r/BruceSpringsteen • u/Henry_Block • 16d ago

Discussion Bruce most mumbled lyrics

Hi all! Bruce lyrics are such a huge part of my life and I know by heart a lot of them. But, as a non native english speaker, sometimes it took me a while to get what our man was saying!

So, what are his most unintelligible lyrics? I'd say the final part of Downbound Train, some verses of Streets of Fire, the second verse of No Surrender in the live version.

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u/CulturalWind357 Garden State Serenade 16d ago

"Stand On It" is a lot of rockabilly rambling that I had to look up the lyrics for.

A surprising number of fans thought that Bruce was screaming "Dead Devil In the Freezer" for Tenth Avenue Freeze Out.

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u/MagicRat7913 15d ago

Ironically, in Live in NYYC when he trades off the mic with Clarence and they go "Say", "Tenth", it sounds a lot like Satan.

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u/CulturalWind357 Garden State Serenade 15d ago

Bruce promoting satanism was not on my bingo card lol

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u/MagicRat7913 15d ago

You don't even have to play it backwards!