I agree , l have the bootleg: live in winterland":Still none went close to that live performance!

That was a great show. My ticket stub is on my wall.

Ha! I remember standing in Joe Louis Arena on a hot July night in 1981--I was exhausted, everybody around me was exhausted, the band was exhausted, and Bruce just kept laughing and playing and playing. And I thought, Damn! I wish I wasn't born so late and missed the Born to Run and Darkness shows. And I was born in 1962.

I used to think that about the 60's music. I was born in '73.

I'm older than dirt.

I was born in 1967 and couldn't see this. Wish I did.

Some dirt don't die...

I understand. I was and am a fanatic Deadhead. But also fortunate enough to have seen Springsteen in 1973 and onward.

I had a copy of that show you went to. It was a Bootleg Record, that I had a Truck Driver friend find for me. He Loved his Cummings. RIP Matthew.

Or somewhere in there......!

TWO years later for the No Nukes film.

that is very well said...but in my opinion, She's the One may only be the 4th or 5th best song on the studio album, but live?? well that's a different story, probably the best on the record when played live.

I'm with you on that, I think that Hammersmith version is fantastic because it is so raw, it's the genesis of what that song eventually became in live performances. Hammersmith gives me goosebumps because you just know that Bruce went over to England with a chip on his shoulder and something to prove given the fact that some people were labeling him as a hyped up star. I think it's safe to say that concert put that notion to rest.

+Bman Here's one to also consider. You could very reasonably argue that "Born to Run" is the greatest song ever written. However, it could also be argued (somewhat reasonably) that it's the third or fourth best song on the album.

+Bman Or a song like Backstreets.

+Bob Gwartney +spacepyjamas + Anthony Salvati +steve J All great points. @spacepyjamas & Anthony Salvati: She's the One is incredible live and yes the Hammersmith version is out of this world. Love the harmonica intro. And how he comes back to it right near the very end. @Steve J: That's the great thing about the Born to Run album, Thunder Road, Born to Run, and Jungleland, for example, are all great and all for different reasons. @Bob Gwartney: Love Backstreets, as a kid I didn't think much of it when I first got the album. Then I went to my first show (of any performer) and it was the first song Bruce played that night. Needless to say I grew up that night and realized what a stupid kid I had been.

If you saw the band at that time, you'll never forget them, sound still ringing my mind, and the songs and sounds are very Unforgettable!

AMEN!!!!

U are so fuckin right!

Hands down!!❤❤

agreed how can't you love the Boss!!!

Five stupid Bieber or regaeton fans...Bruce is The Boss!! The best ever!!?

bots

The 1978 Agora "She's the One" still among his best...fantastic Intro!

Big man shaking those maracas awesome!

Bill, you are a genius. I had to check if I wrote this and I did not.

And a little tease of Train Kept A' Rollin' at about 5:05.

George, I was lucky enough to be there this night in Landover, my first E Street Band show. You're right, the "Darkness" tour was the best. They melted the stage every night.

@@jamespanagoulias7306 I was there. Both shows at the Capital Center were amazing. But in my opinion, having seen him over 100 times, other great periods were early '74 and early '75. The '74 band had Davey Sancious and Boom Carter and was a LOT funkier and lively. The early '75 band was more polished and had the violin of Suki Lahav integrated into a powerfully romantic presence. But we all like different things.

Have you seen this band at that time you're lucky

this when he was GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!! I saw him everywhere on the east coast! Once Born to Run hit,,we lost him!! But he's still the Boss!!!!!!!!!!!! He never forgot where he came from!!!!!!!!!

@@AudreyLayneAudlayne714 I agree with you completely. Those of us who were fortunate enough to see him before Born to Run had a vision of heaven. There really are no words.

That’s an exaggeration, I just wish I was to see this.

Going on tour with E Street Band in 2020.

Lol. Overrated performer???? Too funny

What about Jungleland, Incident on 57th Street and New York City Serenade? do you learn that in 10th grade?

David Sancious definitely didn't learn that in 10th grade.

@@darkshadow31415 E Street is profound. I wish Sancious and Springsteen had done one more album together.