On Friday, September 15, 2017, Paul McCartney welcomed Bruce Springsteen on stage. The two then ripped into the Beatles’ “I Saw Her Standing There.” McCartney performed at Madison Square Garden in the midst of a run of eight shows in four different locations in the New York area.
E Street Band member Steven Van Zandt also joined the pair on stage, providing a stellar guitar solo. McCartney had so much fun on the song, he then had everyone play “I Saw Her Standing There” a second time.
Below, check out Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen on the Beatles classic.
What Beatles song would you like Springsteen to sing with Paul McCartney? Leave your two cents in the comments.
When Little Steven kicked off his tour in New Jersey to promote his new album Soulfire, it may not have been a big surprise that Bruce Springsteen joined him on stage. But it was still pretty awesome for the two to perform “It’s Been a Long Time” together. They look like they’re having a lot of fun with Steve as the front man too.
The song originally appeared on the 1991 album by Southside Johnny & the Ashbury Jukes, Better Days. The wonderful album is worth tracking down. The album includes songs by Steven Van Zandt, a.k.a. Little Steven (and Miami Steve), as well as vocal contributions by both him and Springsteen.
The original “It’s Been a Long Time” recording featured Springsteen, Van Zandt, and Southside Johnny. It was the perfect song for the three, reflecting on their youth at the Jersey shore: “We lived in a time and a world of our own,/ Making up the rules as we went along.” Van Zandt, who wrote the song, features it on his new album Soulfire.
Some of the lines in the chorus about lost comrades seem even more poignant now that Clarence Clemons and Danny Federici of the E Street Band have passed away. But the song remains a celebration of both the past and the future. It’s been a long time since we laughed together; It’s been a long time since we cried; Raise your glass for the comrades we’ve lost; My friend it’s been a long, long time.
The performance of Springsteen and Little Steven with the Disciples of Soul is from May 27, 2017 at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, New Jersey.
Steven Van Zandt rose to fame as “Miami Steve” during his work with Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band. But on a hiatus from that band, the guitarist and singer released several outstanding albums as a lead singer in the 1980s under the name “Little Steven.” Now, after 18 years, Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul are returning with a new album, Soulfire.
Soulfire features a collection of songs written for various purposes throughout the years. The album features some of Little Steven’s versions of songs he helped write for Southside Johnny, such as “I Don’t Want to Go Home” and “Love on the Wrong Side of Town,” the latter of which Van Zandt wrote with Springsteen.
The music sounds like the rock and soul of his earlier albums. Van Zandt explained to Rolling Stone: “I tried to pick material that when you added it all up, really represented me. So there are a couple of covers, a couple of new songs, and some of what I feel are the best songs I’ve written and co-written over the years. This record is me doing me.”
I have always been a big fan of Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul. I first listened to his work because of his association with Springsteen. But one listen to his first album made me a Little Steven fan.
Little Steven’s 1982 album Men Without Women was a great debut. Yet, 1984’s Voice of America is one of my all-time favorite albums. Voice of America included fantastic songs like “Out of the Darkness,” which appeared as a video on MTV, and “I am a Patriot,” later covered by Jackson Browne and by Pearl Jam.
I also liked Little Steven’s Freedom – No Compromise (1987), which continued building upon Van Zandt’s political voice with songs like “Trail of Broken Treaties” and “Bitter Fruit.” His 1989 album Revolution flew below my radar. Perhaps folks paid less attention because it digressed from the sound of his earlier albums, embracing even more of the electronic sound of the era. Similarly, when Little Steven finally returned in 1999 with a new album, Born Again Savage, the garage-rock sound disappointed me a bit.
Soulfire, however, finds Little Steven returning to the soul sounds of his early great albums. So, I cannot wait for the release.
The first single from Soulfire is “St. Valentine’s Day.” Van Zandt originally wrote the song for Nancy Sinatra but she never got to record it so he helped The Cocktail Slippers record it originally. Check out the version on Little Steven’s new album.
Soulfirewill hit the Internet stores on May 19, 2017. What is your favorite Little Steven song? Leave your two cents in the comments.
Steve Van Zandt is finally fulfilling a 35-year promise to produce an album by 1960s legend Darlene Love. The upcoming album Introducing Darlene Love includes the song “Forbidden Nights.”
Introducing Darlene Love is her first album of secular songs in three decades. Listen to one of the tracks from the album,”Forbidden Nights,” in the video below. It sounds great, and the video filmed in Asbury Park, NJ also features appearances by Van Zandt, Joan Jett, Elvis Costello, Bruce Springsteen, David Letterman, Paul Shaffer, and Bill Murray.
The album includes songs written by Van Zandt, Linda Perry, Joan Jett, Bruce Springsteen, and Elvis Costello. It also features a cover of “River Deep — Mountain High,” which was originally recorded by Ike and Tina Turner with Love’s former producer Phil Spector. Introducing Darlene Love goes on sale on September 18.
With Nelson Mandela‘s passing, the world mourns the loss of an amazing man. It is hard to comprehend the changes that Mandela helped make in his lifetime. Back in 1985, while Mandela sat in prison and Artists Against Apartheid released the song “Sun City,” one could not have imagined that within a decade Mandela would be president of South Africa. RIP.
Aritsts Against Apartheid was founded by Steven Van Zandt (aka Miami Steve, aka Little Steven) and record producer Arthur Baker. Sun City was a resort in South Africa, and the song called on artists to refuse to play there until apartheid ended. The song and video features such artists as Run DMC, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Hall & Oates, Herbie Hancock, and Ringo Starr.
Only five years after the song’s release, Steven Van Zandt would appear on stage with Simple Minds, Chrissie Hynde, Lou Reed, and others, to sing “Sun City” at a tribute concert for Nelson Mandela at Wembley stadium. They were celebrating Mandela’s release from prison in early 1990.
On Friday, September 15, 2017, Paul McCartney welcomed Bruce Springsteen on stage. The two then ripped into the Beatles’ “I Saw Her Standing There.” McCartney performed at Madison Square Garden in the midst of a run of eight shows in four different locations in the New York area.
. The wonderful album is worth tracking down. The album includes songs by Steven Van Zandt, a.k.a. Little Steven (and Miami Steve), as well as vocal contributions by both him and Springsteen.
will hit the Internet stores on May 19, 2017.
includes the song “Forbidden Nights.”