I'm guessing this won't be a popular statement, but I don't like Bruce Springsteen's music. I've seen him live and listened to a fair amount of it thanks to an ex-boyfriend, but it has just never done a thing for me. The musicianship is fine, the lyrics are OK -- but for me, whatever it is in music that moves me, that makes me hit rewind 10 times in a row when a song is so good that I almost can't hear it enough, Springsteen just doesn't do that for me.
I was at the grocery store last night, of all places, and a midi version of this song came on the Muzak. And I realized -- I love this song. I love the imagery of its lyrics, how Bob Seger's gravelly, strained voice is just perfect to convey the regret and reminiscence of a middle-aged man remembering the salad days of his youth. I don't love all Bob Seger songs, and that I love this one is probably proof of my age and the era in which I grew up, but I could listen to this 10 times in a row and love it more each time. For me, this song does what Springsteen songs do for so many other people -- evoke a time and a place; harken to a simpler, younger age; help me remember.
For your listening pleasure, Bob Seger's "Like a Rock."
3 comments:
Makes me want to go buy a Ford :)The sad thing is, I connect this song more to ads then I do Bob Seger.
David, isn't it Chevy?
Nora, what's the definition of "salad days?"
Good singing indeed.
It was Chevy. So maybe David hates teh song so much it makes him want to buy a Ford?
And salad days:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salad_days
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