Evolution of a Song – Bruce Springsteen: You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch) Roots of the song You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch) goes back to 1979. It’s a track that has been performed among the years in various ways. Here’s all the different live arrangements I could find from the YouTube. Apparently it was played during
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Bruce Springsteen, the George Lucas of Music
Two perfectionists – George Lucas and Bruce Springsteen I’m a big fan of demos, unreleased takes, unreleased songs etc. When my favorite artists has a new anniversary/remastered edition coming with bonus track, those are the day one purchases for me. Golden era of CD releases has however passed. Live recordings and new remasters aren’t goldmines to record companies anymore. I’m
Continue readingBruce Springsteen: Backstreets (Alternative Version)
Definitive Version of the Backstreets? You Need to Hear the Version with Strings! When the Born To Run 30th anniversary edition came out. I was surprised that there weren’t any bonus tracks. Even the Tracks box set only had 2 songs from the Born To Run sessions. There are handful of alternative takes circulating from those sessions, and some songs
Continue readingHow Bruce Springsteen’s Music Saved My Life: The Story of a Bullied Boy
A Free Gift To All of My Blog Readers: Click here to download It wasn’t an easy decision to make this book a free. This way I hope it will reach a wider audience. I want my story to be heard. Book didn’t become a bestseller, but I think it’s a story that everyone should read. It’s not the longest
Continue readingBruce Springsteen: The Promise (Unreleased Version)
The Definitive Version of the Promise Still Remains Unreleased What is the best version of the Bruce Springsteen song “The Promise”? Fantastic Brucebase website refers this as a “V3”, and in my mind it’s the definitive version of the Promise. It is unbelievable how this versions remains unreleased after all these years. Maybe Bruce is saving this for the Tracks
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Why Bootleg Videos Doesn’t Get Removed from the YouTube? Youtube videos is a huge business. It’s actually much bigger than one would have thought. If you are just a regular viewer, you might not know about all the “behind the scenes” stuff. Once you have set your own channel. It will reveal much more details about the whole system, and
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