Bruce Springsteen “Across The Border/Santa Ana” in Atlanta, Day 2
It’s already hit me. I’m two days in to my “Across The Border/Santa Ana” in Atlanta campaign and I’m already having a tough time figuring out what to say to that end today. I have more than 100 of these left and I’m already running on empty. This might be more difficult than I thought. I shall not be moved. This campaign will endure because anything worth having is going to come at a hard, hard price.
“Across The Border,” for those of you who don’t know, is from Bruce’s The Ghost of Tom Joad album. Tom Joad took awhile to grow on me when I first got it. It seemed a little too wordy and a little light on melody. I still think it’s a little light in the melody department, but the stories from that album are so good that I know longer think of it as wordy at all.
There are some heartbreaking stories on that record; it’s not a particularly hope-filled record. “Across The Border” is, on some levels, the most hopeful song on the album. It’s deeply moving and spiritual. I don’t expect, should he play it, that I’ll hold it together past the second verse. Maybe I’ll save that for another post: if he plays it, how long before Mr. Cool loses his composure.
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face it, at some point during that show, you’re gonna lose your composure. i’d be shocked if you didn’t.
It’s not a guarantee. I thought one of a handful of moments at U2 would get me but I held it together. We’ll see. I’ll report back in 114 days.
Im still holding out for Price You Pay in Seattle.
-Glen
I don’t like any of our odds, Glen.