Springsteen & I Page #2

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WOMAN:
I can't get through a day

without listening to Bruce.

His storytelling is perfect.

It's helped me through

serious highs and...

MAN:
Since then he was two things

for me, a friend and a teacher.

I think most of all he taught me

how to be a man and a decent man

through his songs

and through his life.

WOMAN 2:
Because I lost my

virginity tThunder Road.

MAN 2:
Whenever I'm feeling

lonely, or depressed,

I can always listen to oe

of his songs or albums

and it always

helps me feel bett.

WOMAN 3:
A song by Bruce can

stop me dead in my tracks,

even a song I've heard over

and over again for 28 years.

WOMAN 4:
But Bruce

is timeless.

He's helped me live in my own

time and become who I am.

MAN 3:
I've been a fan of

Springsteen's all my life.

WOMAN 5:
He was just standing in that

spotlight and he was so powerful

and the whole crowd was just

mesmerised by what he could do

and the stories that he could tell

and I just remember thinking,

"What is this? Who can do this?

What kind of power is that"

And we cover

all the northeast state

When the strip shuts dn

we run 'em in the street

From the fire roads

to the interstate

Hi. My name is Kitty.

I'm a truck driver.

And Bruce Springsteen is my favorite

artist to listen to on the road.

Recently I drove

through Arizona

and I listened to

his album Nebraska

and the song

Atlantic City came on.

And it just felt really good,

listening to that loud,

while driving

through the desert.

In fact, I think every

important moment of my life

has a theme song

that's Bruce Springsteen.

So all of these CDs in my car,

absolutely every single one

is Bruce Springsteen.

Wait, actually one is his wife

Patti, my favorite album from Patti.

But that's all

we listen to in this car,

so my three sons,

they have no choice.

I only listen to Bruce

and they are schooled in the

music of Bruce Springsteen

when they drive

around with Mommy

and I have to take them

all over God's creation.

They know they don't have a choice.

It's no Disney bop nonsense music.

It's Bruce Springsteen.

And I love it, because

it gives me such joy.

I'm so proud of them when they can

sing songs that are 30 years old

(CHUCKLES)

from when I was little.

I go driving deep into

the light, in Candy's eyes

She says,

Baby if you wanna be wild

You got a lot to learn

Close your eyes

Let them melt, let them e

Let them burn

'Cause in the darkness

There'll be hidden

worlds that shine

When I hold Candy close

She makes the

hidden worlds mine

Bruce... Bruce's sound

and E Street Band

sounded completely different than

anything else I'd ever heard.

With Clarence in there

and the keyboard layers

and the heavier drumming.

It's like a punchy

soul band or something.

Sexy sax.

Hence began my love

for rhythm and blues

and sex music,

I guess, soul music.

Bruce's lyrics...

...always made me feel...

...like I was going through

someone's family photo album

and looking at their life

and feeling what they felt

and smelling their coffee

and feeling their sadness

and their triumph.

(SIGHS)

(SNIFFLES)

There's a place right on

the edge of town, sir

Rising above

the factories and the fis

Where ever since

I was a child I can remer

That mansion on the hil

In the day you could se

the children playing

On the road that leads to

those gates of hardened steel

Steel gates that

completely surround sir

That mansion on the hill

At night my daddy'd takee

and we'd ride

Through the streets of

a town so silent and still

We'd park on a back rod

down by the highway side

Sit and look up at

the mansion on the hil

WOMAN:
So, David, what does

Bruce Springsteen mean to you?

Bruce Springsteen means love,

not for him, but for you.

You being a fan, I've had

Bruce Springsteen songs

rammed down my throat 24/7.

It tends to lose its edge.

It really does.

I've been all over Europe.

So how many concerts

have you been to?

You... I think you reminded me.

It was about eight.

Eight that

I've actually been to.

Yeah, Amsterdam, Paris, I mean,

I've seen some beautiful cities

along the way, but then I've

always had this little bit

where I've had to go to a

concert in the middle of it,

which tends to spoil it for me.

And his dream was to get

on stage with Springsteen.

I heard him talking about

it from the time we met

until it actually happened.

That's my lifelong dream. And I said,

"You're really going to do it?"

And he goes. "I'm going to do

it." I said, "Do you promise?"

And he said, "I promise."

So he puts a suit on. He's dragging

me across the street to get there

and as soon as he got up there,

people are going, "Hey, Elvis."

And they're high fiving him and

they're wanting their picture taken

and they're asking him to sing

songs and he just kind of...

All the anxiety

just melted away.

We had a sign that said... Can

the King sing with the Boss?

Can the King

sing with the Boss?

Bruce started

doing All Shook up.

A one, two...

A one, two, three.

Well, I bless my soul

What's wrong with me?

I'm itching like a mn

on a fuzzy tree

My friends say I'm acting

Wild as a bug

I'm in love I'm all shook up

Hey, hey, hey

All of a sudden he stopped singing

and the band kept playing

and he said,

"Okay, King, come on up."

And it was like, "Oh, my God, I

can't believe it's happening."

It was like

my dream of 20 years.

And there I was and I'm

being helped up on stage.

Come on, King!

When I saw him

being pulled up on stage,

everybody around me is like,

"Hey, he's up there."

Because they all were sharing

the experience with me.

It was surreal. It was like, "Oh,

my gosh, I'm married to Elvis"

"and he's singing with Springsteen

and his dream's realized."

My heart was just pounding.

I was so excited.

Hey, hey

Well, I bless my soul

What's wrong with me?

I'm acting like a man

on a fuzzy tree

Who do you thank

when you have such luck?

I'm in love, I'm all shook up

Hey, yeah

Right when he was about

to start singing,

his son texted me and said, "Did

my dad get on stage? Ha-ha!"

And I went,

"He's up there now."

My hands are shaky

and my knees are weak

I can't seem to stand

on my own two feet

I was so happy. I really was.

I grabbed my buddy.

I said, "He's singing

with Bruce Springsteen."

"He's singing

with the Boss."

He had the faith

and he handed me the mic

and I said,

"Okay, this is it."

So I did my best

and as I was singing,

at one point,

I dropped to my knees...

Who do you thank

when you have such luck?

I'm all shook up

Hey, hey, yeah

Take it, Bruce!

And I kick out my leg, which

when you look at the video,

it looks like an Elvis move,

but the fact of the matter is

when I dropped to my knees,

I pulled my hamstring.

I immediately kicked out my leg,

because I'd pulled my hamstring

and then I stood up and my

leg was hurting a little bit

and at that point that's

when I said, "Hit it, Bruce."

And he did his guitar solo.

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