Tag: 1968 Notebook (16)
Roll of the Dice: Sun Time
One of the final entries in Bruce’s 1968 Notebook is a tender (bordering on sappy) love song he never recorded.
Roll of the Dice: The Virgin Flower
Let’s take another trip into Bruce’s 1968 Notebook with a lengthy entry that reads more like a poem than a song.
Roll of the Dice: Upon This Day (Eurydice)
From the pages of his 1968 Notebook comes Bruce’s retelling of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice.
Roll of the Dice: Love Cycle
It’s time for another installment from Bruce’s 1968 notebook–this time a poem rather than a song.
Roll of the Dice: The War Song
Nineteen-year-old Bruce Springsteen grappled with the horrors of the Vietnam War in one of his earliest compositions.
Roll of the Dice: The Window
This early composition by 18-year-old Bruce Springsteen reveals a growing awareness and concern for societal ills.
Roll of the Dice: Mississippi
Long before “The Ghost of Tom Joad,” nineteen-year-old Bruce Springsteen adapted another great work of literature into song.
Roll of the Dice: New York Morning Love
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.
Roll of the Dice: A Winter's Revelation (In 9 Illusions)
Let’s take another trip back to Bruce’s 1968 Notebook, where an 18-year-old Bruce Springsteen aims a bit too high this time.
Roll of the Dice: Death of a Good Man
In this installment from the 1968 Notebook, we learn that Bruce had his lean, spare storytelling chops long before he revealed them on Nebraska.