Bruce Springsteen: Song Analysis

Born to Run was released on August 15th, 1975 by Records American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen. Springsteen was just 24, when the album was released and he was hailed as the New Bob Dylan. It was produced by Columbia, and was viewed as his breakthrough album. This album went to number three on Billboard200 and sold 6,000,000 copies by 2000. The album made several “Best Ever” lists and is listed in the Library of Congress National Recording Registry of historic recordings. When Born to Run vaulted into the top 10 in its second week on the charts (October 27, 1975) and soon went Gold, Time and Newsweek magazines put Springsteen on the cover that same week. The third album was very different from the first two. The first two were recorded in a suburban studio where as Born to Run was produced by Columbia Records. Bruce replaced two of his back-up band which gave the band a highly produced sound with lots of keyboards and drums, echo’s on vocals and layers of guitars. The cover art of Born to Run is one of rock music's most popular and iconic images. The photo shows Springsteen holding
This song is about a woman who is a tease. The woman will kiss the man and even turn them on but will have nothing else to do with them. Eventually the man gets addicted to this girl and believes that she’s the one. He tries to break his addiction of her but she will always be the one. In the end the man keeps trying to break her and she resists. I think this song tells an interesting story about real life and love at first sight. The amount of imagery in this song immediately draws you in. I think it is pretty neat that whenever Bruce writes a song it is not just words but it is full of thought and meaning. This is one of those songs that many people remember as the song that was playing during their first kiss. The song is full of emotion and it brings emotions to those that listen to