000 tickets were sold in East Berlin Then another 340 000 people gate crashed the East Berlin show. Something absolutely unheard of in Communistic East Berlin. 500 000 people watching Bruce Springsteen in a big field in East Berlin and Bruce says in a speach that he hopes that all the Walls someday Will fall. Bruce sure was on fire in 1988. The Paris Concert shows this very well. The next day he did his regular ticketed show on the Tunnel of Love Express tour in front of 80 000 people at the Hippodrome Vincennes.

[@Leopold1002]

Thanks for sharing. I’ve seen the Blowing in the Wind/BMR often but never seen the 2 songs before. It’s the only time I’ve seen Scooter and the Big Man doing a song with just the 2 of them.

[@Ellellemm22]

Me too. It’s really special. Their connection is not bound by the confines of Earth. 💕

[@anelladambrosio2513]

Bruce e Clarence insieme!! Un concerto memorabile!!😇😇😇😢💗💗♥️♥️🎶💎🎸🎷

[@hervecatalano666]

J'y étais également, toute une nuit de musique avec plein d'autres artistes, génial !

[@Ellellemm22]

The quality of this video is spectacular. Bruce and Clarence are amazing! Beautiful.

[@springsteendisciple3543]

Awesome, Scooter and The Big Man ! Nice job on Blow'in in the Wind.

[@m4d3y3m00dy]

Beautiful! One of Bruce's my preferred performances! :)

[@mariki3]

I was there huge crowd

[@maragetwhite8001]

Bruce your right racism hurts I'm part black part white I've gone through people saying comments my whole life seeing u and clarance stand on that stage shows power thank u Clarance we miss u c RIP. Robert Schuhlein

[@sladjanaristic6405]

Kraljevski Brus. Briljantno kralju. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔.

[@barbarababsy7348]

Oh wow my Rockerbaby 🌹 ☀️ 💝

[@anelladambrosio2513]

Questa canzone e bellissima!!😅😍😘🎸🎷🎶🎶💎♥️🌟🌟♥️♥️

[@giseljuarez8918]

Lo mejor que e visto🤗 UNICO!! PARA SIEMPRE🙌🏻 BRUCE ❤

[@sladjanaristic6405]

Hvala vam za ovaj božanstveni video. ❤️❤️❤️💋💋.

[@sladjanaristic6405]

Hvala što vam se svidja moj komentar. ❤️❤️❤️.

[@adelmobonvicini3612]

Ho dimenticato di ricordarci che il primo e probabilmente unico Presidente USA di pelle nera ha scritto le sue memorie di Presidente in un voluminoso e bellissimo libro dal titolo non casuale " una terra promessa "

[@michaelrex1481]

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ BRUCE

[@tinkerbell1972able]

Amazing!

[@valquiriabueno5414]

always sooooo good to see and hear Bruce 🎸💘💘💘 Sempre muiiiiiiito bom ver e ouvir Bruce 🎸🎤💘💘💘 rip Clarence 🙏

[@valquiriabueno5414]

Eu piro no charme d Bruce 🎸💘

[@karenfranklin2640]

The Boss

[@theschnauzers]

As was often the case with much of Dylan’s songbook over his life, covers often were better than Dylan’s original. There are numerous examples, such as Blowing In The Wind, of which I first heard either Joan Baez or Peter Paul and Mary (I did hear Joan perform it live in college), and there’s All Along the Watchtower, which Jimi Hendrix produced a cover within 24 hours of Dylan’s original release, and far better known. Even Dylan was quoted as saying Hendrix’s cover was better. (And there’s a great cover of the cover composed by Bear McCreary for Battlestar Galactica in the 00’s.) But my main point is this Bruce and others have covered Dylan’s songs and often do them justice.

[@ke4133bobdylan]

Amazing.

[@anelladambrosio2513]

Bruce che canta Dylan! E meraviglioso!!♥️♥️♥️💗💗💗

[@veroniquebrisacq4335]

J'étais là, avec mon amoureux, mon amour, mon mari

[@martinesanthoire5683]

" Je dédicace cette chanson à l'idée de liberté , égalité , fraternité pour tous les gens de toutes races et partout ! ( Bruce Springsteen avant de chanter " Blowin' In The Wind " !

[@celinafalsier4394]

Liv e Love Bruce

J'y étais aussi.

[@celinafalsier4394]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@karenfranklin2640]

wow like that

[@beckywilliams3144]

wow cutie the boss

[@abeb63]

L'un habillé en noir, l'autre en blanc !

[@thomasruder3417]

Did the 🇺🇸 learn from Bruce Springsteen hopefully

[@catdaddy3302]

Bruce, you don't need to tell us about racism. Just shut up and play music!

[@trevorcrist5456]

Its the "SOS Racism Concert". Of course he's going to mention something about racism.

[@owenrees7544]

you idiot

[@foxbor0]

why, because racism isn't an issue anymore?? I wish. Over 30 years later, and racism is alive and kicking.

[@lianreiis1039]

SEMPRE O FOI O MELHOR.

[@coachfun1987]

Spoken like a true racist.