Springsteen & I Page #6

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Kids flash guitars

just like switch-blades

Hustling for

the record machine

The hungry and the hunted

Explode into

rock'n'roll bands

That face off against

each other out in the street

He's a very

important figure to me.

He tells me that it's okay

to be what you want to be.

You can be... You can have a master's

degree and be a truck driver.

You can, you know, do what

you want, explore the world

and disregard

people's stereotypes

and expectations, because that's

what he is to me, you know?

He is rock 'n' roll.

He is country.

He is a sex symbol.

He is patriotic.

He is political, but poetic

at the same time and...

Yeah, I think he's someone

that I really look up to.

(RADIO NOWHEREPLAYING)

I was tryin' to

find my way home

But all I heard was a drone

Bouncing off a satellie

Crushin' the last

lone American night

This is radio nowhere

Is there anybody

alive out there?

Radio nowhere

Is there anybody

alive out there?

I was spinning

'round a dead dial

Just another

lost number in a file

Dancin' down a dark hoe

Just searchin' for

a world with some soul

Radio nowhere

Is there anybody

alive out there?

Radio nowhere

Is there anybody

alive out there?

Is there anybody

alive out there?

WOMAN:
What would you say

to Bruce if you met him?

Shorten your concerts.

Three and a half hours.

I think that relationships

have been brought together

and then folded before you've

actually finished your concert.

It's just too long.

For the people who are there

for their loved ones,

it's quite a long

period of time.

I'm thinking. "What time

does the last train leave?"

"You know, how can I make this

picnic that I've brought last?"

You know, it's things like

that that really matter to me.

MAN:
The night before this

happened, I was so broke

that I had to sleep

in a public park.

And then 12 hours late, I'm standing

with my guitar from the street,

getting ready to play some cafes and

this guy comes up to me and says,

"Hey, Bruce is coming

down the street."

And I said, "Oh, yeah."

Just another hero for me.

Didn't really believe it, but

then I looked across the street

and I see Bruce out there and

this tall black man with him

and that was Clarence Clemons

and I said, "Well..."

I shouted out, "Hey, Bruce, why don't

you come and play us the real thing?"

He kind of looked at me and

thought it was just funny

and then I said again,

"Hey, come on."

And then he made a U-turn.

He came across the street.

And that's where this picture

started happening here.

I handed him one of the guitars

and he starts here

on the song I'm on Fire.

Hey little girl

is your daddy home

Did he go and

leave you all alone

I got a bad desire

Oh-oh-oh, I'm on fire

And I said, "Hey, I got to

do something for my family."

I saw there was a video

camera across, you know,

so I came behind him.

Oh-oh-oh, I'm on fire

I was kind of nervous about

what he would feel about it,

but I kind of said, "Well,

hey, he should be cool enough",

"you know, and this is the street.

We're all kings on the street."

"There's nobody

above another there."

And it's kind of hard to

believe ths was all happening.

There was a crowd in front,

you know, and...

You never can tell

what happens in life.

You never can tell.

It was amazing.

What do you know?

We got on with it for I think it

was 15 minutes and 17 seconds.

So, they say every man has 15

minutes of fame in his life.

I went a bit overboard.

Even if we're just

dancing in the dark

Even if we're just

dancing in the dark

I didn't really realize

what had happened.

It was kind of...

It was kind of too qui.

Then the day after I was on the

front pe singing with Bruce.

This is a great thg

that such a big man

would come and step down

and give, you know...

He wasn't... He was just

one of us, you know.

Okay, he had had success, but

he was still just one of us

and that's what I really

loved about it, you know.

I really loved that.

We just said goodbye to one another

and he went his way and I went mine.

It was exactly how it should

happen on the street, you know.

Hi, my name is Gillian.

Hi, my name's Gillian.

Hi, my name's Gillian

and I'm a pretty big...

I'm a...

Hi, my name's Gillian and I'm a

pretty big Bruce Springsteen fan.

After my first

Bruce brought... Hi.

No. (LAUGHS)

No.

Hi. My name's Gillian and I'm a

pretty big Bruce Springsteen fan.

After my first

Bruce concert in April,

I was so excited

and so full of emotion

and I wanted to let Bruce know

how important he was to me,

so I wrote him a letter, thinking

I'd be able to send it to him,

but I couldn't find

a fan mail address.

So I wrote it anyway

and just put it out there

in case I'd ever have the chance

to tell him how important he is

and his music is in my life.

So this is the perfect

opportunity for that,

so I'm going to share

that letter now.

Dear Bruce, to say

I am a fan of yours

would be quite

an understatement.

Your music is woven

into my very being.

It has become a part

of the story of me,

turning into a kind of soundtrack of

the past couple of years of my life.

I first discovered your

music about four years ago.

I heard Glory Days on the radio

and I guess it spoke to me

and to where I was

at that point in my life.

I started looking

at more of your songs

and my parents were quite amused

that I was suddenly listening

to music from their time.

But that's the thing, Bruce, your

music doesn't have a time or a place.

Your music is a story and it

bends and flows into the stories

of everyone who listens to it.

I guess what I'm trying

to say is thank you.

It seems like every time

I hit a bump in life,

I turn to you

and to your songs.

They pick me up and dust me

off in a way that no one

and nothing else can.

We all go through

dark times in life

and sometimes things

aren't going to get better

and they're not going

to be all right.

In those times, music can

be the best companion,

because it reminds you there can

still be beauty in this world

and that all is not lost

in spite of it all.

Without you, I would be lost.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thanks, Bruce.

Thank you.

Thanks so much.

Thank you.

Thank you, Bruce.

Thank you.

Thank you, Bruce.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Thanks for the music, boss.

Thank you, Bruce.

ALL:
We love you.

Thanks, Bruce.

And thank you for everything.

Thank you from

the bottom of my heart.

So thank you, Bruce.

Thank you for your music.

ALL:
Thank you, Bruce.

Thanks, Bruce.

(SPEAKING JAPANESE)

Thank you.

Thank you, Bruce.

Thank you.

Thanks.

Thank you, Bruce. Thank you

for your amazing music.

I just want to say thanks.

Thanks, Bruce.

Thank you, Bruce.

Thank you so much.

Cheers, boss.

Merci,Bruce.

From the deepest part

of my heart, thank you.

Subtitle ripped & edited by D3xt3r

BRUCE:
It was nice being alone

with you tonight. (CHUCKLES)

In the day we sweat

it out on the streets

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