It may be the 62 installment of song of the day but the number that is sticking out in my mind is 60. 60 times Josh is hitting his head next to me attempting to figure out his physics homework. 60 years old, one Bruce Springsteen, has turned today, marking the 44th year of his remarkable music career. (44 including his earliest of music work). So, inspired by Springsteen’s lyrical message to continue overcoming and the subtle optimism he always expresses in his music, let’s focus on a specific song that sticks out in my mind as classic Springsteen, “The Promised Land.”
The Boss
“The Promised Land” was released in 1978 on Springsteen’s fourth album Darkness On The Edge of Town, which came right after Born To Run. Obviously, since Born to Run was one of the biggest albums of all time, it was kind of hard to follow it up. Not everyone can do a Dark Side of The Moon to Wish You Were Here, back to back, awesomeness. Well, Springsteen sort of did it. Darkness On The Edge of Town is a solid album with such hits like “Badlands,” in addition to “The Promised Land.”
The Boss in Front of a Closet
The reason “The Promised Land” is always on my list of top Springsteen hits is because of its hopefulness. When all is bleak, Springsteen sings of his blue collar character who wants to break out of his daily cocoon. In the chorus he screams to the wind, “Mister I ain’t a boy, no I’m a man, and I believe in a promised land.” He blows into the harmonica and slams on the guitar and breaks through with music. Sort of like Bruce Springsteen himself. So, Happy B-day Bruce, keep on living in “The Promised Land”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4n-XdUUrWs&feature=fvw (“The Promised Land”)
The Music Court 
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