The Boss Has A Transcendent Experience At His Concerts, Too
Bruce Springsteen describes how it feels to be on stage amid the cathartic group experience that makes his concerts the stuff of legend.
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"The verses are the Blues, the chorus is Gospel." What a great explanation for his brilliant work.
How great is it to hear a artist explain his work. I will re-listen to his work with this explanation in mind.
These three videos with Bruce, have been an exceptional pleasure to watch. Stephen usually keeps us laughing in most his videos, but these three had me smiling in real happiness and joy at the entire conversation, non-stop. These were beautiful. Thank you.
There are four
HawkeyeCharmer I'll second that. Well said
He's always so charming & seems so humble with that nervous laugh. Gotta love him.
Hearing Bruce talk about his craft is listening to someone that, even after all these years, takes his job very seriously. When you see him live there is no doubt that he is not merely going through the motions, he is living it. He is the real deal!
At 67 years old too.... his career longevity is something that is reserved for only the best of the absolute best. Phenomenal individual.
Stephen Colbert is one of the best interviewers. He treats his guests so well!
Agreed, he is so amazing at not getting in the way.
Loved Bruce in these interviews. Colbert really appreciates him.
Love how he flags up Lost In The Flood to emphasise the Catholic in his work. "It's pretty overt". Class act Bruce !
got to agree with you. thought it was a stupid comment from Colbert. cause it is pretty overt!!
If you grew up Catholic, you can pick it out of his lyrics from his early career to present. Some are obvious, some are subtle, but they’re there.
I've been there. He and the band practice the magic of empathy. They gather thousands of folks together in one place. And for a little while, in that place, we can kill the dark and share the light. Regular Church just can't do that. I belong to the Church of E Street.
Amen Sister! I've seen him 13 times. A religious experience each time.
I wish they would upload these in chronological order or at least write the order in the description. It's hard to figure out where I am in the overall conversation for these multi-part interviews
Ha, I just scrolled down to say the same thing. Why not put "part 1" "part 2 " etc?
Use the playlists from the channel, they're all in chronological order for each day.
I love that he explains it as something that is created together, which is the secret of his magic success!
This interview feels like everything he is describing. Like we are all in it and we are right there
His comment on an empty building the audience shows up, we show up, how do you manifest something out of thin air? That's Magic. I thought that was right on.
cant wait for the book! have it preordered, i know alot about the boss but hearing it with his own words will be another experience. We can really learn alot from him, his work ethic, his talent and how humble he is by all of it!
I hope I can feel that magic soon live, though just by watching the live videos I can feel his emotion, his magic, it’s in the air, whether you are there or not. If you have listened Bruce’s music, you just know what it feels like.
God I loved this... This was so great.
My oldest sister and my ex are massive Springsteen fans and I certainly enjoyed loved his music, but it wasn't until I went to my first and only Springsteen show in Detroit that I experienced that transcendence and understood the utter devotion of his fans. Somewhere in hour 3/1/2 of that show I felt something communal and encompassing. And I did see grown men cry. I'm really surprised Stephen seemed to not know what Bruce meant, as he's seen him live. If you've seen Springsteen live you've felt it.
Bruce can never not be sexy tbh
sphinx onyx...... funnier.....
Colbert and Bruce are right. There is a magic to art. I have a million ideas that I can present in halfway decent prose, but Bruce can take the same ideas and inspire a generation in a few stanzas. It is an amazing gift.
He says "Not really" to grown men in tears, but it does happen. I've seen my father in tears at a concert. It was a Mark Knopfler concert, though. But the principle remains. :-)
beth12svist It certainly does, and to this day the two best concerts I’ve seen have been Bruce Springsteen and Mark Knopfler.
I understand and have felt the magic trick.
I get that feeling when he walks on stage
For once Stephen keeps his crazy side in check and let's the master take over. GREAT INTERVIEW.
"It's a good book. You should read it." LOL. I don't really know Bruce Springsteen's music, but this was a fun interview. Before people jump on me for not knowing his music .. .I did not grow up listening to rock music and still don't listen to rock music so, really, I couldn't even list one Rolling Stones song. Now ask me about Al Green, Temptations, Stevie Wonder, etc. and we can talk about the music all day... to each his own.
I hope you get a chance to listen to Bruce! I would say start with his first 3 albums because there’s a lot of funk, jazz, and r&b influences in those early songs. You wont be disappointed.
Bruce "the Boss" Springsteen
The song he quotes is " lost in the flood " off GFAPNJ and its loaded with catholic imagery and references.
Great interview. 🙏
Everything Bruce says, hits me right in the heart. I wanna write down every word and remember it. I don't, cause that would be creepy, but I want to :)
cathol-ICK and from New Jersey? Yes Mr. Springsteen. You DESERVE your millions. Amen.
Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce!!
Elvis Presley: King of Rock and Roll Michael Jackson: King of Pop James Brown: Godfather of Soul Bruce Springsteen: The Boss
ohmygosh what a poetic guy? that's how he put it, his concert is like a first kiss on a nightly basis? thank you Sir! goodnight folks
I saw the E Street Band perform to 200 ppl during the last taping of the Daily Show with Jon Stewart and it WAS transcendent 😭
Bruce is such a darling..😘🤗💋
Bruce once said about performing and I paraphrase, I feel like I'm about to do the most frivolous thing and the most important thing all at the same time.
It's a good book, you should read it....
I love him🥹
Nobody who has listened to to early Springsteen could fail to know that he was raised Catholic.
Open your eyes Bruce!
Hes seen to much shit in his day... lol
you have to have been at one of his shows to understand what he is saying. it is an exchange.
Stephen, Stephen, it's not a 'trick'.
Don’t waste your breath.
Kids, never get high before a show.
11 years as an altar boy??? A senior in high school? I stopped in like 7th grade.
And he's too young to remember latin mass. Was he in some kind of cult or what?
Is he? Born in 1949, I think he would still have experienced it? (Not Catholic at all. Just trying to figure out the math.)
beth12svist No, not Bruce .. Stephen, who was born in 1964
I got confused over it, because it was mostly Bruce who spoke of the Latin.
One step up -- two steps back is very religious.
are those Mom jeans?
Stephen, how could you NOT know he's Catholic?
Boss
The fact that Bruce is a terrible altar boy just makes him better, and sadly, the fact that Stephen was a good one makes me a bit sad. I have to admit though, that I was a pretty good one - although apparently not good enough to get molested.
God you're so busy Catholic-bashing that you can't hear that there is something uplifting & soul-cleansing about having a faith that is truth to you...With the world so mixed up, it's the only thing that makes everything make sense...My son was an altar boy for 8 years and he was never molested...
@@JanetCoop They richly deserve the bashing. Not all Catholics, but the institution. A lot of the interview was wonderful - but it does not change the cruel truths exposed early. The fear, the Monsignor humiliating a little kid in front of his family - I have seen shit like that. When I started out, we had a nice young priest named father Kirkpatrick - when I screwed up (at seven years old) he would laugh it off and tell me to keep trying, and I would do better next time. He was a Navy Chaplain and it was a Navy church - but he got promoted and transferred to a ship, and was replace by father Pohl. He was a harsh disciplinarian who would not hesitate to dope smack kids for the most minor errors or minor horseplay, and the nuns and even parishioners said nothing - because he was a priest! But I would not know the worst for many years. About a year after coming to out church, Pohl announced he was resigning his commission and going to a civilian parish. Years later, reading an article about sexual abuse in the church and the current lawsuits, I stumbled upon former Navy Chaplain Herbert Pohl, who was forced to resign from the Navy after allegations of sexual abuse and then oversaw five other parishes getting accusations made to the church or law enforcement at every one. I called my older brother (also an altar boy) and basically said, "Can you believe this?" after a long silence he said, "No - I KNOW it. He did it to me." I asked what happened and all he said was, I don't talk about it - I never want to talk about it, ever. They knew what this man was - but they just kept moving him around and protecting him as he continued his heinous crime spree. Given my experience with this detestable institution, I think my initial comment was extremely generous.
why are they booing
they're bruce-ing
Bruuuuuuuuce
Bruce's Catholicism isn't obvious in his songs, with the exception of Badlands.
I never knew he was Catholic, wow.
Adam raised a cain
The promised land
The entirety of The Rising
Like him too..... but..... humble and and down to earth, no bull shit guy with bleached teeth like a talking head or politician,???
not even christian but know transubstation because of AP euro class... John Calvin and Martin Luther almost agreed about everything EXCEPT transubstantiation, so there went something that could have totally changed christianity as we know it
Bit of a shame B says something thoughtful but no chance to consider it, cut to an ad break.
He'd surely finished what he was going to say having spoken for a good 2 minutes on the subject... This was a fantastic interview by Colbert in that he let Bruce speak. 3 videos on here and it's more than anyone has gotten out of Bruce in years.
Both were altar boys. But whereas Bruce is now an agnostic, Stephen's still caught in that religious shit. It's his one great flaw.
teppolundgren Bruce is not agnostic. Read his autobiography. Like many boomers, he was turned off by the church growing up, but he considers himself on the team. His words.
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What a pleasure to watch BS.
Why so many boos?
They are saying "Bruuuucccceee" its something they do at his concerts.
"Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce"
People still don't get that?!
Wow! I can't believe Stephen did a whole segment without taking a jab at Trump.. Guess it takes somebody as cool as the BOSS to put his pro Hillary agenda on hold for 3seconds
He jabs Hillary too, Trump just provides way more material.
Hey Bruce write a song for Trump after he wins in 2020 you crybaby
Me 6 months later 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂