BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & BCN, I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS

Today, Claire Fontaine and The Grandma have been enjoying, again, the greatest of all artists, Bruce Springsteen, The Boss, who has offered with The E Street Band another unforgettable concert in the Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc-Lluís Companys in Barcelona.

 

I'll See You in My Dreams is a 2020 song by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. The song was released as a single in March 2021. The song was dedicated to Michael Gudinski with the music video released on March 3, the day after Gudinski died. The song is the closing track on the 2020 album Letter to You, and along with the opening track One Minute You're Here, it is one of the two songs about mortality and death that bookend the album.

The song was first performed in a solo-acoustic arrangement on November 18, 2020, at Springsteen's Stone Hill Farm in Colts Neck, New Jersey for a virtual broadcast of the annual Stand Up for Heroes event, along with another song from the same album, House of a Thousand Guitars and the 2007 song Long Walk Home.

Later, it was one of the two songs from the album, the other one being Ghosts, performed by Springsteen and The E Street Band on the December 12, 2020 episode of Saturday Night Live.

On June 26, 2021, the song was added to the Springsteen on Broadway setlist, replacing Born to Run as the closing track, once again performed by Springsteen acoustically on guitar.

On September 11, 2021, Springsteen performed the acoustic version of I'll See You in My Dreams at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in tribute to the victims of the September 11 attacks, during the 9/11 20th Anniversary Memorial Ceremony.

As of 2023 and 2024, on the ongoing 2023 and 2024 Tours, Springsteen has closed all but one show with the acoustic version of I'll See You in My Dreams.

Music Musings & Such gave the song 9.7/10 points, describing Springsteen's voice in the song as contemplative and spirited and saying there is clearly a lot of meaning and personal relevance behind the words; the song has a definite energy and verve that portrays a sense of reconciliation and optimism.

Ultimate Classic Rock describes the album as ending as contemplatively as it begins, with the hopeful song declaring death is not the end, and like the opening One Minute You're Here, it serves as a melancholy bookend to Springsteen's most reflective work.

NJ.com ranks the song 7th on the album, describing it as a vibrant and telling finale to a record that could easily function as a fond farewell for the full-band outfit if they choose to never record another LP as ambitious as this one.

Rolling Stone, comparing the song to opener One Minute You're Here, says it is more of an upbeat and folky number that finds Springsteen echoing Dylan, declaring death is not the end.

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The road is long and seeming without end
The days go on, I remember you my friend
And though you're gone and my heart's been emptied it seems
I'll see you in my dreams
I got your guitar here by the bed
All your favorite records and all the books that you read
And though my soul feels like it's been split at the seams
I'll see you in my dreams
I'll see you in my dreams
When all our summers have come to an end
I'll see you in my dreams
We'll meet and live and laugh again
I'll see you in my dreams
Yeah, up around the river bend
For death is not the end
And I'll see you in my dreams
I'll see you in my dreams
When all our summers have come to an end
I'll see you in my dreams
We'll meet and live and laugh again
I'll see you in my dreams
Yeah, up around the river bend
For death is not the end
And I'll see you in my dreams
(See) you in my
See you in my dreams
Go
And I'll see you in my dreams

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & BCN, THE LAST MAN STANDING

Today, Claire Fontaine and The Grandma have been enjoying the greatest of all artists, Bruce Springsteen, The Boss, who has offered with the E Street Band an unforgettable concert in the Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc-Lluís Companys in Barcelona.

 

Bruce Springsteen, born September 23, 1949 is an American musician, singer, songwriter and humanitarian. He is best known for his work with his E Street Band. 

Nicknamed The Boss, Springsteen is widely known for his brand of poetic lyrics, American working class and sometimes political sentiments centred on his native New Jersey, his distinctive voice and his lengthy and energetic stage performances, with concerts from the 1970s to the present decade running over four hours in length.

Springsteen's recordings have included both commercially accessible rock albums and more folk-oriented works. His most successful studio albums, Born to Run (1975) and Born in the USA (1984), showcase a talent for finding grandeur in the struggles of daily American life. 

He has sold more than 64 million albums in the United States and more than 120 million records worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling artists of all time. He has earned numerous awards for his work, including 20 Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes and an Academy Award as well as being inducted into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999.

Bruce Springsteen draws on many musical influences from the reservoir of traditional American popular music, folk, blues and country. From the beginning, rock and roll has been a dominant influence and Springsteen's musical and lyrical evocations, as well as public tributes, of artists such as Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Gary Bonds, and many others helped to rekindle interest in their music. 

Springsteen's other preferred musical style is American folk, evident on his debut album, Greetings from Asbury Park and more strongly on Nebraska and The Ghost of Tom Joad. 

Springsteen songs such as This Hard Land demonstrate the lyrical and musical influence of Woody Guthrie.

Often described as cinematic in their scope, Springsteen's lyrics frequently explore highly personal themes such as individual commitment, dissatisfaction and dismay with life in a context of everyday situations. It has been recognized that there was a shift in his lyrical approach starting with the album Darkness on the Edge of Town, in which he focused on the emotional struggles of working class life.

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Rock of ages lift me somehow
Somewhere high and hard and loud
Somewhere deep into the heart of the crowd
I'm the last man standing now.

Bruce Springsteen