The First Single

Well, after a week of disputing what was played of Bruce Springsteen's new single, "Working on a Dream" on NBC's Sunday Night Football, we finally have the FULL-LENGTH single available. New York City's Q104.3 has been streaming the new single all day. You can listen to it....right here.

Honestly, I was a little nervous after Sunday night. As an avid stalker of Springsteen message boards, in particular www.backstreets.com, the opinions were generally negative after Sunday night. I must say though, that I really do like the new single. Now, I'm not trying to say that this is an INCREDIBLE song or that Bruce is really breaking out of the box on this one, but honestly, after 2002's The Rising and 2007's Magic, I was worried we would never really get to hear that classic E-Street sound on record again. Right from the start we got a nice little bass line from Gary, that sweet piano touch from Roy and before you know it....they are kicking into the hook with Stevie singing harmony (or is that Bruce double tracked?). I must say that the Beach Boys style background vocals are what got me. It's a throwback to the old days when all the guys in the band would be singing, something I really think has been missing. Seems like Brendan O'Brien who produced the aforementioned albums, in addition to 2005's Devils & Dust, has gotten over the muddy sound that plagued Magic, and has been able to allow the listener to hear the depth of the E Street Band. I think this is a good start, but hey....give it a listen and form your own opinion.

"Working on a Dream" to be released January 27th

After months of rumors about a new Bruce Springsteen album it has finally been confirmed.

Little is really known about the new album. The title song, "Working on a Dream" was premiered during an Obama rally right before the election in an acoustic form with his wife and E-Street Band member, Patti Scialfa. This past Sunday, the song was supposed to be "premiered" on the halftime of NBC's Sunday Night Football. What we got instead was this: an obvious chop-up of the song that robs it of any potential.

To be included on the new album, though, are two bonus tracks. Here is a really poor sound quality version of "The Wrestler", which is apparently going to be featured over the credits of the upcoming film of the same name, starring Mickey Rourke. The other bonus track, "A Night with the Jersey Devil" was released Halloween weekend on brucespringsteen.net as a a "treat". I doubt any other part of the album will sound like this, but it still is something fun to listen to and look at.



No word yet on an upcoming tour, but Bruce and the E-Street Band will be playing halftime of Super Bowl XLIII on February 1st. Rumors have been circulating for months that a tour will be kicked off with the Super Bowl appearance, first in Europe and then back in the USA. All reports have said it will end before June 1st, 2009, as that is the date of Conan O'Brien's new time slot on NBC with E-Street Band drummer Max Weinberg and the Max Weinberg 7. Check back here for any updates.