Premium Only Content
Pop Song 163 'The River' Bruce Springsteen 1979 Blue collar working man vs 'Elite'
Pop Song 163 'The River' Bruce Springsteen 1979 Blue collar working man vs 'Elite'
For the blue collar man.
It's so sad that the Boss doesn't remember his roots and support the truckers.
The song's depiction of how economic difficulties are interlaced with local culture also presaged the 1980s popularity of heartland rock:
I come from down in the valley,
Where mister when you're young –
They bring you up to do, like your daddy done
I got a job working construction, for the Johnstown Company
But lately there ain't been much work, on account of the economy
Now all them things that seemed so important –
Well mister, they vanished right into the air
Writer Robert Hilburn described the song as "a classic outline of someone who has to re-adjust his dreams quickly [, facing] life as it is, not a world of his imagination."[13]
Throughout the song the river is viewed as a symbol for the dreams of the future. The narrator keeps his hopes alive even as they realistically begin to fail.
That sends me down to the river,
Though I know, the river is dry.
It sends me down to the river, tonight
-
4:15
Cyrus Saladin Ming
6 months ago $0.06 earnedPop Song 581 of 1000 'Amie' Pure Prairie League 1972
86 -
3:43
Cyrus Saladin Ming
2 years agoPop Song 127 'My Hometown' Bruce Springsteen 1983
1332 -
1:47
Magicmikes
3 years agoBruce Springsteen - Fire
87 -
1:39:16
Professor Nez
6 hours ago🚨America is WINNING! TRUMP Has DONE MORE in 2 Days Than Kamala her ENTIRE Career!
41.1K30 -
1:35:41
DeVory Darkins
7 hours agoLefties, Liberals, Democrats LOSING IT! The 2024 Post-Election Reaction LIVESTREAM
66.2K68 -
1:21:04
Man in America
11 hours ago🔴 LIVE: Trump's Plan to "SHATTER THE DEEP STATE" Revealed!
91K15 -
3:22:23
a12cat34dog
7 hours agoTHIS GAME WAS WORTH THE WAIT :: Metro Awakening :: VR GAMING AT IT'S FINEST {18+}
55.5K2 -
1:19:06
Real Coffee With Scott Adams
7 hours agoConversation with Naval Ravikant
51.3K7 -
5:06:48
JdaDelete
8 hours ago $14.04 earnedProject Zomboid with the Boys | Off-Season | Expanded Map
88.8K -
59:35
Flyover Conservatives
21 hours agoThe Moment that Changed Elections Forever - Carter Wren; This Spells Trouble Ahead for the Global Economy - Dr. Kirk Elliott | FOC Show
54.6K1