Saturday, June 6, 2009

never heard it until now

So I am cruising along in the Jetta, listening to E Street Radio (Sirius channel 10, 24-7 Bruce Springsteen) and i notice on the display that the current song is a live performance from the Boston Music Hall from 3/25/1977, so HELL YES i am gonna turn it up. Well, he and the band were in the middle of Rosalita, doing that signature intro to all the band members, and i am having so much fun listening to vintage live Bruce, and singing along until he did the cutest thing. Well, he did the cutest thing in '77, but you're still with me, right? OK OK OK: So you know that verse in Rosalita that goes:

But now you're sad, your mama's mad
And your papa says he knows that I don't have any money (papa says he knows that i don't have any money, papa says he knows i don't have any moooneeeey)
Well tell him this is last chance! To get his daughter in a fine romaaaaance
Cuz a record company, Rosie, just gave me a big advance!


well, here is how he sang it in Boston on March 25, 1977:

But now you're sad, your mama's mad
And your papa says he knows that I don't have any money (papa says he knows that i don't have any money, papa says he knows i don't have any moooneeeey)
Well tell him this is last chance! To tell him this guy's no creep!
Cuz I just got my picture, Rosie, on the cover of Time and Newsweek!


Oh it was just so precious. I had never heard it until now, and now suddenly became our late 70's EB kitchen and I can SEE BOTH of those magazines covers on our kitchen table in the mail stack.

Damn, y'all.


2 comments:

  1. The font on both covers is so tell-tale of the decade! I love it.

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  2. i noted the font also look closely at each --they are, gasp!, the SAME! i guess in the days of "type set", the styles were slim pickin's.

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