Bruce Springsteen remembers first time he heard his song on radio

By editorial board on November 9, 2021

In a new interview with Radio 2's 'Zoe Ball Breakfast Show'

Bruce Springsteen can still remember the first time he heard himself on the radio.

The 'Born To Run' legend - whose incredible career spans five decades and 20 studio albums - has reflected on the moment he heard a song from debut LP 'Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.' in public.

Asked about the first time he heard one of his tracks on the airwaves, he told Radio 2's 'Zoe Ball Breakfast Show': "I was in Connecticut, standing on a street corner.

"A car pulled up and the guy had his window down and 'Spirit of the Night' was coming out of his car radio.

"I wanted to run over to his car and say ‘Hey, that’s me!’, but I didn’t do it. I just stood there in shock and ecstasy."

The Boss admitted he's also hoping to get back on the road in 2022, providing pandemic restrictions have eased enough to let him tour.

Addressing his next plans, he added: "I’ll be doing a few more radio shows, we’ll be touring next year if everything goes well.

During the interview, he reserved some special thanks for his fans in the UK, and the passion with which they've embraced his latest collection.

He said: "I’d like to take one moment to thank my UK fans, particularly for the support they’ve continued to give to my new music.

"'Letter To You' was so well received in the UK and it really touched by heart and I deeply deeply appreciate it."

Excerpt from David Brooks' article appeared on The Atlantic.
Contributing writer at The Atlantic and columnist for The New York Times.

t’s been 20 years since Springsteen wrote “American Skin (41 Shots),” a powerful song about the police killing of a black man.

We’ve got people marching in the streets. We’ve got great tumult. What do you see? Are you optimistic or pessimistic about what’s going on out there?

Bruce Springsteen: I don’t think anybody truly knows where we’re going from here yet. It depends on too many unknowns. We don’t know where the COVID virus is going to take us. We don’t know where Black Lives Matter is going to take us right now. Do we get a real practical conversation going about race and policing and ultimately about the economic inequality that’s been a stain on our social contract?

And of course, nobody knows where our next election is going to take us. I believe that our current president is a threat to our democracy. He simply makes any kind of reform that much harder. I don’t know if our democracy could stand another four years of his custodianship. These are all existential threats to our democracy and our American way of life.
If you look at all this, you could be pessimistic, but there are positive sides in each of these circumstances. I think we’ve got hope for a vaccine. I think any time there is a 50-foot Black Lives Matter sign leading to the White House, that’s a good sign. And the demonstrations have been white people and black people and brown people gathering together in the enraged name of love. That’s a good sign.

The first song you selected is “Strange Fruit” by Billie Holiday.

Springsteen: It was written by Abel Meeropol in 1937. So imagine writing “Strange Fruit,” a song about southern lynching, and getting a popular singer like Billie Holiday to sing it in 1939. That was a very controversial recording. Her label, Columbia, did not want to release it. And she released it on another label.

It’s just an epic piece of music that was so far ahead of its time. It still strikes a deep, deep, deep nerve in the conversation of today.

One of the songs you selected is the Paul Robeson version of “The House I Live In.” 

Springsteen: The Robeson version is quite, quite beautiful. He was an interesting guy. He was blacklisted during the McCarthy era. He was an anti-fascist and took part in the early civil-rights movement, supported the Loyalists during the Spanish Civil War, and was a stage and film actor also.

“American Skin” came about while I was on my way to Atlanta and New York. It was the last two shows of the tour, and I wanted to write something new.

Those were the stakes I thought I was writing about, and it’s one of the songs I’m still proudest of. It’s a good song. It’s lasted and it’s done its job well.

 

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