Written for The Ramones and influenced by The Byrds, The Four Seasons, and The Beach Boys, “Hungry Heart” gave Bruce his first Top Ten hit.
Category: River
Bruce’s Darkness and River albums are bridged by this stealthy and extraordinarily empathetic love song.
“Two Hearts” is one of Bruce’s early songwriting masterpieces, and one that is best listened to acoustically than in its original arrangement.
“Jackson Cage” is a case of a theme in search of a song. It took a while for Bruce to find it, but find it he did. Let’s trace this underrated song’s winding path inside.
“Sherry Darling” is synonymous with summer–one of Bruce’s loosest, most carefree (and believe it or not, romantic) songs, yet it dates back to the serious Darkness sessions.
The fascinating evolution of “The Ties That Bind,” prototyped, previewed, and repeatedly revised on the road long before it ever saw vinyl.