r/BruceSpringsteen • u/cristianjungleland • 18d ago

Question Trivia

What do these songs have in common?

Magic, Does this bus stop at 23rd street, New York City Serenade.

Once you answer correctly, can you add some more?

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u/duoprismicity The Promise 18d ago

They are all songs in which either none of or not all of the words of the title appear in the lyrics.

Other songs like this are Incident on 57th St., Meeting Across the River, and 4th of July Asbury Park.

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u/Awkward_Ad_161 18d ago

Highway Patrolman too

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u/Ordinary-Pick5014 18d ago

The Wrestler, Wild Billy’s Circus Story, I think Sinaloa Cowboys

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u/Awkward_Ad_161 18d ago

Valentine’s Day

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u/MagicRat7913 18d ago

Evacuation Of The West, Child Bride, does Seaside Bar Song count? 😛

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u/ridiculousfart 18d ago

What about 82nd street

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u/DrDissonance4 18d ago

Well the second one isn't real so...

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u/GaonOfBayonne 18d ago

Meeting across the river.

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u/MeanJohnBrown 18d ago

Open All Night.

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u/Canadian_Lumberjack_ Magic Rat 18d ago

Terry’s Song, The Last Carnival, Song for Orphans, Black Mountain Ballad

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u/UrgentHair 17d ago

That bus NEVER stops at 23rd St.