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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN GLORY DAYS

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-MAY 31 , 2019…THIRTY FOUR YEARS AGO BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN RELEASE THE SONG ‘GLORY DAYS’.

ACCORDING TO SPRINGSTEEN:

“The first verse actually happened, the second verse mostly happened, the third verse, of course, is happening now.”

IN THE SONG, SPRINGSTEEN SINGS ABOUT A CHANCE ENCOUNTER WITH AN OLD FRIEND WHO WAS A STAR BASEBALL PLAYER IN HIGH SCHOOL. THE OLD FRIEND IS JOE DEPUGH, AND THE ENCOUNTER REALLY HAPPENED.

SPRINGSTEEN AND DEPUGH WENT TO SCHOOL AND PLAYED BASEBALL TOGETHER WHEN THEY WERE 13-15 YEARS OF AGE. THEY DRIFTED APART WHEN THEY WERE OLDER, AS SPRINGSTEEN PURSUED MUSIC AND SEPUGH TOOK A SHOT AT BASEBALL.IN THE SUMMER OF 1973, DEPUGH AND SPRINGSTEEN HAD A CHANCE MEETING AT A BAR WHERE THEY BOTH REMINISCED ON THEIR FRIENDSHIP AND THE “GLORY DAYS”. ( THIS STORY WAS CONFIRMED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES)

THIS SONG IS ONE OF SPRINGSTEEN’S FAVORITES AND HE ALMOST ALWAYS PLAYS IT AT IMPROMPTU BAR JAMS. IN CONCERT SPRINGSTEEN OFTEN EXTENDS THIS SONG TO OVER TEN MINUTES.

ACCORDING TO BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, THIS SONG ORIGINALLY INCLUDED AT A FOURTH VERSE WHICH MENTIONED SPRINGSTEEN’S FATHER WORKING ON THE FORD ASSEMBLY LINE.

HERE’S THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR GLORY DAYS FROM BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN