Bruce amazes me to no end. Every single time I listen to him I draw deep emotional connections to some facet of his music, be it a song, album, or mere lyric, and sometimes even a simple strum of the guitar or melody coming from the keyboard. Or I'll suddenly recognize that Clarence's sax plays a much more powerful role in a song than I ever noticed before. The Boss made some very sophisticated music, timeless and purely from his heart and soul.
If this song doesn't make you want to get up, grab a beer, grab your girl, get moving and have some fun than you are really missing an essential part of what it means to be American. Sounds dramatic, I know, but consider the power of this song, the pure 20th century American nostalgia that attacks you relentlessly for four straight minutes, almost daring you to let yourself go somehow.
Bruce amazes me to no end. Every single time I listen to him I draw deep emotional connections to some facet of his music, be it a song, album, or mere lyric, and sometimes even a simple strum of the guitar or melody coming from the keyboard. Or I'll suddenly recognize that Clarence's sax plays a much more powerful role in a song than I ever noticed before. The Boss made some very sophisticated music, timeless and purely from his heart and soul.
If this song doesn't make you want to get up, grab a beer, grab your girl, get moving and have some fun than you are really missing an essential part of what it means to be American. Sounds dramatic, I know, but consider the power of this song, the pure 20th century American nostalgia that attacks you relentlessly for four straight minutes, almost daring you to let yourself go somehow.