The song is about working as a musician down the shore. It's about being down the shore as a young man waorking on the boardwalk and playing in a band, and it talks about a lot of stuff thats happening around. Manfred Mann has no idea what the sonf is about and they dont do the verses in the right order.
@lozz588 ...and, they left out three of the verses. That is, if you’re comparing Springsteen’s with Manfred Mann’s LP version. As opposed the AM radio hit: which leaves out even more. Like the middle eight, which treads around the edge of, “Can I do it until I need glasses?”
@lozz588 ...and, they left out three of the verses. That is, if you’re comparing Springsteen’s with Manfred Mann’s LP version. As opposed the AM radio hit: which leaves out even more. Like the middle eight, which treads around the edge of, “Can I do it until I need glasses?”
Song has plenty of subtext ‘bout sex—and a bit of drugs, and lotsa rock ‘n roll—more obviously so, in Springsteen's version.
Song has plenty of subtext ‘bout sex—and a bit of drugs, and lotsa rock ‘n roll—more obviously so, in Springsteen's version.
The verses cut by Manfred Mann include the phrases:
“fleshpot mascot”
“...kidnapped handicap was complainin' that he caught the clap from some mousetrap”
…which, I s'pose, is a...
The verses cut by Manfred Mann include the phrases:
“fleshpot mascot”
“...kidnapped handicap was complainin' that he caught the clap from some mousetrap”
…which, I s'pose, is a sop to those from the record company who found those scary werds weird like a rainbow beard?
The one with:
“some hazard from Harvard was skunked on beer, playin’ backyard bombardier”?
Well….don’t know why it got left on the studio floor, so to speak.
Does anyone of this matter? The whole song has a seriously trippy vibe. But it’s not as that makes it different from much of anything else written during the era.
The song is about working as a musician down the shore. It's about being down the shore as a young man waorking on the boardwalk and playing in a band, and it talks about a lot of stuff thats happening around. Manfred Mann has no idea what the sonf is about and they dont do the verses in the right order.
@lozz588 ...and, they left out three of the verses. That is, if you’re comparing Springsteen’s with Manfred Mann’s LP version. As opposed the AM radio hit: which leaves out even more. Like the middle eight, which treads around the edge of, “Can I do it until I need glasses?”
@lozz588 ...and, they left out three of the verses. That is, if you’re comparing Springsteen’s with Manfred Mann’s LP version. As opposed the AM radio hit: which leaves out even more. Like the middle eight, which treads around the edge of, “Can I do it until I need glasses?”
Song has plenty of subtext ‘bout sex—and a bit of drugs, and lotsa rock ‘n roll—more obviously so, in Springsteen's version.
Song has plenty of subtext ‘bout sex—and a bit of drugs, and lotsa rock ‘n roll—more obviously so, in Springsteen's version.
The verses cut by Manfred Mann include the phrases: “fleshpot mascot” “...kidnapped handicap was complainin' that he caught the clap from some mousetrap” …which, I s'pose, is a...
The verses cut by Manfred Mann include the phrases: “fleshpot mascot” “...kidnapped handicap was complainin' that he caught the clap from some mousetrap” …which, I s'pose, is a sop to those from the record company who found those scary werds weird like a rainbow beard?
The one with: “some hazard from Harvard was skunked on beer, playin’ backyard bombardier”? Well….don’t know why it got left on the studio floor, so to speak.
Does anyone of this matter? The whole song has a seriously trippy vibe. But it’s not as that makes it different from much of anything else written during the era.