Born In the U.S.A.
Not only did I lip-sync to "Dancing In the
Dark" in a 7th grade "talent" show, this tour one of my first-ish
real concerts. I sat in the LA Sports Arena in a giant cloud
of weed smoke for five hours as Springsteen slid across the
stage and Clarence Clemons sweat all over Little Stevie. This
was really the coming out for Bruce (in a big pop way), and
introduced the thematic "Born In the U.S.A." to dimwitted conservative
politicians the country over. Listen to lyrics much, folks?
In addition to the decidedly dark title track are folksy tunes
about broken American towns, life in the rearview mirror and
various other deceptively depressing themes. But whom am I telling
this to? This album was like Thriller and Purple
Rain--everyone had it or a taped copy of it in his glove
compartment, or knew someone who did. |
Born to Run
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Darkness On the Edge of Town
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Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. |
The Wild, the Innocent & the E
Street Shuffle |
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