In honor of his 60th birthday (9/23/09), what is your favorite Bruce Springsteen song or story?

I manage the Bruce Springsteen page and he's my all-time favorite musician. I respect him as both a musician and a songwriter. If I told you how many times I've seen him live, I'd out myself as a complete and utter nutcase.

I'm one of "those" fans, you see. With favorite songs - I have several top faves that seem to rotate through the years (decades, even). Someone mentioned "Backstreets" - definitely a favorite, especially this time of year.

I also love "New York City Serenade" and "Racing in the Streets. " Obviously I like the "hits" too. I can scream along to "Hungry Heart" with the best of them.

My all-time favorite Springsteen song, ironically, is one of the few I have NEVER seen the man play live. The song is "Incident on 57th Street" from ''The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle'' album. Many years ago I heard a live bootleg of this song and I was hooked immediately.

I already loved the lyrics on that particular album, but hearing it...well anyway. Hooked. We're seeing two shows at Giants Stadium next month, two more at Madison Square Garden and a final one in Nashville.

If I go 0-5 with "Incident" I will still have seen some of the finest live concerts ever. I'm going to post my personal favorite video version of this song here (from Madison Square Garden - I missed this by ONE show), along with the audio/video from 1980 (the version that blew my mind). Hope you enjoy.

Good to see fellow Springsteen fans around Mahalo Answers. Happy Birthday, Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce!

Bruce Springsteen has had many "Glory Days" in his 60 years. A legend in his time. I recently read this story about Bruce Springsteen and it touched my heart.In 1999, Kadiatou Diallo lost her 23 year old son, Amadou.

Amadou a Guinean immigrant, was shot to death by four New York City plainclothes officers who mistook him for a rape suspect. Springsteen wrote a song about this "American Skin (41 shots)". Here's Mrs. Diallo's story: "The first time I heard the whole song was at Madison Square Garden.

One of my friends contacted Bruce's management, and he invited us to meet him backstage. He hugged me in a very warm, affectionate way. He also introduced his wife and members of his band.

I was stunned because I thought, 'he's going to come and be like this big celebrity singer'. He escorted us to sit in the VIP section. We listened to the music.

It really got into my heart and soul.. "I never expected to hear from him after that. But he did something that I have never shared with the public. He sent us pictures that he took with us and he donated money in Amadou's honor for scholarships at four colleges in New York City.

Most songs, by any artist, spark a specific range of emotions when listened to. Some cause happiness and elation, others sadness or remorse. Every now and again, a song will come along that can cover the entire spectrum of emotions.

You know, the kind of song that when you listen to it in a specific context will fill you with jubilant memories of great moments from the past; and when listened to under a different set of circumstances may provoke heart felt sentiment, regret, or even a sense of loss. Bruce Springsteen's, Glory Days, does that for me. Ironically, so does a song of another New Jersey native, Frank Sinatra and "My Way.

Bruce Springsteen, 60 years old! I can't believe it! Well, I am moving on myself, so I can believe it.

Anyway, my favorite Springsteen song and story. Has to be "Born in the USA" from 1984. I am a Vietnam Era Veteran, so can relate to the song.My story has to do with politicians politicking.

The song was VERY popular. President Regan was quoted as saying, he wished we had a lot more Americans like Mr. Springsteen. The song is about how a man got into trouble and was sent off to war to kill.

S brother was killed in the war. He came back home and couldn't get a job. Now he's been, "burning down the road, nowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go".

The song does sound very patriotic. "Born in the U.S.A.;I'm a cool rocking daddy in the U.S.A. ". And that was the President's (or his advisors) mistake.

They didn't check out the lyrics. Anyway, at the time I got a giggle out of it.

It reminds me of living in Newport Beach/Balboa in 75/76. I was one block to the bay and one block to the beach. Awesome time.

Pitcher Margaritas at El Rancho for lunch, and swimming and shopping all day. My cousin and I met some New York kids Michael Lancelot of Pizza Pete's and his cousin, and the resulting friendship and East Coast mindset was amazing. I'm fully convinced it's the times we pass through, that make us all connected, not necessarily where we are from or at when they do.

Backstreets One soft infested summer Me and Terry became friends Trying in vain to breathe The fire we born in Catching rides to the outskirts Tying faith between our teeth Sleeping in that old abandoned beach house Getting wasted in the heat And hiding on the backstreets ding on the backstreets With a love so hard and filled with defeat Running for our lives at night on them backstreets Slow dancing in the dark On the beach at Stockton's Wing Where desperate lovers park We sat with the last of the Duke Street Kings Huddled in our cars Waiting for the bells that ring In the deep heart of the night We let lose of everything To go running on the backstreets Running on the backstreets Terry you swore we'd live forever Taking it on them backstreets together Endless juke joints and Valentino drag Where famous dancers scraped the tears Up off the street dressed down in rags Running into the darkness Some hurt bad some really dying At night sometimes it seemed You could hear the whole damn city crying Blame it on the lies that killed us Blame it on the truth that ran us down You can blame it all on me Terry It don't matter to me now When the breakdown hit at midnight There was nothing left to say But I hated him And I hated you when you went away Laying here in the dark You're like an angel on my chest Just another tramp of hearts Crying tears of faithlessness Remember all the movies, Terry We'd go see Trying to learn to walk like the heroes We thought we had to be Well after all this time To find we're just like all the rest Stranded in the park And forced to confess To hiding on the backstreets ding on the backstreets Where we swore forever friends On the backstreets until the end ding on the backstreets ding on the backstreets...

Ah Springsteen, one of the few good things to come from NJ. I'm going to go with some of his classics from the 1980's here.

I like Tunnel of Love, it's just a nice sounding well produced song. Born to Run came out when Bruce was very young and if you listen to it,you can tell how talented he was at young age. I really like the smooth relaxing songs like tunnel of love and Human Touch, forget what the songs lyrics are, I just like the way it sounds.

I guess Glory Days is OK, but most of his music is too "Jersey" for the rest of the country.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.