Thunder Road (Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London '75)

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band performing "Thunder Road" from Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London '75
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Chorus:
Oh-oh come take my hand
We're riding out tonight to case the promised land
Oh-oh Thunder Road oh Thunder Road oh Thunder Road
Lying out there like a killer in the sun
Hey, I know it's late, we can make it if we run
Oh, Thunder Road, sit tight, take hold
Thunder Road
#BruceSpringsteen #ThunderRoad #LiveattheHammersmithOdeon

[@SuperDirtyPickle]

This is one of the greatest things ever made by humans.

[@GrikWorldNomad]

The best rock 'n roll song ever.

[@mikegrinder7539]

Hey, SuperDirtyPickle! Great handle. I'm still laughing my tuchas off. oOh yeah. Great song and one awesome version!!!

[@Marklevasseur1960]

Agree

[@robertfrazier4609]

Moron

[@sarahputnam1110]

Life.

[@brucebickenbach]

No, this is the best song ever written. How can it not be ....

[@johnwilson3842]

Not really😮

[@johnoconnell904]

Do yourself a favor. Put on your headphones/stick in your AirPods, turn off all the lights and close your eyes. It’s just you and Bruce. That piano hits. You cannot tell me this isn’t the most perfect version of the most perfect song ever created. You’re welcome.

[@Azabaxe80]

I'm a child of the 80s, which means I missed the coolest Springsteen ( _Darkness at the Edge of Town, Nebraska_ ) and lived through the hyper macho _Born in the USA_ Springsteen, a caricature of the man I could never identify with. Years later, someone gifted me both the _Born to Run_ and _Darkness at the Edge of Town_ box sets and the former included a disc with this performance. I was floored. And then I realized that maybe the most interesting Springsteen was the one right after the release of _Born to Run_ and before superstardom. I would have loved to have been in the audience for that concert.

[@YouBetterBelieveIt]

@@Azabaxe80 "hyper macho" is certainly a take....

[@Azabaxe80]

@@YouBetterBelieveIt Springsteen did a podcast with Barack Obama called _Renegades: Born in the USA_ where both men talk about their lives and what motivated and affected them through the various stages of said lives. Springsteen talked about his alienation from the person he was during the _Born in the USA_ period. The weight lifting, the mass appeal, the Hollywood wife, all of it. I never identified with _that_ Springsteen, and lo and behold, neither does the man himself. And he was a lot more self-critical in those interviews than my "take" is. Give it a listen. It's free.

[@fibfc]

Metallica fan, hard to argue, & he's still awesome. Saw him a few years back, one of my favourite gigs, he was incredible.

[@ncwordman]

It is indeed the most perfect version of the most perfect song ever created.

[@jce2024]

I was at the Hammersmith Odean in 75, he blew me away back then and is still doing so 48 years later ...thanks Bruce.

[@DaveJavuify]

I was also at Hammersmith Odeon in 1975 but I only got to see The Who on Dec 23rd. If I'd hid underneath my seat I'd have got to see Queen the next night. I'd like to think some of my dna remained to appreciate such history.

[@yankeespy3]

That concert was awesome on film. I can only imagine what it was like live. When I'm down, I watch the film and it elevates me.

[@jce2024]

@@yankeespy3 I’ve got a ticket for Bruce concert at Wembley in 2 weeks ,my wife brought it for my 70th birthday..can’t wait !

[@yankeespy3]

@@jce2024 Happy 70th!

[@gazoontight]

No verses, no chorus, no bridge, just one long stanza. Amazing.

[@brianrobison5871]

The original version had a chorus. I kind of like it.

[@floatsting20]

@@brianrobison5871 This is a great piece

[@jbsamakis]

And this is how he opened the show

[@floatsting20]

@@jbsamakis Just listen to Roy on the ivories

[@yourdailydoseofnegativity189]

Lyrically no there are no choruses. But there are musically

[@billdaverne9389]

This is exactly how he started his debut Toronto show on December 21st, 1975. Just him, his harmonica, and Roy Bittan on piano.... followed by a standing ovation in which everybody was standing on their chairs as the rest of the E Street Band filed onstage. Brutally cold outside and hot, hot, hot inside. I was lucky enough to be in the 4th row on the centre aisle and will never forget that night. Glad this video is available for all to see and experience. It was my first Springsteen show and since then I've seen him 254 more times, including every Toronto show, and across the US.

[@MrThebestdirector]

i was just three years old but when i've seen it for the first time as teenager, this concert was a driver force for my life.. if i had a wish, it would be to assist to that concert... can you describe it with more details?

[@billdaverne9389]

@@MrThebestdirector Yes. Bruce came down on his knees and took the girl in front row aisle seat (north side) by the hand and sang just to her. It was eerily quiet, just like here. Then he scampered back up on stage and there was an instant standing ovation -- but everybody was standing on their chairs. Never seen that before or since. Incredible show of appreciation and respect. But watching this you can understand. In Toronto that night it was a typically cold late December night, about -24 C at show time, colder when we got out. The band's wheels were a mid-1960s GM motorhome and it was left running during the show to keep it warm for their trip home to New Jersey. There's a great bootleg of that night but about half the later songs were missed because the taper's batteries got too cold in the GA line-up outside.... My friends that I hauled along teased me that they would hate it, but they were on their chairs applauding with everyone else after Thunder Road. Now I tease them... I knew Born To Run then, but didn't know his first two records and hearing their songs live the first time blew me away. Rosalita was just one of the showstoppers...

[@BCS1105]

As a 16 year old riddled with depression and so much anxiety, Bruce’s lyrics hit me really hard. His lyrics make me want to go out today and live life as if it’s my last day on earth. His lyrics make even somebody as weak as me feel strong. This song is my favourite no doubt. Thank You Bruce.

[@donnakahriger25]

Hang in there young fellow. Keep rocking "The Boss"

[@bigredfella13]

The Boss has seen me through some dark times and sad times but also made me sing out loud Stick in there, let the Boss guide you through

[@shockwave113]

Your not weak your alot stronger than you think, respect man keep it up live every day as well as you can, ❤️

[@michellehalpin7995]

Keep listening, Bruce heals the soul. God Bless my young friend❤🎶

[@isabelalonsobs]

Feeling the same way. I’m seventeen

[@jpmorgan2363]

One of the finest, most original musical performances in modern musical history. First headline world tour, first show, first song, and he opens with first song on Born to Run singing accompanied only by piano. This era in music is nearly gone. Damn, it was so good.

[@Eskewsme]

Well, at least there’s Lil Nas X and Sam Smith.

[@jpmorgan2363]

@@Eskewsme and Cheap Trick 😀

[@Frogdog6969]

You know a artist is great when they sound better live than studio

[@mgs721]

artist and band

[@mitchellandrews984]

"So Mary, climb in...It's a town full of losers and I'm pulling out of here to win" goosebumps

[@goat2558]

Thunder Road is one of my 5 top favorite songs of all time. I saw this Springsteen tour in a 3000 seat venue in Memphis in 75 or early 76. All my girlfriend could say was unbelievable when I asked her how she was liking the show. After nearly 4 hours the show ended and she had tears rolling down her face saying how she wished it would never be over. What a wonderful surprise to find after another sleepless night fighting the ravages of growing old. Well dear friend, Julie, I wish it would never be over too.

[@goat2558]

@joe jitsu After the Time and Newsweek's covers a lot of people I knew liked to diss on Springsteen. I would always challenge them to go to one of his concerts and then get back to me. I never had anyone come back disappointed. Of course the tickets were only ten bucks or so back in those days..

[@goat2558]

@joe jitsu I can honestly say I was a Springsteen fan prior to Born to Run, we had a really great college station that played his earlier stuff, but that album took rock and roll and myself to a whole new place. Born to Run is the only song that I remember exactly where and what I was doing when I first heard it. I was setting in my moms car listening to the radio while she payed some bills. The moment it ended I literally ran to Camelot music, the only record shop in town. I then had I bought the very first Born to Run album sold in Raleigh TN. a suburb of Memphis. I bought it before the record store had even put it on their shelf, the clerk was kind enough to get it out of a shipment that was still in the back. .

[@GrikWorldNomad]

Great tribute, truth. Thanks.

[@chuckemm9676]

joe jitsu, I saw him in I think 75 at Carter Barron Amphitheater in DC. Outdoor venue in Rock Creek Park, summer, Still remember a fantastic show. Songs from Asbury Park and Wild and Innocent. Not sure if BtR was out yet. Long time ago and a lot of water under the bridge.

[@LaurenMiddleton28]

1oldgoat Beautiful story!! I love Springsteen but my generation has NO musical heroes or magic lyricists.. i feel like i was born in the wrong generation! I wish i could take a time machine back to 1974 and see Springsteen before the masses moved in.

[@jenmccolley285]

I would do absolutely anything to go back in time to see this live.

[@dylangolightly3560]

Fucking same

[@roundblinds]

alright lets go ;)

[@mkrbrtsn1]

Me too. 30,000 people claim they were that night!

[@johanjohannesson4746]

You and me both

[@agatenby41]

i would love to go back in time, and see bruce do these early songs. so awesome, unfortunately i would have been like 5-6 years old lols

[@lucyball1866]

As a teenager I used to dream of a guy pulling up to my house with this sentiment. Pure romance. It never happened. (Romance was very much dead in the 90s... As were Bruce songs in general). Even today, I still think today this is probably the most romantic song ever written. Brave man.

[@TelBil2010]

It's never too late your prince may still be out there for you

[@tucoramirez3333]

Still learning this on piano it’s a bit tricky so I hope to be at full speed soon

[@lucyball1866]

Well done you for trying a Roy Bitten piano piece. He's a top notch pianist and I imagine his parts are quite intricate to play. I'd love to have a go at one, but never been brave enough to try! I'm playing River Flows in You by Yiruma, but I can't play it at his pace!

[@stevekorechoff7792]

Epic - this is the best, most powerful version of Thunder Road Bruce ever did

[@debutch7777]

Absolutely agree with you. In fact, I think this is Bruce's finest moment. I think it is very moving.

[@jasonmoore8987]

My favorite Version of my favorite song

[@brendahart108]

100% correct

[@emmanueldeliancourt6497]

This version is so emotive! Much better than the versions sings in his lates tours...

[@livelyarts49]

Best lyrical clarity, for sure! Audiophile quality sound, too!

[@mkrbrtsn1]

This isnt a song, it's a beautiful poem set to music.

[@scottburnell1496]

Amazing to think by 26 years old he had written two of the greatest songs ever. Thunder Road and Born to Run. Wow. Truly the Boss.

[@jeffreyklein6070]

You forgot Backstreets

[@scottburnell1496]

Shame 9n me for that

[@jackbrokenshire1187]

Don't forget Jungleland also

[@Jacob-pt7cr]

In my opinion the Born to run album is the greatest album of all time, every song gets you emotional. That is special.

[@Marklevasseur1960]

My top 2

[@ianlaker9161]

The screen door slams, Mary's dress sways. There it is. Widescreen, vivid, wonderful writing. Less is much, much more folks. God bless Bruce Springsteen

[@alexelliot1241]

It's poetry, not a rock song.

[@DanielinLaTuna]

He’s an awesome writer. Get his book, it’s full of these stories; what it was like growing up in Jersey, in the shadow of the Church, literally

[@rolandnilsson7482]

Yes. This is the best opening line of a song I've ever seen.

[@kevingrundlock3421]

The imagery he paints with his songs is incredible

[@vincentberte7675]

Ian I'm not positive but I believe it's Mary's dress wave's, I'm not sure but either way this tune, as almost all of his songs are just incredible, and he writes everything himself mostly, just incredible and thanks for the share, great share sir, have a great day...

[@Bunny69Bee]

This is THE BEST version of Thunder Road. I've been looking through so many different live version, but this is just SO excellent

[@marklevasseur7696]

AGREE

[@xrhkotro3884]

this is my favourite song of all ages. This version has got an extremely good feeling. But (in my opinion ) the best moment is missing. The best moment is the finale, after the line "....out of here to win" when the sax solo begins. This is missing.

[@marklevasseur7696]

@@xrhkotro3884 agree...but, you can't have everything...

[@ncwordman]

Just the boss and the Professor. Gives me chills every time.

[@aljones75]

My favourite, the New Jersey concert with the Robert Mitchum story runs it very close but this more intimate version wins for me.

[@davemac5260]

This version of Thunder Road is the best live performance on You Tube. I come back to this every couple months just to remember what greatness is. The newness of Bruce to The UK and the mix of his voice and the killer piano, make it such a raw performance . The way it builds and finishes to an enormous applause, must have been something to witness that night. This is perfection.

[@gary23jag]

I was there and I’ve not found better, you ain’t a beauty but hey you’re alright, everyone now sings along with, and rightly so, but how nice to hear it as a solo.

[@jeffhudson9130]

Not even close lol

[@p4ddy100]

Your right. Just wish the lightning was better lol

[@rrrock]

@@p4ddy100 ... and maybe the hats.

[@jimbarron8688]

If anybody asks you: "so, who is this Bruce Springsteen guy anyway?" you cue up this version of this song. With any luck it will be greeted with teary eyes, a heartfelt 'thank you', and a 'say no more'.

[@patchdavis35]

Tears is right. I lost my biker of 50 years last August. "The door is open but the RIDE AIN'T FREE!" So true!

[@torbenjrgensen9575]

Greatest song ever written. Sorry for My spelling. I AM danish, but love this song. Remind me of my Best friend, Who died of a heartattack 3 years ago.

[@arthurgoat1184]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ❤️💙 🇩🇰

[@TelBil2010]

Well written sir sorry for your loss

[@davidgrady1064]

Listen to this since I was 15. I'm damn near sixty now. Used to sing it to my little girls on long car rides. Always thought they were asleep, one day the song is playing on the radio, and one of my daughters who were then teenagers, said " hey Dad, isn't this the song you used to always sing to us?"

[@barcaroma2009]

Imagine you had written a poem in your youth that people all over the world, no matter their native tongue, knew by heart...

[@MrSpock-wc2sy]

I saw him Sept 8, 1974 and this is how he opened the show. I was mesmerized. I had never seen or heard of Bruce. I went because they said he was the new Dylan. I left a Springsteen lifetime fan. He wore that hat, and this song was my first intro to Bruce.

[@massimolucia1778]

One of the first live versions of the song (album released August 25, 1975; concert November 18, 1975). Almost fifty years later, it remains, in my opinion, the most beautiful version of "Thunder Road": clean, linear, without frills, with only the Roy Bittan's piano in the background and Bruce's wonderful performance as if reciting a poem. Yes! A poem, since "Thunder Road" is not just a song: it's poetry! ❤

[@nicoletalmadge7276]

It truly is A Masterpiece trying to learn it on guitar now❤️

[@dalebeckett4796]

Amen

[@vitorfrancagalvao2077]

No matter when, no matter where, this song is and will always be a reason for me to stop and think about so many things in life. Thanks, Bruce. Greetings from São Paulo, Brazil!

[@goat2558]

I've asked other people this question and never received a very good reply. I assume your first language is Portuguese but you appear to be very good with English as well. Which brings me to this question, A lot of English language bands have really great followings in countries where English isn't the first language. So do the people in those countries understand what the songs are saying? Is English that well understood in say Portugal? I know that very few Americans have a working knowledge of other languages which is why bands from non English speaking countries don't have the huge followings here that Springsteen and others have over there. In fact it seems that being multilingual is now being frowned upon in these strange times American's find ourselves living in..

[@vitorfrancagalvao2077]

@@goat2558 Thanks a lot for saying my English is good! Well, I don't think many people here understand what foreigner singers are meaning. I always try and read the lyrics when I think the song is good - in the case of Bruce, I don't like everything he writes, there are a few songs that doesn't please me... but I always want to know the lyrics, because Bruce is a poet first of all. His songs are so much better than other singer's... and he doesn't know, but he is a dear friend of mine. Thanks again. Greetings!

[@tbngeorgetown]

Specially home.....

[@markmidgley1544]

And England too.

[@vitorfrancagalvao2077]

@Slomofogo Tudo bem! Boa noite!

[@liz022070]

This song is perfection. No matter how many times I've listened to it over all these years, it still gives me chills.

[@Azabaxe80]

This version of this song is perfection.

[@joannemurphy4238]

Favorite song!!

[@JetCassidy]

This song has saved me from suicide so many times and has helped me get through my depression, insecurities and my anxiety.Bruce is my idol and hero Edit: I turned 16 a couple of days ago and I’m now better I’ve seeked for help and found it I cannot believe that I can be this happy I appreciate all of your wishes they have helped me through this dark time but of course this song thunder road has done so many things to keep me a live I hope everyone who reads this lives a long life full of happiness and love Edit: I turn 17 in 2 days I’ve done it I’ve found the love of my life and I’m happy and I’ve overcome all of my challenges that I’ve faced in the last 2 years and I’ve done it and this song and Bruce Springsteen has got me through the tough times and helped me enjoy the good times I will be forever thankful to you Bruce thank you and thank you to my girl for helping me out too

[@rorstap]

It doesn't matter how slowly you move forward. Just dont stop. Keep going my friend.👍

[@manblackpm]

Me too.

[@daniel198123]

No matter what happens, keep moving forward and never give up on life! Life is a gift, no matter how bad the road conditions seem, there is always redemption after one of the curves. From experience in my more than 40 years, a good part of the road is dirty and badly finished, but the small stretches, which contain beautiful landscapes, will always come, and will be worth the journey! Never give up! Be alright! And always listen to the boss! (y)

[@jasonkingshott2971]

@@rorstap Here, here, always have the album Born to Run close to you there is no better pick-me-up.

[@johnmarlega38]

Stay strong

[@shanehnorman]

I'm proud to say I was there. This was his first European appearance, when he did two nights at the Odeon, preceded by much fanfare in the Evening Standard and other media, hailing him as "the future of rock 'n' roll".

[@mdcohen]

and they were right!

[@ashimsen377]

I had the chance to go to this concert but I was afraid that he might not live up the hype of being the future of rock n roll. So I turned down the chance. One of my best mates went and said it was the best concert he had ever seen. Sadly my mate is no longer with us RIP Steve

[@gymdave199]

You're so lucky to have been there. To have seen Bruce and the band in 1975.

[@vincentgainey6847]

This really is the immaculate definitive version. Bruce's voice is faultless and Roy's piano is poignancy personified. I've heard it a million times and hope to hear it a million times more but no version tops this one.

[@ramongarcia1771]

It doesn´t matter if it´s acoustic with piano or electric with guitars/drums. "Thunder Road" is the most perfect song that a musician could have composed. That says it all !!

[@homersimpson5964]

"You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright"-such a New Jersey line, beautiful.

[@sebjoeko]

Thanks due to the people who knew this would be a night of genius - and made every effort to capture it as true to life as they could - leaving us with this record.

[@tonyfontane5603]

Now, almost 49 years later, this show still has the best versions of Thunder Road, Saint In The City, She's The One, and Lost In the Flood... just remarkable...

[@gerryleb8575]

I saw him in Ann Arbor in '75. As you can hear, he was at the height of his young strength. Our greatest poet. The workingman's voice. Our everyman.

[@fierymoon2835]

Sooooo raw and full of yearning and hope here....as he said about the way he reacted to seeing the "Europe is finally ready for Bruce Springsteen" signs in each chair at the Hammersmith...going around and tearing them up...'It was too much. We were busy being born as a band". He was nervous and so unsure that night and he just took off once he stepped on stage

[@GrikWorldNomad]

"Our greatest poet". Brilliant! "Our everyman". Thanks

[@punchypizzainpizza6616]

Sorry that's Bob Dylan

[@shannonrowan4671]

You mean Warren Zevon?

[@sgray4995]

And here in Tampa.

[@pogo8050]

This is even better than the album version. Like way better

[@ladysusycinnamon]

This song is prefect: its music, its lyrics, its pianist and Bruce's voice.

[@socorroalvarezalvarez7538]

Perfecta!!!

[@neilwallaceandlolawallace1969]

Masterpiece of a heartbreaking story of loss,love,hope, dreams, I'm 40yrs in Still here Bruce xxx

[@markliddle8510]

I saw Bruce in St.Louis, Mo in 1974 at the Ambassador Theater & is still the best show I've ever seen & heard.

[@livelyarts49]

@@markliddle8510 OMG, you won't believe it but I was there, too. True. Small world. Saw every tour he did in St.Louis from the beginning all the way through 1981, when I moved to San Diego, including his epic 4 hour shows at Kiel Auditorium.. The Ambassador Theatre was a really great venue while it lasted. Saw at least a dozen shows there.

[@stanleyjohnstone2867]

Love how is voice sounds so young , just like on the album. His best ever song and the anthem to my life.

[@20stubby]

He wrote this when he was 23. Singing here at 25. Just amazing genius

[@Daniel-es2qy]

... "roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair"... That line gets me every time 🥲

[@penny6933]

For me it’s ‘so Mary climb in’ ❤

[@TheAim1977]

Best version of this song ever, no question. Thank you for making it available.

[@TimCz83]

Absolutely.

[@PreyingWolf1]

best live performance Springsteen did... Divinity in human form

[@Aramis419]

It was back in '03 - I was 17, sitting on the hood of a Dodge, drinking warm beer in the soft summer rain, with the barefoot girl, and this came on the radio. Bruce has a song to narrate every moment of our lives.

[@patrickobrien8851]

Jesus Christ! What a performance. No words, no words...

[@svennandersen2326]

What a vocalist Springsteen was (& is). This performance topples any other sing&song writer´s by a mile. It´s monumental, it is passionate, it´s poetic and it´s technically sublime. This, my friends, it can´t be learned in any institution. This can´t be reproduced in any talent show. This is something raw & natural - a pure un-refined musical talent in full display. What power! Wauw!

[@herbertrichard614]

Yes, it is the voice that made the musician. Bruce Sprignsteen was a punk in the old fashioned sense, i,.e., he would not take what was being pressed on him.

[@stevehorton2003]

I love how that keyboard glockenspiel just kind of sneaks in under the piano and vocals.

[@austinjohnson2797]

The genius of Danny Federici

[@markusmartens9333]

Bruce is great, but Roy‘s Piano makes this song epic….what a wonderful piece of Music

[@michaelschroeder8005]

I don’t know what led me here tonight, but that was as close to perfection as I’ve ever seen. It was as if that song and melody came alive inside Bruce and it spilled out to wash our souls clean. Damn.

[@daniellopez7527]

We will never have music with this much poetry and power in the words. New music can’t even compare.

[@ogrestamp]

Back in '84 this girl (who would later become my girlfriend) gave me her Walkman and the cassette of Born To Run. I remember staying up all night listening to that. It's been quite a few decades since we last parted by I am still grateful to her for this gift. This is my favorite Springsteen song by far and this version is my favorite. I am a changed man for the rest of the day. I am enjoying it.

[@ryansaunders8178]

Great story

[@Mixxathon]

In those days, you listened and were in the moment. You experienced something unique with every concert, creating memories that were only yours. In the best of moments, like during this song, the audience connected and became one as they witnessed this masterpiece, and that made it even stronger. In those moments, you were afraid to even breathe as the sound of ones breath could destroy the almost palpable feeling in the air. No cellphones to live through, no urge of having to share the moment with anyone else than those around you. Sometimes, in some ways, things were better in the old days. Today, much has been lost. The moments have been replaced by digital movieclips meant to be consumed quickly and forgettable so one can get too the next clip. Now, people look at things like this indirectly, despite them being right there, by staring to the outstreshed arm holding the filming phone. We need to learn how to listen and be in the moment again. The first step - leave the mobile phone at home when going to a concert.

[@johnnyhall3942]

Amen to that!

[@isabelalonsobs]

My favorite way to listen to this masterpiece is with my eyes closing, picturing each verse and creating a movie as I listen to it. I prefer this slowed version to the original, makes it much more meaningful

[@jimmcdonald1506]

I’ve said this for years. This lyrical masterpiece is a movie if you close your eyes and just “watch”. He “paints” with lyrics. It’s just perfection.

[@anelladambrosio2513]

@@jimmcdonald1506 ciao Jimm! Come stai? 🙋‍♀️😍😘💘🍀

[@WSMELTD]

This is the best song ever written, my favourite song by far and god I wish I’d been young enough to The Boss back in 75

[@Marklevasseur1960]

Agree

[@azazshah4022]

Andy Rouph I’m with you, Andy. I’m 21 wish I could’ve seen the Boss in his prime. Guess I have youtube, but to be at a show is a different vibe.

[@putriscool]

this is in my top 3, next to born to run and jungleland

[@martincosby9743]

Quite simply one of the most beautiful, and important songs ever written/performed. Essential for humanity

[@football_mad0945]

This is one of the best live performances I’ve ever heard .

[@faisalamjad2834]

I’ve heard thunder road before but tonight while reading born to run I thought I’d hear it with the lyrics and then stumbled onto this version which is just mind blowing. I made my little girls listen to it and they read some of the lyrics. It was just beautiful. It’s not a song it’s like one of the best poems ever sung! Thank you Bruce. Love ya.

[@peterdoyle458]

“Roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair”………..truly one of the great lyrics ever written.

[@vincenzostr4488]

that intro with piano is simply heavenly

[@patrickhughes4914]

The album version and this version are like night and day. The album version did nothing for me. This version is the greatest song ever written.

[@robcharlton5133]

For me, one of the all time great rock performances.

[@InappropriatePuppets]

Whatever happens, whatever hard times come, whatever shit you have to put up with in life the last line of this song is always there to remind you that there is always something better out there, there is always a change, always hope and when the night is darkest, there is always Bruce to get you through to the dawn.

[@stevetugwell9599]

One of the best pieces of music ever written

[@donellefeltham]

I think this Rendition of Thunder Road, is my favourite. The passion in his voice is wonderful, you can almost imagine your right there.🎼♥️🇦🇺♥️🇺🇸💋💋🕺🏻💃🎆🎸

[@7h698]

@Bruce Springsteen fake Comment!

[@Breen09]

100 years from now when people ask about Bruce Springsteen, just play this and you’ll understand

[@vibezforall99]

easily one of the best versions of the song. and to have the insight of where springsteen was mentally during this first london performance makes it even more iconic. he did so much while being so insecure at the time. he’s a legend.

[@debutch7777]

I think it is his best ever recording of any song! I find it extremely emotional and it gets to me every time!

[@wavy8117]

Lyrics: The screen door slams Mary's dress waves Like a vision she dances across the porch As the radio plays Roy Orbison singing for the lonely Hey that's me and I want you only Don't turn me home again I just can't face myself alone again Don't run back inside Darling, you know just what I'm here for So you're scared and you're thinking That maybe we ain't that young anymore Show a little faith there's magic in the night You ain't a beauty but hey you're alright Oh and that's alright with me You can hide 'neath your covers And study your pain Make crosses from your lovers Throw roses in the rain Waste your summer praying in vain For a saviour to rise from these streets Well now I'm no hero That's understood All the redemption I can offer girl Is beneath this dirty hood With a chance to make it good somehow Hey what else can we do now Except roll down the window And let the wind blow back your hair? Well the night's busting open These two lanes will take us anywhere We got one last chance to make it real To trade in these wings on some wheels Climb in back Heaven's waiting down on the tracks Oh-oh come take my hand We're riding out tonight to case the promised land Oh-oh-oh-oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road Lying out there like a killer in the sun Hey I know it's late we can make it if we run Oh-oh-oh-oh Thunder Road, sit tight, take hold Thunder Road Well I got this guitar And I learned how to make it talk And my car's out back If you're ready to take that long walk From your front porch to my front seat The door's open but the ride ain't free And I know you're lonely For words that I ain't spoken Tonight we'll be free All the promises'll be broken There were ghosts in the eyes Of all the boys you sent away They haunt this dusty beach road In the skeleton frames of burned-out Chevrolets They scream your name at night in the street Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet And in the lonely cool before dawn You hear their engines roaring on When you get to the porch they're gone On the wind So Mary climb in It's a town full of losers I'm pulling out of here to win

[@vickijones8507]

My mother's name is Mary. She has always had a wild spirit but it was always smothered by an over-bearing partner throughout her married life. She was beautiful. She deserved better. I feel this song always pays homage to her spirit. 'There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys she sent away.'

[@MathiasSkyman]

Mary's dress SWAYS...

[@lisadyn]

I was 15 years old when I heard Bruce Springsteen and his fabulous band.. I have been hooked since.. 64 and still get the chills..he still has it and Bruce is for me the best icon in Rock and Roll.. stellar man, honest man.. to quote Bob Seger "still the same".. Bruuuuuuuuucceeeee!

[@monteyburns21]

That piano... all the while hauntingly in the background until the crescendo, and then... THAT PIANO!

[@sandeepkulkarni7750]

Five and half minutes of pure bliss.. Thanks Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

[@LaurenMiddleton28]

I think this one of the only versions of Thunder Road where Bruce actually sings the part "well show a little faith there's magic in the night you ain't a beauty but hey your all right."

[@johndimeo1821]

If you are Bruce, thanks. Been hear since greetings. The words and music are the most important and reliable things I’ve had in my life. My wife daughter son in law and grandkids are the best things in my life. Possibly not attainable without your help.

[@flalingbashers2957]

One of the greatest songs ever written..Bravo 👏

[@guymorgan3648]

Master piece!

[@SeanStewart88]

Might be my favorite live performance of all time. Hits you somewhere deep.

[@scottpannell2286]

Discovered this song as a 38 year old with depression. Changed my life. Can’t listen to it now without it bringing all that pain back though.

[@FinnBunny67]

This is possibly the most beautifull song I've ever heard ..

[@Moneytalks.29]

When I was young this man's music left a huge impression on me.. Made me want to continue to be a responsible, respectful, thoughtful young man who wanted to give something back... in life. Bruce, I can't thank you enough!!

[@kenmckenzo9465]

Good Lord but this is majestic.

[@rapbuck3]

Never never gets old listening to this. Greatest version of this song. Hands down

[@philipvargas2605]

My favorite performance of Thunder Road. Ever.

[@johnnyM809]

One of Bruce's many masterpieces

[@SuperCarioca2005]

Is there a single line in all of rock that encapsulates teen angst better than: “It’s a town full of losers, I’m pulling outta here to win!” 4:53

[@SugarA_Ramones]

This is one of those things in life that seems almost too good to be true. I mean think about it... a song, a little song. This song doesn’t even seem real to me. It’s a song thats been a part of my life since I was born. I remember my mom blasting it through the house when I was 3 years old while she cleaned. I didn’t know what it was about. I didn’t know who it was by. But it spoke to me. Not just this song, but so many of Bruce Springsteen’s song are more than just songs. They’re reminders of friends, family, good times & bad.

[@GrikWorldNomad]

Great tribute, thanks

[@joeybellfurie]

The songs we love become part of our DNA. They are embedded in our brains and souls. They will be some of the last memories to fade before we leave this world.

[@Blaise-182]

‘It’s just a song’ The song: This is the most beautiful song ever written don’t care what anyone else thinks

[@asnieze]

Hands down the best version of this song ever.

[@sylviaross5486]

This still gives me chill bumps - 45 years after I heard it the first time.

[@lukasfast366]

This song, and especially this version has the power to change one's life. Thank you Bruce that I am honored enough to hear it, and let changes come to mine.

[@Bethypooh101]

Coming back to this song again. It is my favorite version of my favorite song by one of the best singers in history.❤

[@vickijones8507]

Yep. I find myself keep coming back to it, time and time again.

[@ottoborger2153]

Thunder Road, Racing in the Streets and The River are my absolute favorite Bruce Springsteen songs. I wish he would play it on the 2023 europe tour.

[@michaelmccauley648]

I was 18 years old in 1975 when “Born to Run” was released, though the song itself had been playing on FM radio for about a year and a half prior. For those too young to remember or still unborn, Springsteen’s tour for that album and the hype surrounding its release seemed like the second coming of the Beatles or Elvis. He was the very first (and perhaps only) rock and roll figure to appear on the covers of Time Magazine and Newsweek when the buzz about the record and the fury of his live concerts reached the media. One of them asked if he was “the future of rock and roll”. I was unable to secure tickets to the four shows he did at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby, PA right around the New Year in ‘76.... they sold out in minutes. Scalpers wanted $50 a ticket (an astronomical sum for a poor kid just out of high school), a price I was unable to come up with for a pair at the time. But, damn, did I play that album to death! I still believe it’s among the greatest full albums I’ve ever heard, virtually every song an ode to youthful angst, hope in the trail of broken dreams, and the yearning for something ineffable we all feel as young adults. Bruce has become an industry, asking ridiculous prices to his shows, which cannot possibly match the beauty, power and faith the lucky derived from the nights on stage they witnessed in his early days. I didn’t get to see him live until 2002 during “The Rising” tour for many reasons (work, family, other commitments) when it was a stadium show. Though I’m privileged to have seen him perform and put on a very good show, I feel I missed out on seeing him at the peak of his powers back in the 1970s in a much more intimate venue, during the “Born to Run” tour. This performance confirms that belief. I’d give anything now to be able to witness one of those Tower Theater shows from my long ago past.

[@beckybarnes4651]

I know what you mean, but I saw him for the first time on the Rising tour too, and he was still pretty shit hot - my favourite concert to this day in fact.

[@mrs.mcnamara1669]

1975 was another lifetime ago, yet this song brings me back there every time.

[@yurifarts3443]

I am 18 years old rn , how I wish was born in this era of golden music. The music nowadays is as fake as politicians😔.

[@ronaldjurgeson760]

Welcome! Just keep listening to Bruce! I dscovered him when iwas about 16-17 also (but that was over 40 years ago!)

[@20stubby]

Much wisdom young man.He wrote this at 23 . 25 during this performance of a lifetime

[@detroitdiesel-vu3ig]

It won't make you feel much better knowing that bruce Springsteen was never a working man

[@Gelsyviolet]

Quanta verità nelle tue parole.

[@DunmoresMovieMania]

Usually, I hate it when artists pare back their songs to the bones, and I usually want to hear the full production from the record... but man, his vocal delivery is so precise, so heartfelt, so exacting on pitch and in the pocket, that this is wildly entertaining just listening to him solo, with Roy tearing it up in accompaniment.

[@gp3008]

The greatest songwriter ever. With all due respect to Mr. Dylan. Those two are in a class by themselves.

[@Marklevasseur1960]

I totally agree.

[@kallek919]

You could easily add Elvis Costello.

[@FlorianFlorian573]

And Neil Peart

[@samwaugh1464]

No, the Bob rules - and Bruce would agree.

[@gp3008]

@@samwaugh1464 he would. I'd give Bob the nod LYRICALLY but as far as the entire SONG goes I give it to Bruce. Just my opinion. Love them both.

[@carlosmoreno8307]

OMG, I thank God I'm alive so I can hear and see this.

[@Marklevasseur1960]

Agree

[@vickijones8507]

One of life's blessings.

[@20stubby]

He is 25 yes old here

[@limer4330]

You can be proud as an American that Bruce was well received in the U.K. back in '75 but it only boils down to the fact that he was and still is talented as hell. Bruce has written some very beautiful music throughout his career.

[@CoolHandLuke7]

At the absolute peak of his powers. Incredible

[@eddiebjorklund1877]

Such a magnificent performance. What. A. Song.

[@superghostdance]

Leaves me speechless. So brilliant and close.

[@jerseyboy84]

AWESOME!. This is the best version of Thunder Road. I love it. This is a great concert! Thank you Bruce and the ESB!

[@lawrenceobrien55]

Timeless....

[@christianfletcher7871]

Must be the best ever version of Thunder Road, will see The Boss next year once again.