Bruce Springsteen

FCC Chairman Explains Internet Policy Via Bruce Springsteen Song Titles

source: MOG

We already knew that Bruce Springsteen is down with President Obama and Senator Charles Schumer has his back in any possible Ticketmaster scuffles, but now it looks like The Boss has an in at the FCC as well.Speaking today at a music policy...

Published Mon, Oct 5

New Springsteen Greatest Hits release set for June 2

source: 30 Days Out

Blinded By The Light/Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)/Born To Run/Thunder Road/Badlands/Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Hungry Heart/The River/Born In The USA/I’m On Fire/Glory Days/Dancing In The Dark/The Rising/Lonesome Day/Radio Nowhere/Long Walk Home/Because The Night (Live)/F...

Published Wed, May 6

Working On A Dream Springsteen Playlist

source: Idolator

I agree about "Cover Me", and I like the topicality of the choices here. Plus, any setlist with "Candy's Room" on it is okay in my book. But if you've gotta play "Born To Run" then I think you have to play "Thunder Road," right? Maybe take it back to the just-Bruce version of the '70s. If it were up to...

Published Wed, Mar 25

Review: “Working On A Dream,” Bruce Springsteen

source: 30 Days Out

Springsteen has certainly traveled this territory before, from the open-road longing of “Thunder Road” to the hard-won appreciation of life’s little victories on the closing songs of The River.   But he’s older and wiser, and he knows with every triumph life can serve up a side order of h...

Published Mon, Jan 26

Bruce Springsteen, U2 Prep for Special Visit From Barack Obama at Inaugural Kickoff Concert

source: Rolling Stone

So as the mercury dropped, last-minute rehearsals went on Saturday, giving an early glimpse of a party fit for a president. As the choir raised their voices behind Bruce in the afternoon chill, Springsteen strummed and grimaced at flat notes of “The Rising.”

Published Sun, Jan 18

Barack Obama's Inauguration To Double As Bruce Springsteen's Album Release Party?

source: Idolator

The Bruce Springsteen fansite Backstreets.com is claiming that the Boss, who debuted a new song at a Barack Obama rally in Cleveland over the weekend, has been working on a new album all this time. The expected release date? "Around the time of the Presidential Inauguration in January 2009....

Published Thu, Nov 6

Barack Obama Picks A Bruce Springsteen Song As His Acceptance Speech's Running Mate

source: Idolator

Judging by the search queries we've received over the past five minutes, a lot of people are curious about the song that played right after President-elect Barack Obama exited the stage after his acceptance speech at Grant Park in Chicago. Well, it was Bruce Springsteen's "The Rising," f...

Published Tue, Nov 4

Bruce Springsteen: Hello Cleveland

source: Huffington Post

Now is the time to stand together with Barack Obama and Joe Biden and the millions of Americans that are hungry for a new day, roll up our sleeves and come on up for the rising. Bruce Springsteen delivered these remarks on Sunday in Cleveland. We thought they were especially appropriate for to...

Published Tue, Nov 4