Bruce Springsteen Trivia

1. The weight of covering a Bruce Springsteen song may have caused a legendary band to speed it up a bit. Whose cover of "Atlantic City" made it onto the 'Far Out' magazine list of "10 Best Covers of Bruce Springsteen"?

From Quiz 10 Best Covers of Bruce Springsteen

Answer: The Band

The Band changed the arrangement around, gave it an accordion-led emphasis and an upbeat feeling. The Canadian/American outfit started out as backing group for Ronnie Hawkins and then Bob Dylan before having a career in their own right. This was an outfit of some fine talents that never really achieved the success or recognition that those talents deserved. On their own, they did not have a charismatic frontman, like Hawkins or Dylan, and their music was hard to pigeonhole: was it rock or was it country? Or maybe they did not have the hunger to sell themselves to the big time. This cover appeared on the album "Jericho", released by The Band in 2003.

From Quiz Song by Song: "Born to Run"

Answer: 1975

The song was released in August of 1975 by Columbia Records. It was written by Bruce Springsteen and produced by Springsteen and Mike Appel. It spent eleven weeks on the U.S. Singles charts, where it peaked at number 23.

From Quiz The Boss in Other Words

Answer: Hungry Heart

"Hungry Heart" is a track form the 1980 album "The River". It was a top five single on the Billboard chart, and remained a live favourite well into the 21st century.

From Quiz Springsteen Out in the Streets

Answer: "Born To Run"

"Born to Run" (1975) was proposed to the New Jersey legislature to become the official song of the State of New Jersey. It was also the name of his third studio album.

From Quiz Bruce Springsteen Song Lyrics

Answer: Nebraska

The Starkweather murders are one source upon which this song is based. However, there is a Terrence Mallick movie, shot in 1975 entitled "Badlands." This movie stars Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek, and tells the story of a young man who went on a killing spree in South Dakota, while his young girlfriend went along for the ride. These characters are fictitious, but there are scenes such as Holly twirling her baton, that directly relate to the song "Nebraska".

From Quiz The Magic of Bruce Springsteen

Answer: Radio Nowhere

"Magic" was a number one album in both the USA and UK. "Radio Nowhere" includes the line "Is there anybody alive out there?", which Bruce frequently shouts out during his live shows.

From Quiz Darkness on the Edge of Town

Answer: A contract dispute with former manager Mike Appel

Springsteen's contract with Appel gave the manager authority to determine many of the conditions under which Springsteen could record. After the success of 'Born to Run', Springsteen had become much closer to longtime rock critic Jon Landau, who would largely take Appel's place in the band's creative process, so Springsteen exercised the only form of protest he could under the circumstances - he didn't go into the studio. Following some mediation by Landau, Springsteen and Appel eventually settled out of court.

From Quiz Fire and Blood

Answer: (Sandy) Fourth of July, Asbury Park

'Sandy' appeared on Springsteen's second album, 'The Wild, The Innocent and the E Street Shuffle' (1973) and, although it was never released as a single, became a concert staple. It has been said that Bruce deliberately whispered the vocals to give the song an air of intimacy, in much the same way as a man would whisper into a lover's ear. The Hollies released a cover version of the song in 1975. It only got as far as #85 in the US charts but in doing so became the first song Springsteen wrote to chart in his own country.

From Quiz Anatomy of a Song : "The River"

Answer: To do like your daddy done

"I come from down in the valley where, mister, when you're young, They bring you up to do like your daddy done." Bruce draws on his experience of growing up in sixties America. When introducing the song, he often speaks about the relationship he had with his own father who couldn't understand Bruce's long hair and believed the Army would make a man of him. Nevertheless, his parents both expressed their relief when, in 1968, he failed his medical on being drafted for Vietnam. It was Bruce's mother who set him on the road to rock stardom by taking out a loan to buy his first guitar. (Source : www.songfacts.com)

From Quiz Bruce Springsteen Covered Us

Answer: I Fought the Law

Springsteen incorporated the song into his performance in Nashville in honor of The Clash front-man on what would have been Joe's 56th birthday. Strummer had passed away 22 December 2002. 'I Fought the Law' was originally performed by Sonny Curtis & The Crickets (post Buddy Holly) in 1959, however, it was the Bobby Fuller Four who turned the song into a hit (1965). Fuller, unfortunately, was found dead before the song had reached the US Top Ten. The Clash recorded the song on their 1979 EP 'The High Cost of Living' and also included it on their US release of their debut album 'The Clash'. The latter was so that they had a 'bankable' release to launch their assault on the American market. 'Wrong 'Em Boyo' was covered by The Clash on their album 'London Calling' (1979). This was a take on a song by Jamaican band 'The Rulers' called 'Stag O Lee', which itself is a version of a traditional song that predates the 1900s. 'Police On My Back' was originally recorded by 'The Equals' (featuring a blonde haired Eddy Grant - remember 'Electric Avenue') and appeared on The Clash's 1980 album 'Sandinista'. 'Every Little Bits Hurts' is a Brenda Holloway number The Clash incorporated on their box set 'Clash on Broadway' (1991).

From Quiz Bruce Springsteen: Wings For Wheels

Answer: Thunder Road

Bruce played the song as 'Wings For Wheels' at live shows before changing the title to 'Thunder Road' prior to its inclusion on the 'Born To Run' album.

From Quiz Springsteen #1

Answer: The E Street Band

While Bruce has been elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the E Street Band has not.

From Quiz The Wild, the Innocent, & the E Street Shuffle

Answer: 1973

"The Wild, the Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle" was released on September 11, 1973, under Columbia Records. The album was recorded in Blauvelt, New York.

From Quiz You Think You Know Bruce Springsteen

Answer: June 4, 1984

One of his greatest CDs was released on June 4, 1984.

From Quiz Bruce Lyrics-First Three LP'S

Answer: It's Hard to Be a Saint In the City

From "Greetings From Asbury Park NJ." Arguably this LP has the most words per bar of music of any album I've heard.

From Quiz Random Springsteen Facts

Answer: Randy Jackson was the bass player on some of Bruce's albums

Randy Jackson, a very accomplished bass player, played on Bruce's 1992 same-day releases "Human Touch" and "Lucky Town." Several musicians of the band from the 1992-1994 period were arguably superior players to their respective E-Street counterparts, but the magical chemistry that Bruce had with the E-Street band led to the inevitable reorganization of the group.

From Quiz Bruce Springsteen: The Albums

Answer: Lucky Town

"Lucky Town" was released in 1992. 'Souls of the Departed' is the ninth track on the album. Springsteen first performed this song live on June 15, 1992 in Globen, Stockholm, Sweden. It was part of his set throughout his 1992 and 1993 tours.

From Quiz Springsteen - Name That Album!

Answer: The Wild, the Innocent, and the E-Street Shuffle

This is the first line from the classic song "Incident on 57th Street," which has remained a Springsteen fan favorite since Bruce's second album back in 1973.

From Quiz Bruce "Are you loose?" Springsteen Quiz

Answer: Clarence Clemons

Clarence has been with the band since their first album, "Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ." He is also the oldest member of the band, born on January 11, 1942.

From Quiz Springsteen - More Access

Answer: The Jersey Boys

Bruce was also a member of the Castiles, his first band.

From Quiz Springsteen - All Access

Answer: Mike Appel

Appel signed Bruce to a deal so bad, Bruce stopped playing music for nearly 3 years to get out of it.

From Quiz Name the Song, Part 3

Answer: A Good Man is Hard to Find

This song was only ever released on "Tracks", in 1998. "Tracks" came out in both a box set with 4 CDs, and the shortened version, "18 Tracks", which was released in 1999.

From Quiz When Bruce was Brooooose

Answer: Blinded By The Light

"Blinded By The Light" may have been a big hit for Manfred Mann, but Bruce's version is much better. Manfred even got the lyrics wrong...

From Quiz Rhymin' Bruce, Still on the Loose

Answer: There's always somebody tempting somebody into doing something they know is wrong

From "Pink Cadillac," released in 1984 as the "B" side to the "Dancing in the Dark" single and later included on his "Tracks" and "18 Tracks" compilation albums in the late 90s.

From Quiz Bruce's Girls

Answer: Spirit In The Night

From "Greetings From Asbury Park".

From Quiz On the Loose with Rhymin' Bruce

Answer: Just wrap your legs 'round these velvet rims and strap your hands across my engines

From "Born to Run" ... but you knew that, right?

From Quiz Name the Song

Answer: Born in the USA

From the last verse of "Born in the USA", originally written for the "Nebraska" album, but removed from here and given its own album of the same name.

From Quiz Springsteen First Lines

Answer: Born To Run

His first big hit. Almost became the official song for the "great state of New Jersey."

From Quiz Springsteen's People

Answer: Born To Run

"Wendy let me in, I wanna be your friend". If you didn't get this one, STOP NOW !!

From Quiz Bruce Springsteen

Answer: New Jersey

Bruce Springsteen was born on September 23rd, 1949.

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