Springsteen's career started in 1969, releasing his debut album Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. in 1973.
With 17 released studio albums, five live albums, five compilations and five EPs, he became one of the most acclaimed American singers of the last decades.
Born in the USA, My Hometown, Streets of Philadelphia or Glory Days are some of his long-time hits.
The River is the fifth single released in May 1981 and taken from the 1980 same-titled album.
As revealed by Springsteen on several live performances, The River was inspired by his sister and brother-in-law.
The idea taken from the chorus and the song's end were inspired by Hank Williams' hit Long Gone Lonesome Blues, from 1950 and talks about economic difficulties.
The writer Robert Hilburn once described the song as "a classic outline of someone who has to re-adjust his dreams quickly [facing] life as it is, not a world of his imagination".
On this song the river is a symbol for the dreams of the future, with the character keeping his dreams alive although real life is failing.
"That sends me down to the river tonight
Down to the river
My baby and I
Oh down to the river we ride"
Note: He played on the fifth day of Rock In Rio - Lisboa 2012, on June 3. Check here, to see the song's performance from this festival.
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