BHelmet
The Living Force
MusicMan said:BHelmet said:Art said:I would like to elaborate a comment on this one some day. I have been bewitched by this song since long time ago, and I have come-up with some rather unsettling theories about it.
Blinded by the Light
Manfred Mann's Earth Band
- words and music by Bruce Springsteen
So what are you waiting for? Let's hear your 'take'! You have my curiosity now!
And hey - you don't need to post an mp3 of this - I think it is engraved everyone's brain who was born in the 20th century who is still alive.
And I agree - there is a LOT that is unsettling about this...'thing'.
And a lot unsettling about the fact that it STILL gets airplay.
BHelmet, I just wanted to add that there is nothing about Bruce Springsteen that would make me want to listen to his music. Maybe it's because I wasn't born in the USA. Personally I have nothing against him, and I wouldn't discourage anyone else from being a fan of his.
I come from a bygone era, (I can remember Gene Autry!) and some of the modern music just turns me cold.
Some of it hurts my ears, and some of it I can't understand the lyrics. Must be old age..
Perhaps it's odd that I called myself MusicMan, but I played hot gospel in church for twenty years, so it comes from that.
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I am not a big fan of BS either and, to be honest, I did not realize he wrote this song until it was posted. I understand the USA thing if you were not born here, although, to be fair, I think he was writing Born in the USA somewhat ironically about poor dumb suckers giving life and limb in Viet Nam for basically nothing more than a patriotic sales job. It was not intended as a pro-USA anthem although it sort of turned out into that kind of soundbite.
As for the singing cowboy - hey I remember too - He owned the old LA Angels baseball club for a while.
Now - back to this bizarre song. I know a LOT of people who found this song to be utterly annoying. So why did it get SO much airplay and rank as the number one song? Why do some songs that just seem to make NO sense get crammed down our throats? I have always wondered about this. So, I was surprised to see someone had thought very deeply about it and I am very curious what they have to say.