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Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and humanitarian. He is best known for his work with his E Street Band. Nicknamed "The Boss," Springsteen is widely known for his brand of poetic lyrics, Americana, working class and sometimes political sentiments centered on his native New Jersey, his distinctive voice and his lengthy and energetic stage performances, with concerts from the 1970s to the present decade running over three hours in length.
Springsteen's recordings have included both commercially accessible rock albums and more somber folk-oriented works. His most successful studio albums, Born to Run (1975) and Born in the U.S.A. (1984), showcase a talent for finding grandeur in the struggles of daily American life; he has sold more than 64 million albums in the United States and more than 120 million records worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling artists of all time. He has earned numerous awards for his work, including 20 Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes and an Academy Award as well as being inducted into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999.
A pretender is a claimant to an abolished throne or to a throne already occupied by somebody else. In English, the term is commonly used for two notable claimants to the British throne:
Pretender or The Pretender may also refer to:
The Pretender 2001 (also called Pretender 2001) was the first of the two The Pretender telemovies to air after the series was cancelled from the NBC. It originally aired on TNT on January 22, 2001.
The story reunites the entire cast from the series, effectively picking up where the season four cliffhanger ended. Jarod (Michael T. Weiss), Ethan, and Miss Parker (Andrea Parker) are alive after the bomb explosion on the train. Jarod is now posing as an agent of the National Security Agency; he is part of a task force assembled to find the "Chameleon", a killer who displays all the adaptive traits of a Pretender.
The Centre is forced to put its hunt for Jarod on hold after its administrator, Mr. Parker (Harve Presnell) is abducted. Miss Parker discovers that William Raines (Richard Marcus) is still alive, despite allegedly being shot dead by her father. Her brother, Mr. Lyle (James Denton), attempts to finish Raines off, but Miss Parker manages to spirit him away and hide him in her house. In return, Raines agrees to shed light on who might have kidnapped her father.
"The Pretender" is a song by the American alternative rock band Foo Fighters. It was the first single from the group's 2007 album Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace. It is one of Foo Fighters' most successful songs; peaking at #37 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 (making it their third Top 40 single), only "Learn to Fly" and "Best of You" beat its position on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
Dave Grohl first showcased the song, which had the working title "Silver Heart", during pre-production of Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, but the song did not see much development. According to producer Gil Norton, "The chorus was there, but the verse and the middle hadn't been written. Not to mention the song was much slower." During a ten-day break from recordings in April 2007, Grohl listened to the monitor mixes and thought that the record needed another uptempo song, so he spent his time developing "Silver Heart". The band then recorded a demo for "The Pretender", which Norton approved, leading to the song getting a proper recording the following day.
Official Video of ”Dancing In The Dark" by Bruce Springsteen Listen to Bruce Springsteen: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/listenYD Pre-Order the Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts: http://brucespringsteen.lnk.to/NoNukes Subscribe to the official Bruce Springsteen YouTube channel: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/subscribe Watch more Bruce Springsteen videos: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/listen Follow Bruce Springsteen: Facebook: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/followFI Instagram: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/followII Twitter: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/followTI Website: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/followWI Spotify: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/followSI YouTube: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/subscribe Chorus: You can't start a fire You can't start a f...
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Official Video of ”Streets Of Philadelphia" by Bruce Springsteen Listen to Bruce Springsteen: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/listenYD Pre-Order the Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts: http://brucespringsteen.lnk.to/NoNukes Subscribe to the official Bruce Springsteen YouTube channel: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/subscribe Watch more Bruce Springsteen videos: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/listen Follow Bruce Springsteen: Facebook: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/followFI Instagram: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/followII Twitter: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/followTI Website: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/followWI Spotify: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/followSI YouTube: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/subscribe Chorus: I walked the avenue, 'til my legs felt like stone I hea...
Official Video for "Born in the U.S.A." by Bruce Springsteen Listen to Bruce Springsteen: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/listenYD Pre-Order the Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts: http://brucespringsteen.lnk.to/NoNukes Subscribe to the official Bruce Springsteen YouTube channel: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/subscribe Watch more Bruce Springsteen videos: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/listen Follow Bruce Springsteen: Facebook: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/followFI Instagram: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/followII Twitter: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/followTI Website: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/followWI Spotify: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/followSI YouTube: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/subscribe Chorus: Born in the U.S.A I was born in the U.S.A I was born in the...
Official Video for “Nightshift” by Bruce Springsteen Listen & Download “Nightshift” out now: https://brucespringsteen.lnk.to/Nightshift Pre-Order “Only The Strong Survive” out November 11th: https://brucespringsteen.lnk.to/OnlyTheStrongSurvive Amazon Music: https://brucespringsteen.lnk.to/Nightshift/AmazonMusic Apple Music: https://brucespringsteen.lnk.to/Nightshift/AppleMusic iTunes: https://brucespringsteen.lnk.to/Nightshift/iTunes Pandora: https://brucespringsteen.lnk.to/Nightshift/Pandora Soundcloud: https://brucespringsteen.lnk.to/Nightshift/Soundcloud Spotify: https://brucespringsteen.lnk.to/Nightshift/Spotify YouTube Music: https://brucespringsteen.lnk.to/Nightshift/YouTubeMusic YouTube: https://brucespringsteen.lnk.to/Nightshift/YouTube Follow Bruce Springsteen: Facebook: ...
Sting performs "Every Breath You Take" with Bruce Springsteen http://vevo.ly/aaUpsT
Official Video of ”I'm On Fire" by Bruce Springsteen Listen to Bruce Springsteen: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/listenYD Pre-Order the Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts: http://brucespringsteen.lnk.to/NoNukes Subscribe to the official Bruce Springsteen YouTube channel: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/subscribe Watch more Bruce Springsteen videos: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/listen Follow Bruce Springsteen: Facebook: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/followFI Instagram: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/followII Twitter: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/followTI Website: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/followWI Spotify: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/followSI YouTube: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/subscribe Lyrics: Oh, oh, oh I'm on fire Oh, oh, oh I'm on fire Oh, oh, oh I'm on fir...
Official Video of ”Tougher Than The Rest" by Bruce Springsteen Listen to Bruce Springsteen: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/listenYD Pre-Order the Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts: http://brucespringsteen.lnk.to/NoNukes Subscribe to the official Bruce Springsteen YouTube channel: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/subscribe Watch more Bruce Springsteen videos: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/listen Follow Bruce Springsteen: Facebook: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/followFI Instagram: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/followII Twitter: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/followTI Website: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/followWI Spotify: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/followSI YouTube: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/subscribe Chorus: The road is dark And it's a thin thin li...
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band performing "My Hometown" at the Hard Rock Calling festival in London, 2013. Listen to Bruce Springsteen: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/listenYD Pre-Order the Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts: http://brucespringsteen.lnk.to/NoNukes Watch the full Born In The U.S.A. concert: https://Springsteen.lnk.to/BITUSA35 Subscribe to the official Bruce Springsteen YouTube Channel: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/subscribe Watch more Bruce Springsteen videos: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/listen Follow Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: Facebook: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/follow Instagram: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/follow Twitter: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/follow Website: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/follow Spotify: https://BruceSpri...
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band performing "Dancing In The Dark" at the Hard Rock Calling festival in London, 2013 Pre-Order the Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts: http://brucespringsteen.lnk.to/NoNukes Listen to Bruce Springsteen: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/listenYD Watch the full Born In The U.S.A. concert: https://Springsteen.lnk.to/BITUSA35 Subscribe to the official Bruce Springsteen YouTube Channel: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/subscribe Follow Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: Facebook: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/follow Instagram: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/follow Twitter: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/follow Website: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/follow Spotify: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/follow YouTube: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/subscrib...
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Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and humanitarian. He is best known for his work with his E Street Band. Nicknamed "The Boss," Springsteen is widely known for his brand of poetic lyrics, Americana, working class and sometimes political sentiments centered on his native New Jersey, his distinctive voice and his lengthy and energetic stage performances, with concerts from the 1970s to the present decade running over three hours in length.
Springsteen's recordings have included both commercially accessible rock albums and more somber folk-oriented works. His most successful studio albums, Born to Run (1975) and Born in the U.S.A. (1984), showcase a talent for finding grandeur in the struggles of daily American life; he has sold more than 64 million albums in the United States and more than 120 million records worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling artists of all time. He has earned numerous awards for his work, including 20 Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes and an Academy Award as well as being inducted into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999.
From their northeast source the sour wind roarsBear gifts fresh from the valley waters.Hallow echoes strip pennsylvania mountain wallsWith their corsets and their old betsy ruffleAnd their slips with pearly white.They stand bulging up against the screen door,A banshee good night.Summer’s sweet and she brings me water,But give me winter, that old icy whore.While summer lies meek and follows orders,Winter cries me! and pulls you through the door.The limp milk tramp cries metal-flake tears.They drip like honey down momma’s leg.You lay watchin’ them off. eat a hole in his cloth.He’ll ask, but he don’t beg.Said I’d like to the mademoiselleWho holds the keys to all these doors around the waistAnd rings the bell.Summer’s sweet and she brings me water,But give me winter, that old icy whore.Summer lies meek and follows orders,Winter cries me! and pulls you through the door.With scufflin’ sound, the knot-voiced matron makes her rounds,Knockin’ on each and every door.With a look like white heat, she sways, salty, sweetAnd leads me ’cross her persian floor.She squeeze’ my hand and before her I stood.I was scared. it was dark, but it was good.Summer’s sweet and she brings me water,But give me winter, that old icy whore.While summer lies meek and follows orders,Winter cries me! and pulls me through her door.