Thunder Road

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I knew it wouldn't. I'd just seem them do it and the memories were fresh. It was as good as I remembered and, in some cases, better. "Thunder Road" was played very well by the band. You might think this a given for a crack band playing a...

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...Shore by Jean 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...

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...which he described as his "most important record." The mood was 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...

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...he said "Born to Run" "started a lifelong conversation" between himself and his audience, one that is still continuing today. "Thunder Road" came six songs into the set, kicking off the 8-song run, and it was a treat to hear the album in...

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..."Here you go". There is no guarantee that they'll like it, but there is no question that after only one listen, they'll get it. 4. "Thunder Road" (Bruce Springsteen) Kind of like Beethoven emulated Bach and ended up, in many ways, being...

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...-- will undoubtedly be the night's highlight. Kim Mathes of Detroit knows what she'll be doing when the opening piano strains of "Thunder Road" hit the Palace speakers: bounding to her feet. "It's just a great concept, especially for us...

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...of youth, the dreams of love and the despair of New Jersey, all in the framework of the '50s B-movies that inspired the title for "Thunder Road," the album's iconic opening track. He composed songs on a piano instead of a guitar to lend...

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...one of his entire albums during every concert - song by song, in exact order. So starting on the fifth song Tuesday night (a gorgeous "Thunder Road") and continuing through song No. 12 (a plaintive "Jungleland"), Springsteen spent close to an...

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...from over 30 years of albums. A lot of staples were there … you can't have a Springsteen tribute without "Born To Run" or "Thunder Road," that would practically be un-American. But there were also a nice set of surprises, at least to me.

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