Nerding out on @brucespringsteen's BORN in the USA Multitrack with Bob Clearmountain

The "two nerdy musicians awestruck by a grand master of their craft" episodes are the best ones

This kind of content is the way. These stories will be lost for ever if they aren’t captured. Bob is a living legend!

I love that he’s slightly annoyed by them 😂 it’s like asking Picasso why he’s using certain brush strokes…😂

Kindly thank Bob Clearmountain on behalf of all the music nerds who fucking loved this video. His sharing the mix and his knowledge was literally incredible. & thanks to you guys. You're enthusiasm reminds me that there's more like me.

However cliche it might be to say, it really is heartwarming to see such an obviously humble guy just doing what he loves.

He's playing that console like an instrument. Brilliant and inspired in its own way.

You listen to a track for 40 years and you think you know it, then you see this video and its like a whole different song. Mind blowing!

Gated snare was created by Hugh Padgham while recording Phil Collins playing drums for Peter Gabriel's third album. The gated snare sound actually came from the room microphone(which was gated. It was a happy accident. Bob Clearmountain has done amazing things and is a very fast mixer(rather like Stephen W. Tayler), but he wasn't the first to come up with gated snare. Cheers, Alan Tomlinson

Incredible. I never knew how much went into mixing and what a profound effect it has on a song. I always thought " Born in the USA" was a relatively rough cut song. Boy was I wrong. The mixer really doesn't get enough credit for the feel of an iconic song. Great video guys

“It’s hi-passed where?” “70, it says.” I love that moment.

let's be honest. this is the best mix breakdown ever. they actually ask relevant questions, and not get satisfied with answers like "i go with the feel".

A big lesson here is how good the raw tracks are. The performances are all there and the sounds are top of the line. Then when someone with talent like Bob Clearmountain gets ahold of it, all that potential can unfold and open up. He’s not spending time trying to turn an uninspired recording into gold.

The Yamaha "CS-somethin" is the CS-80. Absolutely legendary synthesizer which has such a recognizable and iconic sound. It adds so much depth to this song's sonic power. Peeling away the layers like they did here really helps to show how complex this song is.

It’s so crazy how all his guitar parts were like almost punk rock and all rickety but yet altogether they work perfectly! That mix is incredible. ✊🏽

Bob shows why he's one of the best mixers. His ears tell him what the mix needs. Love his modesty too. He said that the song just about mixed itself because the band is used to playing together on stage. So they naturally are adjusting their playing and dynamics. They're listening to each other. A mark of a great band.

Ok. This is an AMAZING series. Please try and do more if these. What’s so cool about this particular one is that the song and Bruce’s mojo totally reign supreme. That out of tune guitar??!! The dry vox sung live into a 58?!?! Just goes to show you that there’s perfection in the imperfection. If you’ve got lightning in a bottle - just hit record and share it everywhere.

This is exactly the type of content that should be presented more often on YouTube. The audio engineering industry/history, and it's iconic people, have long been in the dark and they need to be better presented/recognised in the main stream media, not only for the incredible educational value such content has, but to actually acknowledge and shed more light on the print those legendary producers and engineers had on shaping the history of music. This is such a great and a unique episode indeed .. keep the good stuff coming our way!!

Holy crap - this is a Master class! Wow! This dude is brilliant, and deserving of you guys "geeking out". I'm geeking out watching it. My father dropped out of school in 69, got arrested for having pot, and was offered a choice of jail or the Army. My grandparents had to sign for him, as he was 17. This great song is his life - RIP

You guys are really hitting the big leagues with these guests! Every week is better than the last.

Not only is Bob Clearmountain a legend and a genius, he is also one of the nicest guys ever. Brilliant video! More of that! Thanks!