Racing in the Street (Live at The Paramount Theatre 2009) 

If Bruce and the band walked on stage, played this for 3.5 hours and walked off I wouldn't complain.

Here I sit drowning in the fear of the Covid 19 pandemic. Outside and on my TV screen images of protest, of violence, of peace, of hope, of a brave new generation play over and over. I lost my 33 year old son, David Silver, in 2007 and have been raising his then 3 year old orphan son ever since. I am 71 now and David's son, Aaron is almost 16. It's been years since I allowed myself to listen to these heart-wrenching songs Bruce tore from his soul. I am old enough now to actually KNOW I am mortal and my time will be coming. As much as I long to see David on the other side, I long even more to have every single second I may be granted by God to love and comfort my son's son, Aaron. Even though it is not in my power to decide when I will have to go, I can't keep the tears from filling my eyes whenever I look at Aaron, knowing I can't be here for him forever like he thinks I will be. There is only one Bruce and the emotion I know he tears from the depths of my soul actually scares me. That is why I stopped listening to these incomparable pieces of musical genius several years ago. I can't believe some of the comments on this thread are from a mere week ago. We all will pass on, like poor George Floyd, but even when Bruce's time comes, NOBODY and NOTHING will ever erase the sweet power of his genius.

She stares off alone into the night With the eyes of one who hates for just being born these lyrics leave me speechless

"She sits on the porch of her daddy's house and all her pretty dreams are torn. She stares off alone into the night with the eyes of one who hates for just being born.".......Gets me every time.

The last 5 minutes of the song (5:00 - 9:41) is perhaps the greatest music I've ever heard. It's comforting to know that whenever I struggle in life, I can go back to this song and find courage again.

that is what you call a fucking spiritual moment in time

I just wish this song would never end.

I am a 63yo female who grew up with Bruce. This song tears at me. I'm at a crossroad in my life and trying to find reasons to keep on keeping on. I feel lost and broken inside. The part where he speaks of some guys just give up living, and die a little by little, or something like that, it's not verbatim but tell me what does it mean at our age to keep racing in the streets? I'm looking for answers because I need a reason.

Quite simply one of the best songs of all time. Awesome.

I believe this is Bruce’s true masterpiece. All the themes and promise of earlier Bruce is here, yet it’s now tempered by the reality of how time changes everything. Yet still, they’re is still hope and memories and ultimately redemption for you sins…

"Some guys they just give up living and start dying little by little piece by piece" wow what a devastating line but the alternative is the thrill of an engine and feeling alive for those brief moments. Springsteen can paint a picture like few others. The highway is a supreme metaphor

I’m out here in my garage working on my 57 Chevy pick up. 454 with an MB 35 five speed This song gives me inspiration Going for the gasser look. my 22-year-old daughter was murdered 11 years ago. I wish she was here to help me.

Surely, one of the best codas in the rock music ever.

I wish the Big Man Clarence Clemens was still with us.

Max Weinberg delivers the backbeat like no other. This is the E Street Band at its very best.

Never owned a 69 chevy, nor a camaro, but this is still the best song by Springsteen. The cars are kind of metaphors that help me connect to other things that are important to me. To me it tells "you will die one day, so do your best to live every day in your life"

That outro could go on forever and id never get bored

Listened to it since I'm 13. Lying in bed, not wanting to hear my parents arguing. Didn t unterstand the words, but I found comfort. 35 years later, still gives me chills, tears and hope. what a masterpiece

the instrumental part of this version has been playing in my head for the last week. i hope it stays and becomes the soundtrack for what remains of my life. it's beyond good.

One of Bruce’s greatest songs.

Just simply one of the most beautiful songs ever written.

The last three minutes of this might be the best three minutes in the history of music

I need this like oxygen. It makes me live, it's life supporting. My life would be less without it. Thank you, thank you.

1973 This song takes me back to a Saturday night in a small town in the Midwest. My hometown. Hot and humid, after dark on the north side of town between the railroad tracks and the cemetery a mile north of town. John Haley with his 302 69 Camaro and Ronald Bakko and his 66 Chevelle SS396. They raced several times, the sound of those 2 cars in the distance... I listen to Bruce do this song and I'm right there again. Even met "the girl" that evening, Roxanne with her beautiful long red hair. True to the song, I drove that girl away. I was 17 then, 63 now, life has been good, Bruce's music just gets better with age!

HOLY F"CK! There's a reason this is my favorite Springsteen song.

Okay, well that just DESTROYED ME ! And then to read one of the comments below, I'm bawling now, it's 2:00 am in the morning, saw these songs live several times in 78 and on later tours. I'm going to be 65 this year and man my youth is LONG GONE! Good night fellow E-Streeters! ❤️

Saw this one live yesterday in Barcelona. One of the most magical moments in my life. Thank you, Bruce and E Street Band.

If there is anything better than this , Please let me know . Bruce goes from talking about automobiles to the wreckage of a relationship . The E Street Band go along for the ride .

Stands with "Thunder Road" and "Darkness On the Edge of Town" as Springsteen's best songs. As beloved as he is Bruce will always have detractors because he has never shied away from writing about despair in a society that tends to deny it.

I'm 60 years old and raising my 3 grandchildren. Two boys and a girl, my daughter and son in-law are gone and oh how I miss my little girl. I raised her on my own, from the time she was 6 months old. The Bosses music has helped me thru tough times.

I listen and listen and keep listening

It hypnotizes me, it elevates me, it calms me down...it helps me !!!! . I finally found it. My medicine is called " Racing in the Street".

I knew this song But now I'm in tears. I would like these musicians to be my brothers. This piece is a diamond

I can't help but feel grateful for the timeless masterpiece that is Bruce Springsteen's "Racing in the Streets." This song, with its haunting melody and poignant lyrics, has touched the hearts of generations of music lovers. The way Springsteen captures the longing for a life beyond the mundane, the desire for escape and the hope for something better is truly remarkable. His ability to weave together themes of love, loss, and the human spirit is a testament to his artistic brilliance. I am grateful for the countless hours of joy that "Racing in the Streets" has brought me and for the way it has touched the lives of so many. This Thanksgiving, Thank you, Bruce Springsteen and his enduring legacy of music that continues to inspire and uplift us all. The jamming part with piano and rock music is awesome. However I must admit one more Bruce’s masterpiece’The River’ which always drive me in perusing my life.

One of the greatest songs of all time

Out of this world. Legendary and just mindblowing...this song and the way it is performed goes into eternity.

The bass, the drums, the piano, the guitar , the sax and the Boss, that’s all folks, nothing else matter🎸🎸

I’m gonna go a little bit out on a limb here(or maybe not at all), and say without doubt... “Darkness On The Edge Of Town” is the greatest album ever made!!!!! Especially, if you work for a living, it still reigns true 40 years later!! Amazing!!!

A Springsteen song is like watching a movie. I would have loved to write and direct this one. I see a young Matt Damon and Ben affleck in this one. Love it.

From freehold to asbury to seaside we grew up racing in the streets. It was the 70’s in Jersey. Now almost 70 we’re still racing in the streets, on i-4 and 75 in Florida. What a life!!!

This man is a genius...loved him my whole life...from his jersey shore roots to songs like this...simply amazing..there will never be anyone to replace him ever

She sits on the porch of her daddy's house But all her pretty dreams are torn, She stares off alone into the night With the eyes of one who hates for just being born

Max is a machine

I brividi, l'emozione, le lacrime, i ricordi. Questa versione è di una bellezza assoluta. Sei immenso Bruce e immensi sono i musicisti della E Street Band. Mi avete fatto amare la musica e mi avete migliorato la vita. Grazie dal profondo del cuore. Grazie Grazie Grazie

This was my late wife's favorite song. It was always are go to. Seen it done live a numerous times but this one brings tears to my eyes. May all that have gone before us rest in peace. Thank you Bruce for the wonderful memories

Bruce and the E Street Band are like a musical genre all their own.

This performance simply blows my mind. The song is obviously legendary and one of the most powerful of Springsteen gems. The performance is so intense, it bends gravity. The band starts off cool - almost restrained - and then, the pressure builds up towards the end like a boiler on the brink of explosion. Springsteens voice is gritty like a bag of rusty nails. Your eardrums are scratched and your heart pierced. The band roars underneath the surface like a wild animal dying to be let loose. One of my all time favourite performances.

For anyone who isn't a Springsteen fan I would encourage to listen again...any parent taking their kid to a concert thank you for keeping great music alive god bless

A master piece, from 0:00 to 9:41. That's all I can say about this song.

A stunning song that has lost none of its majesty over the years, instead it has grown in its power.

"With the eyes of one who hates for just being born"

"I blew that Camaro of my back and I drove that little girl away...." One of the finest images in rock history! And Joey is right... the outro of this song was always the strongest part!

Roy's playing here can make the toughest man openly weep. Its that powerful

I love, "Some guys they just give up living And start dying little by little, piece by piece Some guys come home from work and wash up And go racin' in the street".

The mighty Max Weinberg. The Boss. Glory Be to God.

Some guys just give up living, Start dying little by little piece by piece, Some guys come home from workin, wash up, and go racing in the street...! Best words to live life by...

This is like the outro to Layla. You never want it to end.

He must be so proud, surely, not ‘ only ‘ to written and sung one of very best songs ever taped or performed, but, to be graced with such a blast furnace of a band,..overflowing with a jaw dropping ability to construct more intensity than you shall EVER hear elsewhere.

by far the absolute best song ever written and performed by real musicians

I dont know what perfection looks or sounds like.....but this .....this must be close

Such a beautiful song. How can I thank you for giving me songs to grow up and old to? I have ALS and I just sit and listen to these every night and remember better days, like when I first heard this. Thank you

I keep coming back again and again to listen to this song and every time, I hear a different part. Roy Bittan's piano playing is brilliant.

That jam out never gonna end - glorious!

When it's time to assemble the time capsule showing the best of humankind and send it to outer space, this video has to be part of the package.

That's an opera and a mass, sunday church service combined in one holy piece of music. Only The Boss can do it that way. (from Germany)

Opinions are obviously subjective. But my opinion is, this performance is one of the best songs I'll ever hear

I watch this every few days. An absolutely amazing performance!

One of the loveliest songs I have ever heard and this performance is beautiful beyond description

How amazingly he writes our lives down in poetic Justice. He is undoubtedly one of the supreme songwriters of our time and I hope he continues to write for the people.

Having seen this man and his band so many times, this version of Racing In the Street is spectacular. Bruce is the voice of a generation. I’m so grateful that he is the lyricist for my lifetime.

Could he be any more amazing? You hear the emotion in his voice. True genius. No one can compare.

Starting at five minutes you see what I believe to be a deep appreciation for the talent of this band in his eyes. No lyrics, just everyone playing their part! He mouths something at 6 minutes, I like to think that he says, what a band!

One of the greatest songs ever written!

Roy Bittan for ever and ever😊

Only BRUCE 'THE BOSS' SPRINGSTEEN can make a song sound this good

I think the world needs to be blessed with another E Street Band tour?

As I am reading Bruce's amazing book, the chills do not stop. What a treasure this man is for all of us. There will never be another Bruce.

This piece has such a strong, strong sense of place and time. Bruce Springsteen and his band are incomparable.

It was his best song . What beautiful tribute to an amazing man. Long live Clarence!

it doesn't matter where o when Bruce plays, he's an absolutely genius. One of the best, if not the best, single songwritter of our time.

Thank you Mr. Weinberg...

This song reminds me of my own racing in the streets before they put roundabout everywhere..a shoutout to Bundaberg old days of dragging up the main street.. like 40 year ago

Pure class.

There are many great versions of this incredible song. IMO, of those I've heard, live, and on boots, this is my favorite. Roy's brilliant piano is present, but it doesn't dominate the rest of the band. We can hear every instrument, but especially Bruce's gorgeous playing. Racing in the Street is a classic example of the Whole being more - much, much, more - than the Sum of the parts. The song is so stunningly beautiful I can't help but feel lucky to be alive in a world that contains such magnificent art - and thankful that, for whatever unknown reason, to be able to appreciate the genius of Bruce Springsteen.

Nothing and Nobody to compare ,it’s simply great and pure art

Your performance makes me cry You are so beautiful and so real I will never forget what your music has done for me You b have kept me going through b one of the hardest b year's of my life I have seen b you n live and you are fucking amazing Please come back to Perth WA I don't care how old you are To me for 40 years you have been beautiful Your lyrics and beauty shine through to us all You are a true Poet xxxx

This is why we call him " The Boss"!

I think it's his best song. I've decided. It's so unbelievably soul crushing and uplifting simultaneously. I don't really cry as a rule but this just breaks through all my last facades :)

The first time I ever heard this song I wept. I couldn't believe how much a piece of music could go straight to my soul. Still love it 30+ years later.

Amazing. Lost for words.

There's only one boss songs like this keeps you alive but only Bruce fans will understand that .he's the only artist that puts tears in my eyes.

A Priceless Work Of Art .

"She stares off alone into the night with the eyes of one who hates for just being born" I hope this certain girl also had the chance to listen to this masterpiece. This song makes me very grateful for being born.

" one who hates for just being born" My God, that describes deep depression and grief better than anything I've ever heard.

"For all the shut down strangers and hot rod angels Rumbling through this promised land Tonight my baby and me we're gonna ride to the sea And wash these sins off our hands" Just love these lines :-)

Goosebumps every single time.

we live and we love we try and we cry ,we get old and we die , kiss your mother and be grateful, love your neighbor and do the right thing . life is so short .

Real music, poetry, soul, depth, genius and talent 🔥❤️🇺🇸❤️🤍💙

I see people like Martin O’Brien, Anella D’ambrosio and me myself returning to the comments of this song every half year or even couple of months. With them, probably many other people. A place on the internet where you can always find hope, inspiration and deep deep-rooted strength. Beautiful thought to know you can always come back here, right? Reading comments of people who’s heart got melted, just discovered Bruce or to simply type up their own admiration for this masterpiece, like im doing right now. Hey Brucie, if you read this i hope you understand what kind of blissful moments you brought to so, so, so many of us. Thank you.

one of the greatest song i'v heard. This version is simply amazing. the notes from his telecaster are lethal. all musicians are at their best