Dec 28, 2021
Bruce Springsteen: 41 Years on Thunder Road from Phil on Vimeo.
A music-video-supercut of Bruce Springsteen singing Thunder Road between 1975-2016
“Springsteen refuses to be a mercenary curator of his past. He continues to evolve as an artist, filling one spiral notebook after another with ideas.” -David Remnick, The New Yorker
In this video, I wanted to explore how a song like Thunder Road has changed, not only in the way Springsteen performs it, but also how its meaning evolves with an older person singing as Rolling Stone said or Thunder Road, “the lyrics hint at a perspective beyond his years.” I also wanted to look the evolution of live recordings, both professional and homemade.