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.
Author:
Ken Rosen (2080)
Watch Bruce’s only performance of this perennial holiday classic (which isn’t really the holiday song you might think it is).
One time only: Bruce joins The Patti Smith Group for Patti’s land-mark opus from her debut album.
Singer-songwriter Stjerne teams up with the eclectic SMAF! combo on a beautiful, longing, torchy arrangement of “Streets of Philadelphia.”
This early composition by 18-year-old Bruce Springsteen reveals a growing awareness and concern for societal ills.
Twice only: Bruce joins an all-star line-up of music icons to cover one of the most iconic rock songs of the 20th century.
Stark, dark, and brooding, the film noir-ish “Point Blank” dazzles with one of Bruce’s very best vocals and arrangements.
Mary G’s version of “Further On (Up the Road)” is a cover of a cover, but it stands on its own as a fresh, wonderful take on Bruce’s song.
“Under the Gun” donated its lyrics to “The River” and “Wreck on the Highway” but there’s still a terrific rocker hiding away in the vault somewhere. Let’s trace its evolution to get a sense of what the final song might promise.
Twice only: Bruce covered Elvis Presley’s 1964 hit during two appearances in the same week at Jersey Shore clubs.