DU's favorite Springsteen tune

[Bossy Monkey]

I took nominations about a week ago. First 8 were nominees mentioned more than once. Independence Day and Atlantic City make it on raw emotional impact in spite of only being mentioned once.

I appreciate that Meeting Across The River and Jungle Land are separate songs, but two people nominating them remarked on their power when played together. If you just want to vote for one (Magic Rat), bear with me and click on both.

Edit: Took off Independence Day in favor of The Streets of Philadelphia which already has two mention in the replies. Apologies to anybody who might have voted for the former or who already voted for Other when wanting to vote the latter.

[Blayde Starrfyre]

1. GLORY DAYS?!

Where the hell is Glory Days?! That's my "other" vote.

[NMDemDist2]

21. i'm with Glory Days too n't

[jonnyblitz]

2. the song from the movie "Philadelphia". I forget the name..

other than that I am not a big Springsteen fan.

[KamaAina]

8. "Streets of Philadelphia"

How cool is it that Bruce has an Oscar in his display case for that one?!

[Bluzmann57]

3. Voted for "River, etc."

But like "Pink Cadillac" just because it's good ol' Rock and Roll.

[tjwash]

4. Born in the USA

An anti-war song, that Reagan hijacked and tried to use it in his campaign. Springsteen went on record and FLAMED Reagan for that. I have loved that song ever since...

[Kat45]

10. He didn't use the song in his campaign.

He wanted to, and Springsteen wouldn't allow it.

[tjwash]

15. I know, that was awesome.

Springsteen stood his ground, and basically told Reagan "I don't care if you ARE the president, you are not using my song"

I have liked the guy immensely since then...

[m-jean03]

18. That song is too sad

To be my "favorite". It's great though , chilling in fact.

[tjwash]

19. It was, and that was the point that everyone was missing.

That song was a hit, people were humming it, it was on the radio day in and day out, and not one freakin' person could tell you what the words were in it, or the real meaning of it.

There was another song called "99 luft balloons" by Nena, in the eighties also, that was equally if not more chilling, that was also a hit, and was about nuclear annihilation that no one seemed to get, even after it was translated from German for them.

[rumguy]

5. I voted for Born to run but also like

the "going down" one...

[THUNDER HANDS]

6. .

:D

[johnnie]

7. Voted for Tenth ave freeze out...

To be honest, it's the only one I think I like from Bruce.

[Whitacre D_WI]

9. Voted for "Darkness."

In all honesty, I can name 4 songs off that record I like more than any other Springsteen tune (title track, "Badlands," "Adam Raised a Cain," "Prove It all Night").

"Darkness on the Edge of Town" is the ONLY time Bruce ever made an album that compares in the slightest with the live E Street Band. "Thunder Road" is a great song live, but it doesn't match up on BtR.

Maybe "The River" holds up as a studio version (the song, not the album as a whole).

[Lauren2882]

11. Waiting on a Sunny Day

from the Rising album

[stellanoir]

12. an oldie "New York City Serenade". . .

from "The Wild, The Innocent, and The E Street Shuffle"

Harrassed a lot of disc jockeys to play that after 9/11.

They all said they couldn't. Clear Channel. . .ugh.

"so baby walk tall, or baby don't walk at all"

wonderful piano on that one.

[geniph]

13. Streets of Philadelphia, no question

it's his go-to-heaven song - if he'd never done anything else in his life, he'd deserve to go to heaven for that song.

[ronatchig]

14. I'm on Fire

[Duncan Grant]

16. Other ---- "Badlands"

Badlands you gotta live it every day
Let the broken hearts stand
As the price you've gotta pay
We'll keep pushin' till it's understood
And these badlands start treating us good

[Feanorcurufinwe]

17. Stand right up and let them shoot through you

Crazy Janey and her mission man
Were back in the alley trading hands
Along came Wild Billy with his friend Gee Man
All duded up for Saturday night
Billy slammed on his coaster brakes, said
Anybody wanna go to Greasy Lake
It's a mile down on the dark side of Route 88
I got a bottle of rosé let's try it
We'll pick up Hazy Davey and Killer Joe and
I'll take you all out to where the gypsy angels go
They're built like light and they dance like
Spirits in the night, all night
Oh you don't know what they can do to you
Spirits in the night, all night
In the night, all night
Stand right up and let them shoot through you

Wild Billy was a crazy cat
And he shook some dust out of his coon skin cap
He said try some of this it'll show you where you're at
Or at least it'll help you to feel it
By the time we made it up to Greasy Lake
My head was out the window
Janey's fingers were in the cake
I think I really dug her, I was too loose to fake
I said I'm hurt she said Honey let's heal it
And we danced all night to a soul fairy band
And she kissed me just right
Like only a lonely angel can
She felt so nice, just as soft as a
Spirit in the night, all night
Janey don't know what she do to you
Spirits in the night, all night
In the night, all night
Stand right up and let her shoot through me

Spirits in the night, in the night
Spirits in the night, all night
Spirits in the night, in the night
Spirits in the night, all night

How the night was bright and the stars threw light
On Billy and Davey dancing in the Moonlight
Down near the water in a stoned mud fight
Killer Joe passed out on the lawn
Hazy Davey got really hurt
He ran into the lake in just his socks and a shirt
Me and Crazy Davey making love in the dirt
Singing our birthday songs
Janey said it was time to go, so we closed our eyes
And said goodbye to gypsy angel row
Felt so right together we moved like
Spirits in the night, all night
Oh you don't know what they can do to you
Spirits in the night, all night
All night, all night
Stand right up and let them shoot through you
Spirits in the night, all night
Oh you don't know what they can do to you
Spirits in the night, all night
Spirits in the night
Spirits in the night

[jmowreader]

20. Used Cars

My sister's in the front seat with an ice cream cone
My ma's in the back seat sittin' all alone
As my pa steers her slow out of the lot
For a test drive down Michigan Avenue

Now, my ma, she fingers her wedding band
And watches the salesman stare at my old man's hands
He's telling us all about the break he'd give us
If he could, but he just can't
Well if I could, I swear I know just what I'd do

Now, mister, the day the lottery I win
I ain't ever gonna ride in no used car again

Now, the neighbors come from near and far
As we pull up in our brand new used car
I wish he'd just hit the gas and let out a cry
Tell `em all they can kiss our asses goodbye

My dad, he sweats the same job from mornin' to morn
Me, I walk home on the same dirty streets where I was born
Up the block I can hear my little sister
In the front seat blowin' that horn
The sounds echoin' all down Michigan Avenue

Now, mister, the day my numbers comes in
I ain't ever gonna ride in no used car again

"Racing in the Streets" is another good song. I can see them playing it right after the National Anthem at Watkins Glen...the first phrase is the key:

I got a sixty-nine Chevy with a 396
Fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor
She's waiting tonight down in the parking lot
Outside the Seven-Eleven store
Me and my partner Sonny built her straight out of scratch
And he rides with me from town to town
We only run for the money, got no strings attached
We shut 'em up and then we shut 'em down

Tonight, tonight the strip's just right
I wanna blow 'em off in my first heat
Summer's here and the time is right
For racin' in the street

[Triple H]

22. Glory Days!

[LWolf]

28. I'll 2nd that.

I'm a leukwarm Springsteen fan, but I've always liked this one.

[Something Blue]

23. Independence Day

With the immortal line:

If they can't touch me now,
And you can't touch me now,
They ain't gonna do to me
What I watched them do to you.

Over 25 years after the first time I heard it, that still crosses me up...

[Bonhomme Richard]

24. Can't believe I'm the only vote for Rosalita

Our band used to do that song at gigs. A great tune to sing.

[Rooktoven]

26. I did too--

if "Hard to Be a Saint in the City" was up I might have wavered...

[LanternWaste]

25. Incident on 57th Street.

I have to go with Incident on 57th Street.

[mac56]

27. Other - "Janey Don't You Lose Heart"

nm

[mitchum]

29. Other: "Nebraska"

I saw her standin' on her front lawn
Just twirlin' her baton...

[HEyHEY]

30. Mitchum you dog, I was about to post that too!

Love that song...I honestly didn't like bruce till I heard it... now I love his stuff

[Bossy Monkey]

33. This & "Seeds" were the ones I suggested in the nomination thread

Didn't see any support for either, unfortunately.

[ronzo]

31. Lost in the Flood

among those listed, I'll pick Spirit...
:toast:

[Pithlet]

32. Atlantic City, hands down.

I'm surprised only one song from Nebraska make it.

[mvd]

34. So hard to choose

Maybe "Born to Run?" :shrug:

[minkyboodle]

35. Atlantic City with The River as a write in

[OneBlueSky]

36. "New York City Serenade" . . .

from "The Wild, The Innocent, And The E-Street Shuffle" . . . magnificent piano work by David Sancious . . . not a well-known number, but always one of my favorites . . . along with "Fourth of July, Asbury Park" . . . in fact, that whole album is a masterpiece . . .

[mouse7]

37. Other - Badlands

THE Anthem... especially the live version.