SPRINGSTEEN: QUEEN OF THE SUPERMARKET (WORKING ON A DREAM)

[pfleming20]

I hear this song and I think "this is where Bruce is now? Ripping off John Updike's "The A&P"???

[mybrucespringsteen]

i like this song

[mocachofstar22]

a song everybody with a soul can relate too !!

[TaskMaster619]

why do people slate this song so much? It's a great song- sure it doesn't come close to Thunder Road or the other classics but it's actually a great, great song!

[thetherie]

a sea of fools so blissfully unaware

that they're in the presence of something

wonderful and rare.

have to say something else?

[zeroeffects88]

I don't know why so many people bash this songs, it's fucking great.

[leapsplashafrog]

It's not a song about frustration it's about seeing the beauty in normal everyday life. Forget fakeness and magazine bull and see the beauty in normal people

[johnnyM809]

Queen of the Supermarket is a wonderful song about the lonlienes, frustration and desperation of middle age. One of Bruce's best ever melodies as well.

[sallyann1952]

I work 8 hours on checkouts, love it, most of it....Bruce...this song is about life, as much as all your songs are. Your songs kept me going, four kids..Posted this to all my mates where l work...thanks...Sally, England

[yomamma10100]

i love all of your songs i know them all by heart but this is my favorite song my second favorite is Born To Run, my third is thunder road. i love your song. thank you for writing all of these songs.i know all of your songs and i am only 12 years old.

Jake Satterfield

[Baccardo]

Look for love in my own back yard.

[TheGurry]

lol what a terrible song. and i consider myself a huge springsteen fan.

i completely understand the theme of finding love in unlikely places, but this song pretty much lampoons it.

[jedipapaw]

Consider "Nighttime" by Big Star...trust me,the mellotron will melt you...

[jloomis777]

Anyone who thinks he lost it has done gone crazy. This song is simple on first hearing, but its also very deep...This is on my top three of the Boss' best songs...

[wrightherewrightnow9]

I've heard a lot of criticism of this song, people wondering how the man who once sang about warm summer nights, dusty pick up trucks, switchblade lovers and scared, lonely girls ended up here. What everyone seems to have missed is that this song is still tackling a classic Boss theme. For the past 35 years Springsteen has taught us to look for love, beauty and adventure in the ordinary and unremarkable areas of life. The emotions and ideas of the song transcend the location.

[lwayfarer]

Oh please, what a lot of crap. James Blunt's "Your're Beautiful" is the perfect song about a man who falls in love at first sight during an ordinary moment in his day. It's sweet, poetic and believable. Lyrics like this: "With my shopping cart I move through the heart

Of a sea of fools so blissfully unaware

That they're in the presence of something wonderful and rare

The way she moves behind the counter" What???? He's lost it. What's next, a song about janitors in love?

[wrightherewrightnow9]

James Blunnt should not be mentioned in the same category as Springsteen. "You're Beautiful" is overtly sentimental and simpering. Trust me, I know from experience that this song is as believable as they come.

[lwayfarer]

Yeah, your right. I can see a how a slightly twisted socially awkward middle aged man could get his rocks off by going to the grocery store everyday just to ogle some poor under-employeed woman who just wants to do her job and be left alone. Yeah, it rings true...sad, scary true...but true. So, are you the sad grocery store employee or socially awkward ogler in this scenario?

[wrightherewrightnow9]

You're taking the song too literally. It has the potential to resonate with anyone who has ever loved someone from a distance but felt to scared and awkward to tell them. Like I said initially, the emotions transcend the location.

[sexxpistolsgroupie]

wrightherewrightnow9, I completely agree!

When I first saw the song title on the back of the album I admit i was sceptical - but this is a truly beautiful song. Personally, i think it's a sweeter theme than falling in love with a supermodel or movie star.

[jmldspt]

@wrightherewrightnow9 I share the same opinion as you in this matter. Beautiful song with a beautiful message! :)

[Chacason1]

@wrightherewrightnow9

I agree. On The River (1980), he sings 'Raising two kids alone in this mixed up world, Must be a lonely life for a working girl', 'I work five days a week girl, Loading crates down on the dock', 'Every Monday morning I gotta drive her down to the unemployment agency', 'She can take a subway back to the ghetto tonight' and 'These days you don't wait on Romeo's, you wait on that welfare check'.

Not every Joe on this site is an Expert, don't be to harsh on them;-))

[GEMMAAJAC]

great song a truly great album once more from hughiemcglinn in sunny cyprus

[TheMissingRussian]

wow...this is the same man who wrote jungleland? the line, ''where aisles and and aisles of dreams awaite you,'' makes me laugh ever time..i mean, hes in the feckin freezer aisle!! its funny how artists such as Springsteen reach a point where theyre beyond criticism in that people will read into anything he says...this song for example. it is hilarious though

[lwayfarer]

I'm with you Missing Russian...it's sounds like it belongs on the Soundrack of Dewey Cox. You can almost see John C. Reilly stocking some poor produce girl between the cucumbers and the mellons...singing the chorus whilst he glides down the aisle on a shopping cart. For Springsteen fans...they've been in the gorilla house too long...they're immune to the smell of shit.

[umbertosoprano]

This song is like an Hopper's painting: a delicate portrait of a Mr. Nobody secretly in love with a girl. Everyone has had those feelings at least once, and had his day made by a smile of an imaginary and unknown lover.

Bruce the Great, once again.

[Burzhil]

My Queen works in the Media Markt....

[acadien1857]

there is a queen in the supermarket where I work, I wish I had the strength to tell her...

[ScotsLyon]

Go on nothing ventured nothing gained go for it.

If this songs reminds you of your situation it would be a crime to let this chance go by.

you never know she may just be waiting for yout approach.

[wrightherewrightnow9]

You posted a comment 2 months ago, so maybe you've already told her how you feel? Anyway, just wanted to let you know that I'm in the same situation. I love someone, but don't think they feel the same way. It's hard. We all fear rejection and embarrassment, and often that makes it easier to stay quiet. All I'll say is, you don't want to look back 20 years from now, realise she's the one and regret not telling her. Whatever her answer, ultimately it would be worse not to know. All the best.

[mushloaf]

unbelivible ! awsum ! all i can say !

[McCartneyflax]

an horrible song, truely, but i have to say, this is one of my favoritesongs with bruce. gives me thrills.

[foxyoxyyy]

from the experience of being a part-time cashier and student, this song brought tears to my eyes the very first time I heard it. It flawlessly captures the life of a cashier on a daily basis: constantly being spoken down to, disregarded and generally walked all over. However, as Bruce states, her job is not what defines her. At the end of her shift, her real life awaits. When I shared this song with colleagues every1 was stunned at Bruce's precision and story-telling capacities.

[ScotsLyon]

@foxyoxyyy very well put point.

i think you have explained this song down to a tee. couldn't have done better myself.

This track is my favourite off the album cos it makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up for its simplicity and realism.

[mdlinks]

Beautiful heartfelt song!

[dougy4343]

any1 who bags this song simply doesn't get it. Bruce is a master

[LuisBossJunior]

É SOBERBA esta musica... SOBERBA...

[JalanRumpai]

I forgot to include his "Orbison" voice and his "Beach Boys" voice! So many different styles - all of them great. This song strikes me as odd lyrically though. Amongst all that Spectorish, 60s-like wall-of-sound, the nostalgia of the vocal-arrangement, the romantic longing of the melody - having the f-word sounds as out of place as if the Beach Boys had sung "God only knows what I'd f*cken do without you," in the final chorus of "God Only Knows."

Regardless, Bruce is my hero. Forgive me Bruce

[JalanRumpai]

Bruce is one of my heroes and like so many us, I have such massive admiration for him and all the styles of music that he does. I don't care what genre he does, nor which of his singing "voices" he uses, be it his Dylan voice, the Guthrie voice, the pop "Dancing In The Dark / Hungry Heart" voice, the falsetto, or the rock voice.

But let me say as a fan what I don't understand is this song! Each to their own, but it's probably my least favourite Bruce song. The "F-bomb" is like a sore thumb

[bnjfever]

I really really like this song on WOAD album....Amazing and emotional and very nice to sing along with....

[ahouyearno]

This song has the same role in "Working on a Dream", as Girls in Their Summer Clothes had on "Magic". I simply love both songs, although this one is way more emotional.

[43oun]

nice song..

[PdubthePatriot]

Man I sing this in the hall at school lol

[DarkWarriorXII]

another masterpiece by the boss!

[RockNRolla1996]

nice

[dalearmstrong14]

amazing!!!!!!!!!!

[rsbills12]

The F bomb made the song.

[RockNRolla1996]

yeaah!!!

[sallyann1951]

Bruce is the KING, this is from supermaket girl in the UK ok I am 56, this song runs through my head on an 8 hour shift, at least I smile! Been a fan for 25 years. This sums up real life, as he always does....Thanks....love Sally-Ann

[jonboy465]

bruce is so good people who dont like him are werd

[gibsonsg8473]

they ain't weird .. the just like another kind of music.. well, i'm only 17 years old and i got bruce springsteen shown by my dad, but i love the music :P

[mrmac1985]

the boss is in touch with the common man, people need to realise like most of us song is born from frustration imperfection and a need for peace, shelter from the storm

[doug5421]

you all are honestly fuckin retarded and dont know music if you think bruce sux. hes amazing!

[blue29eyes]

Love this song...a masterpiece by Bruce...

just gorgeous!

[Gulianicool]

Omg!!! He said "fuck"!!!!!! Oh god!!!! He has ABSOLUTELY NO CLASS!!! Really, you guys. Get over yourselves. Jesus Christ

[12knicks12]

who the hell are you? lol im sayin how its weird how he drops it? there was no need what so ever? who the hell said he has no class? what are u reading? why dont you get over yourself

[baguazhang77]

Except for the 'F' bomb at the end, I like this.

I liked the string parts, but we should have been able to hear Roy Bittan's nice piano work throughout. I do not think it was a problem with the overall arrangement, but the mixing.

The song itself sounds like it could have come off of "Greetings from Asbury Park New Jersey" or "The Wild, the Innocent and the E-Street Shuffle," which is a good thing.

[poedude99]

remember "mary: queen of arkansas?"; i was dreading this song because i heard the bad buzz (and i'm not the biggest fan of "mary:queen...."); THIS SONG ROCKS!

[eng1871]

Ok, here is my take...he can everything at the store but the Queen, so droping the f-bomb expresses the characters frustration. P.S. the Boss earned the right to sing any word he wants to sing. It fit the song.

[12knicks12]

i like the song a lot but why drop the f bomb at the end of the song? haha come on bruce there was no need

[badtown88]

I disagree. It adds the wow factor. I certainly didn't see it coming. Bruce isn't an fbomb kind of guy so it's kind of cool that he threw it in.

[Bourkesm]

Any moron that would write this garbage against this man has no idea

[alexturpie1978]

great song, even better after a few plays, no anthems on 'working' but some beautiful songs.

[bvb720]

This is the worst song on his new album. But you always have to have one.

[lookingforamuse]

Magic Is his best album but this one is great too but this song is a little werid

[davesharon1]

what's werid?

[MjEnglis]

born to run best album...magic better than working on dream

[pyettehead]

well i think this is a great song

its really well written and poetic

its... ahhh i just love it.

Its real.

[benlew]

Listen, I love Bruce, and I appreciate the new album but here's the thing: I work in a supermarket, I'm in secret love with a girl who works in the supermarket, I'm a hopeless romantic who loves Bruce Springsteen and...I think this song sort of blows. Now, if he can't get to ME in this song...not a great sign.

[WadeBlazingame34]

benlew: Listen to it a few more times. Wear the head phones. After 10 or 20 times, let us know if you still feel that way...

[pyettehead]

wow then this song was made for you!

hahaha

[MrEnglish73]

The fact that a near 60 year old who has been writing and performing songs for over 40 years can still come up with a song and lyric like this about unrequited love with a check out girl is both refreshing and utterly brilliant. I think why people are undivided about this album is that it came hot on the heels of another pop album in Magic and for some fans that's too much pop for Bruce. I guess Bruce fans are split in categories, some like political Bruce, pop Bruce and NJ shore Bruce.

[fignon]

a 60 yo man with a crush on a supermarket girl and what a amazing place a supermarket is... its farcical, but the rest of the album is growing on me

[shnerfspider]

I see what you see in this wonderful song. This song is real and gutsey

[winterwench]

i love love this song.. Bruce can never go wrong.. He just gets better and better and keeps growing as an Artist.. love him

[WadeBlazingame34]

The checkout scanner noise starting at 3:48 cracks me up. I really can't believe he made that choice. Hilarious stuff...

[tesoro67]

great song,i love his voice,very good new album

[Paul8342]

The start of this song is a classic Springsteen Formula - brillant!!!

[K4driver2]

This has the feel of Girls in their summer clothes....and Look how popular that song has turned out to be.

[Paul8342]

Ive been brought up on Springsteen - his music accompanied alot of my childhood - I like this tune, but some of the others don't catch me personally! Tracks in 1999 proved hes got loads of stuff in his back catalogue that was unreleased! suppose Bruce is getting older and hes just gotta move on, but I cant help but think his latest stuff doesnt hit me like The River album for instance, however its a masterpiece!

[fignon]

Dont think he is as particular now about what he releases, or the need to have an over all theme like say the rising, devils and dust, tunnel of love

[franny512]

3:25 Bruce drops an F bomb. haha. has he ever done that before?

[bsborba]

yep...in "Long Time Coming" and "My Best Was Never Good Enough"

[shnerfspider]

i liked long time comming. Now "tv movie" yikes

[SafetyChris]

early bird catches the f**kin' worm

[SimplyRavishing24]

This is growing on me. Has some lovely vocals.

[fatimagranico]

very nice song...beautiful voice...i love this

[joshkitchen90]

Yeah I don't see what the big fuss is, this song is great. Born In The USA and the Rising sound completely different but i freaking love both of them. Bruce has the ability to reinvent himself in so many ways.

[shnerfspider]

great comment

[backstreetgambler]

Bruce is doing his thing, always has. Some of you say he has changed, but he has not. He has done a NEW album, theres no point writing born to run again. His way of doing music may not be the same as your idea of the "springsteen-sound". Personally i like every song he has made.

[SafetyChris]

even '57 channels and nothing on'?

[backstreetgambler]

have you heard it acustic? It's brilliant.

[SafetyChris]

it's ok, just not one of my favourite Boss songs. I don't like every song he has made but I love a great deal of them

[fignon]

At least 57 channels was based on his experience

[SafetyChris]

doesn't make me think it's a good song though!

[kickback72]

YESS!I totally agree with backstreetgambler. Every so called expert keep comparing his new songs with stuff he did 30 years ago..wake up!Bruce wouldn`t be "alive" today if he did that.

[SafetyChris]

yes, I agree he has to keep pushing himself artistically, but Magic compares unfavourably to both Devils & Dust and The Rising, which were also released this decade, and were excellent additions to the canon. Indeed, The Rising is one of his best albums of alltime I would say, you wouldn't say the same about Magic though. It's not a bad album, but it'S down there with Human Touch (not a bad album either, they're just both a bit 'lite')

[labhrash]

magic compares unfavourably to devils and dust? no way mate. the magic album is amongst his best work

[SafetyChris]

we'll have to agree to disagree, Magic didn't do it for me

[labhrash]

really? livin in the future, gypsy biker, long walk home, terry's song, they really didn't do it for you?

[SafetyChris]

livin in the future, no

gypsy biker great

long walk home awesome

terry's song great

but three songs do not a good album make!

[labhrash]

you didn't like livin in the future? what about radio nowhere and devil's arcade?

[SafetyChris]

radio nowhere was a great attempt at something different and I like the the,me of the song / message, but it just didn't click for me. Devil's Arcade is pretty good. Like I said it's not a bad album, it's just a bit 'Bruce-lite', bit too poppy

in my opinion anyway, everyone differs!

[fignon]

its a bit like lucky town

[SafetyChris]

lucky town is great, love it, really personal lyrics and very introspective.

[shnerfspider]

magic song was awsome so was comming down which has some of his most clever lyrics ever

[SafetyChris]

didn't do it for me sorry!

[nickynickf]

To people saying this isn't Bruce's sound/E St. sound etc... No fucking shit. Truly great artists like Bruce can constantly change style and still produce outstanding work such as this. IMO this song is pretty amazing, as is Outlaw Pete and a bunch others on the album. Stop fucking pissing and moaning that the album isn't Darkness on the Edge of Town II, and maybe you will be able to appreciate it.

[afraserr2000]

I thought the only decent sounding album Bruce has made in the last ten years was The Seeger Sessions because it wasn't produced by Brendan O'Brien. Brendan just is the wrong producer for Springsteen. Why do all the songs from Rising/Devil/Magic sound better live? Because you can actually hear the E-Street Band and Brendan isn't producing!

[KleWdSide]

Honestly, I find this song to be a bit corny. But maybe it'll grow on me when I give it more listens. "Outlaw Pete" is definitely better..

[fern244]

I thought exactly the same thing.

[fignon]

This and outlaw, sily lyrics, good music

[shnerfspider]

Well I for one really like this song andBruces voice sails like never before. Also since when did Bruce have a Bruce sound. Each album changes with him and it's great because thats why people keep comming back it's sooo fresh. And ya kissed a girl is a pile of crap.

[Kingdomofdays]

Thanks so much! sanctified i was looking at the btx request thread so i will get it there.i saw duewex was working on it so it will be on the btx request thread.

[ellisqpr86]

lets just get one thing straight.this is not pop.pop is made up of scary looking women talking about how they "kissed a girl and how much they liked it" This is just brilliant

[totovillefranche]

This is actually what I thought from the very beginning, it is just not his sound, and if he thinks he needs a change, then that is perfectly allright, but he didn*t make the right choice;

[Cocococococo81]

Sorry, but this song is redundant as most of the new album. Bruce should fire Brendan O'Brien as quickly as possible. This is just no Springsteen Sound. This new stuff has lost its soul. It's a pity!!!

[afraserr2000]

I agree with you completely. Where is Roy and Clarence? This is not the E-Street Band it is the Brendan O'Brien Band.

[fignon]

coco - O'brien has made Bruce stale

[totovillefranche]

amazing, and far from bad anyway; put Strings on Backstreets or Jungleland, and it would've sounded likewise, so why fight ? Rock on !

[lizgibb]

Yes this is more POP than we usually have been given but what brilliant pop and I love it. He can and does write, compose and delivers always brilliant music.

[MariaSpringsteen]

yea! you're right. but people that weren't acostumated, felt it weird..and they are a lil bit shocked with that.. as I was when I heard the song "Outlaw Pete".It's not usually we hear this kind of songs from Bruce!

seriously I prefer hear him singing and playing ROCk, but this songs are good as well!

myself prefers Rock than pop I'm not a great fan of POP but I'm the biggest one of BOSS!!!!

[MariaSpringsteen]

we've been acoustumated listening rock songs from Bruce. and now he is using the kind POP..

I really prefer the album Magic !!

It kicks ass!!!

[fignon]

magic is better yes, darkness is the best!

[jkioluidg]

Sorry Bruce

I`ve been a Fan for over 25 Years, but this is bullshit

[MariaSpringsteen]

if you were a bruce's fan for 25 years... you would love him as well!! you've the right of do not like this kind of music.. but there are people that like this. and YOU have not the right to say that this is BULLSHIT !!!

[fignon]

chill babe, its just not as good as what he is capable of

[BradRenfroe]

from what i've heard, the album sounds awesome, unusual songs for bruce, but awesome

[Kingdomofdays]

i am not a member of backstreets and my parents wont let me so guys please upload the philadelphia show in 1992 human touch tour. the one with all or nothing at all in the setlist. Please its on jungle land but its on ly a flac file so if you could upload it to backstreets as an mp3

[shnerfspider]

Very nice driving song. Keep writing and recording Bruce.

[Eeza07]

How did you get your hands on this?!

[springEstreet]

good question! maybe an even better question:

do you have more??

[u2astur]

yeah!!, i have the full album

[BradRenfroe]

well, please post full album please

[Eeza07]

Outlaw Pete is floating around on YouTube as well.

ALl songs are available to preview on his site, although not all worked for me.

[will9909]

once again mighty max is left with sweet F.A. to do

:(

[brucefan91]

i wasnt expecting much of this song but i really enjoy it.

[rjschwa]

I turn back for a moment and catch a smile

That blows this whole fucking place apart

(it's the simple things that can make your day)

[torstenq]

I turn back for a moment and catch a smile that blows this whole fuckin´ place apart... haha :-)

[hpdrftr]

Solid song. Good stuff.

[nixus69]

it sucks big time!!!