“County Fair” is a perfect song about a perfect day, and so delicate that live performance can’t match the power of the version on record.
Author:
Ken Rosen (2090)
“Black Mountain Ballad” improves on “Don’t Back Down on Our Love” in almost every way. As we noted in the early pages of this book,…
Things are about to get confusing again. “Fugitive’s Dream” is one of three very closely related songs on L.A. Garage Sessions ’83, and it’s virtually impossible…
A finished but unreleased home recording from the Born in the U.S.A. sessions, “Seven Tears” is a beautifully sad song and a masterful example of songwriting economy.
For decades, “Sugarland” was one of the great what if’s for Springsteen collectors. It was the ghost in the machine of the early eighties: a…
An early rock and roll sequel and the tragic deaths of two of his musical heroes inspired this powerful, under-the-radar B-side.
In which Bruce wisely avoids tossing a lighted match into a powder keg by discarding this destined-for-controversy outtake.
Despite my best efforts, this book is going to be confusing at times, and that confusion starts here. Many of the eighteen tracks on L.A. Garage…
If there was ever a song that sounds like (but isn’t) a Springsteen original, it would have to be Tom Waits’ “Jersey Girl.” Check out Bruce’s great cover performances inside, including a rare Springsteen/Waits duet with hybrid lyrics!