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There is an interesting, prominent line in The Kentuckian, approximately 58 minutes into the film, in which a woman says that "there are some meant to stand still and there are some people who are born to run". No proof, but I'm suspicious this might be the origin of the song... Wnt (talk) 03:50, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
what's the Time signature for this song? 5/8? 81.129.135.62 (talk) 08:20, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
"Ranked number #18 on Rolling Stone Magazine's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list, Springsteen's highest position, it is thus widely regarded as his magnum opus." This sentence has been removed from the lede on the grounds that it is allegedly "redundant" and contains "weasel wording" (I always find that latter phrase pretty unhelpful). This "redundant" sentence has been here since 2009 [1], so it seems remarkable that it is suddenly removed by the most active editor of the article. Since the reception section discusses rankings, it hardly seems redundant to do so in the lede which is supposed to summarise the content of the article as a whole. Indeed the reception section should make it clear that this album is generally listed "top" among the BS albums that make it into such charts, so the phrase magnum opus (or something maybe less pompous but meaning the same thing) seems apposite. Paul B (talk) 14:39, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
Recently a number of reviews have been added and deleted with little or no explanation. I have restored all of the reviews listed at WP:ALBUM/SOURCES and moved reviews of the 30th Anniversary edition to that section since some of those reviews are primarily about the DVDs. The reasons for removal, when one was given, weren't clear but appears to have something to do with the fact that Rolling Stone did not use a star rating prior to 1981. By that logic, the Rolling Stone reviews for all albums released during that era (1967–80) would be removed from Wikipedia. The purpose of the album ratings template is to provide a summary of notable professional reviews and omitting Rolling Stone, a leading U.S. music magazines whose reviews carry considerable weight, from the summary would be a glaring omission affecting both historical accuracy and neutrality by its absence. Also, Rolling Stone magazine and The Rolling Stone Album Guide are different publications and contain different reviews. If anyone has a valid reason based on Wikipedia guidelines for removing any of these reviews, please discuss it here before removing content. Piriczki (talk) 14:40, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
The infobox indicates this album's genre is rock and roll but if one follows that link it goes to an article "about the 1950s style of music" and there is no mention of Bruce Springsteen anywhere in the article which is odd considering his stature. Also, none of the articles on the songs which make up this album indicate their genre as rock and roll. Can anyone explain this apparent incongruity? Piriczki (talk) 16:34, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
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This album pre-dates the notion of heartland rock by several years and the question of whether it has anything to do with heartland rock came up before on that article's talk page so I am copying some of my comments here.
A comprehensive essay on heartland rock can be found in the 1987 New York Times article by Jon Pareles "Heartland Rock: Bruce's Children". In that article, it states:
Mr. Springsteen got the heartland-rock bandwagon rolling with The River, in 1980, and its bleak 1982 successor, Nebraska. With those albums, he started to write stripped-down songs about people who had lost their jobs or simply lost hope—victims of hard times.
I think that's a pretty accurate statement and the idea that heartland rock began with Born to Run is somewhat revisionist. For some perspective, here's a passage from a 1980 review of The River:
The album—combined with Springsteen's dynamic performance in the No Nukes film—should give Springsteen that final push beyond the boundries of regional superstardom. As difficult as it may be for Springsteen's loyal fans to believe, there is a vast section of this country that has yet to accept him as the boss. Springsteen's stock themes may have been taken to heart by big-city kids in the East—souped-up cars, self styled tramps in the street and general alienation—but they offered little that could be related to out in the Heartland of the West, Midwest and South.
The notion that Born to Run had much, if anything, to do with heartland rock seems like a stretch. Musically, lyrically, everything about that album was urban, East Coast, and it was part of the Jersey Shore sound. Whether that album would even have any appeal in the Midwest was in question as mentioned above that the album "offered little that could be related to out in the Heartland" and a New York Times review that asked "The only nagging question is how this new record is going to sound out in the heartland, where people may think of him as some over-hyped Easterner." Piriczki (talk) 18:30, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
I have a trilogy of queries regarding the involvement of Steve Van Zandt, Roy Bittan and Danny Federici:
61.69.217.3 (talk) 06:40, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
small idea
Hi my name is Dave, I am the one who hogged half the page writing in detail on the BTR recording sessions
I left out a lot of stuff, stories about each song, that the more hardcore people would like
There are other stories that will entertain everybody like who Bruce was in love with and what happened
this is just good idea
Since all 8 songs have their own pages hyperlinked
I will put semi-technical on the song pages
and leave this page for more general topics
I already fixed She's the One page, all kinds of bad info
all pages should be consistent! this is neglected issue here
Dave
ps After I deleted horrible section on She's the one and replaced I noticed person below wrote some great stuff so I referred to it, and our sections go together Not always that way but nice when we are.....all on the same page! ohhh bad bad jokeTillywilly17 (talk) 15:00, 25 August 2019 (UTC)
The Personnel sections lists the personnel from the liner notes, identifying their participation by track, from 1 though 8. The track listing, however, identifies the tracks as 1-4 for each side. The 1-8 listing might be from the CD issue, but this is just a guess; an editor with access to the sources should reconcile the disparate track listings between the two sections. MayerG (talk) 12:56, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
Hi @Tkbrett and others,
I just saw your notification about my edit in the personnel section. Sorry that I forgot to check for the full citation. I don't own the book myself, so I was going off the cited personnel list over on the Wikipedia page for the song itself.
Thanks!! EPBeatles (talk) 19:33, 9 July 2024 (UTC)