Bruce Springsteen dead?...

[maniclion]

Is what I thought this morning when I hopped in my car and sped off to work this morning hearing an old man talking about paying tribute to Bruce and reading glory day's lyrics in a somber fasion giving me the impression he had died. Then he quit reading and said something about how much Bruce did for the common man, etc then BBC news came on. So I flipped the station and they were playing Born in the USA it ended and the DJ said and that concludes this mornings tribute to Bruce Springsteen then a commercial comes on so I flip through some stations and another Springsteen song is just ending, but this time the DJ say "Wishing You a Happy Birthday Bruce." Man I can see how 'War of the Worlds' got out of hand now.

 

[Rich46yo]

OK! .......Exactly what did he do for the "common man" besides make records that sold in the millions and made him a billionaire? Was he another Mother Theresa for Christs sake?............Uncle Rich

 

[maniclion]

Can you not just wish the guy a Happy Birthday and move on, I myself didn't say he did alot for the common man thats what the radio announcer said. I will say that his music does show he has a connection with our working class heroes, and you know it does take time and energy to write, produce and perform music.

 

[Rich46yo]

Your taking something personal that wasnt directed at you at all. My comments were directed at the announcer. And I could care less about his B-Day. Hes just another rich guy intent on getting richer Manlicon. And the entertainment industry is probably the greediest and irresponsable of the corporations you often write about.

Writing lyics isnt a connection with anything. And they write,produce, and perform music for one reason only. To make money!

 

[maxpro2]

Writing lyics isnt a connection with anything. And they write,produce, and perform music for one reason only. To make money!

You're a douchebag

 

[Big Smoothy]

Is what I thought this morning when I hopped in my car and sped off to work this morning hearing an old man talking about paying tribute to Bruce and reading glory day's lyrics in a somber fasion giving me the impression he had died. Then he quit reading and said something about how much Bruce did for the common man, etc then BBC news came on. So I flipped the station and they were playing Born in the USA it ended and the DJ said and that concludes this mornings tribute to Bruce Springsteen then a commercial comes on so I flip through some stations and another Springsteen song is just ending, but this time the DJ say "Wishing You a Happy Birthday Bruce." Man I can see how 'War of the Worlds' got out of hand now.

Darn it.

I was getting all happy and excited, thinking he was dead.

Oh well, maybe tomorrow.

 

[Rich46yo]

You're a douchebag

There really should be an age requirement for this open forumn...............no??.................Uncle Rich.........

 

[Little Wing]

damn it manic don't do that! we still listen to bruce in this house n my kids ages 14 n 8 are fans. it started w us laughing at adam sandler imitating bruce n then me asking if they wanted to hear the real guy. and i think bruce is in tune with the river of human emotion that runs thru all of us. his music is something people can relate to he is not just another rich guy getting richer looking down at the rest of us. so he was smart enuf to get rich of his talent don't be hatin. happy birthday bruce.

 

[ZECH]

Born in the USA was actally an anti war song. Ruined my image of him.

 

[maxpro2]

Born in the USA was actally an anti war song. Ruined my image of him.

Why, were you a big fan of the Vietnam War?

 

[maniclion]

Men walkin' long the railroad tracks
Goin' someplace there's no going back
Highway patrol choppers comin' up over the ridge

Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge
Shelter line stretchin' round the corner
Welcome to the new world order
Families sleepin' in their cars in the Southwest
No home no job no peace no rest

The highway is alive tonight
But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes
I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
Searchin' for the ghost of Tom Joad

He pulls a prayer book out of his sleeping bag
Preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag
Waitin for when the last shall be first and the first
shall be last
In a cardboard box 'neath the underpass
Got a one-way ticket to the promised land
You got a hole in your belly and a gun in your hand
Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock
Bathin' in the city aqueduct

The highway is alive tonight
Where it's headed everybody knows
I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
Waitin' on the ghost of Tom Joad

Now Tom said "Mom wherever there's a Rich46yo/dg806
beatin' a guy
Wherever a newborn baby cries
Where there's a fight 'gainst the blood and hatred
in the air
Look for me Mom I'll be there
Wherever there's somebody fightin'for a
place to stand
Or decent job or a helpin' hand
Wherever somebody's strugglin' to be free
Look in their eyes Mom you'll see me."

Well the highway is alive tonight
But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes
I'm sittin down here in the campgire light
With the ghost of old Tom Joad

 

[Dale Mabry]

I like Fortunate Son, but that is a Fogerty song. Did you know Bruce wrote Blinded by the Light? Saw him do a version of it unplugged and he said that he wrote that song but Manfred Mann ended up singing it.

 

[The Monkey Man]

Bruce wrote Blinded by the Light? Saw him do a version of it unplugged and he said that he wrote that song but Manfred Mann ended up singing it.

His only #1 hit -

 

[Rich46yo]

While I enjoy the music the one thing that bothers me about the spoiled brats that write the lyrics is that not only have they never personaly experienced the shit 99% of the time, but the other 99% of the time the fucking thing never even happened.................Uncle Rich.....

 

[The Monkey Man]

My GF fucking loves Springsteen -
I don't get it... -



My favorite line is from Cheech & Chongs NICE DREAMS...

Where Paul Reubens (The Hamburger Dude)
Tells Tommy Chong @ the Chinese restaurant

"The future of rock & roll man...
Bruce Springsteen... He's fuckin' the whole thing up!"

 

[Little Wing]

try to copy these feats n then tell me it ain't hard work.

Bruce Springsteen FAQs

BIRTHDAY: September 23, 1949

BIGGEST SINGLE: "Secret Garden" (1995 and 1997)

BIGGEST LP: Born In The U.S.A.(1985)

GRAMMY AWARDS: 12

ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE: 1999

"When I was 9 I couldn't imagine anyone not wanting to be Elvis Presley." - Bruce Springsteen

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TIMELINE​

Bruce Springsteen was born on September 23, 1949, in New Jersey. By singing about working class life and American heartache and touring endlessly, Bruce has become one of the most respected and successful musicians in the world. Bruce grew up in a working-class family in New Jersey. Bruce fell in love with the rock and roll sound, but also found out that his father was not crazy about his rock ambitions. Much of Bruce's early work reflects his conflicts with his father, but most especially his working-class roots. After not finding much success after high school in New York City, Bruce played with a string of bands in the New Jersey area, including the Castiles, the Togues, Dr. Soom, and the Sonic Boom.
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Eventually Bruce hooked up with a poplar club band called the E-Street Band (Clarence Clemons, Steve Van Zandt, Danny Federici, Roy Bittan, Gary Tallent, and Max Weinberg) and signed with Columbia Records.
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Bruce and the E Street Band released Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. in January and The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle in September. The LPs weren't commercial hits, but gained Bruce critical attention, and while touring in Chicago, Bruce and the E-Street Band began to make a name for themselves and were finding a following by continuing their live performances and staying true to rock. Bruce had become known as the "New Dylan."
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Bruce made it into the mainstream music scene after 10 years of playing local clubs. His LP, Born To Run released was his first commercial hit LP and critics applauded his rock base and strong lyrics. The LP went Top 10 and the title track made the Top 40.
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Bruce was hailed as the "savior of rock and roll. and made the covers of Time and Newsweek and played live in bigger venues.
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For the next few years, Bruce had to battle with his management over his music. By the time Bruce's next LP, Darkness On The Edge Of Town, was released Bruce was competing with "the new wave" sound and Springsteen-wannabes. The LP was a modest hit and continued Bruce's ability to tell stories while giving a rock performance with "The Promised Land" and "Badlands."
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Bruce appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone for the first of several times.
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Bruce released the #1 LP, The River, and made it into the Top 10 with "Hungry Heart" and Top 20 with "Fade Away." Even though the LP was a double-LP, The River was a commercial hit.
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Bruce was nominated for a Grammy Awardfor Best Rock Vocal Performance - Male ("Devil With The Blue Dress / Good Golly Miss Molly / Jenny Take A Ride").

Bruce appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone.
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Bruce & The E Street Band held a benefit concert for Vietnam vets in L.A.
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Bruce was nominated for a Grammy Awardfor Best Rock Vocal Performance - Male (The River).
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Bruce shifted gears with his music with his solemn LP, Nebraska. The LP's dark tone confused some fans, gained others, but showed that Bruce was enough of a superstar that he could diverge from sure-thing patterns once in awhile for the sake of art. The LP was a sharp departure from his usual work, but was embraced again by critics and Bruce's loyal fans.
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Bruce released his best-selling LP, Born In The U.S.A. which eventually sold over 15 million copies in the U.S. The LP spawned 7 Top 10 hits including his #1 hit, "Dancing In The Dark." Bruce also hit it big with the songs "I'm On Fire," "Glory Days," "My Hometown," "I'm Goin' Down," "Cover Me," and the title track.
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Bruce appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone.
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Bruce's audience stretched across music tastes and age groups. Born In The U.S.A.was named the 6th Best Album of the 80s by Rolling Stone. The power of the music and the popularity of the videos kept Bruce on tour for over 2 years, during which he married Julianne Phillips (in 1985, divorced in 1989).
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Bruce won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance - Male ("Dancing In The Dark"), and was nominated for Album of the Year (Born In The U.S.A.) and Record of the Year ("Dancing In The Dark").

Bruce appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone.
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The video for "Dancing In The Dark" won a MTV Video Music Award for Best Stage Performance Video, and was nominated for Best Overall Performance, and "Glory Days" was nominated for Best Male Video.
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Bruce appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone.
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Bruce was nominated for a Grammy Award for Record of the Year ("Born In The USA").

Bruce appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone.
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The video for "Glory Days" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Awardfor Best Overall Performance.
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Bruce's superstar status is largely due to his live performances. He is known for playing over 3 hours per show, and never letting up. He rewarded many of his fans in 1986 by releasing a 5-LP concert LP of his many tours over the years: Live 1975-85. The LP debuted at #1 and although the hype of the set affected later sales, the LP was considered a must for any rock music fan.
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Bruce appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone.
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The live videos for "Born To Run" and "War" were nominated for MTV Video Music Awards for Best Stage Performance Video.
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Bruce released Tunnel Of Love which contained the Top 10 hits "Brilliant Disguise," "One Step Up," and "Tunnel Of Love." The LP found more popularity with the VH1 crowd than the MTV crowd, but continued Bruce's commercial and critical success. Bruce's lyrics had focused away from blue-collar life struggles and focused more on emotional turmoil.
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Bruce won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Solo Performance (Tunnel Of Love) and was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male ("Brilliant Disguise").
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Bruce appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone.
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The video for "Tunnel Of Love" was nominated for 4 MTV Video Music Awards for Video of the Year, Best Male Video, and Best Editing, and Best Art Direction.
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Bruce appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone.
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# 59 Singles Artist of the Year
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By 1992, Bruce had toured for a few years, married Patti Scialfa (a former singer with the E Street Band, 1991), and told the E Street Band he was moving on with other backup performers (in 1989). The dissolving of the E Street Band was an effort to expand Bruce's collaborative efforts.
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Bruce simultaneously released Human Touch and Lucky Town. The LPs were marginal hits but were over-shadowed by other up-and-coming acts.

Bruce hit the Top 40 with "Human Touch."

Bruce topped the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart for 3 weeks with "Human Touch."
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Bruce hit the Top 10 with "Human Touch."
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Bruce performed on MTV Unplugged and released an LP (In Concert - MTV Xplugged) of the performance in Europe the following year (a U.S. release wasn't available until 1997).
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Bruce appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone.
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The video for "Human Touch" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video.
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Bruce was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Rock Vocal Performance - Male and Best Rock Song (songwriter) ("Human Touch").
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Rolling Stone: "The 100 Top Music Videos" included "Atlantic City" at # 37, "Brilliant Disguise" at # 64, and "Rosalita" at # 71.
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# 43 Singles Artist of the Year
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Bruce recorded a song for Philadelphia about a gay man dying of AIDS: "Streets Of Philadelphia." The song was a Top 10 hit and won Bruce an Academy Award and gave the AIDS fight a lyrical voice on the radio.
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Bruce hit the Top 40 with "Streets Of Philadelphia."
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Bruce hit the Top 10 with "Streets Of Philadelphia."
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The video for "Streets Of Philadelphia" won a MTV Video Music Award for Best Video from a Film and was also nominated for Best Male Video.
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# 119 Singles Artist of the Year
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Bruce released his Greatest Hits with a few new tracks with the E Street Band including "Secret Garden" and "Murder Incorporated."
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Bruce won 4 Grammy Awards for Song of the Year (songwriter), Best Rock Vocal Performance - Male, Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television, and Best Rock Song (songwriter) ("Streets Of Philadelphia"), and was nominated for Record of the Year ("Streets Of Philadelphia").

Greatest Hits topped the Billboard Pop Albums chart for 2 weeks.

Greatest Hits topped the UK Albums chart for 2 weeks.
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Bruce hit the Top 40 (for the first of 2 chart runs) with "Secret Garden."

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Bruce returned to his folk roots with the release ofThe Ghost Of Tom Joad. The LP was not a commercial success but allowed Bruce to play music he admired and give folk music a boost.
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# 63 Singles Artist of the Year
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Rock 'N Roll Hall Of Fame's 500 Songs That Shaped Rock And Roll includes "Born To Run," "Dancing In The Dark," and "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)."
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Bruce won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album (The Ghost Of Tom Joad) and was nominated for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance ("Dead Man Walkin'") and Best Music Video, Long Form (Blood Brothers).
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Bruce was on radio airwaves again when "Secret Garden" was used in the movie Jerry Maguire and hit the Top 40 again.
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Bruce hit the Top 10 with "Secret Garden."
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Bruce's In Concert - MTV Xpluggedwas released in the U.S. Previously, the LP was only available as an import. The LP was a collection of 13 songs from Bruce's appearance on MTV Unplugged - in which he "plugged in" and played electric.

Bruce was nominated for a MTV Video Music Awardfor Best Video from a Film ("Secret Garden").

One Step Up, Two Steps Back: The Songs of Bruce Springsteen, a tribute double-LP to Bruce Springsteen's music by artists such as David Bowie, Ben E. King, Joe Cocker, and Donna Summer was released.
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Bruce can also be heard on other compilation LPs and soundtracks including: No Nukes ("Devil With A Blue Dress Medley" - 1980), We Are The World ("Trapped" - 1985), Sun City (1985), Folkways - Vision Shared ("I Ain't Got No Home" and "Vigilante Man" - 1988), For Our Children ("Chicken Lips And Lizard Hips" - 1991), A Tribute To Curtis Mayfield ("Gypsy Woman" - 1993), and the Dead Man Walkingsoundtrack ("Dead Man Walking" - 1996) for which he received another Academy Award nomination.
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Bruce was nominated for a Grammy Awardfor Best Male Rock Vocal Performance ("Thunder Road").
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Bruce could be found on Where Have All The Flowers Gone: The Songs Of Pete Segerwith "We Shall Overcome."
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Ranked # 27 on VH1: Greatest Artists of Rock & Roll(and # 16 on Rock On The Net's Poll).
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Springsteen appeared in a British court in hopes of blocking the release of some of his earliest work from 26 years ago. The material was recorded in 1972 and a company named Masquerade Music is attempted to sell the work as a LP called Before The Flame. His lawyer stated, "It matters to Mr. Springsteen that he retains control of his artistic output."
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The final list of inductees this year to the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame were announced and included Springsteen.

A 4-CD set called Trackswas released. The set features 66 tracks and b-sides, with 56 unreleased songs spanning Springsteen's 25 year recording career. The set contains 17 tracks from the mid-70s, 17 tracks taken from the sessions for The River and Born In The U.S.A. during the late 70s and early 80s, 18 tracks from the mid- to late 80s, and 14 tracks from the 90s. Springsteen states in the linear notes: "This collection contains everything from the first notes I sand in the Columbia recording studio, my early and later work with the E Street Band, through to my music in the 90s... I'm glad to finally be able to share this music; here are some of the ones that got away."
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Springsteen's court battle to have some of his early work blocked from being released was ruled in his favor when a judge ruled that the Boss owned the songs. Springsteen said of the court fight, "I came here to defend the ownership of my music... it's something I fought for since I was young and I'm really satisfied."

Springsteen's manager confirmed that the Boss would be touring worldwide once again with the E Street Band next summer for the first time in 10 years.

Springsteen continued his support of Amnesty International at a concert held in France which also included Tracy Chapman, Alanis Morissette, Radiohead, Peter Gabriel, Shania Twain, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and Youssou N'dour. The concert was held to mark the 50th anniversary of the United Nation's Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Springsteen was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and dedicated the honor to his mom and his dad who had recently died: "I have to thank him, because what would I conceivably have written about without him? I mean, you gotta imagine, if everything had gone great between us, it would have been a disaster. I would have written just happy songs and I tried that in the early 90s and it didn't work. The public didn't like it." Springsteen also acknowledged each member of the E Street Band, who were not eligible to be inducted with him.
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Springsteen released 18 Tracksfeaturing songs from his box set, Tracks and the previously unreleased track "The Fever" recorded in 1973. The track is a favorite of many longtime Springsteen fans who were surprised it wasn't included with the Tracksset.
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Springsteen set a sales record for concert tickets at the Meadowland in New Jersey - 300,000 tickets sold in 13 hours (for 15 shows).
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VH1: 100 Greatest Rock Songs includes # 5: "Born To Run" and # 96: "Thunder Road."
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Bruce was nominated for 2 Grammy Awardsfor Best Rock Song and Best Male Rock Vocal Performance ("The Promise").
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Bruce introduced a new song ("American Skin (41 Shots)") that focused on the killing of Amadou Diallo, an unarmed black man by New York police last year (who were acquitted this year). New York police officers were hoping other policemen would boycott Bruce's concert appearance but Bruce encountered more support than opposition at the concert when he sang his controversial new song.
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Pollstar's list of the top grossing concert tours so far in the year included Springsteen at #1 with $45 million.
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Rolling Stone & MTV: 100 Greatest Pop Songs includes "Born To Run" at # 35.
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Springsteen played 2 benefit concerts in New Jersey with proceeds going to various charities helping with issues such as housing, health services, AIDS, and substance abuse.
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VH1: 100 Greatest Albums includes Born To Run at # 27 and Darkness On The Edge Of Town at # 68.

Springsteen released the video compilation Video Anthology 1978-2000.
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The singles "Cover Me" and "My Hometown" were certified gold.
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Springsteen released Live In New York City and could be seen live on HBO with his first televised concert Live In New York City. Both the LP and TV special feature the finale shows of his reunion tour with the E Street Band (2 shows in June and July, 2000, at Madison Square Garden. Live In New York Citytopped the Billboard Internet Sales chart for 2 weeks.
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VH1: 100 Greatest Videosincludes: # 75- "Dancing In The Dark."

Live In New York City was certified gold.
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Bruce won a court judgment that gave him copyright control over recordings from the early 1970s (that had been sold by a former manager).
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Bruce's HBO concert, Live In New York City, was nominated for 6 Emmy Awards.
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Bruce performed "My City Of Ruins" for a landmark fundraiser (America: A Tribute To Heroes) aired by all the major networks to raise money for families of the victims of recent terrorist attacks.
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Bruce released the DVD of his concert from New York: Live In New York City. It includes 11 additional songs not seen in the HBO special.

Springsteen topped the Billboard Top Music Videos chart with Live In New York Cityfor a week.
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# 81 Singles Artist of the Year
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Bruce released The Rising. The LP garnished universal praise especially with its focus on the events of 9/11.
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Bruce appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone for the 11th time.

Bruce and the E Street Band performed live on The Today Show from Asbury Park.

Bruce and the E Street Band kicked off their world tour in New Jersey. The tour will hit 39 cities in the US then head to Australia and Europe before returing to the US for more shows in the summer of 2003.

Bruce hit the Top 40 with "The Rising."

The Rising topped the Billboard Top 200 LP chart selling over 525, 000 copies in its first week of release in the US.

The Rising topped the Billboard Top Internet Album Sales chart and the LP charts in the UK and Canada.

Bruce and the E Street Band performed at the MTV Video Music Awards.
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Bruce ranked # 59 on VH1: 100 Sexiest Artists.

Bruce could be heard on the tribute compilation - Kindred Spirits: A Tribute To Johnny Cash - with "Give My Love To Rose."
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Bruce performed on Satuday Night Live.

The Rising was certified 2x platinum.
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Bruce had to postpone a concert in Texas following Clarence Clemon's recovery from an injury to his eye that resulted from previous eye surgery.

Bruce hit the Top 40 with "Lonesome Day."
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Rolling Stone magazine readers picked The Rising as Best Album of the Year and Bruce as Artist of the Year, Best Rock Artist, Most Welcome Comeback, and Best Tour. The Critics also picked Bruce as Best Tour.
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Bruce won 3 Grammy Awards for Best Rock Album (The Rising), Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, and Best Rock Song ("The Rising"), and was also nominated for Album of the Year and Song of the Year. Bruce also performed at the ceremony.
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Bruce and the E Street Band set a record selling out 7 shows in 1 day for shows at Giants Stadium this summer. Bruce said of still being with his band: "If I had to measure it all up, I don't think I've ever been as satisfied as I am right now... The band being present and everybody alive and accounted for - only a few bands can say that."
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VH1: 100 Best Songs of the Past 25 Years includes "Born In The U.S.A." at # 29.
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Springsteen's TV special, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, was nominated for 4 Emmy Awards.

Springsteen played at Boston's Fenway Park - the first concert allowed at the ballpark.

The River was certified 5x platinum.
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Springsteen finished up his tour in New York after 14 months.
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A 3 CD set, Essential Bruce Springsteen was released as well the DVD Live In Barcelona.
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Springsteen ended the year on top of the year-end boxoffice tallies with concert earnings totalling $115.9 million.

Essential Bruce Springsteen was certified platinum.

Rolling Stone: The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: # 18: Born To Run, # 85: Born In The U.S.A., # 132: The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle, # 151: Darkness On The Edge Of Town, # 224: Nebraska, # 250: The River, # 379: Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J., # 475: Tunnel Of Love.
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Springsteen won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group("Disorder In The House" with Warren Zevon from Zevon's The Wind).
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Springsteen will begin touring in October as part of the 'Vote For Change' tour. The tour featuring several major acts will be performing in key "battleground" states with the goal of getting citizens out to vote, and vote to change the current administration. Springsteen wrote in The New York Times: "Personally, for the last 25 years I have always stayed one step away from partisan politics. This year, however, for many of us the stakes have risen too high to sit this election out.... Our American government has strayed too far from American values. It is time to move forward. The country we carry in our hearts is waiting."

Bruce could be heard on the compilation Enjoy Every Sandwich: Songs Of Warren Zevon with the live track "My Ride's Here."

Bruce ended the month with an appearance in support of John Kerry at a rally/performance that resulted in over 80,000 supporters showing up.
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# 23 on the Top Pop Artists of the Past 25 Years chart.
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Bruce won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Solo Performance ("Code Of Silence").
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Bruce released his next LP Devils & Dust. The LP was completed without the E Street Band.
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Bruce topped the Billboard 200 LP chart and Internet Album chart with Devils & Dust selling over 222,000 copies in the US its first week of release.

Bruce topped UK LP chart with Devils & Dust.
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Devils & Dust was certified gold.
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LPs​

Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.Released: January, 1973
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard peak: # 60
Tracks: "Blinded By The Light" - "Growin' Up" - "Mary Queen Of Arkansas" - "Does The Bus Stop At 82nd Street" - "Lost In The Flood" - "The Angel" - "For You" - "Spirit In The Night" - "It's Hard To be Saint In The City" The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street ShuffleReleased: September, 1973
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard peak: # 59
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Tracks: "E Street Shuffle" - "4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)" - "Kitty's Back" - "Wild Billy's Circus Story" - "Incident On 57th Street" - "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" - "New York City Serenade" Born To RunReleased: August, 1975
US: 6x Platinum
Billboard peak: # 3
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Tracks: "Thunder Road" - "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" - "Night" - "Backstreets" - "Born To Run" - "She's The One" - "Meeting Across The River" - "Jungleland" Darkness On The Edge Of TownReleased: June, 1978
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard peak: # 5
Rolling Stone:

Tracks: "Badlands" - "Adam Raised A Cain" - "Something In The Night" - "Candy's Room" - "Racing In The Street" - "The Promised Land" - "Factory" - "Streets Of Fire" - "Prove It All Night" - "Darkness On The Edge Of Town" The RiverReleased: October, 1980
US: 5x Platinum
Billboard peak: # 1 (for 4 weeks)
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Tracks: "The Ties That Bind" - "Sherry Darling" - "Jackson Cage" - "Two Hearts" - "Independence Day" - "Hungry Heart" - "Out In The Street" - "Crush On You" - "You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)" - "I Wanna Marry You" - "The River" - "Point Blank" - "Cadillac Ranch" - "I'm A Rocker" - "Fade Away" - "Stolen Car" - "Ramrod" - "The Price You Pay" - "Drive All Night" - "Wreck On The Highway" NebraskaReleased: September, 1982
US: Platinum
Billboard peak: # 3
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Tracks: "Nebraska" - "Atlantic City" - "Mansion On The Hill" - "Johnny 99" - "Highway Patrolman" - "State Trooper" - "Used Cars" - "Open All Night" - "My Father's House" - "Reason To Believe" Born In The U.S.A.Released: June, 1984
US: 15x Platinum
Billboard peak: # 1 (for 7 weeks)
Rolling Stone:

Tracks: "Born In The U.S.A." - "Cover Me" - "Darlington County" - "Working On The Highway" - "Downbound Train" - "I'm On Fire" - "No Surrender" - "Bobby Jean" - "I'm Goin' Down" - "Glory Days" - "Dancing In The Dark" - "My Hometown" Live 1975-85Released: November, 1986
US: 13x Platinum
Billboard peak: # 1 (for 7 weeks)
Live Tracks: "Thunder Road" - "Adam Raised A Cain" - "Spirit In The Night" - "4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)" - "Paradise By The 'C'" - "Fire" - "Growin' Up" - "It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City" - "Backstreets" - "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" - "Raise Your Hand" - "Hungry Heart" - "Two Hearts" - "Cadillac Ranch" - "You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)" - "Independence Day" - "Badlands" - "Because The Night" - "Candy's Room" - "Darkness On The Edge Of Town" - "Racing In The Street" - "This Land Is Your Land" - "Nebraska" - "Johnny 99" - "Reason To Believe" - "Born In The U.S.A." - "Seeds" - "The River" - "War" - "Darlington County" - "Working On The Highway" - "The Promise Land" - "Cover Me" - "I'm On Fire" - "Bobby Jean" - "My Hometown" - "Born To Run" - "No Surrender" - "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" - "Jersey Girl" Tunnel Of LoveReleased: October, 1987
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard peak: # 1 (for 1 week)
Rolling Stone:

Tracks: "Ain't Got You" - "Tougher Than The Rest" - "All That Heaven Will Allow" - "Spare Parts" - "Cautious Man" - "Walk Like A Man" - "Tunnel Of Love" - "Two Faces" - "Brilliant Disguise" - "One Step Up" - "When You're Alone" - "Valentine's Day" Lucky TownReleased: March, 1992
US: Platinum
Billboard peak: # 3
Rolling Stone:

Tracks: "Better Days" - "Lucky Town" - "Local Hero" - "If I Should Fall Behind" - "Leap Of Faith" - "The Big Muddy" - "Living Proof" - "Book Of Dreams" - "Souls Of The Departed" - "My Beautiful Reward" Human TouchReleased: March, 1992
US: Platinum
Billboard peak: # 2
Rolling Stone:

Tracks: "Human Touch" - "Soul Driver" - "57 Channels (And Nothin' On)" - "Cross My Heart" - "Gloria's Eyes" - "With Every Wish" - "Roll Of The Dice" - "Real World" - "All Or Nothin' At All" - "Man's Job" - "I Wish I Were Blind" - "The Long Goodbye" - "Real Man" - "Pony Boy" In Concert - MTV XpluggedReleased: 1992
Billboard peak: # 189
Live Tracks: "Red Headed Woman" - "Better Days" - "Atlantic City" - "Darkness On The Edge Of Town" - "Man's Job" - "Human Touch" - "Lucky Town" - "I Wish I Were Blind" - "Thunder Road" - "Light Of Day" - "If I Should Fall Behind" - "Living Proof" - "My Beautiful Reward" Greatest HitsReleased: February, 1995
US: 4x Platinum
Billboard peak: # 1 (for 2 weeks)
Tracks: "Born To Run" - "Thunder Road" - "Badlands" - "The River" - "Hungry Heart" - "Atlantic City" - "Dancing In The Dark" - "Born In The U.S.A." - "My Hometown" - "Glory Days" - "Brilliant Disguise" - "Human Touch" - "Better Days" - "Streets Of Philadelphia" - "Secret Garden" - "Murder Incorporated" - "Blood Brothers" - "This Hard Land" The Ghost Of Tom JoadReleased: November, 1995
US: Gold
Billboard peak: # 11
Rolling Stone:

Tracks: "The Ghost Of Tom Joad" - "Straight Time" - "Highway 29" - "Youngstown" - "Sinaloa Cowboys" - "The Line" - "Balboa Park" - "Day Lightning" - "The New Timer" - "Across The Border" - "Galveston Bay" - "My Best Was Never Good Enough" TracksReleased: November, 1998
US: Platinum
Billboard peak: # 27
Tracks: "Mary Queen Of Arkansas" - "It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City" - "Growin' Up" - "Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street?" - "Bishop Danced" - "Santa Ana" - "Seaside Bar Song" - "Zero And Blind Terry" - "Linda Let Me be The One" - "Thundercrack" - "Rendezvous" - "Give The Girl A Kiss" - "Iceman" - "Bring On The Night" - "So Young And In Love" - "Hearts Of Stone" - "Don't Look Back" - "Restless Night" - "A Good Man Is Hard To Find (Pittsburgh)" - "Roulette" - "Dollhouse" - "Where The Bands Are" - "Loose Ends" - "Living On The Edge Of The World" - "Wages Of Sin" - "Take 'Em As They Come" - "Be True" - "Ricky Wants A Man Of Her Own" - "I Wanna Be With You" - "Mary Lou" - "Stolen Car" - "Born In The U.S.A." - "Johnny Bye-Bye" - "Shut Out The Light" - "Cynthia" - "My Love Will Not Let You Down" - "This Hard Land" - "Frankie" - "TV Movie" - "Stand On It" - "Lion's Den" - "Car Wash" - "Rockaway The Days" - "Brothers Under The Bridges ('83)" - "Man At The Top" - "Pink Cadillac" - "Two For The Road" - "Janey Don't You Lose Heart" - "When You Need Me" - "The Wish" - "The Honeymooners" - "Lucky Man" - "Leavin' Train" - "Seven Angels" - "Gave It A Name" - "Sad Eyes" - "My Lover Man" - "Over The Rise" - "When The Lights Go Out" - "Loose Change" - "Trouble In Paradise" - "Happy" - "Part Man, Part Monkey" - "Goin' Cali" - "Back In Your Arms" - "Brothers Under The Bridge" 18 TracksReleased: April, 1999
Billboard peak: # 64
Tracks: "Growin' Up" - "Seaside Bar Song" - "Rendezvous" - "Hearts Of Stone" - "Where The Bands Are" - "Loose Ends" - "I Wanna Be With You" - "Born In The U.S.A." - "My Love Will Not Let You Down" - "Lion's Den" - "Pink Cadillac" - "Janey Don't You Lose Heart" - "Sad Eyes" - "Part Man, Part Monkey" - "Trouble River" - "Brothers Under The Bridge" - "The Fever" - "The Promise" Live In New York CityReleased: April, 2001
US: Platinum
Billboard peak: # 5
Rolling Stone:

Live Tracks: "My Love Will Not Let You Down" - "Prove It All Night" - "Two Hearts" - "Atlantic City" - "Mansion On The Hill" - "The River" - "Youngstown" - "Murder Incorporated" - "Badlands" - "Out In The Street" - "Born To Run" - "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" - "Land Of Hope And Dreams" - "American Skin (41 Shots)" - "Lost In The Flood" - "Born In The U.S.A." - "Don't Look Back" - "Jungleland" - "Ramrod" - "If I Should Fall Behind" The RisingReleased: July, 2002
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard peak: # 1 (for 2 weeks)
Rolling Stone:

Tracks: "Lonesome Day" - "Into The Fire" - "Waitin' On A Sunny Day" - "Nothing Man" - "Countin' On A Miracle" - "Empty Sky" - "Worlds Apart" - "Let's Be Friends (Skin To Skin)" - "Further On (Up The Road)" - "The Fuse" - "Mary's Place" - "You're Missing" - "The Rising" - "Paradise" - "My City Of Ruins" Essential Bruce SpringsteenReleased: November, 2003
US: Platinum
Billboard peak: # 14
Tracks: "Blinded By The Light" - "For You" - "Spirit In The Night" - "4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)" - "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" - "Thunder Road" - "Born To Run" - "Jungleland" - "Badlands" - "Darkness On The Edge Of Town" - "The Promised Land" - "The River' - "Hungry Heart" - "Nebraska" - "Atlantic City" - "Born In The USA" - "Glory Days" - "Dancing In The Dark" - "Tunnel Of Love" - "Brilliant Disguise" - "Human Touch" - "Living Proof" - "Lucky Town" - "Streets Of Philadelphia" - "The Ghost Of Tom Joad" - "The Rising" - "Mary's Place" - "Lonesome Day" - "American Skin (41 Shots)" (live) - "Land Of Hope And Dreams" - "From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)" - "Big Payback" - "Held Up Without A Gun" (live) - "Trapped" (live) - "None But The Brave" - "Missing" - "Lift Me Up" - "Viva Las Vegas" - "Country Fair" - "Code Of Silence" (live) - "Dead Man Walkin'" - "Countin' On A Miracle" (acoustic) Devils & DustReleased: April, 2005
Billboard peak: # 1 (for 1 week)
US: Gold
Rolling Stone:

- Entertainment Weekly: A-
Tracks: "Devils & Dust" - "All The Way Home" - "Reno" - "Long Time Comin'" - "Black Cowboys" - "Maria's Bed" - "Silver Palomino" - "Jesus Was An Only Son" - "Leah" - "The Hitter" - "All I'm Thinkin' About" - "Matamoras Banks"

 

[ZECH]

Why, were you a big fan of the Vietnam War?

Anti war people are not my favorites

 

[The Monkey Man]

try to copy these feats n then tell me it ain't hard work

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII... bought one of those albums -

 

[Little Wing]

. i bought a few n concert tickets several times too.