Every day of this summer we go back to the same summer day somewhere in history
19 July 2026
On 19 July 1988, 36 years ago, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN played a historic concert. It was his first ever in East Berlin behind the Iron Curtain in front of 180,000 people. The show was broadcast on East German TV.
Full show.
Vitalizing tunes that work faster than a stream of caffeine
29 January 2026
The brutal killings of two American citizens – Rennée Good shot with
3 bullets in the face and Alex Pretti with 10 bullets by 2 agents – in
Minnesota, have triggered several musicians to call out Trump and
his ruthless Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
One of them is BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN who wrote
a new song, titled STREETS OF MINNEAPOLIS, to
protest against Trump‘s devastating regime.
A powerful goosebumps ballad that should be played
all over the world, in the first place, all over America.
“I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it
to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of
Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent
immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.”
LYRICS
[Verse 1]
Through the winter’s ice and cold
Down Nicollet Avenue
A city aflame fought fire and ice
‘Neath an occupier’s boots
King Trump’s private army from the DHS
Guns belted to their coats
Came to Minneapolis to enforce the law
Or so their story goes
[Verse 2]
Against smoke and rubber bullets
In the dawn’s early light
Citizens stood for justice
Their voices ringing through the night
And there were bloody footprints
Where mercy should have stood
And two dead, left to die on snow-filled streets
Alex Pretti and Renee Good
[Chorus]
Oh, our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Here in our home, they killed and roamed
In the winter of ’26
We’ll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis
R.I.P. Renée Good.
R.I.P. Alex Pretti.
Last night at a concert in New Jersey, THE BOSS made a loud and clear
statement. ICE don’t care about being born in the U.S.A. Disgusting.
Top singles from the post
21 October 2025
THE BOSS earned his first Top-5 hit in the US with HUNGRY HEART.
The single was released this day 45 years ago, on 21 October 1980.
The song was part of his fifth album The River.
One day Springsteen met Joey Ramone in Asbury Park, New Jersey, who asked
him to write a song for the Ramones. He then composed ‘Hungry Heart‘, but
decided to keep it for himself on the advice of his producer and manager,
Jon Landau.
Previously, upbeat and catchy Springsteen songs such as ‘Blinded by the Light’,
‘Because the Night’, and ‘Fire‘ had been given away and become hits for others,
and Landau preferred the trend not continue.
Too bad, I really would have known what
the Ramones would have done with
the song.
The title is drawn from a line in Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)
famous poem Ulysses: “For always roaming with a hungry heart”.
“Everybody’s got a hungry heart
Lay down your money and you play your part
Everybody’s got a h-h-hungry heart”
