I was there and remembering thinking: how’s he gonna top the song he just played, “Spirit In the Night”?? During the song, he jumped into the audience and performed 5:08 his signature call and response: “Like a spirit in the night” with audience screaming “All night!” Darkness is a great song masterfully delivered at this concert. His salute to Ron Kovic was classy. Ron was a Vietnam vet who had recently chronicled his experience in his book “Born on the 4th of July.” Bruce regularly plugged the book during this tour. The song was played big with drama and solid sound. I saw both shows at Winterland - first, standing on the floor close to the stage and second, sitting behind his parents, third row balcony. From both locations, the sound quality was amazing. His guitar playing and his vocals were distinctive and commanding. The band was alive wanting to kick ass.
"I met Bruce Springsteen for the first time in 1978 at the Sunset Marquis Hotel in Hollywood, California. I remember on one afternoon seeing a young man swimming in the pool, and when he got out of the pool I went up to him and I said, 'You probably don't know me, but my name is Ron Kovic.... I wrote a book called Born on the Fourth of July, and I'm a Vietnam veteran.' He seemed surprised and he said, 'I just read that book!' We talked for a while, and he invited me to San Francisco to see him perform at the Winterland arena. It was my first Bruce Springsteen concert.... and then somewhere in the middle of that extraordinary performance that night, Bruce looked out into the audience and he said, 'This one's for you, Ron...' and he began to sing 'Darkness on the Edge of Town.' I remember as I sat in my wheelchair, I began to cry, and it was the first time I had cried in a long time. Being born on the Fourth of July has always meant a lot to me and knowing you, Bruce, has made it even more special to have been born in the U.S.A." Ron Kovic Speaking About Springsteen At the Kennedy Center Honors in 2009.
thanks for you service I also read your book. Not a Viet Nam vet but a war protestor. This song help me get over a lot of hard feeling I had carried for years as protesting the troops coming home from Nam at the Oakland port protesting the troops Was at this show and hearing your story brought tears to. my eyes. Nobody framed the era like Bruce.
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I was there and remembering thinking: how’s he gonna top the song he just played, “Spirit In the Night”?? During the song, he jumped into the audience and performed 5:08 his signature call and response: “Like a spirit in the night” with audience screaming “All night!” Darkness is a great song masterfully delivered at this concert. His salute to Ron Kovic was classy. Ron was a Vietnam vet who had recently chronicled his experience in his book “Born on the 4th of July.” Bruce regularly plugged the book during this tour. The song was played big with drama and solid sound. I saw both shows at Winterland - first, standing on the floor close to the stage and second, sitting behind his parents, third row balcony. From both locations, the sound quality was amazing. His guitar playing and his vocals were distinctive and commanding. The band was alive wanting to kick ass.
"I met Bruce Springsteen for the first time in 1978 at the Sunset Marquis Hotel in Hollywood, California. I remember on one afternoon seeing a young man swimming in the pool, and when he got out of the pool I went up to him and I said, 'You probably don't know me, but my name is Ron Kovic.... I wrote a book called Born on the Fourth of July, and I'm a Vietnam veteran.' He seemed surprised and he said, 'I just read that book!' We talked for a while, and he invited me to San Francisco to see him perform at the Winterland arena. It was my first Bruce Springsteen concert.... and then somewhere in the middle of that extraordinary performance that night, Bruce looked out into the audience and he said, 'This one's for you, Ron...' and he began to sing 'Darkness on the Edge of Town.' I remember as I sat in my wheelchair, I began to cry, and it was the first time I had cried in a long time. Being born on the Fourth of July has always meant a lot to me and knowing you, Bruce, has made it even more special to have been born in the U.S.A." Ron Kovic Speaking About Springsteen At the Kennedy Center Honors in 2009.
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thanks for you service I also read your book. Not a Viet Nam vet but a war protestor. This song help me get over a lot of hard feeling I had carried for years as protesting the troops coming home from Nam at the Oakland port protesting the troops Was at this show and hearing your story brought tears to. my eyes. Nobody framed the era like Bruce.
Fuckin’ goosebumps..