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Favorite Springsteen Song

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by writing irish, Apr 28, 2008.

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  1. writing irish

    writing irish Active Member

    SportsJournalists.com is a goldmine of Springsteen knowledge. So, Springsteen fans, what's your favorite song by Bruce? Not best song musically-speaking...instead, personal favorite.

    I'll go with "Meeting Across the River." Unusual song compared to much of his catalog- there isn't even a guitar on it. But very powerful and epitomizes the uneasy synthesis of optimism and weariness that characterizes much of Springsteen's work.
     
    writing irish, Apr 28, 2008
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  2. shockey

    shockey Active Member

    "thunder road."

    oodles of personal reasons, but moving even w/o those. tremendous appeal to local, small town girl to take a chance on going after bigger dreams.

    full band or just piano version will do fine.

    about 20 other songs are tied for a close second.
     
    shockey, Apr 28, 2008
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  3. Beaker

    Beaker Active Member

    Wow...there are so many, but if you put a gun to my head, I might say "Spirit in the Night." The live version on that's on his Hammersmith Odeon concert cd is just electric.

    If I were to choose a more obscure song, I might say either "Brothers Under the Bridge"--a poignant Vietnam song, or "The Fever" off 18 Tracks.
     
    Beaker, Apr 28, 2008
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  4. writing irish

    writing irish Active Member

    I was pretty blown away when I first heard the piano version of Thunder Road. It sounded like he had moved the setting of the song from a city in New Jersey to a little town in Western New York.

    Beaker, I love the part when he loses his groovy 70s hat during that version of "Spirit."
     
    writing irish, Apr 28, 2008
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  5. chester

    chester Member

    Love the piano version of "Thunder Road". When my little girl was just a newborn, I used to turn that song on to calm her down. Never failed.

    Also a big fan of the live version of "Youngstown"
     
    chester, Apr 28, 2008
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  6. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    Badlands.
    Or Out in The Street.

    Or something else. Hell, there's so many.
     
    Moderator1, Apr 28, 2008
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  7. pa writer

    pa writer Member

    It depends on the mood I'm in, but right now it's "Candy's Room."
     
    pa writer, Apr 28, 2008
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  8. Danny Noonan

    Danny Noonan Member

    Jungleland.
     
    Danny Noonan, Apr 28, 2008
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  9. EStreetJoe

    EStreetJoe Well-Known Member

    Thunder Road
    If you've never heard the early versions from Feb. 1975 with the different lyrics, check this out:


    rounding out a top 5 - in no particular order - would be No Surrender, Racing in the Street, Badlands, Across the Border. Promised Land could make it in there on any particular day as could at least a dozen other songs.
     
    EStreetJoe, Apr 28, 2008
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  10. Chef

    Chef Active Member

    Human Touch
     
    Chef, Apr 28, 2008
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  11. Rambler

    Rambler Member

    Always loved "Trapped."

    And "Because The Night."

    And "Spirit in the Night."
     
    Rambler, Apr 28, 2008
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  12. spnited

    spnited Active Member

    Jungleland, Out in the Street, Prove it All night (esp. Live in NYC version), Night, She's the One.

    That top 5 coould change in the next hour.
     
    spnited, Apr 28, 2008
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