Five songs that defined the first half of 2026
A difficult year and it’s nowhere near over…
Bruce Springsteen
The 1970 Neil Young classic Denzel Washington calls “one of my favourite songs of all time”
From a hit-packed album, one of Young’s best.
The forgotten 1960s band Bruce Springsteen called the first great Jersey rockers
Superior to ‘The Boss’.
Bruce Springsteen’s “pursuit of immortality” and the 1984 song that saw him achieve it
“That’s the way it plays out…”
The 1973 album Bruce Springsteen didn’t want to make: “We wanted a rock record”
The wrong kind of message.
The 1970s singer Bruce Springsteen called the best songwriter: “Built like the Rock of Gibraltar”
The best kind of wordsmith.
The 1976 classic rock song Bruce Springsteen completely misunderstood: “Too soppy”
Too sugar-coated for his taste.