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Celebrate The Boss and help build the Ultimate Bruce Springsteen Playlist
There’s not many musicians whose nickname is also a by word for their position in the pantheon of rock n roll. But 50 years after his mother bought him his first guitar, only one man in music can legitimately be called The Boss, and that’s Bruce Springsteen.
The first new material from The Boss in three years We Take Care of Our Own has been made available online today and is the first fruits from his 17th studio album, Wrecking Ball, which is set for release on March 6.
Looking at the tracklist of the forthcoming record it seems Springsteen is as politically charged as ever, with song titles including Land of Hope and Dreams, This Depression and Wrecking Ball. But after 2002’s The Rising provided a rallying call for America in the aftermath of 9/11, can We Take Care Of Our Own strike a chord with a country facing its worse economics crisis since the 1930s?
To celebrate one of rock musics’ most enduring figures this Friday, Now Playing @6Music is compiling its ultimate Springsteen playlist, but we need your help to choose the music. It could be:
* Classics, rarities and B-sides from The Boss’s back catalogue
* Related artists, from fellow New Jersey musicians like Frankie Valli and The Sugarhill Gang to collaborators like Neil Young, Arcade Fire and REM
* Influences on Springsteen, from Bob Dylan, Hank Williams to Pete Seeger and The Rolling Stones
* Artists he’s influenced from Tom Petty to U2 via The Killers, The Gaslight Anthem and The Hold Steady
Let us know what you want us to play by leaving a comment here, posting on our Facebook page, Tweet using #Boss6Music, e-mail or drag a track onto our shared Spotify playlist.
Remember to listen to the ultimate Bruce Springsteen playlist on Friday night from 7pm.
Comment number 1.
At 14:50 20th Jan 2012, postordinandy wrote:Bruce - Jungleland, Born To Run, New York City Serenade, E-Street Shuffle, Nebraska, State Trooper, Johnny 99, The River, You're Missing
Arcade Fire - Neighbourhood#1
Rage Against The Machine - Ghost Of Tom Joad
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At 15:35 20th Jan 2012, KimiPasty wrote:Jungleland, Spirit In The Night (Hammersmith live 1975), If I should fall behind, Rosalita, Candy's Room, Im on Fire, Racing in the Street, Tenth Avenue Freeze Out (for Clarence)
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At 17:12 20th Jan 2012, TommyMcC wrote:(Southside Johnny) Hearts of Stone/ Trapped Again/ Talk to Me, Thunder Road, For You, Born to Run, Rosalita, Badlands, Spirit In The Night, Growin' Up (talks about his father), 4th of July, Asbury Park/Sandy, Tenth Avenue Freeze Out, (Tom Waits) Jersey Girl, (Patti Smith) Because The Night, (Dropkick Murphys) Peg o'my Heart, No Surrender, Radio Nowhere, Fire, Queen of the Supermarket, The Promised Land, My City of Ruins, The River, Jungleland, The Rising, Streets of Philadelphia, American Land, (Ray Davies) Better Things, (Jesse Malin) Broken Radio, (Gary US Bonds) Quarter to Three, 'Detroit Medley' , covers of Elvis Presley/ Roy Orbison/ Woody Guthrie/ Pete Seeger/ Johnny Cash numbers !
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At 18:49 20th Jan 2012, clp6871 wrote:Jungleland, Racing in the Street, Badlands, Prove it All Night, Atlantic City, Ramrod (Live in New York City), The Rising, Tougher Than the Rest (Live - Chimes of Freedom), Trapped
The 59 Sound - The Gaslight Anthem (Live from Hyde Park 2009 - Hard Rock Calling), Because the Night - Patti Smith
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At 19:48 20th Jan 2012, MagixRat wrote:Ghost of Tom Joad w/Tom Morello (Magic Tour Highlight EP), Wages of Sin (Tracks), My Hometown (BITUSA), Something in The Night (Darkness), Adam Raised a Cain (Live 75-85), Incident on 57th Street (The Wild & Innocent), Marias Bed (Devils & Dust), Thougher Than The Rest (TOL), Walk like a man (TOL), State Trooper (Nebraska), Backstreets (Born To Run).. Allright I`ll stop now (Not a Song).
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