Category: Roll of the Dice (596)
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Roll of the Dice: Lion's Den
June 21, 2019
By Ken Rosen
Dum dum dee-dum dum dee-dee dum dum!
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Roll of the Dice: Good Lovin' Woman
June 17, 2019
By Ken Rosen
It’s sonically rough and lyrically trite, but a 20-year-old Springsteen turns in a ferocious guitar performance in his early composition, “Good Lovin’ Woman.”
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Roll of the Dice: Used Cars
June 13, 2019
By Ken Rosen
“Used Cars” is one of Bruce’s most honestly autobiographical songs. Beneath its vignette veneer lies powerful, nuanced themes of shame and alienation. Let’s explore and listen to rare performances inside.
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Roll of the Dice: Mr. Outside
June 10, 2019
By Ken Rosen
The curious case of a bootleg turned official release (and the mystery of why bother).
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Roll of the Dice: Phantoms
June 6, 2019
By Ken Rosen
Often dismissed as a work-in-progress “Zero and Blind Terry,” “Phantoms” is actually a completely different song (with the same music). It represents the closing of a chapter in Bruce’s songwriting.
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Roll of the Dice: Ain't Good Enough for You
June 2, 2019
By Ken Rosen
The curious tale of how an ad-libbed in-joke turned a throwaway outtake into a concert crowd-pleaser.
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Roll of the Dice: Secret Garden
May 30, 2019
By Ken Rosen
“Secret Garden” is one of Bruce’s best love songs. It’s also one of his least romantic.
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Roll of the Dice: The Informer
May 16, 2019
By Ken Rosen
Today’s roll of the dice: a tantalizing glimpse of a song still very much lost in the vault… if it ever got recorded at all.
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Roll of the Dice: A Night with the Jersey Devil
May 14, 2019
By Ken Rosen
A curiosity of a song with an unusual release history. “A Night with the Jersey Devil” is an exercise in clever misdirection, and a sly wink from Bruce.
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Roll of the Dice: Love Will Get You Down
May 12, 2019
By Ken Rosen
A lost home demo, “Love Will Get You Down” offers us a window into Bruce’s songwriting process–but the final song (if there is one) is still locked away.