Brothers Under the Bridge
1998 · Columbia CXK 69475 · Freehold, New Jersey
- Artist
- Bruce Springsteen
- Title
- Brothers Under the Bridge
- Release
- Tracks
- Year
- 1998
- Label
- Columbia # CXK 69475
- Format
- CD · Archival
- Language
- English
- Country
- Freehold, New Jersey, USA
- Songwriter
- Bruce Springsteen
- Genre
- Rock · Americana
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation — Bruce Springsteen Songs
The song "Brothers Under the Bridge", as above, was also featured on Tracks (Columbia Records # CXK 69475) - a compilation of archival, mainly never released songs, recorded during album sessions. Note: this is different from the song "Brothers Under the Bridges '83", which also featured on this compilation. This again looked at the plight of the Vietnam veteran: "Saigon, it was all gone... I come home in '72". The narrator recalled his friend's death, and its impact on his family: "come Veterans Day, I held your mother's hand when they passed with the red, white and blue".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Columbia CXK 69475 (4-CD box "Tracks", 1998), disc 4 track 14, 5:03; recorded during the Ghost of Tom Joad sessions. Not the same song as "Brothers Under the Bridges '83" (disc 3). [From Discogs]
About the artist
Born Freehold, New Jersey, USA (23 September 1949). Currently Rumson, New Jersey.