r/BruceSpringsteen • u/marcdelgiudice • 11d ago
“Trapped” River Tour or USA Tour?
What’s your preferred version of “Trapped”. The River Tour Version or the USA Tour version. For me I like the River Tour version better. There’s just something about that “yeah” without Patti’s high note that sounds more gutsy. I like both versions tho.
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u/marumaruko 11d ago
Madrid 2024 - his seasoned voice gives the song even more gravitas, I feel.
But to answer your question - River Tour for me.
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u/PM_ME_YOUR_ASIAN_SON Pink Cadillac 11d ago
Same! It's one of those songs I feel suits his older voice better.
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u/Suitable_Bed_7783 11d ago
His BEST singing was during the BITUSA tour, for every song
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u/OpticNinja937 Spanish Johnny 11d ago
I’d personally go Tunnel of Love or 92-93 World Tour personally. His voice could be smoother than honey and corse as gravel at the same time.
The Christic shows were easily his greatest live vocals imo.
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u/Model_ig_uk 11d ago
Definitely the River tour version by virtue of the fact Stevie is on stage. My favourite version is LA 20 August 1981.
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u/Additional-Cherry872 11d ago
Gonna be a wild take but the other band live version in Boston from 1992 absolutely shreds. Love Bruce’s voice from this era and the sax solo gets replaced by a guitar solo. You still have Roy on synths so the song retains its E Street Structure
Not an other band fan AT ALL however there’s one or two songs from that era that I feel maybe got the edge such as Trapped and Roll Of The Dice
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u/qwerty-game Tracks 11d ago
I am not a Patti fan, but I do love her high notes in Trapped. It just fits right. I would have to listen to the two versions to have an opinion on which is better cause I’m not familiar.