Radio Anthem Freeze-Out: The best song on BORN TO RUN that is not "Born to Run" or "Thunder Road"

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I instinctively voted Backstreets, but I think my true answer might be Tenth Avenue Freeze-out. It's hard to decide because so many of the songs feel like the start of a narrative track that Springsteen's going to follow throughout the rest of his career - so do you choose the Ambiguously Queer Romantic Friendship track, or the I Work All Day but Feel Free in My Car At Night track, or the Bruce Springsteen Origin Story and Memoir track? They're all so good.

Those were my top two as well and it broke the same way.

Same but I will throw freezeout a vote

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Feel like there was some Greil Marcus or Dave Marsh thing about how when The Boss did “She’s the One” live he had to add both “Mona” and “Not Fade Away” to really make it work.

Nice, I was hoping everything would get at least one vote.

nooooo I'm tooooo laaaate

woh ho hoooooooooooooooooooooo

from wayne robins' substack:

It was the home run call that rock and rolled Mets World.

August 5, 2019. The New York Mets are trailing the Florida Marlins 4-3 in the bottom of the seventh inning at Citi Field in Queens. Michael Conforto hits a tying home run, enhanced by Mets announcer Gary Cohen's trademark call of jubilation, "It's out of here!"

But Cohen and the Mets were just getting started. The next hitter, Pete Alonso, the Mets slugger who that season set a major league rookie record with 53 home runs, also hits it out of here. Back-to-back home runs. The crowd is going nuts. Cohen: "Pete Alonso gives the Mets the lead. A laser beam!"

As Alonso rounds the bases, Gary Cohen shouts out amid the joyous noise, "Scooter and the Big Man bust the city in half!"

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Is that the xxxpost ambiguously queer bromance one? My gaydar is from Radio Shack, sorry.

I used to read Wayne Robins religiously back in the day, I should have realized you might follow him, TSF. Did you read his thing about The Last Waltz?

xp I meant "Backstreets" - the one where there's endless debate about whether Terry is a boy or a girl and whether the song is about romance or friendship.

I thought it was about Terence Stamp.

Did you read his thing about The Last Waltz?

just read it -- nice piece. i did a doubletake at the end when he wished his readers a happy thanksgiving. i guess he wrote it exactly a year ago.