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Bruce Springsteen has sung about hundreds of great characters in his songs throughout the years, and some of them have even inspired works of film (see: Sean Penn's 1991 directorial debut The Indian Runner, which was based on Springsteen's "Highway Patrolman"). Now, one of Springsteen's songs has inspired, of all things, a children's book. -
13 Albums That End With Their Title Track: Bruce Springsteen, Sinead O'Connor, And More
An album's title track is inevitably given more weight than the album's other songs, because it's natural to assume that the one song the entire album s named after must be something special. However, these artists chose to place even more weight on these particular songs by choosing to close out the entire album with them. -
Robin Williams Sings Bruce Springsteen As Elmer Fudd [WATCH]
The unfortunate death of Robin Williams has us all reeling with a number of feelings: confusion, anger, loss, etc. But in these times, it’s important to remember just what the comedian brought to us – joy, happiness and, of course, an incredible amount of laughter. You know, like that time he sang Bruce Springsteen while channeling Elmer Fudd. -
14 Albums That End With Their Longest Song: Bruce Springsteen, Weezer, And More
Long songs can be tricky for an artist to deal with. They can't really be released as singles, but they also run the risk of ruining the flow of an otherwise great album. These artists got around this problem by placing their extremely long songs at the end of their album. -
8 Albums Named After Their Cover Songs: Cyndi Lauper, Bruce Springsteen, And More
When you put a cover song on an album of otherwise original music, it's typically the sort of thing that's tucked away somewhere deep into the tracklisting and not really highlighted. However, these artists felt that their cover songs were so important to the fabric of their albums that they made them the title tracks. Here are eight albums named after their cover songs. -
6 Lo-Fi Albums By Big Rock Stars: Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, And More
One of my favorite genres of music is lo-fi, or "low-fidelity," meaning artists who record their songs onto cheap equipment. Though most lo-fi artists are DIY musicians who work outside of the mainstream and use cheap equipment out of necessity, there are still some highly successful rock stars that have chosen to go lo-fi for aesthetic reasons, or simply out of convenience. Here are six lo-fi albums that were recorded by big rock stars. -
Steven Van Zandt: E Street Band Guitarist Recruits Bruce Springsteen & Elvis Costello For New Darlene Love Album
The E Street Band's own Steven Van Zandt has reportedly begun putting together an album for Sixties singer Darlene Love. And in order to do so, he's calling in the likes of heavy hitters Bruce Springsteen and Elvis Costello. -
Bruce Springsteen Covered By Hank Williams' Granddaughter On Tribute Album, Holly Williams Premieres ‘No Surrender’ [LISTEN]
Dead Man’s Town is a new album dropping on September 16 that pays tribute to Bruce Springsteen’s 1984 record Born in the U.S.A. It’s been reported on USA Today that Hank Williams’ granddaughter, Holly Williams, is covering the album’s tune “No Surrender.” -
Bruce Springsteen, Lady Gaga and Arcade Fire Appearing on West Memphis Three Benefit Album? Nope, Just Fraud Scheme.
If this album was for real, it would've been worth well more than the price of a typical compilation album. However, it wasn't real. Portland musician Kasey Anderson was sentenced to four years in prison for convincing investors that he had assembled a superb set of acts for a charity album, and thus robbed them of more than $600,000. -
Jack White Covers Lorde's 'Royals' In Concert [WATCH]
It looks like Jack White has joined Nirvana and Bruce Springsteen on the list of rockers who think Lorde is pretty cool. At a show in Milwaukee last night, July 21, White performed a cover of the New Zealand pop star's massive hit "Royals." As of right now, the only video footage of this performance is a brief, blurry video posted to Instagram, but it's definitely enough to get the picture and realize just how strange this must have been for the audience. Pitchfork reports that White has also performed covers of Jay-Z's "99 Problems" and the Stooges' "I Wanna Be Your Dog" during previous stops on his current tour. -
6 Great Songs Originally Done In Different Styles: The Beatles, Carly Rae Jepsen, And More
Some chord progressions, lyrics, and melodies just lend themselves to a particular style of music, but sometimes an artist plays around with a few different styles before finding one that fits the song best. Here are six great songs that were originally done in different styles. -
6 Music Videos That Feature Imagery From The Album Cover: Bruce Springsteen, The Go-Go's, And More
An album cover and music video are often separate entities with separate imagery. The artist might appear in both, but they're usually doing different things, or at least wearing different clothes. However, these six music videos ended up incorporating imagery directly from the album cover.
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