“Under the Gun” donated its lyrics to “The River” and “Wreck on the Highway” but there’s still a terrific rocker hiding away in the vault somewhere. Let’s trace its evolution to get a sense of what the final song might promise.
Category: Roll of the Dice
Still missing in action after all these years: whatever happened to the smoking E Street Band song known only as “Slow Fade” from bootleg rehearsal tapes? Take a listen to this remarkable track inside.
The third time was not the charm, but Bruce still managed to salvage something from this River-era outtake.
A lost home demo, “Love Will Get You Down” offers us a window into Bruce’s songwriting process–but the final song (if there is one) is still locked away.
A true flash in the wild: the E Street Band rehearses a one-time-only performance of a lost, light Springsteen original.
This gorgeous Jackson Browne-ian work-in-progress ballad might have made for a gorgeous song had Bruce completed it.
This melodic ancestor to “Jackson Cage” captures The Big Man standing just a bit too close to the mic.
Missing in action: this early lyrical forerunner to “Tougher Than the Rest” made it all the way to an E Street Band rehearsal but never to the studio.
Bruce seems to have spent a lot of time working on “Chevrolet Deluxe,” but in the end, he sold it for parts.
A riff in search of a song, both “Tonight” and “Break My Heart” point the way to an underappreciated Tracks outtake.