“Back in Your Arms” is Bruce’s most soulful and rueful torch song, presaging themes he still grapples with today.
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“Wrong Side of the Street” is a lyrical lightweight, but it features a great E Street Band backing track that went unreleased for more than 30 years after it was recorded.
“Erie Canal” is a nostalgic callback to a slower-paced world. Bruce’s version captures the wistfulness, pride, and celebration of two workers (one human and one equine) at the sunset of their careers.
Hold on tight: Bruce Springsteen’s “Night” is three minutes of pure rock and roll adrenaline, but I’ll try to break it down inside.
Sadly more relevant today than when it was written, “Matamoros Banks” remains one of Bruce’s most heart-breakingly beautiful songs, better enjoyed on album than in concert.
Never recorded or performed, Bruce’s notebook lyrics for “New York Morning Love” reveal a budding 18-year-old songwriter grappling with some very adult themes.
“Brothers Under the Bridges” is a Born in the U.S.A. outtake bristling with youth and yearning–but it foreshadows Bruce’s twelve-years-later sequel.
Bruce’s personal anthem has been central and vital to his catalog since its 1995 debut, receiving an astonishing *four* different studio releases. Listen to them all, along with backstory, insights, and great performances inside.
We may not be able to make out the lyrics for “Don’t Say No,” but the backing track is a keeper. Too bad Bruce didn’t find a home for it–although it’s not for lack of trying.
The very definition of an overlooked gem, “Tomorrow Never Knows” reflects an artist truly coming to terms with his mortality and establishes a throughline to Western Stars.