Speed of Life

by Gregg Chadwick   NBC broadcast a fundraiser tonight to raise money for hurricane relief for the communities hit hardest by Hurricane Sandy. (If you are on the West Coast the event will be re-broadcast across NBC and its affiliated networks including MSNBC starting at 8pm.) To donate, visit RedCross.org or iTunes.com/redcross; call 1-800-HELPNOW or 1-800-RED-CROSS; or text "REDCROSS" to 90999 to make a $10 donation. The telethon,  Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together , was hosted by newscaster Matt Lauer and included poignant performances by Staten Island's Christina Aguilera, New Jersey's Jon Bon Jovi, and Long Island's Billy Joel, as well as Steven Tyler with members of Aerosmith, and Sting.   Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band closed the event with a powerful rendition of Land and Hope and Dreams from his most recent album Wrecking Ball . Bruce dedicated the song: "We're gonna send this out to the people of NY and NJ, and to al...

Video: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band perform Drive All Night in Gothenburg, Sweden on July 28, 2012. Tonight, July 31, 2012, in Helsinki, Finland,  the indefatigable Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band just finished one of their  most powerful European music tours with the longest show of their career. The show in Helsinki began with an impromptu pre-show set of songs with just Bruce and an acoustic guitar. Video: Bruce Springsteen - No Surrender - acoustic solo - Helsinki July 31, 2012 Video: Bruce Springsteen, Helsinki 31.7.2012 - Back In Your Arms The show ended not long ago with a run time of just over four hours. Video: I Don't Want to Go Home - Bruce Springsteen in Helsinki July 31, 2012 This summer, Springsteen and the E Street Band were true American cultural ambassadors as they roamed across Europe armed with searing music and goodwill. The presumptive Republican nominee, Mitt Romney, could learn a ...

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band  Perform Smokey Robinson's "The Way You Do the Things You Do" Live at the Apollo Theater in New York City March 9, 2012 Bruce Springsteen Sings "Waiting On a Sunny Day"  with Jake Clemons on Saxophone at the Apollo Theater in New York City on March 9, 2012 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band  Perform "We Take Care of Our Own" Live at the Apollo Theater in New York City March 9, 2012 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band  Perform "Death to My Hometown" Live at the Apollo Theater in New York City March 9, 2012

by Gregg Chadwick Land of Hope and Dreams (Song by Song Review of Bruce Springsteen's New Album - Wrecking Ball) People get ready, there's a train a-comin' You don't need no baggage, you just get on board All you need is faith to hear the diesels hummin' Don't need no ticket, you just thank the Lord - Curtis Mayfield, People Get Ready Central Railroad of New Jersey Steam 4-6-2, Jersey City, New Jersey, February 06, 1954  My grandfather on my mother's side spent his working life as a train engineer on the Jersey Central Line. That itself sounds like a Springsteen lyric and explains part of my great love for  Land of Hope and Dreams . ( Listen Here ) Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band first performed the song during the reunion tour in 1999, a live version was released on   Live in New York City in 2001  and also   on  The Essential Bruce Springsteen  in 2003.   The version of  Land of Hope and Dreams  featured on...