This is the fifth in a series of blogs in which I plan to go through and “musically annotate” Bruce Springsteen’s autobiography, “Born to Run”. This involves going through the book page by page and listing the artists, and when possible, providing a YouTube video of the artists and songs that Bruce mentions as among his favorites.
Here are the previous posts:
Here is the YouTube playlist of all songs/artists mentioned in Chapters 33-40; you can access any particular song by clicking in the top left corner of the screen and choosing the desired video. I also have a listing of the songs, which can be found after the video. In those cases where Bruce just mentions a musical group, I randomly chose one of that group’s songs to include in the playlist.
- Sex Pistols – Holidays In The Sun
- New York Dolls – Personality Crisis
- The Clash – London Calling (Official Video)
- u2- live – with or without you
- James Brown – Maceo Parker Instrumental – 1/26/1986 – Ritz (Official)
- BO DIDDLEY 1965
- BO DIDDLEY 55 Bo Diddley (with Jerome on maracas)
- James Brown and The Famous Flames – Out Of Sight
- Buddy Holly & The Crickets – That’ll Be The Day
- Bernard “Pretty” Purdie Funky Groovy Jam Session
- Insane Drum Solo ◦ Buddy Rich
- Keith Moon – Drum Solo 1974
- Eric Burdon – The Animals – We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
- I’M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY (1949) by Hank Williams
- The Easybeats – Friday On My Mind (French TV, 1967) 1080p HD
- Woody Guthrie-This Land Is Your Land
- Bruce Springsteen – Fire (rare)
- Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band – Because The Night – 09/20/78 (OFFICIAL)
- Bruce Springsteen – Badlands – Pinkpop 2009
- Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Prove It All Night
- Bruce Springsteen – Adam Raised A Cain (Paramount Theatre 2009)
- Bruce Springsteen – Racing In The Street (live in Houston 1978)
- Bruce Springsteen ‘Darkness On The Edge Of Town’ live 1978
- ELVIS COSTELLO – Watching The Detectives (1978)
- Bruce Springsteen – Something In The Night (Paramount Theatre 2009)
- Bruce Springsteen “Candy’s Room” live in New Jersey 1978
- Bruce Springsteen – The Promised Land
- Bruce Springsteen – Factory (Paramount Theatre 2009)
- Bruce Springsteen – Houston 1978 Streets Of Fire
- Patti Smith Because The Night LIVE (OGWT 1978)
- Sam Cooke Good Times lyrics
- Bruce Springsteen – Roulette (Live 2003)
- Bruce Springsteen ‘The Ties That Bind’ live 1978
- elvis presley-hound dog
- Bruce Springsteen – Cindy (with Clarence Clemons)
- Bruce Springsteen – Hungry Heart
- Bruce Springsteen: STOLEN CAR
- Bruce Springsteen – Be True
- Bruce Springsteen – The River (The River Tour, Tempe 1980)
- Bruce Springsteen – You Can Look [But You Better Not Touch] (Live 1980-11-24)
- Springsteen – The Price you Pay – The Spectrum October 20, 2009
- Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – I Wanna Marry You (Tempe, 1980)
- Bruce Springsteen loose ends paris June 3rd 1999
- Van Morrison – Moondance – 2/1/1979 – Belfast (OFFICIAL)
- Bob Dylan The Times They Are A Changin’ 1964
- The Band, The Weight
- Marvin Gaye – Sexual Healing
- Frank Sinatra – My Way – Live 1989
- Bruce Springsteen Point Blank live From Houston 1978
- Bruce Springsteen – Independence Day (Live 1980-11-24)
- Cadillac Ranch – Bruce Springsteen (live at Arizona State University, Tempe 1980)
- Bruce Springsteen – Out In the Street (The River Tour, Tempe 1980)
- Bruce Springsteen – Ramrod (The River Tour, Tempe 1980)
- Bruce Springsteen – Two Hearts (Live – Landover 1980)
- Bruce Springsteen – SHERRY DARLING 1978 live
- Bruce Springsteen: JACKSON CAGE
- CRUSH ON YOU – Bruce Springsteen
- Bruce Springsteen – I’m A Rocker (Live 1981-01-23)
- Bruce Springsteen – Fade Away (Live 1980-11-24)
- Bruce Springsteen – Drive All Night
- Bruce Springsteen: WRECK ON THE HIGHWAY
- Hank Williams Sr. – My Bucket’s Got A Hole In It
- Roy Acuff The wreck on the highway
- Bonnie Raitt – I Can’t Make You Love Me
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