Salt Lake Community College

Bruce Springsteen
The Boss

Kaycee Bassett
Music 1010
Tyler Oliphant
12/12/2014

Bruce Springsteen - Biography

Bruce Springsteen is a well-known and loved American singer-songwriter. He was born
on September 23, 1949, in Long Branch, New Jersey. Bruce was raised in a working-class home
in Freehold Borough. His dad, Doug Springsteen, had several different jobs while Bruce was
growing up; a bus driver, prison guard, and mill worker to name a few. His mother, Adele
Springsteen, held the steady job and income; she worked as a secretary in a local insurance office
(Bio.com).
Bruce first became interested in playing music when he saw Elvis Presley perform on the
Ed Sullivan show in 1956, when he was only 7 years old (Bruce Springsteen Bio). After that
inspirational performance, he got a guitar. Bruce didnt pick up on the guitar right away though,
it took him until 1963 before he really started to make music (Bio.com).
A year after Bruce started playing his guitar; he joined the band, the Castiles. The
Castiles recorded an album that was co-written by Bruce that was never released. They played a
few dates in New York City in 1967, but never did much beyond that (Bruce Springsteen
Biography). After the Castilles broke up, Bruce finished high school and started frequenting
clubs in Asbury Park, New Jersey. He then joined the hard rock band, Earth. After that was
over, he joined his next hard rock group, Child, who later became known as Steel Mill. Danny
Federici and Vini Lopez played in Steel Mill, and were later joined by guitarist Steve Van Zandt
on the bass guitar. Although Steel Mill drew quite the crowd in the California area, they broke up
in 1971. Springsteen then formed the short-lived band Dr. Zoom and the Cosmic Boom. His next
band was the Bruce Springsteen Band, joined by Danny Federici on keys, Vini Lopez on drums,
Steve Van Zandt on guitar, Davis Sancious as pianist, and Garry Tallent on bass. Clarence
Clemons later joined them on saxophone shortly after. After some time together they started to
have a lack of work. Bruce still wanted to play, but broke the band up so he could play solo
shows on his own. During this time Mike Appel became his manager (Bruce Springsteen Bio).
After all of the failed attempts to make it, he finally caught a break in 1972, when
manager Mike Appel landed him a gig playing for the executive John Hammond Sr. from
Columbia Records. Bruce was able to play 12 original songs on both the guitar and piano. On
that day, May 3, 1972, he signed to Columbia Records, where he still remains today, 42 years
later (Bruce Springsteen Biography).
The following year, in 1973, Bruce released his first album Greetings From Asbury
Park. He got most of his band to get back together to help him with the album. Federici, Lopez,
Sancious, Tallent, and Clemons were back together at last, while Van Zandt was busy on tour
with another group at the time. The album didnt really pick up at first, but four years later
Blinded by the Light became a number one hit and the album has since gone double platinum
(Bruce Springsteen Bio).
Later that year, in September of 1973, Bruce released the album The Wild, the Innocent
& the E Street Shuffle. This album also failed to pick up after some bad reviews. (It has since
gone double platinum). Bruce decided he needed to make some changes, so he revised his back
up group and gave them a new name: The E Street Band. Sancious and Lopez left the band,

while Max Weinberg joined on Drums, and Roy Bittan joined on Piano. In 1975, Steve Van
Zandt returned to the group. At this point Bruce was sitting in limbo with Columbia records.
They werent sure if he was going to be able to sell enough albums, but were willing to give it
one more run before they dropped him from the label. In August of 1975 he released the album
Born to Run. The title track Born to Run became a Top 40 hit, reaching the top 10 spot, and
then selling six million copies. By this point in his career, Columbia Records was convinced he
was there to stay (Bruce Springsteen Bio).
Everything was going great for Bruce; he was selling millions of albums and was very
happy with his situation. But shortly after Born to Run was released, he was in the middle of a
big legal dispute that split him up from his manager, Mike Appel. This break brought someone
even greater, Jon Landau. Bruce was unable to record during the entire legal battle, and it wasnt
until 1977 that the process came to an end (Bruce Springsteen Bio).
In 1978 he started to rebuild his music career and released Darkness on the Edge of
Town. It ended up in the Top 10 and sold three million copies. The single Prove It All Night
was in the Top 40 (Article Vault).
In 1980 Bruce released The River. The album hit number one in the charts and sold
more than five million copies. His hits Hungry Heart and Fade Away were both in the Top
40 (Bruce Springsteen Bio).
In 1982 Bruce went out on a limb and made some changes while recording his next
album, Nebraska. He used the demo recordings instead of studio recordings, and had a darker
set of lyrics. Even though this album was very different from his last albums, it also hit the Top
10 and sold a million copies without having a hit single or a tour. After Nebraska was released,
Van Zandt opted to leave the E Street Band (Bruce Springsteen Biography). At this time Patti
Scialfa joined the group as female back up vocalist and guitar player (The Official Bruce
Springsteen Website).
In June of 1984 Bruce released Born in the U.S.A. This album was one of his biggest
yet. It had seven Top 10 hits including: Cover Me, Born in the U.S.A., Glory Days, Im
Goin Down, Dancing in the Dark, My Hometown, and Im On Fire. The album sold
fifteen million copies and earned him a Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
for Dancing in the Dark (Bruce Springsteen Bio).
On May 13, 1985, Bruce married his first wife, Julianne Phillips. The marriage only
lasted a few years. The touring and constant traveling was too hard on their marriage
(Biography). Bruce then went on to write his next album, Tunnel of Love in October of 1987.
He mostly wrote about the struggles in his marriage. This album sold three million copies, had
two Top 10 singles: Tunnel of Love and Brilliant Disguise. He also earned another Grammy
Award for the album, making it his 2nd Male Rock Vocal Grammy Award (Bruce Springsteen
Bio).
In 1989 Bruce broke up the E Street Band, his marriage, and disappeared for a few years
from public view. Bruce started seeing Patti Scialfa from his E Street Band before his marriage

with Julianne was officially over. They had their first child, Evan James Springsteen, on July 25,
1990. They later married on June 8, 1991 (Biogarphy). They had their second child, Jessica Rae
Springsteen, on December 30, 1991 (Biography).
He returned in 1992 and released the albums Human Touch and Lucky Town with a
new backup band in tow. Neither of these albums did very well compared to his earlier albums,
but he was still determined to get back on his feet (Bruce Springsteen Bio).
His next move was his contribution to the ballad Streets of Philadelphia from the
soundtrack from the motion picture Philadelphia starring Tom Hanks. The song became
another Top 10 hit, and earned him four Grammy Awards: Song of the Year, Best Rock Song,
Best Song Written For a Motion Picture or Television, and Male Rock Vocal. He also wan an
Academy Aware for Best Song (The Official Bruce Springsteen Website).
On January 5, 1994 Bruce and Patti had their third and last child, Sam Ryan Springsteen
(Biography).
In 1995 the E Street Band got back together and recorded a few new tracks for Bruces
Greatest Hits album released in February of 1995. The album sold four million copies. Although
its not common to put new pieces of music on greatest hits albums, Bruce added the new song
Secret Garden to the album, and it reached the Top 40. Although Bruce got the band back
together for the greatest hits album, that was a huge success, he still didnt want it to be a
permanent thing. Instead, he recorded The Ghost of Tom Joad in November of 1995 in the
same style as Nebraska; low key, low effort, demo versions of the songs. He won a Grammy
Award for the album for Best Contemporary Folk Album (Bruce Springsteen Biography).
He finally officially reunited the E Street Band in 1999 to appear at his selection to enter
the Rock & Rock Hall of Fame. They then went on a world tour for a year and a half and
recorded a live album in New York City that sold over a million copies (The Official Bruce
Springsteen Website).
After the terrorist attack of 2001 in the United States, Bruce released the album The
Rising that focused on songs that reflected on the day, and the tragedy therein. The album was
number one and sold two million copies. He won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album and
two more for Best Rock Song and Best Male Rock Vocals for The Rising track (Bruce
Springsteen Bio).
Bruce then recorded the album Devils & Dust in 2005; again returning to the low-key,
demo style recording he chose for Nebraska. The album hit number one and went Gold. He
won a Grammy Award for Best Solo Rock Vocal (Bruce Springsteen Biography).
Later in 2005 Bruce was in the media for having an affair on his 18 year marriage with a
New Jersey housewife, Ann Kelly. Kellys marriage ended in divorce in 2009. Patti and Bruce
continued with their marriage (NY Post).

His next album was We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions, released in April 2006.
This album was very different from the rest. It included a new arrangement of folk songs with
the artist Pete Seeger. This album used a specially assembled sessions band, and did not use the
E Street Band. The album was on the Top 10 list and went Gold. He won a Grammy Award for
Best Traditional Folk Album (Bruce Springsteen Bio).
In 2007 Bruce and the E Street Band went on tour with his new album Magic. The
album was number one and went platinum. He won two more Grammy Awards for Best Rock
Song and Best Solo Rock Vocal for the song Radio Nowhere. During the next Grammy
Awards ceremony he won Best Rock Song for Girls in Their Summer Clothes, another track
from Magic (Bruce Springsteen Bio).
On April 17, 2008 a member of the E Street Band, Danny Federici, died from a threeyear battle with melanoma. Danny was replaced by Charles Giodano who played in the sessions
band on the album We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (Bruce Springsteen Bio).
Bruce was a huge supporter of President Barak Obama. In 2008 he showed his support by
extending his tour to hold additional shows in support of the then Senator. During a Barak
Obama rally in November, he debuted works from his newest album soon to be released,
Working on a Dream. This album was the last record that featured Danny Federicis music
before his tragic death. The album was released in January 2009 after Obamas inauguration. The
album was number one on the charts and earned him another Grammy Award for Solo Rock
Vocalist.
In 2009 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band played during half time for the Super
Bowl. They played several of their old time classics, along with a couple new ones (The Official
Bruce Springsteen Website).
On June 18, 2011, Clarence Clemons died due to complications from a stroke. According
to Bruce this caused irrevocable changes to the E Street Band. His music was last heard on
Bruces revival of Darkness on the Edge of Town, The Promise: The Making of Darkness on
the Edge of Town a documentary, and Bruces next album released in 2012, Wrecking Ball.
In 2013, Bruce released his next album, High Hopes. Tom Morella from Rage Against
the Machine was the main inspiration for this album. Morella replaced Van Zandt for a few
months during this tour. This album was full of covers, remakes of old favorites, and songs that
didnt make it to prior albums (Bruce Springsteen Bio).
In 2014, the E Street Band received an induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Followed by another album release in mid January titled American Beauty.
65 year old Bruce Springsteen continues to go on huge world tours, is an open supporter
of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender rights, is currently writing a childrens book, and
resides in California (Wong).

Composition History
Dancing in the Dark
Dancing in the Dark was the last song written on the Born In the U.S.A. album. It
was the first song to win him a Grammy Award (Best Male Vocal and was voted Single of the
Year by the 1985 Rolling Stone readers poll (Dancing in the Dark).
Dancing in the Dark is about Bruces difficulty and frustration in trying to write songs
that will please people, after his new manager Jon Landau demanded a hit for his next album.
Turns out it was the biggest hit of his career in terms of charts (Dancing in the Dark).
Dancing in the Dark was written in full by Bruce. The song was produced by Jon
Landau, Chuck Plotkin, Bruce Springsteen, and Steve Van Zandt (The Official Bruce
Springsteen). Steve Van Zandt and Bruce played guitar, Max Weinberg on percussion, and Roy
Bittan on piano.

Streets of Philadelphia
Director Jonathan Demme asked Bruce to write a rock song to open his movie
Philadelphia. It was a movie starring Tom Hanks, about a lawyer dying of AIDS. Bruce wrote
the song, but wasnt satisfied. He decided to send his unfinished version of what he had to
Demme to see what he thought. Demme liked the song just the way it was and used it for the
movie without any revisions (Streets of Philadelphia).
Bruce recorded the song in his home studio Thrill Hill East. Bruce won a Golden Globe
Award for Best Original Song for Streets of Philadelphia in 1994. He also won four Grammy
Awards for the song: Song of the Year, Best Rock Song, Best Male Vocal, and Best Song
Written For a Motion Picture of Television (Streets of Philadelphia).
Bruce wrote the lyrics and music for this song. He recorded the song on his own, doing
his own vocals, guitar, and piano.

Tougher Than the Rest

Bruce recorded Tougher Than the Rest in his home studio, Thrill Hill East, in Rumson,
New Jersey. While he was writing this song, Bruce and his first wife Julianne were in trouble
(Tougher Than The Rest). They already had a rocky marriage for the past couple years, but now
Bruce was seeing Patti (his second wife and E Street Band member) on the side. Patti and Bruce
sang this song together as a duet while on tour.
Tougher Than the Rest was featured as the 3rd single on the 1987 album Tunnel of
Love. All of the lyrics and music were written by Bruce. Danny Federici played the organ, Max

Weinberg played percussion, and Bruce performed lead vocals, keyboards, harmonica,
percussion, guitar, and bass guitar (Tunnel of Love Discography).
The album Tunnel of Love was mixed by Bob Clearmountain, Roger Talkov, Jay
Healy, and Mark McKenna. It was mastered by Bob Ludwig. Bruce produced the album (Tunnel
Of Love Discography).
Although there were hits that reached the top of the charts from Tunnel of Love,
Tougher Than The Rest was not one of them.

The Wrestler
The Wrestler was written for the movie The Wrestler released in 2008, and was a
bonus track on his album Working on a Dream. The actor in the film Mickey Rourke was so
inspired by the film, that he thought he would take a chance and ask Bruce to write something
for it. He told him in the letter that they didnt have any money, but he had faith in the movie,
and that it was written in New Jersey. A short time later Bruce sent in something he wrote and
blew everyone away. They used the song in the film, and it later went on to win a Golden Globe
Award in 2009 for Best Song (The Wrestler).
Bruce was quoted in the January 2009 edition of Observer Music Monthly magazine
saying,
The Wrestler was a song about damage, about what it does to somebody with the
inability to get in to a normal life. The inability to stand the things that nurture you.
Because mucho f our life is spent running. Were running, were on the run; one of my
specialties. (The Wrestler)
The Wrestler was written and performed by Bruce himself, and produce by Brenden O
Brien (Working on a Dream Discography).

Listening Guide
Dancing in the Dark
0:00

Introduction: the song starts with a very upbeat tempo. It begins

immediately with the guitar, bass guitar, percussion, and drums. The song
is in major mode.

0:12

Verse 1 Begins: The vocals begin in monophonic texture. The melody is

ascending. The rhythm and tempo and fast and upbeat. There are no
harmonies.

0:39

Chorus 1 Begins: There is a smooth transition from the verse to the first
chorus. The volume of Bruces vocals increase, or crescendo. The
instruments all continue to play, but in a faster and more upbeat tempo
than before. The form changes during the chorus. There are no
harmonies, the song continues in monophonic texture. Keyboards come
in after Bruce is done singing, but before the verse begins.

0:57

Verse 2 Begins: The vocals continue monophonic texture. All instruments

slow down from the chorus, but continue to play in an upbeat and fast
temp. Bruce decreases the volume of his voice, or diminuendo and then
increases (crescendo) again right before the second chorus.

1:24

Chorus 2 Begins: There is a smooth transition from the verse to the second
chorus. The volume of Bruces vocals increase, or crescendo. The
instruments all continue to play, but in a faster and more upbeat rhythm
than before. The form changes during the chorus. There are no
harmonies, the song continues in monophonic texture. Keyboards come in
after Bruce is done singing, but before the verse begins.

1:50

Bridge Begins: The music and vocals change to minor notes and tones.
Bruce begins to sing in a slightly lower and darker tone.

2:03

Verse 3 Begins: This verse is darker than the first 2 verses. The music isnt
quite as upbeat either. He sings very up and down during this verse. He
gradually gets louder toward the end of the verse and then comes back
down before starting the 3rd chorus. He continues to sing in a monophonic
texture, without any harmonies.

2:28

Chorus 3 Begins: There is a smooth transition from the verse to the third
chorus. The volume of Bruces vocals increase, or crescendo. The
instruments all continue to play, but in a faster and more upbeat rhythm
than before. The form changes during the chorus. There are no
harmonies, the song continues in monophonic texture. Keyboards come in
after Bruce is done singing, but before the verse begins.

2:42

Chorus 4 Begins: Bruce starts this version of the chorus on a lower more
serious sounding note. He slightly changed the lyrics for this chorus. He
repeats Even If Were Just Dancing In the Dark until the end of the song.
The song continues with all instruments, but features a saxophone solo as
the song fades out in a diminuendo texture at the end. The song ends.

The Streets Of Philadelphia

0:00

Introduction: The song begins with drums in duple meter tempo and in
minor mode. At 0:11 the song is joined by a synthesizer. The song has a sad

feel with a strong beat on the drums. The synthesizer is smooth and
mellow.
0:30

Verse 1 Begins: Bruce begins singing in a low tone, and slow rhythm. The
song has a steady and calm melody. Bruce sings in a monophonic texture, with no
harmonies.

0:50

Chorus 1 Begins: The chorus remains steady and calm. Bruce sings the
main part of the song, and then the back round vocals that echo behind his lead vocals.
They are also monophonic and not sung in harmony. The song continues to only have
percussion and synthesizer. The form is repetitive. The song is very conjunct/smooth.

1:10

Verse 2 Begins: The song increases in volume, and his voice becomes
stronger and slightly more intense. He continues to sing in a monophonic
texture, with no harmonies.

1:30: Chorus 2 Begins: The chorus remains steady and calm. Bruce sings the
main part of the song, and then the back round vocals that echo behind his lead vocals.
They are also monophonic and not sung in harmony. The song continues to only have
percussion and synthesizer. The form is repetitive.
1:53

Bridge Begins: The song feels happier and more up-tempo. The song is still
using the same instruments, but it sounds like a second or louder
synthesizer has joined. He is now singing in a polyphonic texture, with a
quiet higher harmony behind his voice. The melody is ascending. The pitch
of his voice gets higher.

2:16

Verse 3 Begins: The synthesizer starts playing in much lower key; it

sounds slightly stronger and more intense. Bruce sings in a monophonic
texture again, with no harmonies.

2:35

Chorus 3 Begins: The melody of the chorus remains steady and calm. Bruce sings the
main part of the song, and then the back round vocals that echo behind his lead vocals.
They are also monophonic and not sung in harmony. The song continues to only have
percussion and synthesizer. The form is repetitive. The song ends.

Tougher Than The Rest

0:00

Introduction: The sounds starts with a loud snare drum sound in duple
meter rhythm. The song is then joined by guitar, bass guitar, and
keyboard. The keyboard plays the melody of the song. The song is in
major mode. It is upbeat and in 4/4 tempo.

0:20

Verse 1 Begins: Bruce begins singing in a monophonic texture, with no

harmonies. He has a smooth and confident sounding voice. The melody is

ascending. There is a wide range of dynamics in his voice. The song has a
conjunct feel to it.
0:40

Chorus 1 Begins: The chorus is a very short, one line segment. He slightly
increases the volume in his voice, and then returns to a conjunct and
smooth rhythm and tone. He sings in a polyphonic texture, with
harmonies.

0:58

Verse 2 Begins: His vocals begin to increase in volume (crescendo). The

rhythm starts to speed up and the intensity rises just a bit. The keyboard
becomes louder and stronger in the song. He starts the verse in a
monophonic texture, with no harmonies, but ends in a polyphonic texture
with quiet harmonies behind is main vocals. During the harmonies the
timbre is strong and loud.

1:18

Verse 3 Begins: The second verse flows smoothly into the third verse,
almost like an extended verse. It is conjunct in tone and monophonic in
texture. The temp remains the same as the second verse.

1:25

Chorus 2 Begins: The chorus is also very short. He slightly

increases the volume in his voice, and then returns to a conjunct and
smooth rhythm and tone. He sings in a polyphonic texture, with
harmonies. The melody is ascending.

1:37

Bridge Begins: The song switches to minor notes and becomes much more
dark sounding and feeling. His vocals are dreary and serious. He sings in a
monophonic texture. The instruments increase in volume (crescendo). The
timbre is strong and the volume is loud. The bridge is in polyphonic
texture, with strong harmonies behind Bruces strong voice. The song is
very intense at this point. The melody is descending.

1:53

Verse 4 Begins: The song remains in a minor mode, still with a dreary and
dark feeling. The melody is descending. The instruments increase in
volume, but remain the same tempo.

2:17

Cadence Begins: The song returns to major mode. Bruce plays a strong
guitar solo over the percussion, bass guitar, and keyboards. It is ascending
and conjunct. A second guitar joins in on the song playing harmonies to
the first soloist.

2:52

Verse 5 Begins: The song continues in major mode. Bruce starts singing in
a monophonic texture, and then ends in a polyphonic texture. The song
gets strong and intense towards the end of verse 5 right before starting the
3rd chorus.

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3:38

Chorus 3 Begins: The chorus is also very short. He slightly

increases the volume in his voice, and then returns to a conjunct and
smooth rhythm and tone. He sings in a polyphonic texture, with
harmonies. The melody is ascending. He repeats the chorus 2x.

3:41

Harmonica: There is a harmonica solo that plays the melody of the song. It
is intense and crescendo. Bruce whistles and sings in the background. As
the song slowly fades out there is a very short guitar solo. The songs ends
by fading and becoming quieter (diminuendo).

The Wrestler
0:00

Introduction: The song starts with a synthesizer and keyboard, in a

trickling and waterfall type tone. An acoustic guitar joins the song with a
steady tempo in a conjunct feel. The song is in major mode.

0:45

Verse 1 Begins: Bruce starts sings in a monophonic texture, with no

harmonies. The tempo is steady and smooth. The song has a relaxing
feeling with the smooth sound of the instruments and the steady sound of
his voice.

1:09

Chorus 1 Begins: The sound of his voice gradually increases (crescendo).

The temp starts going a little faster, but still smooth. He sings in a
monophonic texture, with no harmonies. His voice is strong and solid.
Towards the end of the song his voice ascends and becomes lower, he ends
on a minor note and a more dreary feel.

1:53

Verse 2 Begins: The song continues on the acoustic guitar, but is joined by
a piano and drums very quiet in the background. The tempo is steady and
smooth. The feel is conjunct and pleasant.

2:19

Chorus 2 Begins: The 2nd chorus is much stronger than the first. It begins
with choir type vocals singing behind Bruces vocals, in a monophonic
texture; they are singing with him, with no harmonies. The song ends on a
minor note with a dark tone.

2:50

Bridge Begins: The songs switches to minor mode during the bridge. The
piano really stands out and is louder than the other instruments. The song
is descending and gradually gets quieter.

3:18

Verse 3 Begins: The 3rd verse is similar to the others. It is a little more
intense, but remains conjunct and monophonic in texture. The song slowly
fades out while he is singing. The song ends.

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