Bruce on WXPN Countdown

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Bruce has a number of listings on WXPN Philly's top 885 Most Memorable Musical Moments so far:

#76 - Unknown Bruce Springsteen plays the Main Point.
#102 - Releases BIUSA
#162 - Releases Nebraska
#237 - Releases Greetings
#270 - Jungleland
#306 - Jon Landau sees the future of R&R
#692 - Main Point 1975 show
#693 - Releases WIESS

They have 1-63 to go so it seems like a no-brainer that Darkness and BTR will make the list. Given the love of Bruce on XPN I think the Rising has a shot. TOL may be a long shot. Maybe Bruce breaks up and/or reunites the ESB. My personal choice is Bruce auditions for John Hammond.

Wayne

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8: Bruce Springsteen releases Born to Run, makes the covers of Newsweek and Time, October 27, 1975.

On August 13, 1975, two weeks before the release of Born To Run, Springsteen and the E Street Band began a five-night, 10-show stand at New York’s Bottom Line club; it attracted major media attention, was broadcast live on WNEW-FM, and convinced many skeptics that Springsteen was for real.

But on August 25th hundreds of thousands of people finally got to hear the classic record Bruce had been working on in the studio. Born To Run, Bruce’s third album, was his breakthrough hit in the States and around the world. His first album to feature Roy Bittan and Max Weinberg, Born to Run cemented Springsteen’s reputation among critics and established his first mainstream fan base. The album’s iconic cover was the gateway in to rock and roll greatness. Bruce, The Big Man, and the future E Street Band delivered on the promise of a great record in the making with songs like Thunder Road, She’s The One, Backstreets, Jungleland, Meeting Across The River, Tenth Avenue Freeze Out, Night and the still anthemic title track. Eight songs. Less than 40 minutes. Sheer brilliance.

With its panoramic imagery, thundering production and desperate optimism, some fans consider this among the best rock & roll albums of all time and Springsteen’s finest work. It established him as a sincere and dynamic rock & roll personality who spoke for and in the voice of a large part of the rock audience. To cap off the triumph, Springsteen appeared on the covers of both Time and Newsweek in the same week, on October 27 of that year.

Music critic Greil Marcus summarizes the soul of Born To Run in a lengthy review of the album in which he writes:
“Oh-o, come on, take my hand,” Springsteen sings, “Riding out to case the promised land.” And there, in a line, is Born to Run. You take what you find, but you never give up your demand for something better because you know, in your heart, that you deserve it. That contradiction is what keeps Springsteen’s story, and the promised land’s, alive. Springsteen took what he found and made something better himself. This album is it.”