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Sparks Fly On E Street: Bruce Springsteen, “Point Blank” (1980)

I don’t often use the word “haunting” but dammit, I think I feel it coming on. Here we have a tale, like many on The River, of a troubled life, one that may not even have had much promise to start with. With darkly-lit piano tones and reverb-laden guitar echoes encircling the unfolding story, you’re just certain that the conclusion [...]

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Sparks Fly On E Street: Bruce Springsteen, “The River” (1980)

Like a great poem, a great song can take a series of connected ideas, perhaps as complex as a life, and distill it to its essence. In “The River,” we have lives that were full of dreams, interrupted by the realities of life.

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Sparks Fly On E Street: Bruce Springsteen, “I Wanna Marry You” (1980)

For all of the fun that skips its way through The River, there’s an equal amount of pathos and the very real weight of adult responsibilities.

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The Friday Morning Listen: Bruce Springsteen, “The Weight” (2012)

So the first U.S. leg of Springsteen’s Wrecking Ball tour has come to an end, with Bruce and the band playing a killer set in New Orleans at Jazzfest, followed by a show for the ages in Newark, New Jersey.

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Sparks Fly On E Street: Bruce Springsteen, “You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)” (1980)

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Shows I’ll Never Forget: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, April 26, 2012

At the Los Angeles Sports Arena: For those fans who engage in the armchair sport of setlist watching, there had up until recently been some concern that Bruce Springsteen’s current Wrecking Ball tour seemed to be following a very set pattern

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Sparks Fly On E Street: Bruce Springsteen, “Crush On You” (1980)

There are a lot of Springsteen fans who think that The River would have been improved if this song had been left off the recording.

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Sparks Fly On E Street: Bruce Springsteen, “Out In The Street” (1980)

Part of the magic of The River was the masterful combination of emotional, spiritually meaningful songs placed right alongside the garage rockers and party anthems. But hey, this isn’t to say that there’s no emotion involved in the latter.

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Bruce Springsteen’s successful Wrecking Ball tour makes the jump to stadiums

Bruce Springsteen has added more dates to his on-going North American tour in support of Wrecking Ball, this time in a series of huge arenas.

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Sparks Fly On E Street: Bruce Springsteen, “Hungry Heart” (1980)

Well, here’s one that didn’t get away. Bruce had written “Hungry Heart” for the Ramones but Jon Landau thought it was a keeper. Great advice there as the song was a huge hit.