“Code of Silence” is Bruce’s only live recording to win a Grammy, but his studio version with Joe Grushecky is pretty great, too.
Category: Roll of the Dice
“The Brokenhearted” is Roy Orbison meets The Drifters, and 1977 Bruce meets 2010 Bruce. The style mash-up works, the vocal graft not so much.
A couple of years ago, news leaked of an unreleased Springsteen song about Harry Potter, and it wasn’t long before the song leaked, too. This one probably should stay in the vault.
Written less than three days after the passing of its inspiration, “Terry’s Song” is at once intensely personal and universal. It reminds us of the importance of truly knowing the people in our lives.
Bruce’s quiet, introspective title track for Tim Robbins’ award-winning film earned him his second Oscar nomination.
Bruce recorded “Waiting on the End of the World” twice, with both the “other” band and the E Street Band–yet he didn’t release either version. I have a theory as to why,
Bruce’s first published work in a college literary magazine leads to a Steel Mill song that would be recorded forty years later.
“The Wish” is Bruce’s most autobiographical song, and it’s more resonant and poignantly powerful today than ever.
This Born to Run outtake is a mess, an absolute mishmash. But I love it nonetheless.
“Seven Angels” is a terrific pop song with a great riff–a surprising castoff from the Human Touch sessions that deserves greater exposure.