First we had "Easy Money" upbeat and angry, followed by the stomping "Shackled and Drawn." Today "Jack of All Trades" is being streamed to the good people of the world to listen to.
In stark contrast to the previous tracks released " Jack Of All Trades" is a slow burner that speaks to the fed up and downhearted culminating in a furious statement when the protagonist finally cracks. For the first two thirds of the song you get the feeling the protagonist is on his last legs and dragging a heavy load, plodding along but doing the best he can with a sense of hope " Theres a new world coming and I can see the light" ....until the final verse where the lyrical content takes a change in tact with the words " If I had me a gun I'd find the bastards and shoot em on sight". This track is great for the slow build up to the final guitar solo where the guitar sound is reminiscent of the achingly, frustrated sounds Bruce pulls out of his guitar on "Candy's Room," (Darkness on The Edge of Town). The character is older and wiser but still seething with disatisfaction, whether its the fury incited in a young man by a girl who won't give up other men (Candys Room) or a daily grind taking the grown man nowhere you can hear the fury and the torment in the guitar. Listen to "Jack of All Trades" here; http://www.spin.com/articles/bruce-springsteen-exclusive-hear-vengeful-wrecking-ball-track-jack-all-trades
