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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:15,600 To me, there was always a little more pressure 2 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:18,320 when you came to Britain, just because of the influence 3 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:21,520 British music had had on my life and my work. 4 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:23,120 CHEERING 5 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:25,280 You always wanted to be at your best, 6 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:27,280 and that continues to this day. 7 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:31,680 We just came out of playing Sunderland. 8 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:34,360 Hellacious weather. 9 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:37,520 Driving rainstorm... 10 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:40,040 ..wind blowing. 11 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:44,760 But standing in front of me, in the rain, 12 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:47,120 I realised, these are my people. 13 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:50,760 Those are my people here in the UK. 14 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:58,760 And it was a pleasure playing all night in the rain to that crowd. 15 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:04,520 MUSIC: Backstreets by Bruce Springsteen 16 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:10,040 1975, it was a long flight from New Jersey to the UK. 17 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:15,400 We were visitors in the land of our musical giants - 18 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:20,200 the Beatles, the Stones, the Animals. 19 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:22,880 And for a young New Jersey rock and roller, 20 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:25,040 the UK was Mecca. 21 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:32,440 All I was wondering was... 22 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:37,520 ..what do I have that I could conceivably give back... 23 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:41,840 ..to those people who gave me so much? 24 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:43,360 CHEERING 25 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:45,360 And theanswer is... 26 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:48,080 ..everything I've got. 27 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:50,040 One, two, three, four! 28 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:56,840 And he knew that if he conquered London, 29 00:01:56,840 --> 00:02:00,200 that would buzz round everywhere around the world. 30 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:03,320 Was this one of those concerts 31 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:07,040 which fathers tell their sons about in years to come? 32 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:11,800 But the hype, you know, rather rebounded on him. 33 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:15,280 I had PTSD from it. 34 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:19,040 I said I ain't going back to Britain until I am fully confident 35 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:22,360 that I can blow the roof off wherever I'm going to play. 36 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:27,080 He's a sort of whirling dervish of benevolent male energy. 37 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:28,760 It's quite extraordinary. 38 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:31,280 He's a soul-bearing performer. 39 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:34,040 I was looking in his eyes and he just looked into mine 40 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:36,160 and that was, like, a moment to treasure. 41 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:38,600 He's the essence of rock and roll, isn't he? 42 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:40,600 The essence of rock and roll. 43 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:43,920 # Hiding on the backstreets Hiding on the backstreets 44 00:02:43,920 --> 00:02:45,240 # Hiding on... # 45 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:47,080 That era was insane. 46 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:50,760 Wembley felt likethe top of the world. King of the world. 47 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:54,960 He's a hero to us and he will be a hero forever in my eyes. 48 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:58,720 # We're all hiding on the backstreets tonight... # 49 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:01,800 You have not lived unless you've seen Bruce live. 50 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:05,360 Springsteen is bigger in the UK and the rest of Europe 51 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:07,360 than he is in the United States now. 52 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:08,760 # Hey 53 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:11,320 # Hey... # 54 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:15,040 There's something about the way he does it 55 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:17,080 with such passion. 56 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:18,480 It's irresistible. 57 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:21,120 I want to thank you... 58 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:24,600 ..for taking my music into your hearts. 59 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:27,680 Once it was only a dream I had... 60 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:30,760 ..today it's real. 61 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:54,800 I first heard the name Bruce Springsteen in 1973. 62 00:03:57,280 --> 00:03:58,920 I was in New York. 63 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:03,040 I bumped into a journalist called Chris Charlesworth. 64 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:06,680 He said, "If you've got time, 65 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:09,040 "go down to the Village... 66 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:13,920 "..the Bottom Line, forget about the headliner, 67 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:16,000 "just go and see the opening act." 68 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:19,280 # Her brains, they rattle, and her bones, they shake 69 00:04:19,280 --> 00:04:22,000 # Oh, she's an angel from the Innerlake 70 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:25,520 # Her brains, they rattle, and her bones, they shake 71 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:27,880 # Oh, she's an angel from the Inner... # 72 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:31,680 There were about 20 people in the audience, 73 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:36,840 and I stood there for 35 minutes, just completely blown away. 74 00:04:36,840 --> 00:04:39,040 # Thundercrack 75 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:40,920 # Baby's back 76 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,840 # This time she'll tell me how she really feels... # 77 00:04:43,840 --> 00:04:47,520 I went backstage and I said, "I'm a promoter from England. 78 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:49,480 "You've got to come to England." 79 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:51,800 He just looked at me and he said, 80 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:54,280 "This is the first time we've played New York." 81 00:04:54,280 --> 00:04:56,880 HE LAUGHS And that was the start of it. 82 00:04:56,880 --> 00:05:00,040 # And she was blinded by the light 83 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:04,680 # Oh, cut loose like a deuce Another runner in the night... # 84 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:07,760 His first two records did not succeed at all, 85 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:13,600 and Bruce's career was just, like, almost over before it began. 86 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:16,920 As far as Columbia was concerned, it was his last chance saloon. 87 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:20,280 He really had a different album than the first and the second one. 88 00:05:20,280 --> 00:05:23,480 More rock and roll, which is what he ended up doing. 89 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:26,520 MUSIC: Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen 90 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:31,520 I think he never fulfilled his potential until Born To Run. 91 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:33,840 What I just remember is the euphoria. 92 00:05:33,840 --> 00:05:36,360 This great Phil Spector wall of sound 93 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:38,800 that hadn't really been used in rock music. 94 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:41,840 MUSIC: Tiger Feet by Mud 95 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:48,280 It was a pretty awful time, in the mid-'70s, 96 00:05:48,280 --> 00:05:51,280 to be a rock music fan, to be a teenager. 97 00:05:51,280 --> 00:05:53,880 You felt like you'd missed the party. 98 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:57,280 And there was a desperate feeling that this music needed to 99 00:05:57,280 --> 00:06:00,360 reinvent itself and just get back to those kind of roots 100 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:04,240 of youth and rebellion and having the best time of your life. 101 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:06,520 And, for me, Born To Run captured that. 102 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:09,040 I felt that rock music had come home. 103 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:14,040 # The highway's jammed with broken heroes on a... # 104 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:17,040 I was a teenager. I had a Saturday job at Harrods, 105 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:20,040 in the record department, and there was a guy 106 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:22,280 who worked at Harrods with me, and he said, 107 00:06:22,280 --> 00:06:24,880 "Have you ever listened to any Bruce Springsteen?" 108 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:28,960 And he pulled out Born To Run, and the first thing I saw 109 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:31,360 was here was a white guy and a black guy 110 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:35,040 on the same album, and as soon as I saw that, I was intrigued. 111 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:38,360 What you got immediately from Born To Run 112 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:40,360 was someone speaking his own truth. 113 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:43,040 It was someone who was pouring their heart out. 114 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:45,120 And that was it - that was the moment. 115 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:48,760 # Baby, we were born to run 116 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:51,520 # Oh, honey, tramps like us 117 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:55,040 # Baby, we were born to run... # 118 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:58,680 We had finished what I call a normal American tour, 119 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:01,280 and I said, "You know, it'd be nice to put in 120 00:07:01,280 --> 00:07:03,200 "a few more dates somewhere. 121 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:04,680 "Where could we go?" 122 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:07,840 And so I called Harvey Goldsmith in London. 123 00:07:07,840 --> 00:07:10,320 I asked him, "Is there a chance that, you know, 124 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:13,760 "you could fit Bruce Springsteen in before the end of the year?" 125 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:18,040 Of course, no-one had seen him play outside America at that point, 126 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:20,280 but everybody was talking about him 127 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:24,840 and so we had no difficulty selling out. 128 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:27,680 Everybody thought, "Hey, yeah, England, 129 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:30,040 "that would be a fun thing to do." 130 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:33,080 MUISC: Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out by Bruce Springsteen 131 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:47,400 I was only 26 years old. 132 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:51,280 And the only places I'd been was to California in the back of a truck. 133 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:54,120 We were not particularly well-travelled, you know. 134 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:57,360 Certainly not outside the United States, we'd never been anywhere. 135 00:07:57,360 --> 00:08:00,280 Well, then we knew they were auspicious gigs. 136 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:02,120 There was a lot expected. 137 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:07,240 But we knew we were going to the land of our gods and saviours. 138 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:12,720 So just being in London was just so thrilling. 139 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:15,120 At that point, things were still happening. 140 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:17,760 You know, going to Carnaby Street, even King's Road, 141 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:19,760 the flea markets and all that stuff. 142 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:23,040 I mean, Britain was really British. HE LAUGHS 143 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:26,080 They were a lot less Americanised, I guess. 144 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:28,840 And so, you know, we came out and we were like, 145 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:33,040 "Hey, can you get a cheeseburger anywhere around here?" 146 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:35,720 There was no McDonald's yet or anything. 147 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:38,320 It was really shocking to us. 148 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:41,680 America lives on this stuff, you know? 149 00:08:41,680 --> 00:08:44,280 I remember asking for iced tea... 150 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:48,280 ..and people looked at me like I had two heads. 151 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:50,320 HE LAUGHS 152 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:50,320 "What?! 153 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:53,680 "You mean, you put ice in the tea?!" HE LAUGHS 154 00:08:53,680 --> 00:08:58,480 Anyway, yeah, the food was just appalling and, you know, still is. 155 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:00,360 HE LAUGHS 156 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:02,120 I mean, raw bacon. 157 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:04,600 Oh, my God. 158 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:09,120 Anyway, so we ended up playing Hammersmith Odeon, 159 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:11,920 which was, I think, the first theatre we ever played. 160 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:16,040 Hammersmith was the premier concert hall in England, 161 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:19,360 and it was important that it was a big success 162 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:23,400 because it opened the doors to outside America. 163 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:27,520 And he knew that if he conquered London particularly, 164 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:30,480 that would buzz round everywhere around the world. 165 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:40,160 18th of November, 1975, 166 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:44,280 I came here because of all the hype about Bruce. 167 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:47,360 Because this was the first concert in the UK, 168 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:50,520 and heavily, heavily, heavily promoted, 169 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:53,280 so everyone in the music business was there. 170 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:55,520 Everyone had to be there. 171 00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:57,120 It's still exciting. 172 00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:59,520 It's a very exciting space there, the big... 173 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:01,200 ..the big stage. 174 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:13,680 And in those days you could smoke in a place like this, 175 00:10:13,680 --> 00:10:16,360 so there was a sort of fug of smoke. 176 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:18,600 And the usual - people getting in your way. 177 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:20,760 "Sorry." "Ouch! You trod on my foot!" 178 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:23,120 The usual stuff. "You're in the wrong seat!" 179 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:27,680 I've kept a diary for a long, long time, 180 00:10:27,680 --> 00:10:31,520 and, of course, that night was mentioned. 181 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:38,520 "This is the first show outside the US for a 26-year-old New Jersey boy 182 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:41,520 "who's been likened as the new Dylan, Lennon, 183 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:43,280 "Van Morrison, and so on. 184 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:45,520 "So, was this the new Messiah? 185 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:47,960 "Was this one of those concerts 186 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:51,800 "which fathers tell their sons about in years to come?" 187 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:56,920 For some reason, they put up posters saying, 188 00:10:56,920 --> 00:10:59,600 "London is finally ready for Bruce Springsteen", 189 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:00,840 or something like that. 190 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:03,520 I mean, finally ready for what? 191 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:08,160 So I was like, "Oh, my God! 192 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:11,040 "That's not the way I want to introduce myself." 193 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:13,680 What a way to start a relationship, right? 194 00:11:13,680 --> 00:11:16,800 You know, thinking there was an arrogant, you know, 195 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:20,520 power coming from America to conquer England, you now. 196 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:26,040 CBS, of all the record labels, had a habit of doing things 197 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:28,400 the expensive, flashy way. 198 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:31,320 Going over the top on new artists. 199 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:35,080 London doesn't like that kind of thing. 200 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:37,440 Londoners, as a breed, 201 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:41,040 pride themselves on not being impressed by anything at all. 202 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:44,840 "Hype" was a very bad word in those days. 203 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:46,840 You know, promotion, marketing. 204 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:48,600 It literally ended careers. 205 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:52,760 I went into the theatre, there was stuff all over the seats, 206 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:55,880 there were posters everywhere, and I just went crazy. 207 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:58,320 I felt it was an insult to my audience 208 00:11:58,320 --> 00:12:02,400 and I ran around and I tore as much shit down as I could. 209 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:05,280 I had people pull everything off the seats. 210 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:08,240 You know, I was in a frenzy before that show. 211 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:11,040 It put an enormous pressure on me, you know? 212 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:17,040 There was a lot of tension. 213 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:19,640 The music press were really quite hostile. 214 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:23,240 But I think he felt he had something to prove. 215 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:26,040 MUSIC: Thunder Road by Bruce Springsteen 216 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:28,520 The journalists were sitting in the front row 217 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:30,440 with their arms crossed, saying, 218 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:32,720 "OK, show me what you got here," you know? 219 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:35,520 Of course, by the end of the show, we did show them. 220 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:39,760 HARMONICA PLAYS 221 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:41,760 CHEERING AND APPLAUSE 222 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:58,040 # The screen door slams 223 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:00,520 # Mary's dress sways 224 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:06,280 # Like a vision she dances across the porch 225 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:08,760 # As the radio plays 226 00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:13,520 # Roy Orbison singing for the lonely 227 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:17,280 # Hey, that's me, and I want you only 228 00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:19,760 # Don't turn me home again 229 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:24,040 # I just can't face myself alone again 230 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:27,280 # Don't you run back inside 231 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:30,800 # Darling, you know just what I'm here for 232 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:36,280 # So you're scared and you're thinking that maybe 233 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:40,280 # We ain't that young anymore 234 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:44,480 # Well, show a little faith, there's magic in the night 235 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:48,040 # You ain't a beauty but, hey, you're all right 236 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:54,640 # Oh, and that's all right with me... # 237 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:58,840 Bruce looks different from, you know, the sort of glossy singers 238 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:00,680 with hairstyles and all that. 239 00:14:00,680 --> 00:14:03,640 He was someone who looks like they've come off the shop floor, 240 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:08,040 been sort of servicing a car before he came on, 241 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:09,800 that kind of feel to it. 242 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:12,920 How's things going over here in England and stuff, huh? 243 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:14,360 All right? 244 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:16,040 CHEERING 245 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:18,040 HE LAUGHS 246 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:22,760 Thisis the first time... I've never been here before. It's just... 247 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:24,760 We don't know why it was filmed, 248 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:28,360 but it's wonderful that they did because it captures us 249 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:32,960 in between a bar band and the concert band we're about to become. 250 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:34,520 It's transitional. 251 00:14:34,520 --> 00:14:36,480 # She's the one... # Hey! 252 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:39,320 MUSIC: She's The One by Bruce Springsteen 253 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:45,440 "The band went off at such a lick that one could sense the relief." 254 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:48,520 # With thatthunder in your heart at night 255 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:50,440 # When you're kneeling in the dark 256 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:52,960 # It says you're never going to leave her... # 257 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:55,520 "Springsteen leapt into action, 258 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:59,040 "twitching and leaping and throwing himself about 259 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:02,920 "in strange spasms as he urged the band on." 260 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:07,040 # Oh, she's the one 261 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:11,200 # Oh, she's the one... # 262 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:14,040 Clarence Clemons undoubtedly stole the show. 263 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:18,480 He's just an amazing saxophone player. 264 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:24,280 It just builds and builds. 265 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:28,080 And, by the end, people are up and shouting and cheering. 266 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:30,520 It was pretty magical by that time. 267 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:34,520 # Oh, she's the one 268 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:39,520 # Mm, mm-mm, mm-mm-mm, mm-mm... # 269 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:48,040 There was a sense at the end of the gig for sure 270 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:51,280 that we'd just seen something quite remarkable, 271 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:55,640 so it was the conversion moment for many people. 272 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:01,520 # Oh! 273 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:05,960 # Oh! 274 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:10,520 # Whoa! # 275 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:15,840 Bruce said, "Did they like the show?" 276 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:19,520 I said, "Why?" He said, "I couldn't feel any reaction at all." 277 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:21,840 I said to him, "You should have been out front 278 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:25,200 "and seen it the other way around because that was unbelievable." 279 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:27,280 CHEERING AND APPLAUSE 280 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:37,040 I went to a party that was supposed to celebrate my triumph, 281 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:39,280 but I felt I'd been terrible, 282 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:43,120 and so I was embarrassed to even go into the party, 283 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:47,040 ran back to the hotel, sat in my lonely room 284 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:49,360 under a big black cloud, 285 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:52,520 ate whatever I had and, like, miserably went to bed. 286 00:16:52,520 --> 00:16:55,040 That was my night after the Hammersmith show. 287 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:56,680 HE CHUCKLES 288 00:16:56,680 --> 00:16:59,760 MUSIC: Racing In The Street by Bruce Springsteen 289 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:03,280 I had PTSD from it, you know? HE LAUGHS 290 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:06,280 I was suffering post-traumatic stress disorder 291 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:08,520 from the first Hammersmith show. 292 00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:12,520 I didn't look at the tape for 30 years. 293 00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:15,120 That might give you an idea of how impactful... 294 00:17:15,120 --> 00:17:17,680 HE LAUGHS 295 00:17:15,120 --> 00:17:17,680 ..that night was. 296 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:34,040 "Blinded by the hype", I remember the NME saying, 297 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:35,840 and I think he was just sold wrong. 298 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:38,680 You know, he was sold as the next Dylan, and he was something else. 299 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:41,320 He was something special, something unique in his own right. 300 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:45,200 The hype, you know, rather rebounded on him. 301 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:50,360 He allowed things to get out of his control, 302 00:17:50,360 --> 00:17:53,880 and I think that was very significant 303 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:56,840 because the rest of his career 304 00:17:56,840 --> 00:18:01,760 was marked by an utter determination to have control - 305 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:05,720 that he had to be in charge of absolutely everything. 306 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:08,040 # Spread out now, Rosie 307 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:11,520 # Doctor, come cut loose her mama's reins... # 308 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:13,840 I said I ain't going back to Britain 309 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:17,480 until I've got a friggin' war chest of songs 310 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:19,280 and arrangements. 311 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:23,040 I'm not going back until I am fully confident that I can, 312 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:26,760 you know, blow the roof off wherever I'm going to play. 313 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:31,080 # Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey... # 314 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:50,040 I guess we're going to come over to Europe 315 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:53,120 and England and stuff, you know? Any idea when that'll be? 316 00:18:53,120 --> 00:18:55,800 I don't know exactly when that'll be, you know? 317 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:01,240 He was a kind of mysterious, invisible figure 318 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:04,640 to people in Britain during the late '70s, 319 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:06,800 which is the time that his reputation 320 00:19:06,800 --> 00:19:09,240 in the States was growing - 321 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:12,080 around Darkness On The Edge Of Town. 322 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:17,320 And so his reputation in Britain kind of grew in his absence. 323 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:20,000 To me, there was always a little more pressure 324 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:23,000 when you came to London and Britain, 325 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:26,000 just because of the influence that that music had had 326 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:29,080 on my life and my work. 327 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:33,920 The British culture of music - I mean, it changed my life. 328 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:40,480 SCREAMING 329 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:44,840 # Oh, yeah, I'll tell you somethin' 330 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:48,400 # I think you'll understand 331 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:51,160 # When I say that somethin'... # 332 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:53,880 Do you remember the first time you heard the Beatles? 333 00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:55,320 I'll always remember. 334 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:57,920 I was on South Street in Freehold. 335 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:00,840 I was a young, young teenager. 336 00:20:00,840 --> 00:20:02,640 My mother was at the wheel. 337 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:05,400 I heard I Want to Hold your Hand. 338 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:07,200 I went, "What the hell is that?" 339 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:09,720 # Let me be your man 340 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:13,280 # And please, say to me... # 341 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:15,680 Therewas something in the harmonies, 342 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:18,480 the voices, the way their voices blended. 343 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:20,800 # I want to hold your haaand! # 344 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:23,000 You know? It was that "hand", you know? 345 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:25,000 So I ran into the phone booth, 346 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:27,120 I dialled my girlfriend's number 347 00:20:27,120 --> 00:20:30,480 and the first thing I said was, "Have you heard the Beatles?" 348 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:33,800 It was just a revolutionary day. 349 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:35,560 Earth-rocking moment. 350 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:38,720 I'll never forget it, you know, for the rest of my life. 351 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:40,560 # I can't hide 352 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:43,320 # I can't hide... # 353 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:45,640 I just bought the record and went home, 354 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:49,080 and picked up a guitar almost immediately. 355 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:52,200 I learned to play the guitar from those Beatles singles. 356 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:54,760 BRUCE RIFFS 357 00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:57,600 I still... 358 00:20:57,600 --> 00:21:00,200 You know, I can still remember most of the riffs. 359 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:06,760 Yeah! 360 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:11,680 I haven't played that in, I don't know, 40 years, 361 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:13,720 but it's still in my brain. 362 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:20,040 # Baby, I... # 363 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:23,840 You talk about the Beatles' influence. 364 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:26,000 There it is. 365 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:26,000 BRUCE LAUGHS 366 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:28,640 There it is! The Castiles. 367 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:31,400 Man, we... Let me tell you, it wasn't easy 368 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:33,600 to get your hair to look like that in those days, either. 369 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:36,880 I had an Italian afro by nature. 370 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:40,480 I used to have to steal my mother's bobby pins 371 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:42,640 and put them in my hair at night 372 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:45,440 and then sleep on it just perfectly 373 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:49,760 to get my hair to be anywhere nearly as straight as that. 374 00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:53,240 I was into anything and everything British. 375 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:57,240 We ran around speaking in British accents for quite a while 376 00:21:57,240 --> 00:21:58,560 to the shop girls 377 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:00,400 to see if we could fool them into believing 378 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:02,120 we were from London or something. 379 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:06,320 At first, it was just the Beatles. 380 00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:08,360 # I'm gonna tell you how it's gonna be... # 381 00:22:08,360 --> 00:22:10,520 Four months later, the Stones came. 382 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:12,800 # You're gonna give your love to me... # 383 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,000 Then Dave Davies - you know, with the Kinks. 384 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:20,040 The Kinks had the riffs. 385 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:24,400 Quite a hard rock thing at the time. 386 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:28,000 # Got a feeling inside Can't explain. # 387 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:31,680 The Who started to be a bit heavier with their chord changes. 388 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:35,400 And of course now the wild drumming was beginning with Keith Moon. 389 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:40,360 # Can't explain I think it's love... # 390 00:22:40,360 --> 00:22:41,560 The British Invasion - 391 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:44,000 you were introduced to, like, this Jurassic Park 392 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:47,080 of the minds, you know? 393 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:50,480 We became Anglophiles. 394 00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:53,320 We were in love with you, you know, before we even met. 395 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:10,040 I'll be staggered if this makes the cut. 396 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:15,040 This is my Bruce scrapbook. 397 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:18,480 1981. 398 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:20,040 So I'm 16. 399 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:23,640 # All day you've been working that hard line... # 400 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:26,160 In those days, no internet, 401 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:30,680 so you'd have to just scan the NME, 402 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:33,000 the Mirror. 403 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:36,000 This article appeared during the time 404 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:37,840 of Bruce's visit to Britain. 405 00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:39,800 ROB LAUGHS 406 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:41,760 "The king of American rock whose shows 407 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:44,360 "send his friends into a frenzy." 408 00:23:46,120 --> 00:23:50,920 This is an ad for the tour dates of the River tour, 409 00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:53,040 and I treasured this. 410 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:57,000 # I'm home, I'm out of my work clothes... # 411 00:23:57,000 --> 00:24:00,720 I bought The River at Woolworths in Porthcawl. 412 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:05,320 It was the first album I ever had with a lyric insert. 413 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:07,800 And I remember showing it to my grandmother and saying, 414 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:10,120 "Oh, look at this! This is like poetry!" 415 00:24:10,120 --> 00:24:13,560 And that was the beginning of me 416 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:16,000 kind of falling in love with him. 417 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,760 And here I am, I'm 59 now, 418 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:22,040 and I listen to him all the time. 419 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:28,560 # New Jersey turnpike 420 00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:32,240 # Riding on a wet night 421 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:36,200 # 'Neath the refinery's glow 422 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:41,200 # Out where the great black rivers flow... # 423 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:43,000 Part of the connection is, 424 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:46,000 when he writes about the New Jersey turnpike, 425 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:47,840 driving on a wet night, 426 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:50,000 'neath the refinery's glow - 427 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,520 where I grew up in South Wales, 428 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:55,000 we had oil refineries near us 429 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:59,560 and there was a kind of steel town feel. 430 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:02,040 # Mr State Trooper 431 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,560 # Please don't stop me 432 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:10,240 # Please don't stop me 433 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:14,680 # Please don't stop me... # 434 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:16,000 You know, when I was young 435 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:18,520 and Paul Weller talked about down in the tube station 436 00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:20,520 at midnight, 437 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:22,000 what the hell is a tube station? 438 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:23,480 I was from Port Talbot. 439 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:35,200 I felt much closer to New Jersey than I did to London. 440 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:39,000 With the River tour, it was a range of venues. 441 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,560 So he would start in relatively small theatres, 442 00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:43,720 just a couple of thousand capacity, 443 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:45,280 going right up to the size 444 00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:47,200 of somewhere like the NEC in Birmingham, 445 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:48,760 about 15,000. 446 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:53,200 # You been hurt and you're all cried out, you say 447 00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:57,000 # You walk down the street pushing people outta your way... # 448 00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:01,120 Itwas huge for us to go to Newcastle. 449 00:26:01,120 --> 00:26:04,280 All I knew was Newcastle, the Animals! 450 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:06,560 I was one of the biggest Animals fans, 451 00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:08,480 and to this day still am. 452 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:12,000 You know? And we played a gorgeous little hall. 453 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:13,800 There was a picture of us at Newcastle 454 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:16,760 with Clarence in his cowboy hat and the rest of the guys, 455 00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:18,800 which we took outside the hall at that time 456 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:21,200 that I always remember. 457 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:26,040 # The ties that b-i-n-d... # 458 00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:32,000 Brighton I remember very, very well because it was seaside. 459 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:33,560 And we said, "Oh, man this is a little bit 460 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:35,040 "like Asbury Park!" 461 00:26:37,360 --> 00:26:39,600 We were firing on all cylinders. 462 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:42,440 We really were loaded with great material. 463 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:45,960 A-one! A-two! A-one, two, three, four! 464 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:51,360 1981 was the year that Bruce Springsteen 465 00:26:51,360 --> 00:26:52,560 finally made it to Britain. 466 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:54,520 And after so many years of expectation, 467 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:57,800 most people felt that he did live up to his once hyped reputation. 468 00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:01,880 MUSIC: Cadillac Ranch by Bruce Springsteen 469 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:14,680 # Well, there she sits, buddy 470 00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:16,400 # Just a gleaming in the sun 471 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:19,600 # There to greet a working man when his day is done... # 472 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:22,440 I think the people who went in 1981 473 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:26,480 saw just what an astonishing live performer he was. 474 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:30,000 As he said, a show should be a little bit of dance party, 475 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,000 a little of political meeting, 476 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:33,840 a little bit of comedy show. 477 00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:35,680 Nobody else tries to do that. 478 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:37,560 Nobody else even tries! 479 00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:47,400 He's a sort of whirling dervish of benevolent male energy. 480 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:49,000 The interesting thing about Bruce is, 481 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:50,360 as soon as he's offstage, 482 00:27:50,360 --> 00:27:51,840 he's completely the opposite. 483 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:53,480 He's very shy almost. 484 00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:58,360 And then the lights come on, and then he's this...thing. 485 00:27:58,360 --> 00:27:59,560 It's quiet extraordinary. 486 00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:04,640 He's a sort of fearless and generous soul. 487 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:07,640 It's very easy to hold back, and he doesn't. 488 00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:09,440 He's a soul-bearing performer. 489 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:28,040 # I got a wife and kids in Baltimore, Jack 490 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:32,520 # I went out for a ride and I never went back... # 491 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:35,000 Any time you have a hit, it broadens your audience. 492 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:38,760 I always say Hungry Heart brought women to our shows 493 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:42,000 in significant numbers for the first time. 494 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:45,680 # Everybody's got a hungry heart 495 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:49,080 # Everybody's got a hungry heart... # 496 00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:51,440 We heard Bruce was going to be coming to Manchester 497 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:54,000 and we knew there was going to be a massive demand for tickets. 498 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:56,480 Thankfully, my brother decided with a few of his mates 499 00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:59,000 to just come and camp outside. 500 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:01,720 He got his sleeping bag and he camped out in the cold, 501 00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:04,040 and he managed to get front row tickets. 502 00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:10,680 So this is where it happened. 503 00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:13,480 It looks so small now, but it felt really big at the time. 504 00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:22,040 When I was 17 years old, I was kind of standing here. 505 00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:25,320 It was about halfway through the show, 506 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:28,200 and Bruce played the song Sherry Darling. 507 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:31,920 # Well, I got some beer and the highway's free 508 00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:36,000 # And I got you, and baby, you've got me... # 509 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:38,080 At the instrumental break, 510 00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:40,040 he looked down, looked at me and said, 511 00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:41,520 "Do you want to come and dance with me?" 512 00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:42,640 And I was like... 513 00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:44,720 And then two bouncers, one at each side, 514 00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:46,600 picked me up, put me on the stage. 515 00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:52,200 Bruce took me in his arms in a dance hold 516 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:54,840 and we tangoed across the stage 517 00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:57,520 and turned round and danced all the way back. 518 00:29:57,520 --> 00:30:00,040 And then we did a bit of a dance, a bit of a boogie. 519 00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:08,600 I was glued to him. I did quite fancy him. 520 00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:10,600 You know, I was looking in his eyes a lot of the time 521 00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:12,440 and he just looked into mine. 522 00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:15,720 And then Bruce took my hand, kissed it, 523 00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:18,000 and led me gently back to the bouncers, 524 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:19,440 who put me down on the ground. 525 00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:21,000 Stood there and thought, 526 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:23,800 "What just happened? Did that really happen? Was I imagining it?" 527 00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:27,320 It was just really special because, as a 17-year-old, 528 00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:28,760 I was just finding my way. 529 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:30,880 I wasn't that kind of popular or confident. 530 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:34,000 It was just that moment of being seen, being noticed, 531 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:37,440 being picked out by this guy who was one of my heroes 532 00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:39,320 and just having that moment with him. 533 00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:41,400 And that was, like, a moment to treasure. 534 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:44,720 # Sherry Darling 535 00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:50,960 # Say hey, hey, hey What you say, Sherry Darling? # 536 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:57,920 1984, Born in the USA came out. 537 00:30:57,920 --> 00:30:59,840 Everyone was buying this album by then. 538 00:30:59,840 --> 00:31:01,000 Everyone was into Bruce. 539 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:03,160 I mean, this is the album that propelled Bruce 540 00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:05,000 into the stratosphere, really. 541 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:06,360 I mean, it's full of hits. 542 00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:07,720 Dancing In The Dark, obviously - 543 00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:10,560 that was Bruce's first top ten hit, I think, over here. 544 00:31:10,560 --> 00:31:12,000 Born In The USA was a single. 545 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:15,000 Cover Me, I'm on Fire, My Hometown. 546 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,000 Glory Days was a single. 547 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:19,880 A breaker and this week's highest new entry coming in at 21. 548 00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:21,400 Amazing to think that Bruce Springsteen, 549 00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:23,480 until this year, had never had a top 20 British hit. 550 00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:25,400 But here he is with Glory Days. 551 00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:31,720 # I had a friend who was a big baseball player 552 00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:34,000 # Back in high school... # 553 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:36,560 One of the appeals of Born In The USA 554 00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:40,640 is it was almost the antithesis of what was going on in the UK. 555 00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:43,000 The big bands would've been Culture Club, 556 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:44,760 Duran Duran, 557 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:46,200 ABC. 558 00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:47,800 Anybody with a synthesiser. 559 00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:49,440 Lots of dressing up. 560 00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:52,360 When everybody was dressing up, Bruce was dressing down. 561 00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:55,400 # Sat down, had a few drinks 562 00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:58,720 # But all he kept talking about... # 563 00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:00,560 You know, right from the cover. 564 00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:02,000 Could be a Levi's commercial. 565 00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:05,160 It's as authentically American as that. 566 00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:08,600 Hello again, and welcome to another Newsround Extra. 567 00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:11,360 Today, we're going to look at the latest burger boom. 568 00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:13,000 And this is what you'll be buying, 569 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:15,520 whether you eat in the restaurant or take it away. 570 00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:17,760 The chips - well, they're called French fries, 571 00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:20,800 and even they, too, come in special packets. 572 00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:22,520 People start feeling really at ease 573 00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:25,400 with many aspects of American culture 574 00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:29,000 that they probably hadn't felt at ease with before. 575 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:31,640 Everybody knows what a cheeseburger is. 576 00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:34,400 Everybody knows what Budweiser is. 577 00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:37,720 Consumer society was growing and growing, 578 00:32:37,720 --> 00:32:40,120 and you had the advent of the CD. 579 00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:43,160 Record shops were getting bigger and bigger, 580 00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:46,000 and Bruce was probably the beneficiary of that. 581 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:48,440 MUSIC: Dancing In The Dark by Bruce Springsteen 582 00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:52,000 You could hardly imagine at that point 583 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:53,240 that Bruce could be bigger. 584 00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:54,880 He was on the cover of magazines, 585 00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:56,640 he was virtually a household name. 586 00:32:56,640 --> 00:32:58,040 Bruce was everywhere. 587 00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:01,960 # I get up in the evenin' 588 00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:05,640 # And I ain't got nothin' to say 589 00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:09,040 # I come home in the mornin' 590 00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:12,000 # I go to bed feelin' the same way... # 591 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:14,440 And suddenly it just went crazy, you know? 592 00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:15,680 We went from The River - 593 00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:17,240 I think it sold three million albums, 594 00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:20,000 which was amazing, 595 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:22,440 to 20 million. 596 00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:24,120 That era was insane. 597 00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:28,600 # You can't start a fire 598 00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:31,760 # You can't start a fire without a spark 599 00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:35,040 # This gun's for hire 600 00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:38,920 # Even if we're just dancin' in the dark... # 601 00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:41,560 People will tell you that we like Bruce Springsteen 602 00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:44,240 because he can sing about decay and the rust belt 603 00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:45,560 of the United States, 604 00:33:45,560 --> 00:33:48,800 but they also like Bruce Springsteen because he sang Dancing In The Dark 605 00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:50,280 with Courteney Cox. 606 00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:53,480 # Hey, baby! # 607 00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:55,040 He's pop music! 608 00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:57,040 INSTRUMENTAL 609 00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:09,000 The momentum had been building up in the US 610 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:13,040 because of the hugeness of the Born In The USA tour. 611 00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:17,400 Is there an educated man on the premises? 612 00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:25,080 He's the Boss, you know? 613 00:34:25,080 --> 00:34:27,160 We call him the Boss, and he is the Boss. 614 00:34:27,160 --> 00:34:28,440 You've just got to go see him. 615 00:34:30,160 --> 00:34:34,000 I am told we can expect him sometime before the summer. 616 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:35,400 He will do a national tour 617 00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:37,000 and he may well play a couple of big venues 618 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:38,840 like an open air concert at Wembley Stadium. 619 00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:40,920 One, two, three, four! 620 00:34:40,920 --> 00:34:43,080 MUSIC: My Hometown by Bruce Springsteen 621 00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:50,480 1984 was a crucial year in British history. 622 00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:54,160 We have the 12-month miners' strike, which is pitting communities 623 00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:55,440 against communities. 624 00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:59,280 The two strike breakers waited while the colliery entrance was cleared. 625 00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:01,240 Men from Ellington and other North East pits 626 00:35:01,240 --> 00:35:04,000 were involved in some of the most violent clashes with police 627 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:07,000 that Northumberland has seen, and five arrests were made. 628 00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:10,000 The closure of coal mines, the rundown of steelworks, 629 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:12,000 high levels of unemployment. 630 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:15,000 And I think Springsteen's music is speaking 631 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:18,000 to some of those people who are going through that process 632 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:19,480 of economic change. 633 00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:27,480 # They're closing down the textile mill across the railroad tracks 634 00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:33,040 # Foreman says these jobs are going, boys 635 00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:37,440 # And they ain't coming back 636 00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:39,680 # To your hometown... # 637 00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:42,720 Bruce Springsteen has clocked up the 100th date 638 00:35:42,720 --> 00:35:45,280 of his Born In The USA world tour. 639 00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:48,000 Now, that tour should open in Britain in Newcastle 640 00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:49,280 on the 4th and 5th of June. 641 00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:55,120 # To your hometown... # 642 00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:59,000 Springsteen arrives in Britain in 1985, 643 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:03,560 and then playing some of these areas that had been hit by coal closures. 644 00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:06,000 Coffee? 645 00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:09,280 Tea, please. 646 00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:15,160 Take one. 647 00:36:18,720 --> 00:36:20,280 My name is Juliana Heron. 648 00:36:21,760 --> 00:36:24,080 During the strike, I was a member of 649 00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:26,920 the Eppleton Miners Wives support group. 650 00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:30,840 I'm Bob Heron, and I was a striking miner. 651 00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:42,360 We knew our pit was an old pit. 652 00:36:42,360 --> 00:36:44,040 It was on borrowed time. 653 00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:47,880 But what were we fighting to save was a community, not just a pit. 654 00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:49,680 There was a job there for everybody. 655 00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:53,920 The whole community survived on the colliery. 656 00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:58,800 With no strike pay coming in, and only the basic benefit 657 00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:00,080 allowed by the state, 658 00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:04,200 many miners' families have rapidly reached the breadline. 659 00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:05,760 Women's support groups have been set 660 00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:08,760 up in the militant coalfields, where they run soup kitchens, 661 00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:12,960 distribute food parcels, and give advice to worried families. 662 00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:14,720 The women were the backbone of the strike, 663 00:37:14,720 --> 00:37:16,320 that's what I think anyway, 664 00:37:16,320 --> 00:37:17,720 because I think if we hadn't 665 00:37:17,720 --> 00:37:20,040 stood side by side with our husbands, 666 00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:21,840 a lot of men probably would have gone back. 667 00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:27,200 It did educate a lot of women. I mean, it did educate me. 668 00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:28,520 PHONE RINGS 669 00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:35,000 I got a phone call off Anne Suddick, 670 00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:37,960 she was the kingpin for the Durham area support group. 671 00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:42,360 She says, "Juliana, do you fancy going to a concert?" 672 00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:44,560 And I said, "What concert?" 673 00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:46,480 She says, "It's Bruce Springsteen." 674 00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:48,640 I says, "Well, who's Bruce Springsteen?" 675 00:37:48,640 --> 00:37:53,200 One, two, one, two, three, four! 676 00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:56,280 Tonight, some 38,000 people turned out in Newcastle to see 677 00:37:56,280 --> 00:37:59,360 the man described as the greatest rock star ever. 678 00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:02,920 I said it would be difficult for me to go in there as a lifelong 679 00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:05,200 supporter of Sunderland Football Club. 680 00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:06,840 I'll cross myself when I go in, 681 00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:09,760 but I've got to say, I'll remember that day for the rest of my life. 682 00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:13,120 # Born down in a dead man's town 683 00:38:13,120 --> 00:38:16,880 # The first kick I took was when I hit the ground... # 684 00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:19,000 We had great seats. 685 00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:21,080 # That's been beat too much 686 00:38:21,080 --> 00:38:24,360 # Till you spend half your life covering up... # 687 00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:25,920 During the interval, 688 00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:29,760 this man had tapped Anne on the shoulder and he says, 689 00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:32,240 "Could you please come and meet Bruce Springsteen?" 690 00:38:32,240 --> 00:38:35,280 So she went in, and she was about half an hour. 691 00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:38,560 Anyway, she comes back and she sits down. 692 00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:40,600 She says, "You'll never believe this." 693 00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:43,240 She says, "Look," and she just hands us this cheque. 694 00:38:45,160 --> 00:38:48,360 I says, "That says $20,000." 695 00:38:49,400 --> 00:38:52,040 She says, "Yes, it's for the Durham Area Support Group 696 00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:54,640 "in Northumberland, off Bruce Springsteen." 697 00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:57,040 I says, "Wait, he doesn't know us." 698 00:38:57,040 --> 00:38:59,400 She says, "Yes, but he knows what you're doing." 699 00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:05,320 He's a hero to us. 700 00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:08,480 He didn't do it for publicity. 701 00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:11,160 He did it because he wanted to do it, 702 00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:15,720 and that would have helped a great deal in the support groups. 703 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:21,560 Of course, my parents were working class people, 704 00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:24,520 and I watched them struggle their whole lives. 705 00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:28,920 And I'd been reading about it in the newspapers, 706 00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:30,280 and so it was just something 707 00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:32,800 that felt it would be a good thing to do. 708 00:39:35,240 --> 00:39:36,960 It wasn't a big thing, you know? 709 00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:38,960 It was just a good thing to do at the time. 710 00:39:42,640 --> 00:39:43,880 I was over the moon. 711 00:39:45,480 --> 00:39:46,840 I've followed him ever since. 712 00:39:51,720 --> 00:39:53,960 It was absolutely life-saving. 713 00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:55,400 It was life-saving. 714 00:40:01,160 --> 00:40:04,520 65,000 fans came from all over Britain to hear 715 00:40:04,520 --> 00:40:06,080 the man they called the Boss 716 00:40:06,080 --> 00:40:09,040 rocking Wembley Stadium to its very foundations. 717 00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:11,400 He's so gorgeous and he's got a beautiful voice. 718 00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:12,440 He's out of this world. 719 00:40:12,440 --> 00:40:14,280 Next to the hubby, that is. Yeah... 720 00:40:14,280 --> 00:40:16,680 He's the essence of rock and roll, isn't he? 721 00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:18,960 The essence of rock and roll! 722 00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:21,720 # Well, we busted out of class 723 00:40:21,720 --> 00:40:24,880 # Had to get away from those fools 724 00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:28,160 # We learned more from a three-minute record, baby 725 00:40:28,160 --> 00:40:29,920 # Than we ever learned in school... # 726 00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:33,040 Wembley is a deeply meaningful place for me. 727 00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:36,200 You've kind of made it when you get to that spot. 728 00:40:37,760 --> 00:40:39,280 Wembley is magic. 729 00:40:39,280 --> 00:40:43,360 It just has a certain cachet for an international artist. 730 00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:47,200 And to do the three nights - and we truthfully could have done more - 731 00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:50,080 it was an extraordinary moment. 732 00:40:50,080 --> 00:40:53,560 It was like a day-out event, it was just full-on excitement. 733 00:40:53,560 --> 00:40:56,160 I was down the front in the mosh pit. 734 00:40:56,160 --> 00:40:58,400 It was one of the best nights of my life. 735 00:40:58,400 --> 00:41:01,200 You have not lived unless you've seen Bruce live. 736 00:41:02,520 --> 00:41:06,280 When you see the E Street Band and him working together, 737 00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:08,640 there's some kind of alchemy, there's some kind magic. 738 00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:12,040 # Blood brothers in the stormy night 739 00:41:12,040 --> 00:41:15,200 # With a vow to defend 740 00:41:15,200 --> 00:41:20,160 # No retreat, baby, no surrender... # 741 00:41:20,160 --> 00:41:21,360 Er, OK. 742 00:41:21,360 --> 00:41:22,920 Wembley, right there. 743 00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:24,640 HE CHUCKLES 744 00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:27,160 Felt like the top of the world. King of the world. 745 00:41:27,160 --> 00:41:30,280 I hate to use the word, it sounds corny, but triumph. 746 00:41:31,360 --> 00:41:32,800 Triumph and connection. 747 00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:47,520 MUSIC: The River by Bruce Springsteen 748 00:41:47,520 --> 00:41:52,560 September 1987, I'm 16 years old, I'm living in Luton. 749 00:41:52,560 --> 00:41:56,200 I run into this guy, he's a mutual friend of somebody else. 750 00:41:56,200 --> 00:41:57,800 He's listening to some music. 751 00:41:57,800 --> 00:42:01,400 I ask him what he's listening to and he says, "It's Bruce Springsteen." 752 00:42:01,400 --> 00:42:02,680 I put this cassette on. 753 00:42:18,680 --> 00:42:22,200 "I lay on my bed in the darkness and listened to the story unfold. 754 00:42:22,200 --> 00:42:25,400 "It was a motion picture told in words and music. 755 00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:29,120 "Having stumbled in the dark for so long, that September night, 756 00:42:29,120 --> 00:42:31,240 "I was blinded by the light. 757 00:42:31,240 --> 00:42:34,760 "That night, Bruce Springsteen changed my life." 758 00:42:34,760 --> 00:42:39,360 # We'd go down to the river 759 00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:40,760 # And into the river... # 760 00:42:40,760 --> 00:42:44,560 As a teenage kid growing up in '80s Luton, 761 00:42:44,560 --> 00:42:48,960 the idea that you could do something that was actually fulfilling, 762 00:42:48,960 --> 00:42:51,760 that was actually interesting, seemed impossible. 763 00:42:51,760 --> 00:42:54,440 This is a time where the colour of one's skin 764 00:42:54,440 --> 00:42:57,600 and one's ethnicity was a massive factor. 765 00:42:57,600 --> 00:43:00,560 And that's before the limitations of my own family. 766 00:43:02,360 --> 00:43:05,400 Because I'd grown up in a community where it was about arranged 767 00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:08,040 marriages, it was about expectation, it was about duty. 768 00:43:09,240 --> 00:43:12,200 I had a very typically teenage relationship with my dad. 769 00:43:12,200 --> 00:43:15,600 I felt like he was an obstacle to a lot of the things that I wanted. 770 00:43:15,600 --> 00:43:18,320 MUSIC: Independence Day by Bruce Springsteen 771 00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:31,240 It was so astounding to me, 772 00:43:31,240 --> 00:43:37,440 to hear a rock star writing so sensitively and profoundly 773 00:43:37,440 --> 00:43:41,280 about such subjects as father-son relationships. 774 00:43:41,280 --> 00:43:44,720 I think Independence Day is probably the best example. 775 00:43:44,720 --> 00:43:49,760 I think it helped deepen my sense of empathy towards my dad. 776 00:43:51,080 --> 00:43:54,200 I mean, everybody experiences the same triumphs, 777 00:43:54,200 --> 00:43:56,720 heartbreak, struggles. 778 00:43:56,720 --> 00:44:02,040 I was very intense on writing about what I felt were these timeless 779 00:44:02,040 --> 00:44:04,840 themes that run through everyone's life, 780 00:44:04,840 --> 00:44:07,760 no matter when or where you're from. 781 00:44:07,760 --> 00:44:14,320 # Won't you just say goodbye? It's Independence Day 782 00:44:14,320 --> 00:44:20,360 # All men must make their way come Independence Day... # 783 00:44:20,360 --> 00:44:23,720 So I wrote this article in the Guardian about what it means 784 00:44:23,720 --> 00:44:26,000 to be a Springsteen fan and how much he changed my life. 785 00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:28,400 I got... A literary agent contacted me and said, 786 00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:30,240 "Would you be interested in writing a book?" 787 00:44:30,240 --> 00:44:32,200 And then as I was writing it, I was thinking, 788 00:44:32,200 --> 00:44:34,080 "God, this could make an amazing film." 789 00:44:34,080 --> 00:44:37,120 # I go to bed feelin' the same way 790 00:44:37,120 --> 00:44:40,280 # I ain't nothin' but tired 791 00:44:40,280 --> 00:44:43,880 # Man, I'm just tired and bored with myself 792 00:44:43,880 --> 00:44:45,400 # Hey, there, baby... # 793 00:44:45,400 --> 00:44:49,040 One of the reasons I wanted to make the film was because there was 794 00:44:49,040 --> 00:44:54,120 a massive connection between Bruce's story and Sarfraz's story. 795 00:44:54,120 --> 00:44:57,360 Now, as a film-maker, I had to make those connections work 796 00:44:57,360 --> 00:45:01,320 and the key to that was Bruce's lyrics. 797 00:45:01,320 --> 00:45:04,200 THUNDER CRASHES 798 00:45:04,200 --> 00:45:07,880 # I've done my best to live the right way 799 00:45:07,880 --> 00:45:11,920 # I get up every morning and go to work each day... # 800 00:45:11,920 --> 00:45:15,880 The scene with the storm is the centre point for the film for me. 801 00:45:15,880 --> 00:45:19,200 When he's walking around and the lyrics are, like, you know, 802 00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:23,960 projected onto him, it's that epiphany moment where the first 803 00:45:23,960 --> 00:45:28,040 time you hear a song that really talks to you, your mind explodes. 804 00:45:28,040 --> 00:45:30,920 I just got a new-found love and respect for Bruce 805 00:45:30,920 --> 00:45:35,240 in that process because I just realised that he really was 806 00:45:35,240 --> 00:45:37,960 a man of the people, a poet of the people. 807 00:45:45,320 --> 00:45:49,000 It was a lovely picture and the book was lovely also. 808 00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:51,360 # Don't run back, inside, darling 809 00:45:51,360 --> 00:45:53,360 # You know just what I'm here for... # 810 00:45:53,360 --> 00:45:58,040 Blinded By The Light, one of the things that it does very well 811 00:45:58,040 --> 00:46:01,840 is communicate people's devotion to Bruce. 812 00:46:01,840 --> 00:46:04,440 # Show a little faith, there's magic in the night... # 813 00:46:04,440 --> 00:46:07,640 My character had to sing a bit of Thunder Road, 814 00:46:07,640 --> 00:46:12,400 and I was so enchanted by the idea that Bruce would have to see that. 815 00:46:12,400 --> 00:46:15,200 He'd have to, at some point, sign off on the film... 816 00:46:15,200 --> 00:46:19,280 # You can hide 'neath your lovers and study your pain 817 00:46:19,280 --> 00:46:23,600 # Make crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the rain... # 818 00:46:23,600 --> 00:46:27,720 ..and he would see this idiot singing in a very badly advised wig. 819 00:46:43,800 --> 00:46:46,880 Long before Bruce Springsteen was anywhere near Bramall Lane, 820 00:46:46,880 --> 00:46:48,960 the fans were gathering. 821 00:46:48,960 --> 00:46:50,240 Those first at the fence 822 00:46:50,240 --> 00:46:52,440 had travelled far and arrived early. 823 00:46:59,240 --> 00:47:03,360 The Tunnel Of Love was actually really conceived as a solo album. 824 00:47:03,360 --> 00:47:06,960 It was billed as Bruce Springsteen FEATURING the E Street Band, 825 00:47:06,960 --> 00:47:09,240 so he was very clearly the star at this point. 826 00:47:09,240 --> 00:47:11,560 CHEERING 827 00:47:17,880 --> 00:47:20,920 # Well, it's Saturday night 828 00:47:22,560 --> 00:47:26,160 # You're all dressed up in blue 829 00:47:28,560 --> 00:47:31,400 # I've been watching you a while 830 00:47:31,400 --> 00:47:35,520 # Maybe you've been watching me too... # 831 00:47:35,520 --> 00:47:39,000 He ended up getting together with his backing singer, Patti. 832 00:47:39,000 --> 00:47:41,640 He moved to California, he started a family. 833 00:47:41,640 --> 00:47:44,040 This was always bound to change things. 834 00:47:44,040 --> 00:47:46,680 And perhaps biggest of all, as far as the fans were concerned, 835 00:47:46,680 --> 00:47:49,080 he basically told the E Street Band that they could take a break. 836 00:47:49,080 --> 00:47:51,760 # So if you're rough enough for love 837 00:47:51,760 --> 00:47:57,640 # Honey, I'm tougher than the rest... # 838 00:48:04,080 --> 00:48:06,120 We don't have to go in to see him, do we? 839 00:48:06,120 --> 00:48:08,080 You can hear it over t'wall. 840 00:48:08,080 --> 00:48:09,360 Oh, we've enjoyed it. 841 00:48:23,600 --> 00:48:26,520 The 1990s were a very different decade for Bruce. 842 00:48:29,120 --> 00:48:32,240 It was Bruce either solo or with a band 843 00:48:32,240 --> 00:48:34,280 that came to be known as "the other band". 844 00:48:34,280 --> 00:48:36,440 # Well, my soul checked out missing 845 00:48:36,440 --> 00:48:38,480 # As I sat listening 846 00:48:38,480 --> 00:48:42,320 # To the hours and minutes tickin' away 847 00:48:42,320 --> 00:48:43,520 # Yeah, just sittin' around... # 848 00:48:43,520 --> 00:48:47,480 I went out to interview him when those two albums, 849 00:48:47,480 --> 00:48:50,000 Human Touch and Lucky Town, were coming out, 850 00:48:50,000 --> 00:48:55,360 and he had another band of younger musicians. 851 00:48:55,360 --> 00:48:59,600 These records seem less concerned with the kind of blue-collar America 852 00:48:59,600 --> 00:49:03,640 with which you are identified and more with the life of a person. 853 00:49:03,640 --> 00:49:07,160 I think you write about what feels most urgent to you, 854 00:49:07,160 --> 00:49:09,400 you know, at any given time. 855 00:49:09,400 --> 00:49:11,720 He was thinking about things differently, 856 00:49:11,720 --> 00:49:14,920 having different things to write songs about. 857 00:49:14,920 --> 00:49:18,120 Now, this next tune's from a film called Philadelphia. 858 00:49:18,120 --> 00:49:19,520 If you haven't been to see it, go to see it, 859 00:49:19,520 --> 00:49:21,160 but take a box of tissues with you. 860 00:49:21,160 --> 00:49:23,200 Also, you might learn something at the same time. 861 00:49:23,200 --> 00:49:26,320 It's by Bruce Springsteen, it's called Streets Of Philadelphia. 862 00:49:34,800 --> 00:49:36,360 # I was bruised and battered 863 00:49:36,360 --> 00:49:39,160 # I couldn't tell what I felt 864 00:49:39,160 --> 00:49:44,160 # I was unrecognisable to myself 865 00:49:44,160 --> 00:49:47,960 # Saw my reflection in a window and didn't... # 866 00:49:47,960 --> 00:49:52,600 Streets Of Philadelphia's a song about AIDS, calling for compassion. 867 00:49:52,600 --> 00:49:56,280 He's always had that ability to strike out 868 00:49:56,280 --> 00:50:00,560 and surprise you with something that sounds unforgettable. 869 00:50:00,560 --> 00:50:03,840 # Ain't no angel gonna greet me 870 00:50:05,160 --> 00:50:08,040 # It's just you and I, my friend 871 00:50:10,920 --> 00:50:14,280 # And my clothes don't fit me no more 872 00:50:14,280 --> 00:50:19,600 # I walked a thousand miles just to slip this skin... # 873 00:50:25,080 --> 00:50:26,920 You know, he'd done solo stuff, 874 00:50:26,920 --> 00:50:28,840 a couple of things with a different band. 875 00:50:28,840 --> 00:50:31,000 Yeah, we would talk now and then. 876 00:50:32,160 --> 00:50:34,600 And I just was, you know, I was encouraging the idea. 877 00:50:34,600 --> 00:50:36,880 I said, you know, "Whatever you want to do musically, 878 00:50:36,880 --> 00:50:38,880 "the E Street Band can do." 879 00:50:38,880 --> 00:50:42,920 And I said, "You know, I feel like we have unfinished business. 880 00:50:42,920 --> 00:50:45,880 "Just think about it, but I think we ought to get back together." 881 00:50:45,880 --> 00:50:48,240 Having been away so long, 882 00:50:48,240 --> 00:50:52,640 I would imagine the audience being a little bit concerned. 883 00:50:52,640 --> 00:50:56,520 You know, "These cats are getting a little bit older now." 884 00:50:57,680 --> 00:51:01,360 And I wanted to make sure we came out, you know, like a hurricane. 885 00:51:03,120 --> 00:51:04,240 One, two! 886 00:51:22,040 --> 00:51:23,920 # Tear drops on the city 887 00:51:23,920 --> 00:51:26,600 # Bad Scooter searching for his groove... # 888 00:51:26,600 --> 00:51:30,080 I love going to see Bruce live, not just for Bruce, 889 00:51:30,080 --> 00:51:31,760 but also the audience. 890 00:51:31,760 --> 00:51:33,840 I mean, it's an amazing experience. 891 00:51:35,200 --> 00:51:39,000 For me, I've always kind of seen it as like a therapy session. 892 00:51:39,000 --> 00:51:42,240 Something happens in those three to four hours 893 00:51:42,240 --> 00:51:45,200 that kind of just, like, heals you. 894 00:51:45,200 --> 00:51:48,640 # I got my back to the wall now 895 00:51:48,640 --> 00:51:50,480 # Tenth Avenue freeze-out... # 896 00:51:50,480 --> 00:51:52,840 Probably been to about 50 concerts, 897 00:51:52,840 --> 00:51:56,200 and I made a handful of friends that I'd met in the pit. 898 00:51:56,200 --> 00:51:58,960 I know a lot of people who have met their partners 899 00:51:58,960 --> 00:52:02,800 because of Bruce Springsteen as well, and they're now married. 900 00:52:02,800 --> 00:52:06,240 The Springsteen community is incredibly tight-knit. 901 00:52:06,240 --> 00:52:08,040 They look out for each other. 902 00:52:08,040 --> 00:52:09,840 You can go to a Springsteen gig on your own 903 00:52:09,840 --> 00:52:12,920 and you'll never be on your own because you'll either bump into 904 00:52:12,920 --> 00:52:17,000 someone that you know or you'll be adopted by someone. 905 00:52:17,000 --> 00:52:19,840 I probably know more people in the pit at the Bruce Springsteen concert 906 00:52:19,840 --> 00:52:21,360 than in my home town. 907 00:52:22,400 --> 00:52:26,320 Hardcore Bruce fans, you just implicitly trust each other. 908 00:52:26,320 --> 00:52:31,960 # OK, it's all right now. # 909 00:52:39,280 --> 00:52:41,080 The E Street Band! 910 00:52:43,520 --> 00:52:45,160 The E Street Band! 911 00:52:48,120 --> 00:52:50,360 The heart-stoppin', earth-shockin', 912 00:52:50,360 --> 00:52:55,040 earth-quakin', heart-breakin', air-conditioner-shakin', 913 00:52:55,040 --> 00:53:00,720 history-makin', legendary E Street Band! 914 00:53:16,600 --> 00:53:20,840 The audience of Bruce is hugely loyal, 915 00:53:20,840 --> 00:53:24,640 cos you see some quite old people there, right?! 916 00:53:24,640 --> 00:53:27,080 But you also see people bringing their kids. 917 00:53:27,080 --> 00:53:32,240 Our young audiences bring with them a lot of energy, a lot of energy. 918 00:53:35,560 --> 00:53:38,120 So, we were lucky enough to get tickets for Coventry 919 00:53:38,120 --> 00:53:40,000 in the 2016 tour. 920 00:53:40,000 --> 00:53:42,640 They opened the doors and we ran to the front, 921 00:53:42,640 --> 00:53:44,800 dragging my nine-year-olds along. 922 00:53:44,800 --> 00:53:48,720 So we were excited, thinking Bruce is going to be really close to us. 923 00:53:48,720 --> 00:53:50,200 You sound good! 924 00:53:50,200 --> 00:53:53,720 AUDIENCE: # Like a river that don't know where it's flowing 925 00:53:53,720 --> 00:53:57,280 # I took a wrong turn and I just kept going... # 926 00:53:57,280 --> 00:54:01,440 Bruce was singing Hungry Heart and he saw Haydn on my shoulders, 927 00:54:01,440 --> 00:54:04,240 he had the iconic Bruce Springsteen T-shirt on, 928 00:54:04,240 --> 00:54:06,720 and he leant over just to hold his hand, I think. 929 00:54:06,720 --> 00:54:10,520 # Don't make no difference what nobody says... # 930 00:54:10,520 --> 00:54:13,120 And the next thing you know, I can remember me not being on my mother's 931 00:54:13,120 --> 00:54:16,440 shoulders and being onstage with him. 932 00:54:16,440 --> 00:54:20,080 # Ain't nobody like to be alone 933 00:54:20,080 --> 00:54:25,080 # Singin', lay down your money and you play your part 934 00:54:25,080 --> 00:54:29,720 # Everybody's got a h-h-hungry heart... # 935 00:54:29,720 --> 00:54:33,680 I can remember looking up at him and then him handing me the microphone, 936 00:54:33,680 --> 00:54:35,920 and I can remember really panicking at that point, 937 00:54:35,920 --> 00:54:38,120 but luckily I knew all the words. 938 00:54:38,120 --> 00:54:42,120 # Everybody's got a Hungry heart 939 00:54:42,120 --> 00:54:46,640 # Lay down your money and you play your part 940 00:54:46,640 --> 00:54:52,080 # Everybody's got a h-h-hungry heart... # 941 00:54:52,080 --> 00:54:54,480 Aw, and a little head rub. 942 00:54:54,480 --> 00:54:56,360 I've never smiled so much. 943 00:54:58,600 --> 00:54:59,640 Wow! 944 00:55:01,480 --> 00:55:03,320 Ahhhh! 945 00:55:05,240 --> 00:55:06,520 Woo! 946 00:55:06,520 --> 00:55:08,480 Happiest moment of my life. 947 00:55:08,480 --> 00:55:09,960 THEY CHUCKLE 948 00:55:12,720 --> 00:55:14,680 CHEERING 949 00:55:20,760 --> 00:55:22,520 Hello, London! 950 00:55:24,080 --> 00:55:26,160 The Wembley shows were some of the best shows 951 00:55:26,160 --> 00:55:28,320 we have ever done in England. 952 00:55:28,320 --> 00:55:31,760 The greatest British audiences I've ever played to, 953 00:55:31,760 --> 00:55:34,600 deeply resonant and deeply connected. 954 00:55:34,600 --> 00:55:36,760 One, two, three, four! 955 00:55:41,560 --> 00:55:45,120 He said to me, "Let's just stand here for a second." 956 00:55:45,120 --> 00:55:47,600 # Can't see nothing in front of me... # 957 00:55:47,600 --> 00:55:50,680 "Right now, we're standing on sacred ground. 958 00:55:52,120 --> 00:55:54,480 "Wembley Stadium, London." 959 00:55:55,600 --> 00:55:59,280 Springsteen is bigger in the UK and the rest of Europe 960 00:55:59,280 --> 00:56:01,800 than he is in the United States now. 961 00:56:01,800 --> 00:56:05,840 # Come on up for the rising 962 00:56:05,840 --> 00:56:09,360 # Come on up, lay your hands in mine... # 963 00:56:09,360 --> 00:56:12,400 He's one of the icons of music, without a doubt, 964 00:56:12,400 --> 00:56:17,800 and continues to sustain that into his 70s. 965 00:56:17,800 --> 00:56:19,360 That's a legacy. 966 00:56:20,920 --> 00:56:25,680 To witness them being at the top of their game, actually, in 2024, 967 00:56:25,680 --> 00:56:27,040 was quite moving. 968 00:56:28,120 --> 00:56:31,360 It's like an Olympic sport, you know, being Bruce, 969 00:56:31,360 --> 00:56:35,160 which is kind of admirable if medically inadvisable. 970 00:56:37,080 --> 00:56:38,760 As much as I love the music, 971 00:56:38,760 --> 00:56:41,800 I want to know what supplements he's taking. 972 00:56:41,800 --> 00:56:44,080 What is he doing, Pilates? 973 00:56:44,080 --> 00:56:46,640 All jokes aside, wow! 974 00:56:46,640 --> 00:56:47,680 Wow. 975 00:56:50,240 --> 00:56:55,000 I think what we're seeing now is him rage, rage, rage 976 00:56:55,000 --> 00:56:56,840 against the dying of the light. 977 00:56:57,840 --> 00:57:00,760 As long as Bruce wants to do it, I'll be standing next to him. 978 00:57:00,760 --> 00:57:02,920 You know, we're 25 in our heads. 979 00:57:02,920 --> 00:57:04,720 Maybe, you know. 980 00:57:14,640 --> 00:57:16,840 Just time to squeeze in one more story because it's the highest 981 00:57:16,840 --> 00:57:18,680 honour at the Ivor Novello Awards, 982 00:57:18,680 --> 00:57:21,640 and one of the most coveted prizes in songwriting. 983 00:57:21,640 --> 00:57:26,400 Bruce Springsteen is the first American musician to make the cut. 984 00:57:26,400 --> 00:57:31,480 Being the first international artist to receive the award, 985 00:57:31,480 --> 00:57:33,080 I was really moved by it. 986 00:57:34,240 --> 00:57:35,640 Paul McCartney gave it to me. 987 00:57:35,640 --> 00:57:38,200 It was a funny and wonderful moment. 988 00:57:38,200 --> 00:57:41,480 Great pleasure for me to present this to Bruce. 989 00:57:41,480 --> 00:57:44,960 Unlike Bruce's concerts, I'm going to keep this brief. 990 00:57:44,960 --> 00:57:47,640 LAUGHTER 991 00:57:47,640 --> 00:57:51,080 Ten minutes from this front door is the house I grew up in. 992 00:57:52,680 --> 00:57:55,000 In that little bedroom, 993 00:57:55,000 --> 00:57:56,520 I played this man's records... 994 00:57:57,960 --> 00:58:00,040 ..thousands of times. 995 00:58:00,040 --> 00:58:04,760 I want to thank you for taking my music into your hearts 996 00:58:04,760 --> 00:58:06,720 and into your souls. 997 00:58:06,720 --> 00:58:12,920 When I flew on that first plane to London back in 1975, 998 00:58:12,920 --> 00:58:15,040 that was my dream. 999 00:58:16,080 --> 00:58:18,760 "What can I give back to these people 1000 00:58:18,760 --> 00:58:21,600 "that have given so much to me?" 1001 00:58:21,600 --> 00:58:23,880 # That maybe we ain't that 1002 00:58:23,880 --> 00:58:26,880 # Young any more... # 1003 00:58:26,880 --> 00:58:29,720 50 years later, to have them say, 1004 00:58:29,720 --> 00:58:31,600 "Hey, yeah, you did that..." 1005 00:58:31,600 --> 00:58:34,280 # You ain't a beauty, but, hey, you're all right... # 1006 00:58:34,280 --> 00:58:35,960 ..that meant a lot to me. 1007 00:58:35,960 --> 00:58:37,640 A lot to me. 1008 00:58:37,640 --> 00:58:40,960 # And that's all right with me... # 1009 00:58:40,960 --> 00:58:43,000 Come on! 1010 00:58:43,000 --> 00:58:46,400 # You can hide 'neath your covers and study your pain 1011 00:58:46,400 --> 00:58:50,560 # Make crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the rain 1012 00:58:50,560 --> 00:58:52,880 # Waste your summer praying in vain 1013 00:58:52,880 --> 00:58:56,200 # For a saviour to rise from these streets 1014 00:58:56,200 --> 00:58:59,640 # Well, now, I'm no hero, that's understood 1015 00:58:59,640 --> 00:59:03,960 # All the redemption I can offer, girl, is beneath this dirty hood 1016 00:59:03,960 --> 00:59:06,720 # With a chance to make it good somehow 1017 00:59:06,720 --> 00:59:09,360 # Hey, what else can we do now...? # 113810

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