![]() Both Mellencamp and Springsteen have aged well. It has a slightly sepia tonality to the colour filters, making it look aged, but not old (if that makes sense). The chorus is particularly fine, with Mellencamp taking the low melody and Springsteen delivering a slightly wavering high harmony that simply drips with emotion. It’s literally the perfect delivery – a husky, throaty croon that portrays the emotion and the meaning in the lyric beautifully. Far from it: the vocals are delivered in such a way as to make the melancholy in the lyrics come alive. They do sound slightly tired – but oddly enough not in a bad way at all. It’s simply a very real, honest and authentic reflection on the passing of life and the implicit message within it is this: LIVE life, don’t just ‘exist’ it and don’t waste your days and fritter them away.īoth Springsteen’s and Mellencamp’s voices are perfect on this track. Powerful stuff!įrom this you might think that the track is simply unparalleled misery set to music, but honestly you couldn’t be further from the truth. “How can a man watch his life go down the drain? How many moments has he lost today? Who among us could ever see clear – the end is coming – it’s almost here,” Springsteen croons before the final chorus. “But if we can go out there and be safe, I hope we’ll do it.These are men who are painfully aware of their own mortality and the simple fact that all of us waste far too much time, when time is ultimately short. He spent the summer cheering on his professional horseback rider daughter Jessica, who won the silver medal for team equestrian jumping at the Olympics, and he’s hoping to tour with the E Street Band next year, though as his bandmate Steven Van Zandt recently told Consequence, America would first have to improve its COVID-19 response. ![]() The Boss recently announced The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts, a new concert film and live album taken from two of The E-Street Band’s most memorable performances. On November 8th, Springsteen will participate in the Stand Up for Heroes event with Jon Steward, Jim Gaffigan, and more. The colors seem to be a message about which days are wasted and which are not, and you can check out the visuals below. “Wasted days/ Wasted days/ We watch our lives just fade away to/ More wasted days.” The song comes with a music video that shows the two icons sitting in a sepia-toned living room, playing cards, which is contrasted with the vivid colors of an outdoor stage under the lights. ![]() That’s heavy stuff, but it pales in comparison to the anguished howl of the chorus. “How many days are lost in vain?/ Who’s counting out these last dramatic years?/ How many minutes do we have here?” “How many summers still remain?” Mellencamp wonders. The song laments all the time that’s been frittered away, especially as the 69-year-old Mellencamp and 72-year-old Springsteen approach their final acts. The music and lyrics for “Wasted Days” come from Mellencamp, with Springsteen credited on guitar and vocals. ![]() He’s a great songwriter and I have become very close and had a lot of fun with him. “I worked on three songs on John’s album and I spent some time in Indiana with him,” Springsteen said earlier this year. According to Springsteen, he can be heard on three tracks. “Wasted Days” is a mediation on mortality, and is expected to be the first preview of Mellencamp’s 25th album.įew details are known about LP25, but work on it is completed, via Mellencamp’s website. For the first time in their illustrious careers, John Mellencamp and Bruce Springsteen have collaborated on a new original song.
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