Title: “Downbound train”
Format: Album track
Written by: Bruce Springsteen
Performed by: Bruce Springsteen
Genre: Rock
Taken from: Born in the USA
Year: 1984
Acclaim: n/a
The kind of song that could possibly have found a place on
Nebraska, this is a dour ballad recounting the breakup of a relationship and the downward spiral into which the protagonist falls in its aftermath. I don't personally believe there are any bad tracks on
Born in the USA, my initial introduction to Springsteen via the lead single “Dancing in the dark”, but I count this as definitely one of the top five.
Things I like about this :
1. The simple guitar intro
2. The percussion coming in
3. The lyric
4. The midsection and the return via the percussion
5. The melody
Things I don't like about this:
Nothing
Rating: 