#44 "BORN TO RUN"
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, 1975

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retroCRUSH reader RX writes, "By definition, one would want a recording moment that gave pause for reflection and inspiration. A song that opened with a vengeance...like an invisible arm grabbing you by the shirt collar and screaming, 'Hey, ain't this GREAT!?!' The intro to Springsteen's Born To Run exemplifies that energy. You hear the entire E Street Band launch into the song like they're hosting their own blue-collar revival meeting. And then Bruce brings it back to reality with lines of "sweat(ing) it out on the streets of a runaway American dream".

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