It's midnight in Manhattan, this is no time to get cute, it's a mad dog's promenade
So walk tall
Or baby, don't walk at all
- New York City Serenade
For @lynnsylouise
12 songs. One misunderstood masterpiece.
Born in the U.S.A. was released on June 4, 1984.
Here’s the album, track by track. - 7/12
No Surrender
The ultimate youthful oath: two friends, a guitar, and dreams too big for the real world to hold. Time may wear the edges down, but the promise stays lit: growing older, yes — surrendering, never.
Today in Rock History
June 4, 1984
Bruce Springsteen releases his seventh studio album, Born in the U.S.A., which tops the Billboard 200 for seven weeks and produces seven Top 10 singles, including “Dancing in the Dark” (#2) and the title track (#9). The album sells over 30 million copies worldwide, with 15 million in the U.S. alone.
Whoa whoa I
I'd rather feel the hurt inside, yes I would darling than know
Than know the emptiness your heart must hide
Yes I would darling, yes I would darling, yes I would baby
- The Ties That Bind
48 years of Darkness on the Edge of Town.
Prove It All Night is all urgency: love, risk, hunger, and that desperate need to make the night count.
48 years later, it still burns live.
Had to work until she was 68, never saw a cent from her invention.
None of the billionaires are inventors they are all the crooks that stole from the inventors.