A bookend of sorts to “Atlantic City,” “Easy Money” inspired an entire album centered around the impact of societal economic inequality.
Tag: Wrecking Ball
More urgent and more relevant with each passing year, “We Take Care of Our Own” is Bruce’s reminder to his countrymen: We are better than this.
Perhaps the most carefully constructed song on Bruce’s Wrecking Ball album, “Jack of All Trades” is both musically and (sadly) lyrically timeless.
It’s an okay trifle, but whatever makes a pop song great, “You’ve Got It” ain’t got it.
Part work song, part call to action, and one of Bruce’s best and most Springsteenian songs, “Shackled and Drawn” is also Bruce’s best show opener ever.
A bonus track that could have been a title track, “Swallowed Up” is the thematic centerpiece of one of Bruce’s strongest albums.
Years before he openly confessed his lifelong battle with depression, Bruce hid it in plain sight as the centerpiece of his Wrecking Ball album.
Introduced without fanfare on the Seeger Sessions Tour, Bruce’s immigrant song grew into his summational statement and band tribute. Read the backstory and watch great performances inside.
Introducing our first guest blogger: Stray Bullet’s Anna Lind shares her first-hand report from Bruce’s Wrecking Ball show in Stockholm.
No one could have known that this was Clarence’s final show. But it almost seems like Bruce did, because it’s hard to imagine a more fitting tribute to their friendship.