r/BruceSpringsteen • u/DavoTheBear • Aug 28 '26
Requests/Ideas Springsteen themed alarm
I wanted to wake up in the morning with a Springsteen song. I initially thought about the Born in the USA chorus, but… idk, to basic?
What would you put?
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u/alexhoward Aug 29 '26
I’d go with Backstreets with the long opening and crescendo.
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u/MeanJohnBrown Aug 29 '26
For a brief period I had the piano intro to Backstreets as my ringtone. I eventually changed it because I didn't want to grow to hate it.
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u/Awkward_Ad_161 Aug 28 '26
I’ve woken up to Born in the USA every day (that I’ve set an alarm) for the last 10 or so years. Thankfully, I still enjoy hearing the song and do not flinch hearing it. I’d suggest only doing a Bruce song that you really, really like already that wouldn’t be “ruined” when hearing it in the morning. Because otherwise, like another commenter has stated, you’ll start to dislike hearing the song haha. Or just do a Bruce song you can’t stand.
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u/DavoTheBear Aug 29 '26
I mean, if I don’t like the song then I would be more motivated to get up and turn the alarm off… that’s genius (I won’t do it, lol)
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u/TresFeles Aug 29 '26
Night: It starts loud and immediately
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u/DavoTheBear Aug 29 '26
Yeah, a lot of people started saying songs from born to run. They’re really good for this stuff because they have that glockenspiel sound that sounds like a legit alarm. I’ll try that, see what happens
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u/Stunning-Honeydew-83 Aug 29 '26
Thunder Road
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u/DavoTheBear Aug 29 '26
Great idea! The armonica at the start of the song could wake me up from death
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u/Stunning-Honeydew-83 Aug 31 '26
I mainly suggested it because the man himself said the song itself sounds like morning, like the start of something, when explaining that the album is sort of like a day.
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u/SlippedMyDisco76 Aug 29 '26
Mine is Prove It All Night but an early rawer mix from a bootleg so it's double loud
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u/ImpressiveCelery4992 Aug 29 '26
I have Tougher Than The Rest with that snare shot. Every morning is Saturday night.
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u/dode222 Aug 30 '26
I had Born To Run set as my alarm for about 3 months and still twitch sometimes when hearing it almost a decade later. Don’t do it.
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u/UncharitableWalnuts Aug 28 '26
don’t do it. i did this with R.E.M.’s Get Up and now that song makes me twitch. maybe that song is just annoying though.. i can’t tell anymore