wherever this flag’s flown, we take care of our own
There’s a new Bruce Springsteen song out today. BRB while I listen to this all day.
mp3: Bruce Springsteen - We Take of Our Own from Wrecking Ball (2012)
The Boss’ 17th studio album, Wrecking Ball, will be released on March 6th. It marks the E Street Band’s first release since the death of iconic saxophonist Clarence Clemons. We’ve heard the album’s title track before — “Wrecking Ball” is in reference to the demolition of Giants Stadium in his home state of New Jersey. Springsteen debuted it when he played the final concert at the football stadium in October 2009 (video) and he later released the live recording as a single.
“Land of Hope and Dreams” is another familiar title — it’s an old E Street concert staple that has yet to appear on a studio album. Clocking in at over nine minutes, it’s an epic that Springsteen says he wrote in the style of Bob Dylan.
mp3: Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (Live at Giants Stadium) (2009)
mp3: Bruce Springsteen - Land of Hope and Dreams (Live) (circa 2000)
Wrecking Ball tracklisting:
- We Take Care of Our Own
- Easy Money
- Shackled and Drawn
- Jack of All Trades
- Death to My Hometown
- This Depression
- Wrecking Ball
- You’ve Got It
- Rocky Ground
- Land of Hope and Dreams
- We Are Alive
- Swallowed Up (Bonus Track)
- American Land (Bonus Track)
The E Street Band is touring Europe through July, so North American dates can probably be expected in late summer and fall. Fingers crossed he makes another stop in Vancouver so I can get my fingers on that Fender Telecaster again (best moment of my life, hands down).
A few years ago I put together some of my favourite Springsteen covers. Check it out here.
