Word: tunneling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...last time I would sit in that U-shaped wind tunnel...
...Jeffrey Wise was trying to tunnel out of his dorm room with his fingernails, while at the same time firing off his hand gun at random. The noise attracts a curious Kennnedy School dean, who happens to be followed by two rich Texans trying to gain prestige by disbursing cash. The four confront one another and, after a heated argument, strike a deal to set up a chain of "Harvard Grad School Diploma Shacks--instant while-u-wait" services in shopping malls throughout the country. Then they go off to have lunch. After they leave, a studious Harvard senior wanders...
...PRIOR TO Tunnel of Love, the best album about grappling with getting married was Lou Reed's Legendary Hearts, made in 1980. The parallels between the two LPs are most striking in the title songs. Reed sings of "Promises to keep/I never should have made/I was not meant for this/I'm good for just a kiss/Not legendary love." Similarly, Springsteen says, "Then the lights go out and it's just the three of us/You me and all that stuff we're so scared of." But at the end of his song, Reed concludes that "You've got to fight/To make...
...unlike Tunnel of Love, Reed's album was no masterpiece, except insofar as it represented a turning point for him artistically, from heroin addict to happy husband. (Go figure). But to its credit, Legendary Hearts was way ahead of its time, before the New Romance of late. Perhaps that's why it didn't sell well while Springsteen's album is destined for multi-platinum. One of the primary differences between Reed and Springsteen--besides everything--is the former's ability to be unfashionably early while Bruce is always perfectly punctual. Reed may have his finger on the trigger...
Springsteen plays most of the instruments on Tunnel of Love, with occasional help from the E Street Band. The album amounts to Springsteen's first truly personal statement. As the man himself puts it, "The road is dark/And it's a thin thin line/But I want you to know I'll walk it for you any time." This is an album full of drippy romantic notions renewed that finally concludes that love is tough and tender, a sacrifice worth celebrating...