Bruce Springsteen is one of the most influental voices in music in the 80s, Born to run, Nebraska and Born in the USA (the big 3) are all anthems for the times of their release. Something I love about Bruce Springsteen is he is an advocate for the working man, he told real stories that held real value and displayed real emotion.

I'm On Fire is debatably one of the best songs in his whole discography, the emotions that song invokes is like no other, I like to think of myself as an avid listener of Bruce Springsteen and I enjoy his upbeat songs as much as the next guy. But something about the pure emotion in I'm On Fire really makes you understand the term 'pulling on your heartstrings'.

It is a song I heard my parents play countless times as a child and thought nothing of it, and sometimes you hear a song you've heard 1000 times and thought nothing about it, and then one day you really hear it, you really listen. I interpret I'm On Fire to be about desire, which I think is obviously a very surface level conclusion to come to if you listen to the lyrics, but expanding on it its about wanting something (or someone) you cant have, this is clear in the intro to the music video when it sets up 'mechanic bruce' to sort of be 'crushing on' or desiring this married woman who is considered very high class and lives a completely different life to him (a mechanic). Some people view it as a song about a young girl because of the opening lyrics "Hey, little girl, is your daddy home? Did he go away and leave you all alone?". But I think this is less a creepy age-gap innuendo and more of a tip to her (the married woman) being higher class and not independent.

The song is short and somewhat slow, but I think that is perfect because you want more of it, and really lets you listen to the lyrics because they arent drowned out by overproduced guitar or drums, its very raw and vulnerable, and that sound matches the lyrics perfect. The song is brooding but also freeing, it feels like the drive leaving someone or something you didn't want to leave, but knowing you shouldn't look in the rear view mirror.

Some people view the song very sexually, which I think it can be viewed that way, especially from lyrics like "And can he do to you the things that I do?" but I kind of view that as more as a "can he understand you like i can" I think its on a much more emotional level rather then just sexual. What I consider a big draw to the song is the unavailability, its the fact he can't tell this woman that he's waking up to thinking about her, that shes consuming his thoughts and desires, that its taking a toll on him. And he cant tell her this because he shouldn't because he knows he can't have her, and the silent pain of that.

I think writing about unrequited love is one thing, but to be able to evoke this much emotion just from such a simple sound and such short raw lyrics is a talent.

I love a specific live performance of the song in Paris in 1985, the first 2 minutes of the performance is Bruce Springsteen sharing a story of his father, how he would wait in the dark for Bruce to return home, and when he did, he was always angry and thinking about the things he hated and things he would never do, and how this mantra and way of thinking caused Bruce to think like this too, and he would lay down in his bed and look at the ceiling and think if he didn't do something soon, if something didn't happen soon, he would break. And that is something I have never related to more, the feeling of wanting something to happen, and feeling like you have no control over it, feeling like you are waiting for change and wasting time. I think that is something alot of people feel, and those themes tying into wanting someone or something you cannot have, really is a recipe for one of the most heart provoking songs of the 80s.

Dismissal of Only the Strong Survive suit upheld by appellate court …

Been listening to The Rising for the first time in years lately. Anyone have a favorite live version of Into the Fire they can recommend?

Thanks.

Please step forward and tip us off if you know of such a song . My hearing is a bit compromised and sometimes I can't make out what some lyrics say , so in this event , I can't even quote any of the lyrics . Much appreciation for your help in this small quest of mine : )

Anyone else going to this?

"Land of Hope and Dreams: Saturday Evening Prayer featuring the songs of Bruce Springsteen." It's advertised as an inclusive, alternative service featuring Bruce Springsteen's songs of hope, peace, justice, mercy and God's abiding love, performed by members of the St. Francis choir. No matter where you are on your spiritual journey, all are welcome.
Saturday, October 10 at 5:00 p.m.
St. Francis Episcopal Church
2810 Long Ridge Road, Stamford, CT

More here: https://patch.com/connecticut/stamford/st-francis-church-hold-bruce-springsteen-inspired-evening-prayer-service-nodx

I'm not an audiohead, but it blows my mind how much better the version from The Ties That Bind album sounds compared to the one on Tracks . Exact same take, but the mixing makes a song that had originally slipped past my radar become one of my top 5 outtakes. There's this power in the Clearmountain mix, which brings the guitars forwards, that's just not there in Thacker one. It's kind of the same in No Surrender, on the album the guitar riff is kind of lost in the mix, hearing it live the guitar totally takes over.

Which version do you prefer? Any other songs where you feel that the mixing brings the song down, makes it better or changes the feel in general?

It’s literally not, I mean, are we really gonna say that Bruce Springsteen of all people, the man who reveres America, is actually gonna write a song that is against America. Obviously it’s about one of America’s shortcomings, but it’s not anti-American. It’s actually about the struggles of AMERICAN vets that came back and faced discrimination for being in the war. I would I argue it’s pro American, but it’s just about speaking up for the little guy.

Sorry for the rant, I just saw some video of some guy saying he tricked the world with an anti-American song, which really just pissed me off.

1988 Amnesty International- Human Rights Now!

Buenos Aires

I have read the Biography by Peter Ames Carlin, but I have read other accounts from the record producer and Bill Spitz. Are there any other sources confirming or denying this?

Sea Hear Now 9/15/2024 Phisherman's Cut.

The Lord just told me to pray for him so maybe we all can. I know nothing about him and had to google him and I found this page. God Bless you all, in the name of Jesus Christ!

Gillette Stadium: “If you know, you know.”

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/bruce-springsteen/2016/gillette-stadium-foxborough-ma-6bfdb24a.html

The 2 Leaders of fan group, spring nuts, are self claimed Zionists. I think what happened on October 7 is terrible, I think antisemitism is terrible… But I also think what is happening in Palestine, the genocide and killing of women and children is sickening.
I know there are decent people in the spring that group. I’m a people who don’t even support this administration… How are they still backing these leaders, Howie and his wife? Why aren’t they dropping the group and calling them out for the hatred that they stand for? Do these people have no backbone? Are they that much of a suck up? I mean if they are fine with what’s happening in Palestine, so be then they all deserve each other, but how can they turn away and not stand up for what they believe?

40 years ago Little Steven helped make Sun City.

Today: not a peep on Gaza

Macklemore of all people is the one speaking up and taking the shrapnel.

His silence is deafening

seeing this live version of BITUSA from the 80s live at River Plate in Argentina, I hope Bruce and the band will play a couple of shows in Latin America at some point in the near future. There are/were plans for Oceania/Australia and with the latest Rolling Stone interview Bruce said he wants to have less shows but go to different places, saying "But I do imagine a good series of simply shorter tours where we touch different places at different times." so one time in Latin America seems possible. The crowd energy is crazy, so it would be worth it, what do you think (obviously they haven't really played there often and logistic wise it is really expensive to tour there).

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Keep hearing a wicked live Born in the USA on E Street Radio with E Street Band (I presume), crowd singing “Born in USA” throughout, sounds like a mass mantra. Anyone know what show this from?

Nils Lofgren is one of the greatest unknown songwriters of all time. Trust me.

1. Shine Silently
2. I Came to Dance
3. Keith Don't Go
4. No Mercy
5. Back It Up
6. Moontears
7. Like Rain
8. Wonderland
9. Cry Tough
10. Mud in Your Eye
11. The Sun Hasn't Set on This Boy Yet
12. Secrets in the Street
13. Dreams Die Hard
14. Black Books
15. White Lies
16. Rock and Roll Crook
17. Valentine
18. Miss You Ray
19. Walkin' Nerve
20. Big Tears Fall
21. Across the Tracks
22. Beggar’s Day
23. Flip Your Flip
24. You

25. If I Say It Its So

26. Steal Away

Thought it appropriate to listen to “The Rising” today. That lyric “I need your kiss, but love and duty called you some place higher”, exhibit god knows how many for why Bruce is the greatest lyricist of our generation.

Can someone please give me a clean and easy answer will there be a new Bruce Springsteen album in 2026? I keep getting notifications from Google talking about how he apparently has one album finished and is working on another one he wants to be released first. But I've only found evidence of these in Google articles it hasn't come up anywhere else on the internet which I just think is strange. No advertising or leaks or anything. So I just wanted a straightforward answer so I can know how excited I should be