the 70’s were a fascinating time for music, no doubt about it. they were also fascinating time for Bruce Springsteen. if you haven’t watched The Promise documentary, you should. 1975’s Born to Run propelled Bruce into superstardom and produced a number of legendary tunes: Thunder Road, Born to Run, Jungleland, Backstreets to name a few (that’s almost half the record). what followed was however an unexpected difficult period for Bruce and his bandmates.

a three-way legal battle put Bruce in a forced hiatus […more]

Bruce Springsteen’s 1981 song The River depicts the uncertainty of the future in difficult economic times, where a river once flowing slowly dries out, symbolically matching the protagonist’s own dreams.

rumored to have been written about Springsteen’s sister and her husband, the song recounts the story of a young couple forced to adapt to their changing and increasingly bleak reality. The River appeared on the album of the same name, a record that would ultimately mark an important shift in Springsteen’s songwriting and pave the way for the dark and morose classic, Nebraska.

~ nickba