Aladdin Sane by David Bowie (December)
Abraxas by Santana (January)
Rumours by Fleetwood Mac (February)
Bad Girls by Donna Summer (March)
Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones (May)
Every Picture Tells A Story by Rod Stewart (June)
Aja, Countdown To Ecstasy & Can't But A Thrill by Steely Dan (July)
Any thoughts or comments on this album greatly appreciated. I will be posting my own over the next two months
This track, unlike most others on DOTEOT could have fitted seamlessly onto Born To Run. It’s unashamedly loud. Tapping into the emerging punk scene and sound and It’s an anthemic rock song as well. It’s not subtle and I love it.
The song sets the scene for the rest of the album and tells the story of a man down on his luck and angry at the world, who wants a better lot in life.
Great title as well and a staple of Bruce’s live performances.
A song about family, something that Springsteen has revisited frequently over the years, but I would argue never better than here.
This track is where Bruce goes punk for the first but not last time on the album
A Hard rockin’ track from the start with that phenomenal guitar shredding from Bruce and Steven Van Zandt from the outset. Driven by a heavy drumbeat and a riff played simultaneously by the guitars, bass, piano, and organ this is an irresistibly driven track, making It hard to be ignored
The first time I heard this it blew my mind and it still does every time I hear it.
This Is a slower-paced song with dark lyrics about soul-searching in a car, about dreams and the shattering there of. It’s a raw and atmospheric track
This track sort of epitomises the difference between DOTEOT and Born To Run. No more “wall of sound” grandeur on this track. It’s got that harder, rockier edginess I love on Darkness.
Great piano work and it’s a builder of a track and I love the roar
This is a beautifully constructed song. A goosebump track for me
Bruce continues the punk influence here and it’s just a blistering track
It’s a song where suitors trade gifts for Candy’s affection. The artist Karon Bihari, whom Springsteen briefly dated in the 1970s, claimed the song was about her.
Love the piano intro which leads to a blistering drum and guitar lead main part of the track. I was trying to come up with a phrase to describe the energy on this track and then I read someone describe it as "physically urgent". Perfect!
It a great live track as well and I’ve heard The Boss play this a couple of time live. So visceral.
"Tonight tonight the strips just right, I wanna blow 'em all out of their seats, so come out now everyone And we'll go racing in the street,"
Not just Bruce’s greatest ballad but his greatest song with the most beautiful piano intro from Roy Bittan.
The song, with its narrative about a guy in a dead-end job whose outlet is racing his car and winning money gambling on the outcome, fits seamlessly into the Springsteen narrative of the people that he grew up with. He writes and sings from the heart and about things that he understands.
Springsteen has said that this song commemorates the racing in the street that occurred outside Asbury Park, New Jersey. Springsteen songs from the 1970s often celebrated the car, another great track being Thunder Road, There seems to be something in the American male psyche that celebrate the car or the freedom that having a car affords you.
What can get lost on the narrative of this song is the part played by the girlfriend. There’s a lot of sympathy and understanding for the protagonists girlfriend in this song, which again, is a trait of Springsteen in his writing.
I love this song because it sounds “true”. It’s authentic and real and brilliantly, understatedly performed. The perfect Springsteen song. Hell, just a perfect song.
A song about the repetition of the working life, in this case factory-worker
Coming from a city that was built on the back of the industrial revolution and heavy industry, and although I never worked in a factory, I knew many that did, mainly feeding the larger car plant on Europe at the time, British Leyland or actually working there. The sweat, the hard hours, the harsh reality of your existence and the injuries that people sustained, some life changing.
So, this was and still is, a special song for me. It’s also beautifully written and performed. The lyrics are some of the most poignant ever written. It’s storytelling at its finest
Starting with that great piano intro, into those great harmonies and the sparse arrangement and Bruce’s almost weary delivery. Perfect
This is one of those songs that make me tear up. So wonderful.
It's been a while since it's been on my turntable but I'm pretty sure I preferred Nebraska to this, but I think this was my 3rd fav boss album. Born to Run is prob better than Nebraska, but I prefer Nebraska.
I just saw a $130, extended, 3LP version of Nebraska and was so jealous of ppl who could afford that. I'm really curious about it. Anyone familiar with it?
I just saw a $130, extended, 3LP version of Nebraska and was so jealous of ppl who could afford that. I'm really curious about it. Anyone familiar with it?
This? It's actually 4 vinyl LPs, plus the Blu-Ray disc... Amazon has it for $90, and the CD version is $45, but you can stream the whole thing too. I'm not much of a Springsteen fan, but I do know that the so-called "electric" version of Nebraska isn't particularly electric, at least by most people's standards.
If it were my favorite album by anyone ever, I would probably shell out $90 for it, but you've only got it at #58 on your chart, right? I'd say maybe wait until you can find a nice used one. 😄
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