Born To Run

    Another relaxing monday. My sleep scheduale, from the weekend, messed up. Been up til at least five watching True Blood with friends, and as much as I love the show, I'm not sure if I was to have the same sleeping pattern as a vampire!
   Anyway, I found out today that my grandmother, who they thought would not be able to really walk that well again without any support, can amazingly walk on her own without much trouble again!! It was the strangest thing, as my father called me telling me she can walk again, and I was a bit taken aback and speechless! I couldn't believe it. So that has put me in a great mood, despite all the homework I have to work on tonight.

   So, as in my last post, I listened through another album...
 Bruce Springsteen's Born To Run, released in 1975. Ok, who HASN'T listened to at least the song "Born To Run"?? If not, you best get to it right now! I put the video at the end of this post.
    This album was Bruce Springsteen's real breakthrough album, and let me say, this album is genius. There is not one mediocere song on this album. They are all filled with heart, spirit, struggle and pride, and the fight to be a working class romantic. Even all these words won't do it justice.
    Of course, there is always the New Jersey sound in it that Bruce Springsteen always seems to hit right on the nail, and the imagery and narration is still there. I've read a few places that this album happens to be a concept album, telling a story from beginning to end. I'm still not sure if this is fact or not, but I can see the story within it. As an LP, each side beings with songs of escape, Side A being the hopeful "Thunder Road" and Side B being the infamous "Born To Run". Of course, these are two of my favorite songs, as I could relate to them whenever I wanted a release from living in New Jersey and singing them with close friends from high school, wheather it be at a Bruce concert, driving around in my legendary White Solara, or just chillin. This album brings back great memories.
    My two other favorite songs, even though they are all really good and should not be missed, are "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" and "Jungleland"
   With "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out", it is such a fun song, I wonder how could anyone not want to get up and dance? It just always gets me in a good mood, because I think it's a really feel-good song. The saxaphone in this song (played by the legendary "Big Man", Clarence Clemmons) is really awesome! I love listening to this song when I'm driving through the Lincoln Tunnel to NYC. It's worth a listen!
    And with "Jungleland", well this is just an epic song! Lasting about 10 minutes, it's the last song on the album and a great way to close it! The shifts in tempo and the different parts of the songs are awesome and it has some upbeat parts and some slow, "foggy", mysterious parts. It's really quite amazing! One of the best songs I've ever heard! It's like a little mini opera, much like Green Day's "Homecoming" but different. It's just one of the most epic songs to ever be played!
   Well, that's all for now folks! I best get to my homework! Thanks for reading, listening, etc. and I will see you later.

Peace Out!- AR