Bruce Springsteen #17 - R.I.P. Clarence

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Op zondag 19 juni 2011 12:03 schreef Ranja_Ranja het volgende:
rip big man

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Op zondag 19 juni 2011 12:44 schreef DevilsAndDust het volgende:
Clarence is onvervangbaar. Ik ga er vanuit dat dit het einde is van de E-Street Band...

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Op zondag 19 juni 2011 12:47 schreef DrMarten het volgende:
Na het overlijden van Danny Federici zijn ze ook doorgegaan, dus ik weet niet wat ze nu doen. Afwachten maar.

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Op zondag 19 juni 2011 14:24 schreef DevilsAndDust het volgende:
Met alle respect voor Danny, maar hij is niet te vergelijken met Clarence, wat mij betreft.

Ik hoop natuurlijk ook dat de ESB 'gewoon' doorgaat, maar ik zie het somber in. De kans om ze hier ooit nog eens live te zien wordt er in ieder geval bepaald niet groter op.

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As long as we tell the stories, as long as we play the songs, as long as we remember, the Big Man will always be with us.

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Op zondag 19 juni 2011 20:59 schreef fruityloop het volgende:
Zo waren ze ook, Bruce en Clarence samen aan het geinen.

Bruce Springsteen - Growin' Up (LA 1985)

Check even vanaf ~5 minuten, en dan gewoon de laatste 10 blijven kijken. Echt hilarisch.

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Op zaterdag 25 juni 2011 18:15 schreef Operc het volgende:
Het kan ook Greatest Hits zijn geweest he.

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Op zaterdag 25 juni 2011 19:34 schreef MervinMinky het volgende:

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Haha inderdaad! Heb die cd zelf en niet eens moeite genomen om te kijken Maar The River is en blijft toch wel een pareltje, vooral onderstaande stukje geeft me kippenvel elke keer :

" I got a job working construction, for the Johnstown Company
But lately there ain't been much work, on account of the economy
Now all them things that seemed so important —
Well mister, they vanished right into the air "

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Op zaterdag 25 juni 2011 19:34 schreef MervinMinky het volgende:

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Haha inderdaad! Heb die cd zelf en niet eens moeite genomen om te kijken Maar The River is en blijft toch wel een pareltje, vooral onderstaande stukje geeft me kippenvel elke keer :

" I got a job working construction, for the Johnstown Company
But lately there ain't been much work, on account of the economy
Now all them things that seemed so important —
Well mister, they vanished right into the air "

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Op zaterdag 25 juni 2011 21:28 schreef TJV het volgende:

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'' Is a dream a lie, if it don't come true, or is it something worse.''

Wat een filosoof.

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FOR THE BIG MAN

I've been sitting here listening to everyone talk about Clarence and staring at that photo of the two of us right there. It's a picture of Scooter and The Big Man, people who we were sometimes. As you can see in this particular photo, Clarence is admiring his muscles and I'm pretending to be nonchalant while leaning upon him. I leaned on Clarence a lot; I made a career out of it in some ways.

Those of us who shared Clarence's life, shared with him his love and his confusion. Though "C" mellowed with age, he was always a wild and unpredictable ride. Today I see his sons Nicky, Chuck, Christopher and Jarod sitting here and I see in them the reflection of a lot of C's qualities. I see his light, his darkness, his sweetness, his roughness, his gentleness, his anger, his brilliance, his handsomeness, and his goodness. But, as you boys know your pop was a not a day at the beach. "C" lived a life where he did what he wanted to do and he let the chips, human and otherwise, fall where they may. Like a lot of us your pop was capable of great magic and also of making quite an amazing mess. This was just the nature of your daddy and my beautiful friend. Clarence's unconditional love, which was very real, came with a lot of conditions. Your pop was a major project and always a work in progress. "C" never approached anything linearly, life never proceeded in a straight line. He never went A... B.... C.... D. It was always A... J.... C.... Z... Q... I....! That was the way Clarence lived and made his way through the world. I know that can lead to a lot of confusion and hurt, but your father also carried a lot of love with him, and I know he loved each of you very very dearly.

It took a village to take care of Clarence Clemons. Tina, I'm so glad you're here. Thank you for taking care of my friend, for loving him. Victoria, you've been a loving, kind and caring wife to Clarence and you made a huge difference in his life at a time when the going was not always easy. To all of "C's" vast support network, names too numerous to mention, you know who you are and we thank you. Your rewards await you at the pearly gates. My pal was a tough act but he brought things into your life that were unique and when he turned on that love light, it illuminated your world. I was lucky enough to stand in that light for almost 40 years, near Clarence's heart, in the Temple of Soul.

So a little bit of history: from the early days when Clarence and I traveled together, we'd pull up to the evening's lodgings and within minutes "C" would transform his room into a world of his own. Out came the colored scarves to be draped over the lamps, the scented candles, the incense, the patchouli oil, the herbs, the music, the day would be banished, entertainment would come and go, and Clarence the Shaman would reign and work his magic, night after night. Clarence's ability to enjoy Clarence was incredible. By 69, he'd had a good run, because he'd already lived about 10 lives, 690 years in the life of an average man. Every night, in every place, the magic came flying out of C's suitcase. As soon as success allowed, his dressing room would take on the same trappings as his hotel room until a visit there was like a trip to a sovereign nation that had just struck huge oil reserves. "C" always knew how to live. Long before Prince was out of his diapers, an air of raunchy mysticism ruled in the Big Man's world. I'd wander in from my dressing room, which contained several fine couches and some athletic lockers, and wonder what I was doing wrong! Somewhere along the way all of this was christened the Temple of Soul; and "C" presided smilingly over its secrets, and its pleasures. Being allowed admittance to the Temple's wonders was a lovely thing.

As a young child my son Sam became enchanted with the Big Man... no surprise. To a child Clarence was a towering fairy tale figure, out of some very exotic storybook. He was a dreadlocked giant, with great hands and a deep mellifluous voice sugared with kindness and regard. And... to Sammy, who was just a little white boy, he was deeply and mysteriously black. In Sammy's eyes, "C" must have appeared as all of the African continent, shot through with American cool, rolled into one welcoming and loving figure. So... Sammy decided to pass on my work shirts and became fascinated by Clarence's suits and his royal robes. He declined a seat in dad's van and opted for "C's" stretch limousine, sitting by his side on the slow cruise to the show. He decided dinner in front of the hometown locker just wouldn't do, and he'd saunter up the hall and disappear into the Temple of Soul.

Of course, also enchanted was Sam's dad, from the first time I saw my pal striding out of the shadows of a half empty bar in Asbury Park, a path opening up before him; here comes my brother, here comes my sax man, my inspiration, my partner, my lifelong friend. Standing next to Clarence was like standing next to the baddest ass on the planet. You were proud, you were strong, you were excited and laughing with what might happen, with what together, you might be able to do. You felt like no matter what the day or the night brought, nothing was going to touch you. Clarence could be fragile but he also emanated power and safety, and in some funny way we became each other's protectors; I think perhaps I protected "C" from a world where it still wasn't so easy to be big and black. Racism was ever present and over the years together, we saw it. Clarence's celebrity and size did not make him immune. I think perhaps "C" protected me from a world where it wasn't always so easy to be an insecure, weird and skinny white boy either. But, standing together we were badass, on any given night, on our turf, some of the baddest asses on the planet. We were united, we were strong, we were righteous, we were unmovable, we were funny, we were corny as hell and as serious as death itself. And we were coming to your town to shake you and to wake you up. Together, we told an older, richer story about the possibilities of friendship that transcended those I'd written in my songs and in my music. Clarence carried it in his heart. It was a story where the Scooter and the Big Man not only busted the city in half, but we kicked ass and remade the city, shaping it into the kind of place where our friendship would not be such an anomaly. And that... that's what I'm gonna miss. The chance to renew that vow and double down on that story on a nightly basis, because that is something, that is the thing that we did together... the two of us. Clarence was big, and he made me feel, and think, and love, and dream big. How big was the Big Man? Too fucking big to die. And that's just the facts. You can put it on his grave stone, you can tattoo it over your heart. Accept it... it's the New World.

Clarence doesn't leave the E Street Band when he dies. He leaves when we die.

So, I'll miss my friend, his sax, the force of nature his sound was, his glory, his foolishness, his accomplishments, his face, his hands, his humor, his skin, his noise, his confusion, his power, his peace. But his love and his story, the story that he gave me, that he whispered in my ear, that he allowed me to tell... and that he gave to you... is gonna carry on. I'm no mystic, but the undertow, the mystery and power of Clarence and my friendship leads me to believe we must have stood together in other, older times, along other rivers, in other cities, in other fields, doing our modest version of god's work... work that's still unfinished. So I won't say goodbye to my brother, I'll simply say, see you in the next life, further on up the road, where we will once again pick up that work, and get it done.

Big Man, thank you for your kindness, your strength, your dedication, your work, your story. Thanks for the miracle... and for letting a little white boy slip through the side door of the Temple of Soul.

SO LADIES AND GENTLEMAN... ALWAYS LAST, BUT NEVER LEAST. LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE MASTER OF DISASTER, the BIG KAHUNA, the MAN WITH A PHD IN SAXUAL HEALING, the DUKE OF PADUCAH, the KING OF THE WORLD, LOOK OUT OBAMA! THE NEXT BLACK PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES EVEN THOUGH HE'S DEAD... YOU WISH YOU COULD BE LIKE HIM BUT YOU CAN'T! LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE BIGGEST MAN YOU'VE EVER SEEN!... GIVE ME A C-L-A-R-E-N-C-E. WHAT'S THAT SPELL? CLARENCE! WHAT'S THAT SPELL? CLARENCE! WHAT'S THAT SPELL? CLARENCE! ... amen.

I'm gonna leave you today with a quote from the Big Man himself, which he shared on the plane ride home from Buffalo, the last show of the last tour. As we celebrated in the front cabin congratulating one another and telling tales of the many epic shows, rocking nights and good times we'd shared, "C" sat quietly, taking it all in, then he raised his glass, smiled and said to all gathered, "This could be the start of something big."

Love you, "C".

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Op woensdag 6 juli 2011 20:18 schreef CitizenKane het volgende:
Zoooo jammer van Clarence! Wat een gemis. Ik vind het wel mooi om te zien dat onder vrijwel elke youtube video van Bruce Springsteen een eerbetuiging aan Clarence als meest gewaardeerde comment staat.

Weet iemand wat Bruce nu gaat doen op zijn volgende tours? Net als bij Danny een vervanger in de arm nemen? Clarence lijkt mij echt onvervangbaar namelijk. Jammer dat ik hem nooit live gezien heb..

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Op woensdag 6 juli 2011 20:20 schreef Ranja_Ranja het volgende:

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De vraag is of hij nog wel gaat touren en zo ja, of hij met de e-street gaat touren...

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Op dinsdag 23 augustus 2011 12:49 schreef Earl_J_Hickey het volgende:
BBBRRRUUUUUUCCCCCEEEEE

Ik ben nu aan het luisteren naar de compilatie bootleg:
We Don't Play This One Much: Rare Originals of the Reunion Era 1999-2009

Een aanrader!!
Lekker obscure Springsteen nummers zoals Local Hero, Better Days, Lucky Town, Loose Ends, Freehold, I Wanna Be With You etc. etc.

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Op dinsdag 23 augustus 2011 20:47 schreef Ranja_Ranja het volgende:
members staat er, niet de band

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GreasyLake Greasy Lake

This is just a RUMOUR, so take with pinch of salt. New Springsteen album to be announced next week according to EU source.

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Steve Van Zandt heeft tegenover de Associated Press verklaard dat Springsteen en de E Streeters binnenkort bij elkaar zullen komen om te overleggen hoe de E Street Band verder gaat na de dood van Clarence Clemons.

Een journalist sprak met Steve toen hij in New York de balletuitvoering Ocean's Kingdom met muziek van Paul McCartney bijwoonde. Steve verklaarde dat de band niet meer dezelfde was toen Danny Federici in 2008 overleed. Maar Clarence "laat een leegte achter die we niet kunnen opvullen". Toch voegt Steve eraan toe dat hij verwacht dat de E Street Band muziek blijft maken, "want dat is wat wij doen".

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Posted on BTX for those of you who can't view there.

bill wrote:

Listen, I fooled all of you with making up that press release. It was a joke, now I am being contacted by media outlets on how I got the track listing etc.. Look, it's your own dumb faults whomever believed it. People took with it and ran with it, like most Springsteen fans do, they take stuff and claim it as their own, but whatever. That dude from Italy is a dumbass, as is anyone who took it as gospel. Shame on those who believed it, and shame on those who took it to press. By now if you haven't learned how things work in this camp, then you never will. Just like those morons saying that when i posted those pics of Bruce in nyc, that he was there to do fallon. WHEN IN THE PAST FUCKING 12 YEARS has a Springsteen performance on TV never been announced of publicized? Listen friends, if an album is coming out, you will know about it because things start buzzing. I'm just a 19 year old kid, even I know this stuff.

Ok?

That is all.

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Op vrijdag 7 oktober 2011 21:39 schreef TJV het volgende:
Net bij TVoH ene Erwin Nijhoff die The River speelde.. die eerste noot van die mondharmonica, kippenvel!

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Op zondag 16 oktober 2011 12:32 schreef Piebe het volgende:

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Is dat de reden, dat de River in de Mega Top 50 staat?

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Op maandag 24 oktober 2011 12:27 schreef fruityloop het volgende:
Deze ga ik zeker halen.

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Bruce met de ESB én Chuck Berry die Johnny B. Goode spelen.

In totaal komt de Boss er 7x op voor.

• - Johnny B. Goode (met Chuck Berry en The E Street Band)
• - I Saw Her Standing There (tijdens de All Star Jam, met onder anderen Mick Jagger en Billy Joel)
• - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (tijdens de All Star Jam, met onder anderen Mick Jagger)
• - In the Midnight Hour (met Wilson Pickett en The E Street Band)
• - Green River (met John Fogerty)
• - Who'll Stop the Rain (met John Fogerty)
• - Born on the Bayou (met John Fogerty)
• - Tenth Avenue Freeze-out (met The E Street Band)
• - The Promised Land (met The E Street Band)
• - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (met U2)

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Op maandag 24 oktober 2011 13:30 schreef Ranja_Ranja het volgende:

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wanneer komt die uit?

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Op maandag 24 oktober 2011 13:37 schreef fruityloop het volgende:

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Be True zegt 1 november.

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Op maandag 24 oktober 2011 18:27 schreef Earl_J_Hickey het volgende:
Misschien wel de beste uitvoering van The Promised Land:

the promised land (hall of fame ) bruce springsteen

Van de Rock 'n Roll Hall Of Fame dus ga ervan uit dat deze versie ook op de cd's komt.

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Op maandag 24 oktober 2011 12:27 schreef fruityloop het volgende:
Deze ga ik zeker halen.

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Bruce met de ESB én Chuck Berry die Johnny B. Goode spelen.

In totaal komt de Boss er 7x op voor.

• - Johnny B. Goode (met Chuck Berry en The E Street Band)
• - I Saw Her Standing There (tijdens de All Star Jam, met onder anderen Mick Jagger en Billy Joel)
• - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (tijdens de All Star Jam, met onder anderen Mick Jagger)
• - In the Midnight Hour (met Wilson Pickett en The E Street Band)
• - Green River (met John Fogerty)
• - Who'll Stop the Rain (met John Fogerty)
• - Born on the Bayou (met John Fogerty)
• - Tenth Avenue Freeze-out (met The E Street Band)
• - The Promised Land (met The E Street Band)
• - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (met U2)

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Op dinsdag 25 oktober 2011 11:18 schreef Luni het volgende:

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Is dat weer een andere als deze?

http://www.bol.com/nl/p/d(...)010679406/index.html

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We're getting closer!!!

binnen 14 dagen meer.

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Op maandag 21 november 2011 10:33 schreef Jarno het volgende:
Ik moet wel eerlijk zeggen dat Working On A Dream nooit echt aangeslagen is bij mij, Magic wel helemaal grijs gedraaid maar WOAD vond ik maar so-so...

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Op maandag 21 november 2011 10:28 schreef Razer het volgende:
WOW!!!!
Dit is het beste begin van een week ooit! Dit wordt de baas lief aankijken in 2012!
Zo een zin in een nieuwe Bruce tour! En ook nog wel met E-Street, wat wil een mens nog meer?

Geweldige periode gaat weer aanbreken, bootlegs, concertverslagen, setlists... En een nieuw album om weer helemaal gaar te draaien.

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Op maandag 21 november 2011 11:32 schreef fruityloop het volgende:
Gewoon de Kuip zoals het hoort.

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Op maandag 21 november 2011 11:32 schreef Jarno het volgende:

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Op maandag 21 november 2011 11:39 schreef indiaantje89 het volgende:
dat zou ideaal zijn, maar in de Kuip mogen toch geen concerten gehouden meer worden?

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Op maandag 21 november 2011 16:31 schreef Earl_J_Hickey het volgende:
What time is it?

BOSSTIME!

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Op maandag 21 november 2011 22:41 schreef Norrage het volgende:
Van mij mag ie een nieuw album achterwege laten maar een nieuwe tour, mmmm. Maar weet niet of ik daar wel heen ga hoor zo fucking duur en ik haat stadionconcerten.

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Op dinsdag 22 november 2011 10:04 schreef DevilsAndDust het volgende:
Ik zit me nu al druk te maken over hoe ik het moet doen als het net op een schooldag is of zo. .

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Op dinsdag 22 november 2011 14:07 schreef Yankee het volgende:

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ziek is ziek

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Op dinsdag 22 november 2011 14:50 schreef DevilsAndDust het volgende:

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Nu ik degene ben die vóór de klas staat heb ik daar toch wat meer moeite mee. .

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Op dinsdag 22 november 2011 10:04 schreef DevilsAndDust het volgende:
Ik zit me nu al druk te maken over hoe ik het moet doen als het net op een schooldag is of zo. .

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Op dinsdag 22 november 2011 15:04 schreef Norrage het volgende:
Zitten jullie nog op school?

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Op dinsdag 22 november 2011 19:46 schreef Mandéra het volgende:
Ik heb echt een naar voorgevoel dat hij in NL enkel naar de ArenA komt, aangezien dat de grootste lokatie is voor zulke concerten als deze.

Al viel U2 niet tegen 2 jaar geleden aldus Mandéra.

Ik ben er sowieso bij! NL of BE weet ik nog niet, denk dat het gezien prijzen en zalen BE wordt.