Never seen an artist introduce a song like this live ever in my life. This is pure magic. The speech, the ethereal music in the back, his gestures. Just everything about the performance. Amazing.
I know there's a lot of great singers but i too have never seen one better than Bruce live, in his prime like this video he is totally connected to his music. He's so passionate and just amazing.
Thank you America for giving the world such a gem of an artist. There will never be someone like Bruce, that passion, those performances... so authentic. Sadly, my friends don’t share my enthusiasm for him, they find his music old (I’m a 20 yo from Spain), but the truth is that nowadays you won’t find a single artist as devoted to his music and his listeners as Bruce Springsteen. I’ll always be thankful to my dad for making me love him, for treasuring his art for decades, and although I’ll never get to see him at his peak like my dad did back in the 80s in those Madrid and Barcelona concerts, I know there will only be one Boss, and his name is Bruce Springsteen.
hey I'm a fellow 20 something here. My dad introduced me to Bruce, said that he was called The Boss. I didnt like him much when I was a kid, but somewhere in my teens I discovered him again. God I'm so thankful for such a talented man like Bruce- he really is such a fine piece of art. yep, and just like you buddy I will never get to see him live
John Smith "I remember, growing up, at night and my dad would sit in the kitchen with all the lights out and he'd wait for me to come in and he'd sit there and drink, and I'd stand in the driveway and I'd look into the screen door and I could see the light of his cigarette. and then I'd rush up on the porch and try to sneak by him and he would always call me back, and I was lucky he was always ahead of me and hes sitting there thinking about all the things he was never gonna have untill he got me thinking like that too. and I'd lay up in my bed at night and I'm staring at the ceiling and feel like there's something to do, something he was telling me that someday I was just gonna... (song begins)" that's what I could get, Bruce's accent is quite strong and the audio isn't great
Some intro, heh..? Lots of our dads were like his. Spent their lives workin' hard, takin' care of us, and no doubt thinkin' of all the things they'd never have over that last beer in the glow of the evening. Thanks, pops. Hope I made you proud. Now I'm in my own windin' down years, realizing my limits, savorin' my favorite brew in the twilight. Wondering how my son remembers those years when I was raisin' him. Keeping him warm & safe & dry. Did I teach him well? Do the best a father can? I trust I did. I trust he learned. Indeed, he makes me very proud. Here's to you, son. 🍺 Dare to dream. Dare to do. With love. Always, Pops
I remember, growing up, at night, and my dad would sit in the kitchen with all the lights out and he waited for me to come in, and he'd sit there and drink, and I'd stand in the driveway and I'd look into his screen door, and I could see the light of a cigarette, and then I'd rush up on the porch and try to get by him, but he'd always call me back. And it was like he was always... Always angry. Always mad. He'd be sitting there thinking about everything that he was never gonna have, until... Until he'd get me thinking like that too. And I'd lay up in my bed, at night, and be staring at the ceiling, and I'd feel like if something didn't happen, if something didn't happen soon, it felt like I was just gonna... Like some day, like I was just gonna...
DizzyLola makes this rendition so insanely better than the others. Even tho the content of the song in my eyes is different than the point he is making. When you think of the singer as someone who has been thru that kinda thing... the passion becomes more intense than originally. It makes perfect sense. This song will always be on the list for me.
Authenticity. Ya'know, that's what sells. Bruce is brilliant here. God how I miss the 80's. As a matter of fact I miss all things old, it reminds me of what was. What's now is so unimportant. Thing is, I wanna roll back, or somehow adjust. Can't seem to accept current times. Everything is so alien. I don't like myself and I don't like who I've become. The world is just brutal. I miss old times. You know what I mean...
There's still people like that out there & you have still got it inside you dear stranger. Just gotta find some more things out there that resonate with that. I hope you find it!
this reminds me the summer of 1983 when I was on fire with the love of my life,.... we were still sooooo very young but still I love him even if I am old now...
song hits hard like a hot summer sunrise, sky is between orange, pink and yellow, the birds starting to chirp, and stars are still seen... and you are rethinking your whole life. dang i miss when i discovered this song.
Ich hatte in dieser Zeit schwere Irren und Wirren und Blicke heute zurück und denke, ich habe diese schwere Zeit hinter mir gelassen. Dieses Lied gab mir in einem Tief voller Alkoholprobleme, Liebeskummer, ohne Arbeit und ohne Ausweg und sogar Drogen - halt. Heute höre ich es gerne und vermisse meine alte Zeit nicht mehr. Es geht mir gut und das Lied gibt mir Power weiter nach vorne zu rennen. Die Flucht nach vorne ist das einzige was ich bei dem Lied empfinde. Niemals nach hinten schauen und da gefangen bleiben.
i never want my son to ever be scared of coming home, he is my best friend at five years old and will always be my best friend for life, this song is the best version of I'm on fire that I've ever heard. magical stuff brucey baby
My dad passed away a few months ago. The intro to this song makes me cry every time I hear it. (I’m 40) I remember the same damn thing about coming in the house as a teenager and being “lectured” due to exactly how Bruce explains it. Never beaten, never abused .. but still nervous as a 15-18 yr old as I am now as man with two young sons myself. “Makes me wanna huhhh!” Never again ol man. I’m changing this. I have changed this.
I am so thankful that my dad left me when I was 3 or 4. I am afraid I would dislike him even more, if I had to grow up in his presence. Thank God for good Mother's. They were our salvation.
That bit at 1:56, just before the music starts, is the perfect description of how you feel when you're wanting someone so badly. And the next second this wonderful tune comes up and you're like "OMG I'm gonna burst..."
In Mexico, we don’t know that much about Bruce. The fact that I gave myself time to enter his world is one of the best decisions in my life. This is THE song for taking a pause, breathe and enjoy life.
On the last train of the night in Tokyo, from one end of the line to the other. Unbelievably crowded and claustrophobic. I put this song on a loop on my iPod, closed my eyes, and I was in a completely different place. Amazing song.
Talking about his dad, validated why he’s awesome...he’s authentic and so incredibly human, but, he feels love from his soul before it even touches his heart. These are the misunderstood, usually...Bruce found beauty in pain & used it to heal himself and others. A hero to humanity in a certain sense.
Lieve Mamma vergeet nooit dat jij dit nummer voor mij opnam op je tape recorder en 3 dagen later was je er niet meer mamma je nam de laaste trein en je had nog zo gezegt en belooft ik doe geen gekke dingen maar mamma bedankt voor dit mooie nummer en het is goed zo. Liefs je dochter Sylvia
I've listened to this magical music for more than 3 hours while crossing Indian ocean on a flight to Australia. The memory of that trip is so engaged and related to this piece of music that I thought the picture of me in the plane hovered in the darkness of a night with small lamps mimicking stars by the ceiling is the ever solely existed original picture for it. I still can feel the exhausting hours which passed away by the magnificent spirit blowing in this masterpiece.
One of the best versions of this song. Amazing. The way he opens it... I don't know of any other artist who knows how to convey emotions as well as Springsteen. Not express them. Convey them.
I dont know Bruce's full story but i hear childhood fear in his introduction, i don't believe you ever really get over that in my experience but i greatly admire what he has done with it. Don't let life make you bitter, find someone who needs help. Love🙏🙏
springsteen music has become part of my life...these past 30yrs through difficult times his songs have helped pull me through..people come and go in our lives,we lose loved ones sometimes we find it difficult to deal with certain situations in our lives,Perhaps we find it difficult to trust people with certain things in our lives...bruces music is my medicine to those who get it i salute u, to those who dont pity,we learned more from a 3 minute record than we ever learned at school..god bless
Bruces new album comes out today 1/22/14 and I'm buying it because you are such a part of me, my past and you remind me so much of my fist love. RIP Chick 1984
i hear it today on the radio and i heard i t for a couple times on the radio and i'm sorry for my bad english, i asked my mom what the name of this song is and she told me : Bruce springsteen - i'm on fire and i born in 89* but i prefer the songs before i was born and just what shaneac9 writed in the top comments just listen it whit your eyes closed because it's soooooooooooooooo beautiful!!!! Bigg RESPECT !!
Me and my old man didn't get on either especially when he had been drinking he had to many kids and he resented us all for stealing his youth especially me we couldn't stand the sight of each other
This song is a lover's caress, warmth and longing, the moment when softness stops asking and need tells. When hands and lips and skin and sweat are pigment, canvas and maker. Ti amo Javi. Siempre en mi corazon.
Never seen an artist introduce a song like this live ever in my life. This is pure magic. The speech, the ethereal music in the back, his gestures. Just everything about the performance. Amazing.
I know there's a lot of great singers but i too have never seen one better than Bruce live, in his prime like this video he is totally connected to his music. He's so passionate and just amazing.
Awesome!!!!! No words
If you want a beautiful intro just like this, search for The River Live Los Angeles 85.
Thank me later!
DarkCreatorn, will check it out☘️
That’s why he is the Boss baby!
Thank you America for giving the world such a gem of an artist. There will never be someone like Bruce, that passion, those performances... so authentic. Sadly, my friends don’t share my enthusiasm for him, they find his music old (I’m a 20 yo from Spain), but the truth is that nowadays you won’t find a single artist as devoted to his music and his listeners as Bruce Springsteen. I’ll always be thankful to my dad for making me love him, for treasuring his art for decades, and although I’ll never get to see him at his peak like my dad did back in the 80s in those Madrid and Barcelona concerts, I know there will only be one Boss, and his name is Bruce Springsteen.
También tengo 20 y soy de España jajaja. Me pasa lo mismo que a ti. A mis amigos no les mola Bruce :(
Soy de Madrid, de donde eres tu?
hey I'm a fellow 20 something here. My dad introduced me to Bruce, said that he was called The Boss. I didnt like him much when I was a kid, but somewhere in my teens I discovered him again. God I'm so thankful for such a talented man like Bruce- he really is such a fine piece of art.
yep, and just like you buddy I will never get to see him live
Beautifully written, I hope more of your age come about !
He’s one of the greats I’m 42, I was 3 when this song was first released
hallelujah! finally a youngster with good taste in music!
He's dialogue before the song was amazing. He just speaks he's mind, and tells a story so convincingly. I really like that he shared that.
I second that. What a great version.
Chinaski no doubt in my mind bud. I believe he spoke from the heart.
If you read his book, you know that he spoke from the heart, it is a sad but true story :-(.
John Smith "I remember, growing up, at night and my dad would sit in the kitchen with all the lights out and he'd wait for me to come in and he'd sit there and drink, and I'd stand in the driveway and I'd look into the screen door and I could see the light of his cigarette. and then I'd rush up on the porch and try to sneak by him and he would always call me back, and I was lucky he was always ahead of me and hes sitting there thinking about all the things he was never gonna have untill he got me thinking like that too. and I'd lay up in my bed at night and I'm staring at the ceiling and feel like there's something to do, something he was telling me that someday I was just gonna... (song begins)"
that's what I could get, Bruce's accent is quite strong and the audio isn't great
@@ryancook6452 thank you. Exactly, the audio is pretty bad. But i still cant wrap my head around this. What is this about?
It’s not self pity here from Bruce. It’s just bloody raw emotion. Christ, this man can introduce a song ...
Yep.
Some intro, heh..?
Lots of our dads were like his. Spent their lives workin' hard, takin' care of us, and no doubt thinkin' of all the things they'd never have over that last beer in the glow of the evening. Thanks, pops. Hope I made you proud.
Now I'm in my own windin' down years, realizing my limits, savorin' my favorite brew in the twilight. Wondering how my son remembers those years when I was raisin' him. Keeping him warm & safe & dry. Did I teach him well? Do the best a father can? I trust I did. I trust he learned. Indeed, he makes me very proud.
Here's to you, son. 🍺 Dare to dream. Dare to do.
With love. Always,
Pops
this song captures the haunting lust that nags us when we want someone so bad....near or far...hopefully within our reach....
most accurate description ever
I totally agree.
True.
i never lust.
Shannon.
Samantha Paul damn
I remember, growing up, at night, and my dad would sit in the kitchen with all the lights out and he waited for me to come in, and he'd sit there and drink, and I'd stand in the driveway and I'd look into his screen door, and I could see the light of a cigarette, and then I'd rush up on the porch and try to get by him, but he'd always call me back. And it was like he was always... Always angry. Always mad. He'd be sitting there thinking about everything that he was never gonna have, until... Until he'd get me thinking like that too. And I'd lay up in my bed, at night, and be staring at the ceiling, and I'd feel like if something didn't happen, if something didn't happen soon, it felt like I was just gonna... Like some day, like I was just gonna...
DizzyLola damn the part about the cig is poetic
DizzyLola makes this rendition so insanely better than the others. Even tho the content of the song in my eyes is different than the point he is making. When you think of the singer as someone who has been thru that kinda thing... the passion becomes more intense than originally. It makes perfect sense. This song will always be on the list for me.
If you want a beautiful intro just like this, search for The River Live Los Angeles 85.
Thank me later!
Una maravilla de canción, letra extraordinaria
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...be a wonderful voice....the BOSS....
Authenticity. Ya'know, that's what sells. Bruce is brilliant here. God how I miss the 80's. As a matter of fact I miss all things old, it reminds me of what was. What's now is so unimportant. Thing is, I wanna roll back, or somehow adjust. Can't seem to accept current times. Everything is so alien. I don't like myself and I don't like who I've become. The world is just brutal. I miss old times. You know what I mean...
I hear ya man getting old is tough things that were once familiar eventually become distant and gone.
There's still people like that out there & you have still got it inside you dear stranger. Just gotta find some more things out there that resonate with that. I hope you find it!
Thanks cminksful and Isabelle. I keep coming back to this tune. It is a painting of my life so to speak. Hard to explain.
I agree
I feel the same way about the 70's. My life was exactly like that movie "Dazed and Confused". Good times. Not so much stress and fear in the world.
There would be a poor world without this great songwriter. What a song!!!
Intro defines what made Bruce and the decade of the 1980s so unique and magical.
this reminds me the summer of 1983 when I was on fire with the love of my life,.... we were still sooooo very young but still I love him even if I am old now...
song hits hard like a hot summer sunrise, sky is between orange, pink and yellow, the birds starting to chirp, and stars are still seen... and you are rethinking your whole life. dang i miss when i discovered this song.
EXACTLY! Well articulated! 💕🎉
It reminds me of a mountain road, a drive through mountains
Dang is my favorite almost cuss word.
Fuck. I feel you bro!!
Ich hatte in dieser Zeit schwere Irren und Wirren und Blicke heute zurück und denke, ich habe diese schwere Zeit hinter mir gelassen. Dieses Lied gab mir in einem Tief voller Alkoholprobleme, Liebeskummer, ohne Arbeit und ohne Ausweg und sogar Drogen - halt. Heute höre ich es gerne und vermisse meine alte Zeit nicht mehr. Es geht mir gut und das Lied gibt mir Power weiter nach vorne zu rennen. Die Flucht nach vorne ist das einzige was ich bei dem Lied empfinde.
Niemals nach hinten schauen und da gefangen bleiben.
i never want my son to ever be scared of coming home, he is my best friend at five years old and will always be my best friend for life, this song is the best version of I'm on fire that I've ever heard. magical stuff brucey baby
😭😭 same with my boy, best buddies I always tell him
I have amazing mum and this is our song so keep up the good work 😌
My dad passed away a few months ago. The intro to this song makes me cry every time I hear it. (I’m 40) I remember the same damn thing about coming in the house as a teenager and being “lectured” due to exactly how Bruce explains it. Never beaten, never abused .. but still nervous as a 15-18 yr old as I am now as man with two young sons myself. “Makes me wanna huhhh!” Never again ol man. I’m changing this. I have changed this.
No one is probably hearing this in 2018 , but I had to get it off my chest. Better than putting this shit on fb. ... be cool to your kids 🤘🏽
I heard it. :)
I listen to this song everyday I am 24
To me it is about longing for someone who you care for deeply but due to certain situations you cannot be together.
Im sorry for your lost :/ Nice words from You. For me , this song is the best from Bruce. This version exactly. I can watch it every single day :)
This is classic Bruce, probably the best singer-song writer of the 1980s, and one of the few who actually sounds better live than on CD. Love it.
At 2:57 the dude yelling(i think) "I'M ON FIRE TOO" !!
gahan101 thank you for this 🙏
gahan101 damn good ears man ;p
gahan101 I hear it too!! Who wouldn’t be
Sounded like Barney from the Simpsons lol
lol took a few listens, but yeah. Hilarious!
I am so thankful that my dad left me when I was 3 or 4. I am afraid I would dislike him even more, if I had to grow up in his presence.
Thank God for good Mother's. They were our salvation.
That intro was how I felt many times growing up with a difficult dad. I wonder how many of you out there felt the same way.
Me
That bit at 1:56, just before the music starts, is the perfect description of how you feel when you're wanting someone so badly. And the next second this wonderful tune comes up and you're like "OMG I'm gonna burst..."
exactly, I need but cant have, and its painful. Such songs tear you apart.
Who wouldn't be on fire while watching this? This right here is one of the best definitions of Sexy.
I love this song so much it reminds me of so much!!
DESIRE just says it all what an entertainer he is hits the button no matter how hard you try to hide it he will get to it BRAVO
I may only be 15 years old and from Denmark but never have I encounted a man who can sing his soul out through his songs like Bruce Springsteen can.
My childhood is encapsulated in the introduction of this song.
I never get tired of this song, it is truly a classic that never gets old and any generation can relate to the lyrics.
In Mexico, we don’t know that much about Bruce. The fact that I gave myself time to enter his world is one of the best decisions in my life. This is THE song for taking a pause, breathe and enjoy life.
On the last train of the night in Tokyo, from one end of the line to the other. Unbelievably crowded and claustrophobic. I put this song on a loop on my iPod, closed my eyes, and I was in a completely different place. Amazing song.
you can't describe how good this song is. One of the best songs ever written by a humen, the text is incredeble. LOVE bruce springsteen
I understand this song so much more….now that I have read his memoir book “BORN TO RUN” Excellent read!
get ya totally i was born in 91, hes always been my favourite, prefer the older stuff too, awesome
"At night i Wake up with the sheets soaking wet and a freight train running through the middle of my head" iconic words classic song
dude... this man and this song spans space and time
Happy weekend everyone glad it's almost mother's day and memorial day miss all my old friends
I love the way he stands. He's definitely The Boss.
sheets are still wet in 2016
Love this song. 90S
Talking about his dad, validated why he’s awesome...he’s authentic and so incredibly human, but, he feels love from his soul before it even touches his heart. These are the misunderstood, usually...Bruce found beauty in pain & used it to heal himself and others. A hero to humanity in a certain sense.
Voor mij zijn beste song ♥️♥️♥️
gave me chills and moved me to tears.
This song is magical...sensual, sad...and so, so dreamy. I'm shaking
Lieve Mamma vergeet nooit dat jij dit nummer voor mij opnam op je tape recorder en 3 dagen later was je er niet meer mamma je nam de laaste trein en je had nog zo gezegt en belooft ik doe geen gekke dingen maar mamma bedankt voor dit mooie nummer en het is goed zo. Liefs je dochter Sylvia
Bless his heart!
This is a really great song, I enjoy it very much, just too short.
+Ned Hedrick I wish there was one more verse!!!
At lest one more verse. Thanks for listening!
Ned Hedrick Late but I agree.
Its amazing how music can bring so many cultures together
Along with mathematics it’s a universal language
That Lil guitar part still sends chills down my spine
Één van z'n beste... Om rillingen van te krijgen! Grt vanuit België
I always come back to this live(:
Love the energy of this whole performance. ♥️🔥
gave me chills and moved me to tears.
wow, his voice, the lyrics, the musicians, wow, I wish I were there
Probably the most soulfull version yet! Chills me to the bones
Bruce is just soul of my life.... seems he feels my heart.
I love this song!!! It's so romantic and to see a man like Bruce with his husky voice makes it even better!!!
I've listened to this magical music for more than 3 hours while crossing Indian ocean on a flight to Australia. The memory of that trip is so engaged and related to this piece of music that I thought the picture of me in the plane hovered in the darkness of a night with small lamps mimicking stars by the ceiling is the ever solely existed original picture for it. I still can feel the exhausting hours which passed away by the magnificent spirit blowing in this masterpiece.
Got this song on the brain tonight. Checking all the youtube vids. What an awesome song. Thanks for posting.
Kept ladies moist for a generation this song
Amazing! i love this song so much!
agreed
One of the best versions of this song. Amazing. The way he opens it... I don't know of any other artist who knows how to convey emotions as well as Springsteen. Not express them. Convey them.
é complicado viver pensando em algo que nunca acontecerá. Essa é a minha música favorita.
Inteligente. ..bello..masculino..talentoso...sensible ..IRREPETIBLE. ..BRUUUUCE!!!❤🌹
I dont know Bruce's full story but i hear childhood fear in his introduction, i don't believe you ever really get over that in my experience but i greatly admire what he has done with it. Don't let life make you bitter, find someone who needs help. Love🙏🙏
springsteen music has become part of my life...these past 30yrs through difficult times his songs have helped pull me through..people come and go in our lives,we lose loved ones sometimes we find it difficult to deal with certain situations in our lives,Perhaps we find it difficult to trust people with certain things in our lives...bruces music is my medicine to those who get it i salute u, to those who dont pity,we learned more from a 3 minute record than we ever learned at school..god bless
I don't know how he manages to do it but everything he says or writes sounds like complex and in depth poetry this song especially.
Yes another artist who does this is Bob Dylan
What a hot, tough, wonderful, soulful voice! God in heaven, he's such a gift!
Simply beautiful.
Bruces new album comes out today 1/22/14 and I'm buying it because you are such a part of me, my past and you remind me so much of my fist love. RIP Chick 1984
Best thing I've ever seen.
My first concert was Bruce in 1998 when I was 7. Man how I wish I could've seen him back in his prime.
Awesome! Takes me right back to 84, great track, great album!
FANTASTIC
omg love it its one of my top ten songs ever. the atmosphere of this concert is absolute magic
amazing
if only i was born 20 years earlier i couldve experienced music like this played live.
@jaketyler27: You still have the opportunity! He's still touring at age 74! ... and still kicking butt, too!
BRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCE !!!!!!!
like a freight train running through the middle of my head! only a genius could write lyrics like that. long live the boss.
I like the way he sings "desire" at 2:34 and "I can take you higher" at 2:49-3:00.
Damn, I love the whole performance :)
Boss is great :)
this was one of mine and my exes favorite songs. I was scared it would make me sad at first, but the live version brings me great oeace
Bruuuce! Thank you for this. I went to a bunch of concerts in 84-85. Memories!
I'm totally blown away by this video... the way how his music naturally flows out of his body... wow....
I just so love this song it brings back beautiful memories for me in my youth i so love the boss..!!xx
i hear it today on the radio and i heard i t for a couple times on the radio and i'm sorry for my bad english, i asked my mom what the name of this song is and she told me :
Bruce springsteen - i'm on fire and i born in 89* but i prefer the songs before i was born and just what shaneac9 writed in the top comments just listen it whit your eyes closed because it's soooooooooooooooo beautiful!!!!
Bigg RESPECT !!
Instant goosebumps as he sang the first lyric such talent,
BOSS!
If she plays you this, RUN
Hahaha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
BEST SONG EVER
I love this song😅it is my anthem. Whether anyone likes it or not. No one can abscond with this sentiment. Listen to this band.
GREATEST ARTIST ALL AROUND ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
🕊💃🏾🇫🇷sensuel sans être vulgaire : de la douceur à l’oreille ….une voix majestueuse 🕊💙🕊
For ever, I love you Bruce, por siempre Te AMO
true, i come back to this every once in a while when i drive in the summer, windows down, loneley road
I was straight 5 minutes and 40 seconds ago
Looolll so true :)
Oh la la😁👍♥️! 😉
Sexy as f
Zani W. 😂
hhh
Am so in love with this song he’s just amazing and so reall I love it words are so beautiful takes you to anthor place
Me and my old man didn't get on either especially when he had been drinking he had to many kids and he resented us all for stealing his youth especially me we couldn't stand the sight of each other
wow. i never tire of watching this. hot and amazing. thank you!
One of my fav songs of all time!
This song is a lover's caress, warmth and longing, the moment when softness stops asking and need tells. When hands and lips and skin and sweat are pigment, canvas and maker. Ti amo Javi. Siempre en mi corazon.
That first sound he makes then moves his body to the music is so awesome 😎 🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️
Simply great.
Always wanted to see him in concert ^^
Maybe some day...
Es ist einfach die allerschönste Version dieses tollen Liedes
Goosebumps, always
He is the truth...every day for ever...
I personally think that this man was one of our best singers and he earned the title the BOSS honestly!!!!!
Hi Linda,hope you’re okay ?
Best Song Intro of All Time, Of All Time!
Best Version of all time. Thank you.