Before you get too excited that the Boss was putting $20,000 on the line in a round of Final Jeopardy, Springsteen was not on the game show. But last night's episode of the long running quiz show did have an entire category dedicated to Jersey rock n roller: SPRINGSTEEN SONGS IN OTHER WORDS. None of the brainiacs could get the $2000 Springsteen question leaving even host Alex Trebek surprised....
I was recently reading a review in Amazon.com for "Born to Run" by M J Heilbron Jr., which I loved where he wrote, "From Roy Bittan's piano opening "Thunder Road" to Springsteen's anguished howl ending "Jungleland", you will have gone somewhere. Bruce and the band takes you on a journey...GOD I'm jealous that some of you haven't heard this yet! I'd like to watch someone listen to it for the fir...
I also know that if an oldies station is on in my presence, I will almost always be able to sing along (or, at least, I know the words - my singing ability is questionable). I miss having my car. I miss classic rock. college is fantastic, but good radio is nonexistant.
Today it occured to me after getting off work and coming back to my apartment listening to Leonard Cohen just how much I owe musically to my parents. I vividly remember when I was young seeing my mother spin Dylan's Blonde on Blonde and thinking she was weird because it wasn't the Simpson's Sing the Blues or something to that effect. I also remember being so captivated by the cover to Small C...