Word: jungleland
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...selection of songs in the concert was no surprise. They came about evenly from each of his three albums, and included all his best-known compositions--"Kitty's Back," "Spirit in the Night," "Born to Run," "Jungleland," "Thunder Road," and of course, "Rosalita," the song that may have the highest level of potential energy in the history of rock music. The only new song he played was "Flamingo," about a girl all the boys on his block used to watch walk down the street every day. They watched her pass by every day for two years, all wanting...
...York City, where his connection is waiting. But the effect is almost ruined by the lilting trumpet accompaniment, which would be perfect for sitting-on-the-front-porch-swing-sniffing-the-honey-suckle-with-yer-sweetie, but here, makes mush of the vocal. The longest song on the record, "Jungleland," also suffers from over-orchestration: a string section introduces the central piano theme and channels the song's build up to Springsteen's slashing, cymbal-crashing guitar chords; the song seesaws from a suite for piano and orchestra to a jazzy version of the Who's "Won't Get Fooled...
...every "Jungleland" though, there is a "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out," which is not complex musically but, like the bass line in "Sunshine of Your Love," allows for incredible solos. Contrasting to the tightness of "She's the One" is the emotion of "Night," where Springsteen's vocal and Clarence Clemon's blaring, buzzing sax transcend the simple message--"You work from nine to five/And somehow you survive/Till the night"-- and make boredom and anguish palpable...