Rank Your However Many Favorite Springsteen Songs

Songs:

1. Born to Run

2. I'm Goin' Down

3. Blinded by the Light

4. Glory Days

5. I'm on Fire

Albums:

1. Born in the USA

2. Greetings from Asbury Park

3. Born to Run

johnny99 wrote:

Nice registered username!

johnny99 wrote:

But I'm not sure if any artist has ever put out two consecutive albums as strong as Born to Run and Darkness.

Not to quibble, but see: Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde. Hehe.

John Wesley Harding wrote:

johnny99 wrote:

Nice registered username!

johnny99 wrote:

But I'm not sure if any artist has ever put out two consecutive albums as strong as Born to Run and Darkness.

Not to quibble, but see: Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde. Hehe.

You're right. And I just looked it up, Dylan released those two albums about 10 months apart. That's pretty crazy. There were a little less than 3 years between Born to Run and Darkness.

On fire and born to run are the only two Springsteen songs I can stand. I always thought it was interesting how he was pulled in two directions. On the one hand, he was a powerful balladeer for the working man but on the other he was a pop star reaching into the audience to pull Courtney Cox out for a terrible on stage dance in mom jeans. The latter version of Springsteen ruined his music for me.

Born in the USA and The river are imho his best albums. Not a bad song on it.

Songs:

Sherry darling

Hungry heart

Wreck on the highway

Downbound train

I’m on fire

...

1. Brilliant Disguise

2....

I guess that's really the only Springstein song I like.

Precious Roy wrote:

On fire and born to run are the only two Springsteen songs I can stand. I always thought it was interesting how he was pulled in two directions. On the one hand, he was a powerful balladeer for the working man but on the other he was a pop star reaching into the audience to pull Courtney Cox out for a terrible on stage dance in mom jeans. The latter version of Springsteen ruined his music for me.

Forget the "latter version", how about the latest version? How has any self respecting Springsteen fan not mentioned last year's Western Stars release?!?

1. County Fair

2. Living Proof

3. Unsatisfied Heart

4. One Love

5. Richfield Whistle

6. Sugarland

7. Seven Tears

8. Good Eye

9. Open All Night

10. Tougher Than the Rest

Bump. I have family that are huge Bruce fans as I live in the region he’s from and everyone of boomer age practically worships him. He really taps into the ‘glory days, growing up in a post war, church going, working class family, blue collar American’ market. Like I get it, I just don’t care for it.

That being said the ghost of Tom Joad is his best song.

kmaclam wrote:

Precious Roy wrote:

On fire and born to run are the only two Springsteen songs I can stand. I always thought it was interesting how he was pulled in two directions. On the one hand, he was a powerful balladeer for the working man but on the other he was a pop star reaching into the audience to pull Courtney Cox out for a terrible on stage dance in mom jeans. The latter version of Springsteen ruined his music for me.

Forget the "latter version", how about the latest version? How has any self respecting Springsteen fan not mentioned last year's Western Stars release?!?

Western Stars isn't his latest release. Letter to You just came out; it really recreates that 1970s/1980s sound, including 3 songs that were actually written in the 70s. If you like and miss that era of his music, give it a listen.

Western Stars isn't one of my favorite releases. I'd say about half the songs are an automatic skip for me. The other half I like, and I do think that the song Western Stars ranks up there as one of his best.

He was trying to do something different, for whatever reason he wanted to emulate that 1970s Rhinestone Cowboy sound. I give him credit for trying, even if it didn't really grab me. Obviously, at this point in his career, he can do whatever he wants, he doesn't have to worry about whether it will sell.

Western Stars, Somewhere North of Nashville, Tucson Train, Hello Sunshine and maybe one or two others are pretty good songs.

James Young and the Immortal Ones wrote:

1. County Fair

2. Living Proof

3. Unsatisfied Heart

4. One Love

5. Richfield Whistle

6. Sugarland

7. Seven Tears

8. Good Eye

9. Open All Night

10. Tougher Than the Rest

You really went obscure!

I love Open All Night. Pretty much every song on Nebraska is great, but that one really stands out for me. County Fair is another great song.

I've never heard of #s 3-7; I'll have to check them out.

Man you are really right. I’ve definitely cycled through favorite songs at different times. And you have the perfect explanation for why. Thanks man, cheers

kmaclam wrote:

Precious Roy wrote:

On fire and born to run are the only two Springsteen songs I can stand. I always thought it was interesting how he was pulled in two directions. On the one hand, he was a powerful balladeer for the working man but on the other he was a pop star reaching into the audience to pull Courtney Cox out for a terrible on stage dance in mom jeans. The latter version of Springsteen ruined his music for me.

Forget the "latter version", how about the latest version? How has any self respecting Springsteen fan not mentioned last year's Western Stars release?!?

Artists get ridiculed for either doing their own thing, trying new things, what they are passionate about. They also get ridiculed for giving fans what they want and making music with the same sound and style as their “glory” days. Either way artists are criticized. An artist doesn’t have to have 100% success to be amazing. His publishing western stars doesn’t take anything away from his earlier albums or even his new one this year. Stfu

He has only two good songs, and here they are in order of greatness.

1) Hungry Heart

2) Glory Days

The rest of them either suck or just barely make it to mediocre.

Don't think this has been mentioned yet. Red Headed Woman

Not a big Springsteen fan, but into that song

Flagpole wrote:

He has only two good songs, and here they are in order of greatness.

1) Hungry Heart

2) Glory Days

The rest of them either suck or just barely make it to mediocre.

Before your next run, play Held Up Without a Gun, You Can Look But You Better Not Touch, and Night consecutively, at a very high volume. Proceed to dance like a fool to all 3 songs. It will be the best warmup you've ever had, and you will go on to have a great run.

I was hoping Trump would win and loser Springsteen actually would leave the U.S. like he promised. Along with his other pathetic leftie buddies who reap the rewards of this country on one hand while disparaging it on the other.

dont let the door hit ya on the way out wrote:

I was hoping Trump would win and loser Springsteen actually would leave the U.S. like he promised. Along with his other pathetic leftie buddies who reap the rewards of this country on one hand while disparaging it on the other.

you think trying to make a place better is disparaging it? You must have a been a lot of fun to raise as a kid when your parents tried to help you grow up

I'm not a big Springsteen fan, either.

However, I would classify the Born to Run album as a true masterpiece...