Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen

When asked which two songs we wanted to play at my mother's memorial, we chose "Glory Days".  My mother always had a record, and later cassette, on while she cleaned on the weekends.  One of her favorites was Bruce Springsteen's Born in the USA album.  It still makes me cry to hear it sometimes.

Springsteen has appealed to fans of all ages for generations.  It was a student, a Band student specifically, who asked us to put this on the wish list.  It came in with the last water bottle return order.

The book opens with the line "I come from a boardwalk town where almost everything is tinged with a bit of fraud."  Meet my new favorite quote.  But he means the New Jersey shore.

The autobiography took more than 7 years to write, done piecemeal as part of Springsteen's recovery from depression.  I was amazed at his honesty in discussing his battle with depression and anxiety.  Unlike most rock stars, he didn't turn to illegal drugs.  He turned to a doctor, therapy, and controlled medication.

A lot of this takes place in the past, a past very removed from my students, born in the late 90s and early 2000s.  But I think it's still relevant, even to the non-Bandie.  Much is his music has historical and political meaning.  We can learn a lot about the past from its music.  

It will be in Memoir once we return from break!

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