Badlands
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Bruce Springsteen Plays The River For The First - And Only? - Time...front of the stage and took a collective bow when it was done. They followed with a series of crowd-pleasing favorites, including "Badlands," "Born to Run," "Dancing in the Dark" and "Atlantic City." Springsteen even took a request - off a... In this article: Bruce Springsteen, The River, E Street Band, Dancing in the Dark, Can't Help Falling in Love, Badlands, Atlantic City, (your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher, The Ties That Bind, and The River |
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washingtonpost.com | November 03, 2009
Bruce Springsteen: Live last night
...breakout album "Born To Run," along with a surplus of career-spanning hits, including "Dancing In the Dark," "Hungry Heart" and "Badlands." (The concert also comes after news that Springsteen will be one of the five recipients of the annual...
In this article: Bruce Springsteen, The E Street Band, Born to Run, Hungry Heart, Verizon Center, Rosalita, Meeting Across the River, Backstreets, and (your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher
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USATODAY.com | November 01, 2009
Postcard from the road: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame concerts
...out Morello for The Clash's London Calling. The New Yorkers: "Is there anybody alive in New York City?" Bruce implored before Badlands' end with Morello. Heck, yeah, the wrung-out crowd replied, pleading successfully for an encore.
In this article: Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Tom Morello, Graham Nash, Darlene Love, David Crosby, Bonnie Raitt, and New York City
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch | November 01, 2009
Singing the whole album - not just the hits
...than they bargained for at his Scottrade Center concert Sunday night. Not only did they get classics such as "Dancing in the Dark" and "Badlands" and new songs including "Wrecking Ball" and "Working on a Dream," but the crowd also got the E...
In this article: Ludo, Bruce Springsteen, Broken Bride, Queensryche, They Might Be Giants, St. Louis, and Judas Priest
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch | October 29, 2009
Springsteen's concert one of year's best
...for a bow. The rollicking "Working on the Highway," featuring Springsteen on acoustic guitar, was another highlight, along with "Badlands" and "The Rising. " He pulled forward a young boy from the audience to sing with him on "Waitin' on...
In this article: Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run, Backstreets, Hungry Heart, Roll Over Beethoven, E Street Band, Chuck Berry, Clarence Clemons, St. Louis, and Rosalita
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Blogcritics | October 24, 2009
Verse Chorus Verse: Bruce Springsteen - Candy's Room
...Darkness a very close second. I've gotten so little from that album in my four previous shows and it's such a great record. I've gotten "Badlands" and "The Promised Land" at all four shows. I've gotten "Prove It All Night" once, and Nils...
In this article: Bruce Springsteen, E Street Band, Born to Run, St. Louis, Halloween, Prove It All Night, Sony/BMG, and Max Weinberg
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L.A. Times - Lakers Blog | October 21, 2009
Know thy enemy: Utah Jazz
...like I hate the guy's music. Springsteen's got a handful of songs I enjoy. "Rosalita (Come out tonight)." "Streets of Philadelphia." "Badlands." "Born to Run" is among the great rock anthems. And I absolutely love "Hungry Heart. " (Semi-little...
In this article: Lakers, Utah Jazz, Bruce Springsteen, Carlos Boozer, Andrew Bynum, NBA, and Shannon Brown
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Inquirer Local and Regional News | October 21, 2009
Fans of all ages see themselves in Springsteen
...start over again. If this tribe had a motto, it would be, "It ain't no sin to be glad you're alive," a lyric from the Springsteen song "Badlands." Its members pump their fists to his songs in their cars, sigh at friends who "don't get it,"...
In this article: Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run, Clarence Clemons, New Jersey, Legal age, and Jersey Shore
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Philly.com | October 14, 2009
Springsteen brings a grand, electric Born to Run to the Spectrum
...himself over to again. By the time of Darkness on the Edge of Town - which he'll do from start to finish tonight and whose cathartic "Badlands" was the pre-encore set-closer on Tuesday - the world was closing in on him. But on Born to Run,...
In this article: Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run, Spectrum, Night, Legal age, Halloween, Viagra, Rosalita, Meeting Across the River, and Backstreets
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New Jersey On-Line | October 10, 2009
Bruce Springsteen: The last concert at Giant Stadium
...year, space where he was standing will be used for just that purpose. Other songs in the setlist included dependable rousers like "Badlands," "Born To Run," "The Rising" and "The Promised Land," the rarely performed oldie "Spirit In the...
In this article: Bruce Springsteen, Giants Stadium, E Street Band, Born to Run, My Hometown, Hungry Heart, Glory Days, and The Last Time
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The Bergen Record | October 10, 2009
Springsteen's final show at Giants Stadium a fitting end to era
But the Jersey poet summoned a perfect song for the No. 2 slot in his lineup. The lights went dark. And Springsteen launched into "Badlands," a song that brims with energy and resonates with most music fans who grew up within Jersey's...
In this article: Bruce Springsteen, Giants Stadium, E Street Band, The Last Time, Patti Scialfa, Clarence Clemons, Rolling Stones, The Rising, and Born in the USA
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"Badlands" was the leadoff track on Bruce Springsteen's fourth studio album Darkness on the Edge of Town, and its second single.
The song tells the story of a man down on his luck and angry at the world, who wants a better lot in life.
. The classic E Street Band sound is immediately presented on "Badlands", as a brief drums intro kicks in to a powerful piano-and-electric guitar riff. The song is taken fast but with a purpose, with Max Weinberg's most dynamic drumming on the album to the fore; indeed it contains his most famous beat, a one-two-three-four-five-six-(double time)one-two-three pattern underneath the verses. Late in the song a brief guitar break leads to a Clarence Clemons tenor saxophone part.
"Badlands" was not a commercial Top 40 success, only reaching #42 on the Billboard Hot 100, even worse than the album's previous single "Prove It All Night". "Badlands" did achieve considerable progressive rock and album-oriented rock radio airplay at the time, and classic rock airplay since. Moreover, "Badlands" has remained quite popular with Springsteen fans and with Springsteen himself. The song has appeared on six Bruce Springsteen releases: Darkness on the Edge of Town, Live/1975–85, Greatest Hits, Live in New York City, Live in Barcelona, and The Essential Bruce Springsteen.
- Name:
- Badlands
- Genre:
- Rock
- Release Date:
- August 01, 1978
- Preceded By:
- Prove It All Night/Factory
- Produced by:
- Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau
- Written By:
- Bruce Springsteen
- Recorded By:
- Bruce Springsteen
- Length:
- 4:01
- Record Label:
- Columbia Records
- Recording Dates:
- Fall 1977
- Audio Format:
- 7" single
- From Album:
- Darkness on the Edge of Town
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