You’re either gonna love this post or hate it, there is no way around it, and that is fine. It boils down to this: you either love Bruce Springsteen or you hate him. I subscribe to the team who pretty much loves him. Not everything mind you, but the majority of his stuff, especially the early records, I find to be downright impressive. To the readers who aren’t as blown away by the Boss, let me offer you this. “Candy’s Room” is a song off the 1978 album Darkness On The Edge of Town. It is rhythmically evocative of Roxy Music’s “Street Life” AND there is a little “Scary Monsters” era David Bowie in there for good good measure. True, there still is that xylophone but no rock saxophone! Check out this live 1978 performance

Even though I really want to post a few more older videos that give me goosebumps, I’ll save them for later. In the meantime listen to this mp3 and learn to love all that is Springsteen.

Bruce Springsteen – Candy’s Room

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