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Bruce Springsteen

Gestart door Iwan, 4 december 2006, 13:12:46

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Iwan


Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen werd geboren op 23 september 1949 als zoon van de Iers-Nederlandse
buschauffeur Douglas 'Dutch' Springsteen en Italiaans-Amerikaanse Adéle Springsteen, meisjesnaam Zirilli.
Hij was het eerste kind van Douglas en Adéle.
De ouders woonden in een huis dat eigendom was van opa en oma (de ouders van Douglas).
Na een aantal jaren van hard sparen kochten ze hun eigen huis,
waar Bruce zijn zus Virginia ('Ginny') werd geboren in 1950.

Douglas Springsteen heeft nooit een noot gezongen.
Maar zijn zoon maakte hem de beroemdste vader in de geschiedenis van rock 'n roll.
Bruce vertelde begin jaren zeventig voordat hij doorbrak dat hij zich als kind
elke nacht kon herinneren waarin zijn vader foeterend thuis kwam van werk,
scheldend van "My fuckin' boss this en my fuckin' boss that."
Bruce zei: "Als ik later groot ben, dan wil IK die fuckin' boss worden."

Toen het gezin in Freehold woonde, had Douglas verscheidene banen gehad waaronder dus buschauffeur.
Midden jaren zestig verhuisde het gezin naar Californie.
Hij was koppig en ongeduldig mannetje en botste dus veel met Bruce.
Op het podium vertelde Bruce van zijn vader, zittend in het donker, alleen, bier drinkend en rokend.
Over alles wond Douglas zich op, over Bruce zijn haar en muziek tot en met iemand die het licht aandoet.
Het was een klassieke generatiekloof dat als basis diende voor rock 'n roll rebellie.
Deze teksten en nummers hielpen van Bruce een icoon te maken voor eenieder die zich niet begrepen voelt
en het gevoel heeft te willen ontsnappen.

Maar begin jaren tachtig begon Bruce te verkondigen dat hij steeds minder woede voelde voor zijn vader,
en steeds meer sympathie voor hem begon te krijgen.
Dat was ook te merken in enkele nummers van het "Nebraska" album zoals in "Used Cars",
"Mansion on the Hill" en "My Father's House".
Toch schreef Bruce nog "Glory Days" dat in 1985 een grote hit was.
Een nummer over Douglas mislukte dromen, refererend aan "Glory Days" die hij nooit had gehad.
In 1987 echter nam Bruce het nummer "Walk Like a Man" op.
Het was een nummer over de waardering die Bruce had voor wat zijn vader hem allemaal geleerd had.
En na al die jaren waren ze de laatste tiental jaren erg close geworden.

Bruce omschreef zijn moeder ooit eens als een Superwoman.
Zij deed alles overal en altijd.
Zijn moeder werkte toen als een secretaresse.

Het gezin verhuisde dus naar Californie.
Bruce bleef achter met slechts rottige herinneringen op een nonnenschool met een 18 dollar gitaar.
Op zijn achttiende bedacht Bruce dat hij wel erg veel op zijn vader leek.

Zijn neef Frankie leert hem gitaar spelen.
In de zomer van 1964 speelt Springsteen voor het eerst in een band: The Rogues
Nadat hij door voorgewende homosexualiteit aan de militaire dienst ontkomen was,
stichtte hij verschillende bands, voordat hij in 1971 naar new york naar de artiestenbuurt
greenwich Village verhuisde, om daar als solomusicus carriére te maken.
Hij kreeg de kans om zich te presenteren bij de platenfirma "Columbia Records"
met zelf gecomponeerde en van eigen tekst voorziene songs.
Waarop hij in 1972 een contract ontving en niet veel later de formatie "E Street Band" stichtte,
die pas 20 jaar later weer ontbonden werd.
Na twee platenproducties zonder succes maakte hij in 1974 zijn doorbraak.
Men noemde hem de "toekomst van de rock-'n-roll" en beschouwde hem als waardige opvolger van Bob Dylan.
Wereldwijde erkenning oogstte Springsteen met het album "Born in the USA" (1984).
Het Thema van dit album is de vietnam oorlog en zijn sociale gevolgen voor de Amerikaanse soldaten,
die daar vochten.
Bruce Springsteen zette zich door middel van talrijke ruimhartige giften voor daklozen en werklozen in
en heeft reeds meerdere benefit-concerten voor de hongerenden in Afrika gegeven.


Douglas en zijn vrouw hebben nog nooit een concert van Bruce gezien.
"Ik ben graag de enige die praat;
het spaart tijd en voorkomt argumenten."

Iwan

http://www.youtube.com/v/7HxZKa4NwGo&hl=nl_NL&fs=1

I come from down in the valley
where mister when you're young
They bring you up to do like your daddy done
Me and Mary we met in high school
when she was just seventeen
We'd ride out of that valley down to where the fields were green

We'd go down to the river
And into the river we'd dive
Oh down to the river we'd ride

Then I got Mary pregnant
and man that was all she wrote
And for my nineteenth birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat
We went down to the courthouse
and the judge put it all to rest
No wedding day smiles no walk down the aisle
No flowers no wedding dress

That night we went down to the river
And into the river we'd dive
Oh down to the river we did ride

I got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company
But lately there ain't been much work on account of the economy
Now all them things that seemed so important
Well mister they vanished right into the air
Now I just act like I don't remember
Mary acts like she don't care

But I remember us riding in my brother's car
Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir
At night on them banks I'd lie awake
And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take
Now those memories come back to haunt me
they haunt me like a curse
Is a dream a lie if it don't come true
Or is it something worse
that sends me down to the river
though I know the river is dry
That sends me down to the river tonight
Down to the river
my baby and I
Oh down to the river we ride
"Ik ben graag de enige die praat;
het spaart tijd en voorkomt argumenten."

Iwan

Born to Run

In the day we sweat it out in the streets of a runaway American dream
At night we ride through mansions of glory in suicide machines
Sprung from cages out on highway 9,
Chrome wheeled, fuel injected
and steppin' out over the line
Baby this town rips the bones from your back
It's a death trap, it's a suicide rap
We gotta get out while we're young
`Cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run

Wendy let me in I wanna be your friend
I want to guard your dreams and visions
Just wrap your legs 'round these velvet rims
and strap your hands across my engines
Together we could break this trap
We'll run till we drop, baby we'll never go back
Will you walk with me out on the wire
`Cause baby I'm just a scared and lonely rider
But I gotta find out how it feels
I want to know if love is wild
girl I want to know if love is real

Well, can you show me!?

Beyond the Palace hemi-powered drones scream down the boulevard
The girls comb their hair in rearview mirrors
And the boys try to look so hard
The amusement park rises bold and stark
Kids are huddled on the beach in a mist
I wanna die with you Wendy on the streets tonight
In an everlasting kiss

The highway's jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive
Everybody's out on the run tonight
but there's no place left to hide
Together Wendy we'll live with the sadness
I'll love you with all the madness in my soul
Someday girl I don't know when
we're gonna get to that place
Where we really want to go
and we'll walk in the sun
But till then tramps like us
baby we were born to run
Tamps like us, baby we were born to run
"Ik ben graag de enige die praat;
het spaart tijd en voorkomt argumenten."

Iwan

(no retreat) No Surrender

We busted out of class had to get away from those fools
We learned more from a three-minute record than we ever learned in school
Tonight I heart the neighborhood drummer sound
I can feel my heart begin to pound
You say you're tired and you just want to close your eyes and follow your dreams down

We made a promise we swore we'd always remember
No retreat, baby, no surrender
Like soldiers in the winter's night with a vow to defend
No retreat, baby, no surrender

Now young faces grow sad and old and hearts of fire grow cold
We swore blood brothers against the wind
I'm ready to grow young again
And hear your sister's voice calling us home across the open yards
Believin' we could cut someplace of our own
With these drums and these guitars

We made a promise we swore we'd always remember
No retreat, baby, no surrender
Blood brothers in the stormy night with a vow to defend
No retreat, baby, no surrender

Now on the street tonight the lights grow dim
The walls of my room are closing in
But it's good to see your smiling face and to hear your voice again
We could sleep in the twilight by the river side
With a wide open country in our hearts
And these romantic dreams in our heads

We made a promise we swore we'd always remember
No retreat, baby, no surrender
Blood brothers in the stormy night with a vow to defend
No retreat, baby, no surrender
No retreat, baby, no surrender
"Ik ben graag de enige die praat;
het spaart tijd en voorkomt argumenten."

Iwan

In 1999 riskeerde Springsteen een boycot van de politie van New York
omdat hij het had gewaagd kritiek te hebben op het neerschieten van een onschuldige ongewapende immigrant.
De 22-jarige zwarte jongen pakt z'n portemonnee om z'n ID te laten zien nadat hij staande was gehouden
en wordt door 3 agenten doorzeeft met 41 schoten.
Hij schreef daarover het nummer ââ,¬Å"41 Shots".


American Skin (41 shots)

41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
And we'll take that ride
Across this bloody river to the other side
41 shots they cut through the night
You're kneeling over his body in the vestibule
Praying for his life

Is it a gun?
Is it a knife?
Is it a wallet?
This is your life
It ain't no secret
It ain't no secret
Ain't no secret my friend
You can get killed just for living in your American skin

41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots

Lena gets her son ready for school
She says now on these streets Charles
You got to understand the rules
If an officer stops you
Promise me You'll always be polite
Never ever run away and promise momma
You'll keep your hands in sight

Cause is it a gun?
Is it a knife?
Is it a wallet?
This is your life
It ain't no secret
It ain't no secret
No secret my friend
You can get killed just for living in your American skin

41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots

Is it a gun?
Is it a knife?
Is it in heart?
Is it in your lies
It ain't no secret
It ain't no secret
It ain't no secret

41 shots and we'll take that ride
Across this bloody river to the other side
41 shots my boots caked in mud
We're baptized in these waters and in each other's blood

Is it a gun?
Is it a knife?
Is it a wallet?
This is your life
It ain't no secret
It ain't no secret
No secret my friend
You can get killed just for living in
Can get killed just for living in
You can get killed just for living in your American skin

41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
"Ik ben graag de enige die praat;
het spaart tijd en voorkomt argumenten."

Iwan

Born in the USA is wellicht het door politici meest misbruikte liedje aller tijden.
Reagan-aanhangers zagen Born in the USA als een "grand cheerful affirmation of American life".
Vreemd, want de song gaat over een jongen die naar Vietnam moet, daar zijn broer verliest
en bij terugkomst in Amerika moet constateren dat zijn baan is weggesaneerd.
Tot op de dag van vandaag blijkt het liedje onbegrepen.





Born in the USA

Born down in a dead man's town
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
You end up like a dog that's been beat too much
Till you spend half your life just covering up

Born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.

Got in a little hometown jam
So they put a rifle in my hand
Sent me off to a foreign land
To go and kill the yellow man

Born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.

Come back home to the refinery
Hiring man says "Son if it was up to me"
Went down to see my V.A. man
He said "Son, don't you understand"

I had a brother at Khe Sahn fighting off the Viet Cong
They're still there, he's all gone

He had a woman he loved in Saigon
I got a picture of him in her arms now

Down in the shadow of the penitentiary
Out by the gas fires of the refinery
I'm ten years burning down the road
Nowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go

Born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
I'm a long gone Daddy in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
I'm a cool rocking Daddy in the U.S.A
"Ik ben graag de enige die praat;
het spaart tijd en voorkomt argumenten."

Iwan

My Hometown

I was eight years old and running with a dime in my hand
Into the bus stop to pick up a paper for my old man
I'd sit on his lap in that big old Buick and steer as we drove through town
He'd tousle my hair and say son take a good look around this is your hometown
This is your hometown
This is your hometown
This is your hometown

In '65 tension was running high at my high school
There was a lot of fights between the black and white
There was nothing you could do
Two cars at a light on a Saturday night in the back seat there was a gun
Words were passed in a shotgun blast
Troubled times had come to my hometown
To my hometown
To my hometown
To my hometown

Now Main Street's whitewashed windows and vacant stores
Seems like there ain't nobody wants to come down here no more
They're closing down the textile mill across the railroad tracks
Foreman says these jobs are going boys and they ain't coming back to your hometown
To your hometown
To your hometown
To your hometown

Last night me and Kate we laid in bed
talking about getting out
Packing up our bags maybe heading south
I'm thirty-five we got a boy of our own now
Last night I sat him up behind the wheel and said son take a good look around, this is your hometown
"Ik ben graag de enige die praat;
het spaart tijd en voorkomt argumenten."

Iwan



Highway Patrolman

My name is Joe Roberts I work for the state
I'm a sergeant out of Perrineville barracks number 8
I always done an honest job as honest as I could
I got a brother named Franky and Franky ain't no good

Now ever since we was young kids it's been the same come down
I get a call over the radio Franky's in trouble downtown
Well if it was any other man, I'd put him straight away
But when it's your brother sometimes you look the other way

Me and Franky laughin' and drinkin' nothin' feels better than blood on blood
Takin' turns dancin' with Maria as the band played "Night of the Johnstown Flood"
I catch him when he's strayin' like any brother would
Man turns his back on his family well he just ain't no good

Well Franky went in the army back in 1965
I got a farm deferment, settled down, took Maria for my wife
But them wheat prices kept on droppin' till it was like we were gettin' robbed
Franky came home in '68, and me, I took this job

Yeah we're laughin' and drinkin' nothin' feels better than blood on blood
Takin' turns dancin' with Maria as the band played "Night of the Johnstown Flood"
I catch him when he's strayin', teach him how to walk that line
Man turns his back on his family he ain't no friend of mine

Well the night was like any other, I got a call 'bout quarter to nine
There was trouble in a roadhouse out on the Michigan line
There was a kid lyin' on the floor lookin' bad bleedin' hard from his head there
was a girl cryin' at a table and it was Frank, they said
Well I went out and I jumped in my car and I hit the lights
Well I must of done one hundred and ten through Michigan county that night

It was out at the crossroads, down round Willow bank
Seen a Buick with Ohio plates behind the wheel was Frank
Well I chased him through them county roads till a sign said Canadian border five miles from here
I pulled over the side of the highway and watched his taillights disappear

Me and Franky laughin' and drinkin'
Nothin' feels better than blood on blood
Takin' turns dancin' with Maria as the band played "Night of the Johnstown Flood"
I catch him when he's strayin' like any brother would
Man turns his back on his family well he just ain't no good
"Ik ben graag de enige die praat;
het spaart tijd en voorkomt argumenten."

Iwan

Thunder Road

The screen door slams
Mary' dress waves
Like a vision she dances across the porch
As the radio plays
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
Hey that's me and I want you only
Don't turn me home again
I just can't face myself alone again

Don't run back inside
Darling you know just what I'm here for
So you're scared and you're thinking
That maybe we ain't that young anymore
Show a little faith there's magic in the night
You ain't a beauty but hey you're alright
Oh and that's alright with me

You can hide 'neath your covers
And study your pain
Make crosses from your lovers
Throw roses in the rain
Waste your summer praying in vain
For a saviour to rise from these streets
Well now I'm no hero
That's understood
All the redemption I can offer girl
Is beneath this dirty hood
With a chance to make it good somehow
Hey what else can we do now ?
Except roll down the window
And let the wind blow
Back your hair
Well the night's busting open
These two lanes will take us anywhere
We got one last chance to make it real
To trade in these wings on some wheels
Climb in back
Heaven's waiting on down the tracks

Oh-oh come take my hand
We're riding out tonight to case the promised land
Oh-oh Thunder Road oh Thunder Road
Lying out there like a killer in the sun
Hey I know it's late we can make it if we run
Oh Thunder Road sit tight take hold
Thunder Road

Well I got this guitar
And I learned how to make it talk
And my car's out back
If you're ready to take that long walk
From your front porch to my front seat
The door's open but the ride it ain't free
And I know you're lonely
For words that I ain't spoken
But tonight we'll be free
All the promises'll be broken
There were ghosts in the eyes
Of all the boys you sent away
They haunt this dusty beach road
In the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets
They scream your name at night in the street
Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet
And in the lonely cool before dawn
You hear their engines roaring on
But when you get to the porch they're gone
On the wind so Mary climb in
It's town full of losers
And I'm pulling out of here to win
"Ik ben graag de enige die praat;
het spaart tijd en voorkomt argumenten."

Iwan

Blood Brothers

We played king of the mountain out on the end
The world come chargin' up the hill, and we were women and men
Now there's so much that time, time and memory fade away
We got our own roads to ride and chances we gotta take
We stood side by side each one fightin' for the other
We said until we died we'd always be blood brothers

Now the hardness of this world slowly grinds your dreams away
Makin' a fool's joke out of the promises we make
And what once seemed black and white turns to so many shades of gray
We lose ourselves in work to do and bills to pay
And it's a ride, ride, ride, and there ain't much cover
With no one runnin' by your side my blood brother

On through the houses of the dead past those fallen in their tracks
Always movin' ahead and never lookin' back
Now I don't know how I feel, I don't know how I feel tonight
If I've fallen 'neath the wheel, if I've lost or I've gained sight
I don't even know why, I don't know why I made this call
Or if any of this matters anymore after all

But the stars are burnin' bright like some mystery uncovered
I'll keep movin' through the dark with you in my heart
My blood brother
"Ik ben graag de enige die praat;
het spaart tijd en voorkomt argumenten."

Iwan




Streets of Philadelphia

I was bruised and battered and I couldn't tell
what I felt
I was unrecognizable to myself
Saw my reflection in a window I didn't know
my own face
Oh brother are you gonna leave me
wasting away
On the streets of Philadelphia

I walked the avenue till my legs felt like stone
I heard the voices of friends vanished and gone
At night I could hear the blood in my veins
Just as black and whispering as the rain
On the streets of Philadelphia

Ain't no angel gonna greet me
It's just you and I my friend
And my clothes don't fit me no more
I walked a thousand miles
just to slip this skin

The night has fallen, I'm lyin' awake
I can feel myself fading away
So receive me brother with your faithless kiss
or will we leave each other alone like this
On the streets of Philadelphia
"Ik ben graag de enige die praat;
het spaart tijd en voorkomt argumenten."

Iwan

I'm Going Down

We sit in the car outside your house
I can feel the heat coming 'round
I go to put my arm around you
and you give me a look like I'm way out of bounds
well you let out one of your bored sighs
Well lately when I look into your eyes
I'm goin down, down down down
I'm goin down, down down down
I'm goin down, down down down


We get dressed up and we go out, baby, for the night
We come home early burning, burning in some fire fight
I'm sick and tired of you setting me up
Setting me up just to knock-a knock-a knock-a me down
down down down down
I'm goin down, down down down
I'm goin down, down down down
I'm goin down, down down down

I pull you close but when we kiss I can feel a doubt
I remember back when we started
My kisses used to turn you inside out
I used to drive you to work in the morning
Friday night I'd drive you all around
You used to love to drive me wild
But lately girl you get your kicks from just driving me down
down down down down
I'm goin down, down down down
I'm goin down, down down down
I'm goin down, down down down

I'm goin down, down down down
I'm goin down, down down down
I'm goin down, down down down
"Ik ben graag de enige die praat;
het spaart tijd en voorkomt argumenten."

Iwan

Hungry Heart

Got a wife and kids in baltimore jack
I went out for a ride and I never went back
Like a river that don't know where it's flowing
I took a wrong turn and I just kept going

Everybodys got a hungry heart
Everybodys got a hungry heart
Lay down your money and you play your part
Everybodys got a hungry heart

I met her in a kingstown bar
We fell in love I knew it had to end
We took what we had and we ripped it apart
Now here I am down in kingstone again

Everybodys got a hungry heart
Everybodys got a hungry heart
Lay down your money and you play your part
Everybodys got a hungry heart

Everybody needs a place to rest
Everybody wants to have a home
Don't make no difference what nobody says
Aint nobody like to be alone

Everybodys got a hungry heart
Everybodys got a hungry heart
Lay down your money and you play your part
Everybodys got a hungry heart
"Ik ben graag de enige die praat;
het spaart tijd en voorkomt argumenten."