Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska Outtake - Vietnam

[MrLambskin77]

my dad- two tours of duty

cause his dad was a war hero

ww2

thank god for him

cause im stilll here

dodging bullets

but not the draft

[geraldru]

i like bruces music, but this sounds a lot like "midnight speciaL".

[shawnjpoole]

This recording actually predates the NEBRASKA recording sessions. According to Bruce's book SONGS, "Vietnam" was a song-in-progress before he re-titled the song "Born In The USA". The finished version of "Born..." on TRACKS is the version recorded for but left off of what became NEBRASKA. This version also sounds like it may have been influenced by Jimmy Cliff's song "Vietnam". During this time period, Bruce was getting into Jimmy Cliff. (That's how he discovered Cliff's "Trapped".)

[lyonslaforet]

This outtake should have had its place on the Tracks (1998) box set!

[jdnashrocks]

What an amazing album!

-JD Nash

[Chavez12321]

Anyone got chords for this song? I found lyrics but I just can't figure out the chords. :)

[gkjran]

awesome.....the boss trumps all other song writers and performers

[carrywet]

What a simple melody song. Also, great.

[madeyes4u]

Yeah, I'm not a Bruce Springsteen fan at all, but I have loads of genuine appreciation for him as an artist and that's because THIS MAN IS REAL.

He does things for the music and only for the music. So, I have great respect for him.

*LOL I just heard him stop and turn the page. Funny!

[joepa420]

great post man , havent listen to this in a while

[sleepyduo37]

I am not a big fan of Springsteen, but I do respect the man's work. And Nebraska is a beautiful album, probably his masterpiece. If only he recorded more albums that way.

[llanbo]

@sleepyduo37

Me too, Nebraska is the only Springsteen album I'll have in my house. Proper soul (yes, I know it's not Soul, but you know what I mean). Like a white Leadbelly.

[sleepyduo37]

@llanbo man there is a lot of soul in this album. Since commenting however, I have delved into other albums. He is just an amazing artist. Truly underrated or mainstream overrated.

[silverfencer]

@sleepyduo37 I highly recommend Tunnel of Love, in particular Two Faces, Brilliant Disguise and One Step Up.

[sleepyduo37]

@silverfencer I have discovered a lot more springsteen since then. His cover of Vigilante Man is just like this album.

[silverfencer]

@sleepyduo37 Really? Have to check that out. I just picked up a documentary 'Tales of a working man' and I highly recommend that mate

[wag452]

Without Dylan, Bruce wouldn't be the boss, he would sound so much different.

[itabuttrose]

this great like so many of his tracks there should just a massive boxset of all his demos and outtakes they done with bob dylan and the boss is much more important

[justingarman]

Some of the lyrics are in "Shut Out The Light"

[crazymetalhead9999]

I can tell why this didn't make Nebraska Lol. Too upbeat. There should hav been an electric version on Born In The USA

[llewcat]

hey poster... mind telling me the name of the album/boxet this came from?

[johnny576375]

You can find it in the video info.

[JohnCronin103]

Sorry. He is just a loser.

[TheJohnny990]

@JohnCronin103 go fuck urself

[shnerfspider]

wonderful photo and song

[tonino2365]

Use one of those converter "youtube to mp3."

[IZSBHR]

I love this one.

[90265SE14]

Sweet! Thanks for this post.  This beats his Columbia record audition of "Mary Queen of Arkansas" on 05/03/72.

[jhill2704]

I have this on ''A Fistfull of Dollars''-(Nebraska Demos)and ''The Genuine Tracks''-another excellent double boot of outtakes.

[joshuarowe]

sorry don't search for that. search for this, "Jungleland torrent" and pick the top one.

[joshuarowe]

Jungleland is a good torrent site for Bruce stuff, go to google and search for "Jungleland torrent site" and pick the top one.

[radionowhere2008]

the first four lines of this song are the same as the opening first four lines in bruceS song SHUT OUT THE LIGHTS

[johnny576375]

There's a line or two a minute in that were rewritten a little for 'Born In The USA'.

[beltonmyt]

@radionowhere2008 shut out the light exactly. another line that would later be used in Born In The USA. The Boss is a genius.

[bugattibowler]

Wait, but where'd you get it? Any more?

[bugattibowler]

Never heard this... Thanks!