Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road (The River Tour, Tempe 1980)

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Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band’s The River Tour: Tempe 1980 is widely regarded as one of Bruce Springsteen’s finest performances. This intense show-filmed professionally at Arizona State University on November 5, 1980, one day after the election of President Ronald Reagan-features early live versions of over half the songs from Bruce’s just-released fifth album The River. All your favorites are here, including “Hungry Heart,” “The Ties That Bind,” “Out In The Street” and 21 more great performances.
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[@kathyjacques2688]

Absolutely loved Bruce, my abusive husband didn’t let me attend this concert, 20 bucks back in the day but Bruce gave me the backbone to live every day, I’m free now

[@robertrussell4487]

After all these years he's still the boss

[@bigbossman7991]

There’ll never ever be a song like Thunder Road

[@em83bass]

Happy 70th birthday, Bruce! The best representative of good America, a true hero!

[@bremenrooster]

I used to think that……..not so sure anymore…..

[@jimwelsh997]

I love Bruce's music but I will never agree with his politics. People who don't have to live with these animals criminals murderers everyday and night. They don't get it Bruce used to get it. But I guess since he doesn't deal with it. I mean right in your face every single day and night. You are never going to get it. Worked for 27 years had to get back surgeries spinal fusion laminectomies. Insurance companies will not let any place give me a job cause of the surgeries. On social security but I still have to pay for everything health insurance. But don't ever work you get everything you need and want. Now with all these people coming in the country illegal. Now they are getting whatever they need and want. Everything is ASS BACKWARDS IN AMERICA AND IT HAS TO BE FIXED. CAREER POLITICIANS HAVE TO GO. SO YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN BRUCE'S POLITICS ARE ASS BACKWARDS. IF YOU ARE STILL WORKING PAYING TAXES FOR YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY YOU ALL WILL SEE JUST WANT I AM TALKING ABOUT.

[@rustbeltprogressive3968]

Bruce still lived and felt the songs then. Now he performs better than anyone, harder, but he is giving us that feeling he still had for those songs in 1980.

[@dorothyg3012]

Can't get enough of this song or Bruce and the E St Band. I saw Jimi, I saw Janis, I saw the Stones, all in live concert, but nothing compares to Bruce. He is the epitome of Rock N Roll. Backstreets (with Sad Eyes), ThunderCrack, 10th Avenue Freeze out - how can I pick a favorite. Love him forever! He gives it all, every time, every performance. Thank you, Bruce!

[@forestbathing4443]

I agree…I can never pick one favorite song but this video is pretty convincing for Thunder Road.

[@ERIgou]

This is the sentimental common fate side of Born to Run - these two songs are, in my view, two of the best rock songs ever written. Love them, love Bruce.

[@zappaNRW]

totally agree! Singing this one every morning ;-)

[@debbiemuckle5115]

Oh Bruce unmake my crappy life alive every time I listen to you just save my depression and help my soul Seriously man! From Debbie muckle Newcastle upon Tyne North East England,

[@fernandovega5722]

192k as of today. Never gets old.

[@socoalvarez6689]

Las 2 mejores...sin duda

[@helendi7000]

this was days after I first saw him at Oakland CA in October 1980. It changed my life

[@KatieBlue16]

"BRUUUUUUUCE! BRUUUUUUUCE! BRUUUUUUUCE!" Happy 72nd Birthday for yesterday, and thank you for the songs you've wrote that have got me through life, all 40 years of it. Need to see you live again soon. They don't call you "The Boss" for nothing 🎸🎶🖤

[@2134yanto]

THE best song ever written

[@dakelei]

This is one of those tunes that consistently makes me get teary-eyed. I think it's Bruce's best song.

[@fernandovega5722]

Definitely my favorite.

[@kenmckenzo9465]

I've taken Bruce Springsteen with me on every journey I've taken since I was 17. Damn that's been good company.

[@guychoate2905]

Nobody ever left one of his shows feeling cheated.

[@ottoborger2153]

With Badlands, Racing in the Streets and No Surrender one of my favorite songs. I really like the earlier live performances. They were more powerful than today.

[@Moneytalks.29]

The piano work and the jam at the end of Racing In The Streets on Live 75-85 is fantastic.

[@muhammadrifqi7308]

Bruce is at least 70 years old now. Cut him some slack.

[@davidy932]

Greatest live rock performer ever....!

[@lucadesantis5998]

This must be the most epic concert ever

[@sladjanaristic6405]

Samo ti umeš da napraviš pravu atmosveru kralju.

[@sladjanaristic6405]

Hvala što vam se svidja moj komentar. Volim i ja vas.

[@sladjanaristic6405]

Ponekad kad hoću da požurim sa svojim komentarem o mom kralju ne mogu ni slovo da nadjem koje mi treba, a da nepišem o pogrešno napisanim rečima. Hvala vam što ih ipak pročitate, a i razumete.

[@terrytsubouchi8371]

Does anyone else tear up to this song? Oh the past makes me happy😁😁😁

[@ottoborger2153]

Epic Masterpiece. I wish he would play this on the 2023 tour in Germany. I love the early songs more than the newer ones.

[@jackalexander300]

He played for us in Orlando. Chances for you are looking good

[@andrewcorwin2275]

Just back from Newark nj concert. Set list will make you very happy. Great show but nothing beats the 1980 River tour shows I went to

[@jensbrandner7808]

Ja ich denke er wird es auf der Tour in Deutschland spielen. Bin auch dabei in München!!

[@liam_1788]

Hoffe ich auch. Bin in Hamburg dabei

[@darwinwins]

it'll be part of the encore. (saw him in Baltimore and will see him again in Munich in July).

[@ginogretry5160]

Just a huge thank you Bruce and the É. Street Band for everything you gave me, not knowing me. 😃💙💙💙

[@royenge8032]

One of the greatest rock songs on one of the greatest albums ever made!

[@Maverick2]

I was at this concert November 5,1980 at the Arizona State University Activity Center in Tempe, Arizona and this was 1 of 33 songs performed, and I have the "Born To Run" CD with this song on it - RIP Clarence Clemons - Brett Smith

[@maial.raff58109]

Oh oh oooh thunder road, thunder road... Ohhhhh 😍🥰❤️Bruce🙏

[@1957PLATO]

He empties the tank, every time...

[@veraburesova504]

It's amazing how much he's sung over the years and honed this song into what it is today, and why do we have to get old? I don't want him to grow old...

[@saintjug7]

Saw this tour in Birmingham UK, to this day one of the best concerts I have ever seen. Just can't believe its 40 years ago, where did that time go.

[@johnnyM809]

The incomparable Mr Springsteen.....absolutely in a class of his own. Greatest ever songwriter and live performer as far as I am concerned.

[@socoalvarez6689]

El mejor del universo entero

[@CPSJSMSUUMUGA]

Awesome. But Bruce (or, more likely, his people) uploaded this over a year ago and it only has about 50,000 views and 30 comments. Well, I'll make a comment. Bruce Springsteen is possibly the greatest song-writer, but certainly in the top handful, and absolutely the best live performer since the invention of amplification. He once said he wanted to play guitar like Duane Eddy. Man, you can sure hear the twang of this full-band performance of one his iconic songs. I think this Tempe River show is the first professionally filmed video of his career. It's a shame that none of the 1978 shows were filmed with this level of color and sound quality. I'd love to see Winterland, or Cleveland, or Passaic, or the Roxy. I saw him in Atlanta on 9/3078 and 10/1/78. Just electric. But Tempe is great, too. In fact, every show is either great, or better. Thank you, Bruce, thank you Bruce's people, especially the E Street band.

[@markx5k662]

Dude, as I like to say ... STFU. We LIVED this, you SHUT THE FUCK UP, clueless in Seattle I guess they (we) say? Seriously dude, shut the fuck up, you would''t have a clue if you were paid for it,. STFU.

[@michaeldoyle4922]

You may enjoy this. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIbcqIumqZWqfNk

[@rockyrovere2526]

@@markx5k662 your a nasty guy, jerkoff

[@rick188888]

I'd loved to have seen those 1978 shows. I'm just a few years too young.

[@LaurenMiddleton28]

One of my friends moms grew up in Jersey back in the early 70's and saw Springsteen at the Stone Pony and Student Prince dozens of times.. she said that when she watched him play live she always knew that it was special and that eventually the masses were gonna hear about him and it wouldn't be just 60 or 70 people watching but tens of thousands.. she also claimed that Springsteen had a "presence" around him.. "she said you could feel his ora and she knew he'd be a star".

[@alicevanderbruggen8711]

RIP Randy Roadrage💕💖

[@NicolasMartinez-ll1no]

At the time of this show takin place The River album had just hit #1 of 4 weeks US wide and Top 10 in about 8-10 countries plus Hungry Heart entered the Top 10 n their tour had hit #1 n would wind up Top 3 for the yr and top 20 for the decade. FINALLY from 3,000 halls to multiple nites of 18-22,000 hockey arenas. Finally commercially, critically, financially ontop of the world. True champions well deserved!

[@jayfrommeloworld1526]

When The Boss goes to make the guitar talk you can't help but smile....mad talented with that thing 💯💯

[@tillybronte]

I saw this tour as a 16 year old and still remember the excitement and joy of it. I think it would be just as exciting to hear it again live.

[@dianahohimer1107]

You're lucky. I would have loved to see that tour!

[@skywatcher1528]

💗❤💗❤Definitivo: la più bella di Bruce.

[@joseutrilla1140]

Just EPIC ❣️

[@DuaLeaD]

THE BEST classic live performance of "Thunder Road" on KZbin with the full band.... Anyone else get emotional when he motioned the late Clarence Clemons to come to the front of the stage with him? Loved how Bruce jumped on top of the risers and slide across the stage towards the end too. You never know when an exceptional performance is gonna strike. Could be in Madison Square Garden or Tempe XD

[@NicolasMartinez-ll1no]

Simply the best tour best E Street Band album best era. Stevie's fingerprints all over this album as Co-producer with BS n JL. ALL the pop n power pop that made it to this album plus the 7-9 classics on Disc 2 of Tracks my 2nd favorite album of all time lol. Where the Bands Are, I wanna be with you, Take em as they come etc ALL Stevie. Springsteen in summer of 79 on a huge Raspberries and Cheap Trick kick out to master the 3 minute all chorus n hook lite on verses formula of Pop n Power Pop n it showed on the lighter numbers. But this historic tour with the 2 set plus encores almost 4 hour shows the 30 song setlist the band showcased at the peak of the end of an incredible trilogy of albums finally 2015 it got it's just dues. And this to close put the first set just incredible. My favorite era of the band. FINALLY out of debt small fortune in the bank swagger secure with Columbia just it all fit perfectly. The band ruled n hit it's 2nd of many peaks after 75 n yes 78 but this tour was epic.

[@maxbrody8624]

This song always gives me chills... one of many greatest songs

[@Wclmkay]

one word unbelievable

[@jbstonesfan]

Saw Bruce in Jacksonville,Fl for the first time this tour. Great show.

[@chyrlannbrown5280]

💫yeah baby💫. 9/27/23. You got this Bruce. Jersey Girl in the house.✨ Amen.✨

[@chyrlannbrown5280]

Heal up✌️🙏✌️

[@jonathanceccato2241]

Saudades!!! vou me lembrar sempre ,e vou levar na minha memória mortal.

[@ΠαναγιώτηςΠαπαγεωργίου_66]

having a birthday party! This hits hard , like it's supposed to. Thanks for a life time, worth it !

[@tzurlerner7054]

Happy the people whos been there!

[@MariBorges123]

True greatness!

[@michaelreidperry3256]

Big Man was about as iconically central to this band as Boss is. I miss him like a severed limb.

[@NicolasMartinez-ll1no]

Elemental for sure!!

[@chrisweaver6187]

It's hard to believe that this was 30 years ago this year and he STILL has the same energy live. No one will ever match him. They are too concerned about the money they have to make. The Boss just steamrolled you.

[@marclascroux623]

Toner sur la route, il nous avais bien prévenu pourtant. Merci Big Man, sans qui rien ne serai arrivé.

[@nietta1622]

GRANDE BRUCE BOSS, IERI, OGGI E DOMANI 🤩🤩

[@StefanosKapiris]

Beautiful final notes by Clarence. I wasn't expecting that!

[@highhopes1616]

Wow! Those were the days! A young Bruce Springsteen and a young E. Street Band full blast. What a performance! Stunning! 👏👏👏👏

[@stefanonatale2436]

Storico! Non c sono altre parole

[@cyprianstroebel8291]

this song is so stuck in my head and i love it its so well performed by bruce and he is full of energy

[@deboranataliagallego7857]

Happy Birthday Bruce!!! 💞

[@lauraaulisio2189]

Ti amo Bruce,sempre❤

[@golprophet630]

Passaic 78 n Tempe 80 the best boss shows

[@rockyrovere2526]

The River tour blew me away in Philly and dig it wherever I see clips from elsewhere. But the fans around the tri- state area who have known all the guys in the band know that at this point in Tempe his voice is starting to get a little rough.I’m gonna repeat a comment I made a while back.I said something like only the people from Philly and Jersey know what it’s like to see Bruce and the band in their young beginnings.We would pay $1.50 to see them at the Erlton bowling alley,the Headliner in Neptune,the Main Point in Bryn Maur, or when they became really “famous”,they would open for somebody big at the Spectrum,(Chicago) and we would leave when they were done.It didn’t take long for the boys to become real big and of course we were glad to share them with the rest of the world.R. I. P. Ed Shiacky of WMMR and prayers to the E Streeters who have left us,(never). Peace, RockyP.S. always known it, but never mentioned that we share a birthday, Sept. 23,not bad “karma

[@Builderboy2620]

I sent a letter to Bruce’s management team to do a rooftop concert at the old Main Point in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, but I got no response! 😆 It could’ve and should’ve been as epic as the Beatles’ rooftop concert!!!

[@marianoflordelismorales2559]

Que bonito y apoteósico final con the big man (RIP)

[@Condorman12]

Which is better ? The established legend or the legend being created ? I dont know either .

[@loveinthematrix]

He is ICONIC

[@helen704]

Happy 70th Boss❤️

[@user-mx1vj1lt1z]

The boss!

[@gleideferreira4191]

Perfeito, maravilhoso!

[@mikehenry4896]

This song from my life

[@peteraubone]

qué versión! no me canso de escuchar Thunder Road!!!

[@leandrossabr]

Daria minha vida pra conhecê-lo... Amo demais ❤️

[@nadineabaro3466]

What a song...what a music...love the start 👍👍👍💖

[@JosémanuelFernandez-e5p]

Es una de las mejores 10 canciones de la historia del Rock

[@maellpires3876]

Esse cara e foda. Não existe ninguém melhor

[@socoa7533]

La mejor canción del mundo sin duda

[@fxx1]

y a pesar de eso aún sigue siendo muy nuestra, solo de sus mas acérrimos fans, será mejor así.

[@anelladambrosio2513]

@@fxx1 completamente daccordo con te fernando! 😍😘♥️💕

[@truitep]

go go go BRUCEEEE

[@davenewton7027]

The Man.😎

[@mariaalexiahoffman]

Love, loves Forever! ❤❤❤

[@TheSmoopyloops]

This is all about my first real true love - Sandy Raymond in Raynham

[@genepochyla5247]

A true jerz boy

[@mikehenry4896]

A ALMA CANTA UMA HISTORIA E bRUCE QUE BOM QUE EU PUDE CONHECER SUA OBRA

[@franciscoprado9637]

O grande Renato Russo também conheceu essa obra prima

[@anelladambrosio2513]

Versione bellissima!!! Del nostro giovane Bruce!!!!!😀😀😍😍😍😘♥️💗🎸💋💎🎶🎷🤩

[@peteraubone]

Glorioso!!! Volvé a Argentina!

[@pedrabruta8750]

Olha essa voz....meu Deus que voz Linda!!! Ele é o máximo,eu o amo muito°°!!♥️

[@melikeiclal2760]

💖💖💖💖

[@noahg505]

Best part at 0:56

[@claudemarques4073]

La class!

[@MannBrothersFilms]

🎸🎷❤ THE BOSS.

[@margritbrandt8317]

I Love you forever 😍💓💓💓💓💓

[@claudiacampos3391]

Lindeza minha, meu namorado! ... Hoje eu te amo mais do que ontem

[@Robbay363]

that ad lib from Clarence at the end tho. What a performance!

[@ellenchandler3750]

I think he screwed up there!

[@NicolasMartinez-ll1no]

They once went one more time around with the sax solo during this n The Rising Tour I thought it was me but nope saw it on KZbin I loved it even more it for better for the big ending to end the first set of this tour.

[@伊坂絹代]

この頃のbossがいちばん好きだワ。

[@スティーブオースチンストーンコールド]

i love boss

[@manuelastorga2493]

The boss is sounding a bit croaky, but this song is still a masterpiece. The lyrics could be the basis for a movie plot.

[@alexandraarnold3768]

❤️

[@maverick_7642]

so mary climb in

[@Armentitron]

I've always felt the unplugged rendition of this song suited the lyrics way better; like I love this version too but the more upbeat music I feel kinda detracts from the solemnity and desperation of the story

[@agatamazzone4894]

The great Song for all time...Black lives matter

[@wayneledbetter2339]

We were all skinnier in 1980

[@LaurenMiddleton28]

Lol.. its funny when i watch those 1978 shows the Audience is literally jumping and clapping and screaming the lyrics... everyone seemed thin and was FULL OF ENERGY!! What happened to America nowadays?? Most Audiences just sit there looking obese and having NO ENERGY?? What happened to America in 2020?? I live in Switzerland now and honestly i almost NEVER see anyone obese... and if i do... there 100% of the time American.. not sure why though???

[@JudgePhilipBanks24]

A lot of coke

[@紀州大納言]

ブルース、若いなあ

[@floydzepplin2427]

When he was great…and still blue collar. Money changes people, he is a great example

[@patriciashirley9234]

Bb,juice