Bruce Springsteen fans have decided on The Boss’ most “underrated” track, and a live performance was praised as the song’s best version.
A song which “almost no non-Boss people” have heard, according to one fan, is the best of all when it comes to Springsteen’s deep cuts. The track, which is heard on debut album Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J., received high praise from Reddit users on the r/BruceSpringsteen page, where fans shared fond memories of Lost in the Flood. One fan even said it took attending twenty separate Springsteen shows to finally hear The Boss perform the track from his debut album.
In a post which charts the unpopular but great songs from his discography, fans shared the songs which few knew but were some of his best works. One wrote: “Lost in the Flood. Almost no non-Boss people have heard it but I truly believe the Hammersmith performance of it is the best live rock performance I’ve ever seen. Like even better than the While My Guitar Gently Weeps award performance.”
Another wrote: “It took me almost 20 shows before I finally heard it live. One of my favorite songs by Bruce. Kept hoping to hear it one more time but doubt it’ll happen.” A third suggested the song still split the crowd, with only “half” sticking around to hear the Greetings from Absury Park, N.J. track.
They wrote: “I saw it live at Foxboro one year and I’ve never seen such a clear fan divide between the transfixed and the ‘leaving for the bathroom’.” Other users have since suggested several other songs from Springsteen’s discography. One user suggested Incident on 57th Street while another wrote NYC Serenade, particularly its studio version.
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The user added: “NYC Serenade is the only Bruce song that I think the studio version is better than any live version.” Another song from Springsteen’s discography, Meeting Across the River, had one fan firmly believing The Boss could write a Broadway musical.
They wrote: “More than anything else in his discography, ‘Meeting Across the River’ makes me believe Bruce could write an incredible Broadway musical. I wish he’d write more songs in that vein, but it’s something of an anomaly.”
Another user added: “Straight Time / Highway 29. Peak Bruce songwriting – hasn’t played them since the Tom Joad solo tour in the mid-90’s. Qualifies more than most others because they’re not even popular on this sub (where his early stuff like Incident and Lost In The Flood is already revered). 87-95 Bruce is underrated and might be my favorite period. (Maybe I’m just lost in the sauce of having listened to too much Bruce).”
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