One of the strongest tracks on The Rising, “The Fuse” focuses on the one sure antidote for existential dread.
Category: Roll of the Dice
“Two For the Road” is short, sweet, and offers a few intriguing callback, but ultimately it falls short in both style and substance.
Always at the ready whenever defiance, solidarity, and resoluteness are called for, “This Little Light of Mine” proved a perfect penultimate song for the Sessions Tour.
Boasting a hypnotic backing track and skillful editing, “City of Night” closes out The Promise with a lost gem.
More short story than song, Bruce lifted “Galveston Bay” from real-life headlines to tell a tale of hope and better angels.
The love child of “State Trooper” and “Pink Cadillac” (and grandchild of “Peter Gunn”) “Chain Lightning” is a fascinating River cast-off that deserves a live outing.
Only Bruce Springsteen could write such a perfect pop song and have no recollection of it. Thank goodness he remembered, because “Give the Girl a Kiss” is a gem both on record and in concert.
One of the more under-the-radar Southside Johnny/Bruce Springsteen collaborations, “Walking Through Midnight” closed Southside’s first solo album in 1988.
In any arrangement and any style, “You Can Look” is guaranteed to bring the fun to any show it appears in. Let’s trace its long and winding evolution inside.
One of the rarest and most revealing songs on Tunnel of Love, “Cautious Man” is an overlooked, unsettling gem.