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#40






Something In The Night


album: Darkness On The Edge Of Town (1978)











Something In The Night is probably Bruce Springsteen at his most feral. Before he even speaks a word, you can
Hear the raw emotion in his voice that sets the mood of the song. For me, Springsteen is the king when it comes
To bringing out emotion in music. For this song, it makes me wonder what it would've been like to be a young
Man growing up in this era when this album was released. Experiencing things as they happened is different than
Coming around to it long after it already did. It's hard to imagine myself being a bigger fan of Bruce Springsteen,
But if I had been born 30 years earlier, I might have actually been an even bigger fan.




You're born with nothing and better off that way
Soon as you've got something they send someone to try and take it away

#39






The Price You Pay


album: The River (1980)











The Price You Pay is a tragically overlooked tune by Bruce Springsteen on The River album. For that
Reason, we really don't know too much behind the meaning of the song. As far as the music, the sound
It generates is one of the most uplifting in Bruce's entire catalog. What seems to be agreed upon is the
Biblical references throughout the song, especially when the tempo slows and Bruce sings about the
"Little girl down on the strand". It references the disappointment of Moses. Bruce is actually a very
Religious guy. For me, the song is about creating your own path and always chasing something to the
Very end. I think the key to happiness is all in the pursuit, and if you're not chasing something, anything,
You won't be very happy in life.




Now with their hands held high, they reached out for the open skies
And in one last breath they built the roads they'd ride to their death

Jason wrote:Something In The Night


album: Darkness On The Edge Of Town (1978)




Something In The Night is probably Bruce Springsteen at his most feral. Before he even speaks a word, you can
Hear the raw emotion in his voice that sets the mood of the song. For me, Springsteen is the king when it comes
To bringing out emotion in music. For this song, it makes me wonder what it would've been like to be a young
Man growing up in this era when this album was released. Experiencing things as they happened is different than
Coming around to it long after it already did. It's hard to imagine myself being a bigger fan of Bruce Springsteen,
But if I had been born 30 years earlier, I might have actually been an even bigger fan.




You're born with nothing and better off that way
Soon as you've got something they send someone to try and take it away

Something In The Night lyrics

---

I'm riding down Kingsley, figuring I'll get a drink
Well, I turn the radio up loud so I don't have to think
And I take her to the floor looking for a moment when the world seems right
And I tear into the guts of something in the night

You're born with nothing and better off that way
Soon as you've got something they send someone to try and take it away
Well, you can ride this road 'til dawn without another human being in sight
Well, just kids wasted on something in the night

Well, nothing is forgotten or forgiven when it's your last time around
And I got stuff running 'round my head that I just can't live down

When we found the things we loved, they were crushed and dying in the dirt
We tried to pick up the pieces and get away without getting hurt
But they caught us at the state line, burned our cars in one last fight
And left us running, burned and blind chasing something in the night

His voice is so emotional in this. I've heard it before, but it has been yeeeeaaaars. His souls is crying. L

#38






Streets Of Fire


album: Darkness On The Edge Of Town (1978)











Another track of pure, raw emotion. It's a really bluesy and lonely song and it's one for
All the people who've lived or are living a lonely life. Hank Williams was really the master
Of singing about being lonely and although I don't think this song has any reference to
Hank Williams in any way, it's just done so well that it reminds me of Hank. A bit after
The opening minute of the song, Bruce let's out a really powerful part of his voice that
I am always amazed with every time I listen.




Now I'm wandering, a loser down the track
I'm lying, but babe I can't go back
'Cause in the darkness I hear somebody call my name

Jmac Attack wrote:

Jason wrote:Something In The Night

His voice is so emotional in this. I've heard it before, but it has been yeeeeaaaars. His souls is crying. L

In the Darkness On The Edge Of Town album, the scene I picture in nearly every song I listen to is either a room, a street or a town. And it's always dark. The lyricism and the way he tells a story gives it such a feeling of darkness. Great name for the album, although the title track did not quite make the list.

#37






Atlantic City


album: Nebraska (1982)











Atlantic City is largely ranked in the top ten in nearly every list you'll find other than mine, and almost
Universally regarded as the best track on his Nebraska album. For me, two more songs on Nebraska best
This track, but being Bruce Springsteen is my all time favorite artist, and the fact that he has Hundreds
of songs in his library of music, the #37 placement really isn't something to be scoffed at. The opening
Line "They blew up The Chicken Man in Philly last night" was taken straight from a newspaper article
About a mob hit in Atlantic City. It's implied that the narrator of the song, who's financially burdened and
Fixated on the inevitability of death, takes on a job as a hit man to better the situation for himself and
His lover.




Well, I'm tired of coming out on this losing end
So, honey, last night I met this guy and I'm gonna do a little favor for him

I'm likely gonna try to blow through this a bit quicker. Get like 5-10 done a day. Problem is if there are a lot of videos embedded on one page, sometimes the page gets wonky and a different video will appear for a different song.

Can you guys keep an eye out for the youtube video not matching the song title and let me know? Also, if it happens, refresh the page and see if it fixes.

I've updated the opening topic to include the countdown of songs so far. Also put out information of what albums are on this list and how many songs from the album made it. Jam along in the countdown with me, bros...

#36






Jungleland


album: Born To Run (1975)











Jungleland is Bruce Springsteen's epic. It's his "Stairway To Heaven", "Bohemian Rhapsody", etc...
For me, it is every bit as good as those and universally ranked higher than #36 on every list I've
Seen other than mine. Bruce Springsteen fans would consider it a snub, but I think it's just a further
Testament of the love I have for Bruce's catalog. You hear Stairway To Heaven and Bohemian Rhapsody on
The radio constantly, but never Jungleland. For a song praised so highly, I don't believe I've ever heard
It once on the radio. It's a shame, because Springsteen and the E Street band probably worked harder
To create this song than any other. It's a two-hour movie in a 9-minute song. It pours out emotion and is
Undeniably one of his greatest and most prolific tunes.




Barefoot girl sitting on the hood of a Dodge
Drinking warm beer in the soft summer rain
The Rat pulls into town, rolls up his pants
Together they take a stab at romance and disappear down Flamingo Lane

#35






Streets Of Philadelphia


Streets Of Philadelphia - Single (1993)











Streets Of Philadelphia marks the first of four singles that made it onto my top 50 list. It came
Out in 1993 when Jonathan Demme asked Bruce Springsteen to write a song for his new movie
Philadelphia (1993). He went to his home with nothing but a drum kit and recorded the
Song himself. What emerged was a sparse, haunting ballad that flew up the charts all over the world.
For a brief moment in the mid-late 2000s, it was my favorite Springsteen song, but this was before
He entered my regular rotation of listening. It's a great song.




I walked a thousand miles just to slip this skin

#34






Tunnel Of Love


album: Tunnel Of Love (1987)











"There's a world of love there, and there's a world of fear, too. Very often that fear feels a lot
Realer and certainly more urgent than the feeling of love", said Springsteen of this song. Bruce
Uses amusement parks as a metaphor for the roller coaster of emotions you get in a relationship.
He couldn't have picked a better metaphor, it really depicts the reality of relationships, the things
You have to sacrifice and the things where "you have to learn to live with what you can't rise above".




It ought to be easy, ought to be simple enough
Man meets woman and they fall in love
But this house is haunted and the ride gets rough
You've got to learn to live with what you can't rise above
If you wanna ride on down in through this tunnel of love

#33






Working On The Highway


album: Born In The U.S.A. (1984)











So it begins. I've long professed my undying love for the Born In The U.S.A. album. Not only is it
My favorite Bruce Springsteen album, but for about ten years it's been my all-time favorite album
In the history of music. All 12 songs made the list, and this is the first one from the album to appear.
The song begins and seems to tell the story of what's often found in Bruce Springsteen's catalog, the
Story of a struggling young blue-collar worker. In this song he has a girlfriend and tells of his job working
For the county, only for the lyrics to cause a drastic shift in the story as it reveals what the song is truly
About. The narrator happens to love a woman who turns out to be underage and gets arrested for it. Now
Here's what's pretty interesting. This song was originally recorded for the Nebraska album, and the original
Recording is a much slower and somber song (because that was the theme of the Nebraska album). I do like
This faster version because it feels a lot more tongue-in-cheek and makes me feel like the girl he fell in love with wasn't
So young, just that he wasn't able to decipher she was even underage. Here's the bonus track from the cut version
That was intended for the Nebraska album.
It's called "Child Bride"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU1y9HjJFnE




In my head I keep a picture of a pretty little miss
Someday mister, I'm gonna lead a better life than this

Trying desperately to get to the next page without embedding too many vids. :p

i really liked streets of fire, for the emotion and growl in his voice. i'll have to listen to the more recent tracks when i'm more awake. enjoying it all so far.

Thanks for jammin' along!

#32






Prove It All Night


album: Darkness On The Edge Of Town (1978)











Prove It All Night tells of constantly having to prove your worth in life. Springsteen added to the
Meaning behind the song in a 1978 concert, "I gotta go home, I gotta prove it to my wife. I come
To work, I gotta prove it to my boss." He once said of the song, "Success requires sacrifice" and
I believe that holds true in just about everything, whether you're a rockstar or a lowly cement driver.
Springsteen has dozens of songs that have a wonderful sound, and just when you think it can't sound
Any cooler, in comes Clarence Clemons on the sax. The E Street Band would not have been nearly as
Great without Clemons at the helm.




Everybody's got a hunger, a hunger they can't resist
There's so much that you want, you deserve much more than this

#31






Pink Cadillac


Pink Cadillac - Single (1984)











If you're keeping count, this is song number two-out-of-four that was never released on a studio album,
But released instead as a single. This single in particular was released as the B-Side single to Bruce's
Biggest hit of his career, Dancing In The Dark. Springsteen was pretty vague as to what the meaning
Of the song actually is, stating "This is a song about the conflict between worldly things and spiritual
Health, between desires of the flesh and spiritual ecstasy". A case is often made that the chorus and
Title of the song refers to a woman's ladyparts. Whether true or not, the rockabilly fun cannot be denied.
Pink Cadillac was set to make its debut on the Born In The U.S.A. album on June 4th, 1984, but in April,
The band decided to take it off the album in favor of I'm Goin' Down, and instead elected to release the
Song weeks later as the single to Dancing In The Dark.




They say Eve tempted Adam with an apple
But, man, I ain't going for that
I know it was her Pink Cadillac

#30






Point Blank


album: The River (1980)











The River album for me is Bruce's most emotionally stabbing album. You can feel the hurt in
So many of the songs of this album, and for me, Point Blank is probably the gloomiest sound
That the entire album produces. It isn't completely clear who inspired this song from Bruce,
A huge portion of his songs were based on his own real life experiences. But he's proven that
He has the magic to tell a tragic story in ways that bring out emotions in me I never even knew
Existed. While the story of this song remains a mystery, there is no mistaking the hurt he went
Through in this break up, and I can feel what he felt when I listen to it. It's a testament to his
Writing ability and the music that he and The E Street Band conjure up out of themselves.




Once I dreamed we were together again, baby you and me
Back home in those old clubs the way we used to be
We were standing at the bar it was hard to hear,
the band was playing loud and you were shouting something in my ear
You pulled my jacket off and as the drummer counted four,
you grabbed my hand and pulled me out on the floor
You just stood there and held me, then you started dancing slow
And as I pulled you tighter I swore I'd never let you go
Well I saw you last night down on the avenue
Your face was in the shadows but I knew that it was you
You were standing in the doorway out of the rain
You didn't answer when I called out your name
You just turned and then you looked away
Like just another stranger waiting to get blown away

Streets of Philadelphia is top 5 for me. Really beautiful song