Bruce Springsteen Reaction Dancing In the Dark (BRUCE GOT THE MOVES?!?) | Empress Reacts

[@christopherbako]

You can't go wrong with Bruce! You nailed their dancing. RIP Clarence Clemons. 🎷

[@todddepue681]

Courtney Cox aka Monica from Friends, awkward dancing onstage 🤣

[@felixmeow660]

It was the first time I ever saw her

[@stephenfisch615]

@@felixmeow660, I think that’s the same for most people. Friends started later on.

[@bananaboydc5431]

Bruce looking like a snack. 😍

[@EmpressReacts]

Right!!

[@marcuswood5975]

Gotta love the boss he's one of our finest

[@timmistorey5989]

Did you notice that was a very young Courtney Cox x

[@EmpressReacts]

I didn't realize it!

[@DQWinSAT]

I was in college… There were so many artists going from unknown to superstars; Bruce, Madonna, Prince… good lord, everyone, and even the “One Hit Wonders” were set for life financially…. Bruce, in this video, reminds me of the nerdy, innocent boy who came back after summer vacation looking like a stud! You can tell he’s really having the time of his life, dancing, singing, and still unused to the fact this song was gonna change his life forever… the unbridled joy he exudes brings me back to watch this when “I” need to be reminded there were a few moments of joy in my life as well… too bad they were decades ago, yet happy my life encompasses all the raw, true talents, vocalists, and artistry of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s - Icons now, before auto tune and record company greed bombarded us when the internet came around. I guess each generation says the same; life was so much more simple back then, and the music much more pure… 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@EmpressReacts]

Wow! Great commentary

[@melaniewalker4060]

You are just the CUTEST!! ❤❤❤ Always love your reactions. ❤❤❤

[@EmpressReacts]

😊 thank you! Hope you sub

[@jackpeters9048]

Good pick...great song from back in the 80s...

[@bobschenkel7921]

If you didn't recognize the young lady Bruce pulled from the crowd, it was Courtney Cox, before her long stint on the TV Show "Friends". This was her first public performance, pretty good, as was Mr. Springsteen and The E Street band.

[@darnell49]

80s Classic ‼️🔥🔥🔥Bruce was doing that Carlton 😂

[@EmpressReacts]

😂💯

[@yrankin1]

Bruce!!!! The boss!

[@arrow5599]

GO MONICA GO !

[@RBS_]

***BRUUUUUUUUCE! ...TRIVIA TIME!*** ...you wanna dance, Monica!? (4:26) ....well, this tune has SO MUCH trivia, that it may have to be split up, in 2 parts.... ....anyone who grew up in the 80's knows the ASTRONOMICAL-NESS of this hit; Bruce became a Superstar, performing legend, Sex symbol (4:38) (you DID see the tight pants)...but, it was a carefully orchestrated move, that took off at the RIGHT moment.... ...Bruce wrote the tune in 1983, after the label asked for a 'surefire' hit; the Song was done with a drum Machine, & Clarence Clemmons (RIP) did the sax....He & Bruce did a COMPLETELY different Music Video (w/ Bruce actually MORE buff, dancing in a big Black room), but, the Director 'threw shade' at Bruce....and Bruce, just....LEFT! ...called his Manager, and said, "...nope, NOT with him...." ....SO, Bruce did a 'live' version (he was planned to go on Tour), and they hired *COURTNEY COX* to be his 'Jersey Girl' .....ba-BOOM. ...BA-ba-BOOM!!

[@EmpressReacts]

Interesting! So he toned down for this verison?

[@RBS_]

@@EmpressReacts ...if you mean his Body, yeah...the Director for the unreleased Video, told Bruce not to direct him, and "...just be pretty...", which Bruce did NOT like....he's still 'built', but was preparing for his Tour...

[@DanCrowleyNYC]

Killer chorus! Bruce was never my thing as a kid, but I always loved this song of his. Love a young Courtney Cox in the video, love the rare synths on a song of his - and I gotta say, his butt never looked better! And we're both Libras!

[@EmpressReacts]

😂😂

[@mrredwhite1244]

Brucegot me into yt music 😊

[@nikolaipavotny5431]

Bruce Springsteen is a Living Legend !!! Clarence Clemens on Sax...another Legend.

[@WCD199317]

This was the first single of his seven singles of his iconic album ''Born in the USA''. Like ''Thriller'' by Michael Jackson, ''Born in the USA'' produced seven top 10 singles in US. Theses two albums mainting this record for few years until Janet Jackson battled theses two albums, with the ''Rhythm Nation 1814'' produced seven top 5 singles. Also, this year, ''Taylor Swift'' battled all this record (preceded before by theses three albums) when she released her ''Midnight'' album who 10 songs (nine songs was non singles) of the album was in the top 10 in US charts the week of the released of this album, including the first single ''Anti-Hero''.

[@EmpressReacts]

Great trivia!

[@peterwilliamskelhorn6675]

@@EmpressReacts i remember watching and dancing along with the song in my bedroom

[@michaelchilcott210]

I Love this mans music so many great songs over the years love your reaction 😃😃

[@EmpressReacts]

So good

[@RBS_]

***BRUUUCE! ...TRIVIA TIME! (PT.2 )*** ...hell, you wanna dance, Bruce!? (0:32) ...Bruce becomes *THE ONE* , and he shoots off into OUTA-SPACE; millions of the "Born In The USA" Album sold, C-Cox becomes a Star (and, gets "Family Ties" her 1st big gig), his Tours sell out everywhere, and this tune becomes his 2nd biggest 'Pop' hit (#2 Pop), out of HUNDREDS of hits.... ...a veryveryveryveryVERY, important tune...ah, why not!? ...the charts, July, '84.... 10. Legs - ZZ Top 9. The Heart Of Rock & Roll - Huey Lewis & The News 8. Almost Paradise (from, "Footloose" - Mike Reno & Ann Wilson 7. Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper 6. Eyes Without A Face - Billy Idol 5. The Reflex (7" remix) - Duran Duran 4. Self - Control - Laura Branigan 3. Jump (For My Love) - Pointer Sisters 2. ***Dancing In The Dark*** - Bruuuuuuce 1. When Doves Cry - Prince & The Revolution

[@EmpressReacts]

I've heard half the list of singles and whew 🔥🔥🔥

[@MaxxRemKing1]

All the women love Bruce haha

[@mikecaetano]

"Dancing in the Dark" was the lead single from Springsteen's 1984 album Born in the U.S.A. It dropped the summer before my senior year of high school and seven songs on it reached the top ten in the U.S. charts. That album more or less made Springsteen a superstar. I don't remember whether I saw the video for "Dancing in the Dark" first or heard the song on the radio first. But MTV ran the video a lot. Courtney Cox of Friends fame played the girl he dances with. Her freshness helped sell the song although it really sells itself. The synthesizers place the song squarely in the eighties, with the band rocking out to remind viewers of their roots in the seventies. MTV rarely ran Springsteen videos before "Dancing in the Dark". I only remember two of them. One for "Atlantic City" that visually drew on a black and white montage of the actual city without Springsteen in the video. The other footage of "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" from a concert in Phoenix, Arizona in 1978. Springsteen's KZbin channel is well stocked with vintage concert footage, including that concert in Phoenix, Arizona back in 1978 among many others over the decades since. It's easy to spend a lot of time watching those. 😃

[@Indy1831]

Springsteen & the E Street Band are the greatest ever American Rock & Roll band.

[@slimlouis6441]

That smoke alarm 😅🤯always gets me ⚡️ 💥 👂🏼 😂😂

[@EmpressReacts]

Pressure's gonna change it his next off day, promise 😂

[@scottvanhille5688]

Oh hi Courtney Cox haha.

[@stefjonno1]

Empress do you know that this is what inspired Carltons dance on The Fresh Prince? Lol. Watch the dance moves of Bruce and Courtney then watch Carltons lol.

[@EmpressReacts]

😂😂😂wow I can see it now

[@laraismyname821]

OMG!

[@gabrielmcdonnell8699]

No offense but I never got the impression that this music video inspired the Carlton dance. The writers just remembered that white ppl in the 80s loved it. Eddie Murphy even clowns on it in his Delirious concert.

[@stefjonno1]

@@gabrielmcdonnell8699 Remember Carltons big sister iin the show Hilary? It was her that told the story.

[@gabrielmcdonnell8699]

@@stefjonno1 I do. I guess the Borowitzes, who created Fresh Prince, never watched Delirious, which came out a yr before the DITD video. 😂 Interesting fact about Karyn Parsons (Hillary). Alexandre Rockwell, her husband, was previously married to Jennifer Beals. Rockwell must like biracial black women. 😉 And he stayed married to the one who’s always been comfortable with her blackness. 😆

[@brianmidthun2914]

Did you recognize the dancer from the audience? MONICA of Friends!

[@EmpressReacts]

i didn't until ppl mentioned it

[@TheRealKymiPoo]

Bruce was a snack? Lol

[@EmpressReacts]

😂😂maybe by 80s standards

[@TheRealKymiPoo]

@@EmpressReacts Okay 🤣

[@rpdbu8250]

Strangely Bruce Springsteen never got a #1 hit on the Billboard chart. His ‘Dancing In The Dark’ shot all the way up to #2 right behind Prince ‘When Doves Cry’ at #1. 1984 was flushed with endless great music, all the songs on the radio were smashing stiff competition. Unlike today’s filth 💩

[@EmpressReacts]

Interesting!

[@lamusiclover2264]

Isn't this a rerun?

[@EmpressReacts]

It was blocked on YT, so posted on Patreon

[@MountainMan.]

Are you pregnant?

[@EmpressReacts]

Yes, I was. I've had the baby since

[@MountainMan.]

@@EmpressReacts Lucky, lucky guy. Mmm