==================================== { 842nd Place } [80's][ 180th Place] Song: "Glory Days" Band: Bruce Springsteen Album: Born In The U.S.A. ---{ 1984 }--- Genre: Pop Rock Score:[7.2][6.1][5.2][8.3][4.2][5.3][9.2] = [45.5] = [6.5] Video:
Write-Up: The 5th song to appear here from The Boss and still not the best imo. Coincidentally this is also the 5th single to be released from the Born In The U.S.A. album and even more coincidence, this song peaked at #5 on the mainstream pop charts lol. Speaking of mainstream songs though, this was the epitome of mainstream in the 80's. It became an anthem of sorts for many folks which actually isn't an uncommon thing when it comes to Springsteen music. The song is a literal recounting of Bruce's early years from roughly 1973. An interesting thing about this song is that there is a missing verse that was cut out of the song entirely. The additional verse was recorded in an alternate version of the song and referenced a fictional father figure who worked all of his life and never had glory days but before the song was officially released Springsteen felt that it didn't jive with the rest of the song so he had it cut out. There are 3 members of the E-Street band that were all featured as guests in the video here but didn't actually perform on the album itself. The song was nominated for a couple of MTV awards in 1986 but wasn't able to pull off a win unfortunately. Springsteen performed the song with the E-Street band at the Super Bowl XLIII half-time show and had changed the lyrics of the song from it's baseball references to football references accordingly. ====================================
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