{"id":11078,"date":"1988-02-13T11:00:00","date_gmt":"1988-02-13T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=11078"},"modified":"2026-02-07T16:57:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T00:57:00","slug":"matr-little-steven-and-bruce-springsteen-angel-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1988\/02\/13\/matr-little-steven-and-bruce-springsteen-angel-eyes\/","title":{"rendered":"Angel Eyes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They&#8217;ve never performed it live together, and he&#8217;s not credited on the album.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, those are unmistakably Bruce Springsteen&#8217;s backing vocals on &#8220;Angel Eyes,&#8221; Little Steven&#8217;s standout track from his 1982 debut album, <em>Men Without Women<\/em>.<\/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\/J9hpdwAnfxY?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>Although technically billed as The Disciples of Soul, that&#8217;s not actually the band that you hear on most of the album. Steve didn&#8217;t assemble the Disciples until the album was almost complete, and while the album features E Streeters, Asbury Jukes, and Miami Horns, &#8220;Angel Eyes&#8221; is pretty close to an E Street Band song, with prominent contributions from Max, Garry, and Danny that are even easier to pick out than Bruce&#8217;s vocals.<\/p>\n<p>Bruce has made and continues to make frequent appearances at Little Steven&#8217;s shows, but unlike &#8220;Until the Good is Gone&#8221; (one of Bruce&#8217;s two other vocal contributions to his best friend&#8217;s debut album and an occasional on-stage team-up), and despite its reliable inclusion in Little Steven&#8217;s setlists, &#8220;Angel Eyes&#8221; remains untouched by Bruce in concert.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Angel Eyes<br \/>\nRecorded:<\/strong> November 1981<br \/>\n<strong>Released:<\/strong> <em>Men Without Women<\/em> (1982)<br \/>\n<strong>Never performed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 July 26, 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen closely to Little Steven&#8217;s love song &#8220;Angel Eyes,&#8221; and you&#8217;ll hear the unmistakable (but uncredited) backing vocals of Bruce Springsteen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3609,5],"tags":[1894,1486,2020,26],"class_list":["post-11078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-little-help","category-meeting-across-the-river","tag-angel-eyes","tag-little-steven-and-the-disciples-of-soul","tag-men-without-women","tag-steve-van-zandt"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/little-steven-and-the-disciples-of-soul-angel-eyes-emi-america.jpg?fit=793%2C800&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9w3Lk-2SG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15482,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1988\/08\/25\/matr-little-steven-and-bruce-springsteen-men-without-women\/","url_meta":{"origin":11078,"position":0},"title":"Men Without Women","author":"Ken","date":"August 25, 1988","format":false,"excerpt":"Bruce was working on what would become Nebraska in the autumn of 1981, but he still found time to contribute vocals to the title track of Little Steven's debut album.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Great&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Great","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/category\/great\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/mww.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/mww.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/mww.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/mww.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/mww.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5729,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1988\/04\/22\/meeting-across-the-river-little-steven-and-bruce-springsteen-until-the-good-is-gone\/","url_meta":{"origin":11078,"position":1},"title":"Until the Good is Gone","author":"Ken","date":"April 22, 1988","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Until the Good is Gone\" is one of Steve's earliest and best solo efforts, featuring uncredited but unmistakable backing vocals from Bruce. 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