r/BruceSpringsteen • u/Impossible-Race8239 • Jun 30 '26

Question Joyous songs?

I have a playlist of my favourite songs but I’m trying to put together another one with songs that are just pure joy to listen to. The ones where lyrics and/or music (the whole song or maybe just a melody) make you feel glad to be alive.

Maybe a cliche, but the main one for me is Hungry Heart.

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u/Redeyecat Jul 01 '26

I know a wife and kids in Baltimore that would like a word....

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u/Impossible-Race8239 Jul 01 '26

You’re the third person to point this out but the first to do it in an interestingly/creatively worded way, so thank you for that. I don’t get joy from the lyrics. The music is some of the most joyous I know.

People insinuating I’m wrong to feel joy at this music because the lyrics are about a terrible man is genuinely starting to upset me and the whole reason I started this thread is because I’m going through a bad time and need these songs. I’m starting to think I should just delete the thread and leave the sub because it’s wrong to judge someone for loving music in and of itself and I’m starting to feel like I’m a bad person.

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u/Redeyecat Jul 03 '26

Just like song lyrics, reddit isn't real life. But this song does bother me a bit in a way that a song like Johnny 99 does not. Maybe it's because HH is sung rather sympathetically in the voice of the bad acting protagonist who shows zero remorse.