When you get the music and the lyrics right, your voice disappears into the voices of those you've chosen to write about... But all the telling detail in the world doesn't matter if the song lacks an emotional center.
-- Bruce Springsteen
Fall of 2004: Bruce Springsteen participated in the Vote for Change concert tour organized to encourage the defeat of George W. Bush in the U.S. presidential election, an effort that ultimately fell short as Bush was re-elected on November 2, 2004.
Paul Schrader asked Bruce Springsteen to write a title song for a movie he had written called "Born in the USA". After Springsteen wrote it, he liked the song so much, he used it for his multi-platinum album of the same name instead. As a replacement, Springsteen wrote another song and that song title became the film's new title, Light of Day (1987). That is why Springsteen thanks Schrader in the liner notes of the album.
1999: Bruce Springsteen was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, where Bono of U2 gave the induction speech. When U2 was inducted in 2005, Springsteen gave their induction speech, returning the favor.
Music Sojourn is a non-profit archival audio broadcast site with MP3 Coolstreams & Programs on-demand. This page lists all Springsteen albums played from on Music Sojourn programs so far, and also shows which songs from each album are currently playing in Music Sojourn's MP3 Coolstreams.
