New Springsteen single out today

Come on up for the scamming.

Baby we were born to scam.

Bruce Springsteen fan thought she sent The Boss $12K, but it was a scam - National | Globalnews.ca

Someday we'll look back on this and it will all seem funny.

Your papa says he knows that I don't have any money.

Tell him this is his last chance, to get his daughter in a fine romance!

 

Yes, this does exist.

Gift of the Day: 50 Photos of Bruce Springsteen

 

New solo album out June 14th and new single out tomorrow.

Bruce Springsteen

 

Here's a link to the single:

Bruce Springsteen shares new single “Hello Sunshine”: Stream

It's interesting. Full disclosure: I'm an old fan who thinks just about everything he's recorded for the past 30 years has been pretty bad.

Western Bruce kind of feels a little like a tourist dabbling in someone else's style... but I like the vibe of this. I'm far more curious to hear this album than anything he's done in decades.

 

Underwhelming

 

Now we’re talking

 

That looks pretty good... but Jesus, I feel like I just watched the whole movie. Like, I could write a plot synopsis that would be dead-on.

 

On first listen, as a full-fledged Springsteen hack, I thought the single was fine. Just fine.
But I found myself listening again. And then again. What happened, I think, is when I think about how open he's been with recalling his recent bouts with depression, the song really lands with me.

[Verse 1]
Had enough of heartbreak and pain
I had a little sweet spot for the rain
For the rain and skies of grey
Hello sunshine, won't you stay?

[Verse 2]
You know I always liked my walking shoes
But you can get a little too fond of the blues
You walk too far, you walk away
Hello sunshine, won't you stay?

[Verse 3]
You know I always loved a lonely town
Those empty streets, no one around
You fall in love with lonely, you end up that way
Hello sunshine, won't you stay?

[Verse 4]
You know I always liked that empty road
No place to be and miles to go
But miles to go is miles away
Hello sunshine, won't you stay?

 

I think the road has been traveled before and better. Valentine’s Day and Better Days are just a couple off of the top of my head.

 

Thoughts?

 

7) Nebraska
6) Greetings From Asbury Park
5) The Wild, The Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle
4) Born In the USA
3) The River
2) Born to Run
1) Darkness on the Edge of Town