Five Springsteen Songs You Don’t Know But Should
The ‘Shed a Little Light Music Challenge’
When legendary troublemaker Buddy Gott issued the Plethora of Pop writing challenge for this month, I was nearly overwhelmed with possibilities. The “Shed a Little Light Music Challenge” calls for bringing attention to little-known albums or songs that deserve more exposure, and I immediately thought of albums by 10,000 Maniacs, Gin Blossoms, Social Distortion, and Taylor Swift (ok, none of hers need any more exposure). If you wonder why Springsteen wasn’t my first choice, it’s simply because I have been bringing attention to him for three years over 82 stories already.
I could have chosen underappreciated Bruce albums like The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle, Magic, or Letter to You, but you can see from the links that I’ve done that already. Thus, my first response to the challenge (there will be several) was going to be the 10,000 Maniacs album In My Tribe. Before I could even start, however, the ghost of Clarence “Big Man” Clemons took time out from jamming with Elvis, Buddy Holly, and James Brown to come down from musical Valhalla to tell me that I am an idiot.
“How many of the nine people that read your ramblings know the deep cuts from the early albums?” he asked me. “Most of them know the Born in the U.S.A. album and maybe…
