Stolen Car
A ballad from The River about a lonely man who steals a car.
Bruce Springsteen, from The River (1980)
Springsteen wrote it. The album version was recorded in January 1980 at The Power Station in New York, with Springsteen on vocals and guitar, Bittan on piano, Federici on organ, Tallent on bass and Weinberg on drums; an alternate version cut there in July 1979 appeared on Tracks (1998). Wikipedia describes a ballad about a failing marriage in which the narrator, lonely, steals a car, hoping to be caught but fearing he will disappear, and quotes June Skinner Sawyers on the struggle to create meaning for oneself. It was reportedly written in June 1979 after the wedding of the lighting director Marc Brickman. No single or B-side is listed.
A live version from the 1980 Tempe concert runs 4:50. We could not tell whether our Topic-channel upload is the album take or the Tracks version.
On stage
- 1980-11-05, Arizona State University, Tempe On the free Tempe 1980 download.
More songs by Bruce Springsteen
Born to Run, Nebraska, Born in the U.S.A., Thunder Road, Darkness on the Edge of Town, Jungleland, State Trooper, My Hometown, Wreck on the Highway, Racing in the Street, Open All Night, The River
Sources
- Stolen Car (Bruce Springsteen song), Wikipedia