Bruce Springsteen’s Thoughts on Elvis Presley
āDancing in the Darkā artist, Bruce Springsteen, is a friend of Former President Barack Obama and a collaborator to Bleachersā Jack Antonoff. The Boss was also a fan of āHound Dogā singer Elvis Presley, once quoted saying the King āwas as big as the whole country itself.āĀ
Bruce Springsteen is the artist behind āDancing in the Darkā and āMy Hometownā
Heās called āthe Bossā for a reason. Springsteen gained international recognition for his heartfelt, and often patriotic original songs, including āMy Hometown,ā āThe Ghost of Tom Joad,ā and āAtlantic City.ā
Springsteen is also known for sharing his love for his home state of New Jersey, often appearing at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park. He even sang on āChinatownā with Antonoff for Bleachersā Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night.
Bruce Springsteen said that Elvis Presley was āas big as the country itselfā
Springsteen often mentioned his support of other artists. That includes the legendary artist Elvis Presley. Throughout his career, Presley earned praise for his dance moves and blues-y sound, releasing āHound Dog,ā āBurning Love,ā and other hit songs.
āHe was as big as the whole country itself, as big as the whole dream,ā Springsteen said, according to IMDb. āHe just embodied the essence of it and he was in mortal combat with the thing. Nothing will ever take the place of that guy.ā
Springsteen himself became a symbol of the American dream, especially with the release of āBorn in the U.S.A.ā He created āStreets of Philadelphiaā for Philadelphia, earning the Academy Award for Best Original Song and four Grammy Awards.
Recently, the āJersey Girlā artist partnered with former U.S. president Barack Obama for the podcast series Renegades: Born in the USA. They discussed everything from the Vietnam War draft to classism to music.Ā
Springsteen never met the āHound Dogā singer, who died in 1977. However, he did attend The Kingās performance at the Spectrum in Philadelphia with bandmate Steve Van Zandt.
āHound Dogā by Elvis Presley was an impactful song for Bruce Springsteen
This wouldnāt be the only time Springsteen mentioned his support of the āCanāt Help Falling in Loveā singer. According to a quote from Far Out Magazine, Springsteen hearing Presleyās āHound Dogā was a āturning pointā in his musical journey.Ā
āWhen I heard it, it just shot straight through to my brain,ā Springsteen said. āI realized, suddenly, that there was more to life than what Iād been living.āĀ
āI was then in pursuit of something, and thereād been a vision laid out before me,ā he recalled. āYou were dealing with the pure thrust, the pure energy of the music itself. I was so very young, but it still hit me like a thunderbolt.ā
Now, music by Springsteen is available on most major streaming platforms. That includes āNightshift,ā released ahead of his 2023 tour with the E Street Band.Ā