{"id":151318,"date":"2025-04-17T12:11:55","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T16:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/04\/17\/bruce-springsteen-drops-loop-heavy-tracks-ii-song-blind-spot\/"},"modified":"2025-04-17T12:11:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T16:11:55","slug":"bruce-springsteen-drops-loop-heavy-tracks-ii-song-blind-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/04\/17\/bruce-springsteen-drops-loop-heavy-tracks-ii-song-blind-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruce Springsteen Drops Loop-Heavy \u2018Tracks II\u2019 Song \u2018Blind\u00a0Spot\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- no image --><\/p>\n<div><!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/bruce-springsteen-the-e-street-band\/\">Bruce Springsteen<\/a> dropped the second preview of his upcoming sprawling <em>Tracks II: The Lost Albums<\/em> collection on Thursday morning (April 17). The beat-heavy mid-tempo song \u201cBlind Spot\u201d will appear on the box set as part of the <em>Streets of Philadelphia Sessions<\/em>, a 10-song LP that a release noted has long been referred to by fans as the Boss\u2019 \u201cloops record.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-border-b-1 lrv-u-padding-t-050 lrv-u-padding-b-075 lrv-u-border-color-grey\">\n<div class=\"a-heading-border a-heading-border-background-color-grey a-heading-border-height-075 lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-050@mobile-max\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-u-color-brand-primary a-font-primary-bold-s lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-padding-r-1 a-article-related-module-title a-article-related-module-title--color-brand-primary\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card lrv-u-flex\">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rock\/bruce-springsteen-tracks-ii-lost-albums-box-seven-records-1235938420\/\" class=\"lrv-u-flex lrv-a-unstyle-link lrv-u-color-brand-primary:hover\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"o-card__image-wrap lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 u-flex-basis-144 u-flex-basis-96@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-3x2 a-crop-1x1@mobile-max lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/bruce-springsteen-e-street-band-camden-yards-2024-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/bruce-springsteen-e-street-band-camden-yards-2024-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band perform at Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on September 13, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland. This is Springsteen's first concert at the Oriole Park. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images)\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column lrv-u-justify-content-center lrv-u-padding-lr-1 lrv-u-padding-lr-075@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-primary-medium-m lrv-u-padding-b-050 u-letter-spacing-0028@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tBruce Springsteen\u2019s \u2018Tracks II: The Lost Albums\u2019 Box Set To Feature Seven Never-Before-Heard\u2026\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  a-font-primary-medium-xxs lrv-u-color-brand-primary lrv-u-order-100\" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><br \/>\n\t04\/03\/2025<br \/>\n<\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOpening with a sampled voice grunting over a mechanical-sounding drum beat, it finds Springsteen singing, \u201cWe inhabited each other\/ Like it was some kind of disease\/ I thought that I was flyin\u2019\/ But I was crawlin\u2019 on my knees,\u201d in a haunted cadence. The chorus leans into the notion that it\u2019s the things we miss in love that are our undoing: \u201cEverybody\u2019s got a blind spot that brings \u2019em down\/ Everybody\u2019s got a blind spot they can\u2019t get around.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cThat was just the theme that I locked in on at that moment,\u201d Springsteen said in a statement about the song exploring doubt and betrayal in relationships that became the thesis for the <em>Philadelphia Sessions<\/em>. \u201cI don\u2019t really know why. [Wife and bandmate] Patti [Scialfa] and I, we were having a great time in California. But sometimes if you lock into one song you like, then you follow that thread. I had \u2018Blind Spot,\u2019 and I followed that thread through the rest of the record.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe song was written following the rock icon\u2019s 1994 Oscar- and Grammy-winning song \u201cStreets of Philadelphia,\u201d which accompanied the 1993 Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington movie <em>Philadelphia<\/em>, Jonathan Demme\u2019s legal drama about an attorney suing his former employer for his firing after the firm discovers he\u2019s gay and has AIDS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe never-released companion album \u201cfound Springsteen exploring an interest in the rhythms of mid-1990s contemporary music, and particularly West Coast hip-hop,\u201d according to the release. \u201cInitially poring over CDs of drum samples at his home in Los Angeles, Springsteen began making his own loops with engineer Toby Scott \u2014 which formed a rhythmic base he\u2019d build on with keyboards and synthesizers. Both a revelation and departure in his home recording, Springsteen is the primary instrumentalist throughout most of <em>Streets of Philadelphia Session<\/em>s.\u201d Among those lending an assist during the sessions were his 1992-1993 touring band, as well\u00a0Scialfa, E Street band members Soozie Tyrell and Lisa Lowell.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThough it never saw the light of day, the album was completed, mixed and slated for release in the spring of 1995, then shelved when Springsteen opted instead to reunite with the E Street Band after a seven-year hiatus. \u201cI said, \u2018Well, maybe it\u2019s time to just do something with the band, or remind the fans of the band or that part of my work life,\u2019\u201d the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer said. \u201cSo that\u2019s where we went. But I always really liked <em>Streets of Philadelphia Sessions<\/em>\u2019\u2026 during the [2017-2018] Broadway show, I thought of putting it out [as a standalone release]. I always put them away, but I don\u2019t throw them away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tEarlier this month, Springsteen announced the June 27 release of <em>Tracks II<\/em>, which will contain seven previously unheard full-length records. The 83-track collection will \u201cfill in rich chapters of Springsteen\u2019s expansive career timeline \u2014 while offering invaluable insight into his life and work as an artist,\u201d according to a release, which noted that some of the LPs got so far as the mixing stage before being put on hold.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAmong the albums included are the lo-fi\u00a0<em>LA Garage Sessions \u201983<\/em>, described as a \u201ccrucial link\u201d between the stripped-down <em>Nebraska<\/em>\u00a0and the rocking\u00a0<em>Born in the U.S.A.<\/em>, the sonically experimental <em>Faithless<\/em> film soundtrack he wrote for a movie that was never made, the country-leaning\u00a0<em>Somewhere North of Nashville<\/em> and the border tales LP\u00a0<em>Inyo<\/em>, as well as the \u201corchestra-driven, mid-century noir\u201d\u00a0<em>Twilight Hours<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe box set covering the years 1983-2018 was previewed by the first single, the turbulent \u201c<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/3DInaCkwipZmTpN7TviZ7P?si=U8n1xLJpQcKPkSqlhcY6Fg\">Rain in the River<\/a>.\u201d <em>The Lost Album<\/em>s will be issued in a limited-edition 9-LP set , as well as 7-CD and digital formats, with distinctive packaging for each, along with a 100-page cloth-bound hardcover book with rare archival photos. A 20-track compilation,\u00a0<em>Lost and Found: Selections From The Lost Albums<\/em>,\u00a0will be released on June 27 on two LPs and one CD.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tListen to \u201cBlind Spot\u201d below.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Blind Spot\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/1G9NKmN4q6KG9lT6p7Q3Cu?si=0f6b40745f1e455a&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rock\/bruce-springsteen-blind-spot-loop-heavy-tracks-ii-single-1235948886\/\">Aller \u00e0 la source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bruce Springsteen dropped the second preview of his upcoming sprawling Tracks II: The Lost Albums collection on Thursday morning (April 17). The beat-heavy mid-tempo song \u201cBlind Spot\u201d will appear on the box set as part of the Streets of Philadelphia Sessions, a 10-song LP that a release noted has long been referred to by fans [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151318\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}