Darkness on The Edge of Town says that life is tough, but life is not something to run away from. The answers are not just across the county line or in some far-away fantasy world; they exist in the individual. For the first time we see Springsteen embracing reality, not trying to create some fantastical universe where the guy gets the girl and they live happily ever after. I remember Bruce saying something about how in his previous albums the guy always got the girl and they rode off into the sunset...but this was the first album where he began to question, "Yeah, and then what?" Well, this album contains every kind of "then what" you can imagine. http://www.thelightindarkness.com
Amber Papini just arrived home to her Brooklyn apartment, finally unwinding with a bottle of water and handful of vitamins—after a long day of teaching second graders. Her soft, almost mousey, voice is a tad strained, as if this school day might have been an eventful one. more
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Darkness on The Edge of Town says that life is tough, but life is not something to run away from. The answers are not just across the county line or in some far-away fantasy world; they exist in the individual. For the first time we see Springsteen embracing reality, not trying to create some fantastical universe where the guy gets the girl and they live happily ever after. I remember Bruce saying something about how in his previous albums the guy always got the girl and they rode off into the sunset...but this was the first album where he began to question, "Yeah, and then what?" Well, this album contains every kind of "then what" you can imagine. http://www.thelightindarkness.com