Tougher than the rest.

Written By: - Date published: 12:00 pm, November 27th, 2010 - 2 comments
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One of my favorite Bruce Springsteen tracks from when I was somewhat younger is “Tougher than the rest”*.

As heresy I’d have to say that I like the version by Everything But The Girl somewhat better. It has been coming up a lot on my playlist while pushing through the last month of coding. It was the track that was playing when I heard the news about the second explosion at Pike River earlier in the week. I’d guess that will stay embedded as an association for a while.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsV2WTIpbGA

Bruce Springsteen ‘official’ version from 1988 (with some very retro looking couples)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i0-wOpA5Dc

Or a better live version from 2007

* And no it is because of the music – so no smartarse comments please

2 comments on “Tougher than the rest. ”

  1. aj 1

    “Youngstown” is the track that leaves most shivers up my spine and the lyrics are beautiful. A real anthem for men who work in the heavy industries.

    “Well my daddy worked the furnaces
    Kept ’em hotter than hell
    I come home from ‘Nam worked my way to scarfer
    A job that’d suit the devil as well
    Taconite coke and limestone
    Fed my children and make my pay
    Them smokestacks reachin’ like the arms of God
    Into a beautiful sky of soot and clay”

    …those last two lines – wow

    and

    “When I die I don’t want no part of heaven
    I would not do heaven’s work well
    I pray the devil comes and takes me
    To stand in the fiery furnaces of hell”

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