The curious case of a bootleg turned official release (and the mystery of why bother).
Month: June 2019
It took four decades, but Bruce finally got around to covering the most acclaimed song of all time. Take a listen inside.
LeAnn Rimes has long and often cited “Secret Garden” as one of her favorite songs. In a 2018 in-studio performance, she showed us why, illuminating Bruce’s often-misunderstood song with tender sorrow.
Bruce’s “Out in the Street” is essentially the same song as The Easybeats’ “Friday on My Mind,” a fact Bruce playfully acknowledged by playing them back-to-back in Sydney.
Often dismissed as a work-in-progress “Zero and Blind Terry,” “Phantoms” is actually a completely different song (with the same music). It represents the closing of a chapter in Bruce’s songwriting.
Daring, edgy, and absolutely fantastic: watch Sara McLeod nail the spirit of Bruce’s greatest hit in an amazing cover performance.
The second time’s the charm: Bruce takes another crack at writing about wedding days, and this time he captures the life lessons he learned since the first time.
One time only: Bruce becomes an honorary Beach Boy when he joins Brian Wilson on stage for “Surfin’ U.S.A.”
The curious tale of how an ad-libbed in-joke turned a throwaway outtake into a concert crowd-pleaser.
Bruce quoted it in “Born to Run” and imitated its sound, and in 1976 he finally had the chance to perform it with its original artist: Listen to Bruce Springsteen and Ronnie Spector play Spector’s signature “Be My Baby.”