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Category: Bruce Springsteen

James Gandolfini Dies – A Buried Bruce Springsteen Ballad In Tribute

James Gandolfini. Such incredibly sad news about actor James Gandolfini who has died of a suspected heart-attack at the age of just 51 while on holiday in Italy. Only a couple of weeks ago Pam Corkery and I were talking on The Two (Newstalk ZB Friday and Sunday evenings from 8pm) about how The Sopranos…

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4 More Years For Obama – The Irony Of Springsteen’s Campaign Theme Song

It’s almost a week since President Obama won a second term so it’s about time I loaded up a relevant song to The Roxborogh Report to mark the occasion. I’ve gone with what became the campaign theme song, Bruce Springsteen’s We Take Care Of Our Own from his most recent album Wrecking Ball. The song…

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Needlessly Comparing Lionel Richie & Bruce Springsteen – Featured Songs From Their New Albums

Two of my biggest music heroes have returned with new albums in the last couple of weeks and while it might seem unlikely to put these guys side-by-side, there are a few things beyond longevity and massive success that align them. For starters, there are still Bruce Springsteen fans smarting from Lionel Richie taking out the Album of…

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“The Most Passion Without Sex” – Bruce Springsteen Explains His Friendship With Clarence Clemons

The Big Man, Clarence Clemons of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band died over the weekend due to complications from a recent stroke – he was 69. He is the biggest of my musical heroes to pass away since Michael Jackson nearly two years ago and right now as I type, the iPod is set to…

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The Japanese Earthquake & The Real Origin Of Bruce Springsteen’s My City Of Ruins

Bruce Springsteen from the Born To Run shoot. A great friend of mine named John Budge, the man who got me started in radio back in the late 90s, sent me an email a couple of days ago reminding me of a Bruce Springsteen song I’d somehow forgotten about. It was a song Budgie  –…

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