Monday, November 30, 2009

Born to Add

Tonight's post has to be quick, I'll do my best to get back to the statistics shortly!

I just wanted to share this, "Born to Add"... 



It's kinda a combination of Jungleland and Born to Run.

My favorite part is at 1:50... "....And we scream into that bitter night, hey three plus one makes four..."

An instant classic!

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Most Played Albums in 2009

Hi!


Reported here are the number of times a song from each of the albums was played in 2009*:



Born to Run
297
Born in the USA
248
The Rising
243
Darkness on the Edge of Town
227
The River
173
Seeger Sessions
85
Nebraska
76
The Wild, the Innocent, and the E. Street Shuffle
71
Magic
62
Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ
56
The Ghost of Tom Joad
43
Human Touch
4
Lucky Town
3
Tunnel of Love
2
Devils and Dust
0




The E. Street Band played covers 213 times this year, and also played a song from "Tracks" 48 times this year.


There were also a number of other songs played that were included on live albums, other compilations, or that were released as singles.



*Data was compiled from http://www.brucespringsteen.net/live/2009setlists.html.  This data does not include private concerts or special events (such as the Super Bowl, and November 2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame show).


Saturday, November 28, 2009

To the Non-Believers

For those of you skeptical of the awesomeness that is Bruce Springsteen and the E. Street Band, I refer you to this:




You just can't rock harder than this. That explosive moment around 3:50 when it transitions to the beginning of the song is incredible.

Most played songs of 2009!


I am happy to report for the first set of results from my data set!  The following ranking shows the number of times each song was played this year on the "Working on a Dream" tour*. 


SONG

# of Times Played
Probability of Being Played
American Land

85
100.0%
Born to Run

85
100.0%
Working on a Dream

84
98.8%
Badlands

81
95.3%
The Rising

81
95.3%
Waitin' on a Sunny Day

81
95.3%
Lonesome Day

74
87.1%
Outlaw Pete

72
84.7%
The Promised Land

72
84.7%
Johnny 99

67
78.8%
Dancing in the Dark

63
74.1%
Seeds

63
74.1%
Hard Times

55
64.7%
Thunder Road

51
60.0%
Hungry Heart

44
51.8%
Radio Nowhere

44
51.8%
Raise Your Hand

44
51.8%
Rosalita

44
51.8%
Out in the Street

43
50.6%
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out

43
50.6%
Land of Hope and Dreams

42
49.4%
No Surrender

42
49.4%
She's The One

34
40.0%
Bobby Jean

33
38.8%
Kingdom of Days

33
38.8%
Glory Days

32
37.6%
Jungleland

27
31.8%
The Ghost of Tom Joad

27
31.8%
Night

23
27.1%
Prove It All Night

22
25.9%
Backstreets

21
24.7%
My Lucky Day

21
24.7%
Spirit In The Night

21
24.7%
The Wrestler

21
24.7%
Twist & Shout

21
24.7%
Because the Night

18
21.2%
The River

17
20.0%
Working On The Highway

16
18.8%
Youngstown

16
18.8%
Wrecking Ball

15
17.6%
Growin' Up

14
16.5%
Darlington County

13
15.3%
I'm Goin' Down

13
15.3%
Meeting Across The River

13
15.3%
Cadillac Ranch

12
14.1%
I'm On Fire

12
14.1%
My Love Will Not Let You Down

12
14.1%
(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher

11
12.9%
Candy's Room

11
12.9%
Cover Me

11
12.9%
Detroit Medley

11
12.9%
Trapped

11
12.9%
Atlantic City

9
10.6%
Darkness On The Edge Of Town

9
10.6%
Kitty's Back

9
10.6%
Long Walk Home

9
10.6%
Adam Raised A Cain

8
9.4%
Racing In The Streets

8
9.4%
Seven Nights to Rock

8
9.4%
Sherry Darling

8
9.4%
Something In The Night

8
9.4%
Surprise, Surprise

8
9.4%
The E Street Shuffle

8
9.4%
American Skin (41 Shots)

7
8.2%
Born In The USA

7
8.2%
For You

7
8.2%
Ramrod

7
8.2%
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

7
8.2%
The Ties That Bind

7
8.2%
Two Hearts

7
8.2%
Downbound Train

6
7.1%
Good Lovin'

6
7.1%
Mony Mony

6
7.1%
Murder Incorporated

6
7.1%
Be True

5
5.9%
Factory

5
5.9%
It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City

5
5.9%
Jackson Cage

5
5.9%
Girls In Their Summer Clothes

4
4.7%
Human Touch

4
4.7%
Incident on 57th Street

4
4.7%
Into The Fire

4
4.7%
Loose Ends

4
4.7%
My Hometown

4
4.7%
Pink Cadillac

4
4.7%
Point Blank

4
4.7%
Rendezvous

4
4.7%
Rockin' All Over the World

4
4.7%
This Hard Land

4
4.7%
4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)

3
3.5%
Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?

3
3.5%
Good Eye

3
3.5%
I Fought The Law

3
3.5%
Jersey Girl

3
3.5%
Last to Die

3
3.5%
Proud Mary

3
3.5%
So Young and In Love

3
3.5%
Streets of Fire

3
3.5%
This Life

3
3.5%
Thundercrack

3
3.5%
You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)

3
3.5%
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

2
2.4%
Back In Your Arms

2
2.4%
Blinded By The Light

2
2.4%
Boom Boom

2
2.4%
Burning Love

2
2.4%
Can't Help Falling in Love

2
2.4%
Drive All Night

2
2.4%
Fade Away

2
2.4%
Hang On Sloopy

2
2.4%
I Wanna Marry You

2
2.4%
If I Should Fall Behind

2
2.4%
I'm A Rocker

2
2.4%
Independence Day

2
2.4%
Janey Don't You Lose Heart

2
2.4%
Jole Blon

2
2.4%
London Calling

2
2.4%
Lost In The Flood

2
2.4%
Mountain Of Love

2
2.4%
Red Headed Woman

2
2.4%
Summertime Blues

2
2.4%
The Fever

2
2.4%
The Price You Pay

2
2.4%
Tougher Than The Rest

2
2.4%
Who'll Stop The Rain

2
2.4%
Wild Thing

2
2.4%
Wreck On The Highway

2
2.4%
You Can't Sit Down

2
2.4%
You Never Can Tell

2
2.4%
96 Tears

1
1.2%
All Or Nothin' At All

1
1.2%
All Shook Up

1
1.2%
Bad Luck

1
1.2%
Born To Be Wild

1
1.2%
Brown Eyed Girl

1
1.2%
Coma Girl

1
1.2%
Crush On You

1
1.2%
Da Do Ron Ron

1
1.2%
Double Shot of My Baby's Love

1
1.2%
Expressway To Your Heart

1
1.2%
Fire

1
1.2%
From Small Things

1
1.2%
Give The Girl A Kiss

1
1.2%
Good Rockin' Tonight

1
1.2%
Great Balls of Fire

1
1.2%
Gypsy Biker

1
1.2%
Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes

1
1.2%
Hava Nagila

1
1.2%
Heat Wave

1
1.2%
I Ain't Got No Home

1
1.2%
I Wanna Be Sedated

1
1.2%
I'll Work For Your Love

1
1.2%
I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide

1
1.2%
Jailhouse Rock

1
1.2%
Like A Rolling Stone

1
1.2%
Little Bit O'Soul

1
1.2%
Little Latin Lupe Lu

1
1.2%
Living Proof

1
1.2%
Louie Louie

1
1.2%
Mary Queen Of Arkansas

1
1.2%
Mary's Place

1
1.2%
Merry Christmas Baby

1
1.2%
Mustang Sally

1
1.2%
My City Of Ruins

1
1.2%
My Generation

1
1.2%
New York City Serenade

1
1.2%
Pretty Woman

1
1.2%
Quarter To Three

1
1.2%
Queen of the Supermarket

1
1.2%
Ramblin' Gamblin' Man

1
1.2%
Restless Nights

1
1.2%
Ring of Fire

1
1.2%
Rockin' Robin

1
1.2%
Roll Over Beethoven

1
1.2%
Roulette

1
1.2%
Save The Last Dance For Me

1
1.2%
Seaside Bar Song

1
1.2%
Seventh Son

1
1.2%
Sha La La La

1
1.2%
Stand On It

1
1.2%
Stolen Car

1
1.2%
Streets Of Philadelphia

1
1.2%
Sweet Soul Music

1
1.2%
The Angel

1
1.2%
The Dark End Of The Street

1
1.2%
The Last Time

1
1.2%
The Wanderer

1
1.2%
Then He Kissed Me

1
1.2%
Travelin' Band

1
1.2%
What Love Can Do

1
1.2%
When You Walk In The Room

1
1.2%
Wild Billy's Circus Story

1
1.2%
Wooly Bully

1
1.2%
You Really Got Me

1
1.2%

*Data was compiled from http://www.brucespringsteen.net/live/2009setlists.html.  This data does not include private concerts or special events (such as the Super Bowl, and November 2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame show).