With the release of Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen went from being a gravelly-voiced Jersey Boy wielding a guitar to a mainstream rock icon. Unfortunately, this level of success wasn’t quite the dream…
From the Record Crate: Bruce Springsteen – “Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.” (1973)
In January 1973, the world was introduced to the legendary Bruce Springsteen, a gravelly-voiced Jersey Boy with a guitar who earned himself many comparisons to Bob Dylan. Formerly appearing in a varie…
15 Terrible Christmas Songs
Now that the holiday season has officially started, this means that holiday music officially gets kicked in gear. Radio stations, shopping malls, and television commercials start playing “Deck t…
From the Record Crate: Bruce Springsteen – “Tunnel of Love” (1987)
‘After Born in the USA I’d had enough of the big time for a while and looked forward to something less,’ remarks Bruce Springsteen in his autobiography, Born to Run. That ‘something less’ turned out t…
From the Record Crate: Bruce Springsteen – “The Rising” (2002)
When it comes to a pop culture icon like Bruce Springsteen, there’s usually a few career-defining moments that stand out. It’s easy to see that the release of his twelfth studio album, The Rising, is …
Favorite Letterman Music Moments
Tomorrow, David Letterman will sign off on his final episode of The Late Show and end a television career that has lasted nearly 40 years. Since his role as the first host of NBC’s Late Night, L…
Concert Review: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
The parking lot at Metlife Stadium (or as it will forever be known in my mind, Giants Stadium) was flooded with people drinking and eating. Car radios battled it out, creating a schizophrenic cacopho…