{"id":5610,"date":"2015-11-20T10:39:27","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T14:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/?p=5610"},"modified":"2024-09-05T22:05:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T02:05:35","slug":"friday-vids-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/2015\/11\/20\/friday-vids-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Vid(s)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love (Official Video)\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M4K7XZGeHTE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Bruce Springsteen - Brilliant Disguise (Official Video)\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/idnJnjV_8rg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTunnel Of Love\u201d and \u201cBrilliant Disguise\u201d &#8211; Bruce Springsteen<\/p>\n<p>A prominent music writer noted during the flood of articles about <em>Born To Run\u2019s<\/em> 40th anniversary earlier this year that he couldn\u2019t wait for Springsteen\u2019s 1987 album <em>Tunnel of Love<\/em> to get the same treatment. He was kind of kidding, but also kind of serious.<\/p>\n<p>To most people, <em>Tunnel Of Love<\/em> was a confusing, off-putting, and largely forgotten follow-up to <em>Born In The USA<\/em>. He recorded the album (mostly) on his own, without the E. Street Band. Most of the songs were dark and depressing, focused on the dissolution of his marriage to Julianne Phillips. There wasn\u2019t a \u201cDancing In The Dark\u201d or \u201cCover Me\u201d anywhere on the album. But for some, myself included, it was a brilliant and devastating statement by one of the biggest rock stars in the world. In fact, along with <em>Paul\u2019s Boutique<\/em>, it\u2019s one of two albums that I\u2019m proud that I loved from the first time I heard it. The difference is <em>Paul\u2019s Boutique<\/em> was soon recognized as a ground-breaking album, and is now considered a classic. Odds are few folks who dismissed <em>Tunnel<\/em> back in 1987 think of it much today.<\/p>\n<p>I often spin <em>Tunnel<\/em> this time of year. It\u2019s perfect for November, when the days get cooler and darker. As I thought about it more this fall, I realized it could be responsible for my affection for the Break-Up Album. Although I was just 16 when it came out, and hadn\u2019t had a real girlfriend let alone an adult relationship yet, I loved the honesty that Bruce wove into every song. As I\u2019ve said many times before, when a great artist gets their heart broken, great art is often the result. <em>Tunnel<\/em> may have been the first time in my life I made that connection.<\/p>\n<p>Now there are a few clunkers on the album. But I like more songs than I skip. And these two are especially great. I think anyone getting married should have to listen to \u201cTunnel Of Love\u201d and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.azlyrics.com\/lyrics\/brucespringsteen\/tunneloflove.html\">consider every word<\/a> before they say \u201cI do.\u201d It is such a great comment on how too many people can\u2019t cope when the passion of the courting phase disappears and you\u2019re forced to live with another person. And \u201cBrilliant Disguise\u201d is simply devastating. I remembered how the video was a stark, black-and-white, single-shot piece. I forgot that the vocals were live, which makes it even more affecting. I also remembered watching the video with my cousin and her boyfriend when we stopped in central Kansas as we were moving from California back to Kansas City over Thanksgiving week, 1987. As we watched, she said, \u201cHe just looks so sad.\u201d I\u2019ve thought of that comment every time I\u2019ve listened to the song over the nearly 30 years since it\u2019s release.<\/p>\n<p>So kind of a bummer way to start the weekend. But hopefully it helps you remember, and appreciate, a fantastic chapter in Springsteen\u2019s career that is too often overlooked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cTunnel Of Love\u201d and \u201cBrilliant Disguise\u201d &#8211; Bruce Springsteen A prominent music writer noted during the flood of articles about Born To Run\u2019s 40th anniversary earlier this year that he couldn\u2019t wait for Springsteen\u2019s 1987 album Tunnel of Love to get the same treatment. He was kind of kidding, but also kind of serious. To most people, Tunnel Of Love was a confusing, off-putting, and largely forgotten follow-up to Born In The USA. He recorded the album (mostly) on his own, without the E. Street Band. Most of the songs were dark and depressing, focused on the dissolution of his marriage to Julianne Phillips. There wasn\u2019t a \u201cDancing In The Dark\u201d or \u201cCover Me\u201d anywhere on the album. But for some, myself included, it was a brilliant and devastating statement by one of the biggest rock stars in the world. In fact, along with Paul\u2019s Boutique, it\u2019s one of two albums that I\u2019m proud that I loved from the first time I heard it. The difference is Paul\u2019s Boutique was soon recognized as a ground-breaking album, and is now considered a classic. Odds are few folks who dismissed Tunnel back in 1987 think of it much today. I often spin Tunnel this time of year. It\u2019s perfect for November, when the days get cooler and darker. As I thought about it more this fall, I realized it could be responsible for my affection for the Break-Up Album. Although I was just 16 when it came out, and hadn\u2019t had a real girlfriend let alone an adult relationship yet, I loved the honesty that Bruce wove into every song. As I\u2019ve said many times before, when a great artist gets their heart broken, great art is often the result. Tunnel may have been the first time in my life I made that connection. Now there are a few clunkers on the album. But I like more songs than I skip. And these two are especially great. I think anyone getting married should have to listen to \u201cTunnel Of Love\u201d and consider every word before they say \u201cI do.\u201d It is such a great comment on how too many people can\u2019t cope when the passion of the courting phase disappears and you\u2019re forced to live with another person. And \u201cBrilliant Disguise\u201d is simply devastating. I remembered how the video was a stark, black-and-white, single-shot piece. I forgot that the vocals were live, which makes it even more affecting. I also remembered watching the video with my cousin and her boyfriend when we stopped in central Kansas as we were moving from California back to Kansas City over Thanksgiving week, 1987. As we watched, she said, \u201cHe just looks so sad.\u201d I\u2019ve thought of that comment every time I\u2019ve listened to the song over the nearly 30 years since it\u2019s release. So kind of a bummer way to start the weekend. But hopefully it helps you remember, and appreciate, a fantastic chapter in Springsteen\u2019s career that is too often overlooked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-5610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-music"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5610"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13913,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5610\/revisions\/13913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}