Today we have met Per, who saw his first concert at Ullevi, Gothenburgh, June 8th 1985.

But it was the second night that really swept him away and even though the memories now have faded a bit, some strong pictures remains. Like the one when Bruce leans back, his head towards the sky and kicks in the intro to Born to Run.

No matter what age they are or how many shows they have seen – it’s one thing all the fans we have talked to so far keep coming back to. It’s Bruce’s intensity. “When he sings he gives it all, it’s like his life depended on it. And I think that the music in some way has saved his life”, Per said.

When he first became a fan, Per was really occupied with Bruce, thinking about him, talking about the songs, the concerts and everything. “Now I am farther away from that, but I think I’m perhaps closer to the songs and the lyrics. Before I used to think the songs were about Bruce’s and Steve’s lives, but now I relate them more to my own.”

He also said that if internet and the fanforums would have existed back in the eighties, he would probably have been very active. But now he doesn’t feel the need to talk Bruce on the net.

“The most important thing in life is relations and how you handle them, and Bruce is very good at writing songs about those things. His music gives you strenght to deal with the relations you have in your own life.”