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"The Angel" from Bruce Springsteens debu album "Greatings from Asbury Park N.J." was also released as the B-side to Springsteen's "Blinded by the Light" single. The song was part of the demo that Springsteen recorded for John Hammond of CBS Records in advance of getting his first recording contract. At the time Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. was released, Springsteen considered it his most sophisticated song. It has had virtually no live performances.
The song is one of the slower tracks on Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J., played on piano. However, late in the recording sessions for Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J., Richard Davis overdubbed an upright bass part for the song. The lyrics of the song are about a motorcycle outlaw.The lyrics are full of automobile imagery.
One line: "The interstate's choked with nomadic hordes" may have been later reworked into the classic line "The highway's jammed with broken heroes" on "Born to Run.
The lyrics describe a man referred to as "the angel" and a woman who is "Madison Avenue's claim to fame in a trainer bra with eyes like rain." This song has a fully developed automobile theme, including some lines such as "The interstate's choked with nomadic hordes/in Volkswagen vans with full running boards dragging great anchors/Followin' dead-end signs into the sores/The angel rides by humpin' his hunk metal whore". Another notable line is the historic "hubcap heaven." Bruce took one of his early rare photos in front of this site in Monmouth New Jersey. The referenced "Hubcap Heaven" is now known as "The Hubcap Farm" and is still in business. Bruce once said he would never play this song live, and he went 23 years keeping that promise. In London in 1996, on his acoustic Ghost of Tom Joad Tour, Bruce played the song. Until later 2009, that had been its only live performance. However, on November 22, 2009, in Buffalo, New York, which was the final 2009 show of his scheduled Working On A Dream Tour, he and the E Street Band performed the song, along with the rest of the Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. album. It was the first performance of the song with the E Street Band.
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"The Angel" from Bruce Springsteens debu album "Greatings from Asbury Park N.J." was also released as the B-side to Springsteen's "Blinded by the Light" single. The song was part of the demo that Springsteen recorded for John Hammond of CBS Records in advance of getting his first recording contract. At the time Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. was released, Springsteen considered it his most sophisticated song. It has had virtually no live performances.
The song is one of the slower tracks on Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J., played on piano. However, late in the recording sessions for Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J., Richard Davis overdubbed an upright bass part for the song. The lyrics of the song are about a motorcycle outlaw.The lyrics are full of automobile imagery.
One line: "The interstate's choked with nomadic hordes" may have been later reworked into the classic line "The highway's jammed with broken heroes" on "Born to Run.
The lyrics describe a man referred to as "the angel" and a woman who is "Madison Avenue's claim to fame in a trainer bra with eyes like rain." This song has a fully developed automobile theme, including some lines such as "The interstate's choked with nomadic hordes/in Volkswagen vans with full running boards dragging great anchors/Followin' dead-end signs into the sores/The angel rides by humpin' his hunk metal whore". Another notable line is the historic "hubcap heaven." Bruce took one of his early rare photos in front of this site in Monmouth New Jersey. The referenced "Hubcap Heaven" is now known as "The Hubcap Farm" and is still in business. Bruce once said he would never play this song live, and he went 23 years keeping that promise. In London in 1996, on his acoustic Ghost of Tom Joad Tour, Bruce played the song. Until later 2009, that had been its only live performance. However, on November 22, 2009, in Buffalo, New York, which was the final 2009 show of his scheduled Working On A Dream Tour, he and the E Street Band performed the song, along with the rest of the Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. album. It was the first performance of the song with the E Street Band.
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HASH1: 349DF8B317AF66FF HASH2: 7E73A0F49A676F5D (MP3) HASH1: 5CA152C3B229FDA4 HASH2: 18F0D03447D7A739 (MP3) 
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