Ten years ago tonight: Guest blogger Marietta Phillips takes us inside one of Bruce’s most intimate concerts ever.
Tag: The Promise
This early draft of “Factory” has a surprising and somber depth all its own.
This early ancestor of “Candy’s Room” (and “Drive All Night”) is just as strong as its descendant, featuring a long, sublime solo by Danny Federici. Let’s break it down inside.
Look past the dated lyrics (and the limp studio version), and “Fire” goes the distance as a fan-favorite rarity. The secret? It’s…
Boasting a hypnotic backing track and skillful editing, “City of Night” closes out The Promise with a lost gem.
Is this the darkest song in Bruce’s catalog? (Spoiler alert: yes.)
“Wrong Side of the Street” is a lyrical lightweight, but it features a great E Street Band backing track that went unreleased for more than 30 years after it was recorded.
“Save My Love” is modern-day nostalgia: a 2010 recording (based on a 1976 rehearsal) about the power of radio in a pre-streaming world. Backstory, insights, and remarkable video inside.
The curious tale of how an ad-libbed in-joke turned a throwaway outtake into a concert crowd-pleaser.
“Talk to Me” took a strange and winding path from the studio to vinyl to the E Street stage, but it’s guaranteed to make us laugh anytime Bruce pulls it out. But let’s not think too hard about the lyrics.