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Originally Posted by Bubbles
But I personally would like Springsteens songs to stop being so much along the lines of "keep on doing good work, hold your head high, the world is bad, never forget that & don't back down". I'd love to hear him go back to character studies. He can pick any way of that -Ghost of Tom Joad, Nebraska, Darkness, Born in The USA, something new - I don't care, but his post-2000 albums are so much centered on the society and I don't connect too well with that.
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Bruce's writing has moved from the personal to the political/society over the years, but the themes of redemption and hope have always been central. Look at the characters on Darkness, for example; they are beaten down, yet look at the lyrics of "Promised Land", or especially the title track:
"I'll be on that hill, cause I can't stop
I'll be on that hill with everything I've got."
The narrator is beaten down, but he has hope.
(I think the central character in Darkness is the same guy as the narrator of Racing in the Street and The Promise- the songs are connected)
Bruce made a parallel in "Storytellers" to Darkness (the song) when he talked about "Jesus Was an Only Son"; I think the hill in Darkness represents Calvary, in a sense.
"Thunder Road ends with, "It's a town full of losers, and we're pulling out of here to win."
Anyway, I digress. Continue on with the thread.
