Nebraska (song)
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"Nebraska" is a stark, acoustic folk-rock song by Bruce Springsteen that tells a haunting first-person story of a young killer, serving as the title track and thematic centerpiece of his 1982 album.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nebraska (song) canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| albumSide | Side one ⓘ |
| artist | Bruce Springsteen ⓘ |
| basedOn | Charles Starkweather murders ⓘ |
| composer | Bruce Springsteen ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | acclaimed ⓘ |
| describedAs |
dark ballad
ⓘ
haunting ⓘ stark ⓘ |
| genre |
acoustic rock
ⓘ
folk rock ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ |
| hasNotableCoverVersionBy |
Aoife O’Donovan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chrissie Hynde NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Earle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTrackNumber | 1 ⓘ |
| includedIn | Bruce Springsteen live performances ⓘ |
| instrumentation |
acoustic guitar
ⓘ
harmonica ⓘ voice ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalTheme |
alienation
ⓘ
crime ⓘ death penalty ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ murder ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| partOf | Nebraska (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Bruce Springsteen ⓘ |
| productionStyle |
lo-fi
ⓘ
minimalist ⓘ |
| recordedFor | Nebraska (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingArtist | Bruce Springsteen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingLocation | New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingMethod | four-track cassette recorder ⓘ |
| recordingYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Columbia Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1982-09-30 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| setting | Nebraska NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tempo | slow ⓘ |
| titleTrackOf | Nebraska (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| writer | Bruce Springsteen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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