Music Video
A music video of "The Rising", attributed to Bruce Springsteen, and with copyright credit to Sony Music, was shown once on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's music video programme rage, on 20 December 2003. However, the authenticity of this music video is disputed, as no other sources have been yet found to establish whether this music video was an official Sony release (but not widely aired), an official music video that remains unreleased but for reasons unknown was broadcast unauthorised, or a music video created by an unauthorised party without Springsteen's or Sony's sanction, but which managed to defeat normal licensing and authenticity checks and was broadcast on one of Australia's national television networks.
The video that was broadcast is made in hand-held home-movie style, with highly exaggerated film grain added throughout the clip. It shows Springsteen driving in the rain through the countryside, rehearsal shots inside the Southern Tracks recording studio in Atlanta, Georgia (USA), images of Springsteen strumming a guitar in an empty house, and a variety of other imagery related to the lyrics in the song. There is no lip synching in the video. The audio recording on this video is an edit of the album version of the song, and is shorter by 20 seconds.
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