Springsteen's High Hopes.

Bruce has been my favourite artist since 1984 (can that possibly be 30 years ago?!) & I eagerly buy every album that comes along. This one isn't a Great album by his standards but even the weakest of his (Lucky Town, Human Touch, Magic & The Rising spring to mind) all still have flashes of brilliance in them.

The real stand-out for me this time is Dream Baby Dream. Very unusually for Springsteen, it's a cover (of a 1970s song by Suicide). The original writer, Alan Vega, has said "He interpreted my song, he did it his way, and such a great way that I'm going to have to sing it that way, or not sing it at all anymore!"

When asked what's his favorite Springsteen song, Vega answered "'Dream Baby Dream.' On my death bed, that's the last thing I'm going to listen to. I'll play it at my funeral."

I feel the same way, it's just beautiful.

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