Whenever I hear jim fo Angry Young Man I think of Springsteen. Politics aside, and that’s hard to do, the difference vetween Joel and Springsteen is that Springsteen rarely if ever wrote a song that was joyful. Joel has his dark side but for every Allentown there’s Uptown Girl, The Longest Time and Goodnight My Angel
Glory Days is joyful....
Tenth Avenue Freeze Out is joyful...
Rosalita too...
Can't believe I'm defending Springsteen. He lost me went he went so anti-Bush and then kissed obummer's ass. Now he's charging $1000 to see him on Broadway. A real man of the people...
When I was in japan, I hung out with my university frat mate who now teaches at a high school (gakuen’) there. He tells me every year UPTOWN GIRL is like a “national anthem” for the boys and they sing it like clockwork to the girls. I thought that was crazy..