Bruce Springsteen Songs : Cover Songs & Music Videos Category

  • The Laptop Sessions: “Hungry Heart” (Bruce Springsteen Acoustic Rock Cover Song)

    Friday, July 11th, 2008

    By Jim Fusco:

    How is it even possible that we can keep rolling out quality new music artists like Bruce Springsteen here on the Laptop Sessions acoustic song music video blog? I mean, we have over 80 categories now on the site, and we STILL have not done a song from such heavy-hitters as the Rolling Stones & Crosby, Stills, and Nash. But, with time, we’ll be adding these great bands and musicians to our catalog of acoustic cover songs.

    Tonight, I bring you our first-ever Bruce Springsteen song, dedicated to my good friend, and fellow Mets fan, John Grabar, a huge Springsteen fan. Honestly, there are many songs from Springsteen that I’d like to do for future Laptop Sessions, but this one always struck me as catchy and meaningful. But, I will admit, it was only a few years ago that I learned this was actually Bruce singing the lead to this tune! I mean, it barely sounds like him, especially like he sounds in such hits as “My Hometown”.

    “Hungry Heart” is one of those special songs that honestly has four chords (save for the ten second interlude in the middle) and the same chords repeat for the verse and the chorus. I mean, if you can get away with it, make a good song, and sell a ton of copies, then why not?

    Well, that’s all for me tonight. You’ll remember it was three weeks ago that I gave the reigns over to Chris and Jeff for the weekend and the website went down for three days. Of course, it wasn’t their fault AT ALL, but it’s still fun to tease them about it. I’m planning on meeting my good friends Dave and Dana tomorrow night for a beer, and I’m really looking forward to it. Now that things are (finally) stable here on the blog, I can start to prioritize my life again…without making “fix the blog” come in at #1.

    Download a FREE mp3 of this song at the Fusco-Moore Store by
    Clicking HERE! It’s on “The Laptop Sessions, Vol. 4″:



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Bruce Springsteen Acoustic Rock Cover Songs and Free mp3 Downloads

Bruce Springsteen is one of those rare songwriters who, through his new rock music and - more recently - acoustic music, has achieved a place in the public eye as an artist who is both extremely American and yet not overly patriotic. On the one hand, he earned his fame off of such recordings as "Born in the USA." However, he has also found a place for protest in his music and has made his political views clear in the acoustic covers he has chosen to perform, as well as in the new music he has performed live for particular candidates. In music videos such as "Born to Run," Springsteen sings of the American Dream. Dressed in cut offs and jeans, he may be a songwriter but he has the appearance of a day laborer. There is that appeal in his songwriting - he comes across as a normal, blue-collar guy, despite the fact that he is a millionaire by now. If you listen to new music, you may have heard his recent "Devils and Dust" record, a collection of unplugged performances that were met with very positive reviews. His subsequent album, "Magic," is possibly one of the best new rock music albums of 2007. Promotion for the new music began on iTunes with a limited time free release of the mp3 of the first single, "Radio Nowhere."