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Now, the E Street Band
has come thousands of miles tonight.
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And we're here for one reason.
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Because you're here!
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And where we wanna go,
we can't get there by ourselves.
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Where we wanna go,
we can't get there by ourselves!
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We need you!
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So I got one question
that I want to ask you.
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Can you feel the spirit?
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If you can feel the spirit,
I want you to answer me with a "Yeah!"
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Yeah! Can you feel the spirit?
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My three words for Bruce Springsteen
are hope, heart and perspective.
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Intense, passionate and earnest.
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Bruce is power, Bruce is belief,
Bruce is togetherness.
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My first experience with Bruce Springsteen
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was in here in this venue, 1987,
the Tunnel of Love Express Tour.
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And my journey started on that night.
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I was nine years old
and I was hanging in the fences up here
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and having a blast.
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And there must have been a hundred people
behind me who couldn't see the show.
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But I was a kid at the time,
so they probably thought,
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"Hey, let the boy enjoy himself."
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But I remember I recorded the entire show.
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Three-and-a-half hours on an old Walkman
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and on the old cassette tapes.
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And I still have them at home.
I keep them in a box.
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And once every now and then,
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I stumble onto this box
and I look at it and I smile.
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'Cause I actually remember.
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I remember the night,
it was a beautiful summer night.
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And what these tapes represent
is basically why I keep them.
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And they represent a great day
in a 9-year-old boy's life,
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and that's priceless.
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My favourite singer's Bruce Springsteen
because
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I think when he has a concert,
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he puts a lot of effort into his singing.
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He takes a deep breath before every song,
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and when the camera goes close up,
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you can just see his veins popping out
'cause he's working so hard.
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And after one song,
he's as sweaty as a normal singer would be
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after he's done 10 songs.
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These are some of the pictures
that I won, or I bought, or framed them,
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but this particular one,
it's a little mouldy.
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I used to hold this picture up to my son
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and say, "Daddy. Daddy."
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So, I think, maybe, I played
some head games with my son
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for the first few years of his life
thinking that this was his daddy.
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A song about growing up.
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Hi, I'm Theresa Martin,
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and this is what I've
collected over the years.
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I have an abundance of love for Bruce.
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So, Theresa, when did you actually
become a Bruce Springsteen fan?
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I became a Bruce Springsteen fan in 1982.
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Really? And do you recall how many
live shows you actually attended?
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I'm not sure. I'm in double digits clearly,
but I'd say 30 plus.
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Thirty plus,
that's quite an adventure you've had.
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I also understand that you've won a few
Bruce Springsteen contests. Is that correct?
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That is correct. I've won two.
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One being... The first contest I won was...
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Help me. The Today Show.
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And you know what, I'm good.
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Because you know what,
it was The Today Show.
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It was in 2002 when The Rising first
came out and I gave birth to my first son.
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And he was a month old,
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and I actually was home,
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and The Today Show had questions.
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I answered them and I won,
and we went to New York City.
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So I'd like to introduce my son, Dominic.
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And this is my son now. He's 10 years old.
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Dominic, you had a little bit of
a special moment, didn't you?
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What's the question?
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You had a bit of a special
Bruce Springsteen moment, didn't you?
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- Yes, I did.
- And can you explain that to us?
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Okay. I've got it. Thank you.
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This is the picture I got.
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After the concert,
we were waiting on the kerb,
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and our friend had gone to get the vehicle.
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And the police came and stopped all
the cars from where they were going,
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and a black SUV came,
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and in the back seat with his window down
was Bruce Springsteen.
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Everyone ran up to the car,
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she was told to back off
by the policeman standing next to her,
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and I shook his hand
while getting this close-up picture.
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Dominic, where was that concert at?
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Fenway Park in Boston.
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Awesome. Awesome.
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So, now, you're the
next generation Bruce Springsteen fan.
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- Yes, I am.
- Excellent.
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- What's your favourite Bruce song?
- Death To My Hometown.
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- Why?
- I like it.
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Which is good, however...
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Because of the words taught to me
by this person right here.
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And when Mommy tells you to listen
to the words or understand the words,
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- what do you say?
- Okay.
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- And do you hear the words?
- Yes.
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- Do you really hear the words?
- Yes.
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- Okay, just wanna make sure.
- Thank you. Goodbye.
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Thank you, Dominic.
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So we got to the park at 4:00
with our signs with us, our homemade signs.
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I had my "I'll be your Courteney Cox" sign.
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I had my aviator sunglasses on.
It was pouring with rain.
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I had my Courteney Cox T-shirt on.
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And then, James said to me,
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"Rachel, come on, get on my shoulders,"
and I was like, "No, I don't want to."
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I felt bad for the people behind us
'cause they wouldn't be able to see,
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and he's like, "Come on, you never know
when we're gonna see Bruce again."
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Literally, a couple of seconds into the
song, Bruce spotted me and started laughing.
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And he was pointing at me
and I was waving at him.
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Next thing I know,
I get put on the big screen with my sign.
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The next thing I know, the girl in front of
me just turned around to me and screamed,
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"He wants you on the stage!
He wants you on the stage!"
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The next thing I know, I'm just being
pushed through this sea of black bodies.
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I had my sunglasses on,
I couldn't see anything.
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Then the next thing I know, I'm dancing
with Bruce Springsteen on stage.
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Before I knew it,
it was all over. That was it.
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We took a bow and he gave me a big hug,
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and the only thing I could say to him was,
"Bruce, I love you!"
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I can't get through a day
without listening to Bruce.
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His storytelling is perfect.
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It's helped me
through serious highs and serious lows.
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Since then, he was two things for me,
a friend and a teacher.
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I think, most of all, he taught me
how to be a man, and a decent man,
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through his songs and through his life.
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Because I lost my
virginity to Thunder Road.
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Whenever I'm feeling lonely or depressed,
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I can always listen
to one of his songs or albums
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and it always helps me feel better.
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A song by Bruce
can stop me dead in my tracks.
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Even a song I've heard
over and over again for 28 years.
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But Bruce is timeless.
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And he's helped me live in my own time
and become who I am.
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I've been a fan of
Springsteen's all my life.
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He was just standing in that spotlight,
and he was so powerful,
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and the whole crowd was just mesmerised
by what he could do
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and the stories that he could tell,
and I just remember thinking,
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"What is this? Who can do this?
What kind of power is that?"
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Hi, my name is Kitty. I'm a truck driver.
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And Bruce Springsteen is my
favourite artist to listen to on the road.
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Recently, I drove through Arizona
and I listened to his album Nebraska.
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And the song Atlantic City came on,
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and it just felt really good
listening to that loud
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while driving through the desert.
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In fact,
I think every important moment of my life
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has a theme song that's Bruce Springsteen.
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So, all of these CDs in my car,
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absolutely every single one
is Bruce Springsteen's.
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Wait, actually one is his wife, Patti.
My favourite album from Patti.
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But that's all we listen to in this car.
So my three sons, they have no choice.
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I only listen to Bruce,
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and they are schooled
in the music of Bruce Springsteen
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when they drive around with Mommy.
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And I have to take them
all over God's creation.
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They know they don't have a choice.
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It's no Disney bop nonsense music,
it's Bruce Springsteen.
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And I love it 'cause it gives me such joy.
I'm so proud of them.
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When they can sing songs
that are 30 years old
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from when I was little.
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Bruce's sound and the E Street Band
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sounded completely different
than anything else I'd ever heard.
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With Clarence in there,
and the keyboard players
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and the heavier drumming,
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it's like a punchy soul band or something.
Sexy sax.
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Hence began my love for rhythm and blues
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and sex music, I guess, soul music.
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Bruce's lyrics
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always made me feel
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like I was going through
someone's family photo album
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and looking at their life,
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and feeling what they felt,
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and smelling their coffee,
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and feeling their sadness
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and their triumph.
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So, David,
what does Bruce Springsteen mean to you?
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Bruce Springsteen means love.
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Not for him, but for you.
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You being a fan.
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I've had Bruce Springsteen songs
rammed down my throat 24/7.
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It tends to lose its edge. It really does.
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I've been all over Europe.
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So, how many concerts have you been to?
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I think you reminded me. It was about
eight. Eight that I've actually been to.
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Yeah, Amsterdam, Paris,
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I've seen some beautiful
cities along the way,
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but then, I've always had this little bit where
I've had to go to a concert in the middle of it,
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which tends to spoil it for me.
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His dream
was to get on stage with Springsteen.
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I heard him talking about it
from the time we met
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until it actually happened.
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"That's my lifelong dream."
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And I said, "You're really gonna do it?"
And he goes, "I'm gonna do it."
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And I said, "You promise?"
And he said, "I promise."
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So, he puts the suit on, he's dragging me
across the street to get to there,
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and as soon as he got up there,
people are going, "Yo, Elvis! Hey, Elvis!"
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They're high-fiving him
and they want their picture taken,
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and they're asking him to sing songs,
and all the anxiety just melted away.
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We had a sign that said...
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- "Can The King sing with The Boss?"
- "Can The King sing with The Boss?"
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Bruce started doing All Shook Up.
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One, two! One, two, three!
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All of a sudden, he stopped singing
and the band kept playing
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and he said, "Okay, King, come on up."
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And it was like, "Oh, my God,
I can't believe it's happening to me."
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It was my dream of 20 years.
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And there I was
and I'm being helped up on stage.
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Hello, King!
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And I saw him being pulled up on stage
and everybody around me is going,
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"Hey, he's up there! He's up there!"
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Because they all were sharing
the experience with me, it was surreal.
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It was like, "Oh, my gosh,
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"I'm married to Elvis
and he's singing with Springsteen,
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"and his dream's realised."
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And my heart was just pounding.
I was so excited.
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Right when he was about to start singing,
his son texted me and said,
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"Did my dad get on stage? Ha-ha!"
And I went, "He's up there now."
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I was so happy to hear about it.
I grabbed my buddy and I said,
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"He's singing with Bruce Springsteen.
He's singing with The Boss."
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He had the faith and he handed me the mike
and I said, "Okay, this is it."
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And so, I did my best and as I was singing,
at one point, I dropped to my knees...
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Take it, Bruce!
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...and I kick out my leg.
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Which when you look at the video,
it looks like an Elvis move,
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but the fact of the matter is
when I dropped to my knees,
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I pulled my hamstring,
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and I immediately kicked out my leg
'cause I pulled my hamstring.
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And then I stood up,
and my leg was hurting a little bit,
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and at that point, that's when I said,
"Hit it, Bruce!"
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And he did his guitar solo.
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And then,
I realised that during the guitar solo,
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that there is no guitar
solo in All Shook Up,
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and I didn't quite know
what to do at that moment,
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and I turned around and looked at Max
and I backed up
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thinking that
I'm gonna have to change the song.
232
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And out of no disrespect to Bruce
or the band,
233
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but I backed up and looked at Max
and right at the end of the guitar solo,
234
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I went into Blue Suede Shoes
and the band was right there with me.
235
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And I remember, out the corner of my eye,
236
00:25:31,948 --> 00:25:34,951
I see Bruce coming up
and I remember as I'm singing,
237
00:25:35,034 --> 00:25:39,747
saying to myself, "I think you're done,
Nick," just by looking at Bruce.
238
00:25:39,789 --> 00:25:43,251
And I said, "Okay, Bruce, take it home."
And he grabs the mike.
239
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Take it home, man!
240
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Elvis has left the building!
241
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Elvis has left the building!
242
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Thank you, King!
243
00:25:57,807 --> 00:26:00,393
And then, I remember jumping off the stage.
244
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He got totally mobbed by the crowd
'cause they were all so excited.
245
00:26:05,481 --> 00:26:08,568
Everybody wanted to hug him
and high-five him,
246
00:26:08,651 --> 00:26:12,613
and I'm just waiting
'cause I just can't wait to hug him
247
00:26:12,655 --> 00:26:15,825
and kiss him and say, "Oh, my God!
We realised your dream!"
248
00:26:15,908 --> 00:26:20,329
And it was like a scene from Rocky
and Adrian...
249
00:26:20,454 --> 00:26:21,581
We're yelling for each other,
250
00:26:21,664 --> 00:26:24,667
just to try to catch up to each other
so we can embrace.
251
00:26:24,792 --> 00:26:26,794
And once we did, it was like the most...
252
00:26:26,836 --> 00:26:30,423
I don't know. Tears fill your eyes
'cause you're just so happy.
253
00:26:39,515 --> 00:26:43,686
And as we turn around, we look up,
and Bruce was holding that last note.
254
00:26:52,361 --> 00:26:58,034
He pointed to us and he kept saying,
"The Philly Elvis! The Philly Elvis!"
255
00:26:59,118 --> 00:27:00,703
The Philly Elvis!
256
00:27:02,788 --> 00:27:04,540
The Philly Elvis!
257
00:27:05,291 --> 00:27:09,211
Then the last thing he said, which
I'll never forget, he looks and says...
258
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I have no idea where the... he came from.
259
00:27:15,718 --> 00:27:17,386
Hail The King!
260
00:27:21,849 --> 00:27:28,230
He means inspiration, he means joy,
and he means salt of the earth.
261
00:27:29,023 --> 00:27:32,401
I know that's three words,
of the three words,
262
00:27:32,526 --> 00:27:34,737
but I don't... He's the salt of the earth.
263
00:27:34,862 --> 00:27:37,365
He's just the best! He's the best!
264
00:27:38,032 --> 00:27:41,202
Happy, handsome and hot.
265
00:27:41,827 --> 00:27:46,999
Supernatural, divine, inspiration.
266
00:27:47,875 --> 00:27:49,001
My soul brother.
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A local legend.
268
00:27:53,255 --> 00:27:57,218
In three words, I would say,
"In him we trust."
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Am I looking okay? Okay.
270
00:28:00,930 --> 00:28:03,432
Passion, passion, passion.
271
00:28:05,351 --> 00:28:11,357
It was March 29th, 1976,
right smack in the middle of the '70s,
272
00:28:12,274 --> 00:28:15,277
and it seemed like all
our parents were gone.
273
00:28:15,361 --> 00:28:21,075
Distant, working, busy,
drunk at the country club.
274
00:28:21,117 --> 00:28:25,413
So somehow it was okay for a group of girls
275
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to go to see a rock 'n' roll concert
on a Monday night
276
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in March of our ninth grade year.
277
00:28:33,629 --> 00:28:37,466
I don't remember what happened
when we got to the concert.
278
00:28:37,550 --> 00:28:40,052
I don't know what happened
to the other girls.
279
00:28:40,136 --> 00:28:43,889
But I know that as soon as I got there,
as soon as the lights went out,
280
00:28:43,973 --> 00:28:48,978
I made my way to the front of the stage,
back when you could do that,
281
00:28:51,772 --> 00:28:56,318
and was front and centre up against
the stage right in front of Bruce.
282
00:28:57,737 --> 00:29:00,990
Even after all these years
and all the shows that I've seen,
283
00:29:01,115 --> 00:29:04,493
the concert still defies description.
284
00:29:04,618 --> 00:29:07,413
And I think that only the people
285
00:29:07,496 --> 00:29:12,668
who saw him in the early days
in the small venues
286
00:29:12,793 --> 00:29:16,922
before the mega crowds,
287
00:29:17,006 --> 00:29:18,758
and when you could get so close
288
00:29:18,841 --> 00:29:24,805
that you were sharing the sweat and spit
of whatever band member you are closest to,
289
00:29:25,306 --> 00:29:30,603
can really know the ferocity
and the intimacy of those concerts.
290
00:31:59,251 --> 00:32:02,338
After graduation,
I couldn't really get a job,
291
00:32:02,463 --> 00:32:08,344
and so, I started working at Jamba Juice
292
00:32:08,427 --> 00:32:11,430
making oatmeal in the early morning.
293
00:32:11,513 --> 00:32:18,145
I had to get up at 3:00. I didn't
have a car, so I rode my bike to work.
294
00:32:18,187 --> 00:32:21,982
And that was when
Working On A Dream came out,
295
00:32:22,024 --> 00:32:24,652
and I would listen to
that on my way to work
296
00:32:24,693 --> 00:32:30,449
and feel like "I'm such
a hardworking person.
297
00:32:32,451 --> 00:32:35,704
"I'm the backbone of America."
298
00:32:37,665 --> 00:32:40,709
Sometimes I feel like that
when I listen to Bruce.
299
00:32:42,127 --> 00:32:46,507
Like I'm really important, the work I do...
300
00:32:51,804 --> 00:32:55,015
The more physically demanding my job is,
301
00:32:55,057 --> 00:32:57,893
the more important I am
when I listen to Bruce.
302
00:32:57,977 --> 00:33:02,231
I don't know if that makes any sense,
but that's how I feel.
303
00:33:03,190 --> 00:33:07,027
Madison Square Garden, 2000.
The Reunion Tour.
304
00:33:08,570 --> 00:33:13,701
I worked in a factory for 20 years
and I'd saved up enough money eventually
305
00:33:13,742 --> 00:33:17,621
to afford to go on a "Bruce Trip,"
as we call it.
306
00:33:17,705 --> 00:33:22,251
Four days in New York,
two concerts at Madison Square Garden.
307
00:33:22,376 --> 00:33:27,548
So, me and my lovely wife, Cath,
stayed in the Hotel Pennsylvania
308
00:33:27,589 --> 00:33:31,176
across the road
from Madison Square Garden.
309
00:33:31,260 --> 00:33:37,391
We went down to the bar to pick up our
tickets on the night of the first concert
310
00:33:37,433 --> 00:33:42,855
and excitedly opened the envelope,
looked at the tickets,
311
00:33:42,938 --> 00:33:46,442
looked at the map, seating plan,
312
00:33:46,525 --> 00:33:50,404
and we were right at the back,
right at the top.
313
00:33:50,446 --> 00:33:56,452
So a bit disappointed, but we were
in New York, America for the first time.
314
00:33:56,535 --> 00:34:01,040
So looked at the positives,
went across the road,
315
00:34:01,123 --> 00:34:04,376
up the escalators, right to the top,
right to the back,
316
00:34:04,460 --> 00:34:06,628
and as we got to the top level,
317
00:34:06,712 --> 00:34:12,426
this rather bear-like character
in baggy shorts and a beard,
318
00:34:12,468 --> 00:34:15,637
as he walked past me,
he muttered the immortal words,
319
00:34:17,222 --> 00:34:19,016
"You wanna be upgraded?"
320
00:34:19,767 --> 00:34:23,729
"Sorry?" I don't know what he meant.
I didn't quite hear him.
321
00:34:23,812 --> 00:34:26,482
"Let me see your tickets," he said.
So I showed him our tickets.
322
00:34:26,565 --> 00:34:29,985
He looked at them and said,
"I think we can do better than that.
323
00:34:30,110 --> 00:34:31,153
"Give me your wrist."
324
00:34:31,236 --> 00:34:34,239
Put my wrist out,
and he slapped an orange wrist band
325
00:34:34,323 --> 00:34:36,825
on my wrist and Cath's.
326
00:34:36,950 --> 00:34:38,243
And I said, "What's that for?"
327
00:34:38,327 --> 00:34:40,329
And he said,
"Don't remove that from your wrist.
328
00:34:40,454 --> 00:34:41,580
"Do not leave the building.
329
00:34:41,663 --> 00:34:44,500
"If you leave the building,
you won't be allowed back in."
330
00:34:44,583 --> 00:34:47,086
Like he'd said it a thousand times.
331
00:34:47,169 --> 00:34:48,921
He put our tickets in his pocket
332
00:34:49,004 --> 00:34:53,926
and then, he peeled off a couple of tickets,
gave them to us and said something like,
333
00:34:54,009 --> 00:34:56,845
"I work for Bruce.
I don't want any money from you.
334
00:34:56,970 --> 00:35:01,141
"I don't want any recognition.
Please don't point me out to other people.
335
00:35:01,183 --> 00:35:05,687
"Thank you for your support.
Enjoy the show." And he was gone.
336
00:35:05,813 --> 00:35:10,859
So we're looking at the tickets.
Entrance, whatever it was.
337
00:35:10,943 --> 00:35:12,945
We thought,
"We better find this entrance then."
338
00:35:13,028 --> 00:35:16,490
So we walked around
Madison Square Garden at the top,
339
00:35:16,532 --> 00:35:19,618
and there was no entrance and I thought,
340
00:35:19,701 --> 00:35:22,871
"I've just given my tickets
to a complete stranger,
341
00:35:22,996 --> 00:35:26,625
"and we've got tickets
that don't get us in anywhere."
342
00:35:26,708 --> 00:35:30,712
Cath, my wife pointed out
that we'd just gone past a cocktail bar,
343
00:35:30,796 --> 00:35:32,548
like they do in America.
344
00:35:32,673 --> 00:35:35,843
Not a beer stand, like in England.
345
00:35:35,884 --> 00:35:38,470
And she said, "And there's a couple
in there with orange wrist bands on.
346
00:35:38,554 --> 00:35:40,055
"Let's go and ask them."
347
00:35:40,180 --> 00:35:41,306
We went to the cocktail bar.
348
00:35:41,390 --> 00:35:44,059
Sure enough,
a very elegant couple sitting there,
349
00:35:44,184 --> 00:35:46,562
and we said, "Excuse me,"
and we told them our story.
350
00:35:46,645 --> 00:35:48,897
He said, "Let me see your tickets."
351
00:35:48,981 --> 00:35:51,400
He looked at the tickets and he goes,
352
00:35:51,525 --> 00:35:54,153
"You've got the best seats in the house.
What's your problem?"
353
00:35:54,236 --> 00:35:57,656
I still found it a bit hard to believe.
354
00:35:57,739 --> 00:36:01,076
But sure enough,
we went to a staff member and showed him,
355
00:36:01,201 --> 00:36:04,580
and he just pointed us down
through that entrance
356
00:36:04,705 --> 00:36:09,376
and then, the next level down,
"Keep going. Keep going."
357
00:36:09,418 --> 00:36:14,089
And we got to the back of the front section
with a maroon rope across
358
00:36:14,173 --> 00:36:17,926
and we thought, "We must be behind
here somewhere. This is fantastic."
359
00:36:18,051 --> 00:36:23,348
We showed the man, he unclipped the rope,
"Down to the front, sir."
360
00:36:23,432 --> 00:36:28,270
And we ended up on the front row
at Madison Square Garden
361
00:36:28,395 --> 00:36:32,774
to see Bruce Springsteen
and the E Street Band in the year 2000.
362
00:36:34,193 --> 00:36:36,612
I got so excited,
363
00:36:36,737 --> 00:36:41,575
I bought my wife
three glasses of champagne at $7 a glass.
364
00:36:41,617 --> 00:36:46,747
And I was a factory worker at the time,
and it was phenomenal.
365
00:36:47,956 --> 00:36:50,626
So that's what it's like
to be a Bruce Springsteen fan.
366
00:38:56,251 --> 00:38:57,377
Danny!
367
00:39:12,934 --> 00:39:16,730
Here we are,
just hanging out in the evening,
368
00:39:16,772 --> 00:39:20,776
at home, in our living room, talking about
Bruce Springsteen, like we do every night.
369
00:39:20,901 --> 00:39:22,569
- Yes, we do.
- Okay.
370
00:39:24,446 --> 00:39:28,867
Anyway, this is my vintage shirt.
371
00:39:28,950 --> 00:39:33,622
Remember this one? I hardly ever wear it
because I have to preserve it,
372
00:39:33,747 --> 00:39:35,207
and I never even went to a show.
373
00:39:35,290 --> 00:39:38,960
- And how did you get that shirt?
- I never even went to a show.
374
00:39:39,086 --> 00:39:41,797
We've never been able to get tickets
when we had money,
375
00:39:41,922 --> 00:39:45,133
and then we didn't have money,
so we couldn't go.
376
00:39:45,258 --> 00:39:48,595
Unfortunately, not,
but we're still huge Bruce fans.
377
00:39:48,637 --> 00:39:49,721
Oh, honey.
378
00:39:49,805 --> 00:39:51,890
- What? But we are.
- I know we are.
379
00:39:51,973 --> 00:39:53,433
All right. So?
380
00:39:54,309 --> 00:39:59,481
Anyway, this was my ex-boyfriend,
who I was living with in Manhattan,
381
00:39:59,564 --> 00:40:05,946
and he was a musician
and I was a writer/actress/waitress.
382
00:40:05,987 --> 00:40:10,909
And I think he went to the show,
but I was already seeing you.
383
00:40:10,992 --> 00:40:13,453
And then, he was trying to woo me back
with the Bruce shirt,
384
00:40:13,495 --> 00:40:16,331
- and it didn't quite work.
- And I won.
385
00:40:16,415 --> 00:40:21,002
He might have been able to woo me back
if he'd brought Bruce with him.
386
00:40:21,086 --> 00:40:24,172
Anyway, yeah, so it's my favourite shirt.
387
00:40:24,256 --> 00:40:26,967
And I don't wear it too often
so I don't wanna wear it out.
388
00:40:27,008 --> 00:40:29,261
Right, but for this occasion.
389
00:40:29,344 --> 00:40:31,179
But it's funny
'cause we were talking the other night
390
00:40:31,304 --> 00:40:38,103
and we were saying about how...
We were talking about...
391
00:40:40,147 --> 00:40:43,817
How Bruce is in our
lives and stuff like that,
392
00:40:43,859 --> 00:40:48,947
and we were talking about the fact
that we're...
393
00:40:49,030 --> 00:40:50,198
It sounds so stupid,
394
00:40:50,282 --> 00:40:55,120
but we are like the people
that are in his songs in different ways.
395
00:40:55,203 --> 00:41:00,500
Very much so. Blue collar,
together 28 years.
396
00:41:00,542 --> 00:41:02,627
- Yeah, exactly.
- Struggling with the kids,
397
00:41:02,711 --> 00:41:07,215
and you go to work every day
in Manhattan,
398
00:41:07,340 --> 00:41:10,385
and works with his hands,
and has been doing that for over 30 years.
399
00:41:10,510 --> 00:41:12,846
- But we're still together.
- Yes, we're still together.
400
00:41:12,888 --> 00:41:14,347
And that's the main thing.
401
00:41:14,389 --> 00:41:17,726
If you say it one more time,
it might not be.
402
00:41:18,477 --> 00:41:21,813
So, I've got these tickets to see Bruce
with my girlfriend in Hamilton,
403
00:41:21,897 --> 00:41:25,066
and she calls me on October 20th,
404
00:41:25,192 --> 00:41:30,155
the night before the concert, while
I'm at work, and just tells me it's over.
405
00:41:32,073 --> 00:41:35,869
And I think "This is gonna
be the worst day of my life."
406
00:41:35,911 --> 00:41:41,708
So, I get home, I get drinking, and I
don't know what else to do or what to think
407
00:41:41,750 --> 00:41:47,589
except I guess I need somebody else
to go see Bruce Springsteen with me,
408
00:41:47,631 --> 00:41:50,300
and I guess that won't be too hard to find.
409
00:41:51,801 --> 00:41:56,598
And then, I think,
I've got tickets on the floor,
410
00:41:58,600 --> 00:42:04,814
and I realised,
"No, no, no. What I need is a sign."
411
00:42:28,463 --> 00:42:32,300
"Hi, Bruce. I just got dumped."
412
00:42:32,425 --> 00:42:34,761
We all know what that's like.
413
00:42:36,763 --> 00:42:38,473
Where's my man? Right there?
414
00:42:40,767 --> 00:42:42,811
What happened, bro?
415
00:42:44,479 --> 00:42:47,148
She didn't think
I was spending enough time with her.
416
00:42:49,109 --> 00:42:50,694
You probably weren't!
417
00:42:55,949 --> 00:43:00,704
What? Can you get a hug? Come on up here.
418
00:43:05,500 --> 00:43:09,129
It's gonna be okay.
It's gonna be all right.
419
00:43:09,879 --> 00:43:11,339
Don't worry about a thing.
420
00:43:11,798 --> 00:43:12,841
Thank you.
421
00:43:23,893 --> 00:43:27,689
I got dumped plenty of times myself.
They're regretting it now!
422
00:43:29,024 --> 00:43:31,818
That's right! She'll be regretting it.
423
00:43:36,031 --> 00:43:40,577
That's right! They left too soon!
Too soon they quit!
424
00:43:46,708 --> 00:43:48,543
They missed that
record company advance money.
425
00:43:48,668 --> 00:43:50,211
They left too soon!
426
00:45:12,252 --> 00:45:15,296
Hi, my three words are
427
00:45:15,338 --> 00:45:16,631
poet,
428
00:45:18,007 --> 00:45:19,926
comfort
429
00:45:19,968 --> 00:45:22,637
and gluteus maximostus.
430
00:45:24,097 --> 00:45:27,684
Hope, assurance and redemption.
431
00:45:31,980 --> 00:45:34,691
Working class hero.
432
00:45:35,942 --> 00:45:39,362
And I think that, in general,
Polish people could relate to his music,
433
00:45:39,487 --> 00:45:44,993
especially during communism
because he was singing about freedom.
434
00:45:45,118 --> 00:45:48,496
By that time,
people couldn't speak English so well.
435
00:45:48,621 --> 00:45:54,669
Like in the song, Born In The U.S.A.,
they could understand only the chorus,
436
00:45:54,711 --> 00:46:01,342
so everybody was thinking that he's
praising the fact that he's an American.
437
00:46:01,468 --> 00:46:06,181
So I guess that if you hear him singing
Born in the U.S.A. with such charisma,
438
00:46:06,306 --> 00:46:08,725
whether you wanna be like that,
I wanna be an American, too.
439
00:46:08,850 --> 00:46:12,687
So those were like the sounds of freedom
I would say, really.
440
00:47:16,584 --> 00:47:18,253
And a special moment for me
441
00:47:18,378 --> 00:47:23,258
was when Bruce decided to go
on the Reunion Tour with the E Street Band,
442
00:47:23,341 --> 00:47:24,425
just around the millennium.
443
00:47:24,467 --> 00:47:27,262
And the boys, they hit Copenhagen as well.
444
00:47:27,303 --> 00:47:32,809
And I was here.
It was one of those nights to remember.
445
00:47:32,934 --> 00:47:37,564
I remember during the encore of the show,
446
00:47:37,605 --> 00:47:41,109
Bruce decides to play Blood Brothers,
beautiful song.
447
00:47:41,150 --> 00:47:43,111
Beautiful, beautiful song.
448
00:47:43,236 --> 00:47:47,282
And during the last verse of the song,
449
00:47:47,323 --> 00:47:51,286
the guy next to me, I don't know his name,
450
00:47:51,327 --> 00:47:55,248
I'd never seen him before,
I haven't seen him since,
451
00:47:55,290 --> 00:47:57,792
he decides to put his arm around me.
452
00:47:57,834 --> 00:48:02,297
All of a sudden,
this big guy is having his arm around me,
453
00:48:02,338 --> 00:48:06,175
and it was just one of those moments
where it didn't seem weird at all.
454
00:48:45,673 --> 00:48:46,716
Let's sing!
455
00:50:04,252 --> 00:50:09,090
I remember walking home after the show
with my girl and she said to me,
456
00:50:09,215 --> 00:50:11,551
"At some point,
I felt like I was the only one there.
457
00:50:11,592 --> 00:50:14,387
"I felt like he was playing for me."
458
00:50:14,429 --> 00:50:17,056
And I said, "I know.
459
00:50:17,098 --> 00:50:19,934
"I know exactly what you're talking about.
I know."
460
00:50:28,776 --> 00:50:31,279
Hello. My name is Jane.
461
00:50:33,072 --> 00:50:37,744
I'm living in Helsingør, in Denmark,
just a small town.
462
00:50:39,328 --> 00:50:43,332
This is the first time I ever tried
to make a video from my camera,
463
00:50:43,458 --> 00:50:46,127
so this is not very good.
464
00:50:46,169 --> 00:50:50,339
However, I wish to say something
about me and Bruce.
465
00:50:51,466 --> 00:50:58,306
We have been friends ever since 1985,
though he does not know me.
466
00:51:00,183 --> 00:51:05,646
I have been listening to his music
every day since '85.
467
00:51:05,772 --> 00:51:08,191
I know the lyrics, I know the music.
468
00:51:08,316 --> 00:51:14,447
Every day when I go home from work,
I hear his records in my car.
469
00:51:14,489 --> 00:51:20,870
I relax, I get in a very, very good mood
when I listen to Bruce.
470
00:51:21,996 --> 00:51:25,792
It doesn't matter whether
it is the new music or the old music,
471
00:51:27,335 --> 00:51:30,338
I just love listening to his music.
472
00:51:30,463 --> 00:51:34,217
I'm not the kind of fan
who knows the size of his shoes
473
00:51:34,342 --> 00:51:35,635
or the names of his children,
474
00:51:35,676 --> 00:51:40,515
although I know he has three children
and he has a lovely wife, Patti.
475
00:51:42,350 --> 00:51:46,437
She has a wonderful vocal.
476
00:51:47,188 --> 00:51:50,441
And of course I understand
why he loves his woman.
477
00:51:51,859 --> 00:51:55,488
One of the best music I have heard him sing
478
00:51:55,530 --> 00:51:59,367
is the Red Headed Woman.
479
00:51:59,408 --> 00:52:04,831
It is the kind of song that a man
who really loves his woman has made.
480
00:52:04,872 --> 00:52:10,086
And it must be wonderful to be Patti,
to receive such a song.
481
00:52:14,215 --> 00:52:15,424
I don't know what to say.
482
00:52:15,550 --> 00:52:21,681
I'm the kind of fan who has attended all
his concerts since '85, here in Denmark.
483
00:52:22,390 --> 00:52:25,768
I'm always standing in the first row,
484
00:52:25,893 --> 00:52:30,690
screaming and shouting and dancing
like a teenager to a Beatles' concert.
485
00:52:32,358 --> 00:52:35,194
This summer I was that lucky
486
00:52:35,236 --> 00:52:40,241
that I finally, after all these years,
touched him.
487
00:52:40,366 --> 00:52:44,871
We touched each other twice
in Roskilde in Denmark,
488
00:52:44,912 --> 00:52:50,418
and I cried, I wept, because it was so big.
489
00:52:51,419 --> 00:52:54,380
It's a great song about a great subject.
Cunnilingus, that's right.
490
00:52:54,881 --> 00:52:58,759
And hope I'm pronouncing that correctly.
491
00:53:01,053 --> 00:53:06,267
And as I like to say, if you can
pronounce it, you can probably do it.
492
00:53:12,148 --> 00:53:15,443
What can I say about
it? It's a college town.
493
00:53:15,484 --> 00:53:18,571
There's probably people practising
cunnilingus out there as we speak.
494
00:53:20,072 --> 00:53:21,115
I hope so.
495
00:53:21,949 --> 00:53:24,118
And I do mean practising,
496
00:53:24,243 --> 00:53:28,956
because you young whippersnappers, it
takes a while to get that under your belt.
497
00:53:31,751 --> 00:53:35,338
It's like balancing a plate
on the end of your nose.
498
00:53:35,463 --> 00:53:37,465
It's not as easy as it looks.
499
00:53:41,010 --> 00:53:45,556
It takes some dedication,
it takes discipline,
500
00:53:46,265 --> 00:53:48,559
attention to craft and detail.
501
00:53:49,143 --> 00:53:52,188
That's right. It takes... Yes.
502
00:53:54,690 --> 00:53:58,945
It takes patience, patience
and more patience.
503
00:54:02,949 --> 00:54:04,367
As I usually say.
504
00:54:05,785 --> 00:54:07,495
But anyway,
505
00:54:09,330 --> 00:54:11,332
do not get into
the whole Freudian complications
506
00:54:11,457 --> 00:54:13,209
of moving from one song into the other.
507
00:54:16,963 --> 00:54:18,673
We'll just leave that alone. All right?
508
00:54:19,966 --> 00:54:21,384
That's fine.
509
00:54:23,302 --> 00:54:25,012
What can I say? Where was I?
510
00:54:34,397 --> 00:54:36,315
If there's any kids out there,
511
00:54:36,357 --> 00:54:40,027
cunnilingus is Latin for
"It's nice to keep your room very neat."
512
00:55:33,039 --> 00:55:38,586
I hadn't been to a ton of rock 'n' roll
yet, but I'd seen my share of shows.
513
00:55:39,879 --> 00:55:41,547
And I understood, in some way,
514
00:55:41,589 --> 00:55:46,302
that what I was witnessing
was something far beyond me
515
00:55:46,427 --> 00:55:49,555
and my world as I knew it.
516
00:55:49,597 --> 00:55:55,561
I was way too in the moment
to know that my life was changing.
517
00:55:56,395 --> 00:56:01,817
But I did know that with each song,
I was leaving something behind.
518
00:56:04,070 --> 00:56:06,280
The really critical departure happened
519
00:56:06,405 --> 00:56:11,285
during the long, soul-shaking instrumental
in Jungleland.
520
00:56:12,995 --> 00:56:17,750
He turned his back to us,
he walked towards the drum,
521
00:56:20,586 --> 00:56:26,300
he swayed and he danced to the sax,
the bass, the organ, the piano.
522
00:56:26,926 --> 00:56:29,512
He was young and taut.
523
00:56:30,346 --> 00:56:37,144
And all that man and men
and song and sound
524
00:56:38,312 --> 00:56:41,482
became something bigger and more powerful
525
00:56:41,607 --> 00:56:47,446
than anything I understood
or knew yet in my young body.
526
00:56:49,615 --> 00:56:52,660
And it was something
about rock 'n' roll and sex
527
00:56:52,701 --> 00:56:56,330
and men and music and myself,
528
00:56:57,331 --> 00:57:01,502
and I grew a few years and a few inches.
529
00:57:03,838 --> 00:57:09,009
When that incredibly beautiful man
had his perfect body
530
00:57:10,719 --> 00:57:16,016
moving perfectly
to that crazy, sexy, sad song,
531
00:57:17,977 --> 00:57:21,856
everyone was totally transfixed,
tranced out.
532
00:57:22,857 --> 00:57:26,735
I don't know if anybody else was there.
533
00:57:28,070 --> 00:57:30,698
But it was like
the genie had been let out of the bottle,
534
00:57:30,739 --> 00:57:33,367
and for me, there was no going back.
535
00:57:35,744 --> 00:57:38,205
I think I cried. I must have.
536
00:57:39,582 --> 00:57:43,752
I was ripped out of my skin.
I was ripped out of my senses.
537
00:57:44,837 --> 00:57:48,549
It was like the thunderbird had swooped
and had me in its talons.
538
00:57:50,426 --> 00:57:55,598
And then, someone behind me
lifts me up onto the stage.
539
00:57:55,723 --> 00:57:58,350
Really gently, just lifts me up,
540
00:57:58,392 --> 00:58:01,854
and I stand up
and I'm standing right there next to him.
541
00:58:01,896 --> 00:58:06,525
And I'm so close,
I can see the sweat through his jeans
542
00:58:06,567 --> 00:58:08,903
and his dirty Converse.
543
00:58:10,404 --> 00:58:13,699
And I look at him
and he's looking at me and he smiles,
544
00:58:13,741 --> 00:58:16,577
and I moved to the side
and the next thing I know,
545
00:58:16,702 --> 00:58:23,250
someone comes and really gently
lowers me back down to where I was before.
546
00:58:24,960 --> 00:58:29,548
And I look around
and there's men all around me, smiling.
547
00:58:30,716 --> 00:58:35,429
I'm soaked to the skin
and I'm wearing red satin.
548
00:58:40,601 --> 00:58:41,602
Let's go!
549
00:59:46,000 --> 00:59:49,670
He's a very important figure to me.
550
00:59:50,629 --> 00:59:55,676
He tells me that
it's okay to be what you want to be.
551
00:59:55,801 --> 01:00:00,306
You can have a master's degree
and be a truck driver.
552
01:00:00,347 --> 01:00:03,142
You can do what you want.
553
01:00:03,183 --> 01:00:07,187
Explore the world and disregard
554
01:00:08,355 --> 01:00:11,859
people's stereotypes and expectations.
555
01:00:11,900 --> 01:00:14,278
Because that's what he is to me.
556
01:00:15,487 --> 01:00:20,159
He is rock 'n' roll, he is country,
he is a sex symbol,
557
01:00:20,200 --> 01:00:26,790
he is patriotic, he is political
but poetic at the same time.
558
01:00:30,002 --> 01:00:34,715
And, yeah, I think he's someone
that I really look up to.
559
01:01:45,411 --> 01:01:47,746
What would you say to Bruce if you met him?
560
01:01:47,788 --> 01:01:52,126
Shorten your concerts.
Three-and-a-half hours.
561
01:01:52,167 --> 01:01:57,172
I think that relationships
have been brought together
562
01:01:57,297 --> 01:02:01,135
and then folded before you've
actually finished your concert.
563
01:02:01,260 --> 01:02:03,303
It's just too long.
564
01:02:03,345 --> 01:02:08,142
For the people who are there,
for their loved ones,
565
01:02:08,267 --> 01:02:10,310
it's quite a long period of time.
566
01:02:10,436 --> 01:02:14,106
I'm thinking,
"What time does the last train leave?
567
01:02:15,691 --> 01:02:19,027
"How can I make this picnic
that I've brought last?"
568
01:02:19,153 --> 01:02:22,698
It's things like that,
that really matter to me.
569
01:02:34,042 --> 01:02:38,213
The night before this happened, I was
so broke that I'd sleep in a public park.
570
01:02:39,047 --> 01:02:40,632
And then, 12 hours later,
571
01:02:40,674 --> 01:02:42,843
I'm standing there
with my guitar on the street,
572
01:02:42,885 --> 01:02:44,845
getting ready to play some cafes.
573
01:02:44,970 --> 01:02:49,349
This guy comes up to me and he says,
"Hey, Bruce is coming down the street."
574
01:02:49,391 --> 01:02:53,479
And I did,
"Yeah." Just another hero for me.
575
01:02:53,520 --> 01:02:54,563
I didn't really believe it.
576
01:02:54,688 --> 01:02:56,690
But then, I looked across the street
and I see Bruce up there,
577
01:02:56,732 --> 01:03:02,154
and this tall, black man with him,
that was Clarence Clemons,
578
01:03:02,196 --> 01:03:04,823
and I said, "Well..."
579
01:03:04,865 --> 01:03:08,535
And I shouted out, "Hey, Bruce, why don't
you come and play us the real thing?"
580
01:03:08,577 --> 01:03:12,247
And he looked at me, thought it was funny.
581
01:03:12,873 --> 01:03:16,376
Then I said, "Hey, come on."
And then, he made a U-turn.
582
01:03:16,502 --> 01:03:21,340
He came across the street.
And that's where this picture happened.
583
01:03:21,381 --> 01:03:22,925
I handed him one of the guitars
584
01:03:23,050 --> 01:03:27,095
and he starts here on this song,
I'm On Fire.
585
01:03:42,444 --> 01:03:46,573
And I said,
"Hey, I gotta do something for my family."
586
01:03:46,615 --> 01:03:49,743
I saw there was a video camera
across the street.
587
01:03:49,868 --> 01:03:51,912
So I came parroting here, behind him.
588
01:03:59,711 --> 01:04:01,797
I was nervous
about what he would feel about it,
589
01:04:01,922 --> 01:04:07,594
but I said, "Well, hey.
590
01:04:09,054 --> 01:04:10,722
"He should be cool enough,
591
01:04:10,764 --> 01:04:13,767
"and this is the street,
we're all kings on the street.
592
01:04:13,892 --> 01:04:15,602
"There is nobody above another there."
593
01:04:26,989 --> 01:04:30,325
It was hard to believe
this was all happening.
594
01:04:30,450 --> 01:04:32,911
There was a crowd in the front.
595
01:04:34,997 --> 01:04:38,333
And you never can tell what
happens in life, never can tell.
596
01:04:38,792 --> 01:04:39,918
It was amazing.
597
01:04:53,974 --> 01:04:57,603
We got on with it for, I think,
it was for 15 minutes and 17 seconds.
598
01:04:58,854 --> 01:05:04,610
So, they say every man
has 15 minutes of fame in his life.
599
01:05:04,651 --> 01:05:06,653
I've always been a bit overboard.
600
01:05:23,337 --> 01:05:27,591
I didn't really realise what had happened.
601
01:05:28,342 --> 01:05:30,135
It was too quick.
602
01:05:39,019 --> 01:05:44,191
And the day after,
I was on the front page with Bruce.
603
01:05:46,568 --> 01:05:48,487
It was a great thing
604
01:05:48,528 --> 01:05:54,409
that such a big man
would come a step down and just...
605
01:05:56,203 --> 01:05:59,414
He was just one of us.
606
01:05:59,539 --> 01:06:03,335
Okay, he had his success
but he was still just one of us,
607
01:06:03,377 --> 01:06:05,754
and that's what I really loved about it.
608
01:06:07,339 --> 01:06:09,341
Really loved that.
609
01:06:11,760 --> 01:06:15,889
We just said goodbye to one another
and he walked his way and I walked mine.
610
01:06:16,014 --> 01:06:19,601
It was exactly
how it should happen on the street.
611
01:06:27,567 --> 01:06:30,529
Hi, my name is Gillian.
612
01:06:30,570 --> 01:06:33,198
Hi, my name's Gillian.
613
01:06:33,240 --> 01:06:37,452
Hi,
my name's Gillian and I'm a pretty big...
614
01:06:37,577 --> 01:06:41,748
Hi, my name's Gillian
and I'm a pretty big Bruce Springsteen fan.
615
01:06:41,873 --> 01:06:46,044
After my first Bruce... Hi. No.
616
01:06:52,634 --> 01:06:57,472
Hi, my name's Gillian
and I'm a pretty big Bruce Springsteen fan.
617
01:06:57,597 --> 01:07:00,434
After my first Bruce concert in April,
618
01:07:00,475 --> 01:07:03,645
I was so excited and so full of emotion,
619
01:07:03,770 --> 01:07:08,108
and I wanted to let Bruce know
how important he was to me.
620
01:07:08,233 --> 01:07:11,403
So I wrote him a letter
thinking I'd be able to send it to him,
621
01:07:11,445 --> 01:07:15,115
but I couldn't find a fan mail address.
622
01:07:16,116 --> 01:07:19,494
So I wrote it anyway
and just put it out there,
623
01:07:19,619 --> 01:07:23,248
in case I'd ever have the chance
to tell him how important he is
624
01:07:23,290 --> 01:07:25,584
and his music is in my life.
625
01:07:25,625 --> 01:07:28,462
So this is the perfect
opportunity for that.
626
01:07:28,587 --> 01:07:30,797
So I'm going to share that letter now.
627
01:07:31,256 --> 01:07:36,803
"Dear Bruce, to say I am a fan of yours
would be quite an understatement.
628
01:07:36,928 --> 01:07:39,639
"You music is woven into my very being.
629
01:07:39,681 --> 01:07:42,642
"It has become a part of the story of me,
630
01:07:42,684 --> 01:07:47,314
"turning into a soundtrack
of the past couple of years of my life.
631
01:07:47,439 --> 01:07:50,317
"I first discovered your music
about four years ago.
632
01:07:50,442 --> 01:07:52,277
"I head Glory Days on the radio,
633
01:07:52,319 --> 01:07:56,364
"and I guess it spoke to me and to
where I was at that point in my life.
634
01:07:56,490 --> 01:07:58,492
"I started looking at more of your songs.
635
01:07:58,617 --> 01:08:00,327
"And my parents were quite amused
636
01:08:00,452 --> 01:08:04,790
"that I was suddenly listening to music
from 'their time.'
637
01:08:04,831 --> 01:08:10,003
"But that's the thing, Bruce,
your music doesn't have a time or a place.
638
01:08:10,128 --> 01:08:11,880
"Your music is a story,
639
01:08:12,005 --> 01:08:16,468
"and it bends and flows into the
stories of everyone who listens to it.
640
01:08:16,510 --> 01:08:20,555
"I guess what I'm trying to say is,
thank you.
641
01:08:20,680 --> 01:08:25,894
"It seems like every time I hit a bump
in life, I turn to you and to your songs.
642
01:08:26,019 --> 01:08:31,983
"They pick me up and dust me off
in a way that no one and nothing else can.
643
01:08:32,025 --> 01:08:34,653
"We all go through dark times in life,
644
01:08:34,694 --> 01:08:37,531
"and sometimes,
things aren't going to get better
645
01:08:37,614 --> 01:08:40,242
"and they're not going to be all right.
646
01:08:40,367 --> 01:08:43,954
"In those times,
music can be the best companion.
647
01:08:44,037 --> 01:08:47,874
"Because it reminds you
there can still be beauty in this world,
648
01:08:47,916 --> 01:08:50,752
"and that all is not
lost in spite of it all.
649
01:08:51,795 --> 01:08:56,383
"Without you, I would be lost. Thank you."
650
01:08:57,217 --> 01:08:58,218
Thank you.
651
01:08:58,301 --> 01:09:00,303
- Thank you.
- Thanks, Bruce.
652
01:09:00,387 --> 01:09:02,055
- Thank you.
- Thanks so much.
653
01:09:02,222 --> 01:09:03,223
Thank you.
654
01:09:03,306 --> 01:09:04,307
Thank you, Bruce.
655
01:09:04,808 --> 01:09:05,934
Thank you.
656
01:09:06,059 --> 01:09:07,394
So, thank you, Bruce.
657
01:09:07,435 --> 01:09:10,063
Thank you. Thank you very much.
658
01:09:10,230 --> 01:09:12,315
Thanks for the music, Boss.
659
01:09:12,399 --> 01:09:15,443
Thank you, Bruce. We love you!
660
01:09:15,735 --> 01:09:16,987
Thanks, Bruce.
661
01:09:17,070 --> 01:09:19,406
And thank you for everything.
662
01:09:19,990 --> 01:09:22,159
Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
663
01:09:22,284 --> 01:09:23,410
So, thank you, Bruce.
664
01:09:23,660 --> 01:09:24,995
Thank you for your music.
665
01:09:25,078 --> 01:09:26,621
Thank you, Bruce!
666
01:09:26,788 --> 01:09:27,789
So, thanks, Bruce.
667
01:09:31,168 --> 01:09:33,170
- Thank you.
- Thank you, Bruce.
668
01:09:33,253 --> 01:09:34,588
- Thank you.
- Thanks.
669
01:09:34,671 --> 01:09:37,507
Thank you, Bruce.
Thank you for your amazing music.
670
01:09:37,757 --> 01:09:39,259
I just want to say thanks.
671
01:09:39,301 --> 01:09:40,677
Thanks, Bruce.
672
01:09:40,927 --> 01:09:41,928
Thank you, Bruce.
673
01:09:41,970 --> 01:09:43,430
Thank you so much.
674
01:09:43,597 --> 01:09:44,598
Cheers, Boss.
675
01:09:46,474 --> 01:09:49,477
From the deepest part of my heart,
thank you.
676
01:09:53,106 --> 01:09:55,525
It was nice being alone with you tonight.
55557
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