FIRST TIME REACTION TO THE BOSS - Bruce Springsteen - The River (The River Tour, Tempe 1980)

[@colleenmahony8803]

"Is a dream a lie if it don't come true, or is it something worse?"

[@richardober8373]

One of the greatest lines ever written.

[@bethanyhunt2704]

"Now I act like I don't remember, and Mary acts like she don't care." That line tears me up every damn time!

[@ThisMayContainNuts]

Absolutely same for me. It's such a tragic thing. They both remember those days of happiness and love very clearly. It's simply just too painful for them to share the memories with each other, since it'll remind them of how much those feelings have slowly faded away with time. How much they don't feel like they can be to each other, what they once were.

[@911jedi8]

“Now those memories come back to haunt me. They haunt me likes curse. Is a dream a lie if I’d don’t come true? Or is it something worse?” Some of the best lyrics ever written.

[@jonjoyk5130]

Chilling lyrics tbh

[@hudsonumi]

@@jonjoyk5130haunting

[@pattejomartin6275]

I've been listening to him for forty year he is amazing

[@katec8796]

Bruce at his absolute best - raw, passionate, down to earth - sublime.

[@donellefeltham]

The good news is his sister and her husband are still together, they had children and are now Grandparents.🎼❤️🇦🇺🕺🏻💃🎸

[@invaderzimm7871]

This song is basically the story of my life. I lived this song.

[@korinalacount2664]

steen not stine lol,hes still rockin today,also known for his harmonica playing

[@diesebellim9044]

wow first time i hear its a very nice voice thats was i like that voice thank you really love to hear..

[@lcbcreative]

What a great choice for your second Springsteen reaction! Thank you for posting the lyrics. Bruce has taken us on quite a ride since the seventies - sometimes personal to him, other times observational. The angst of youth, the need to escape, fast cars, finding yourself, dating, job insecurity, war, inequality, love, heartbreak, family, depression and joy. He writes so beautifully. That's one reason his concerts are such a communal event. Plus, he leaves it all out on the stage. I haven't been to a concert in a long time, but if I remember correctly, he chose to never have corporate sponsors like so many of the other touring acts. He did it all himself and that gave him the freedom to do what he wanted and say what he wanted.

[@cfraase]

Yes, still no corporate sponsors today and he never lets them be used for commercials either. He fought to own all his own music rights. He lets them be used for things he believes in, but not randomly for cash.

[@lcbcreative]

@@cfraase Thank you for confirming this! I'm not surprised. The one word that always comes to mind when I think of Bruce is "authentic."

[@kimemerson5732]

Our New Jersey boy, "The Boss"!!!! Humble, kind, and generous! LOL, JERSEY IN THE HOUSE!!!

[@stacey021375]

My God...poetry. My heart is breaking.

[@sambruce4275]

Bruce is still down to earth.

[@20stubby]

I have been to 5 of his concerts and all were 4 to 5 hours long. He would speak to the crowd explain and tell stories. Special moments in my life for sure

[@denikennedy6675]

GOOD MORNING, HAP3 YOUR ASSUMPTION OF BRUCE BEING A NICE DOWN TO EARTH GUY IS RIGHT. HE WAS AND IS KNOWN FOR ADVOCATING FOR THE RIGHTS OF THE COMMON WORKING CLASS MAN! (OR WOMAN). YOU CAN TELL THROUGH HIS MUSIC. HAP3, YOU ARE A VERY INTUITIVE PERSON! THANKS FOR THE REACTION! HAVE AN AWESOME DAY, OK 👌🙋‍♀️💙

[@9Ballr]

Bruuuuuuce! RIP Danny and The Big Man.

[@HAP3SPEAKZ]

Thanks for your comment friend. 🎵🎵 (Copyrighted HAP3SPEAKZ) ©️

[@ronlewald9752]

The best concert i ever attended ....Rosemont Horizon in a Chicago suburb .... right next to O'Hare Airport . Played for 5 , YES FIVE hrs in '80 8am till.1am , last hrs with house lites on Paid my 1st over $10 ticket price .. this better be good i thought.. could have eaten my words as i was blown away by my most favorite ever concert .. ... mike be one of the top storytellers of all time along with harry chapin(taxi) ...heart touching

[@heikkieronen5226]

This is sooo good... 🤗, damned, made me cry.... I thought that I am a big man.... wheeping... 🤗 Thänks for not being that... 🤗

[@cosmickid1794]

The look on your face Sir was look on my face some 50 years ago when "Growing Up" came over my radio. A young teenager, I just froze, never hearing anything like that before, and, I was SO hooked!! Now in my 60's, a veteran of 30 plus shows, or should I say a survivor of the 4 hour marathons, I can't imagine my life without the music and inspiration of Bruce Springsteen and as he says "The Heart stopping, pants dropping, house rocking, earth quaking, booty shaking Viagara taking, love making, LEGENDARY E STREET BAND!!! I had to laugh when you showed the "Soprano's" at the start, since E Street Band guitarist Steve Van Zandt played "Silvio" on the show. Small world, eh...........welcome to E Street!!!!

[@GavinMaGrath]

I could not agree more. Unfortunately I discovered him a bit late. 1980. I was 14. There simply is no greater artist, no one who had survived a 50 plus yr career and still producing new, powerful and relevant music while most other artists live off their hits from way in the past.

[@cosmickid1794]

@@GavinMaGrath never too late!!

[@colincampbell5967]

saw bruce and the e street band in the early 80's at Wembley London and its still the best concert i've ever seen, just under 4 hours of energy and brilliance. Big Clarence stepping to the front of the stage as the crowd rose as one still brings a smile of wonder. Other bands i have seen over the years could learn from Springsteen as they play their bare hour or so money makers

[@donellefeltham]

There is know other like Bruce, I started following him when Born To Run first came out , that was 45years ago. He and the E Street Band, no one comes close to them,their concerts usually go for 31/2 too 4 hours and they are brilliant.🎼❤️🇦🇺

[@paulcarroll7061]

The river is where you go when there's nothing else to do, to try to forget your problems, and to try to wash your sins away. 40 years later, still applies.

[@joymaxs2874]

It's like he talks to us that is very touching. Glad you mentioned about harmonica play. I felt the same. Thank you, Hap as always❤️

[@famat161]

Fantastic reaction. You nailed this one. For another blast give a listen to "The Promised Land" from the 1980 concert from Tempe. Arizona. You'll see.

[@rhiahlMT]

I was living in Allentown, PA in the mid 1980s. It was a steel town. Mac trucks was there and supplied a lot of the jobs. The jobs were moving south (listen to Billy Joel's Allentown). Every night it seemed on the news there was some guy who had lost a job and killed his family and then killed himself. It was depressing. I stayed about a year and a half and moved to Washington state. A lot of the jobs are based out of NYC (I worked for one of those companies out of NYC) and the area is doing better. Have two sisters still there. The cost of office space is so high in NYC and Allentown is only about 90 miles from it. I'd go into NYC once to three times a month. The men really had a problem with their wives finding work and not them. Crazy time.

[@snjezanasiklic8934]

The Boss! :-) I love his energy and rock songs but from his music cataloque my favourite Bruce's song is "I'm on Fire", a slow soft ballad

[@johnmcdermid6896]

Glad to see your giving him another go...👍👍, glory days next, cheers mate.

[@mariopelayo3665]

"Now all them things that seemed so important Well mister they vanished right into the air Now I just act like I don't remember Mary acts like she don't care"...brillant

[@abbibrophy7671]

A masterpiece

[@maximebriochain5567]

Thank you very much for your reaction. That's exactly what I felt the first time I listened it. He was well known, a famous rocker and he just did it like this, simply, without artifices with an harmonica (beautiful) and a simple orchestration. And his way of singing so just, so humble.... And for me that's when I told myself he was the boss. This song is really special to me because it was the first time I was confronted to unemployement in my family. And thinking that someone like Springteen could sing this song was comforting. Now I would like you to react to a different singer and song. His name is Sixto Rodriguez. His story is really special. At the time he was compared to Bob Dylan. Below the link to one of his song and another "wikipedia" for his story. "When a so not famous singer became a legend and a symbol of resistance in South Africa, during Apartheid". Warning : Perhaps there is a more modern version of his songs now but it's the ancient version. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXypnJZnbrlmes0 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixto_Rodriguez

[@johnmcdermid6896]

Another great reaction, keep it up mate....

[@johnkasbohm7839]

Best reaction I've watched to anything Bruuuce! You nailed it. (I know you'll get his name right next time.) Thank you!!

[@Terri6868]

It’s pronounced Spring-teen. I love the boss.✨Bob Seger is also a big one back in the 70’s 80’s. Seger has great songs also “ Turn the Page” Night Moves” Like a Rock” Ol time Rock & Roll” Main Street. You weren’t cool back then unless you listen to the Boss & Seger. You’ll love his music to. Seger is from Detroit & he gave a song to GM to help them & that song “Like a Rock” sold a lot of Chevy Trucks. He is a big one you need to check out. 👍

[@janethards16]

Springsteen. With a long e not a long I. Enjoy your reaction to this . He is the Boss for a reason.

[@MusicMasterTasmania]

The crazy thing about this concert video is that it wasn't released for THIRTY FIVE YEARS. If you've watched other videos from this incredible concert, you would know that that is just insane. How do you lock something away this good for that long?!

[@cfraase]

Just to let you know it's Bruce SpringSTEEN, not Stein. It's Dutch. It happened a lot when he first started out.

[@mariabryant6582]

Thunder Road, Promised Land, No Surrender

[@HIW56]

Hello Hap3, so glad that you are doing another Bruce "The Boss" Springsteen, and I never mind when you waffle. So interesting hearing the back stories to songs like this. Bruce is very much a storyteller when he sings. I hope you will take a listen to Dancing in the Dark, a "friend" joins him on this one. It was my first intro to him. This was a time when MTV actually played music videos. I was quite young, but I had such a crush on him 😍. If possible, and if you are so inclined, would give a listen to a really amazing female artist Pat Benetar, Promises in the Dark. I promise will enjoy the listen. Really enjoying your content. Stay well and stay safe. 😊👍

[@dianecomly6132]

He was my favorite concert! 1985 for my birthday. Hubby took the day off and stood in line all day for tickets. Yeah, that's how it was. Bruce's concerts go 3 to 4 hours.

[@edwardmeradith2419]

I hadn’t heard this version, tho I saw a show on that your. Bruce is a master at writing big - and its all in anchored in the details. He can make the personal mythic. It is inspired by his sister and brother in-law - but it’s made universal because he seems to inhabit the feel of an entire shared experience. It’s also, to me a continuation of Thunder Road. The girl in that song is younger; the River is what happens when dreams of youth collide with diminished options, burdens.

[@lcbcreative]

So well said.

[@karolyn8644]

On an interesting side note, one of the boys in the E-Street band was Steve Van Zant, who played guitar and mandolin. He is a friend of Angelina Jordan and her family. He was the lead character in the TV series "Lillehammer" and gave Angelina brief roles in a couple of episodes where she played a singer in a club. There is a video of one of her performances, but it is less than satisfactory because there was too much else going on. Angelina has pictures of them together on her Facebook and Instagram pages. Steve was also in the American TV series The Sopranos.

[@HAP3SPEAKZ]

Oh what?! ~~~ Karolyn you always have a way to spook me out. 🤯 (Copyrighted HAP3SPEAKZ) ©️

[@karolyn8644]

@@HAP3SPEAKZ Angelina was eight years old when she appeared in Lillehammer.

[@tomward6689]

Promised Land, JungleLand some other live cuts to look into

[@rikardsguitar]

React to Tougher Than The Rest by the Boss Bruce Springsteen🤝👏👏

[@KjellAaseth]

So surprised that you weren't familiar with The Boss, but now that is actually good news. Now we can join you to discover his music, his melodies and lyrics, his storytelling and performances. I think you will enjoy this journey, and it can be a long one like the one you have with Queen. And Springsteen is absolutely in the same class as Queen but in a different setting. Already I think you have done some good reactions and analyzes on the Boss There are too many songs to mention in one comment so I will only leave two of his big ones for this one. Dancing in the dark - kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2OcnKh6eLanftU (Do you recognize the girl in the video?) Born in the USA - kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4HLiIVqmZh5gLM More links will come in your next reactions. ;-) Bruce is a storyteller and a performer, and he always gives 100% on stage for his fans. His concert last for 3-4 hours every time, even now when he has turned 71 years.

[@abbibrophy7671]

Bruce Springsteen - Badlands, the Promised Land, and Thunder Road

[@georgeibrahim7945]

Bruce is amazing but you gotta check out Australian legend John Farnham “help” live with the Melbourne symphony orchestra

[@20stubby]

I am subscribing to you because you seem to be open minded and grounded

[@annereidy7981]

I know that this reaction was some time ago, but you should react to 'The Streets of Philadelphia', from the film 'Philadelphia'!

[@riccardobanelli4940]

You must react to "Factory" another Springsteen's song about middle-class,especially workers conditions.

[@20stubby]

Super smart writes his own music

[@sambruce4275]

Hungrey Heart next please. Thanks !

[@lcbcreative]

It's a classic!

[@20stubby]

Please take a look at Springsteen Thunder Road live in London 1975 this version is raw and emotional the best song he has ever done

[@dsorichetti154]

Fyi, His sister and her husband are still married

[@johncerutti3940]

Funny thing with that sopranos clip is that his guitarist steve van zandt was a main charecter in the show

[@willishackney5227]

Interesting that you used a sapranoes reference at the beginning. Bruce’s lead guitarist, Stevie van Zant was a main character in that show

[@KristiinaBerg]

Can I suggest that you listen to two more rendition of River, the Bruce and Sting combo and the jazzy version from Live in New York City.

[@catherinemccullough299]

KristiinaBerg Sorry, but Sting murdered it!

[@KristiinaBerg]

@@catherinemccullough299 I really enjoyed the arrangement and the harmonies. The harmonica, piano and violin were sublime.

[@Napolifan10]

The greatest story writer in music ever! I would like to see your first listen to 41 Shots if you enjoy songs that still relate to what's happening in our world today!

[@edhimaulana77]

What about I'll see you in my dreams? I think you must listen to it

[@tonescape1]

@HAP3SPEAKZ: His name is pronounced SPRING-steen, not SPRING-stine.

[@mikebigbeard3156]

Fast forward about 15 years from this performance and listen to The Ghost of Tom Joad. Its sadly the same vibe but a great song. Listen to Bruce perform it as he originally did then listen to a later version done with Tom Morrelo

[@rhondawest8027]

Fade Away by The Boss

[@abbibrophy7671]

Please listen to Paul Kelly 'To her door'

[@DJFunkygroove]

autotune.... ehh auto WHAT? Just a great singer and performer in down to earth cloths.. nowadays not much may stand in his shadow.. pure talent

[@Coolrockndad]

Just so you know Bruce is tie with JZ for 3rd place with the most #1 albums which is 11 . Only 3rd to The Beatles and Elvis.

[@thelatenightbar]

Steeeeeen. Just sayin. Thanks for sharing

[@MaGiKRat420]

Spingensteins monster... lol

[@maggiew.2809]

It is Spring-steen. Not Spring-stine.

[@johnharper2935]

Bruv its not springstine its springsteen😎

[@juliananelson475]

yes... talk is cheap

[@ronlewald9752]

Its Steen ..steen ...

[@johnwucherer6086]

Come on man, get the name right! Person and song.

[@johnharding3303]

Great singer but politically, a DOLT