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Been listening to a lot more Bruce lately, and after seeing him live for the first time 2 weeks ago, it has me thinking of why I’m so moved by his music.
Personally, I was drawn by the shear optimism in many of his tracks. Themes of resilience and the refusal to stay knocked down. (Badlands, The Promsied Land)
No matter how badly life is kicking my ass, I can always find solace in the message he portrays in many of his songs.
I also find that all his albums reflect the different stages in my life.
Greetings from Asbury Park - Youth Born to Run - Nostalgic about youth/ Young adulthood Darkness - Working hard in a job I’m not particularly passionate about
Etc etc.
I could go on. But I’m interested to hear your reasons why too!
I knew and liked Bruce in the 80s, but more of a casual thing enjoyed the songs on the radio...but somehow I got a tape of 18 tracks in the late 90s and from that point on I've been a 'completist' and totally impressed by 90% of the music he's ever made. Napster and Youtube made it even easier to hear stuff that I would have never heard before. So I went from 'he's great' to 'wow he rarely writes a bad song' over 25 years.
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