Tunnel Of Love - Springsteen, Bruce (CD 1987)

A good friend and i had a conversation the other day. This wasn't just a generic conversation about which films deserve Oscars this year, the spiteful quality of college cafeteria food, the proliferance of terribly mismatched couples on-campus, why our advisors suck, our ongoing debate about feeling vs. skill as it pertains to popular and classical music, why she is eternally doomed to romantic advances from socially awkward types prone to overeating and discussing Tolkien and why i am eternally doomed never to consummate my yearlong flirtation with that cute bartender I've had my eye on .....

So you re the man everyone knows as The Boss . Three years prior you all but conquered not just your homeland, but the world as well with Born in the USA . You ve also gone from being rock s most eligible bachelor to marrying dream model Julianne Phillips. What a fairy tale! Is there anything left but to live happily ever after? Just like the characters in Springsteen s best songs, all was not well in the heartland. Apparently being married to a model ain t all it s cracked up to be, and makes one take a hard look at life. It s been said great art is born of pain, and we the listeners are...

In my many years of Bruce Springsteen fandom, I've found that there is a large segment of the population who doesn't understand Bruce Springsteen. As startling as that may be, it's true! Many people immediately think of the bandana clad Bruce singing Born in the USA, and what they perceive to be a patriotic song (it's NOT, but that's another story). While these people think of the IMAGE of Bruce from the mid-80's, in actuality, he's been a brilliant singer/songwriter/performer for over 25 years. Springsteen is arguably one of the greatest songwriters in rock history, taking the torch passed...