Bruce Springsteen Band • Page 62

Bruce has so many songs I can't believe weren't bigger, and The Ties That Bind is definitely one of them.

 

the first 7 songs on the river are probably the best extended stretch of any of his records. just does not quit.

 

why the hell not

1. The River
2. Independence Day
3. The Ties That Bind
4. Sherry Darling
5. Cadillac Ranch
6. Wreck on the Highway
7. Out In the Street
8. Hungry Heart
9. Jackson Cage
10. Two Hearts
11. Point Blank
12. Drive All Night
13. You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
14. Fade Away
15. The Price You Pay
16. Stolen Car
17. Ramrod
18. I'm a Rocker
19. Crush on You
20. I Wanna Marry You

https://chorus.fm/rank/?items=The Ties That Bind Sherry Darling Jackson Cage Two Hearts Independence Day Hungry Heart Out In the Street Crush on You You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch) I Wanna Marry You The River Point Blank Cadillac Ranch I'm a Rocker Fade Away Stolen Car Ramrod The Price You Pay Drive All Night Wreck on the Highway

five-star songs through #12 and honestly Drive All Night is almost certainly too low

 

ehhh i honestly would have drive all night lower

 

1. The River
2. The Ties That Bind
3. Jackson Cage
4. The Price You Pay
5. Two Hearts
6. Hungry Heart
7. Wreck on the Highway
8. Point Blank
9. Out In the Street
10. Stolen Car
11. Fade Away
12. Ramrod
13. You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
14. Independence Day
15. Cadillac Ranch
16. I'm a Rocker
17. Drive All Night
18. Sherry Darling
19. Crush on You
20. I Wanna Marry You

 

1. Stolen Car
2. The River
3. Drive All Night
4. Independence Day
5. The Price You Pay
6. Sherry Darling
7. The Ties That Bind
8. Two Hearts
9. Hungry Heart
10. Point Blank
11. Out In the Street
12. Wreck on the Highway
13. Fade Away
14. Crush on You
15. You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
16. Cadillac Ranch
17. Jackson Cage
18. Ramrod
19. I'm a Rocker
20. I Wanna Marry You

 

Clearly, I really love the ballads on this record. I don’t think the ranking properly portrays how much I dig the bar band rock songs too, though. That balance between dark and light works so well.

 

You shafted “Stolen Car” so hard, and I can’t forgive it. One of his most desolately beautiful songs, and a more profound shot of hopelessness (imo) than anything on Nebraska.

 

i like the version from the ties that bind way more

 

1. Independence Day
2. Stolen Car
3. Drive All Night
4. The River
5. The Price You Pay
6. Wreck on the Highway
7. Hungry Heart
8. Point Blank
9. Fade Away
10. Out In the Street
11. Two Hearts
12. Jackson Cage
13. Sherry Darling
14. The Ties That Bind
15. Ramrod
16. I Wanna Marry You
17. Crush on You
18. You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
19. I'm a Rocker
20. Cadillac Ranch

Harder than I expected. The top four is pretty interchangeable to me, and at one point or another I’m sure I’d considered each one the best song on the album.

 

Yes?

 

ties that bind in the bottom half is wild!!

 

I don't think you're alone in that, but I think the album version is way, way better. It has an atmosphere he never captured before or since, versus a piano ballad that sounds like "The Promise" and a lot of other Bruce piano ballads. No contest for me.

 

I’m sorry, it’s a still good song!

 

yeahhhh the promise is one of my favorite bruce tracks so even if it’s a bit repetitive of a sound for him, that doesn’t bother me at all haha

 

And I like the full-band version of "The Promise" from the box set better, so this all tracks for both of us!

 

Yeah my favorite version of The Promise is the 18 Tracks one

 

fine. fine! you guys win.

i'll listen to The River today.

 

more like you win

 

Currently wearing a “The River” tour hoodie haha

 

1. The River
2. The Ties That Bind
3. Stolen Car
4. Drive All Night
5. Out In the Street
6. Independence Day
7. Sherry Darling
8. Jackson Cage
9. Two Hearts
10. The Price You Pay
11. Point Blank
12. Ramrod
13. Wreck on the Highway
14. Crush on You
15. You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
16. Hungry Heart
17. I Wanna Marry You
18. I'm a Rocker
19. Fade Away
20. Cadillac Ranch

 

I already didn’t really want to talk to murph just generally but please let him know that Cadillac Ranch at 20 = I am not speaking to him again thanks

Barresi gets a pass by virtue of not being murph

I know I overrated it but it’s better than Crush on You cmon