This remarkable folk arrangement of “My Lucky Day” reveals the beauty and tenderness of the song more than Bruce’s original arrangement ever did.
Month: May 2019
The ultra-rare “Man at the Top” (performed only three times ever) has surprising depth beneath its simple lyrics. Written when Bruce was on the precipice of mega-stardom, the song grapples with the nature and cost of ambition.
“Ballad of a Self-Loading Pistol” is a lost gem from the Greetings era, a precursor to “Highway 29” decades later. It deserves wider attention.
Bruce played Dion’s “The Wanderer” three times with its original artist, long before he took a run at it with the E Street Band. Watch and listen to great performances across three decades.
On his 1982 album On the Line, Gary U.S. Bonds covers Bruce’s “Heartbreak Hotel” re-write, “Club Soul City.”
Easily a candidate for Bruce’s most obscure officially released song, “Gave It a Name” is a quiet but powerful commentary on the sins we wrestle with and pass down rather than defeat.
Recently discovered: an undated original Springsteen composition from his pre-Columbia days.
The illegitimate child of “Loose Ends” and “Follow That Dream” still lives deep in the vault, but you can listen to an early demo of it inside.
From his Destination Anywhere tour in 1997, Jon Bon Jovi treats Japanese fans to a faithful cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “Fade Away.”
Introducing our first guest blogger: Stray Bullet’s Anna Lind shares her first-hand report from Bruce’s Wrecking Ball show in Stockholm.