Lights out tonight trouble in the heartland
Got a head-on collision smashin' in my guts manI'm caught in a crossfire that I don't understand
But there's one thing I know for sure girl I don't give a damn
For the same old played out scenes baby I don't give a damn
For just the in-betweens honey I want the heart I want the soul
I want control right now you better listen to me baby
Talk about a dream, try to make it real
You wake up in the night with a fear so real
You spend your life waiting for a moment that just don't come
Well don't waste your time waiting
Badlands you gotta live it every day
Let the broken hearts stand
As the price you've gotta pay
We'll keep pushin' till it's understood
And these badlands start treating us good
Workin' in the field till you get your back burned
Workin' 'neath the wheels till you get your facts learned
Baby I got my facts learned real good right now
You better get it straight darling
Poor man wanna be rich, rich man wanna be king
And a king ain't satisfied till he rules everything
I wanna go out tonight, I wanna find out what I got
Now I believe in the love that you gave me
I believe in the faith that could save me
I believe in the hope and I pray that some day
It may raise me above these
Badlands you gotta live it every day
Let the broken hearts stand
As the price you've gotta pay
Keep pushin' till it's understood
And these badlands start treating us
For the ones who had a notion, a notion deep inside
That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive
I wanna find one face that ain't looking through me
I wanna find one place, I wanna spit in the face of these
Badlands you gotta live it every day
Let the broken hearts stand
As the price you've gotta pay
Keep movin' till it's understood
And these badlands start treating us good
Badlands spelades under varje konsert på Darkness-, The River-, Born In The USA-, Reunion- och The Rising-turnéerna, och så vitt jag vet även under alla spelningar på Magic-turen. Kort sagt en av Bruce Springsteens mest centrala, älskade låtar. Några större framgångar rönte den dock inte när den släpptes som singel, med en 42 plats som bäst på Billboard-listan. Live har låten genom åren genomgått en smärre omvandling, blivit längre och i mitt tycke bara bättre och bättre. 1978 inleddes spelningarna oftast med antingen Badlands eller en gammal goding i stil med Oh Boy, Summertime Blues eller Rave On direkt följd av Badlands. Men numera är Badlands självskrivna plats i slutet av setet, precis innan extranumren. Varje gång Max Weinberg drar igång den är det som att en storm drar in. Badlands live är så mäktig att den kan orsaka jordskalv. Publiken har inkorpererats i låten på ett lysande sätt (någon läsare som exakt vet när publikens allsång blev en del av Badlands?), kanske är Badlands det mäktigaste allsångsstycke som finns. Jag lovar, i somras vibrerade Ullevi oroväckande mycket under Badlands. Wikipedia ägnar utrymme om Badlands som live-fenomen och har följande att berätta:
Moreover "Badlands" live features a number of band and audience customary practices. Danny Federici's electronic glockenspiel is added to carry the opening keyboard riff, immediately announcing the song to the crowd and getting everyone to their feet. Fans clap hands in time to Weinberg's famous part, with newcomers watching and then following the double-time part at the end. During the chorus, when Springsteen shouts "Bad-lands!" fans pump their fists in the air twice, once for each syllable of the word. In the years when it slotted at the start of shows, this would be Clemons' first sax solo, which would bring him to center stage and elicit huge cheers from the crowd. The slow-down afterward that is often elongated, with the audience joining Springsteen for the long, wordless "oooh oooh"s part. One or more false endings is usually tacked on, to further prolong the joint experience.

Ullevi, 2008:
1978, Largo:
1980:
Barcelona, 1981:
Paris, 1985:
New York, 1999:
Knäckande bra version från 1978, fast utan bild:
Barcelona, 2008:
Live in Barcelona, 2002:
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