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SPRINGSTEEN RE-RELEASE: Born To Run
written by Roy Opochinski
The opening harmonica of “Thunder Road” starts the journey,
the horns of “Tenth Avenue Freeze Out” are a clarion call
to the gods of providence, and “Night,” a journey into the
unknown, exhilarates the listener. Then comes the one-two
gut shot of “Backstreets” and “Born to Run,” songs so powerful
that having either on the album would have propelled the disc
to classic status. The two together provided a rush of adrenaline
that gave this nine year old an early lesson about lengths
one would go to for their true love.
To reinforce that feeling, the appropriately-titled “She’s
The One,” comes next followed by a song that many ignore wrongly:
“Night.” It too is a love song, though one tempered by the
dark horror of a mobbed-up Northern New Jersey eve. It also
leads the listener to the grand finale: “Jungleland.”
Early in his career, Bruce Springsteen’s music was influenced
heavily by the songs of Bob Dylan. This was clear on his first
disc, where a track like “Blinded By the Light” was a joyous
jumble of word wizardry. By his second album, tracks like
“Incident on 57th Street” and “New York City Serenade” hinted
at Springsteen’s ability to write epic poems set to music.
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