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Entertainment
A salute to rock classics
Springsteen's "Born to Run" exemplifies the restlessness of youth
Editor's note: For the next
five weeks, critic Gary
Nolan will be re
examining some of the
music world's greatest
contributions.
by Gary Nolan
Collegian Staff Writer
Rather than review a new
release for the next five weeks, I
will discuss five classics albums
no music fan should be Without
These albums, outstanding in
nature, have been hand-picked
from several huncli . ea releasei.
Superior music, lyrics, and
production,„ make these_ the best
the industry has ever created.
One album that should not be
overlooked remains the brilliant
Born to . Run by Bruce
Springsteen. This concept album
combines all the tracks to tell a
long, emotional story 'about
life's hardships and the adventure
of escaping. The superior
production and music lend a grand
backdrop to Springsteen's
imagery, as the listener gets to
know the characters in his world.
The release kicks off with the
colorful and melodic "Thunder
Road". This track combines some
of Springsteen's best imagery to
craft an emotional plea of
escaping and abandoned innocence
to an unsuspecting, naive
recipient. The clever lyrics tell a
tale of leaving security armed
only with hope and sense of
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adventure.
Springsteen need only utter
the line "I'm no hero that's
understood/All the redemption I
can offer girl is beneath this dirty
hood" and the listener learns that
there__ is no turning back.
Springsteen is playing the game
for keeps and his escape is a
decision he does not take lightly.
As 'Thunder Road". -fades out,
a lively beat of , "Tenth Avenue
Freeze Out".. is ushered in. This
track deals with the ability to
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cope and live in bad
surroundings. Echoing the first
track, one gets some background
on why Springsteen wants to hit
that "Thunder Road".
This leads into "Backstreets",
a song about the emotion of
growing up: This growing up is
done in the bad environment
depicted in the previous song.
This track explores the option of
not running away and hiding to
escape the environment. He uses
the metaphor of coming of age,
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crime, and escaping the police to
complete the message.
This then segues into the love
track "She's the One," where
Springsteen tells ' the tale of
falling in love amidst inner
turmoil caused by growing up in
this environment. He shows that
even in a bad situation some
good and security can be found.
The album then explodes into
the anthem and title track "Born
to Run". This rockin' piece
echoes the first track with tales of
escaping and leaving the past in a
cloud of dust. It serves the
invitation to run into the
darkness with only each other for
comfort and fear as our foil.
Springsteen invites with
adventure but shows sensitivity .
in the fear of the unknown. The
band' fuels the urge -with . a
driving, running beat that entices
and invites the listener to share in
Springsteen's venture.
"Night" tells of the escape and
life as a prisoner of your dreams,
the dream lying in the escape. As
life is left behind to enter the
night, .tals . ..and .. imhges of being
set free accent the track.
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Entertainment Briefs
School bans MTV
Students at David Lipscomb University in Tennessee can no
longer have their MTV. School officials pulled the network's plug
on sets in Dorm lounges and screens in the student center.
Actions supposedly stem from complaints that some students
were watching the channel too much and at a volume which was
much too high. - -
Quake coverage , angers soap watchers
NBC's expanded Today show coverage of last Tuesday's earthquake
left soap opera fans, nationwide frustrated ) ; angry and just
"downright vulger." Television studios : were' swamped with calls
from irate viewers, including KYW-TV. in Philadelphia received
over 500 calls between 8:30 a.m. and noon. - •
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Letterman may win _viewer's' wife
The California earthquake may have postponned the world series,
but David Letterman's bet with Maurice Shank is still on. Shank,
a 'Kansas native, will win a case of scotch:Und an electric
shoeshine kitifthe Oakland Athletics win the series: If Letterman
wins the bet, his prize will be Shank's wife Darlene.
takes the players in the story on a
little detour as the escape leads to
a meeting 'with a rather shady
character. *The adventurers seem
to have themselves ori the:line
and may yield rewards or. heleft
to fate's unfortunate hand:. :
The albtim"then climaxes in
the • tale's .
.final -chapter,
"Junglelane. S.pringSteen
introduces several new characters
to the game and his imagery
sculpts them into the listener's
mind. The jungleland life on the
streets and the struggle, however
futile, of escaping the dirty,
.crime-filled.standayds to make_a
honest stand is expressed:thrqugh
Springsteen's vocals. One realizes
that the escape is not as easy as
'once thought as -the .:die,am
collapses and the darkness
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, Through the complex eyes and
ears-of Springsteen the listener is
thrust into his.world to fight his
battle with -him. This album
remains an incredible masterpiece
as characters fight themselves and
their surroundings. The music
accents this struggle and lends to
one of the best albums ever
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