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Bruce Springsteen – We Take Care of Our Own
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The first single from Wrecking Ball, this tune finds The Boss dealing with patriotic themes with a subtlety that [often eludes his critics].(http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/
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The Bidens (Ft. Joe Biden) – Summer 2016 Playlist
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This Spotify playlist is comprised of the Biden family’s favorite summer songs.
A few of the songs hold special significance to the Biden family.
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Bruce Springsteen – Jack of All Trades
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One of the highlights of the Boss' 2012 album Wrecking Ball, this ballad is a shot across the bow at those responsible for the economic crisis, yet still remains hopeful and loving
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USA For Africa – We Are The World
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After the success of the collaborative UK charity single “Do They Know It’s Christmas” in late 1984, which raised $24 million for Ethiopia, Harry Belafonte was inspired to contact
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Bruce Springsteen – Wrecking Ball
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“Wrecking Ball” was initially about the demolition of the New York Giant’s old stadium, but has been given new meaning as a song about the resiliency of the American people during
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Bruce Springsteen – Thunder Road
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Perhaps the quintessential Bruce number, this anthemic 1975 song contains many of the lyrical and musical hallmarks that make the band from E Street so justly famous. It is the
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Bruce Springsteen – This Depression
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[Verse 1] / Baby, I've been down, but never this down / I've been lost, but never this lost / [Chorus] / This is my confession / I need your heart / In this depression / I need
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Bruce Springsteen – Death to My Hometown
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“Death To My Hometown” is the third single and fifth track on Bruce Springsteen’s Wrecking Ball album, which was released in May of 2012.
This song is undeniably angry and
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Bruce Springsteen – Shackled and Drawn
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[Verse 1] / Gray morning light spits through the shade / Another day older, closer to the grave / Closer to the grave and come the dawn / I woke up this morning shackled and drawn
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Bruce Springsteen – We Are Alive
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Like much of the album, “We Are Alive” deals with the fallout from the Great Recession of 2008. However, unlike the rest of the album, it gives a resounding message of hope
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Bruce Springsteen – American Land
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Springsteen writes this song in an attempt to reflect the tales of many immigrants who came to America from the mid-19th to early-20th centuries. Many believed America was a
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Bruce Springsteen – You've Got It
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[Verse 1] / No one ever found it / Ain't no school ever taught it / No one ever made it / Ain't no one ever bought it / [Chorus] / But baby, you’ve got it / Baby, you’ve got it / C
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Bruce Springsteen – Swallowed Up (In the Belly of the Whale)
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The first bonus track in Springsteen’s Wrecking Ball, “Swallowed Up (In The Belly Of The Whale)” highlights the economic and psychological devastation of the 2008 Recession.
Using
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Bruce Springsteen – Land of Hope and Dreams
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“Land Of Hope And Dreams” is a fan favorite in Springsteen’s catalogue, as it was played for many years live before finally being recorded for his 2012 album Wrecking Ball.
It is
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Bruce Springsteen – Dancing in the Dark
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The first single off of Springsteen’s seminal album Born In The U.S.A., this track was written two years after most of the other songs on the album.
Producer Jon Landau thought
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Bruce Springsteen – Easy Money
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Though the Boss is singing about a couple of muggers on this Irish folk-inspired outlaw anthem, his real target is the bigger economic crimes by the bankers and “fat cats” against
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Lou Reed (Ft. Bruce Springsteen) – Street Hassle
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The title song from 1978’s Street Hassle is a three-part description of the nuanced lifestyles found in the backstreets of New York.
The song is included in the soundtrack of the
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Bruce Springsteen – Blinded by the Light
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“Blinded By The Light” was the first song on Bruce’s debut album “Greeting’s From Asbury Park, N.J.”.
Bruce has talked about the song many times before, stating many of the
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Bruce Springsteen – Rocky Ground
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[Intro: Alan Lomax] / I'm a soldier... soldier... / [Chorus: Michelle Moore] / We’ve been traveling over rocky ground, rocky ground / We’ve been traveling over rocky ground, rocky
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The Boyz (Hip-Hop) – BIBLE
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[Verse 1: Lily] / Yuh, let's throw it back, old school, 'fore I got to know you / I was skippin in the halls, dick too small, didn't even have balls / I drive too fast kinda hopin
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Bruce Springsteen – Born in the U.S.A.
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One of Springsteen’s most iconic songs, “Born in the U.S.A.” is about the troubled return home of a Vietnam veteran. It’s original working title was “Vietnam Blues”.
On January 3
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Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run
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Written at 7½ West End Court in Long Branch, New Jersey in early 1974, the song was Bruce Springsteen’s last-ditch effort to make it big. The prior year, Springsteen had released
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Dion – The Wanderer
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A song that tells the story of a travelling man and his many love interests. The song was ranked #243 on the Rolling Stone magazine’s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
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