Backstreets
Song
The Boss' former home in Long Branch under contract to fans...Mikle, a reporter at the Asbury Park Press, and Stan Goldstein, an editor at the Star Ledger, Springsteen wrote Born to Run, Thunder Road, Backstreets and many other songs on the iconic album at 7 1/2 West End Court. During the Tunnel of... In this article: Bruce Springsteen, Long Branch, Born to Run, Jersey Shore, Star Ledger, Backstreets, Born to Run, and Thunder Road |
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USATODAY.com | November 15, 2009
'Hello, Ohio!' (Psst! Boss, we're in Michigan)
...sentimental, but it was far from a cheap nostalgia exercise, as songs like Thunder Road, Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out and a supremely potent Backstreets were brought to life, sizzling with immediacy. With talk that this may be the E Street Band's...
In this article: Bruce Springsteen, Michigan, Ohio, Thunder Road, E Street Band, Born to Run, Detroit, Rosalita, and Dancing in the Dark
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Detroit Free Press | November 13, 2009
Springsteen to Palace audience: 'Hello, Ohio!'
...but it was far from a cheap nostalgia exercise, as songs like "Thunder Road," "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" and a supremely potent "Backstreets" were brought to life, sizzling with immediacy. The house lights were brought up for the...
In this article: Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run, Thunder Road, Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out, E Street Band, Stevie Van Zandt, Auburn Hills, Mich., Palace of Auburn Hills, and Michigan
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Detroit News | November 11, 2009
Adam Graham: Springsteen to perform 'Born to Run' in its entirety at Palace
...who lives to drag race at night, Springsteen offers a memorable description of the work place: "Rat traps filled with soul crusaders." "Backstreets": At six-and-a-half minutes, it's the album's second longest track, and is marked by the...
In this article: Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run, Born to Run, Thunder Road, E Street Band, Darkness on the Edge of Town, Detroit, and Meeting Across the River
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washingtonpost.com | November 03, 2009
Bruce Springsteen: Live last night
...fledgling career back in the mid-'70s. Unsurprisingly, the title track and "Tenth Avenue Freeze Out" earned big cheers, but album cuts "Backstreets" and "Meeting Across the River" were equally striking. If anything, the jazzy cool of the...
In this article: Bruce Springsteen, The E Street Band, Born to Run, Hungry Heart, Verizon Center, Rosalita, Meeting Across the River, Badlands, and (your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch | October 29, 2009
Springsteen's concert one of year's best
By Kevin C. Johnson Post-Dispatch Pop Music Critic Long-running Bruce Springsteen fanzine Backstreets called Sunday night's Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band concert at Scottrade Center a by-the-numbers disappointment. But we're...
In this article: Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run, Hungry Heart, Roll Over Beethoven, E Street Band, Chuck Berry, Clarence Clemons, St. Louis, and Rosalita
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Blogcritics | October 26, 2009
Verse Chorus Verse: Bruce Springsteen - St. Louis, MO Oct. 25, 2009
...knew that going in so there were no surprises there, but we'll talk about it for a moment. In a word, incredible. Yep, they nailed it. "Backstreets" was a transcendent performance and Bruce was able to summon a lot of the intensity such a...
In this article: Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run, St. Louis, MO, Bono, Jungleland, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Thunder Road, Tenth Avenue Freeze Out, and The E Street Band
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch | October 24, 2009
The Boss returns to rock; will this be the last time?
...and cinematic in scope. It's not a concept album, per se, but thanks to the richly drawn characters in songs like "Thunder Road," "Backstreets," "Meeting Across the River," "Born to Run" and the epic "Jungleland," it plays out like the...
In this article: Bruce Springsteen, Steven Van Zandt, E Street Band, Max Weinberg, Born to Run, Scottrade Center, Jon Landau, St. Louis., Real Paper, and Meeting Across the River
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The Bergen Record | October 22, 2009
New on DVD this week
He duets with Axl Rose on "Come Together," backs up Roy Orbison on "Pretty Woman" and joins the E Street Band for a blistering "Backstreets." Extras: hours of bonus footage and performances. TOP CHEF: NEW YORK - SEASON FIVE (2008, A&E,...
In this article: DVD, Leonard Cohen, Robert Iscove, Mira Nair, Patricia Arquette, Showtime, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Ilene Chaiken
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Blogcritics | October 15, 2009
Book Review: The Light In Darkness by Lawrence Kirsch
...there, when songs like "Prove It All Night" began with a blistering guitar intro that was longer than the song itself, and where "Backstreets" included a lengthy mid-song rap (then called "Sad Eyes") which eventually formed the foundation...
In this article: Bruce Springsteen, Because the Night, Prove It All Night, The Rocket, Spin, Sad Eyes, E Street Band, and Patti Smith
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Philly.com | October 14, 2009
Springsteen brings a grand, electric Born to Run to the Spectrum
...world was closing in on him. But on Born to Run, the possibilities still feel limitless, even as characters like the brooding lovers in "Backstreets" are beginning to realize that it's not going to be so easy to "walk like the heroes we...
In this article: Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run, Spectrum, Night, Legal age, Halloween, Viagra, Rosalita, and Meeting Across the River
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Description from Wikipedia:
Backstreets is a song from the album Born to Run, which was released in 1975, currently still appearing in set lists on the latest Bruce Springsteen Magic world tour.It deals with the relationship between two friends, the narrator, and Terry. They are forced to hide their love for each other from others and "hide on the Backstreets". In the end, the relationship falls apart. Terry leaves with another man leaving the narrator alone and full of rage, love and sadness.
In 2007, during the E Street Band's Magic Tour, "Backstreets" was played frequently in the setlist most likely as a tribute to Springsteen's longtime friend, Terry Magovern, who died earlier that year.
In the song "The Promise" by Bruce Springsteen, Terry is referred to in the lyrics. It is said that she "works in a rock and roll band, looking for that million dollar sound." It is unknown if this is the same Terry.
- Name:
- Backstreets
- Genre:
- Rock
- Release Date:
- August 25, 1975
- Produced by:
- Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau
- Recorded By:
- Bruce Springsteen
- Length:
- 6:30
- Record Label:
- Columbia Records
- From Album:
- Born to Run
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