kathy7:

[…] Wrecking Ball cover photo by Danny Clinch.

Can I just say I really like the way this photo speaks to the cover shot of Born to Run? It’s dark, it’s lonely, it’s the same guitar…

Amnesiac_R has a really good take on this - check it out.

(via burcespingsteen)

‘Good’ is subjective (sacrilegious might be more accurate in some cases…) but they’re mostly worth a listen!

byronic:

When Bruce Springsteen wrote Born to Run more than 30 years ago, it is a safe bet that the eventual destination he had in mind in his anthem to youthful hopes was not the governor’s residence.

But a poll suggests he would romp home in a race against the Republican incumbent in New Jersey, Chris Christie.

The Public Policy Polling survey ties the two on 42% but gives Springsteen much higher favourability ratings.

The survey, conducted from 15-18 July, added Springsteen for fun to a list of possible Democratic challengers to Christie.

Although Springsteen has not indicated plans to stand, the New Jersey native is highly political, having campaigned for John Kerry and Barack Obama in the 2004 and 2008 White House elections, and has been openly critical of Christie.

The Republican governor, who was talked about as a potential Republican presidential candidate earlier this year, has seen his political fortunes dive. Christie is a big Springsteen fan, claiming to have seen him live 125 times, and asked him to perform at his inauguration as governor in 2009. Springsteen declined.

PPP, in a press release, said that if Springsteen was to stand and came across as a credible candidate, he could see a rise in the 42% recorded in the poll. “Springsteen has favourability numbers any politician would die for,” PPP said.

Springsteen, who lives in New Jersey, wrote to New Jersey’s Asbury Park Press earlier this year complaining about Christie’s budget cuts.

“The cuts are eating away at the lower edges of the middle class, not just those already classified as in poverty, and are likely to continue to get worse.”

When Springsteen refused to play at Christie’s inauguration and criticised his opposition to same-sex marriages, Christie joked that it had been two bad decisions by the rock star.

“Bruce and I don’t agree on certain things politically – big shock,” Christie said. “But it doesn’t diminish at all my enjoyment of him as an artist and a performer.”

Before anyone says he was “born to run”, I will put it in writing that I’d get US citizenship and move to New Jersey just to vote for Bruce.

Bruce and Clarence were Scooter and the Big Man, they were black and white, they were big and small. It was still a bold move in the early ’70s, especially in some parts of the country, to have an African-American in your band, much less one you danced with, rubbed butts with and engaged in a long soulful kiss with; the country was only a few years out of the Civil Rights movement and there are stories of gigs the band didn’t get and hotels they were told they weren’t welcome in.

via Backstreets.com: Rest in Peace, Big Man

Clarence Clemons suffered a stroke

Spare a thought for the Big Man. Let’s hope he gets better soon. 

[Photo by Eric Meola via]

Can’t help falling in love/Born to Run - Paris June 29 1985 - from the DVD “Breathless in Paris”, filmed at Parc Paysager de La Corneuve

Bruce tells the story of the time he jumped the fence of Graceland Mansion to see if Elvis was home.

(Source: youtube.com)

This kid knows what’s up. 

Born To Run- Hammersmith Odeon 1975, done by a 3 year old

circuitboardsintears:

have a hastily drawn thing.

(Source: shrunkenheadearrings)

“Unseen Springsteen - “Happy Birthday Bruce Springsteen!” Exhibition Preview

First stop - New Orleans. Meyer The Hatter, 120 St. Charles Avenue. Family-owned and operated since 1894. Bruce picked out a cap with the help of Sam Meyer. It was bigger and floppier than the one he wore in the Born to Run album cover shoot.”

See more at Q