Glory Days is the big rock stomping, jukebox hit on Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the USA album. It was the fifth single released from the record. As evident in its official music video, nowhere does Bruce Springsteen showcase and embrace…
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Sólo Le Pido a Dios – León Gieco (ft. Mercedes Sosa)
Haydée Mercedes “La Negra” Sosa was an Argentine singer who was popular throughout Latin America and many countries outside the region. With her roots in Argentine folk music, Sosa became one of the preeminent exponents of El nuevo cancionero (The new songbook). She gave voice to songs written by…
Something In The Night (1978) – Bruce Springsteen
I’ve always liked the understated album cover of Darkness on the Edge of Town. It seems like Bruce wasn’t interested in the usual pomp and spectacle—no elaborate “Bringing It All Back Home” setup here. Instead, it’s as if he just…
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A Love like Springsteen (2024) – Kasey Chambers
Recently on the 5th anniversary of my ‘Music Library Project,’ I estimated my project would take 10 years to complete, assuming no new songs were added. I planned to include only song titles to the respective menu without writing full…
She’s The One (1975) – Bruce Springsteen
She’s The One is one of the most emotionally charged and fervent rock songs I recall hearing and that’s why I rate it so highly on Bruce’s historic break-out record Born to Run. It often goes under the radar against…
Secret Garden (1995) – Bruce Springsteen
I think Secret Garden is one of Bruce’s finest love ballads. As time has passed, I associate it more with Cameron Crowe’s sport drama Jerry Maguire (currently sitting at No 38 on my Favourite Movies List). This popular mainstream movie…
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Born to Run (1975) – Bruce Springsteen
Born to Run, the title track is a frenzied anthem about the idealism and escapism of youth, similar to the spirit and message of another song on the record called Backstreets which I presented here in 2019. I was so…
Devils & Dust (2005) – Bruce Springsteen
Devils & Dust is a latter day Springsteen acoustic number I’ve always been fond of and draws upon similar themes of lost hope and despair as his solo 1996 acoustic number Dead Man Walkin’ from the movie soundtrack of the…
Racing in the Street (1978) – Bruce Springsteen
‘It’s a song about yearning for something better, something that’s just out of reach. It’s a song about racing through the night to find that little bit of hope.‘– Bruce Springsteen from Bruce Springsteen’s Darkness Sessions Oh, good golly how…
Atlantic City (1982) – Bruce Springsteen
The first line, “They blew up the Chicken Man in Philly last night,” was taken from a newspaper article about a mob hit in Atlantic City. The “Chicken Man” was Phil Testa, number two man in the Philadelphia Mob under…
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