Gaslight Anthem Talk Rocking With Bruce Backstage at Lolla

Fresh off their Lollapalooza set, Brian Fallon and Alex Levine from the Gaslight Anthem sat down with Rolling Stone to recall an incredible recent festival moment: sharing the stage with Bruce Springsteen at Glastonbury. Fallon tells RS Springsteen's son Evan discovered the band, and the man himself "showed up one day at Glastonbury. He was like, 'I think I'm going to play that " '59 Sound" song with you.' " The pair also give a few hints about the secret new sound they're working up now: a mix of Tom Waits, the Clash and the Supremes. Watch the full interview above and check out photos from Lollapalooza '09 here.

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“Youth Knows No Pain”

Lykke Li | 2011

“Like on 'Youth Knows No Pain' — we are the ones that should demonstrate, because we can take it,” Likke Li said. “We can pierce ourselves, take Ecstasy, dance all night and still go to work at our McDonald's jobs.” Despite the hedonistic sentiment in the song, the Swedish singer also admitted in hindsight her youth had repercussions. “I remember when I was 18-19 and feeling that I know it all,” Li said. “I always feel that I know it all. But that song is about realizing you don’t, and reflecting, ‘Boy, if I only knew what would follow.’”

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