This is the sixth 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 41-48; 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.
- Bruce Springsteen – Hungry Heart
- U2 – Where The Streets Have No Name
- Bruce Springsteen – Who’ll Stop The Rain 1980
- Hank Williams Sr. – My Bucket’s Got A Hole In It
- Woody Guthrie-This Land Is Your Land
- Bruce Springsteen – Factory (Paramount Theatre 2009)
- Bruce Springsteen – The Promised Land
- Bruce Springsteen – The River (The River Tour, Tempe 1980)
- Bruce Springsteen – 2013-07-20 Belfast – Nebraska
- Highway Patrolman (solo acoustic) Bruce Springsteen 4/25/2005 Detroit, MI
- Bruce Springsteen – Highway Patrolman
- Bruce Springsteen Mansion On the Hill milan 99
- Bruce Springsteen – My Fathers House (acoustic)
- Bruce Springsteen – USED CARS 2005 (live)
- John Lee Hooker – One Bourbon One Scotch One Beer
- Robert Johnson – Me and the Devil Blues
- Bruce Springsteen – Atlantic City
- Bruce Springsteen Johnny 99
- Bruce Springsteen Belfast 2013 Open All Night
- Bruce Springsteen – Reason to Believe (acoustic)
- Bruce Springsteen – Born in the U.S.A.
- Big Chief – Professor Longhair
- Suspicious Mind – Elvis Presley
- Bobby Fuller Four – I Fought The Law(1966)
- Bruce Springsteen – Darkness On The Edge Of Town – Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame – Cleveland 1995
- Cover Me – Bruce Springsteen – Paris 85
- Bruce Springsteen – DARLINGTON COUNTY 1986 – live
- Bruce Springsteen – Working on the Highway (best live video)
- Bruce Springsteen – Downbound Train (Pro-Shot – Hard Rock Calling 2013)
- Bruce Springsteen – I’m On Fire
- Bruce Springsteen – No Surrender Acoustic in Toronto
- Bruce Springsteen – Bobby Jean
- Bruce Springsteen – I’m Going Down (Pro-Shot – Hard Rock Calling 2013)
- Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Glory Days
- Bruce Springsteen – Dancing In the Dark
- Bruce Springsteen – My Hometown
- Pete Seeger – This Land is Your Land
- Don’t Cry For Me Argentina – Madonna
- Prince ~ Purple Rain Live ~ American Music Awards 1985 ~ HQ
- Michael Jackson – Billie Jean (Official Video)
- Tell Him – The Exciters
- The Roots with LaBamba Rosenberg & Mark Pender
- Gary “U. S.” Bonds – “This Little Girl Is Mine” (Live) – ABC TV ‘Fridays’ (1981)
- Prince When Doves Cry
- Pete Townshend-Let my love open the door
- Bruce Springsteen – Twist and Shout
Disc three of Tracks is mentioned, so here you go:
- Cynthia Bruce Springsteen (8/31/2003) NJ
- Bruce Springsteen “My Love Will Not Let You Down” 7-15-99
- Bruce Springsteen – This Hard Land – from Tracks – Studio Version
- Bruce Springsteen – Frankie
- Bruce Springsteen – 2013-07-23 Cardiff – TV Movie (world debut)
- Bruce Springsteen – Stand On It
- Lion’s Den
- Car Wash Bruce Springsteen June 13, 1999 Leipzig, GER
- Bruce Springsteen – Rockaway the days
- Bruce Springsteen – Brothers Under The Bridge (Tampa 5/1/14) multicam mix video
- Bruce Springsteen – Man At The Top (Live 1985)
- Bruce Springsteen – Pink Cadillac
- Bruce Springsteen – TWO FOR THE ROAD 2005 live
- Janey Don’t You Lose Heart – Springsteen – MetLife Stadium – Sept 22, 2012
- Bruce Springsteen – When You Need Me
- Bruce Springsteen – The Wish (live 2005)
- BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN HONEYMOONERS
- “LUCKY MAN” – Bruce Springsteen
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