{"id":109655,"date":"2016-03-16T00:18:39","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T00:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/03\/16\/regarding-springsteen-i-was-marginally-aware-of\/"},"modified":"2016-03-16T00:18:39","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T00:18:39","slug":"regarding-springsteen-i-was-marginally-aware-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/03\/16\/regarding-springsteen-i-was-marginally-aware-of\/","title":{"rendered":"Regarding Springsteen: I was marginally aware of Bruce as I grew up in the 80s (you couldn’t get away from Born in the USA when it first came out), but I never really sat down and listened until my senior year of high school. I had a teacher that loved music and we found we had some things in common, so he loaned me his Born in the USA CD (this would have been 1997) and I was just blown away when I actually sat down to listen to it. I don’t listen to him enough but I have the essentials album"},"content":{"rendered":"

awabubbles<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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My wife has been a life-long fan because her father is, they\u2019ve been to several shows together. Growing up I wasn\u2019t, how do I say,\u00a0\u201callowed\u201d to listen to anything secular, anything other than super christian music. So I missed out on a lot growing up. I met my wife in college and she introduced me to Bruce Springsteen and I don\u2019t think either of us expected me to fall in love like I did. I think he\u2019s as politically acute as Bob Dylan but with a poetry, a simultaneous yearning and freedom, that really speaks to the soul. I keep saying that Supernatural should be less Zeppelin, more Springsteen, because that cross-America late-night diner, highway-cruising, searching for hope because you\u2019re riddled with regret vibe is HIS vibe.\u00a0<\/p>\n

and of course I have to add that my favorite quote about Springsteen is by John Stewart (a well known Springsteen dweeb):<\/p>\n

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When you listen to Bruce\u2019s music, you aren\u2019t a loser. You are a character in an epic poem \u2026 about losers<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That\u2019s the best quote. My mom\u2019s from Jersey as well and I\u2019m pretty sure she\u2019s been a fan too. And yeah, the older and more kicked around by life I feel, the better Bruce gets.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

awabubbles: My wife has been a life-long fan because her father is, they\u2019ve been to several shows together. Growing up I wasn\u2019t, how do I say,\u00a0\u201callowed\u201d to listen to anything secular, anything other than super christian music. So I missed out on a lot growing up. I met my wife in college and she introduced … <\/p>\n

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