I’ll be honest fellas, it was sounding great but…I coulda used a little more clave! You May Also Like: How Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Tunnel of Love’ Dug Deeply to Find Hard Truths Susie Blue and the Lonesome Fellas, “Waitin’ Just For You” (2019): One Track Mind

It’s well known that Miami Steve wasn’t so hot on the direction Bruce took with Tunnel Of Love, but I’ve always wondered what he thought of the music itself. You May Also Like: Reevaluating Bruce Springsteen’s ‘The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle’

I can appreciate the clever use of the amusement park/life metaphor. Starting off in the tunnel of love but ending up in the haunted house? Yeah, life can be like that. You May Also Like: How Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Tunnel of Love’ Dug Deeply to Find Hard Truths Reevaluating Bruce Springsteen’sRead More

I’ve always thought of “Walk Like A Man” as a companion piece to Independence Day. Here we have Bruce looking back into the past, drawing a line all the way to when he was a little kid walking in his dad’s footprints You May Also Like: Lizzy Rose, “Walk theRead More

Finallly…a song on Tunnel Of Love that I actually like. You May Also Like: How Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Tunnel of Love’ Dug Deeply to Find Hard Truths Reevaluating Bruce Springsteen’s ‘The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle’

Again, I had been waiting for it and, for just a few seconds, that kick drum and moaning blues harp had me ready for … disappointment. Out came a furiously-strummed acoustic guitar to frame what felt like yet another shell of a rock song. You May Also Like: Reevaluating BruceRead More

A guitar is lightly strummed, sticks are clicking (or maybe a weak rimshot…no matter, the repetition never ends), and some fluffy keyboards fill in the space. You May Also Like: Reevaluating Bruce Springsteen’s ‘The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle’

For a couple of seconds, I waited for it. Kick drum. Snare. Repeat. Here it comes…here it comes… And so it did. The cheese. Oh, the cheese. You May Also Like: Jack Bruce and Robin Trower found new success with old sounds on Seven Moons Reevaluating Bruce Springsteen’s ‘The Wild,Read More

This isn’t going to be pretty. It will, however, be honest… It’s not in my nature to just toss up my hands at a challenge, which is what I almost did when presented with the twelve songs of Tunnel Of Love. You May Also Like: How Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Tunnel ofRead More

My 1984 self just couldn’t identify with this song. My dad was a factory worker, but health issues forced him to retire long before his job vanished. You May Also Like: Reevaluating Bruce Springsteen’s ‘The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle’