B r u c e S p r i n g s t e e n
DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
(1978)
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While Bruce Springsteen was working on "Darkness on the Edge of Town", there was a serious legal battle going on behind the scenes. The Boss was in an angry and morose mood, feeling pushed around by his ex-manager Mike Appel and ready to pour all of his wrath into a dark beauty of an album. "Darkness on the Edge of Town" is a pessimistic post-"Born to Run" scenario, where love ends in "Candyīs Room" and "Racing in the Street" is what the men do after work to distract themselves from their lives.
Itīs a gloomy world, and only on a few occasions, traces of optimism shine light into the the albumīs dark. "Badlands" shows an unbent Springsteen which reminds one of "Born to Run", "Prove it all Night" is an energetic and raw song that became a 10-minute epic on live shows. Still, on "Darkness on the Edge of Town", the rock legend paints his by far most dismal picture. "The highwayīs jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive", heīd sung only three years earlier. Seems this is were they ended up.