Saturday, April 21, 2012

S is for..........

S is for...........Springsteen.


The Boss
rock n' roll poet
the ultimate showman
a true American icon.

I've been working on this post for a while, going through the Springsteen catalogue, trying to come up with my top ten Springsteen songs.

It wasn't easy, but here they are, my top ten Springsteen songs:

10) Darkness on the Edge of Town
9) Bobby Jean
8) Hungry Heart
7) Waiting on a Sunny Day
6) Backstreets
5) The River
4) Thunder Road
3) Jungleland
2) The Rising
1) Born to Run

OK Springsteen fans, have at it.

7 comments:

  1. Yes! This is the best S post of all!

    Love Springsteen. I was so sad when I found out he was playing in Dublin the day after I leave.

    He is absolutely a poet, and I really like your pick of songs.

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  2. Gotta go with Born to Run as a favorite. I also really like I'm on Fire. That song gives me goosebumps sometimes.

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  3. Oh hell. I....uh....hmmmm....um......ok. I will list some songs, in no particular order, for you to consider being on a future list. I can't critique the one you made, even though Hungry Heart has never been a favorite.

    Brilliant Disguise:

    "But come the wee wee hours maybe baby the gypsy lied"

    Atlantic City:

    "Everything dies, baby, that's a fact. but maybe everything that dies someday comes back"

    Growin' Up:

    "Well, my feet they finally took root in the earth, but I got me a nice little place in the stars
    And I swear I found the key to the universe in the engine of an old parked car"

    Racing in the Street:

    "We shut 'em up and then we shut 'em down"

    Candy's Room:

    "She has men who give her anything she wants, but they don't see, that what she wants is me"

    Point Blank:

    "You were standing in the doorway out of the rain
    You didn't answer when I called out your name
    You just turned, and then you looked away
    like just another stranger waiting to get blown away"



    Human Touch:

    "so you've been broken, and you've been hurt
    show me somebody who ain't
    Yeah I know I ain't nobody's bargain
    but hell, a little touch up and a little paint"

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  4. Great post - thought of doing Springsteen but I don't really know enough about him

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  5. Not a huge Springsteen fan... but thanks for reminding me of some of his good songs. ;) Visiting from the A to Z Challenge http://takingbackmylifemakingitmyown.blogspot.com/

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  6. Yay for Bruce!! The first concert I ever saw was 1984 at the start of the Born in the USA tour. I only wish I had been old enough to see him earlier.

    My favorite song is probably Born to Run, but it's impossible to pick. I totally love Backstreets, I love the anguish in that song. It would probably be easier to list what Bruce songs I don't like. :D

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  7. Ah, Bruce. Lotta good choices.

    Hungry Heart and Waiting on a Sunny Day are definitely my two least favorite on the list.

    I'd probably replace them with something from the first two albums, because that would prove my die-hard fan cred, and because I really like those albums.

    (I was tempted to use my S for Springsteen as well...)

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