Originally published Oct. 5, 1987 in the Bergen Record. On his first album, "Greetings from Asbury Park, New Jersey," Bruce Springsteen sang about "Growin Up." That theme, in one form or another, was ...

An earlier version of this story was published in August 2025. It’s a Jersey Shore rule: Anything Bruce Springsteen does, no matter how ordinary, is newsworthy. Springsteen and the E Street Band ...