Springsteen biography glory days
Springsteen biography glory days
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Glory Days (Bruce Springsteen song)
single by Bruce Springsteen
"Glory Days" is a song written and performed by American rock singer Bruce Springsteen. In , it became the fifth single released from his album Born in the U.S.A.
The single peaked at #9 on the Cashbox Top [3] and #5 on the Billboard Hot in the summer of It was the fifth of a record-tying seven Top 10 hit singles to be released from Born in the U.S.A.
History
The song is a seriocomic tale of a man who now ruefully looks back on his so-called "glory days" and those of people he knew during high school.
The lyrics to the first verse are autobiographical, being a recount of an encounter Springsteen had with former Little League baseball teammate Joe DePugh in the summer of [4]
The music is jocular, consisting of what Springsteen biographer Dave Marsh called "rinky-dink organ, honky-tonk piano, and garage-band guitar kicked along by an explosive tom-tom pattern".
Missing verse
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