Paul, Minnesota in the middle of one of Springsteen’s concert, had renowned filmographer Brian De Palma as its director. Additionally it features one of the earliest appearances of actress Courtney Cox of “Friends” fame. So conclusively, “Dancing in the Dark” is the lyrical expression of Springsteen’s desire to come up with an instant hit song considering the substantial amount of stress he felt to do so. And considering that it went on to sell millions of copies, he actually succeeded at this task. Where the song gets really philosophical is when the Boss states “ you can’t start a fire worrying about your little world falling apart”. This sounds like he is espousing the idea of risking it all in order to succeed, as he seemingly felt more or less as if his career was on the line when he was put under this pressure to write a hit.
Girlfriend but rather reads as if it alludes to giving in to depression in Listener as “babe” in the first verse, perhaps it is a general term ofĮndearment. And his mention of “crying over a broken heart” isn’t about a May not be about romance at all. Instead when the Boss addresses the And in the third verse he says he’s “starving tonight”, which all things considered reads as if it is a metaphor pointing to his tenacious determination to write a hit song. In the second verse he expresses a sense of pessimism and something like low self-esteem in regards to his public image.
For instance, in the first verse he alludes to a feeling like perpetual exhaustion. The way Jon stepped to Bruce made Springsteen so upset that he wrote “Dancing in the Dark” in just one night. In fact it was the last track written for the album – and you can say an impromptu one at that.īut again the Boss wrote it while he wasn’t in the best of moods, and its lyrics reflect this reality. If you know more about the lyrics, please let me know in the comments below.Īs for the title of the song, Dancing in the Dark, it means living a dangerous, adventurous life as if tomorrow doesn't exit it's like living on the edge.Indeed the genesis of this track dates back to an incident in which Jon Landau vehemently challenged the Boss to write a hit single, feeling that the “Born in the U.S.A.” album up until that point lacked one. Those two are probably written as fillers, expressing further dissatisfaction of Joe's life. I exactly don't know the interpretation of the second verse or the third one. This is quite boring, of course, as stated in "I ain't nothing but tired." In other words, if Joe happens to be a mechanic at car company, he'd remain in that job until he retires. One thing to note about such workers is that they do the same job over the course of their entire career, there are no promotions. So Joe probably doesn't also have much post secondary education. This means his a probably a blue-collar worker, because white-collar workers like lawyers and doctors don't work at night.
First verse tells us the hardship of Joe's job. The song depicts Joe's day-to-day struggles with making a living. For the ease of analysis, I'll call this person Joe Biden. Song is about a working-class folk, as it's often the case with many of Springsteen's songs. So the lyrics were written from the point of a frustrated Bruce Springsteen, however what's not to be overlook is the fact that Springsteen brilliantly changed the frame of view such that, upon completion, the song was sung from the perspective of a working-class man. It's well among the Springsteen fans that the lyrics of the song came to be as consequence of his struggles with the record producer. In that regard, "Dancing the Dark" is no exception. Springsteen quite frequently likes to explore the way in which working class folks attempt to realize their own American dream. Basis/themes for most of Bruce Springsteen's songs are centered around the concept of the American dream, that is, if you work hard you can achieve your goals.
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