Bruce recorded a home demo of “I Don’t Know” in 1979. What’s it about? Like the song says…
Category: Roll of the Dice
“Like a Stranger” appeared at a few Bruce Springsteen Band Shows, representing one of Bruce’s early attempts to grapple with relationships through song.
Yes, “My Lover Man” is a controversial song, but not because of the point-of-view character’s gender.
“Jumbeliah” marks a transition in Bruce’s songwriting and provides a fascinating look at one of the only original compositions he created for the short-lived Dr. Zoom and the Sonic Boom.
“It’s Hard to Be Saint in the City” played an important role in Bruce’s rise to stardom, but the lesser-known acoustic version is the definitive take.
“Living on the Edge” is a glorious hot mess of a song. An unreleased outtake until 1998, it nevertheless spawned no less than three officially released Springsteen originals along the way.
“The Klansman” is one of the best unreleased outtakes from the Born in the U.S.A. sessions–a stark, morally ambiguous tale of the day a KKK recruiter visits a young boy’s home.
“The Time in Between” never grew from its seed, but we can wonder what might have been.
Another excerpt from the “1968 Notebook,” “Slum Sentiments,” shows how well Bruce had already honed his writing by the tender age of eighteen.
Bruce seems to have spent a lot of time working on “Chevrolet Deluxe,” but in the end, he sold it for parts.