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Bruce Springsteen: Top 10 Songs (x3)
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- Опубліковано 4 сер 2020
- A legendary songwriter whose career has spanned nearly 50 years and 19 studio albums is bound to have a lot of great songs. Today, our job is to narrow the pool down to the 10 best. Kramzer, Jason, and Joe each present their own personal top 10 song lists for The Boss, Bruce Springsteen.
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I can’t believe that no one picked “Jungleland”… holy cow!
Agree
Jungleland isn't just Bruce Springsteen's best song, its the best song ever.
My list:
10. Living Proof - Never been married and never had kids. And it still gets me every time I hear it.
9. Racing in the Street - Cinematic songwriting. My favorite song from one of his best albums.
8. The Price You Pay - A song about consequences of some very big life decisions. Very weighty.
7. Tougher Than the Rest - You never doubt whether he gets the girl at the end of this one. Such a heartfelt plea, and an effective one.
6. Brilliant Disguise - I still remember the first time I heard this on the radio, the day it premiered.
5. Backstreets - Another one that blew me away from the first listen.
4. Incident on 57th Street - His best urban epic, which he was known for early in his career. It's even better than Jungleland, if you ask me.
3. 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) - I had never been to the Jersey Shore before I heard this song. After I'd heard it, it felt like I had actually lived there.
2. Born to Run - He intended to write one of the best rock songs when he took this on. He achieved it.
1. Thunder Road - Best song I've ever heard. It cascades over you. That is all.
T-road is Top 10 all-time for me. - Joe
I came for you
The Angel
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10. Backstreets - This is one of the few songs of Bruce's that I didn't like right away and learned to love. The line "You can blame it all on me Terry, it don't matter to me now" may be the best sung line in Bruce's history.
9. Independence Day - One of those songs that wasn't what I thought it was based on the title. Love the opening line of a son telling his father to go to bed.
8. 4th of July Asbury Park - of all of my top 10 songs, this one is hardest to explain. I just love it, and sometimes that's all you need.
7. Jungleland - Bruce at his most epic (maybe NYC serenade). One of my favorite 9+ minute songs.
6. Badlands - just a powerhouse track.
5. If I should Fall Behind - Glad Jason picked this. Respect: +50 after losing 100 yesterday for the "Bruce is phony" comment. Hauntingly beautiful.
4. Thunder Road (Live) - I know it isn't a studio album but the first track and solo piano version of Thunder Road from 1986's Live 75-85 is stunning. The rest is of the box set was not so good. Well known individual concerts are a better listen.
3. The River - I think his finest lyric. The line "Then I got Mary pregnant...and man that was all she wrote" No single line has ever hit me so hard as the first time I heard it. I thought I was listening to a a normal straight love song and then BAM! that line turns the song on its head.
2. Thunder Road - What's not to love about this track? The piano especially is amazing.
1. Born to Run - I first came across this song in a book of poetry and I found the lyrics fascinating. Amazingly it was years before I actually heard the song. (the world really sucked before the internet) And from the moment I heard it, it instantly became one of my favorite songs ever. Currently sits at my #2 song all time behind the Beatles "Hey Jude", and constantly threatens it to become #1.
Bruce isn't my favorite songwriter, but he is my favorite lyricist. He's not as innovative or poetic as Dylan, but at the same time I don't have to sometimes scratch my head and go "huh?"
Strong list. I have to push back on your comments regarding the "Live 1975 to 1985" boxed set. Having "a collection" of live performances from various shows was a gift. It seemed unique at the time. No one else was doing that (let alone putting out five (!) albums worth of live material). Not only that, but the versions of Sandy, Two Hearts, 10th Avenue Freeze Out and Jersey Girl are tremendous.
I only like no 9, 8, 5 and 3. Thunder Road and Born to Run are bombastic road weary anthems . Bruce does two to thee good songs per record but Nothing on Born to Run is good. Maybe the music to Backstreets? Rather hear The Fever or Rosalita or Atlantic City or Prove it all Night or One step back then any song on bloated Born to Run. Lonesome Day is a great song.
For someone to write "You can blame it all on me Terry, it don't matter to me now" is the best line ever is not a good sign of someone's taste in lyrics.
@@oppothumbs1 Hey dumbass I said "sung line" meaning the way it is sung is the best not the words themselves.. Don't reply to me anymore, you offer nothing but vitriol and spite and in the end nothing of value.
Thunder Road is a top 10 song, ever. I will not be accepting any arguments. - Joe
1. Thunder Road
2. Tunnel Of Love
3. Brilliant Disguise
4. Tougher Than The Rest
5. Sherry Darling
6. I'm Goin' Down
7. Candy's Room
8. Iceman
9. Rosalita
10. Drive All Night
My top 10 hit songs by Bruce Springsteen:
10. Bobby Jean
9. Cover Me
8. Candy's Room
7. Badlands
6. Human Touch
5. Jungleland
4. Thunder Road
3. The Rising
2. Born to Run
and
1. No Surrender
10-Ramrod
9-Point Blank
8-American Land
7-I'm On Fire
6-My Hometown
5-One Step Up
4-Fade Away
3-Drive All Night
2-Man's Job
1-Thunder Road (Live at the Roxy version)
10 The Rising
9 Walk Like A Man
8 Atlantic City
7 Valentine's Day
6 Thunder Road
5 Meeting Across The River
4 Jungleland
3 Factory
2 Tougher Than The Rest
NUMBER ONE : a pure miracle of a track, one of the greatest performances ever recorded: BORN TO RUN
Yes! She’s The One!! 🔥🔥🔥
1) Jungleland
2) Prove It All Night
3) Promised Land
4) Badlands
5) Racing In The Street
6) Darkness on the Edge Of Town
7) Thunder Road
8) Born to Run
9) The River
10) Atlantic City
"Born to Run" is my favorite, but I also really like "Human Touch", "I'm on Fire", "The River" and "Streets of Philadelphia".
1. Born to Run
2. Thunder Road
3. The Promised Land
4. Tenth Avenue Freeze Out
5. The River
6. She´s the One
7. Atlantic City
8. Two hearts
9. Prove it all night
10. Bobby Jean
1. Born to run
2. 4th of July, Asbury Park
3. New York serenade
4. Incident on 57th street
5. Tunnel of love
6. Darkness on the edge of town
7. It's hard to be a saint in the city
8. The angel
9. Streets of Philadelphia
10. Badlands
Great discussion and lists guys. Mine is most like, at the top anyway, Joe's offerings. Also like Joe's my list is top-heavy with tunes from the early albums. So, here goes from best down:
1. Thunder Road
2. Born To Run
3. Prove It All Night
4. 4th Of July Asbury Park (Sandy)
5. Brilliant Disguise
6. Bobby Jean
7. Incident On 57th Street
8. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) - 7 and 8 have to be paired as on the album the piano outro from 57th Street merges seamlessly into the guitar and organ intro of Rosalita
9. Racing In The Street
10. Jungleland
1. Jungleland
2. Thunder Road
3. Born to Run
4. The River
5. Badlands
6. Promised Land
7. Prove it All Night
8. Incident on 57th Street
9. Backstreets
10. Out in the Street
10. Streets of Fire
9. Growin Up
8. Born to Run
7. Aint Good Enough For You
6. Dancing in the Dark
5. Something in the Night
4. The River
3. Darkness on the Edge of Town
2. The Promised Land
1. Thunder Road
There's something pretty cathartic about making lists:
10. “Highway Patrolmen” (Nebraska)
9. “Growin’ Up” (Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.)
8. “Out in the Street” (The River)
7. “Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)” (The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle)
6. “Candy’s Room” (Darkness on the Edge of Town)
5. “Erie Canal” (The Seeger Sessions […a cover, I know, but still…!])
4. “Born to Run” (Born to Run)
3. “The Promised Land” (Darkness on the Edge of Town)
2. “Atlantic City” (Nebraska)
1. “Thunder Road” (Born to Run)
Stolen car?
"Kitty's Back" showcases the greatness of the early E Street Band. For neophytes, find it on the second album. Also, "Iceman" is a non-album song that sounds a lot like "Racing In The Street" but definitely worth a listen.
Really shocked Kram didn't pick "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town"
Good lists! Joe, glad you included those 2 from his 2nd album. I love his writing from that era. Glad to see all the love for Atlantic City too. Great song.
10- Reason to believe
9- Dancing in the dark
8- Point blank
7- Promised land
6- The ties that bind
5- Tenth avenue freeze out
4- The ghost of Tom Joad
3- The river
2- Badlands
1- Thunder road
1. Backstreets
2. Adam Raised A Cain
3. Wish I Were Blind - "I wish i were blind, when i see you with your man". Been there, felt that.
4. Racing In the Streets
5. Ties That Bind - perhaps the greatest album opener ever
6. Downbound Train - about the only listenable track off "USA", about the only one that wasn't a single also
7. Night - loved that it made one your 10's. Doesn't get the love that every other tune on BTR gets
8. Moonlight Motel - I'm in the "bills and kids, kids and bills" stage of life
9. I'll Work for Your Love - love the piano line
10. Hearts of Stone - Southside sings it best, but give the man his due for penning it.
1 Atlantic City
2 Rosalita
3 Tunnel of Love
4 Prove it All night - Live version
5 The Fever
6 Glory Days
7 Incident
8 Out on the Street
9 The River
10 Dancing in the Dark
My Top 10
10. Cadillac Ranch
9. Bobby Jean
8. Night
7. Hungry Heart
6. Sherry Darling
5. Tenth Avenue Freeze Out
4. I'm A Rocker
3. Born To Run
2. Crush On You
1. You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
10. Youngstown
9. Reason To Believe
8. Born To Run
7. Nebraska
6. Jesus Was An Only Son
5. Independence Day
4. Candy's Room
3. Thunder Road
2. Badlands
1. Atlantic City
Here's my top 11:
1 "Backstreets"
2 "Thunder Road"
3 "The River"
4 "The Rising"
5 "Tougher Than the Rest"
6 "Atlantic City"
7 "Darkness on the Edge of Town"
8 "Born to Run"
9 "Dancing in the Dark"
10 "Racing in the Street"
11 "My City of Ruins"
1/ Jungleland 2/ Born to Run 3/ Thunder Road 4/ Backstreets 5/ The River 6/ Independence Day 7/ Incident on 57th Street 8/ Racing in the Street 9/ The Promise 10/ The Promised Land
1.Born In The USA
2.Born To Run
3.No Surrender
4.Adam Raised A Cain
5.Thundercrack - The Wild,The Innocent And The E-Street Shuffle outtake
6..Restless Nights - The River outtake
7.Lonesome Day
8.Candy's Room
9.Darlington County
10.Roulette - The River outtake
Nice video guys - two songs not mentioned that would be very high on my personal list are “Racing In The Street” and “4th Of July Asbury Park (Sandy)”.
For some reason my fathers house from Nebraska is my favorite Springsteen song. It’s just evokes the most emotion in me. Probably 25 other songs are tied For second
Agreed. That is such a great song, the imagery is off the charts. Love it.
Gets me emotional too. Don’t know why. But that is what I was trying to get across to our Listography friends. Nebraska takes a few listens but once you’re in that’s it...
Excellent selections .
My list in order of preference :
Thunder Road. ( the stripped down live version with just Bruce & the piano from Live 75-85 is my favourite version )
Point Blank
Badlands
Promised Land
The River
One Step Up
Born to Run
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Jungleland
Magic
Honourable Mentions :
No Surrender
Independence Day
10th Ave. Freeze Out
Factory
4th of July ( Sandy )
Out in the Street
Cheers !
10. The Ties That Bind
09. Incident on 57th Street
08. Atlantic City
07. Badlands
06. 4th of July (Sandy)
05. Backstreets
04. Thunder Road
03. Rosalita
02. Born To Run
01. Jungleland
Edit: I added Backstreets. Growin' Up gets bumped. I have not heard many full albums by Bruce since 1990. I'm going with what I know.
I do have Lucky Town in Cassette. It's not bad. There are no songs from Born in the USA on my list. I think it's a great album but no top ten songs for me. There are others that I'd like to mention. I mean, I like Ramrod. It's cheesy as hell but in a good way. Thanks gentlemen!
I admit, I checked out of Springsteenville after Born In The USA, despite my love of his earlier releases. I will definitely look into later albums - God knows there are plenty. As for my favorites, The River, Jungleland, Atlantic City, Thunder Road. The usual suspects. But again, I am not familiar with a good chunk of his catalog. Looking forward to diving in. Cheers!
"Jungleland" is the greatest Springsteen song hands down, and for none of these guys to place it in their top ten lists is insanity!
Two songs for me that might be out of the box are Pay Me My Money Down especially the New Orleans jazz festival version from 2006 and My Hometown which some may thin schmaltzy but has extra meaning for me by it’s use at the end of Michael Moore’s Roger and Me.
Bit late but
1. Atlantic City
2. Promised Land
3. Thunder Road
4. Tunnel of Love
5. Prove it All Night
6. The River
7. Darkness On The Edge of Town
8. Badlands
9. Tougher than the Rest
10. Human Touch
My top 3 would be:
3. For you
2. Born to Run
1. My Father’s House
I checked out the Ed Harcourt version of "Atlantic City" o your recommendation. It's a good version, but the Springsteen original is still tops for me. I was also happy to see "Factory" make the Top 10 on Jason's list - that song really is the centerpiece of his best album Darkness. 👍
1. Born to Run
2. Thunder Road
3. The Promised Land
4. No Surrender
5. Badlands
6. Atlantic City
7. I'm Going Down
8. Girls in Their Summer Clothes
9. Highway Patrolman
10. The River
Glad to see someone's mentioned no surrender.
I bagged on Jason for his placement of The Rising but he redeemed himself with some of his song selections. I do agree with Joe that "Thunder Road" is one of the best songs of all time. My list.
1. Thunder Road
2. Born To Run
3. Jungleland
4. Atlantic City
5. Dancing In The Dark
6. We Take Care Of Our Own
7. The River
8. Badlands
9. Rosalita
10. Prove It All Night
Atlantic City
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Born to Run
Thunder Road
Rosalita
Spirits in the Night
Out in the Street
The Wrestler
No Surrender
Born in the USA
In my case it would make more sense to pick ten Springsteen songs I like the least, because I have around fifty top ten most favourite Springsteen songs ... 🤗
The one that got me hooked was Prove It All Night.
- When it comes to Springsteen songs it is worth mentioning that he gave some brilliant songs to other artists as well, e.g. Because the Night > Patti Smith, The Fever + Love on the Wrong Side of Town + Talk to Me > Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, almost half of the songs for the comeback albums On the Line + Dedication of his idol Gary US Bonds etc...
- Another thing to say here is that Bruce is a very US American artist at times with a patriotic view on his country that gives him as well the right to put his fingers in specific wounds. While this is understandable it also means that some of his topics may be of lesser interest for people elsewhere in the world. I noticed this especially in the video yesterday when dealing with an album like The Rising.
- I share my top 10 songs but I found I could do no ranking. Each of them is very dear and special to me and all of them have been part of my life ever since their release. Each one deserves to be number 1 on a given day.
0. No Surrender ("we learned more from a 3 minute record than we ever learned in school")
0. For You
0. Atlantic City (The Band's version on Jericho is the highlight of that album)
0. Blinded by the Light
0. Darkness on the Edge of Town
0. The River
0. Candy's Room
0. Growin' Up
0. Outlaw Pete
0. Thunder Road (when he started his career he was sometimes hailed as the new Dylan - later he released that Guthrie album. For me he is best when his New Jersey roots shine through and the music he really grew up with. It is that 60s R&B and soul that he copied from Gary US Bonds and that ties him so close to Steve Van Zandt and Clarence Clemons and that shows in the Phil Spector sound of Born to Run or other E Street albums.)
I think Jungleland is my favorite Springsteen song.
Everytime the violin plays the first notes of Jungleland, the sun is rising...
The 'Live In New York City 2000' version is absolutely incredible: ua-cam.com/video/lW1RAYYs8RI/v-deo.html
In terms of albums I'd go with 5) The Rising, 4) Born to Run, 3) Tunnel of Love, 2) Born in the USA, 1) Darkness. May I also add that I really like Wrecking Ball! My song choices (based on my favs rather than what I think are his best) would be Because the Night, Lost in the Flood, Backstreets, The River and One Step Up. PS kudos to Jason for choosing Factory and Streets of Fire in his list - great tracks 👏
30. State Trooper (1982)
29. Wreck on the Highway (1980)
28. Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)
27. The Promise (1978)
26. The Price You Pay (1980)
25. Walk Like a Man (1987)
24. Tunnel of Love (1987)
23. Tougher Than the Rest (1987)
22. Brilliant Disguise (1987)
21. We Take Care of Our Own (2012)
20. We Are Alive (2012)
19. Because the Night (1980)
18. Wrecking Ball (2012)
17. Hungry Heart (1980)
16. The Wrestler (2009)
15. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out (1975)
14. Radio Nowhere (2007)
13. The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995)
12. Shut Out the Light (1984)
11. Jungleland (1975)
10. Racing in the Street (1978)
9. I'm on Fire (1984)
8. I'm Goin' Down (1984)
7. The River (1980)
6. Atlantic City (1982)
5. Thunder Road (1975)
4. Born to Run (1975)
3. The Promised Land (1978)
2. Badlands (1978)
1. Backstreets (1975)
Born to Run: 5 songs
Tunnel of Love: 4 songs
The River: 4 songs
Darkness on the Edge of Town: 4 songs
Wrecking Ball: 3 songs
Born in the U.S.A.: 2 songs
Nebraska: 2 songs
Working on a Dream: 1 song
Magic: 1 song
The Ghost of Tom Joad: 1 song
Non-album tracks: 3 songs
If I were to do my list now, “Paradise” off The Rising would be #1. Chills.
Always hard to rank a huge catalog if you want to judge the list based on all the records. I am quite familiar with Bruce Springsteen and have many of his records but some I haven't listened to enough. Here are a few songs I think deserves a mention:
- The Ties That Bind
- It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City
- State Trooper
- My City of Ruins
- Surprise, Surprise
Talking about remakes I think the remakes of Bruce Springsteen done by Manfred Mann's Earth Band is well worth checking out!
10. Sandy 4th of July at Asbury Park
9. Badlands
8. 10th Avenue Freeze out
7. Rosalita Come Out Tonight
6. Hometown
5. Atlantic City
4. Born To Run
3. Racing in the Streets
2. The River
1. Thunder Road
Greatest songwriter ever in my opinion.
He writes good rock songs and is the greatest performer; Bob Dylan is the greatest songwriter.
@@kensilverstone1656 Yeah, I love Dylan's songs as well...I just prefer Bruce's work. What I would say though is that Bruce has also written many great ballads, folk songs and pop songs..not just rock songs. Dylan is a lyrical genius though.
@@johnnyM809: Dylan's work includes a lot of what you call ballads. Probably his most haunting and beautiful, with amazing lyrics, is "Visions of Johanna." At the same time one of my favorite Bruce Songs is "Tougher than the Rest."
@@kensilverstone1656 Visions of Johanna is amazing, but my favourite Dylan song is My Back Pages.
@@johnnyM809 Very good choice. How about Chimes of Freedom, Forever Young, and I'll stop there. Then there/s Bruce's The River.
It could be that Atlantic City is in contention to be Bruce's best. Also good are The Fever, Dancing in the Dark, Out in the Street, Prove it all Night, Rosalita, Lonesome Day, Murder Inc, Tunnel of Love, 4th of July Asbury Park, Born in the USA, Tunnel of Love, Kitty's Back.
Yesss!!! The Fever is great.
@@hazydavo Yes
While everyone obviously chose mostly good songs, the only thing I really agree with was Kramzer on Tougher than the Rest. Why was Born in the USA by far Bruce's biggest selling album by a very long shot? The answer: It had the best songs, almost absent from these lists. At least you guys left off songs from Human Touch on, though I did like Better Days on Lucky Town.
Yeah Thunder Road is probably my favorite song of all time
The River is me and my mom’s ultimate road trip song
It might be mine. It was at one time. Definitely among the contenders at any given time. - Joe
You should listen to the demo version of Born in the USA from Tracks. I agree that the official version isn't one of my favorite due to all of the reasons you guys mentioned, but this version shows how good of a song it really is. Some of my favorite Springsteen tracks are from unreleased sessions. He's definitely one of those artists who for whatever reason didn't always put his best songs or the best versions of songs on his albums.
Brent, I agree with you about Springsteen's unreleased songs. There are many great gems on Tracks that never got onto a proper album. Worth listening to those songs for sure!
Unlike Joe, I prefer Dylan to Bruce, but Bruce probably in my top 10. I knew this list was coming so my fav 10 Bruce tracks as it stands.
10. Lost In The Flood
9.Bobby Jean
8. Night
7. Jackson Cage
6. Darkness On The Edge Of Town
5. Lucky Town
4. Highway Patrolman
3. Cover Me
2. Point Blank
1. Thunder Road
Lost in the Flood would be my #1 song. The live version are a lot better than the album version. Anyway thank you for putting it on your list.
1..Meeting Across the River / Jungle Land- I imagine them as a tragic companion piece The Rats own dreams that gun him down in JungleLand is the one with the last chance in Meeting Across the River I think of the conclusion to the movie MeanStreets from 1973 when I hear these songs.
2. Born to Run
3. Racing in the Street
4. Back Streets
5. Candy's Room
6. Stolen Car
7. Bad Lands or Prove It All Night
8. Brilliant Disguise/Tunnel of Love
9. The River
10. No Surrender
1.adam raised a cain
2.streets of fire
3.murder incorporated
4.prove It all night
5.badlands
6.candy s room
7. Human touch
8.i m on fire
9.darkness on the Edge of town
10.atlantic city
It’s hard to narrow it down to 10, but the top 3 that come to mind for me are “Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)”, “Born To Run” and “Atlantic City”.
Nobody had Rosalita, so I’m surprised. Joes list is closer to my picks. I think the entire list would be all the songs from Born to Run except Rosalita would be my number one by a long shot. Rosalita is in my top 5 songs of all time.
No-one mentioned 'Sandy' :-( my fav Bruce Song
1. Racing In the Street
2. Thunder Road
3. Atlantic City
4. Rosalita
5. Wrecking Ball
6. Streets of Philadelphia
7. Downbound Train
8. New York Serenade
9. Brilliant Disguise
10. Jackson Cage
Have you ever listened to Passaic 1978 version of Racing in the Street? I think it blows away the studio version, so much so I can't even listen to the studio version anymore.
ua-cam.com/video/MsuZPv7bcxk/v-deo.html
Glad to see "Wrecking Ball" on your list. I don't think some people get the meaning. I think it is about aging.
@@Ras137 Thanks - it is a mighty fine version
@@RandyforRoyals Not sure why the guys are so down on Wrecking Ball as an album. I thought it was a late creative resurgence. Also love We Are Alive, Land of Hope and Dreams, and Shackled and Drawn
DOWNBOUND TRAIN.
Sad to see “Jungleland” wasn’t on anyone’s top ten list. All three of my personal favorites are in the same album. “Born to Run”, “Thunder Road” and “Jungleland”. Clarence, baby. Steals that show on that track.
My top 10 would essentially be 1) "New York City Serenade" (cry that none of you included it), 2) "Candy's Room," and the 8 tracks on Born to Run.
I forget New York City Serenade and it's a great song. I am not a big lover of Bruce's music. Candy's Room is unique but not really great. Bruce hated Born to Run record and thought his career could be over ... see what I wrote elsewhere. He doesn't explain why.. i think it was overproduced.t
woow , no jungleland or rosalita ,, or johnny 99 , this hard land ,, are top songs ,, bruce has knocked out some gems over the years ,, looks like a tour is on the cards next year , covid permitting ,,,,,
Think I had Jungleland on mine at some point but there’s so many good ones... - Joe
Thunder road jungleland a nd no surrender
I wonder why so few mention Growing up, love this song from the first time I heard it, is in my top 5, maybe top 3, maybe 1.
I love it. Probably my favorite on the debut. It's just a matter of not being able to fit in everything
- RK
10. "I'm Goin Down" / Springsteen, Bruce / Album: Born In The U.S.A. (1985)
09. "Open All Night" / Springsteen, Bruce / Album: Nebraska (1982)
08. “She’s The One” / Springsteen, Bruce / Album: Born To Run (1975)
07. "Spirit In The Night" / Springsteen, Bruce / Album: Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. (1973)
06. “East Street Shuffle, The” / Springsteen, Bruce / Album: The Wild, The Innocent & The E. Street Shuffle (1973)
05. "Tenth Avenue Freeze Out" / Springsteen, Bruce / Album: Born To Run (1975)
04. "Prove It All Night" / Springsteen, Bruce / Album: Darkness On The Edge Of Town (1978)
03. “Candy’s Room” / Springsteen, Bruce / Album: Darkness On The Edge Of Town (1978)
02. "Tunnel Of Love" / Springsteen, Bruce / Album: Tunnel Of Love (1987)
01. "Born To Run" / Springsteen, Bruce / Album: Born To Run (1975)
Hank III and Levon Helm and The Band both did better versions of Atlantic City...
1. Thunder Road...the live version off dat big-ass box set
2. Johnny 99
3. Growin' Up
4. Racing in the Street
5. I'm on Fire
6. Darkness on the Edge of Town
7. Promised Land
8. Open All Night
9. My Father's House
10. Spirits in the Night
11. My City of Ruin
10. Born in the USA
9. Devil's and Dust
8. She's the One
7. Thunder Road
6. Badlands
5. My Father's House
4. Jungleland
3, Adam Raised a Cane
2. Reason to Believe
1. Devil's Arcade
10 Tunnel Of Love
9 I'm On Fire
8 Tenth Avenue Freeze Out
7 Adam Raised A Cain
6 Born To Run
5 Rosalita
4 The E Street Shuffle
3 Wild Billy's Circus Story
2 Kitty's Back
1 Candy's Room
Yeah I like the 2nd album a lot
I gravitate towards Joe's list
Like that list
Agree to Joe, that Glory Days is the worst of his hits. And so overplayed. Next one is Hungry Heart.
No one mentioned “Human touch”, did either of you consider it?
I definitely didn’t. - Joe
Boys have you heard ‘lullaby renditions of Bruce Springsteen’ it was suggested to me on Apple Music - it’s genius - I can’t wait to play it for my daughter (when I be get to see her...long story)....but you need this in your lives
Can’t say I have. I’ll check it out -Jason
Listography I got to it via Ed Harcourt bizarrely
Listography On a serious note though...Nick Cave....AC/DC......New Order.....Rod Stewart....Talking Heads....The Smiths....
as potential artists to rank?
10 - Darlington County
9- My City of Ruins
8 - Backstreets
7 - Rosalita
6 - 10th Avenue Freeze Out
5 - Atlantic City
4 - Badlands
3 - She's the One
2 - Thunder Road
1- Blinded by the Light
Thoughts on Mannfred Mann cover of Blinded by the Light? - Joe
@@TastesLikeMusic I like it. I think musically it is really amazing but, c'mon guys, sing the right words! I put the song top of the list for the very reasons you guys criticized - too many words, too many rhymes. But I think non record contract Bruce would write a song like that to impress and stand out as 'the next Dylan' (is it surprising Colombia signed him?) because like one of you said, I think he's a fake. I still love his first 7 albums but he's still a fake.
Do Elton John!!
No "ties that bind" in any of your top tens? wow
1.ties that bind
2.racing in the street
3.backstreets
4.It's hard to be a saint in the city
5.atlantic city
Two great live covers;Jimmy Cliff's "trapped" and Tom Waits "Jersey girl"
When Born to Run was finally released, Springsteen knew that his life and career rested on the strength of the eight songs which, over the prior year and some months, he had poured every fibre of his being into. This sent him into a state of worry about the LP and he had seemingly convinced himself Born to Run was a piece of trash that nobody in their right mind would enjoy listening to.
“After it was finished? I hated it! I couldn’t stand to listen to it,” Springsteen would later admit. “I thought it was the worst piece of garbage I’d ever heard. I told Columbia I wouldn’t release it. I told ‘em I’d just go down to the Bottom Line gig and do all the new songs and make it a live album.”
So all of you who love the record I can understand the energy and the way it made Bruce the Boss but I really don't like it. I don't hate it, just not a record I would want to hear much.
shes the one exactly kramzer
I gravitate towards live version instead of the studio versions, in particular the live albums 'Live In New York City' and 'Live 1975-1985'. My top 10:
1. Jungleland (Live In New York City 2000)
2. Lost In The Flood (Live In New York City 2000)
3. The Promised Land (Live 1975-1985)
4. Secret Garden
5. Racing In The Street (Live 1975-1985)
6. Youngstown (Live In New York City 2000)
7. Born To Run
8. Bobby Jean (Live 1975-1985)
9. Human Touch
10. Worlds Apart
#1 for me SANDY (4th of July Asbury Park). For me Bruce's best was on his first 3 albums . After that ....sketchy.he ..started to believe his own press too much...he devolved musically.
Wow no Hungry Heart in there.
The Ed Harcourt cover of Atlantic City sounds like a karaoke singer. Pass