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- “Out in the Street” Bruce Springsteen originally envisioned The River as a single album of largely bleak songs called The Ties That Bind. "I didn’t feel it was was big enough," he said in 2009.
- “One Step Up” One of the wisest choices Bruce Springsteen made in his entire career was realizing that Born in the U.S.A. couldn't be topped. Any attempt to write "Dancing in the Dark Part II" or "More Glory Days" would have been an absolute disaster.
- “Hungry Heart” In March of 1979, Bruce Springsteen and Steve Van Zandt went to the Fast Lane club in Asbury Park to see the Ramones. "After the show, he came backstage," Joey Ramone said years later.
- “Tunnel of Love” Bruce Springsteen spent the earliest days of his musical career bumming around the resort town of Asbury Park, New Jersey. It was years past its peak as a vacation destination, but in the warm weather months it was still packed with tourists enjoying carnival games across the boardwalk.
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- "Hungry Heart" Still one of Springsteen's top singles of all time, this anthemic tune from the ambitious, stunning double album The River hinges (typically for this artist) on a deceptive shadow of darkness, and yet somehow it nevertheless made it to No. 5 on the Billboard pop charts in 1980.
- "The River" Springsteen has never been a huge fan of American capitalism and the way it sometimes wears its subjects down to defeated nubs of humanity.
- "Atlantic City" Throughout much of his career, Springsteen has always retained an obvious and deeply ingrained connection to his geographical and cultural roots.
- "Born in the U.S.A." Here's a rare example of a true, rugged American rock and roll classic, a song that has managed not to suffer from being both seriously overplayed and memorably ill-used, laughably, for political purposes.
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Bruce Springsteen’s Tunnel Of Love album was the most highly anticipated album of his career. It’s hard to believe that after the immense anticipation for the follow-up to Born to Run that Springsteen would develop an even larger following a decade later for the follow-up to Born in the U.S.A. But after the incredible success of the Born in the U.S...
“Seeds” was released on the Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Live album Live: 1975-1985 that was released in 1985. Springsteen mania had actually caused fans to wait in lines at record stores the day it was released. I know that for a fact because I waited outside Crazy Eddie’s Appliance store for about an hour behind at least 100 people to ...
There is nothing better than a great Springsteen B side. During the 1970’s, Columbia records always released album tracks as the B sides to the Springsteen singles. For example, the B side to “Born to Run,” was “Meeting Across the River.”But that all changed with the 1980’s album singles. So many of the B sides were so great that fans just scratche...
The Riveralbum was known as the record that defined Bruce Springsteen’s stage persona. Just an all out party time experience. However that argument only defined part of the record as songs like “The River, Point Blank, Stolen Car and Wreck on the Highway,” were certainly not party songs. Yet there was at least an albums full of party material on th...
Opening up side two of the Born in the U.S.A.album, “No Surrender,” was vintage Springsteen on every musical avenue he had ever explored. You could hear right away on first listen how the song would become a concert favorite. However, Springsteen opened the song with one of his greatest and most rebellious lyrics of his career. In many interviews o...
One of Springsteen’s talents was his ability to write personal stories that were felt and understood on a universal level. The personal stories were not about Springsteen but rather characters who experienced pain and trauma. The story of “Spare Parts,” was a common one. Boy meets girls, boy gets girl pregnant, boy runs away. Springsteen paints the...
Well if you didn’t get the point of the song from the lyrics, the video clearly spells it out for you. It’s a masterpiece on all levels. Just listen and watch, nothing else needs to be written about this one.
Another brilliant track from the Tunnel of Love album was Bruce Springsteen’s “One Step Up.” The song was released as the third single from the album on February 28th 1988. The 45 rpm single issue of “One Step Up,” featured the B side “Roulette.”Many feel that was Springsteen’s greatest B side ever released. We agree 100 percent on that one. But ba...
Some of Springsteen’s greatest compositions paid tribute to the 1960’s Stax record’s sound. Springsteen has always been praised as one of the greatest rock and roll singers of all time. However, at times he could stand side by side with some of the best soul singers in history. Great soul singing is not about hitting the high notes; it’s all about ...
Well you know there has to be something very special about a song when one of America’s greatest actors decides to make a motion picture based on the song’s story and characters. Bruce Springsteen’s “Highway Patrolman,” was released on the Nebraska album in the Fall of 1982. The song centered around the lives of two brothers during the 1960’s. Both...
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- "Two Hearts" One of Springsteen's most rousing full-tilt rockers, this track really sounds best in a spirited live version, in which the passionate performance of the E Street Band enhances the singer's already throat-rattling vocals.
- "Independence Day" Though written a few years prior to its official release on Springsteen's 1980 epic double album, The River, this haunting track helped cue Springsteen's move toward ever more personal songwriting.
- "Out in the Street" For. , Springsteen was clearly poised between his romantic, sweeping and hopeful vision and his turn toward a much more disillusioned, dark and angry worldview.
- "Highway Patrolman" Distinguished also by inspiring a little-known but faithful and brilliant Sean Penn film, 1991's. , this story song slays the listener with its haunting simplicity in the tale of two brothers.
These are Springsteen's most iconic tracks. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the best songs by the Boss himself, Bruce Sprin...
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Apr 20, 2024 · Videos by American Songwriter. Springsteen released four albums in the decade, and each one is a stunner in its own way. Good luck picking the best five songs out of that lot. But wait, that’s ...
Nov 21, 2023 · Best 80s Bruce Springsteen Songs. Let’s begin with the song that actually came towards the end of the decade: “Tougher Than the Rest.”. 1. Tougher Than The Rest (1987) At the end of the 1980s, “Tougher Than The Rest” conveyed a message about Bruce Springsteen’s staying power, commitment to his music and fans, and triumph as one of ...
