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Lost in the Dream (2014) – The War on Drugs

Lost in the Dream is the 5th song to appear here from the American band The War on Drugs. This song was the first which hooked me and is the title track from their third studio album released in 2014.

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Loose Change (1998) – Bruce Springsteen

To me today’s featured song Loose Change will always be the sister song to another Bruce song from the same record called Happy. These two songs are an awesome couplet from Bruce’s collection that I treasure. I could listen to

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Lonesome Day (2002) – Bruce Springsteen

After the double album release Human Touch and Lucky Town (1992), I found sprinkles of Bruce magic released on the Tracks record which contained mostly never-before-released songs recorded during the sessions for his many albums. Songs like Happy which has

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Living Proof (1992) – Bruce Springsteen

Living Proof is lyrically one of my favourite songs from Bruce. It is about the birth of his first son Evan James, born in the summer of 1990. The song also explores the duality of fear versus love, the dusky

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Factory (1978) – Bruce Springsteen

In November last year, I wrote in the article Independance Day, ‘I didn’t really understand it back then but listening to it now (Independence Day); Springsteen is alluding to his father’s life. It reminds me of what he sings about

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Born in the USA (Live Amnesty International) 1988 – Bruce Springsteen

Born down in a dead man’s townThe first kick I took was when I hit the groundEnd up like a dog that’s been beat too much‘Til you spend half your life just covering up now Born in the U.S.A (born

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Jungleland (1975) – Bruce Springsteen

Jungleland is the second song to feature here from my favourite Bruce Springsteen record Born to Run released in 1975. I consider it one of the cohesive and influential albums I have ever heard in contemporary – music. Nearly every

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Independence Day (1980) – Bruce Springsteen

Recently, I wrote about X – and their 4th of July song and now we have another which has nothing to do with today’s date. This was one of the first melancholy songs I heard from Bruce that made a

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Incident On 57th Street (1973) – Bruce Springsteen

From Bruce Springsteen’s 1973 record –The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle, I played the following 4 songs incessantly in my early adolescence: 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)Wild Billy’s Circus StoryIncident on 57th StreetNew York City Serenade

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I’m Goin’ Down (1984) – Bruce Springsteen

I’m Goin’ Down is my personal studio – favourite from Springsteen’s legendary Born in the USA record. The title track is my favourite listen and vision outright from the live-video recordings, but today’s song really does it for me. It

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