"thunder road" is such a great tune, one of the all-time best album-openers, as far as i'm concerned. i opened a mixtape i recently made for my girlfriend with it - as desperate as that album is (& most of bruce's albums tend to be), there's something romantic about the wistful longing for escape. one of my all-time favorites.


the power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. george bernard shaw