Western Stars is late, late Bruce, and it’s as steeped in country as I’ve ever heard him. The moment I first saw him sing it in his film of the same name, I immediately added it to my music collection.…
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Dancing in the Dark (1984) – Bruce Springsteen
Today we look at Bruce Springsteen’s most popular song according to Spotify streams, with 1.2 billion plays (at the time of writing), well surpassing his next most streamed song, I’m On Fire, at 778 million. It’s easy to see why…
Be True (Live) 1988 – Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen’s Be True was one of those songs that somehow slipped through the cracks for me over the years, only to be rediscovered while researching this project. When I relistened to it after an absence of at least three…
Tagged with: be true, Bruce Springsteen, chimes of freedom, the river, Tunnel of Love Express Tour
Posted in Music
Posted in Music
Waitin’ On A Sunny Day (2002) – Bruce Springsteen
Waitin’ On A Sunny Day is a song from The Rising, released by Bruce Springsteen in 2002 after the terrorist attacks in the United States on September 11th, 2001. The record was dedicated to the victims, survivors and spirit of…
Cautious Man (1987) – Bruce Springsteen
I’m always partial to a Bruce Springsteen love ballad, and Cautious Man is one I listened to a lot in my youth. Since undertaking this music library project, I’ve rediscovered many of his songs that had fallen through the cracks…
Tweeter And The Monkey Man (1988) – Traveling Wilburys
Tweeter and the Monkey Man” was really [written by] Tom Petty and Bob [Dylan]. Well, Jeff [Lynne] and I were there too, but they were just sitting there around in the kitchen, and he was for some reason talking about all this stuff that…
Tagged with: Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Jungleland, Traveling Wilburys, Tweeter And The Monkey Man, volume 1
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Posted in News
Bobby Jean (1984) – Bruce Springsteen
I have Bobby Jean in my project more for what it holds on a sentimental level now. I still like to hear it on occasion, but my fondness for it isn’t what it once was. Bruce was easily the most…
Trapped (1984) – Bruce Springsteen
I felt trapped by this cover song ever since I first heard it on The Essential Bruce Springsteen released in 2003. From it’s simple guitar flicking opening to that Roy Bittan’s lamenting synthesizer overlay, Trapped builds slowly, telling the story of…
Tougher Than the Rest (1988) – Bruce Springsteen
I remember owning that cassette single above as a 13-year-old. Gee, I wore it out, since I was such a huge fan of this song. I also remember watching the official video on Saturday mornings, catching the Top 40 on…
Hungry Heart (1980) – Bruce Springsteen
Hungry Heart makes an appearance at the beginning of Springsteen’s recent biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere, where it marks his first real brush with chart success, peaking at No. 5. It remains one of his ten most popular songs in…
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