Originally a worker protest song, “Pay Me My Money Down” became a set-closing highlight of merriment on the Seeger Sessions Tour.
Category: Roll of the Dice
“Preacher’s Daughter” is one Bruce’s greatest unreleased outtakes–a Darkness cast-off with Born to Run sweep and cinematic power.
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.
“Dance, Dance, Dance” is a delightfully atypical, funky, horn-fueled, unreleased delight from 1971.
“Bobby Jean” makes for a fascinating comparison with “Backstreets” — two songs about broken friendships, one that heals and one that doesn’t.
Bruce’s original version of “Dedication” has never been released…. or has it?
In which Bruce wisely avoids tossing a lighted match into a powder keg by discarding this destined-for-controversy outtake.
“Valentine’s Day” is a powerful counterpoint to “The River.” It may even be a sequel.