darklands
everything's broken, and my Stacys are soaking wet
Yeah, the first springsteen album was maybe too wordy, lacking in tunes. It's Hard to be a Saint in the City was maybe my favourite from that album. However, on The Wild, the Innocent... we have 'Sandy' (lyrics - & tune!), NYC Serenade (more the tune) and, an off-kilter personal favourite, Wild Billy's Circus Story. Saving the best to last - easily in the top ten Springsteen songs - Incident on 57th - as good as Jungleland for the pictures it paints.I am NOT a Springsteen fan but have all the earlier albums from Ashbury Park N.J. in 1973 up to Nebraska but rarely play them. As some people would know Manfred Mann's Earth Band did a great version of Blinded By The Light better than the bosses version and even Alvin Stardust done a great version of Growing Up again better than the bosses version in my humble opinion(?) and even 1950s rock & roller Link Wray did a good version of Fire as well.
Yep, Link Wray's version of Fire (with the Link Wray-touch!) is good (Springsteen wrote Fire with Elvis in mind - but he died!). Might look up the Alvin Stardust (?!) version of Growin Up'.... I like The Mendoza Line's version of Tougher Than the Rest, Steve Earle's done State Trooper quite well and (according to Q magazine some years ago) Tom Waits' version of Springsteen's Jersey Girl isn't bad!!! Hmmm... (always intended to write into Q and point out their error - but never did).
Presume top ten Springsteen albums and tracks has all been done, ad infinitum, elsewhere...