Springsteen – 10 of the Best, Part 2

I very much enjoyed the chance to contribute to the Guardian’s ongoing “10 of the Best” series on the subject of Mr. Bruce Springsteen. I thought it would be interesting to talk about the songs that didn’t make the cut and why (and more on some that did).

The parameters of the assignment were very specifically to go for deep cuts, no hit singles, nothing with ‘born’ in the title, and to not try to be definitive, but rather be personal. The tracks also had to be available on UK Spotify, which m...