The biggest mystery about “Mystery Train” (besides why it’s called that): why’d it take so long for Bruce to cover it?
Month: May 2019
Every fan knows it; every audience member is part of it: “Badlands” is Bruce’s anthem of steadfast resistance, persistence, and faith in his audience. It’s one of his very best songs.
I’m not sure where it came from, but Sarah Hepburn’s brooding cover of “Adam Raised a Cain” is wonderful regardless.
One time only: a starstruck Bruce Springsteen joins Roy Orbison and an all-star band on Orbison’s very first self-written song.
Listen to the E Street Band cover the Stax classic “Green Onions” in a rare instrumental performance.
Today’s roll of the dice: a tantalizing glimpse of a song still very much lost in the vault… if it ever got recorded at all.
From March 2018, the X Ambassadors prove their fandom by delivering a fantastic, moody cover of Bruce’s “Stolen Car.”
A curiosity of a song with an unusual release history. “A Night with the Jersey Devil” is an exercise in clever misdirection, and a sly wink from Bruce.
One time only: At a 1988 soundcheck in Tacoma, Bruce covered The Everly Brothers’ 1962 hit, “Crying in the Rain.” Listen to it inside.
A lost home demo, “Love Will Get You Down” offers us a window into Bruce’s songwriting process–but the final song (if there is one) is still locked away.