Beat Saber and Secret Garden: Tales of Displaced Fame

Shane R. Monroe
8 min readDec 27, 2019

It is hard to imagine an article drawing parallels on two such disparate topics; a virtual reality video game and Bruce Springsteen’s 1995 ballad — but I assure you, there is a rather interesting connection.

In February 1995, Bruce Springsteen released a Greatest Hits album that featured a song called Secret Garden. Initially, this song peaked at #63 on the Billboard Hot

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Shane R. Monroe

I write, blog, record and review anything that interests me — including humanity, parenting, gizmos & gadgets, video games and media.