#bruce springstein

Dancing in the Dark (Bruce Springstein)

I check my look in the mirror/I wanna change my clothes, my hair, my face...There's something happening somewhere/Baby, I just know that there is/You can't start a fire/You can't start a fire without a spark/This gun's for hire/Even if we're just dancing in the dark

I ain't getting nowhere, i'm just living in a dump like this/There's something happening somewhere, baby i just know that there is

"It’s so sad yet hopeful too? Like all the talk of insecurities and miseries and the acceptance of a sort of futility in it all, but you’ve got to try to live anyway. The poppy tune really emphasizes this hopeful notion. Its also very relatable like yeah Mr Springsteen we ARE just dancing in the dark."

"I listened to born in the usa album at 8 years old and it fundamentally changed me forever. was there any aspect of bruce singing about the vietnam war and blue collar work and lost love that was directly relatable to me as a child? nope but the emotions of the songs were instantly so powerful"

Free (Florence + The Machine)

I'm always running from something/I push it back, but it keeps on coming/And being clever never got me very far/Because it's all in my head/And "You're too sensitive", they said I said,/"Okay, but let's discuss this at the hospital"

"Florence pulling absolutely NO PUNCHES whatsoever. EXCELLENT expression of anxiety brain in a song, and the sentiment of "and for a moment, when I'm dancing, I am free" means EVERYTHING"

Jungleland (Bruce Springstein)

Outside the street's on fire in a real death waltz/Between what's flesh and what's fantasy/And the poets down here don't write nothing at all They just stand back and let it all be/And in the quick of a knife, they reach for their moment and try to make an honest stand/But they wind up wounded, not even dead/Tonight in Jungleland

"Oh man. I was introduced to this song as “the greatest song ever made” as a kid. Jesus, it really might be, at least it’s definitely up there. It’s about a piece of shit guy who lives like a piece of shit and dies like a piece of shit while a crazy world goes on around him just out of his reach. It’s so amazing, you need to listen to the whole thing front to back, the violins in the middle really fuck me up good. If you don’t expect an orchestral rock opera song from Bruce Springsteen (early in his catalog too) then you need to listen to more Springsteen. I love this whole album, and this is the ultimate closing track."

I Who Bend the Tall Grasses (Lingua Ignota)

Take hold of my gentle axe and split him open, gather up my quiet hammer and nail him down, use any of your heavenly means/Your golden scythe, your holy sword, your fiery arrows studded with stars...I don't give a fuck/Just kill him/You have to/I'm not asking

Dancing In The Dark (Bruce Springstein)

I check my look in the mirror/I wanna change my clothes, my hair, my face...There's something happening somewhere/Baby, I just know that there is/You can't start a fire/You can't start a fire without a spark/This gun's for hire/Even if we're just dancing in the dark

I ain't getting nowhere, i'm just living in a dump like this/There's something happening somewhere, baby i just know that there is

"It’s so sad yet hopeful too? Like all the talk of insecurities and miseries and the acceptance of a sort of futility in it all, but you’ve got to try to live anyway. The poppy tune really emphasizes this hopeful notion. Its also very relatable like yeah Mr Springsteen we ARE just dancing in the dark."

"I listened to born in the usa album at 8 years old and it fundamentally changed me forever. was there any aspect of bruce singing about the vietnam war and blue collar work and lost love that was directly relatable to me as a child? nope but the emotions of the songs were instantly so powerful"

Great Gig in the Sky (Pink Floyd)

I am not frightened of dying/Any time will do, I don't mind/Why should I be frightened of dying?/There's no reason for it, you've gotta go sometime/I never said I was frightened of dying

"The singers voice is sound so mindnumbingly sad and beautiful paired with the instrumentals it gives me chills"

Step on Me (The Cardigains)

Do what you want to, do what you want to/Be what you want to, be what you want to/Go on and step on me/You're free to have everything you can see/All that you want from me/Free to be all that you want to be

"To quote a youtube comment that sums it up perfectly "This song feels like the personification of people-pleasing, where you’re willing to do anything to make others happy, even if you get hurt in the process. At the end of the day, that doesn’t matter to you. You making that person happy does. Even if it’s at the expense of your happiness, you would do anything." Feels uncomfortably relatable."

Jungleland (Bruce Springstein)

Outside the street's on fire in a real death waltz/Between what's flesh and what's fantasy/And the poets down here don't write nothing at all They just stand back and let it all be/And in the quick of a knife, they reach for their moment and try to make an honest stand/But they wind up wounded, not even dead/Tonight in Jungleland

God Help the Outcasts (The Hunchback of Notre Damn)

I don’t know if you can hear me/or if you’re even there/I don’t know if you would listen to a g*psy’s prayer/I ask for nothing, I can get by/but I know so many less lucky than I

"Esmeralda isn’t really a believer, but this song shows she is probably more in tune with the actual teachings of Christ than the others who would consider themselves good lifelong Catholics. It’s an outsider looking for help for those she sees have even less going for them than she does (and she’s locked in a church for who knows how long)"

The Promised Land (Bruce Springstein)

I've done my best to live the right way/I get up every morning and go to work each day/But your eyes go blind and your blood runs cold/Sometimes I feel so weak I just want to explode/Explode and tear this whole town apart/Take a knife and cut this pain from my heart/Find somebody itching for something to start

Mi artículo en Faro de Vigo PATTI SMITH: DEL AMOR Y DE LA MUERTE La cantante y poeta norteamericana publica sus memorias Francisco R. Pastoriza          Cuando Patti Smith cumplió setenta años descubrió un secreto familiar que la afectó profundamente. Lo cuenta en Una gota de sangre, el capítulo de su autobiografía “Pan de ángeles”, que acaba de publicar Lumen en España. Por tener que…