One of Bruce’s perfect pop songs is hidden away on Gary U.S. Bonds’ 1982 album, On the Line.
Category: Roll of the Dice
On his 1982 album On the Line, Gary U.S. Bonds covers Bruce’s “Heartbreak Hotel” re-write, “Club Soul City.”
One of the best full-band outtakes from the Nebraska era, the E Street Band’s recording of “All I Need” made for a fine deep cut for Gary U.S. Bonds.
As timely today as it was in the summer of ’82, Bruce’s slyly comedic “Out of Work” was a Top Forty hit for Gary U.S. Bonds.
Bruce penned “This Little Girl” for Gary U.S. Bonds’ comeback album, and it worked–providing Bonds with a Top 40 (and almost a Top 10) hit, powered by the E Street Band and Bruce’s lyrics, music, and backing vocals.
Bruce’s original version of “Dedication” has never been released…. or has it?
One of many great songs Bruce gave away, “Your Love” is the missing link in a story that begins with “Little White Lies” and ends with “My Love Will Not Let You Down.”
When Bruce announced his participation in the Amnesty International Human Rights Now! Tour in 1988, his re-arrangement and performance of this Bob Dylan classic became the title track of an EP released the following month.
An anthem cloaked as an elegy, a gospel wrapped in rock, “The Rising” is one of Bruce’s finest, most important, and most superbly crafted songs.
The Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour followed a narrative arc from start to finish. Over the course of three hours, Bruce Springsteen took…