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RIP Clarence Clemons

by $8 blue check mistermix|  June 19, 20118:46 am| 29 Comments

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The big man is gone.

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  1. 1.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    June 19, 2011 at 8:58 am

    It is indeed sad. The last year or so was a struggle for the big man. RIP.

  2. 2.

    MizB

    June 19, 2011 at 8:59 am

    Really shitty news to wake up to.

  3. 3.

    Fucen Pneumatic Fuck Wrench Tarmal

    June 19, 2011 at 9:11 am

    some of my favorite of his work. in his day he was one of the most powerful sax players ever.

    jungleland

  4. 4.

    Nethead Jay

    June 19, 2011 at 9:18 am

    Can’t describe how I’m feeling… R.I.P. Big Man.

    First song that came to mind is Jungleland, here’s a recent live recording from Hyde Park 2009: Jungleland Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Live Hyde Park 2009. He had it till the end.

  5. 5.

    Cheryl from Maryland

    June 19, 2011 at 9:23 am

    When asked the reason for his popularity, Mr. Clemons said: “Somebody said to me, ‘Whenever someone says your name, a smile comes to their face.’ That’s a great accolade. I strive to keep it that way.”

    You did Big Man.

  6. 6.

    Ash Can

    June 19, 2011 at 9:29 am

    @MizB: Seconded. How sad to lose him.

  7. 7.

    RossInDetroit

    June 19, 2011 at 9:33 am

    I just read the obit in the NYT before seeing this.
    Gone, but unforgettable.

  8. 8.

    Nethead Jay

    June 19, 2011 at 9:37 am

    @Fucen Pneumatic Fuck Wrench Tarmal, #3: Heh, talk about synchronicity :)

  9. 9.

    RossInDetroit

    June 19, 2011 at 9:39 am

    Though I don’t listen to Springsteen I’ll defend Born to Run as one of the greatest rock songs of all. An amazing piece of art that stands the test of time.

  10. 10.

    moonbat

    June 19, 2011 at 9:39 am

    He was lovely. I will miss him dearly.

  11. 11.

    dp

    June 19, 2011 at 9:42 am

    What sad news. Best wishes to his family and friends.

  12. 12.

    Fucen Pneumatic Fuck Wrench Tarmal

    June 19, 2011 at 10:01 am

    @nethead jay, damned same song, same version. nice.

  13. 13.

    Amir_Khalid

    June 19, 2011 at 10:06 am

    This was especially sad, coming at a time when the Big Man had just found an audience among a new generation. Right now, as I write this, I’m listening to his solo from the live version of If I Should Fall Behind.

    Should we lose each other
    In the shadow of the evening’s trees
    I will wait for you;
    And if I should fall behind
    Wait for me

  14. 14.

    PaulW

    June 19, 2011 at 10:08 am

    Playing Tenth Avenue Freezeout over and over… :(

  15. 15.

    PeakVT

    June 19, 2011 at 10:10 am

    The Big Man has left the band.

  16. 16.

    Nethead Jay

    June 19, 2011 at 10:12 am

    @Fucen Pneumatic Fuck Wrench Tarmal: Audio on yours was a bit better, so it’s all good :)

  17. 17.

    currants

    June 19, 2011 at 10:44 am

    Should I fall behind

    Or any of the other live versions you can find on YouTube

  18. 18.

    Davis X. Machina

    June 19, 2011 at 10:44 am

    Everything he touched he turned to gold. He has maybe a fifteen second break — not even a solo — on Aretha Franklin’s Freeway of Love that upstages even her.

  19. 19.

    Head Bulshytt Talker in Chief of the Temple of Libertarianism(superluminar)

    June 19, 2011 at 10:48 am

    Another overseas commented paying tribute here. Great guy, love his solos on The Boss’s works.

  20. 20.

    Rudi

    June 19, 2011 at 10:50 am

    Hope then Big man smacks Ronnie RayGun when he he see’s him in the PastaBowl in the sky…

  21. 21.

    Davis X. Machina

    June 19, 2011 at 11:00 am

    Springsteen and the E Street Band 1978 tour — Rosalita.

    All by itself, this 9 minutes justifies the existence of YouTube, and the entire internets.

  22. 22.

    Violet

    June 19, 2011 at 11:14 am

    So sad. No one else like him. RIP, Big Man.

  23. 23.

    Don K

    June 19, 2011 at 11:26 am

    Sad news indeed. The best rock show I ever saw was Bruce and the E Streeters at a small theater in New Bruswick, NJ, in the fall of ’74 or spring of ’75 (memories of exact dates from that era can be a bit, um, hazy). Clarence’s performance was a lesson in how a sax could be an integral part of rock and roll, and his stage persona played off of Bruce perfectly.

    Enough said. RIP Clarence.

  24. 24.

    Emrventures

    June 19, 2011 at 11:56 am

    With the loss of the Big Man, bless his heart, it feels like we’ve lost the E Street Band as well. A Boss show will never be the same again.

  25. 25.

    Bruce S

    June 19, 2011 at 12:15 pm

    Spent the morning listening to “The Promise” – which is something one would have thought could never exist: a very good double-CD of out-takes from a single album!

    RIP

  26. 26.

    Elizabelle

    June 19, 2011 at 12:31 pm

    Big guy with a big heart.

    We’re lucky there was a Clarence Clemons, and that we can still enjoy his music.

    Only silver lining: am glad he went out near the top of his powers. Spared the months or years of decline and reduced dignity that can follow a massive stroke.

    Gone too early, though.

  27. 27.

    Rosalita

    June 19, 2011 at 1:10 pm

    Heartbroken about this. Playing my Rosalita video now. So grateful I saw him and Danny play live with Bruce in 2006. E Street will never be the same.

  28. 28.

    The Ancient Randonneur

    June 19, 2011 at 1:30 pm

    As much as I love Little Steven, Max and the other E Streeters, it was Clemons massive sound that made them special. Without him they are just another good band with a great front man.

    RIP, Big Man, you had one hell of a run.

  29. 29.

    Pooh

    June 19, 2011 at 2:12 pm

    @21 I’ve lost so many hours if my life youtubing Springsteen concert footage. There’s a 20 minute version of 10th Avenue Freezeout (in two parts) which is so epic. Also, “badlands” from Barcelona.

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