{"id":444,"date":"2026-05-19T07:53:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T07:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/mojov2\/?p=444"},"modified":"2026-05-19T10:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T10:23:08","slug":"the-boss-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/mojov2\/2026\/05\/19\/the-boss-50\/","title":{"rendered":"The Boss 50"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bruce Springsteen\u2019s 50 Greatest Songs Ranked<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

MOJO salutes Bruce Springsteen with a rundown of his greatest ever tracks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Once you\u2019ve been called Rock\u2019n\u2019roll Future \u2013 where do you go? The answer, for Bruce Springsteen<\/a>, over six decades of singing, shouting, rocking and writing, turned out to be just about anywhere, everywhere<\/em>. Walking like Elvis, talking like Dylan<\/a>, rocking like a full-force gale, he revived rock\u2019s golden youth and fused it with a talent for creating worlds that sucked you in: characters that fought, loved, drove, feared and loathed in an America whose sense of self and stark reality collided and combusted. Around, beneath and behind him, most of the time, the E Street Band have stoked his fire, a big group with a juggernaut sound that could play all night, will<\/em> play all night given half a chance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And yet Springsteen\u2019s is mostly a personal journey \u2013 albeit one that tracks that of his nation, in his lifetime and back through history. Born in Long Branch, New Jersey, on September 23, 1949, of Dutch, Irish and Italian stock, his dreams of escape fuelled music of romantic aspiration, yet his sense of place remained so strong (his current address in Colts Neck is less than 8 miles from his childhood home) that, barring the disorientating effects of mega-fame in the mid-\u201980s, he has remained steadfastly grounded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were aspirations, too, to write better, and differently, aspirations fulfilled on startling small-scale albums \u2013 Nebraska<\/a><\/em>, The Ghost Of Tom Joad<\/a><\/em> \u2013 and in a memoir, Born To Run, that cut to the core of what makes him tick. These days, he pens songs and plays shows that burn as intensely as ever, from Broadway to Glastonbury, while he hobnobs with politicians and intellectuals seeking his take on the issues of the day. His country\u2019s conscience? An unlikely outcome for that skinny kid in a singlet with a Fender Esquire slung across his back. Maybe there\u2019s something to that American Dream, after all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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