The Essential Bruce Springsteen
In "Johnny 99", Springsteen sings about an auto worker who gets laid off in Mahwah, New Jersey and shoots and kills a night clerk while drunk and distraught. As a result, he is apprehended and is sentenced to 99 years in prison, but requests to be executed instead. On the song, Springsteen is accompanied only by his acoustic guitar, although he doubles on harmonica as well. Despite the bleakness of the song''s themes - including unemployment, poverty Read more on Last.fm.
In "Johnny 99", Springsteen sings about an auto worker who gets laid off in Mahwah, New Jersey and shoots and kills a night clerk while drunk and distraught. As a result, he is apprehended and is sentenced to 99 years in prison, but requests to be executed instead. On the song, Springsteen is accompanied only by his acoustic guitar, although he doubles on harmonica as well. Despite the bleakness of the song''s themes - including unemployment, poverty Read more on Last.fm.
Dancing in the Dark
Born to Run
Born in the U.S.A.
I'm on Fire
Thunder Road
Streets of Philadelphia
Hungry Heart
Glory Days
The River
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town - Live at C.W. Post College, Greenvale, NY - December 1975
Atlantic City
Badlands
My Hometown
Secret Garden
Human Touch
Brilliant Disguise
Radio Nowhere
Cover Me
Streets of Philadelphia - Single Edit
Jungleland
Nebraska
Backstreets
No Surrender
I'm Goin' Down
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Downbound Train
Blinded by the Light
State Trooper
Night
She's the One
Bobby Jean
Darlington County
Darkness on the Edge of Town
The Rising
Working on the Highway
Johnny 99
Meeting Across the River
The Promised Land
Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
Mansion on the Hill
The Ghost of Tom Joad
Highway Patrolman
We Take Care of Our Own
Spirit in the Night
Better Days
Tougher Than The Rest
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
Open All Night
Used Cars
Reason to Believe

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