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"Independence Day" is a song written and performed by Bruce Springsteen. It was originally released on his fifth album, The River , in 1980. It was recorded at The Power Station in New York , on April 24–25, 1980.
The lyrics have a double meaning in that the woman in the story is finally gaining her "freedom" from her abusive husband. Thus, it is her "Independence Day." The title also refers to the fact that the events noted in the song happened on the United States' Independence Day, or July 4.
Independence Day" is a slow, introspective ballad featuring piano, acoustic guitar, and saxophone. [60] [75] [76] A drama about a relationship between a father and son, the son has realized he and his father, despite their similarities, will never agree on anything, leaving him to declare his "independence" from his father and leave home.
Point Blank" had its live premiere on July 7, 1978, in a concert on the Darkness Tour at the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, California, at which "Independence Day" was also premiered. [5] [6] In its 1978 incarnation, the lyrics dealt with the singer's girlfriend's drug addiction. [6]
"4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)", often known just as "Sandy", is a 1973 song by Bruce Springsteen, originally appearing as the second song on his album The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle. It was released as a single from the album in Germany.
An early handwritten 1975 draft of Springsteen's lyrics to the iconic "Thunder Road" are going up for sale at Sotheby's this month, featuring several lines that were tweaked, changed or cut entirely.
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Bruce Springsteen performing in 2024. Bruce Springsteen is an American singer-songwriter who has recorded almost 400 songs over a career lasting six decades. He began his career in the 1960s with local New Jersey bands the Castiles, Earth, and Steel Mill before embarking on a solo career and signing to Columbia Records in 1972.