These are the last two songs at the end of side 2 on the Born to Run album. They are the summation of the greatest Rock and Roll story ever told on vinyl. I was 15 and looking ahead I was excited and scared all at the same time. This album, this man and his band became a guidepost to what lay ahead. All these many long years down the road, I can say that Bruce and his music have never let me down.
The sheer poetic brilliance of moving from "hey Eddie, can you get lend me a few bucks and ... get us a ride" to poor (witless?) Eddie being roped in on some kind of dangerous criminal deal is amazing. The first time I heard it I was transported to a scene of hot rooftops panning down to heat shimmers rising off the sidewalks of some city in New Jersey on a summer afternoon. The whole song was a complete cinematic journey. Right to the end when the singer walks out, after proving he wasn't just all talk, to roam the night's cooler streets.
The Boss, love this man. I saw him Wildwood NJ 1974 in a little bar, all by himself. My memory is fuzzy but I think Southside Johnny was on playing. He came in, sang a few songs and was gone. Have never forgotten his voice. I can still play it in my head. I was 15.!!!
I saw Bruce in a pub in Lake Placid, off season, apparently as he prepared for a tour from what the bar peeps told me later. Just him and a piano. No guitar. No Stevie. No Clarence. Maybe 15 people in the crowd including a group of drunk chicks that wouldn't give it up. Bruce asked them to tone it down. They wouldn't as they had no idea of the impact of his lyrics. A few songs later he returned to his room. Absolute fucking waste due to a few tone deaf drunks. If you truly love music, you have to respect the musician.
Had the opportunity ...to meet Clarence in Providence Rh Island Christmas show 1979 .... with back stage passes .... was leaning on stage at the bottom of Clarence Clemons feet .... he looked down at me and winked and went into Jungle land SAX SOLO ... got goose bumps just recalling the memory ....lovely man xo R.I.P. My brother .... later that evening they had Heinekens and Becks ....and no bottle opener .... I carried one in my wallet ...and my wallet had that stashed condom look ...only it was a bottle opener .... Me and Lil Stevie hung out..... and.... secretly..... opened bottles for me and Stevie ...told everyone I opened with my teeth and laughed .... there was only enough beer ....for me and Stevie .... 4 cases LMAO (Eddie)
That sax solo on Jungleland always gets me - the signature sound of the late, great Clarence Clemons - now it's his nephew Jake playing the sax. What an absolutely gorgeous song! Meeting Across the River is an excellent but rarely heard piece of music. Thanks for posting both!
This reminds me - the Roy Bittan solo, post sax - of a farmhouse in upstate New York my mother took me to once - she was thinking of buying it, but never had the guts to do it - high atop a hill overlooking a small village. I wish she had. Her dreams, and life, would be so much different now...
I loved this track the first time I heard it, it takes a very special person to write like lyrics this, it is a little movie all of it's own with all the characters drawn fully in a few words. When he came to the UK years ago our miners where locked into a battle with Police brought up from London to break them, Bruce gave the miners support fund thousands of pounds, what a marvelous human being
These songs are from a time and a place in my life when things were hectic and seemed to fall into turmoil very fast.. Nights spent with headphones on, listening to the album and just waiting for these two songs to drag the emotion out of the place I tried to keep it boxed up..
Gary Boyce I had exactly the same experience as a student in the early 80s. I couldn’t find anyone who shared my enthusiasm at that time, so it was just me and my headphones.
@@peterlayzell7245 Me too in the 70's. I saw Bruce in 1974 and fell in love with these two songs. Spent many a night listening to them. On the worst day of my life, the day my wife left me, I listened to them over and over and over and it got me through the first night and many after that.
These are the last two songs at the end of side 2 on the Born to Run album. They are the summation of the greatest Rock and Roll story ever told on vinyl. I was 15 and looking ahead I was excited and scared all at the same time. This album, this man and his band became a guidepost to what lay ahead. All these many long years down the road, I can say that Bruce and his music have never let me down.
You just DO! Particularly if Jungleland follows Meeting Across The River, It's totally involuntary. As the violin comes in Your entire life floods past your eyes and down your cheeks... and you actually melt into a puddle of nostalgia and emotion. It is both uplifting and exhausting in equal measures.
I’ve seen him 22 times, only 3 times have I seen Jungleland. Never saw Meeting. Sadly, saw “she’s the one” every time. Used to like it, hate it now. Not sure why that’s the automatic inclusion on the setlist over BTR, Thunder Road, etc. but never saw a show I didn’t love ❤️
I witnessed Meeting then into Jungleland in 2003 in Manchester, my hometown - U.K. during the Rising Tour. One of the highlights of my life and I’ve seen him 10 times. But that was my favourite moment. Just beautiful.
no dislikes. nuff said. always get a kick seeing Silvio lettin rip on his Strat. Worth a discussion, best two back-to-back to close out any album . . .
There's a lot of haters out there (not here) who think that Bruce can't sing. LOL. Vids like this put that to rest. And 40-45 years ago he was much better, too.
Hey lacabezonadeap7, thank you for uploading one of the highlights of the concert I visited as well. Please check my own videos for 4 other songs of that magic night !
Hey, Eddie, can you lend me a few bucks And tonight can you get us a ride Gotta make it through the tunnel Got a meeting with a man on the other side Hey Eddie, this guy, he's the real thing So if you want to come along You gotta promise you won't say anything 'Cause this guy don't dance And the word's been passed this is our last chance We gotta stay cool tonight, Eddie 'Cause man, we got ourselves out on that line And if we blow this one They ain't gonna be looking for just me this time And all we gotta do is hold up our end Here stuff this in your pocket It'll look like you're carrying a friend And remember, just don't smile Change your shirt, 'cause tonight we got style Well Cherry says she's gonna walk 'Cause she found out I took her radio and hocked it But Eddie, man, she don't understand That two grand's practically sitting here in my pocket And tonight's gonna be everything that I said And when I walk through that door I'm just gonna throw that money on the bed She'll see this time I wasn't just talking Then I'm gonna go out walking Hey Eddie, can you catch us a ride ?
Hello Bruce... sorry im tell you im deutsch.. Information in German.... Bis to my 7o Birtday ere im a Happy person On all Wekend waere im in the Danzcaf Then comming the cressche Im had 5. Es waeren Wirbelbrueche 1 waere broken. She musst new maket wordn. And then come a Schlaganfall
