Well, trying to get better again, got the stress of school work, the good old anxiety kicking this week. Ohhhh lawd!! You know what it's like! I hope everyone's midterms went/are going well! I have a quiz in my Natural Disasters class tomorrow come to think of it. Shit. Well, I hope everyone has some cool stuff planned for spring break! Wheather you're in in Chicago, on the East Coast, on the West Coast, somewhere in between or even somewhere else in this amazing world!, hope whatever you do next week, you get some time to relax as well!
Springsteen knew, when making this album, that pop music was becoming really successful, and this album was Springsteen's way of saying "hey, I can rock the pop music world too!" and that he did. With the success of Michael Jackson's Thriller, he looked at trying to take over the airwaves himself and appeal to a wide audience, and that he did. This album did really well (it is one of his best selling albums, if not the best) and still kept his Bruce Springsteen and The E-Street Band originality.
One misconception of the title track of the album, "Born In The USA" I find very interesting. A lot of people mistaken this song for a patriotic song/ anthem. Actually, this song is about the effect the Vietnam War had on the people here, partially inspired by people Springsteen who went to Vietnam and, at some times, never returned. It's about the working class that, at the time, felt like they didn't have a voice anymore. It really is a great song, and definitely one of my favorites for that reason alone, for the struggle and the cry within it, sometimes what people might have felt in the more recent Iraq Conflict, even though they were a bit different from from each other, it still effects people and families everywhere! The Iraq Conflict is just more my generation. Still, both the Vietnam Conflict and Iraq Conflict had it's price to pay, and that can be heard in this song.
Speaking of which, my favorite songs in this album: you know, now that I think about it, I pretty much like all of them. There really isn't something I can say is my favorite and what is not. I guess the song that will always have a special place in my heart is "Glory Days".
I remember when I was pretty young, like in 6th-7th grade and such, my dad always made these rock and roll mix CDs. And I remember I'd listen to them with him when we were going on longer trips like to Boston to see our group of friends up there or to Virginia and DC to see relatives and other friends, and I remember when "Glory Days" always came on and my dad would sing along to the chorus, and I'd try to sing along with him, though I had no idea what I was singing and really didn't know who Bruce Springsteen is. I always liked the song and was one of my favorites on his CDs, even though I didn't really go deeper into finding out a lot about it, I just knew it was "one of Dad's favorite songs". So, I grew up listening to it with him and, eventually, I just never had the oppurtunity to listen to it as much. Then, when I bought the album and listened to it, the song popped up and my memories of it instantly came back to me, and I realized I knew this song very well, and, in fact, I knew more songs on the album then I thought I did from the album. But that song, I remembered right away and it reminded me of good times hangin' with my dad, drivin down the highway blasting rock and roll music.
Songs you probably (or should know) from this album: "Born In The USA", "Dancing In The Dark" (also known for Courtney Cox's appearance) , "Glory Days" (duh), and "No Surrender".
Honestly, check out the whole album, it's worth it. At least check out "Glory Days" (which I posted a video for down below!) and the other three I just mentioned! They really do rock!
Well, that's all I have for now! Remember: Rock and Roll will never die!!
Take care now, keep rockin, world! PEACE!
- AR
Glory Days:
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