We all have that one song we couldn’t live without, even legendary rock stars. Bruce Springsteen once curated a list of his favorite songs. One Bob Dylan song made the top of the list. Find out why Springsteen thought he couldn’t live without “Like A Rolling Stone,” below.
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The One, Classic Song Bruce Springsteen Couldn’t Live Without
Once upon a time you dressed so fine
Threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn’t you?
People call say ‘beware doll, you’re bound to fall’
You thought they were all kidding you
“Like A Rolling Stone” is an indelible track in Dylan’s catalog. As such, we don’t really need to explain why Springsteen thought this song was incomparable, but we will anyway.
Springsteen thought this track was an example of what Dylan could accomplish with only an acoustic guitar backing him up. The Boss felt it allowed his lyrics to shine. Because of that, it landed on the top of his “desert island” list.
“This could be at the top of the list,” Springsteen once said. “The first time I heard it, it came out of the radio. I didn’t know anything about Dylan’s acoustic music. I was a creature of top 40, so the first time I really heard him with this song, it just instantly started to change my life.”
“‘Like a Rolling Stone’ feels like a torrent that comes rushing towards you,” he continued. “Floods your soul, floods your mind. Alerts and wakes you up instantaneously to other worlds, other lives. Other ways of being. It’s perhaps one of the most powerful records ever made and it still means a great deal to me along with all of Dylan’s work.”
How does it feel, how does it feel?
To be without a home
Like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone
Springsteen has long professed his love for Dylan. He has also made a short list of his favorite songs from Dylan’s career. Find Springsteen’s favorite Bard songs, HERE.
Ahh you’ve gone to the finest schools, alright Miss Lonely
But you know you only used to get juiced in it
Nobody’s ever taught you how to live out on the street
And now you’re gonna have to get used to it
You say you never compromise
How does it feel, how does it feel?
To be on your own, with no direction home
A complete unknown, like a rolling stone
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