Rank Your However Many Favorite Springsteen Songs

#1 - The East Street Shuffle

Any answer other than born to run is wrong

Only "I'm on Fire" really lived up to what the Boss was hyped to be. The rest was average barroom rock with great PR management.

Bad Wigins wrote:

Only "I'm on Fire" really lived up to what the Boss was hyped to be. The rest was average barroom rock with great PR management.

Of course you would like that song. You do realize it is about a pedophile.

Born to Run

For You

The Promised Land

No Surrender

Incident on 57th Street

The Rising

Last Man Standing

The River

Jungleland

Blinded By the Light

I could go on forever, but I am leaving it at 10 songs from this master songwriter and incredible performer.

Not the biggest Boss fan but have seen him twice in concert, once in the old Orange Bowl in ‘85 , Born in the USA tour, and once in the Dean Dome in Chapel Hill a few years later. The guy can perform - he leaves it all out there.

I’ll throw up “ Blinded by the Light” and “ Hungry Heart”

So, this is hard to do. My favorites now won't be my favorites tomorrow. There are so many. I'll give it a shot.

1. Backstreets.

2. Thunder Road.

3. Badlands.

4. Prove it all Night.

5. Born to Run.

6. 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy).

7. The Ghost of Tom Joad.

8. Born in the USA.

9. Into the Fire.

10. It's Hard to be a Saint in the City.

11. Youngstown.

12. Spare Parts.

13. Worlds Apart.

14. Further on Up the Road (Live in Dublin version).

15. Sherry Darling.

16. Paradise.

In terms of albums, I've always loved The River and Nebraska; they solidified me as a Springsteen fan, just before the atomic bomb of Born in the USA dropped. But I'm not sure if any artist has ever put out two consecutive albums as strong as Born to Run and Darkness.

And don't write off his post-'85 stuff. Each album he's put out has some really strong stuff on it, and The Rising, Devils and Dust, Magic and Wrecking Ball are worth it from top to bottom.

Finally, his latest album has 3 songs on it that he wrote in the 1970s, so if you're looking for old school Bruce, check it out.

Thunder Road

Jungle land

Born to Run

4th of July, Asbury Park

Idk how no one has mentioned Spirit in the Night

I agree Born to Run and Darkness on the Edge of Town are amazing and probably my top 2

The River has some great songs but he also goes more mainstream pop/rock and by Born in the USA he is very mainstream.

So difficult to pick a top 10

But in no particular order

Thunder Road

Born to Run

Spirit in the Night

Atlantic City

4th of July Asbury Park

Racing in the Street

Badlands

Streets of Fire

The River

Glory Days

Tougher than the Rest

Human Touch

The Rising

Long Walk Home

Wrecking Ball

It’s more than 10, and I also tried to include some later ones, but for ranking albums, only including pre 1990

1 Born to Run

2 Darkness on the Edge of Town

3 Greetings from Asbury Park

4 Born in the USA

5 Nebraska

6 The Wild The Innocent The E Street Shuffle

7 The River

8 Tunnel of Love

I’m a young guy (Under 20) but I absolutely love Springsteen and hope to see him in concert one day

Somehow I forgot Jungleland toss that in

The River mentions my old home town. That clinches it for me.

Every song on Born To Run

Thunder Road

Tenth Ave Freeze Out

Night

Backstreets

Born To Run

She's The One

Meeting Across The River

Jungleland

Atlantic City

Spirits In The Night

It's So Hard To Be A Saint In The City

Fever

Tunnel Of Love

When I'm Out In The Street

Darkness On The Edge Of Town (live from Cleveland 1978)

Rosalita (my wife's fav)

Wild Billy's Circus Story

Kitty's Back In Town

Because The Night (though I like Patti Smith's version better)

Cover Me

I'm On Fire

One Step Up, Two Steps Back

Don't feel like going through a whole list, but Born to Run is definitely my favorite

Actually scratch that, Born to Run is still probably one, but For What It's Worth is a close second

I seriously do not see the interest in Springsteen or Billy Joel. I know they are really popular and have passionate fans, but I do not enjoy a single one of the songs.

1. Born to Run

2. For You

3. Badlands

4. Promised Land

5. Darkness on the Edge of Town

6. Racing in the Street

7. The River

My husband, who generally has similar musical tastes to mine, absolutely detests Springsteen. Go figure.

Oh Please wrote:

I seriously do not see the interest in Springsteen or Billy Joel. I know they are really popular and have passionate fans, but I do not enjoy a single one of the songs.

Growing up in the NY area in the mid 70s it seemed like half your friends bought into Bruce and the other bought into Joel. They were new and exciting and they sang about our neighborhoods. I was never a big fan of either of them but they have been great in concert. For me now, their music is just nostalgic but isnt that the case with most music?

Honestly, my favorite is the live performance of Lost in the Flood at the Hammersmith Odeon.

This may be an inherently impossible task, as one of the defining qualities of his songs are those single lines that cut to core of something burning on your mind or in your soul at the present time, so the favorite songs are constantly flipping through depending on what life’s doing to you (or what you’re doing to life!)

That being said:

Thunder Road

Growing Up

Prove It All Night

Born To Run

Jungleland

Bandlands

The Rising

Into the Fire

Because The Night

Born In The USA

Glory Days

Ive recently fallen back in love with Dancing In The Dark, as it’s a bit of meta-reflection on selling out (gotta have the spark to appease and ignite, otherwise your art never gets heard or your passions never realized). “ You can't start a fire worrying about your little world falling apart/This gun's for hire...” That tension permeates so much of us - how much of our passions do we sacrifice to get off the ground and give them greater life?

Also of exceptional note: his live performance of The Ghost of Tom Joad with Tom Morello (from Rage Against The Machine) at the 2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 25th Anniversary concert. I won’t crowd the thread with links, but Google it and take a seat. Better yet, cue it up on a TV at home and watch. There will be no regrets had.