Best Twitter Reactions to the 40th Anniversary of Springsteen’s Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen’s third album, his career-making Born to Run, turns 40 today. Naturally, Twitter has been buzzing all day with 140-character reflections, reactions and praise for the work that spawned hits like “Born to Run” and “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out,” and helped the New Jersey-born singer break into the mainstream.
The occasion even seems to have Chris Christie back on the Springsteen side of his ongoing “Who do I like better, Springsteen or Bon Jovi?” battle. He released a whole statement on Twitter, calling the album “my desert island disc. … It is the most powerful rock album of my lifetime.” (See the rest of his statement below.)
Here’s who else decided to chime in today, and what they had to say:
https://twitter.com/JohnStamos/status/636251610352648192
40 years ago today, @Springsteen released #BornToRun, catapulting a boy from Jersey into superstardom http://t.co/fm2TtKKgOZ
— Katie Couric (@katiecouric) August 25, 2015
Clearly a master piece. Happy 40th. Hats off to Danny, Max, Garry, Steven, Roy and @sprinsteen #borntorun pic.twitter.com/lYNrYc7vaR
— Nils Lofgren (@nilslofgren) August 25, 2015
Happy 40th to Born To Run. Strap your hands across my engines!
— Trampled by Turtles (@tbtduluth) August 25, 2015
Happy 40th #BornToRun: an iconic American anthem that remains powerful despite being butchered by tone deaf singers: https://t.co/kbwxM0J5v6
— Matt O'Malley (@MattOMalley) August 25, 2015
Old Twitter: the album Born To Run turns 40 today
Young Twitter: what's an album— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) August 25, 2015
Listening to Born to Run because today is its 40th anniversary and also because I grew up on the Jersey Shore and it is a day of the week.
— Peter Schultz (@pete_schultz) August 25, 2015
#BornToRun 40 years old today. An album nearly as old as me. Written about a place I've never lived. Yet it's always felt like mine.
— Ryan McGee (@ESPNMcGee) August 25, 2015
https://twitter.com/brianlogandales/status/636249537921724416
https://twitter.com/ThatEricAlper/status/636175076367433728
I grew up in Englishtown, a few miles from Bruce Springsteen's hometown of Freehold. I can't overstate what #BornToRun means to us from NJ.
— Lou Brutus (@LouBrutus) August 25, 2015
40yrs ago TODAY. @springsteen released #BornToRun #jerseystrong @MaryCalviTV @JohnElliottTV @AlexDenisTV @CBSNewYork pic.twitter.com/gwEtkpGBHh
— Chris Wragge (@ChrisWragge) August 25, 2015
I remember what I was doing 40 years ago today: Listening to #BorntoRun. @springsteen anniversary. #9newsmornings pic.twitter.com/5kMWMIT8Rv
— Gary Shapiro (@GShapiro9News) August 25, 2015
https://twitter.com/DJRobertDrake/status/636137154331152384
If you don't listen to "Born To Run" and think about how awesome New Jersey is at least once today, I don't want to know you.
— Amy Z. Quinn (@AmyZQuinn) August 25, 2015
"Born To Run" just turned 40. It's as old as the dads in Bruce Springsteen songs who don't want their daughters to date Bruce Springsteen.
— Josh Gondelman (@joshgondelman) August 25, 2015
Born to Run by @springsteen turns 40 today… should be a national holiday. http://t.co/n30z3w2pnC
— Jared Zoneraich (@imjaredz) August 25, 2015
40 years ago today, the greatest album I'll ever listen to was released. Crank up some "Born to Run" kids. pic.twitter.com/ImJg8aHrhK
— Brent Axe (@BrentAxeMedia) August 25, 2015
And then there was Christ Christie’s glowing, page-long manifesto:
On the 40th anniversary of @springsteen's #BornToRun, my thoughts: pic.twitter.com/3CUovW1UVb
— Chris Christie (@ChrisChristie) August 25, 2015
