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Springsteen's
returns to ear
By Michael Romatowski
Bruce Springsteen is writing songs again.
Many of the cuts on SDririesteen's iqro
album, "The River," seemed merely to be
vehicles for his E Street Band to romp and
rock ("Cadillac Ranch," for example). The
Boss seemed to be de^mphasizing his
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themes, content to let saxophonist Clarence
Clemons and the other E Streeters strut
their stuff on some danceable material.
Now, with his new solo release
"Nebraska," Springsteen is down to barebone
basics: acoustic guitar, harmonica
and vocals.
WITHOUT HIS band to back him up, he
has returned to the wordy, personal style
that characterized his earlv releases
("Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J." and
"The Wild, The Innocent and the E Street
Shuffle").
The result is a collection of songs that
offers more of a glimpse of Springsteen the
person than of Springsteen the bandleader.
When the Boss released "Darkness on the
Edge of Town" in 1978, some critics complained
that it was too grim. Those same
voices may soon be griping again, because
compared to "Nebraska," "Darkness" was
joyful.
"Nebraska" is intensely moody and dark,
and seems to prove that Springsteen will
never abandon the imagery that pervades
all his albums: cars, the night and the ties
between fathers and sons.
ON THIS album, however, those images
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as the framework for themes that are more
frightening.
The first song is the title cut, and it sets
the tone for what follows. Springsteen sings
a first-person account of a man who, on an
impulsive spree, murders 10 innocent
people. When sentenced to death, he shows
no remorse, explaining in a quiet voice that,
"I guess there's just a meanness in this
world."
The first side progresses through
"Atlantic City," notable for its ghostly
background vocals, "Mansion on the Hill"
and "Johnny 99," an uptempo tune with
much the same theme as "Nebraska."
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"Highway Patrolman," a ballad derived
from "Frankie," which Springsteen occasionally
performed on his 1980 tour.
See "Springsteen," page 12
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