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DVD 5 * Sept. 22, 1992 -- "Book of Dreams" from the MTV "Unplugged" taping in Los Angeles. This clip is from the raw footage and was not on the MTV show or the official release. * March 23, 1993 -- Bruce and his band have a rehearsal for a show later that evening at the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank, N.J. The band is ready to head to Europe and a European TV crew is there to record an interview and some footage. Here's a clip of some of the backup singers doing some gospel-like vocals and a run through of "Human Touch." * April 1993 -- Bruce is filmed doing "Lucky Town" during a soundcheck before a European show. Check out the sunglasses. Also clips of him performing "Better Days" and "Atlantic City" before another an European outdoor show. * June 24, 1993 -- It's the second-to-last show of the "Human Touch/Lucky Town" tour and these great clips are from a legendary night at the Meadowlands. The show was a benefit -- "The Concert to Fight Hunger." First up is "Leap of Faith." Bruce comes down to the front of the audience, plays to Obie for a little bit and gives her a kiss. He later says to the crowd "Can I trust you?" and jumps into the audience and loses his right boot! He walks around stage with one shoe and fans start throwing shoes onstage for him. The girl who has the boot then jumps onstage, gives the boot to Bruce and starts kissing him, and they fall to the stage with her on top of him. Very funny! Little Steven and Southside Johnny come out during the encores and perform "It's Been a Long Time," and then the Miami Horns join in for "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out." The crowd explodes into a frenzy when Clarence Clemons comes out to join Bruce midway through the song. Clarence hadn't play with Bruce in a long time and he's thrilled to be back on stage with him. I was there that night and it was one of the loudest moments I have ever experienced in all my years of concerts. It was deafening. There's a whole slew of people onstage for the next song, "Having a Party." Southside Johnny, Little Steven, Patti Scialfa, Soozie Tyrell and family members are all singing and dancing. Mark Pender has a super trumpet solo. A lot of fun. * June 25, 1993 -- On the off-night between the final two shows of his "Human Touch/Lucky Town" tour, Bruce appears on David Letterman's final show on NBC. Toward the end of the show, Letterman says people ask him, "'Who's the one guest you wish you would've had on in 11-1/2 years on the program thatyou haven't?' Happily all of that changes tonight. Better late than never, please welcome: Bruce Springsteen." Bruce comes out and plays a hot "Glory Days" with Paul Shaffer's band. A lot of fun, and an incredible performance to finish off Letterman's run on NBC. Watch Bruce jump on Shaffer's piano. And what's with that right leg Bruce? Now for a few awards: * Jan. 22, 1994 -- The Golden Globes from Beverly Hills, Calif. Val Kilmer is one of the presenters as Bruce wins the Golden Globe for Best Original Song in a Motion Picture with "Streets of Philadelphia." He and Patti are sitting at the same table as Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson. * March 21, 1994 -- "And the Oscar goes to..." Whitney Houston makes the announcement as Bruce wins the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Streets of Philadelphia." From the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. * Sept. 8, 1994 -- Bruce wins an MTV Video Award for "Streets of Philadelphia" for Best Video in a Film. The show is from Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Sandra Bullock and Adam Sandler are the presenters. * March 1, 1995 -- Bruce wins Grammys for Song of the Year and Best Male Rock Vocal for "Streets of Philadelphia." From the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The first award is given out by George Michael and Annie Lennox. The second award has Carly Simon and Tori Amos as the presenters. * April 4, 1995 -- Sony Studios, New York City. After appearing on "Late Night with David Letterman," Bruce and the E Street Band get together to play a show for Sony employees. He opens with "Secret Garden," then there's clips of Bruce telling a joke and he plays snippets of a funny song, "I'm Turning into Elvis." * April 12, 1995 -- Some short clips of the Rainforest Foundation benefit at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Bruce joins Paul Simon, Billy Joel, Jon Bon Jovi, Sting, Elton John and James Taylor on "All Shook Up," "Jailhouse Rock" and "Blueberry Hill." Opera singer Jessye Norman then serenades Bruce on "O Sole Mio." * July 9, 1995 -- Bruce is in Berlin, Germany, to film a video for "Hungry Heart." This is part of a special from Germany TV with some behind-the-scenes footage. There's some German spoken in the interviews. * July 9, 1995 -- Bruce later joins Wolfgang Niedecken and His Leopardefell band at the Cafe Eckstein in Berlin, Germany, for a show. This is the band that filmed the "Hungry Heart" video with Bruce. This is a clip of them performing "Knockin' on Heaven's Door."DVD 6 * Sept 2, 1995 -- Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland Stadium. Chuck Berry opens the show doing "Johnny B Goode" backed by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. The look on Bruce's face here is priceless -- he is so proud to be playing alongside one of his rock-and-roll heroes. Check out Chuck Berry doing the duckwalk! Up next is another of Bruce's heroes, Jerry Lee Lewis. Bruce introduces him as "the man that doesn't play rock and roll, he is rock and roll." Bruce and the E Street Band back him up on "Great Balls of Fire" and "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On."Bob Dylan brings Bruce up during his set. "A friend of mine is going to come up and do one with us. Mr. Bruce Springsteen," Dylan says. "Let me hear you say: Broooooce." They perform "Forever Young." Quite a treat to see Bruce and Bob perform together. * Oct. 18, 1995 -- Tramps, New York City. Bruce goes on a mini tour with Joe Grushecky to help promote Joe's new album, "American Babylon," which Bruce produced. This clip is from the soundcheck at Tramps and it's the day after Bruce had played with Joe at the Stone Pony. There's raw footage of a VH1/MTV interview with Bruce in which he talks about producing "American Babylon." They show a clip of Grushecky playing onstage and he introduces Bruce. They play "What Did You Do in the War" together. At the end is the actual VH1 news report that ran. * Feb. 20, 1996 -- Bruce makes an appearance on an Italian TV show and plays "The Ghost of Tom Joad." The show's emcee asks the crowd to give Bruce a "standing ovation" at the end. * Oct. 27, 1996 -- Bruce is one of the musical guests at an Anti-Proposition 209 (anti Affirmative Action) Rally in Los Angeles on the steps of the Federal Building in Westwood. Jesse Jackson introduces Bruce, who gives a speech and then plays an acoustic "Promised Land" and "No Surrender." Jackson keeps trying to get him to play "Born in the USA." Beautifully shot from the front row by Betsy. * November 8, 1996 -- Bruce returns to Freehold and plays a benefit at St. Rose of Lima Church, where he went to grammar school. This is a clip of the opening song, "The River." * Jan. 27, 1997 -- Bruce is in Japan and this is a short clip of him doing an interview with a Tokyo TV station at Asahi Studios. Through an interpreter he talks about Tom Joad and they show a clip of Bruce at an airport coming off his plane, and then Bruce playing "The Ghost of Tom Joad." Definitely something different. * Feb. 26, 1997 -- It's Grammy time again and Bruce wins for Best Contemporary Folk Album. Shawn Colvin, the late June Carter and Trisha Yearwood are the presenters. This is from Madison Square Garden. * March 8, 1997 -- Back home in New Jersey, Bruce stops by the Tradewinds in Sea Bright to play with the Wallflowers. He pulls up for the soundcheck and a fan's camcorder captures Bruce parking his truck (knocking over a small tree) and walking into the bar. There's some footage of him talking to people inside the bar. * May 5, 1997 -- The Polar Music Prize ceremony from Stockholm, Sweden. Bruce is honored with what is considered to be the Nobel Prize of Music King Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden presents Bruce with the Polar Music Prize. The Polar Music Prize has been established as one of the world's finest prizes awarded for achievements in music These are clips from the award's ceremony. It shows Bruce and Patti sitting in the front row of the theater (holding hands) and Bruce then goes up onstage to receive his award and some flowers. Later at the Grand Hotel Bruce gives a very moving speech about his work and how it affects people. He plays an acoustic "Thunder Road," and he and Patti sit at a table with the king and queen of Sweden. The American ambassador to Sweden reads a letter of congratulations to Bruce from President Clinton. * May 21, 1997 -- Some upbeat moments from a "Tom Joad" show from Teatro Verdi in Florence, Italy. Bruce has a lot of fun with "Red Headed Woman." * May 22, 1997 -- A real cool clip! It's nearing the end of the "Tom Joad" tour and after playing a show at Teatro Augusteo in Naples, Italy, Bruce appears on the outside balcony on the second floor of the theater. He leads the crowd in singing "O Sole Mio." Next he comes out with a guitar, and guitar tech Kevin Buell holds the words next to him as Bruce plays and signs "Thunder Road." The crowd sings along with him. A precious moment of Springsteen history.
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