Posted July 24, 201311 yr Music journalism deconstructing the different ways The Boss has performed this excellent (to me, anyway) song, and the audience reception Music Scenes: “Youngstown”: Springsteen’s Representation of a City Affected by the New Depression In this essay, three variations of the song will be considered: the album recording, a performance in the city of Youngstown, Ohio, and a 2009 live cut on tour with the E Street Band. Variations in instrumentation, vocal timbre, and tempo in each performance provide distinctive characterizations of the steelworker and the city, each embodying the varied and complex lived realities of Youngstown and its citizens in a postindustrial society.
July 24, 201311 yr Which brings to mind that Ohio has offered two of the better songs on modern urban issues...Youngstown and My City Was Gone.....anthems of the rust belt....
July 24, 201311 yr I saw The Boss perform this live on Mall B here in Cleveland a few years back. One of his more underrated songs, for sure. He sings it from the heart
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