If Brucie is a Commie, then I suppose Steve Earle better shut his trap too? Or what about Neil Young for questioning the state's murder of four students at Ohio State University? You have your work cut out for you pal, there's all those people involved in the Occupy movement as well, I suppose they're all Commies too?"You're in the wrong play, you'd better leave": Bob Dylan. (another "Commie") I feel sorry for you.Your mind is a little room, with walls all the same colour and no door! Nightmare!
Avec cet album épuré, essentiel et bouleversant, le boss parvenait au cœur du songwriting. On l'écoutera encore dans un siècle, si le monde est toujours là...
I thought of this song after hearing about the slaughter in Norway. It's too surreal to put into words, but Bruce did a damn good job of trying to explain how, sometimes, there is no rational answer in an irrational world. I send my prayers to the people of Norway and the families of those innocent people who were killed by a "right-wing Christian Conservative" I also ask all "right-wing Christian Conservatives in the U.S. to do some soul searching.
@Anet99 Sometimes people are just sick. When you label them like you have with a political party or religion you are doing more damage than good. Our most difficult problems right now could be resolved by everyone working together and erasing the labels they've created through prejudice. Like the old saying goes. When you point a finger, there are three more pointing right back at you.
Bruce never fails to amaze me with his ability to tell the STORY in his songs, whether it be full-out rockers or acoustic gems like this. A good friend of mine in NC has likened him to a modern-day Dylan, and he ain't wrong. This lp was a gem in hiding.
I live in Lincoln, Nebraska, and my apartment is about two hundred feet from Wyuka Cemetery (I can see it from my window), where Charles Starkweather is buried. It's really strange to live so close to history like this. Starkweather is just across the block from me. I totally love this song, it's extremely poetic and seems to just get it.
This song is loosely based upon the Startkweather spree killings. He was considered a spree killer as opposed to a serial killer because of the close proximity of the killings, whereas a serial killer has a longer period of reflection between murders. Charles was born in Lincoln, NE and indeed committed his first murder there. However, it was with a 12-gauge shotgun instead of a sawed-off 410. He was ultimately apprehended in Wyoming, and even testified against Fugate before being executed.
2:57 "Sherriff, when the man pulls that switch down/and snaps my poor neck back/you make sure my pretty baby's/sittin' right there on my lap"
Realize that he means "when I get electrocuted, make sure my girl gets juiced to death,too." 'Cause that's what would happen to anybody in contact with a person in the chair...
Cold-blooded poetry, in the best possible sense of the word.
@Branden1119 why don't you watch a great movie called badlands this song is based on the story like the movie is a true story and way before the film natural born killers...
@Branden1119 No it's about the movie "badlands", which was a fictional piece inspired by the starkweather murders. he decided to write this song after he took the title "badlands" for another song he was writing when he saw the movie poster and liked the name. later, he saw the movie and then wrote this.
@Branden1119 No it's about the movie "badlands", which was a fictional piece inspired by the starkweather murders. he decided to write this song after he took the title "badlands" for another song he was writing when he saw the movie poster and liked the name. later, he saw the movie and then wrote this.
@peenyuh wow my bad bitch sorry I asked a "stupid" question you little fuckin cunt, What is up with people like you getting cocky and shootin shit at people like me who ask a simple fuckin question? Stupid Mother Fucker.
@foxyfonzie I never listened to Townes Van Zandt??? HA! I'm huge into Townes. Sure Townes may have gone deeper at times--but I don't he ever had one album like Nebraska, which is so seamless, song to song. Townes was an astounding writer, one of the best, no doubt, but I don't know that his albums were as consistently thematic as Nebraska, or Darkness on the Edge of Town, for that matter. Townes was much more scattered and random in his writing, certainly much more surreal, than specific.
@JosephCa64 haha well good to know that your a fan of tvz....i dont think townes even had any kind mind set to write a related them album??...but bruce captures a mood for sure....and he has adequate storytelling ability that is appreciated!....(Im from nebraska) so he did well on this...townes on the other hand takes you to places that a select few will relate too....which is imo very deep
@foxyfonzie Townes was just off the charts as a songwriter, absolute genius. I'm a huge Bruce fan, a huge Dylan fan, but Townes Van Zandt did things neither of them did, no doubt. He had his own place as a writer, which no one has ever approached. I don't think it possible anyone can. Maybe it had to do with him being a little crazy? LOL. But, he came at things from a completely different perspective.
@JosephCa64 Totally agree with you. Dylan was awesome....With Bruce and artist like steve earle i hold some sort of animosity towards....why? i dont know, maybe because they always have a politically laced motive behind there music i feel. Although great singer/songwriters. Dylan came close at times too...but holds his distance...
This song makes me almost cry...theres something so ironic about how the music sounds like a lullaby but that the story hes telling is so extreme.....so beautiful
@billheartyface Sorry, were you saying that the song isn't about a mass murderer and his teenage girlfriend? Bruce has himself said many times that it was based on the Charlie Starkweather incident.
@jjlljjll How was the Janet Jackson/Justin Timberlake "gaffe" suitable for the Superbowl? It's about ratings, not suitablility. I love this song, but t.v. is gettin' so sad these days!
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eudesgugel 2 weeks ago
excellent. philly native, mom from kensington, philly. BRUCE!!!
openedto 3 weeks ago
if you dig bruce check out The Regretting Man on facebook and youtube
grooviescycleshop 3 weeks ago
Just " The Boss ".
TheClaptonisgod 2 months ago
If Brucie is a Commie, then I suppose Steve Earle better shut his trap too? Or what about Neil Young for questioning the state's murder of four students at Ohio State University? You have your work cut out for you pal, there's all those people involved in the Occupy movement as well, I suppose they're all Commies too?"You're in the wrong play, you'd better leave": Bob Dylan. (another "Commie") I feel sorry for you.Your mind is a little room, with walls all the same colour and no door! Nightmare!
richardcorysghost 2 months ago
<3
tinaloveslife 3 months ago
nebraska
CodReflexWiiGlitches 4 months ago
I have hated bruce for years; this is a close to a pardon as he's getting from me
luke4142 5 months ago
@luke4142 you got some issues to work out and that ain't Bruce's fault....
fabsternyc 5 months ago
Avec cet album épuré, essentiel et bouleversant, le boss parvenait au cœur du songwriting. On l'écoutera encore dans un siècle, si le monde est toujours là...
micmac09 6 months ago
thumbs up if u came here because of lady gaga
smokinspacesgirl 6 months ago
I thought of this song after hearing about the slaughter in Norway. It's too surreal to put into words, but Bruce did a damn good job of trying to explain how, sometimes, there is no rational answer in an irrational world. I send my prayers to the people of Norway and the families of those innocent people who were killed by a "right-wing Christian Conservative" I also ask all "right-wing Christian Conservatives in the U.S. to do some soul searching.
Anet99 7 months ago
@Anet99 Sometimes people are just sick. When you label them like you have with a political party or religion you are doing more damage than good. Our most difficult problems right now could be resolved by everyone working together and erasing the labels they've created through prejudice. Like the old saying goes. When you point a finger, there are three more pointing right back at you.
HeroinFrogg 5 months ago
@HeroinFrogg commie.
BobStoopsHatesJesus 3 months ago
@BobStoopsHatesJesus LOL!! Far from it my friend. I am more libertarian-esque. I just have a passion for playing devil's advocate.
HeroinFrogg 2 months ago
@gertzaddik77
I think your friend meant that Dylan was an earlier version of Springsteen. Bruce is the true benchmark of poet-singers
mrzek91 7 months ago
Merci pour cela! Superbe!
Potiron29200 7 months ago
Bruce never fails to amaze me with his ability to tell the STORY in his songs, whether it be full-out rockers or acoustic gems like this. A good friend of mine in NC has likened him to a modern-day Dylan, and he ain't wrong. This lp was a gem in hiding.
gertzaddik77 8 months ago
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I like noire literature, this song one of best tale!
marighelli 8 months ago
I like noir literature, this song is a great talet!
marighelli 8 months ago
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don't miss this under-listened-to Springsteen
hellion1960 8 months ago
so nice the one song written about our state was a bout a terrible tradgedy! There are good people here!
melaniepalacios 9 months ago
2 people proving that there's just a meanness in this world...
kylereese2000 9 months ago
I live in Lincoln, Nebraska, and my apartment is about two hundred feet from Wyuka Cemetery (I can see it from my window), where Charles Starkweather is buried. It's really strange to live so close to history like this. Starkweather is just across the block from me. I totally love this song, it's extremely poetic and seems to just get it.
samsullithegenius 10 months ago
This song is loosely based upon the Startkweather spree killings. He was considered a spree killer as opposed to a serial killer because of the close proximity of the killings, whereas a serial killer has a longer period of reflection between murders. Charles was born in Lincoln, NE and indeed committed his first murder there. However, it was with a 12-gauge shotgun instead of a sawed-off 410. He was ultimately apprehended in Wyoming, and even testified against Fugate before being executed.
1powerfulforce 10 months ago
@1powerfulforce the term "serial" killer didnt come along until ted bundy, much later.
NickAnthony991711 9 months ago in playlist 1982 Nebraska
@NickAnthony991711 Starkweather was a "spree killer" not a "serial killer". Of course, neither term existed at the time of the killings.
hoosierdaddy3277 9 months ago
@hancock06 thats not a southern accent... its mid-western, but point taken. :)
dakster7000 11 months ago
2:57 "Sherriff, when the man pulls that switch down/and snaps my poor neck back/you make sure my pretty baby's/sittin' right there on my lap"
Realize that he means "when I get electrocuted, make sure my girl gets juiced to death,too." 'Cause that's what would happen to anybody in contact with a person in the chair...
Cold-blooded poetry, in the best possible sense of the word.
bcubed72 11 months ago 2
Love this Album from A to Z ... best Bruce ... real Bruce ... no "make up" ... Love.
KishoAudioVisual 1 year ago
This is one hell of a song, and one hell of an album. Brings back memories.
njtr 1 year ago
This is my favorite Bruce Springsteen song. It gives me chills every time I hear it.
corrina253 1 year ago 4
Isnt this song about charles starkweather and his girlfriends murder spree in the 50's?
Branden1119 1 year ago 15
@Branden1119 Yes...
307Tradis 1 year ago 4
No
NickAnthony991711 1 year ago
@Branden1119 why don't you watch a great movie called badlands this song is based on the story like the movie is a true story and way before the film natural born killers...
johnm8h 1 year ago
@Branden1119 No it's about the movie "badlands", which was a fictional piece inspired by the starkweather murders. he decided to write this song after he took the title "badlands" for another song he was writing when he saw the movie poster and liked the name. later, he saw the movie and then wrote this.
xbattlesx 1 year ago
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@Branden1119 No it's about the movie "badlands", which was a fictional piece inspired by the starkweather murders. he decided to write this song after he took the title "badlands" for another song he was writing when he saw the movie poster and liked the name. later, he saw the movie and then wrote this.
xbattlesx 1 year ago
@Branden1119 Shut the fuck up and listen. You won't ask stupid questions, if you shut the fuck and listen...
peenyuh 9 months ago
@peenyuh wow my bad bitch sorry I asked a "stupid" question you little fuckin cunt, What is up with people like you getting cocky and shootin shit at people like me who ask a simple fuckin question? Stupid Mother Fucker.
Branden1119 9 months ago
@Branden1119 Heh. You sound upset. LOL. Your question WAS stupid, because the previous posters Answered it be fore you asked. NOW, STFU. =)
peenyuh 8 months ago
@Branden1119 Yes, it is.
marthacatgirl 8 months ago
@Branden1119 yes it is! originally the song was titled "Starkweather" but later changed to "Nebraska"
13Scudamore 5 months ago
will the circle be unbroken
carlinicarlo 1 year ago
i love this song, it's so beautiful!!! :)
zoeruls 1 year ago
Four words- Kenny Rogers -The Gambler
I still like Bruce more. But Kenny, oh Kenny.
Shadowofsteel76 1 year ago
bruce YOU my be sick of singing this song . but its so good and YOU are the MAN
ARTHURWROTH 1 year ago
I love you man.
LigaLover90 1 year ago
Being from Nebraska and knowing the story, Bruce tells it well!!!
ltdan16 1 year ago
I can't believe I haven't listened to this album all winter! Will rectify tonight. This album brought the Boss back into my life.
allnightpancakes 2 years ago 6
It looks like Austin City Limits. Awesome.
SkullVodka 2 years ago
Bruce kinda ruined all other music for me.He is too good to be true...
vladamih 2 years ago 7
@vladamih The same fo me...I can't appreciate no other music like *his music... :)
princessminneapolis 1 year ago
Great song...
buckeyesrule10 2 years ago
Love this song!
JPPT1974 2 years ago
you can really hear the jersey in him in this one. so haunting, so beautiful. so bruce. thanx for the post.
babylemonade46 2 years ago
Is the most romantic killing spree song.
AesaFilms 2 years ago 4
at this moment in time, this is my favorite springsteen song.
mfeher91 2 years ago 28
@mfeher91 my mate got me a springsteen box set for xmas with this album in it . its fantastic.
harrywebb5 1 year ago
This song really is hauntingly beautiful.
I'd love to see it live myself someday.
Makes me want to cry,
beth3112 2 years ago
I don't know that there is any songwriter who went deeper into the darkness than Springsteen did.
JosephCa64 2 years ago
@JosephCa64 then you never listened to Townes Van Zandt
foxyfonzie 1 year ago
@foxyfonzie I never listened to Townes Van Zandt??? HA! I'm huge into Townes. Sure Townes may have gone deeper at times--but I don't he ever had one album like Nebraska, which is so seamless, song to song. Townes was an astounding writer, one of the best, no doubt, but I don't know that his albums were as consistently thematic as Nebraska, or Darkness on the Edge of Town, for that matter. Townes was much more scattered and random in his writing, certainly much more surreal, than specific.
JosephCa64 1 year ago
@JosephCa64 haha well good to know that your a fan of tvz....i dont think townes even had any kind mind set to write a related them album??...but bruce captures a mood for sure....and he has adequate storytelling ability that is appreciated!....(Im from nebraska) so he did well on this...townes on the other hand takes you to places that a select few will relate too....which is imo very deep
foxyfonzie 1 year ago
@foxyfonzie Townes was just off the charts as a songwriter, absolute genius. I'm a huge Bruce fan, a huge Dylan fan, but Townes Van Zandt did things neither of them did, no doubt. He had his own place as a writer, which no one has ever approached. I don't think it possible anyone can. Maybe it had to do with him being a little crazy? LOL. But, he came at things from a completely different perspective.
JosephCa64 1 year ago 2
@JosephCa64 Totally agree with you. Dylan was awesome....With Bruce and artist like steve earle i hold some sort of animosity towards....why? i dont know, maybe because they always have a politically laced motive behind there music i feel. Although great singer/songwriters. Dylan came close at times too...but holds his distance...
foxyfonzie 1 year ago
this song makes it feel like a ghost song. you're lost in the moment
coolriderpr 2 years ago
This song makes me almost cry...theres something so ironic about how the music sounds like a lullaby but that the story hes telling is so extreme.....so beautiful
jessicar55 2 years ago 5
omg this song makes mme cry. one of his best no doubt
coolriderpr 2 years ago
i wish he would play this song at the superbowl, it's one of the better songs he's made.
dogman652 3 years ago
LOL WTF??? How would this song be suitable for the Superbowl?!?!?! It's about a mass murder and his underage girlfriend!!!
jjlljjll 2 years ago 5
it's about neither of those things.
billheartyface 2 years ago
@billheartyface Sorry, were you saying that the song isn't about a mass murderer and his teenage girlfriend? Bruce has himself said many times that it was based on the Charlie Starkweather incident.
JoseLuisJaranero 1 year ago 2
@jjlljjll he's the boss. he can do WHATEVER he wants.
Danieliyo1401 1 year ago
@jjlljjll Rock songs, especially protest songs like this are by definition supposed to stir up trouble
JMBQuincy 1 year ago
@jjlljjll How was the Janet Jackson/Justin Timberlake "gaffe" suitable for the Superbowl? It's about ratings, not suitablility. I love this song, but t.v. is gettin' so sad these days!
Rattachatrat 1 year ago
@jjlljjll because it is a work of art....
fidellah23 1 year ago
Nebraska. Wow.
Decapitizer 3 years ago