Bruce debuts “Sugarland,” plays the first of two amazing Christic shows, and releases The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story on this remarkable date. Lots more highlights inside.
Tag: Girls in Their Summer Clothes
On this date in Springsteen history: Not one, not two, but *three* Australian shows, the “Lawsuit Tour” opener, and no respect in Atlanta for “Bruce Silversteen.”
You might think “Girls in Their Summer Clothes” wouldn’t work in a dance club, but Eurovision 2019 finalists Lake Malawi are out to prove you wrong.
Canadian band Doc Walker finds a tender country song lurking inside Bruce’s underappreciated pop single, “Girls in Their Summer Clothes.”
It won Bruce a Grammy he didn’t even know he was nominated for. It’s full of hidden callbacks to “Thunder Road” and echoes of “Born to Run.” It’s my favorite 21st-century Springsteen song, and it mystifies Bono with its relative obscurity. Listen to “Girls in Their Summer Clothes” like you’ve never heard it before inside.
Oakland ’07 was a solid early-tour outing with a fantastic main set (if a lackluster encore)–and it was my last show with Danny Federici.
Mind. Blown.