“Better Days” is one of the happiest songs in Bruce’s catalog. It also features some of his best writing.
Category: Roll of the Dice
“Everyone Loves You” is an unfinished (or more accurately, barely started) cast-off from Bruce’s 1979 home demo recordings.
We’re in obscure territory today with this instrumental jam from the Child/Steel Mill era.
The fascinating evolution of “The Ties That Bind,” prototyped, previewed, and repeatedly revised on the road long before it ever saw vinyl.
Visit the vividly painted streetscape of “Santa Ana,” featuring a lost Clarence Clemons flute performance and dreamlike imagery.
Haters gonna hate it, but I’m gonna love it: “Let’s Be Friends” is one of my favorite tracks on The Rising.
You can find the heart of many Springsteen songs in a single line. In “Drive All Night,” it’s in the sax solo–it says more than any lyric ever could.
An unfinished, unreleased demo that would resonate particularly well these days.
Ferocious in concert, limp on vinyl, “Lost in the Flood” is nevertheless a lyrically brilliant piece of work.
“County Fair” is a perfect song about a perfect day, and so delicate that live performance can’t match the power of the version on record.