Yep..he's well known for being only in it for the $$$ and for taking the money and running every time  . He so obviously needs the cash.


In another galaxy, its called being prolific and giving value for money.

"Air fist pounding singalong stuff is getting old" - you listened to Devils & Dust and the Seeger sessions then?

I need Help finding a Bruce Springsteen Christmas Song. My Father In Law, asked my my wife to get him a copy of a Christmas song done by Bruce he heard last year.
I said the first thing that came to my mind, "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town", But that was not it. He said he had never heard anyone else do it, so that rules out Merry Christmas Baby. Does anyone know of a Christmas song by Bruce other than these 2?

left shoe shuffle wrote on Dec 3^rd, 2008 at 9:13pm:


Yes Sir ree I found that One , And even if its not the one He Looking for, it's a great song. Does anyone know if it's a written about his mom?
What great lyrics, this guy can write them can't he! He getting the album from Christmas and  I feel Fairly secure about this being the right tune.
When did it come out?

left shoe shuffle wrote on Dec 3^rd, 2008 at 9:13pm:


I'd go further and say it's one of the dozen best songs he's ever recorded. I could listen to that guitar/keyboard coda at the end for hours. Listening to that song reinforces my opinion that it's a waste that he never recorded a country album.


Kilroy wrote on Dec 3^rd, 2008 at 10:37pm:


As lefty says above, its definitely about his mum. Recorded for "Tunnel of Love" in 1987 but probably left off the album as it didnt fit in with the theme of that record. First played at the Christic Institute benefit shows in LA in 1990 and then on the Ghost of Tom Joad solo tour in 1995-96. Think I saw what was probably about the 3rd or 4th live version of it. He eventually released it on the 4-CD "Tracks" box set in 1998

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/billboard-bits-bruce-springsteen-faith-hill-...


Billboard Bits: Bruce Springsteen, Faith Hill & More
Bruce Springsteen

December 08, 2008 04:54 PM ET

Bruce Springsteen's new album leads off with one of his longest studio songs in decades. "Outlaw Pete" is eight minutes long, setting the table for "Working on a Dream," due Jan. 27 from Columbia.

Other tracks from the project get in and out much quicker, including "Tomorrow Never Knows" (2:14) and "What Love Can Do" (2:57). Late E Street Band member Danny Federici, who died in April, plays on the album, as does his son Jason.

"Working on a Dream" will be available on vinyl and in a deluxe edition featuring a DVD with 38-minutes of behind-the-scenes studio footage.


-- Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.

Two little bits of news from Backstreets

THE WRESTLER" IS GOLDEN
Hot on the heels of Springsteen's two Grammy nominations for "Girls in Their Summer Clothes," "The Wrestler" has just garnered a Golden Globe nomination for "Best Original Song - Motion Picture." Springsteen's title song for the Darren Aronofsky film puts him up against Peter Gabriel (Wall-E), Clint Eastwood (Gran Torino), Miley Cyrus (Bolt), and Beyonce (Cadillac Records). The Golden Globe Awards, given by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, air live on January 11, 2009, on NBC. Can an Oscar nod be far behind?

TOUR NOTES: 2008 RAKES IT IN, 2009 GLASTO RUMORS SWIRL
Springsteen and the E Street Band came in at number two on the list of 2008 Top Grossing Tours as reported to Billboard Boxscore -- second only to fellow New Jerseyans Bon Jovi (cue gritting of teeth from various corners). Bon Jovi at $210.6 million and Springsteen at $204.5 mil sit atop Madonna, the Police, Celine Dion, Kenny Chesney, Neil Diamond, the reuinted Spice Girls, the Eagles, and Rascall Flatts.

The annual Bruce-at-Glastonbury rumors are making the rounds once again, with Pollstar.com reporting Springsteen as "expected to headline next year’s Glastonbury Festival." Planetrock.com also puts the rumor out there, saying that Bruce "is being hotly tipped to play the Sunday night of the festival..." rightly going on to point out: "It has to be said that these are simply rumours and that there is literally no evidence to support them, and Springsteen has been tipped to be playing the festival for three years running."

Short samples of the songs on WOAD here:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Working-On-A-Dream/dp/B001NS4AT0

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Dec 14^th, 2008 at 7:05pm:



dont expect a tour announcement until january. As said above, the original plans to tour immediately after the Superbowl have been scrapped and the tour will start a few weeks later than originally planned - but in America.

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Dec 14^th, 2008 at 6:49pm:


Samples are gone...

Found another link at btx...  

Thanks my Bruce loving Buddies for the birthday wishes!

This chicky will never be too old for Bruce-even in a wheelchair

Can you imagine me waiting in the PIT line with my walker and texting Gazza with my ultra big keyboard/magnification phone that I got into the PIT??!!!

It is all good and I feel pretty young at heart right now

So hurry up with the album and tour would ya!!!!!

Love this song....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Abb42y6mnUo