State Trooper

[climatixseuche]

the sopranos brought me here :)

[toastvision]

goosebumps, man.

[Terbyn]

The strung nerves of this one gets me every time. This is the definition of less is more.

[SchizophobicBand]

For anyone who cares, this song was apparently inspired by "Frankie Teardrop" by the band Suicide.

[backgammon]

@SchizophobicBand I always kind of questioned Bruce saying that Suicide was one of his favorite bands, until I heard this song.

[Sprawlify]

remember going through a roadblock listening to this onetime...was kinda funny...love how he howls in this

[MrJamesrnolan]

Anchored by that repititious low end guitar note, this song evokes some old late 40s/50s noir movie starring someone like Robert Mitchum (in a film like his way cool Thunder Road [no pun intended but I just realized the irony and coincidence of that title as I was typing this]). Sounds as if Bruce (in the guise of his character, not he himself) was exorcising some long-standing angst demons with those wolf howls, which come off as soul-baring and frightening and necessary all at once.

[cbasti23]

Listening to this song right after Highway Patrolman is amaaazing!

[ThisIsLukePi]

listening to this song at anytime or place is amazing...

[cgripentrog]

Like Steve Earle version more

[ThisIsLukePi]

Controversial...

[SgtPep5150]

it has nothing on the original

[AnyMajorDude777]

Nebraska and Ghost of Tom Joad are awesome albums. Are there any more albums of his that are just him and his guitar that are nice and mellow? I'm not really into his Born in the usa stuff. Godbless

[DrSamuels305]

Ha! I agree. Check out Bon Iver. Not Springsteen but nice stuff.

[2pacbiggie4334]

@AnyMajorDude777

devils and dust has those moments, but it's not fully acoustic. still worth checking out though it suffers from horrible sound quality

[yankeesfreak24]

@AnyMajorDude777 Devils and Dust..released in 2006 I believe, some good stuff on there

[fmk1106]

Every time I drive on the NJ Turnpike and I'm pushin' 75-80mph, I have this song playing in the back of my head:)

[adamspun]

jog on then

[NemesisChess]

Nebraska is a sublime album. However, I despise the rest of his music--oh how it pains me.

[Theflorist]

Try out Devils & Dust

[debbieallen2]

brilliant song - his best

[spencer4924]

look up the steve earle version it's the best one i've ever heard i like it better then springsteen's version

[buzzkilla12]

damn that last note is hard to hit. i don't think i can do it without a vocal couch or something

[DrSamuels305]

Hit it from the heart.  Use you stomach.

[adamspun]

@DrSamuels305 nice

[Theflorist]

Hey Samuels, thaks for uploading bro. Not to be a douche, but I think some of the lyrics are wrong. *Radio relay towers WON'T lead me to my baby. And *AINT somebody out there. I might be wrong, I'd have to go get the album to see for sure.

[DrSamuels305]

You're right on the "Aint somebody out there" The relay towers is so hard to distinguish. I don't know. You're not a douche, you presented your opinions calmly. I like that!

[Hope2009pc]

Try a coach lol.. joking..

[buzzkilla12]

great song

[Satori1800]

BUZZKILLA: Hi agree 100%

HAPPY HOLIDAYS:)

JD

[dux937]

NEW VESUVIO

[xbortsx90]

that sopranos episode gave me the bumps at the end

[chinarise]

i just heard this song on the last episode of the sopranos season 1

[ccreaglesfan]

and i thought Point Blank was a dark song. This makes Point Blank look like Rosalita.

[subterranean47]

This original version is the best of all.

It just captures that raw repetitive night road and the emotions of the man on it.

The other version of this song are too elaborate.

they lose the beautiful real simplicity and the feeling too.

[friedegg3000]

@subterranean47 fuck yeah. the nebraska songs don't need anything added to them. strong as hell how they are already.

[subterranean47]

Damn right man. I'm not a big Bruce fan but I'm a huge Nebraska fan.

[DrSamuels305]

I'm in the same boat.

[cyclonefury27]

One of the most tense songs ever. I love it.

[Kreblink]

I just heard this song for the first time on AM 1690 in Atlanta. Great station, great song.

[subterranean47]

AM 1690

I'll remember that

I live in Chattanooga so I'm often down that way scanning for a good station

[robbolton]

sums up that alone feeling of driving through the night perfectly...wicked

[subterranean47]

Yesssss!

[tomato2rk]

I like that bruce can get down with suicide

[cookiecamp]

this song is sick

[fasho327]

this song was CLUTCH at the end of the sopranos episode!

[DrSamuels305]

hey, what episode was that??? That's where I first heard it but I don't recall.

[fasho327]

im pretty sure it was played at the end of the first season finale

[HarpoonTorpedo]

cant rememer what episode it was from....

sopranos never lets you down!!

[BigShotTony]

I love this song, but it has nothing on the version from the "Devils & Dust" tour.

[debbieallen2]

The best song ever

[IMTheMagicRat]

such a killer song! ******!

[munglin2]

Belongs in the upper echelon of songs in the Springsteen catalog; Nebraska is a spectacular album.

[bassfeile]

hot number , yeah

[YoikoHibiki]

I love this song, and the whole Nebraska album in general. I always listen to it and Julee Cruise stuff when I'm driving my local back roads at night.

[loveupskirts]

ithink its about charles starkweather- the psycopath, james dean obsessed killer of twelve. but it could be about..dysfunction and isolation.

[Leyshon001]

Certainly his best album

[connaught2008]

his best for sure. then the river i think

[DrSamuels305]

I concur.

Also, this song always pops into my head when I see a cop behind me!

[prestonite]

AWesome!!!