With a drumfill that sounds straight out of “Wipeout" and a simple five-note guitar lick that's almost lyrical, you're off to the races with "Born to Run" before you've even taken a breath. The rest ...

Bruce Springsteen wrote “Born to Run” in a rented cottage in Long Branch, New Jersey, just steps away from the Jersey Shore. “I was in the midst of giving myself a crash tutorial in Fifties and ...