Bruce Springsteen Live out in the streets in Copenhagen 23-07-1988 Bruce Springsteen performing I'm on Fire, the River and Dancing in the Dark in the Streets of Copenhagen .
The story is he was playing a concert that night, or the next, staying in a nearby hotel, and went out for a walk and came upon this guy playing some of his songs. He asked, "mind if I join you?" Thankfully somebody had a little 8mm camera. He apparently wasn't carrying money, but had someone go back later and give this guy a "substantial" tip, and tickets to the concert. The guy appears in the documentary film, "Springsteen and I" (2013), and fills in some of the details. Twenty-five years later it was still a thrill of a lifetime.
Back then you could not grab your phone and call your friend Bruce Springsteen was playing on the streets. All those people are so lucky they were at the right time in the right place
Not quite true. I got called at home twice in the summer of 82 that I needed to hurry down to The Pony - Bruce is coming on! What a great summer. Also saw him at Big Man's twice. Once with Beaver Brown (premiere of Small Things I think and again with Dave Edmunds!
No, Bruce is the Boss, because he's paying his touring bandmembers and crew's paycheck. One of them called him 'the boss' once in the early days of his career. "Ask the boss" someone said once, he answered another man's question. After that, everybody (bandmembers for touring (not E-street band) /crew/fans and media) called Bruce The Boss.
How fantastic is the internet, my dad talked about this, it brought a tear to his eye seeing anf reliving this epic moment in history. Thanks for uploading. Af hjertet tak.
Var han forbi på Strøget, eller så han det bare i tv? Jeg kan kun "prale med" at have jammet med Michael Carøe for mange år siden. Havde det været Bossen, ville jeg leve højt på det resten af mit liv :-) Jeg har været til halvmange koncerter de seneste tyve år. Den største, længste og bedste var, på trods af dårlig lyd E Street i Herning :D
What I can't grasp about Springsteen is his ability to keep astounding the audience throughout his career, always pulling off something entirely unpredictable and mesmerizing...I saw him three times this summer and each show had completely surreal moments during which you had to pinch yourself... I came to Milan expecting a three hour show that would blow me away, and what I got was a show verging on four hours during which both Bruce and The Band exuded sheer prowess...
This song makes me sad and happy. As a kid my alcoholic dad loved Bruce Springsteen. I hated my dads drinking, but every time this song was on my dad was the calmest person, kind and caring. I miss him
A legal and horrible drug that took too many good dads, made them sick and sometimes mean like my dad, then took him way too early. My dad got sober a year before he died and we became best friends and friends for the first time. I tell you this because I was blessed to see that it was the alcohol and a disease that made him hate himself and put it on his family. Your dad loved ya pal. Goodnight, don't let the bedbugs bite.
I got a tear in my eye reading that. It's the same for me only my dad is still alive. He's an alcoholic and in a terrible state but calms down when he hears Bob Dylan. May your dad RIP. I'm praying (despite the fact that I'm an atheist) for mine to stop drinking.
This is amazing, and everyone is being respectful. Just there enjoying the random show. Just think this would be lost if this person didn't have a camera. This is 88' not like everyone in the audience had one. Wow!
The connection was great between them, in America there would have been the selfie freaks and autograph freaks intruding. Well done the people of Copenhagen . Regards
@@sanookaus1334 1988...........No cellphones (huge wired car phones we had back then) no social media, only photo- and video camera's. When ppl went to town for shopping in 1988, nobody took their photo- or video camera with them. Only tourists. Also, the most Northern European ppl are very down to earth ppl. These folks and streetsinger enjoyed Bruce's spontaneous street performance in the streets of Copenhagen very much. Spontaneous playing 3 of his songs and the street singer joining Bruce. Why would anybody want to desturb that for an autograph. I wouldn't. In my country the boss can walk the streets, we are very down to earth and remember that Bruce is a human too. He can sing, write and perform and is very famous, but that's what he does for a living. He is just a person Ike we all are. I don't ask my doctor for an autograph, why would I ask Bruce for one? I am a huge fan for over 40 years, but I wouldn't bother him if I saw him walking our streets.
Playing guitar with Bruce, in the middle of the street...PRICELESS! As long as there are such artists like Bruce Springsteen, there will be hope for a better world. Well done, Boss!
That was absolutely a great perform for Bruce on the street. So cool perform and same time so humble man. Only greatest artist can do something like this for free for everyone. For these all people in the video "Once in the lifetime experience for sure! 😊
I love how the crowd sings "woo I'm on fire!".Brilliant!.There are two men in music that it all seems to fit.It just fits..That's Bruce.And Bono..They just seem connected to the people somehow..
Very Nice initiative of Bruce. He was walking down the big commercial Street of Copenhagen called Ströget and sees this Springsteen inpersinator. He joints him. The next day he plays his regular Tunnel of Love Express tour concert at the old Idraets Park Stadium in front of 58 000 paying people.
Era Tarr he was an idiot. Jumping up and down playing wrong chords and trying to sing. Bruce probably cut it short because of this clown. He knew like 2 chords which he played over and over too loud, while he jumped around trying to steal the show. Nobody wanted to hear him. He screwed up a nice event.
This video says it all. We know he's uber talented and a great performer etc. But the way he shares the "stage" with the guy in the yellow shirt is really special.
I remember that one. They where here in Denmark to give a concert back in 1988. Bruce walking down the street in Copenhagen, suddenly saying: "Hey, they are playing my music!" Then walked over borrowed the guitar from one of the street musicians and the rest is a beautiful story.. I saw it in the news that night. Never forgot it. The first time I saw how generous he is. And by the way, lowed his music ever since.
This man has been top of the pile for a long time but still retains the perspective of a humble NJ citizen. This working class boy from Australia loves the Boss.
So glad I WASN'T there-I would have gone ballistic trying to get people to STFU while the REAL king of rock and roll was performing right in front of us!
I remember seeing this on the News. A guy was out testing a new Video Camera from a nearby store and spotted The Boss who was in Copenhagen to give a concert.. It was a totally spontaneous act on his behalf
Bruce Springsteen a singer who will put the same fervor to perform in front of 200 people in a gymnasium at the end of Alabama, as in front of 100,000 people in a stadium.
Je n'avais jamais vu cette vidéo. J'étais à Bercy le 05/07/2012 et je peux affirmer que Bruce est toujours le même :un très, très grand, un géant!! Quant au gars en jaune, il peut se vanter d'avoir été le E Street Band à lui tout seul pendant quelques minutes. Magnifique
It just doesn't get any better than Bruce Springsteen, he is just so cool, awesome guy,I bet you won't see any rock stars as famous as Bruce doing something this cool. My love is real.He is by far my favorite. I love Bruce.
THIS was possible in the great 80's. A spontaneous performance on the streets. Bruce asking that guy if he may join him when he heard him playing his songs. In the 80's, famous ppl still could walk the streets and later, at night, perform for thousands of fans in a foreign country. If I could, I would go back to the 80's. Great music, a lot of genres, no cellphones and social media. Ppl realy talked and looked eachother in the eyes. Now, everyone is looking on their cell phones, is social media more important than a eye to eye conversation and the selfies. .... behhh. Fake world, fake news, fake pictures. Bruce won't do this today is my guess. How it all changed for him in his long long music career. No privacy at all anymore. I remember his first website, before there was social media. I subscribed immidiatly. Getting updates by Email of the touring places and dates and new records. This performance in Copenhagen was so spontaneous. That streetsinger won't ever forget what happened that day. Bruce was well known and famous world wide because of him singing on the record 'USA for Africa' and the record 'Born in the USA'. Before that, not everybody around the world heard about him. I bought 'the River' record in 1980 and was a fan since then. We'll done Bruce and streetsinger, something to remember for ever.
Several years ago lady gaga crashed after her concert in a copenhagen jazz club at 3am and sang several songs just like that.. google for the video, it’s surprizingly fun )
