“Living on the Edge” is a glorious hot mess of a song. An unreleased outtake until 1998, it nevertheless spawned no less than three officially released Springsteen originals along the way.
Month: July 1980
“Dollhouse” features the E Street Band at their new waviest, transforming a River outtake to a piece of power pop perfection.
“Where the Bands Are” is power pop perfection, showcasing the E Street Band at their most joyous.
Just days after the worst accident in American nuclear power history, Bruce wrote his most urgent and topical song yet.
The curious case of a bootleg turned official release (and the mystery of why bother).
“Stray Bullet” is a dark and haunting outcast from the River sessions.
Bruce’s only officially released original instrumental provided a much-deserved song-length spotlight for The Big Man.
Part “Point Blank” and part “Jersey Girl,” this River outtake is much more than the sum of its parts.
The love child of “State Trooper” and “Pink Cadillac” (and grandchild of “Peter Gunn”) “Chain Lightning” is a fascinating River cast-off that deserves a live outing.
Bruce fakes us out with this River outtake that sounds more like a Working on a Dream outtake.