{"id":10928,"date":"2019-07-20T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-20T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=10928"},"modified":"2019-07-20T12:58:48","modified_gmt":"2019-07-20T19:58:48","slug":"roll-of-the-dice-i-gotta-be-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/20\/roll-of-the-dice-i-gotta-be-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Roll of the Dice: I Gotta Be Free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I Gotta Be Free&#8221; was a late-set guitar showcase during the Robbin Thompson period of Steel Mill.<\/p>\n<p>While the band never recorded it, we&#8217;re fortunate to have a couple of surviving concert recordings. Take a listen below&#8211;that&#8217;s Robbin you&#8217;ll hear on lead vocals, with Bruce strutting his stuff on guitar. But about halfway through, the band segues into a cover of The Grateful Dead&#8217;s &#8220;Turn on Your Love Light&#8221; with Bruce on lead vocals before circling back to finish the song. (As far as we know, every &#8220;I Gotta Be Free&#8221; performance included this mid-song cover.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Iakqd7kgV2A?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Bruce&#8217;s lyrics are pretty spare&#8211;just two verses and a one-line chorus&#8211;and content-wise, they&#8217;re about what you&#8217;d expect from a young rock band at the time: ambition, defiance, and an embrace of the life of an outsider.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em>I got to climb on top of that highest mountain<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Gotta go somewhere where nobody gonna find me<\/em><br \/>\n<em>&#8216;Cause I&#8217;m gonna live my life in freedom, gotta live my life free<\/em><br \/>\n<em>No, and I&#8217;m not gonna spend my life with people, people that come and spit on me<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em>Lord, I gotta be free!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em>Well there&#8217;s a light up above and I just can&#8217;t reach it (No, I just can&#8217;t reach it)<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Lotta things I wanna say what but they won&#8217;t let me preach it (No, they won&#8217;t let me preach it)<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And there&#8217;s things I wanna learn but they just don&#8217;t teach it (No, they just don&#8217;t teach it)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em>Oh, I gotta be free!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I Gotta Be Free&#8221; isn&#8217;t likely to be a Steel Mill&#8217;s Greatest Hits selection, but it&#8217;s another remarkably preserved document of a very young Bruce Springsteen&#8217;s ferocious guitar and emerging song-writing talent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I Gotta Be Free<br \/>\nNever recorded<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Never released<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>First performed:<\/strong> November 27, 1970 (Asbury Park, NJ)<br \/>\n<strong>Last performed:<\/strong> January 22, 1971 (Asbury Park, NJ)<\/p>\n<p>Looking for your favorite Bruce song? 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