Darkness On The Edge Of Town - Springsteen, Bruce (CD 1990)

It happens to the best of us: life reaches a sort of crossroads, a tumultuous sort of catalyst where you can sit back and cry about it, or you can do your best to make it better. I'm going to assume, for the benefit of this review, that anyone bothering to read the opinion of a writer of minor popularity dissecting, essay-by-essay, the discography of Bruce Springsteen, MUST be an avid (perhaps downright rabid) music lover; either that, or you're just a huge fan of my writing. I'm going to assume it's the former, because I'm relatively certain that the only person truly amused by my writing is.

Writing my Janis Joplin book review caused me to go back through some older CDs, and I happened upon Springsteen. Bruce. My boy. My man. My companion on many a long night's drive... I pulled out Darkness On The Edge Of Town, as that's really my favorite, mostly just to see how it's held up after all these years. How did it do? Tell you later. Prologue Bruce Springsteen owned the world in 1975, with the release and overwhelming success of Born To Run. Bruce's manager at that time was a man named Mike Appel (who I came to know personally. One word: snake.) Bruce and Mike had a falling out. An...

Bruce Springsteen represents many things to many people. To many people, he's an embodiment of the escape that rock and roll always promised. To some, he literally is the spirit of rock. And to a few (specifically former actors who think they're qualified to run for president), he's some patriotic American ho sings about how great life in America is. But no matter how you look at him, it's impossible to not listen to one of his songs or albums and not identify with it in some regard. Now regarding my position on Mr. Springsteen and his work, I would call myself something of a casual fan. I...

Every LP or CD of Bruce Springsteen The Boss has its attraction. At least every fan will report this, but what do I think of his early songs? You ll find many good songs on this brilliant album! __Bruce Springsteen: Darkness on the Edge of Town__ The fourth album of Bruce Springsteen needed almost three years from writing the first notes on a sheet of paper up to reaching the shelves into the stores all around the world. As expected the boss Bruce Springsteen produced a great and well selling album. Now I d like to tell you something about the album and the songs. Track 01 __04:04__ *****...