Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, along with Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine, preforming “The Ghost of Tom Joad” from the 1995 album by the same name. Rage Against the Machine also has the only cover of this song that I’ve ever liked, both because it maintains the general spirit of the…Read More
At the risk of posting every track from Bruce Springsteen’s Columbia Greatest Hits CD (which may or may not be my favorite, yes including Born to Run, because Columbia Greatest Hits is superior in two important aspects: it has “Glory Days” and “Dancing in the Dark” and has “Thunder Road,” “Born to Run” and “Born…Read More
Continuing the posting of things to do with Bruce Springsteen because The Promise: (The Lost Sessions: Darkness On The Edge of Town) is coming out next week, here’s a live performance of “Candy’s Room” that was filmed at Capitol Theater in September 1978. “Candy’s Room” is track 4 on Darkness On The Edge of Town….Read More
In celebration of the fact that Bruce Springsteen’s The Promise: (The Lost Sessions: Darkness On The Edge of Town) will be released November 16, and because I want to, I’m going to continue the gratuitous* posting of various Springsteen-related things until the 16th, at which point expect 5,000 words on why “E Street Band” should…Read More
A new track from Lady Gaga, “Nothing On But the Radio” has leaked. Which is pretty exciting! Even though it’s a. a little more generic-pop-esque than usual, b. a little more maudlin than usual and c. not official yet. In any case, it sounds like this: [Via]
Berlin preforming “Masquerade” live at the US Festival in 1983.
Janelle Monáe’s “Tightrope” was nominated for “Best Choreography” at the VMAs but lost to “Bad Romance,” even though Lady Gaga didn’t tip on the tightrope.