In a friend's apartment in Glendale, CA. At that time, I was mostly a fan of The Allmans, Neil Young, Hendrix, Stones, Clapton, The Who, etc. and Springsteen's sound and the world he described were new to me. What caught my attention right away were the lyrics. I'd been writing poems for several years at that time and his wordsmithing sounded very fresh and vivid to me. I never became what I'd call a fan but I respect his talent. Perhaps if I'd been still living back east in '75, I would've related more to his music. Hard to say.
Where were you when you first heard ""Born To Run"?
It was 1975. I was on the floor of my childhood home listening to Syracuse University college radio station, WAER, on my Pioneer Sx-737 tuner. I was blown away from start to finish.
Prior to that release, music critic Jon Landau was quoted, "I saw rock and roll future, and its name is Bruce Springsteen".
Where were you when you first heard it?
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@larsman My Mother worked at a Korvetts in the Record Department to make ends meet while my Dad was in Vietnam. She heard that story and thought it was true too! |
Grand Rapids, MI. A good friend who was a year ahead and in college pulled up in his car, held up the album, and said, “you gotta hear these guys!” I was attracted to the hard hitting, no BS, upbeat sound of the band, The Big Man’s” horn, and the working man’s lyrics. They sounded exactly like what they intended to be, everybody’s favorite hard working bar band from Jersey, and a guaranteed good time if you rolled up on their show with a hot date in your hot rod. Unfortunately, at least for me, the stuff that came after just didn’t have the same appeal. |
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