The Gaslight Anthem - History Books (ft. Bruce Springsteen) - Official Video

The Gaslight Anthem - "History Books (ft. Bruce Springsteen)"
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Written and Directed by Kelsey Hunter Ayres
Produced by Stacy Fallon
Director of Photography + Cinematographer: Jordan Toussaint
Edited by Rich Johannes Weinberger
Colorist: Ryan Berger
Wardrobe Stylist: Erica Rosamilia
Hair Stylist: Bianca Bertoli
Makeup Artist: Jessica Kardos
AC/Swing: Stephen Szmed
Wardrobe Assistant: Samantha Coughlan
PA: Kerri Letizia, Emily Moutis, Ryan Sloan
BTS Photography by Rebecca Lader
Vehicle: Peter Ficano
Lead Actress: Gabriella Piazza
Dancer: Cat Clifford
Twins: The Fall Twins - Diarra and Madeleine
Stilts: Megumi Yamada
Young Boy: Landon Kiernan
Backup Vocals on "History Books": Kori Gardner

[@EndWellHigh]

I brought my new child home today, opened AP news, and found out Gaslight had a song with Springsteen. What a day.

[@JustinElliott-mn3yr]

Congrats to you!

[@elbiewatson]

A very happy time. 😊

[@transmascswag]

Congrats, man. That's beautiful.

[@martyncrocker4364]

Congratulations!

[@williammunny8514]

Congratulations! ❤

[@inzanedogg3]

This is one of the most New Jersey songs I've ever heard. Vote to make this our state anthem!

[@LoveMUSIC-p7e]

This sad and nostalgic atmosphere.. i love Gaslight Anthem

[@Bad__Scooter]

Bruce on a TGA track. I've waited my whole life for this 😭

[@ISWJoeyD]

Cheers ❤

[@alwaysgototheshow]

I’d bet Brian Fallon would say the same thing!

[@jasonmajchrzak2509]

I can't stop listening. SO HAPPY they are back and writing amazing songs again. This one is a masterpiece.

[@jefferyllewellyn219]

Guilty of repeat listening too! Now to start a gofundme for all the vinyl variations... but for real, so glad they're back from the dead!

[@David-dz1cb]

Absolutely legendary. Not just new and revitalized Gaslight, but Springsteen on their album. So cool to hear one of Brian's heroes singing along with him.

[@777jimothy]

Bruce was the reason I got into Gaslight Anthem, a band inspired by the New Jersey King. Its all come full circle now they have this amazing song with their hero

[@jaykwonzzz]

It's funny. I found them because of The Bouncing Souls. Like a complete opposite direction, considering Bruce and The Souls are their two biggest influences. ha

[@BikesAndBatallas]

@@jaykwonzzz And the friendship between them and Hot Water Music and Alkaline Trio is all wonderful as well.

[@Bleepbloopblappp]

@@BikesAndBatallasand obviously Tony sly as well considering all of them are on his tribute album

[@lawc182]

The menzingers are a great band you should check out if you like all of these bands

[@richardober8373]

I've been a Bruce fan since 1978. It makes me so happy to see Brian and the boys carrying on Bruce's torch while clearly blazing their own path with their own distinctive sound.

[@BrannThePirate]

Im thinking the boy is Brian. Blue jeans and white t shirt, singing with his hero.❤

[@danevia]

"History Books" (feat. Bruce Springsteen) What's that you say? I knew you when? You don't look too much like my friend Those history books Filled up with crooks Stories I don't want to read again I've tried to live One thousand years from here When I think of it now It just brings me down When I think of you now And when I think of it now It just brings me down When I think of you now I'm keeping time One day goes by I try to live till the next one But these history books Full of haunted looks From people I don't want to see again 'Cause I've learned to live But they try to hold me here When I think of it now It just brings me down When I think of it now And when I think of it now It just brings me down When I think of you now You just remind me of the Nights of smoke and dirty jokes Darkened rooms with lonely ghosts And they were beautiful some time ago But time keeps rollin' us on When I think of it now It just brings me down When I think of you now And when I think of you now It just brings me down When I think of you now You just remind me of the Nights of smoke and dirty jokes Darkened rooms with lonely ghosts And they were beautiful some time ago But time keeps rollin' us on Rollin' us on Rollin' us on Rollin' us on Rollin' us on Rollin' us on

[@Jackzay90]

the little boy in the video is wearing blue jeans & a white t-shirt 😭

[@charstrong9822]

Thank you for posting the lyrics! What a banger!

[@jaykwonzzz]

"Positive Charge" was amazing and this follow up is killer. The themes from each track seem to be so poignant to me right now specifically. At 35, I am watching my grandparents get close to their twilight, seeing my parents entering a senior stage, watching my kids grow up, and feeling myself get older, the nostalgia of the past seems simultaneously happy and agonizing. Both songs really kind of speak to both angles individually. I can't wait for the album. I remember listening to them for pretty much years straight after the release of Sink or Swim.

[@JaredHope]

I'm 41 and same reaction. It's an age for seeking purpose and moving forward and keeping the past in the past. These songs hit that feeling of not being young and having a new perspective. I think Brian Fallon's in his early 40's, so maybe this is by design. 😂

[@jonathanwright6764]

You are absolutely spot on. Wait until your kids are pushing 30 if you feel like that now👍😂

[@BikesAndBatallas]

@@JaredHope I started listening to Gaslight anthem in 2008 when I moved to Spain after law school (to be with a girl I met in 2002 studying abroad. Spoiler: we're still together). I got married as one album dropped, went through a rough patch in my marriage as Get Hurt came out. Had two kids when all the first two solo albums came out (including one on the release date of Sleepwalkers ). Cried over a baby we lost in lockdown when Local Honey came out. My wife was pregnant with our now third when Night Divine came out and we saw Fallon here in Madrid a month before she was born. When my grandfather died (of Alzheimer's) in April "1930" came up in my random songs and I wept as Fallon sang, "she said 'I love you more than the stars in the sky, but your name just escapes me tonight'." It's been the soundtrack to my adult life. Here's to hoping that whatever awaits us in life, whether good bad or divine, is accompanied by a Gaslight Anthem/Fallon/Horrible Crowes album.

[@JaredHope]

​@@BikesAndBatallas, incredible comment and I totally agree. First, I'm sorry for the loss you've had to go through. A lot of what you say is familiar. I met my wife in law school and was listening to TGA when I decided to propose. We played some of the 59 Sound album at our wedding. We're about to hit 12 years together and so much of our life together has a memory with TGA playing. God bless and I couldn't agree more about the special things music can do in your life.

[@jaykwonzzz]

@@BikesAndBatallas Brian Fallon has a real knack for trapping life within his songs. I see a lot of people who mention guys like Tyler Childers, Zach Bryan, etc. as the best songwriters of the modern generation, but Fallon is clearly up there with the best of them, if not beyond.

[@codymurphy7826]

Oh my god, it is so perfect. This song is perfect. This song is everything. I am getting married in two weeks and I am seeing The Gaslight Anthem in September and the new album comes out in October and this is literally perfect. I'm so happy this band is back.

[@rshepard737]

Where at in September?

[@carlam1990]

Madison?

[@JustinElliott-mn3yr]

Show was fucking great saw them recently in charlotte

[@stum7396]

Congrats! ❤

[@johnnystickhammerstein4514]

This band provided the soundtrack of my college life. Now, The Gaslight Anthem provides the soundtrack of my life. I have had a lot of people come and go in my life since 2008, but this band is still there. Like an old friend. Thanks gentlemen!

[@ericfrancello5054]

This.

[@thatperson8426]

Like a letter from an old friend

[@acooldude]

which song was the anthem of your college life?

[@johnnystickhammerstein4514]

@@acooldude Pretty much the whole ‘59 Sound album.

[@TranzparentMethods]

Gaslight with Springsteen? Somebody wake me up! This will put this AMAZING band through the stratosphere. "The 59 Sound" is one of my all time favorite songs!

[@freddyrock]

59 Sound is awesome :)

[@reonparrott7786]

For the 2nd time round. If you haven’t seen last time, you’re in for a treat. Google them together and there’s an amazing archive of videos showing their relationship

[@approachingcpod]

Let's fucking GO! We've been waiting for this since they first played "59 Sound" on stage together. Absolute fucking magic.

[@darrenp1549]

Badass song and a 1984 Hurst Olds with lightning rod shifters to boot!!!

[@Joolia192]

Gaslight own a little chamber of my actual heart

[@cecilkeith1951]

100%

[@TheMart]

Brilliant and classic Gaslight song. The fact Bruce ASKED Brian to write a duet is class - the fact Brian wrote this beauty is amazing. This makes the world a better place.

[@dieterweiss]

This song is like a therapy. Do not read your own hystory book over and over again. You will miss the beauty of today. thanks Brian. Thanks Bruce 🎉

[@lesterepperson6331]

I'm in luv with the lady in blue,those eyes OMG,.JS,..

[@Justin-rv7oy]

You know, just your normal guest appearance by Bruce Springsteen, just like your average little local rock band. 😉 Awesone song TGA, we are so happy to have you back 🤗 can't wait for the album drop.

[@CarloCack]

Made my day! And today I’m traveling to see Bruce at hockenheimring

[@ryanscafuri7112]

That guitar is so fresh, while still sounding like gaslight. And THAT BRIDGE. My god I love it

[@Withtheghostoftomjoad]

I listened to this originally and thought it was ok. Just heard it again and it's a cracking tune. Good work boys and boss 👍

[@JaredHope]

I'm loving this new music. It's that classic Gaslight song and there's no way to hate on Bruce.

[@FrederickChampaguno]

I can’t wait for this new record. I actually loved Get Hurt and it’s been 9 years since that. Followed Brian solo career but nothing beats the Gaslight Anthem

[@reinvdbergh1]

This song tugs at my heart strings like no other TGA has ever done before. The melancholy just hits you to your core. This new album is going to be the pinnacle of their repertoire.

[@samuswilliams4576]

you keep saving me and picking me up and i love you

[@gobluejays9349]

Such a gift this band came back…..this cannot be stressed enough. Some of the most treasured and meaningful music of my entire life and always will be. AND as AMAZING of a band as I’ve ever seen live. Thank you Brian and the boys and I cannot wait to hear the rest of the new stuff and get to the next show. Love you

[@harmsteijn3441]

Word

[@jayhawks69]

See you in Cologne & Utrecht 2024- can‘t wait!🎸⚡️👍🏼

[@zabenalhasani451]

Can't believe it!!! They are back!! I'm so happy, there still hope for legendary music after all.. KEEP MAKING EM BOYZ..

[@haraldschienagel7931]

What can be better than a song release of TGA feat. Bruce Springsteen on a weekend that is full of joyful expectations when The Boss in Munich will play his music repertoire on Sunday. I will demand History Books, which definitely has to be part of it.

[@pyro380]

Can't get enough of this song. I especially love the ending: "But time keeps rollin' us oooooooon"❤

[@TheJohnmmullin]

I have not even finished one full lsiten and it is already an instant classic.

[@whalenonfools]

These lyrics hit reaaaaaaal close to home :/ god, I love this band

[@christophewhit]

One featuring I definitly needed ❤️ and now one with The Menzingers would be just perfect 😊

[@o0SOIA0o]

Woooow that’s a really good idea😮

[@jefferyllewellyn219]

Amen!

[@veloziraptor36]

What a time to be alive!!! 😍🤩

[@Strongstout]

Ask me in 2010 if I ever thought The Boss would feature on a TGA song and I'd have told you it was impossible. Find me some 13 years and a lifetime of 'impossible' events later and I'd say here's your impossible young man. Hell of a track. Thank you boys.

[@rosalie331]

Really? I always thought itʼs just a matter of time.

[@staygold902]

​@@rosalie331same. They've played together before so why not

[@KOSMICKEN09]

It's so nice to see a thread where someone isn't trashing Bruce - the internet is so toxic at times

[@marteemcfly9218]

It was written...bound to happen. And I love it....

[@blackcatblues]

Every Gaslight album since American Slang usually takes me a few rotations to really get into it (besides a few bangers) and Positive Charge was no exception. This song, first listen, got it's hooks in me. God bless the Anthem

[@marteemcfly9218]

Can't wait for the whole album to drop.

[@oriongranville3659]

No joke, I'm openly sobbing on the bus as I listen to this for the first time. Brian, you and the boys mean so much to me. Glad to have you back, and with the Boss, no less!!

[@brando8commando]

Things that never happened 💀

[@giovannibienne4379]

@@brando8commando well, i'm literally sobbing in my room listening to this, and i've definitely cried on the bus listening to music, so i think that what @oriongranville3659 is saying is not only true, but it probably means you're a cynical individual with a dried-up soul and the sensitivity of a head of lettuce.

[@Jere.]

This IS going to make u gringe For years everytime it crosses your mind.

[@MVKrajnak]

Sweet. This new album is going to be a banger. Looks like our Central NJ cornfields are getting a nice starring role here. 😀

[@Land0nnnnn_YT]

This was filmed just down the street from me this is cool!

[@marvincoe2612]

We are living in the golden age of music. ⭐⭐⭐

[@jpaerts]

Great Song. Waiting to see you in Belgium soon!

[@jackbrokenshire1187]

Absolutely perfect, I discovered The Gaslight Anthem through going to see Bruce Springsteen in 2009 at Hyde Park & my friend & I are on the dvd of the gig when Brian joins Bruce on stage for No Surrender so this collaboration is brilliant 😊 🎸

[@adamc4576]

It makes me so happy knowing how happy it will make Brian working with Bruce. Love you lads so much ❤

[@johnmcdonnell003]

I had to stop reading and liking the comments bc they were making me hold back tears of joy at my desk at work. My 2 favorite artists on the same track. Amazing. I just saw Gaslight live for the second time with Misfits in Newark a few weeks ago and am going to my seventh(?) eighth(?) Bruce show at Metlife in September. Life has been a roller coaster these last several years, as I'm sure many here can attest to. I'm so, so glad I'm still here to witness this song and video. I hope we get a live rendition soon!

[@reinvdbergh1]

I feel ya man

[@Agt.Kraemer]

Alex, Benny, Brian, Alex and Ian, no one can pull my heartstrings like you can… NO ONE! Your music is my nirvana, mekka, heaven and safe place. Thanky you so much. You guys are my heroes, gods and living music legends. Damn it is so good to be alive! 🧎‍♂️

[@loganizer101]

Goosebumps, literal goosebumps.... Love it.

[@kellykearney5163]

Great song and video. I swear this was filmed outside of Woodstock, NY. It feels very "Upstatey."

[@conorkennedy3304]

the editing / direction / cinematography on this video is wildly good. Top flight.

[@360.Tapestry]

bruce comes in and it fits like a glove

[@cecilkeith1951]

Wild, right? It's perfection.

[@DecoyBacon]

I really dont think i understand the video at all but I'm liking the song. Glad to hear the boys are back, keep em coming!

[@mikesimonds8899]

dumb video but the song is nice

[@sandragrobler2957]

I agree with you.

[@cloudcollector83]

I could never get into videos with interpretive dance in them, especially in rock/metal videos. Not saying it's bad but it's kinda irritating to me. That's why the video to Get Hurt didn't work for me either. Song's good tho 👌

[@rosalie331]

​@@mikesimonds8899Just because you donʼt understand something, doesnʼt mean that itʼs dumb. Take your projections elsewhere.

[@cecilkeith1951]

The woman and the kid are visiting a grave. "When I think of you now, it just brings me down" The other stuff? Idk.

[@jmsjolly05]

Yes!!! Thank you Brian for your beautiful music.... Once again!!!

[@WeepTheGreed]

That was so great - so happy they are back - that was classic GA - but love some of the sonic changes, the tone of the solo for one, love it

[@timothyjrloftus4423]

Agreed, cool fuzzy tone, maybe a Big Muff and/or octave effect being used on the solo👍

[@annehabeck223]

Thank u for making our lives so much brighter...❤

[@zizou6509]

A form of perfection: artists like Bruce or Brian help us to live and be happy in a difficult world... Thanks to them!

[@thatperson8426]

Halloween vibe at the beginning, culminating with the ‘59 Sound. Outstandingly brilliant.

[@mafse]

Can't wait for your trip to Oslo. I missed Brian's last trip. Won't let it happen again!

[@John-by3bg]

This is Gorgeous,take a bow,I didn’t know about you guys

[@grittygator]

I am crying this is making me so happy 🥰 can't wait for the album and can't wait to see y'all back in action 😭💖

[@YogsenForfoth]

This is a brilliant song and a brilliant album. Wow. It’s so cool to hear Bruce sing on this kind of song.

[@jonathanwright6764]

Hope the new album includes “Have Mercy” that for some reason was left off Get Hurt

[@JaredHope]

I think it was a bonus track on Get Hurt. I will say I like the live version where Brian usually adds a final verse, though.

[@nigelleeburns]

Glad to see Brian and the band back together again!!! You all are going to be in town next week and I'm disappointed I won't be able to make it. Both times I saw you all live was awesome please come back to VA again soon!

[@NanciMWalker]

Love this!!!! I mean I really really LOVE this. How incredible.

[@michaelbell75]

Awesome! One of my favorite bands. Vegas next month!

[@TheAsphyx666]

Brian and Bruce - a match made in heaven.

[@Nawk32]

The night this was uploaded I was so frustrated at the video but after some time it seems to make sense to me (something I gave up on previously). You could say maybe it's the interpretation or my desire to *understand* the art but I think it whole heartedly makes sense with the history of the band and the fact Brian's wife had a hand in the video which helps because she can understand the history from the outside looking in while the band is looking at it from the inside looking out. The girl dancing is the band's beginning. Carefree, wild, etc. Lacking color because it's the past and although relevant, it's a modern day ghost. The girl in black is the backlash/vale of negative feedback that seems to have plagued the band/Brian. The women in red with the car are the route the band could've taken by signing contracts and deals for more money/professional opportunities (choosing money over the art or misery over the love of the craft basically short term gain over long term happiness). The woman in blue referred to as Mae by others is essentially the band witnessing their story and decisions. Which explains the indecisiveness walking back and forth and being emotional while witnessing the other characters. This explains the woman in white not acknowledging the woman in blue, the woman in blue not necessarily acknowledging the woman in black aside from her peripheral (similar to the band with their critics) and the women in red not acknowledging the woman in blue while the woman in blue basically stares down the women in red searching for acknowledgement but indecisive. To cap it off the woman in blue breaks down at the sight of the child which is basically the innocence of it all that started the band and remains today which is the overall catalyst in the band's HISTORY. Where they're at today, why they exist in the first place. This was a video I didn't enjoy or felt I understood until now. I fricken love it. The lyrics, Bruce, the video. It shows a serious intention that shows they understand where they started, where they've been, and where theyre at now. Wildly genius in my opinion and so exciting because although The Gaslight Anthem has always been the flag runner for rock N' roll to me this is absolutely new ground not only for them but for a band PERIOD. They could never rewrite the wheel for rock but to take that genre and right a new history for a band in their position? Its new. Its fresh. Its original and very self aware.

[@vinniemutschler2537]

Why is everyone so surprised that he's singing with Bruce. They have played together so many times Great song

[@thelonewolf182]

Thanks, TGA, for continuing making music.

[@handwrittencycles]

I can’t put into words how much it means to me that their back. TGA just hit different. And their fans are great. We just get it.

[@mr.pmr.p978]

Gaslight Anthem is when Punk Rockers starts growing old and making peace with life

[@JimFrankenberry]

Two of my favorite writers and performers! Love it looking forward to seeing The Gaslight Anthem again at Bourbon and beyond. Bring the boss with ya!

[@DKay-gl3hv]

Gaslight Anthem was a becon of hope when I was a lonely kid, all those years ago. I'm so glad that they got the band back together!

[@jeffreyleiferman5871]

Ain’t it good to be alive! A new favorite from my favorite band. So glad so be alive while TGA is making magic. Can’t wait to see them in Wheatland this year.

[@Toronto2023-uy6sw]

Terrific song. A ‘Halloween’ vibe at the beginning, culminating with a nod to The ‘59 Sound. Outstanding.

[@mattyslicks]

I bleed on the side.

[@cecilkeith1951]

@@mattyslicks Me, I'm a tomb, a corpse in a suit

[@seranoxa]

I didn't expect any songs to come out from the band anymore. The day just became way too short, and why did KZbin first announce this to me a month too late. :( But so great to hear new stories and feelings being created. This one hits just like the 59 sounds. Please keep giving us the chills and heartrushes you deliver in your music.

[@siempreenmicontramusic4556]

Mexicali, México watching here. What a great time to be alive.🎉

[@chrisbrooks2468]

This is special. Thanks to the gang for putting in the work to create this. Like every other Gaslight fan I'm so happy to have this band back in the ring throwing hooks.

[@Celebmacil]

Another amazing track from you guys, and you finally (!) got The Boss to record with you guys in the studio! I got to say, once again, just how thankful I am that you're back together making new music again, and I can't wait for the full album, and with any luck, many more to come after. Here's hoping to catching you guys at a concert in Europe as well, sometime! Thank you guys, thank you so much.

[@markcarrigan3179]

They got back to together just before I started getting divorced. This song has been released a few weeks before my divorce is finalised. Could not capture my general mood more perfectly if they tried. Have listened to this 20 times today.

[@giovanniangrisano2254]

Welcome back guys!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@nomnomnom8116]

Gaslight anthem will allows be my favourite band. see u in cologne

[@cecilkeith1951]

Thank you for writing the perfect songs at the perfect time.

[@thescotsmandownunder4630]

Loving this new track. Looking forward to the new album guys. Roll on October 🤘🤘 PS, play Perth, Western Australia please

[@Suhspencce]

The girl in the white dress reminds me of the dancers in Rollin and Tumblin

[@666Uploadz]

they're baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack! I can't wait for the album. 9yrs since the last album! this song is so fucking good.

[@BenKellyMusic92]

About time you all bit the bullet and collaborated! 😎👌🏼

[@profzocc1]

Aaaaaand they are back!

[@juliachild9377]

makes me feel like interpretive dancing.

[@cirojr82]

It's just me, or Brian's voice has an effect that makes it sound like coming out from a radio or something? 🤔

[@milanseitler]

To be honest I'm not a big fan of this "vintage" sound but the song is great anyway

[@Gaz8foyd]

Sounds awful. So washed out. Great song but that effect let's it down

[@ivansotoasmr]

Thanks God for The Gaslight anthem, The Menzingers and Spanish Love Songs. The actual Punk. Punk never Will die!!

[@beforeandafterphotos]

Oh man....I miss gaslight anthem! SO glad this is happening.

[@ChatmakGames]

This is wild. I love this band so fucking much

[@ryanpenton7552]

I liked the "Get Hurt" album. But just after hearing these two singles I can already see im going to enjoy this album much more!

[@mkbb91]

They are finally back!!!

[@KIR_Engineer]

Guys, you're awesome! Thank you very much for staying together and creating something new. Keep on rocking!

[@arthurfisher1857]

Wonderful song from 2 of my favorite artists! ❤

[@dansharpe2364]

Breathtakingly good

[@patty_mcdee]

Good to have the boys back 🥲