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1. #Bruce springsteen e street shuffle hammersmith odeon full#
2. #Bruce springsteen e street shuffle hammersmith odeon professional#

Just like that and the rocket takes off for the next two-plus hours full of explosive versions of “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out,” where the howls and yelps of a guitarless Bruce’s commands to the band can be heard over the blasts of tension and release created by the shifting dynamics of the live arrangements they had worked out. “Thunder Road.” The next sound we hear is the cold ravaged voice coming from underneath a floppy wool hat, a light blue work shirt that you’d only find on mid-level car mechanics, and a pair of trousers a few sizes too big - “Screen door slams, Mary’s dress sways…” So, to begin, in the dark, with a spotlight on pianist Roy Bittan, we hear that immediately memory-inducing introduction of the ivories playing those notes that can only be an invitation. Through the trapdoors of our daily grind into an all things possible belief that just maybe - music can still save us. Salvation via extended Maestro Echoplex-soaked guitar solos. So he did what he always does, and took us on a wild fantasy ride of burned-out boardwalks, seaside lovers, and saxophone hymnals.

#Bruce springsteen e street shuffle hammersmith odeon professional#

The rest of the day was doing press, soundcheck, and dealing with a nasty cold from the travel and weather that had Bruce thinking maybe he wouldn’t be able to do the show at all because his voice was all but gone, but this is where the Boss is a professional through and through, and the show had to go on. So, the very first emotion that met him on this journey was an absolute, all-encompassing rage that inspired him to tear down each and every poster and flier that read the offending statement “ England Is Finally Ready for Bruce Springsteen.” In 1975, to a packed crowd of English people, it meant, well, absolutely nothing.Įveryone knows that introductions and first impressions are often everything, and young Bruce was no exception. Tonight he would sing of 10th Avenue, Mary, Sandy, Madame Marie, the Magic Rat, the Barefoot Girl and all other things that can only be found on the seaside shores of Monmouth and Ocean County, New Jersey. This is the site where a virtually unknown (at least to British audiences at the time), Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band would take a crowd of 3,000+ (seated) souls and usher them into the upper gates of holiness, known as New Jersey. 18, 1975 at Hammersmith Odeon (as it was then called) in London, England. I’m talking about the cold, presumably damp, and absolutely electrifying night of Nov. With that, let’s look back at a career-defining, career- inspiring concert that was arguably undefeated among Gods and humans. In a time when concerts may feel like a distant memory, I find myself thinking of the ones I’ve seen - either in person or on film - that stands out as a reminder to keep me company during the waiting.