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
Hungry Heart
Glory Days
Streets of Philadelphia
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
Streets of Philadelphia - Single Edit
Brilliant Disguise
Human Touch
Cover Me
Radio Nowhere
Nebraska
Jungleland
Backstreets
No Surrender
I'm Goin' Down
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Downbound Train
State Trooper
Blinded by the Light
Bobby Jean
Night
She's the One
Darlington County
Working on the Highway
Darkness on the Edge of Town
The Rising
Johnny 99
Meeting Across the River
The Promised Land
Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
Mansion on the Hill
The Ghost of Tom Joad
Highway Patrolman
Tougher Than The Rest
We Take Care of Our Own
Spirit in the Night
Better Days
Open All Night
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
Used Cars
Reason to Believe

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