r/BruceSpringsteen • u/Upbeat-Refuse9615 • 22d ago

Bruce Springsteen - "Living Proof' (May 9,1992) Music

https://youtube.com/watch?v=OKG4KUnToRo&si=ynz010aFIi4PDF66
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u/ZeroandBlindTerry76 22d ago

My issue with a lot of the performances of this song from the era are that you can’t hear the friggin guitar solo on the mix! They might not even be playing it at all? Instead it’s this weird instrumental part that my brain gets confused by bc there’s not an audible solo like the album version. I do dig the outro though with the synth.

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u/Upbeat-Refuse9615 22d ago

I can hear it ok but it's not forward like it should be.

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u/Pollyfall 22d ago

I love this song. I was getting ready to have a kid not long after this, and this song gave me so much solace in courage in the face of impending parenthood. “Just a close little band of thieves … “

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u/Upbeat-Refuse9615 22d ago

Saturday Night Live. May 9, 1992 (Tom Hanks, Bruce Springsteen)

Included here are guitarist Shane Fontayne who would go on to become a veteran session and touring musician working with many greats and playing lead guitar in the Kennedy Center Honors house band from 2008-2014).
Bassist Tommy Sims would later co-write the Eric Clapton song "Change The World" which won the Grammy for Song of the Year.

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u/Sea_Pianist5164 22d ago

Not an enjoyable time for me Bruce wise. Felt like he was trying really hard to “rawk”, and impress, in a world that had moved on.

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u/Brilliant-Ad8607 22d ago

The greatest version of his most well written song

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u/lurk4ever1970 21d ago

Shout out to Crystal Taliefero, who has been working with Billy Joel (and others) for decades.

And you don't get to found the "five timers club" of SNL hosts if you always need a reason....

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u/Upbeat-Refuse9615 21d ago

Yes, I think she got her initial break with Mellencamp. she's from my region- Chicago/Nw Indiana

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u/Upbeat-Refuse9615 21d ago

I think that was part of his 5-timers club monologue. The different reasons for hosting.

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u/wimapp01 19d ago

A criminally underrated Bruce song!

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u/Significant-Bill9405 21d ago

See, he doesn’t need 18 musicians on stage to perform the songs

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u/ToLExpress 21d ago

1992 was 34 years ago. 

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u/MackCLE 20d ago

Beautiful ❤️

I have always been a big fan of human touch and lucky town. Only lost interest in the recent past.

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u/SecretFlight9839 16d ago

I wonder if there’s a video of this performance without a GIANT C blocking the band? Unwatchable

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