"Billy met a young girl in the early days of May
It was there in her arms he let his cautiousness slip away
In Their lovers twilight as the evening sky grew dim
He'd lay back in her arms and laugh at what had happened to him
On his right hand Billy'd tattooed the word love and on his left hand what the word fear
And in Which hand he held his fate never clear what "
1987, 3 years after Born in the USA, Bruce Springsteen released his solo album Tunnel of Love. This album, with its rather soft-looking tones naturally rejected by the with "Born in the USA" recruited new fans largely (as is the grandiose Into The Fire by Bryan Adams, 3 years after Reckless, also 1987 - This two works can be good compare, at least for the discrepancy with their previous works and also their concepts) might apply to today as nondescript work of the great rocker, but with its gentle synth sounds, precisely placed guitar solos and brilliant lyrics, it has remained a minimally virtuoso work, I appreciate very much, so beautiful, so conciliatory and yet somehow powerful, so catchy, it is - like rain without words.
"So tell me what I see
When I look in your eyes
Is that you baby
or just a brilliant disguise? "
From swingigen, unplugged piece "Is not Got You", about the dull sound of the cool song "Tougher Than The Rest", the touching stories of "Cautious Man" and "Spare Parts" to the eternal classic "Brilliant Disguise" this is an album full of brilliant lyrics and cuddly songs - a CD that you (perhaps up to Two Faces), simply by listening. So listen to the music, but hear the stories - as always with Springsteen; especially here and here especially the nuances.
"Bird on a wire outside my motel room
But he is not singin '
Girl in white outside a church in June
But the church bells ringing They is not
I'm sittin 'here in this bar tonight
But all I'm thinkin 'is
I'm the same old story same old act
One step up and two steps back "